The 90th running of Southend parkrun took place on Saturday and a record 277 runners and many spectators came out to take place and cheer. The event was special for a couple of reasons. Firstly it was a pacing event where a number of parkrun regulars had agreed to pace other runners to help them …
Great Notley Spring Duathlon – Photoblog
Had a great morning up at the Great Notley Discovery Park this morning watching and photographing the Born2Tri Great Notley Spring Dualthlon. I took part in the Autumn running of the event last year and whilst it looks relatively easy on paper it does have a sting in its tail with the ascent and decent …
Sensing Spaces at the Royal Academy of Art
Last weekend I accompanied my better half to the Royal Academy of Art to see the Sensing Spaces - Architecture Reimagined exhibition. I had seen some images fom the exhibition in advance but they didn't prepare me for just how great the exhibition was. The exhibits were all they large, very varied, and very hands …
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Benfleet 15 – Photos
Today was the Benfleet 15 run. Loads of friends and acquaintances taking part so went and took a shed load of photos. I'll flesh this blog out with some of my faves when I get around to it but as certain people are champing at the bit to see them I'll just throw the links …
Village Green 2013
A few words, pictures and videos about my experience of Village Green 2013 in Chalkwell park last Saturday 13th July. Village Green is a free music, arts and craft festival held in Chalkwell Park in Southend and organised by MetalCulture. It was a fantastic day on one of the hottest days of the year and …
ICE members visit Abberton Reservoir project
A group of Civil Engineers visited the ongoing works to that will allow the water level in Abberton Reservoir to be raised by 3 metres last week. The project is being carried out by Carillion Civil Engineering for client Essex and Suffolk Water. After an introduction to the project the group mounted up into two …
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Gloucester Cathedral
A few photos taken in and around Gloucester cathedral when I was there over the weekend. Not been there for years having grown up in the area but lived in Southend now for 20 years plus. Most are HDR on my phone and so best viewed small hence no link to bigger versions. A couple …
Essex Sunset – Right Place Right Time
After a long but enjoyable day touring the East of England looking at construction project entries for an awards competition I was travelling home and enjoying an ever increasingly dramatic sunset over London. I was coming off the M25 at the A127 junction and managed to find an ideal spot to capture the last of …
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
With the family in tow I finally got to visit the Thurrock Thameside Nature Park near Stanford-le-Hope in Essex this morning and jolly good an outing it was too. The park is on a small corner of the Cory landfill site near Mucking and is not that easy to find if you don't know where …
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 …
