On Sunday 2nd June 2024, we (Emma B & Emma M) will be taking part in The Maldon Mud Race!!

For those who are unfamiliar with The Maldon Mud Race, it is a famous event in Essex that takes place once a year, where lots of people decide to race through the mud and water of the river Blackwater in Maldon!

The Maldon Mud Race began in 1974 when a regular at a local pub was challenged to serve a meal on the riverbank dressed in a dinner jacket. The challenge evolved into a race across the river to a waiting barrel of beer, drinking a pint of beer there and racing back. The barrel of beer has long disappeared and the race has become a charity event with many participants wearing fancy dress! Fancy dress suggestions are welcome...

We've both watched family members undertake the challenge and we've always said we would do it one day, so here we go!!

The event splits any funds raised between lots of brilliant charities (Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, Daniel Wilkinson Foundation, David Randall Foundation, The Cinnamon Trust, Maldon & District Sea Cadets, Farleigh Hospice, BASICS Essex and Great Ormond Street).

Half of the funds we raise will be donated to the event's chosen charities and the other half will be donated to MS Together which is a charity providing advice and support for people aged 18-35 living with MS. This is a organisation that means a lot to us as it has supported Emma M with her diagnosis.

So, if you can donate, it will not only go towards supporting some brilliant causes, it will also keep us motivated as we drag ourselves through the mud!

Photos to follow...