This years Winter Wild camp was very well supported by the club. A big thank you to Barry for organising it. We had two groups setting off from different locations. The advanced party set off from Bradwell and consisted of John H, James W, Cheryl K and Jacquie H. They arrived at Sales Point, Bradwell during daylight hours and managed to source enough driftwood for a bonfire and to pick the, erm, best pitches. The main bulk of the paddlers consisted of Barry I, Chris, Andy E, Andie B, James W, Kevin R, Anna and Donnie, and arrived around 5pm in the dark. Kevin and Anna, who weren’t camping, , paddled to Mersea Island in the dark. We had mince pies, baked potatoes in various guises of “being cooked” along with beans and burgers all washed down with beer and alcohol. Actually there was a lot of alcohol and Christmas crackers to boot. I think all who ventured out on this paddle enjoyed themselves. Some pictures of our campsite including tents, bivvy bags, tarps and yeti suits!
Smoke house (maybe camping downwind of the fire wasn’t such a good idea)
Hobos Rest (Barry and Chris’s bit of turf)
Erm, nuff said.
“Gorse Heaven”
“Scotch mist”
Cheryls Place (Before Fishermans Cottage was built)
Yeti Cave (Bear Grylls would have cried)
On the Sunday we all went to Church, St Peters Chapel to be precise. Reportedly to be the oldest recorded Church in Britain. see http://www.bradwellchapel.org/home.html.
The paddle home, again was split into two groups, the Bradwell paddlers and the Heybridge Basin paddlers. 