Chelmsford YHA Group

CYHA News

The Monthly Newsletter of Chelmsford YHA Local Group

January 2009

Photo Competition 2008

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: Dave P's picture looking down on Helen, from Leith Tower in Surrey.

Helen (Dave P)
Judi (John)

Runner-up in Best Portrait category: John's picture of Judi cycling on the Hunstanton weekend.


East coast sunset (Tom)

Winner of Best Landscape category: Tom's photo of the sunset at Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast.

Runner-up in Landscape category: John F's picture of Les Vachers in the French Alps.

Les Vachers (John)
Sunrise at Boggle Hole (Jim)

Runner-up in Landscape category: Sunrise at Boggle Hole (Jim).


Lunch in the rain (Dave P)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's picture of Chris, Ali, and Helen eating lunch on the walk from Tanner's Hatch to Holmbury St Mary in Surrey.

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's photo of the flooding in Wensleydale.

Wensleydale (Dave P)

Winner of Best Caption category: (Doug)
"Next time, book your bed early!"

(Tom's photo of Trudi and Colin in the Alps)

Trudi and Colin in the Alps (Tom)
Ridgeway weekend (Marion)

Runner-up in Caption category:

(Jim) "The credit crunch starts to bite at the Jockey Club"

(Marion's photo)


Runner-up in Caption category: (Trudi)
"Dave discovered he couldn't walk on water..."

(Jim's photo of Dave J in Hampshire)

Dave J on Wetherdown weekend (Jim)

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