Stevenage.
Famous birthplace of Lewis Hamilton, Rupert Grint, and home of UE-OMJ. But I’m not here for the A List glitz and glamour, I’m here to rooftop.
The more cynical among you may argue that Stevenage looks better in the dark. So I gave UE-OMJ a call and asked if he’d do me the pleasure of showing me the town by night.
We entered the building just before sunset. In fact we watched the sun set from the ground floor, then rushed up to the first floor and caught it again, then the second floor and so on, chasing it all the way to the 8th floor.
Ground Floor:
I’m probably getting vainer in my old age, or maybe it was the plain building, but I seem to have a lot of self portraits from this one!
Here’s me and a window: (upper floor)
When we were about half way up UE-OMJ mentioned “You know I got busted by the cops last time I was here right?”
Nope I didn’t. But it’s easy to see why - here’s the Police Station with a perfect view of our rooftop antics.
Stevenage:
There’s something strangely satisfying being right under the CCTV:
On ur roofz drinkin ma beerz:
Stevenage College:
YMCA fail:
Sometimes people install an owl on their roofs to keep birds away. Fujitsu have installed a statue of UrbanX to keep the local secca away.
There was a raised bit of roof where the roof access was which was higher than where we were taking photos from. So I decided this would be where I do my ‘X’ from. As I couldn’t make it up there in under 10 sec’s I asked OMJ to hit the shutter as I was going up. I crested over the ridge and struck the pose. Standing still for 2.5 seconds while the shutter was open I looked down, only to realise I was now above the police station! I could see officers at their desks working below! If they looked up now they would clearly see me silhouetted against the night sky!
Time to make a move. Cheers for looking.
Massive thanks to UE-OMJ for an ace night out.
Famous birthplace of Lewis Hamilton, Rupert Grint, and home of UE-OMJ. But I’m not here for the A List glitz and glamour, I’m here to rooftop.
The more cynical among you may argue that Stevenage looks better in the dark. So I gave UE-OMJ a call and asked if he’d do me the pleasure of showing me the town by night.
We entered the building just before sunset. In fact we watched the sun set from the ground floor, then rushed up to the first floor and caught it again, then the second floor and so on, chasing it all the way to the 8th floor.
Ground Floor:
I’m probably getting vainer in my old age, or maybe it was the plain building, but I seem to have a lot of self portraits from this one!
Here’s me and a window: (upper floor)
When we were about half way up UE-OMJ mentioned “You know I got busted by the cops last time I was here right?”
Nope I didn’t. But it’s easy to see why - here’s the Police Station with a perfect view of our rooftop antics.
Stevenage:
There’s something strangely satisfying being right under the CCTV:
On ur roofz drinkin ma beerz:
Stevenage College:
YMCA fail:
Sometimes people install an owl on their roofs to keep birds away. Fujitsu have installed a statue of UrbanX to keep the local secca away.
There was a raised bit of roof where the roof access was which was higher than where we were taking photos from. So I decided this would be where I do my ‘X’ from. As I couldn’t make it up there in under 10 sec’s I asked OMJ to hit the shutter as I was going up. I crested over the ridge and struck the pose. Standing still for 2.5 seconds while the shutter was open I looked down, only to realise I was now above the police station! I could see officers at their desks working below! If they looked up now they would clearly see me silhouetted against the night sky!
Time to make a move. Cheers for looking.
Massive thanks to UE-OMJ for an ace night out.
