Chelmsford YHA Group

CYHA News

The Monthly Newsletter of Chelmsford YHA Local Group

January 2008

Photo Competition 2007

Here are the winners of our annual photo competition to find the best pictures of CYHA events over the last year. Many thanks to all those who brought along their pics. It was a very entertaining evening and a great opportunity to remember all the trips we've had in the year. There were dozens of excellent entries, and the voting was very close.

(Click on any picture to see a larger version)


Winner of Best Portrait category: Jim's picture of Chris and Caroline in Kent.

Chris and Caroline (Jim)
Cress (Mike)

Runner-up in Best Portrait category: Mike's picture of Cress in the Lake District.


Five Sisters (Ali)

Winner of Best Landscape category: Ali's photo of the Five Sisters of Kintail (from Ratagan hostel, Scotland).

Runner-up in Landscape category: Tom's picture of sunset over Loch Duich (from Ratagan hostel, Scotland).

Loch Duich sunset (Tom)
Five Sisters (Ali)

Runner-up in Landscape category: Another photo from Ratagan hostel (Ali).


Great Totham (Dave P)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's picture of our Great Totham walk.

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's photo on the stepping stones at Hathersage.

Stepping Stones, Hathersage (Dave P)
Weald Park (Jim)

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Jim's picture in Weald Park.


Winner of Best Caption category: (Cress)
"Tom was worried that his sample showed some worrying signs"

(Gerry's photo of Tom in Bruges)

Tom drinks Kwak in Bruges (Gerry)

Runner-up in Caption category:

(Carol) "Steve & Colin pause during the World Cream Tea Eating Championships"

(Ali's photo)


Runner-up in Caption category: (Ali)
"Robert and Fergus know how to show the group a good time"

(Ali's photo in Bruges)


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