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 …
Cricket. First game for 20 years!
Last week my employer Vinci Construction UK played the first of a series of friendly 20:20 cricket games against other civil engineering and related companies. We played consulting Engineers AECOM at a very nice ground in St Albans - The Old Albanians ground at Woollam Playing Fields. I went along to take some photos (mainly …
Southend Half Marathon and Fun Run 2014
[Updated 10/06] For Nick. Once again I took to the sunny seaside streets of Southend to support and photograph runners in the annual Havens Hospices Southend Half Marathon. This year I decided to base myself around the start finish general area . I have got to know many more runners in and around Southend in …
Civil Engineering Excellence in the East of England
Last week I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days touring the East of England visiting a number of civil engineering projects as one of the judges in the Institution of Civil Engineers 2014 Merit Awards. There were varied projects from flood defence schemes to roads and from reservoir raising schemes to railway …
Continue reading "Civil Engineering Excellence in the East of England"
BUPA London 10,000
Today I took time out to go to the BUPA London 10,000 road running race which - somewhat unsurprisingly - was in London. I was there partly to support a few local runners but mainly to take a whole heap of photographs of as many of those taking part as I could. I succeeded in the …
Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100 for the British Tinnitus Association – Essex Runners and Riders
Okay. So I have decided to take a Gold Bond charity place in the Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100 that will take place on the 10th August. Partly as I am keen to take part in this event but mainly as I want to raise money for the British Tinnitus Association. As this is a Gold …
Cottage Garden Nursery, Westcliff
The Cottage Garden Nursery is a small family owned garden centre in Westcliff just off the A127 between Kent Elms junction and the Tesco roundabout. We often go there to get stuff for our garden and is is to be thoroughly recommended. I recently went to purchase some bits and bobs and took my daughter …
Garden Makeover 2013
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 …
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 …
Continue reading "Sensing Spaces at the Royal Academy of Art"
