A quick trip out tonight to have a go at photographing fireworks. Southend Council put on a free firework display on the seafront every Saturday night through November (at least) so there is plenty of opportunity. It was dry - if cold - when I went but turned out to be very windy on the …
Southend Kitesurfing
It was a sunny morning so after doing the dad taxi thing and dropping my girl off in town I wandered down to Southend seafront to take some photos. The tide was high (very), the sea was choppy, and the wind was blowing hard off the estuary. It was really rather nice and I spent …
Designing Resilience in Public Spaces
Peter Hawkins – Counter Terrorism Security Advisor (CTSA) Supervisor in the Protective Services Command of Norfolk Constabulary - gave an excellent talk on designing resilience in public spaces last night (4th November). Given to a joint audience of civil and structural engineering members of ICE and IStructE, the event was held at the usual ICE …
Braintree BMX
This afternoon I traveled north to Braintree to go and watch some BMX racing. This was partly as a friend was taking part as she and her lad are members of the club there. I don't recall ever going to watch BMX racing although I'm sure I did watch some at the 2012 Olympics on …
Warmwell Snowsports, Dorset
Last week we had a most excellent week staying at the Parkdean Warmwell park near Dorchester, Dorset. We have been staying at Warmwell for a while and this was our 5th and longest visit. We had a great lodge and the park facilities are very good - thoroughly recommended in fact. One of the big …
LoSS 10K 2014 – Photos
Sunday was the 2014 running of the Leigh on Sea Striders 10K race. The LoSS 10K is a popular race with local runners on an interesting course taking in an ascent and descent of the biggest hill in the area followed by an eastward leg along the cliff tops before returning along the seafront path. …
HARP Cardboard Box Challenge
Last Friday evening I took time out to lend my support and take some photographs for HARP Southend - Southend's Homeless Action Resource Project - at their Cardboard Box Challenge held at Westcliff High School for Boys. It was a very wet evening but 40 or so hardy people stepped up to the challenge and …
Southend 10K 2014 – Photos
Today was the 2014 running (clever huh) of the Southend 10K for Havens Hospices. It was a glorious morning and as I am prone to doing I took my camera (and my daughters) out to take photos of all you fabulous people taking part. This is a bit of a temporary post as I don't …
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 …
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 …
