It is long overdue that I do a quick blog about the makeover that our small back garden had in September last year. It has now bedded in and is looking good so now is a good time. The work was done by local company ARC Landscapes run by Mitch Clee. We are very pleased …
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 …
Southend Parkrun #68
A few photos from the 68th running of the Southend Parkrun on January 11th 2014. I wasn't the 'official' volunteer photographer for the event but I want to try some different settings and cameras. I used my daughters basic Nikon D3100 with stock 18-55 F3.5-5.6 VR lens and my basic Fujifilm Finepix S200 EXR with …
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 …
LoSS 10K 2013
It is mid October which means it is Leigh on Sea 10K time again. Once again I had entered however I did not feel up to running it on the day so regretfully I was a DNS. The good news however is that it left me free to go and take some photos of all …
Southend Half Marathon 2013
It was the the annual Southend half Marathon today in aid of Havens Hospices. I was not running on this occasion but plenty were - including many twitter friends of mine - and so I decided to do as I often do and go down to support and to photograph. As I have mentioned on …
Venture Offshore Cup – Powerboats passing Southend Pier
Having picked this up off twitter somewhere last week myself and my lad and his mate walked to the end of Southend Pier to watch Ocean Class powerboats pass by as part of the Venture Offshore Cup powerboat race Prologue. I've not been down our pier for years so it was a good opportunity to …
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Havens Hospices Mucky Mud Run
Yesterday I took part in the 2.5 mile Mucky Mud Run in aid of Havens Hospices at Shoebury East Beach. Also taking part were my daughter Liz and our neighbor Sarah. I believe 350 people had signed up to run the 1.25 miles out to the end of the historic boom and back. I left …
Simple Minds Southend April 2013
Simple Minds rocked the Southend Cliffs Pavilion last night and they were brill - far better than when we last saw them in Southend 4 or 5 years ago. Carry on reading for a brief review, some photos and vids. Doors opened at 7:30. We arrived at 7:45 and queued to get our obligatory wristband …
Southend Bridge Replacement
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 …
