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		| Mersea Island Festival | 
	
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		| Holiday dates: 20th to 25th August 2017 | 
	
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		| Holidaying are: Darren & Otis along with Geraint. | 
	
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		| Sunday 20th August 
 We arrived in good time and were assigned our tent. We had a few small 
		issues with the sleeping bags but this was all sorted out . We were 
		given a list of activities for the period of the Festival along with 
		some general Information about the site. Once we all settled in we had 
		our evening meal which was spaghetti bolognaise and then we 'disco'd' 
		the night away at the welcome party before turning in for the night.
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		|  | Monday 21st August 
 After a cooked breakfast we headed towards the main hall in order to 
		queue and book the activities we wanted to do for the day. Darren wanted 
		to do trampolining along with some Circus skills. Otis tried his hand at 
		the climbing wall and then the zip- wire. After lunch Otis went fishing 
		and caught a 5lb fish ! Darren enjoyed the pedal carts. In the evening 
		our meal was roast pork and we went to Big Jim's disco, in the main 
		hall.
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		| Tuesday 22nd August 
 We all slept very well last night in our tent. This morning after a 
		cooked breakfast Otis practised for the Community Radio that is coming 
		tomorrow. Darren practised his Circus skills again. Later Otis went on 
		to do Archery. After lunch both Darren and Otis joined the 'Band 
		workshop' activity. This involved making a lot of noise, some of it 
		musical! In the eveneing there was a themed party. The theme was red, 
		white and blue so we all dressed in those colours. There was a live band 
		called 'Popgun'.
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		|  | Wednesday 23rd August 
 This morning Darren chose the Crabbing activity and he caught lots of 
		crabs! Otis made a brief appearance on the live community radio, I think 
		he experienced a little bit of stage fright. In the afternoon we went 
		for a speed boat ride off the beach, this was very exciting.
 In the evening there was a Camp Concert in the Main Hall followed by a 
		disco. The concert was hosted by the staff and guests of the camp and it 
		was very funny. There was also an option of a Big Screen Cinema in the 
		dining room.
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		| Thursday 24th August 
 Today Otis chose to go crabbing in the morning and he caught lots of 
		them. He treated himself to a lovely hot chocolate in celebration. 
		Darren chose to take part in the Quad bike activity. He enjoyed it so 
		much he kept going on them all day. Otis joined in the Quad bike 
		activity in the afternoon and drove both the quad bike and the argocats. 
		The afternoon was rounded off by a spot of archery. In the evening there 
		was a concert by the 'Phaze 2 Caribbean Steel Band'. Along with an 
		International Fancy dress party.
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		|  | Friday 25th August 
 Our last day and with sadness we had to go home. Today there was 
		breakfast in the dining hall followed by a video of the festival in the 
		main hall. There had been so many activities to chose from at the 
		festival and entertainment each night and Darren and Otis had enjoyed a 
		great holiday.
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		| Some more pictures of the activities 
 Catching  a crab
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 Circus skills workshop
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