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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. |
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. |
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. |
Some more pictures of the activities
Catching a crab |
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Circus skills workshop |
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