Chelmsford YHA Group

CYHA News

The Monthly Newsletter of Chelmsford YHA Local Group

January 2016

Photo Competition 2015

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 pictures. The voting was close, but the winners below emerged.

(Click on any picture to see a larger version)


Winner of Best Landscape category: Dave P's photo of Great Langdale (with Mike in silhouette).

Great Langdale (Dave P)
Grafham Water (Ali)

Runner-up in Landscape category: Ali's picture of sunset at Grafham Water


Winner of Best Portrait category: Dave P's picture of Trudi at Kilnave Chapel on Islay.

Trudi, Islay (Dave P)
Dave, Cefn Coch gold mine (Ali)

Runner-up in Portrait category: Ali's picture of Dave at Cefn Coch gold mine in Wales.

Runner-up in Portrait category: Marion's picture of Mike on the Lea Valley cycle ride.

Mike (Marion)

Winner of Spirit of CYHA category: John F's picture of Mike, Chris and Lily above Langdale in the Lake District.

Langdale (John F)
Dave J on Cadair Idris (Dave P)

Runner-up in Spirit of CYHA category: Dave P's photo of Dave J on Cadair Idris.


Winner of Best Caption category: (Mike)
"Can we try spooning?"

(Judi's photo on Islay)

Judi's photo on Islay
Clive climbs the Paps (Judi)

Runner-up in Caption category: (Judi)

"Clive realises that the teashop is 5 miles away and closes in 10 minutes"

(Judi's photo of Clive on the Paps of Jura)



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