Last weekend saw the 130 year old bridge that carries the railway over Southend High Street replaced with a new one in the space of barely two days. This was an impressive engineering feat and a very real example to many people in Southend just what professional civil engineers and engineering companies can achieve. I missed the …
Alanis Morrisette at the O2 28.11.2012
I think it is fair to say that if you are a big fan of Alanis (as I am) you will have really enjoyed her London gig last night but if you were not.... Alanis is a talented Canadian singer with a unique voice who sings rather depressing songs about love and loss. Anger features …
Southend Cliff Stabilisation
Working from home today so took the opportunity of buzzing down to the seafront to take a nosey at the civil engineering works going to 'repair' and stabilise the cliffs where a major slip occurred 10 years ago. Despite it being rather gray I snapped some pics and later spoke to the Public Liaison lady …
Mud sweat and hills – Rugged Radnage 10K
This morning I took part in the Rugged Radnage 10K. The what? I hear you ask. The RR10K is a small locally run multi-terrain 10K race starting and finishing in the small Buckinghamshire village of Radnage. It was a fantastic event - brilliantly organised and in a beautiful area. Oh and there were hills. And mud. Read …
Run to the Beat Half Marathon
Hey! I actually did it! And not only did I actually do it but I did it in under 2 hours! I also raised a heap of money for the British Tinnitus Association in the process. Read on for the story of why I did it, why for British Tinnitus for the step by step …
Leigh on Sea Striders 10K
LOSS 10K today. I had entered but decided given that I am doing my first Half Marathon next Sunday and am rather prone to injury at the moment that I would not take part. My place wasn't wasted and I still went down to support and to take some photos - as I like to …
Southend Parkrun
Yay. A Parkrun has started in Southend. It is a Gunners Park every Saturday morning at 9am. A volunteer run timed 5K run with times recorded and posted on the Parkrun website. I missed the first due to injury but went along and took a load of photos. I got along to the second one …
Loft Conversion – Week 07
Good progress on the loft conversion again by Messrs Tabor-Jones Limited this week and the new accommodation is really beginning to resemble habitable rooms now with plaster going on and the windows going in. A few niggles with the boiler but these will get solved I'm sure. The week saw most of the remaining plasterboard going up with …
View from the bottom of the ‘Walkie Talkie’ Building
I've been following the progress of the new highrise development at 20 Fenchurch Street aka the 'Walkie Talkie' building for some time having almost been employed to work on the project a few years back. This was just before it was mothballed for a few years. I spent a couple of months working just South of Tower …
Continue reading "View from the bottom of the ‘Walkie Talkie’ Building"
Loft Conversion – Week 06
The loft conversion continues and week 6 saw the new floor of living space turning from a construction site to almost habitable rooms. Local builder Tabor Jones Limited continue to do a great job. Read on to find out what they got up to this week. A few different things appeared to be progressed on …
andrew kenyon photography 