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Last week I attended the first Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Essex Branch lecture of the 2014/15 session at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Chelmsford. The subject was the Dawlish Railway Repairs and a very interesting and informative lecture was given bu Emma Lewis of Network Rail and Jon Powell of consulting Engineers Tony Gee …
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This weekend was the inaugural Spitfire Scramble 24hr running event that took place at the Hornchurch Country Park in on the Essex / London border. It is a multi-terrain relay or solo race for teams of up to 8 run on a 5.8 mile course around the Country Park. You can find out all the …
Last week my daughter Lizzie and I spent the afternoon at the Raptor Foundation near St Ives in Cambridgeshire on a photography afternoon as a treat organised by my lovely wife. In a group of 12 or so people with various levels of kit and experience we were given the opportunity to photograph a selection …
Whilst holidaying near Harrogate last week we spent the day at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield in South Yorkshire. It was a brilliant day out enjoyed by all the family and it justifiably deserves the 2014 Museum of the Year award that it collected recently. Needless to say it is a photographers paradise and …
Today was the 2014 edition of the London to Southend cycle and instead of taking part as I had planned I decided I needed sponsor money toward my own cycle challenge in August more than I needed to take part. So I did what I often do and took photos of those taking part. I …
Last weekend was the 5th(?) Village Green music festival that took place in Chalkwell Park near Southend organised by local cultural and arts organisation Metal:Southend. In previous years the event has been free however this year a charge of £10 per adult was levied and tickets were needed. I had wondered in the months and …
Today was the day that many many cyclists in the East of England - me included - have been waiting for all year... the day the Tour de France came to sunny Essex. I took the day off and spent the day near Roxwell just west of Essex and had a brilliant time. In the …
Institution of Civil Engineers members and guests recently visited the Essex Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) project in Basildon and were treated to a presentation on the scheme and a tour of the construction site. The £120M project is being designed and constructed by UBB – a joint venture between Spanish company Urbaser and UK contractor …
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 …
Last Friday I spent the third and final day touring projects that had entered the ICE East of England Merit Awards 2014. You can read about the first two days of visits on my blog here. This final days projects were all in the South of the region in my home town of Southend and …
