We are back this year in historic Grade I listed All Saints church, Brightlingsea, with its newly restored tower plus new facilities (including WC!). BNA Essex has entered a “tree” in Brightlingsea’s Christmas Tree Festival for a number of years, always with a wildlife theme, and never with a standard tree, but ones constructed from loppings or trimmings etc. No two years have been the same in design. Previous ones have included a a holly bush, historic Kissing Bough, leaning logs etc! The event will be open for Saturday & Sunday 14th & 15th December, do look in (& vote for ours!). [Open times: Sat 14th, 10am-8pm; Sun 15th, 10am-6pm). BNA Essex will be setting up on Thursday 12th, please email the Branch if you would like to help with the setting up.

This year’s tree title is “Wooden Tree be Loverly”, as we have made a ‘minimalist’ core of the tree  from a wooden re-use pallet. (It will remain unpainted so the wood can subsequently have a yet further incarnation).  Some BNA Essex ‘Christmas trees’ from past years below: