Chelmsford YHA Group

CYHA News

The Monthly Newsletter of Chelmsford YHA Local Group

January 2012

Photo Competition 2011

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. There were almost 100 photos entered, and the voting was very close.

(Click on any picture to see a larger version)


Brotherswater (Tom)

Joint Winner of Best Landscape category: Tom's photo of Brother's Water in the Lake District.

Joint Winner in Landscape category: Tom's photo of Hartsop.

Hartsop (Tom)
Alstonefield (Ali)

Joint Winner in Landscape category: Alstonefield, Peak District (Ali).

Joint Winner in Landscape category: Ali's photo of High Cup Nick.

High Cup Nick (Ali)

Winner of Best Portrait category: Judi's picture of Doug.

Doug by Judi
Dave and Hadrian (Ali)

Runner-up in Portrait category: Ali's picture of Dave and Emperor Hadrian in Newcastle.

Runner-up in Portrait category: Jim's picture of Louise preparing chestnuts at Hindhead.

Louise (Jim)

Maize Beck bridge (John F)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: John F's picture of the group on the Maize Beck bridge, Pennine Way.

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Doug plays the piano at Skiddaw House hostel (Judi).

Skiddaw House (Judi)
Birdoswald (Ali)

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Ali's picture of the group at Birdoswald on Hadrian's Wall.


Winner of Best Caption category: (Cress)
"And I applied for citizenship for this!!"

(Andrew's photo of Jonathan & Cynthia)

Jonathan & Cynthia (Andrew)
Andrew and Doug in the Lake District (Lorna)

Runner-up in Caption category: (Jim)

"Foggy, what's tha done wi' Compo?"

(Lorna's photo of Andrew and Doug in the Lake District)


Runner-up in Caption category: (Dave J)
"The group forgot to check if they've left anything behind"

(Ali's photo of Doug on Hadrians Wall path)

Doug (Ali)

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