November 9th 2025, the 2025 Remembrance Day service and parade in Cathedral Square. A large crowd gathered for the event with the military services marching around the square including cadets and the emergency services. There was the Salvation Army Band, prayers and oratories, wreath laying and a two minute silence at 11am which was impeccably…
November 6th 2025, I visited the beautiful Warley Woods near Bearwood, a fantastic woodland and park, consisting of three areas, the dense woodland section amongst the fabulous autumn trees, the large grass open space and the civic park area. There was so much to see, a great variety of trees, a maze of paths to…
The Edition development has broken ground with many of the outer piles now prepared for above ground construction and one of the cores is ready for flight. We will soon start to see progress rising above the site hoardings. See more in my construction photography journal for this development…
November 2nd 2025, a sunny day graced my visit to the Frankfurt Christmas Market in Victoria Square. There were so many stalls and the huts were decorated with lights and animals as well as Birmingham and Frankfurt city shields. There was a great array of food and drink, places to stand, some covered, to chill…
November 1st 2025, I visited the fantastic Midland Air Museum at Coventry Airport. The amount of outside planes to see was amazing! I even got to go inside the cockpit of the Vulcan Bomber they have there. The interior displays were fascinating and awe inspiring, lots more planes to see as well as great educational…
22nd October 2025, the ‘Waterbots’ event on the canal at Brindleyplace. The collaboration of the Canal and River Trust and the creators BOM was hosted by Brindleyplace. The ‘Waterbots’, self-propelling robots that gently paddled themselves around the mainline canal, flashing coloured lights and puffing steam as they went, accompanied by ambient music. It was a…
The Great Charles Street development looks great from St Paul’s Square in the Jewellery Quarter, standing tall and almost completed it contrasts well with the autumn colours of the trees. See more in my construction photography journal for this development…
11th and 12th October 2025, the charity abseiling event in Brindleyplace. The participants abseiled down from the top of building three in aid of two charities, Young at Heart and University Hospitals Birmingham Charity, facilitated by Redpoint Climbing Centre. You can donate to these charities here: YOUNG AT HEART UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM CHARITY
August 19th 2025, I was invited by Paradise Birmingham to a photographers tour of the newly completed Three Chamberlain Square. The lobby and reception area was amazing and I really liked the design and colour pallet! There was lots of seating and a self service coffee bar, lots of wood with great planters adding a…
October 13th 2025, I had a lovely autumn walk around Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, a cloudy day but the colours of all the varied trees were wonderful! I also visited the stainless steel sculpture that is the memorial for the victims of the terrorist attack in Sousse, Egypt in 2015 and the Elan Valley…