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Last Tuesday was a fun packed day which included a visit to our site at Victoria Station and a trip up the Walkie Talkie building to visit the newly opened Sky Garden. From the Sky Garden I hot footed it over to The Barbican Theatre for a backstage tour. This cost me the princely sum …
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This afternoon I had the great pleasure of ascending to the 35th floor of 20 Fenchurch Street aka The 'Walkie Talkie' building to marvel at the public Sky Garden and the views. My 1.5 hour booked slot commenced at 3.30pm and so I was able to see it in sunshine and to witness the sunset. …
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 …
I was at the Virgin London Marathon yesterday to cheer the runners and took loads of photos. Ive not uploaded them all yet I've now uploaded them all and included links at the bottom but I've still to add some text and more pics on this page so this page is just temporary to link to …
Hey! I actually did it! And not only did I actually do it but I did it in under 2 hours! I also raised a heap of money for the British Tinnitus Association in the process. Read on for the story of why I did it, why for British Tinnitus for the step by step …
I've been following the progress of the new highrise development at 20 Fenchurch Street aka the 'Walkie Talkie' building for some time having almost been employed to work on the project a few years back. This was just before it was mothballed for a few years. I spent a couple of months working just South of Tower …
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Last weekend was the 2012 London to Southend cycle event in aid of The British Heart Foundation. I had signed up to take part but a heavy cold and associated lack of sleep and training meant I had to pull out. It was a glorious day for the event which made it all the more …
Very quick post about the London to Brighton cycle that I participated in with others a couple of weeks ago. There were four of us in our team from work and the story as to why we were doing it is long but essentially we were taking part to show our support for our work …
I found time this afternoon to have a nosey in and around Paddington Station in London. I have passed through Paddington a number of times in recent weeks on my way to and from Heathrow but have not found the opportunity during daylight hours to have a closer look. A big milestone has just been …
I was in Heathrow for the day today and passed through London on the way home as night was falling. I took some pictures of a construction job at Paddington Station on my phone as I passed through and I rather liked the results - even though the actual quality of the photos wasn't very …
