Chelmsford YHA Group

CYHA News

The Monthly Newsletter of Chelmsford YHA Local Group

January 2010

Photo Competition 2009

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. Once again 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)


Fan Hir (Jim)

Winner of Best Landscape category: Jim's photo on Fan Hir, Wales.

Runner-up in Landscape category: Ali's picture of Blea Tarn in the Lake District.

Blea Tarn (Ali)
Blea Tarn (Jim)

Runner-up in Landscape category: Blea Tarn (Jim).


Winner of Best Portrait category: Dave P's picture of Ali on the Essex Way.

Ali (Dave P)
Lily (Judi)

Runner-up in Portrait category: Judi's picture of Lily in the Lake District.

Runner-up in Portrait category: Dave P's picture of Ali having tea on the canal at Bath.

Ali (Dave P)

Fan Frynych (Dave P)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's picture of the Brecon Beacons from Fan Frynych, New Year's Eve.

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Jim's photo on the Harwich harbour ferry .

Harwich harbour ferry (Jim)
At Sheen hostel (Dave P)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's picture of at Sheen hostel in the Peak District.


Winner of Best Caption category: (Jim)
"The Daily Mail always said social workers have their heads up their a**es"

(Ali's photo of Trudi in Scotland)

Trudi and Colin in the Alps (Tom)
Jon in Peak District (Judi)

Runner-up in Caption category:

(Trudi) "Too late, Jonathan remembered he hadn't asked her number..."

(Judi's photo)


Runner-up in Caption category: (Doug)
"That's my holiday sorted!"

(Tom's photo of Dave P)

Dave P (Tom)

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