This afternoon I had the great pleasure of ascending to the 35th floor of 20 Fenchurch Street aka The 'Walkie Talkie' building to marvel at the public Sky Garden and the views. My 1.5 hour booked slot commenced at 3.30pm and so I was able to see it in sunshine and to witness the sunset. …
2014 Photography
My photography has ramped up considerably in 2014 and much of it has been taking photos of local sporting events and primarily parkruns at various locations. Ive also been able to do some wildlife photography plus some odds and ends of concerts, landscape, art, and architecture. And I've not earned a single solitary sheckle for …
Structurally FOUND
On Saturday I stumbled across @StructureFOUND on twitter and thence to http://www.structurallyfound.org.uk. Structurally found is a photographic competition being held over the OpenHouse weekend of 20/21st September. The idea is to instagram or tweet any number of photos each showing one or more of the nine structural forms listed on the website with the appropriate …
VLM 2013 Photos – Temp Page
I was at the Virgin London Marathon yesterday to cheer the runners and took loads of photos. Ive not uploaded them all yet I've now uploaded them all and included links at the bottom but I've still to add some text and more pics on this page so this page is just temporary to link to …
Eels live at Brixton O2 – 21st March 2013
Eels came to London again this week and didn't disappoint. Wearing matching Adidas tracksuits the 5 piece guitar and drum combo lead by the enigmatic Mark Oliver 'E' Everett played a relatively short set mostly from the new Wonderful - Glorious album sprinkled with some tracks from the back catalog. I'm sad to say that due to phone battery …
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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 …
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Walkie Talkie progress
20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building continues up at a rapid pace. 20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building continues up at a rapid pace.
One Tower Bridge
My new daily commute involves a leisurely stroll across London's Tower Bridge from Fenchurch Street Station to Tanner Street. In doing so I pass by - at high level - the construction site for the new One Tower Bridge development. I am going to be doing this for a few months so it will afford me …
Moorgate Shaft Crossrail Works
I stopped off in Moorgate on my way past earlier this week to check up on progress of the works to construct an access shaft immediately outside Moorgate Underground Station. The shaft is part of the Crossrail project and will form part of the eventual Liverpool Street Crossrail Station. The works appear to be progressing …
Virgin London Marathon 2012
For the first time ever I ventured up to London at the weekend to watch the London Marathon and to support all the boys and girls taking part. I went with daughter Lizzie and we met twitter friend Rowena Harding (@Rowenanews) and we stood at the 25.5mile mark on the Embankment for the best part …
