Essex Outdoors

Mersea

Accommodation on Site

• Ingram Lodge • Blackwater Village • Large cabins • Tented • New showers and toilets Built in 2011• New training suite • Wireless Internet across the site

The Lodge

Cabin

New Toilet & Shower Block

Tents

Technical Stuff

• AALA Licenced• Learning Outside the Classroom Badge• 5* Health and Hygiene award• Full Insurance• Robust equipment and structural process• All staff First Aid qualified • Excellent record for Health and safety

Staffing

• Professional Staff team • Robust Training & Assessment Program • On-going training and development • Senior team with many years at the centre • Seasonal Team recruited through a structured

process• All Staff DBS Checked ( New CRB)

Site Info

• 65 Acres of land split into 30 Acres farmed 35 Acres used for the centre

• Located near the sea with boundary fences and ditches surrounding the site

• CCTV in operation • Onsite Duty person 24 hours per day• Modern Facilites

Menu sample

Mersea Outdoors Menu

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

Cereal, Fresh Fruit, Cereal, Fresh Fruit, Cereal, Fresh Fruit, Cereal, Fresh Fruit, Cereal, Fresh Fruit,

Fruit Yoghurts, Toast Fruit Yoghurts, Toast Fruit Yoghurts, Toast Fruit Yoghurts, Toast Fruit Yoghurts, Toast

Sausage,Fried Egg, Bacon Baguette,Croissant Bacon, Plum Tomatoes Sausage Baguette,Croissant Bacon,Sausage, Beans

Baked Beans & Hash Brown Pain au Chocolate Scrambled Egg & Sausage Pain au Chocolate Tomatoes & Fried Egg

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Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

It’s a Wrap Spud U Like DIY Baguette or Rolls Pizza Bar Build a Burger

Fill your own wraps with Baked Jacket Potato with with Cheese, Tuna Mayo, Ham Choice of Meat Feast or Choice of Beef,Chicken or

Sweet Chilli Chicken or Beans, Cheese, Coleslaw Turkey, Egg Mayo & Salad Cheese & Tomato Pizza Vege burger in a bun

Vegetable Salsa, Cheese Tuna Mayo & Cowboy Beans Pickle & Mayo with Side Salad, Coleslaw served with Chips & Salad

Onion, Salad & Sour Cream served with Mixed Salad & Saute Potatoes Cheese slices & Relish

Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit Fresh Fruit

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Evening Meal Evening Meal Evening Meal Evening Meal Evening Meal

Pasta Bar Best of British Spice Night Weekday Roast

Choice of Spaghetti or Jumbo Sausages with Creamy Chicken or Vegetable Roast Chicken Breast

Fusilli Pasta with Bolognaise Mashed Potato, Pan Fried Korma Curry or Vegetable Filo Parcel Subject to numbers

Tomato & Basil Sauce or Onions, Yorkshire Pudding with White Rice, Poppadum with Stuffing, Roast Potatoes on site

Creamy Ham & Mushroom Peas, Carrots & Mango Chutney Cauliflower Cheese, Peas

Sauce & Gravy or Cheese & Tomato Pasta & Carrots and Gravy

Garlic Bread Slice Bake

Fruit Cheesecake & Build your own Apple Pie with Chocolate Fudge Cake

Fresh Cream Ice Cream Sundae Custard Sauce with Fresh Cream

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Menu is subject to change at short notice - If you have special dietry requirements or allergies, please ask for

information

Kit List• Nightwear / Warm Pyjamas (when camping it can get cold at night)• Underwear and socks (please note that for many activities, socks will need to cover your ankles)• Trousers / leggings for activities (not jeans)• Shorts (summer groups)• 1 pair of trainers for activities• 1 pair of shoes for water sports (preferably old trainers)• Pair of dry shoes for evening activities• Fleeces / sweatshirts for activities• Long sleeved shirt/t-shirts (for activities where arms need to be covered)• T-shirts• 1 or 2 sets of clothes for the evening (disco if one is booked)• Baseball hat / sun hat • Waterproof jacket / cagoule (and trousers if you have them)• Warm anorak or similar Hat and gloves • Wellington / waterproof walking boots (optional, winter groups)• Swimwear including towel

Kit List 2• Sleeping bag or duvet, pillow and single bottom sheet (unless

otherwise advised)• One towel for showering• One old towel for wet / muddy activities• Plastic drinks bottle• Sunscreen (summer groups)• Small rucksack / bag• Labelled bin bags for wet and dirty clothing• Wash bag (including soap, shampoo and toothpaste)• Torch and Batteries• Pen, Pencil and Writing Paper

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Activities

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