Summer Program & Competitions for 2025
This is a Summary of our Summer Program – Full details have been sent to every Member, and are available in the Members Facebook Page.
If any Non Member would like to join us on any of these Outings, please message using the Contact Page and we’ll provide more details and welcome you along.
Tuesday 3rd June – Burton Mere
Meet in the Car Park between 6:30pm – 6:45pm. May cost £6 (if warden still there).
Tuesday 10th June – Bidston Hill and Windmill
Meet in car park 6:30 6:45
Friday 20th June – Crosby Beach Another Place
Meet Approx 1:30 – BlundellSands and Crosby Train Station
Tuesday 24th June – Delamere Forest
Meet in carpark 6:30 – 6:45
Friday 4th July – Flaybrick Cemetery Model Shoot
Meet at Old Chapel 12:45 – 13:00
Saturday 5th July – Summer Picnic New Ferry Butterfly Park
Opens between 12:30 – 1pm – with food served at 1:30pm.
Friday 11th July – Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
Meet inside the entrance 13:15 – 13:30 Earlier if you plan to have lunch there.
Tuesday 15th July – Liverpool
Meet Lime Street Station 6:30 – 6:45
Friday 25th July – Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre
Eaton Lane, Tarporley, CW6 9DP (approx. 21 miles, 32 mins from Eastham).
Meet at the center carpark for 1pm, feel free to arrive earlier if you plan to have lunch there.
Friday 1st August – Chester Zoo Nature Reserve
Meet at 13:15 – 13:30 A close to carpark D as you can get. Entrance to reserve is at the back of carpark D.
Tuesday 5th August – Thornton Hough Village Walk
Meet 6:30 – 6:45: By All Saints Church in the village (Not sure about parking but there seems to be plenty around the Village Green).
Friday 15th August – Walk West Kirby to Red Rocks
Meet on the front by the Sail Loft at West Kirby 13:15 – 13:30
Friday 22nd August – Port Sunlight Village to incorporate visit to Lady Lever Art Gallery Exhibition by Jim Moir: Birds Dawn to Dusk
Meet in front of Art Gallery 13:15 – 13:30
Tuesday 26th August – Zoom and chat, Show Us Yours
Discuss the highs and lows of our Summer Program. Show any images you wish to discuss, discuss ideas for our Informal Summer Competition.
Informal Summer Competition (s)
This year I’ve tried to do things a bit differently as the same old same old, can get a bit boring. Our first competition is in a similar vein to our previous summer comps but with different themes.
So, for our Summer Competition this year, I have given you six headings to find images of. For the competition you may include as many or as few of the headings as you wish. It would be nice to see something a little different this year, so test your creativity and let your imagination run wild!
The headings are:
1. A reflection
2. A shadow
3. Something that makes you smile
4. A leading line
5. Through the Looking Glass: Participants must shoot the image through a reflective, transparent, or refracted surface (glass, water, mirrors, etc.).
6. Complimentary colours – Think back to Sue Freemans presentation on colour or refer to this:
Up to 6 images from any combination of the headings may be submitted, (6 from 1 heading; 1 from each heading; mixture of headings etc.).
All images must have been taken between 1st June and 31st August 2024.
Submit images to Paul Wallington be*********************@***il.com by midnight of Tuesday 2nd September.
Image resolution should be maximum 1600px x 1200px
The competition will be held on 16th September at the Hall.
Competition 2
For anyone that’s feeling adventurous and creative I thought I’d give you another challenge.
So, thinking back to our fabulous presentation earlier this season (December) ‘Print, Sew Scan’ by Liz Jeary, I thought we could give mixing media with a print a go ourselves. I’m not expecting anything as wonderful as Liz’s work, this is just for fun. So, if you have an old print you don’t mind sticking bits on to create a collage of sorts, please feel free to have a go.
It can be quite simple, i.e. sand and shells stuck to a seascape, wool stuck on to a sheep or let your imagination run wild, it can even be humorous (actual items, not photoshopped on). The dates in the rules above won’t apply to this competition, so feel free to use any old print or create a new print if you wish.
Liz scanned and reprinted her images once she had finished adding her mixed media to it. But I appreciate not everyone has a scanner or will want to go to the expense of reprinting their finished collage; so not expecting you to go to these lengths.
Here is the link to Liz Jeery’s presentation if you wish to remind yourself of it: