Bluebell 5

This morning I spent a few hours in the glorious surroundings of Tile Wood near Rayliegh taking photographs of people taking part in the Bluebell 5 - a 5 mile trail run through the Little Haven Nature Reserve raising funds for Havens Hospices. I was undecided which event to cover as there were a few …

Trifarm Essex

This morning I paid a visit to Trifarm - a purpose built open water swimming lake and triathlon centre near Boreham in Essex.  This was my first visit there and it was not to use the facilities but to play taxi to my daughter who was having an open water swimming lesson there. The sporting facilities were …

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 …

Maldon Prom parkrun

Yesterday morning I took a short drive from Southend to Maldon to attend Maldon Prom parkrun.  Not to run but to take some photos.  Regular readers will know that I like to photograph local running events partly as I like photography and partly as my knackered old legs aren't up to running anymore.I have photographed …

HARP24 2014

This weekend was the Southend Homeless Action Resource Project (HARP) 24 hour running event known by all as the HARP24.  Over 150 runners took part running either individually, in pairs, or in teams of up to 8.  The format was to run as many laps - in relay - of the 4.2 mile lap around …