THIS week our camera club pictures show the calm before the storm.
In these photos, a shared in the hours before Storm Ciara hit, you would never know strong winds and flooding were about to hit the Essex countryside and coast.
Our camera club members have snapped beautiful sunsets, spring-like scenes and wildlife.
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