As Candy has posted, Mariafest No2 is well under way - and like last time, Maria has taken a little time out to return to the wild moorland of Langstonedale and this time she's spending several full days with us here at the Hall! Yesterday, Friday, we loaded up the carriage and took her down to the Marsh House mudbanks where she had two amazing sessions playing in the riverbank clay, and today she's been getting up to all kinds of crazy messy fun with Felicity the Serving Wench and Rosemary, mistress of her ladyship's horses, including an incredible hour in the dungeon that started out as an ideas rehearsal for the upcoming Langstonedale Great Gunge Gala, but rapidly degenerated into an all out free-for-all gunge fight with swearing and everything!

There has been a gunge comparison of traditional gunge vs the new creamier version, both supplied by Dunk Tank Dave, in a pair of the silliest outfits we've yet messed up, and soon there'll be a rematch of last Winter's flanage-fest between Maria and Rosemary.

Here are just a few snapshots of some of the mayhem so far. We think Maria is awesome - what do you think?

HAHAHHHAHA!! I look like a damn giant! Lol!

FeeFi Foe FUm!!!!!!

You smell the custard of an Englishwoman?

A giant of a mess.
You look to be happy having fun ..
As ever.

Watch out if you notice any of them have a slingshot!

All three of you look wonderful! I love your laughing smile; I can tell you were having a lot of fun!

Norman

I *know* Maria is awesome!

And you're giving us even more evidence with these fantastic pics!

Norman

Muddy Socks!

Mariafest's stop at the dungeon and mudbanks looks to be quite the time.

Looks like everyone had fun, looking forward to the updates.

Thanks for all the lovely replies, I'll answer everyone properly in a day or two, but meanwhile here's a bit more of the mayhem:

This looks like it was a blast having Maria back! I can't wait for these sets!!!

Doesn't she look incredible in a flight suit? And i'm thrilled to see you guys using real gunge again! You're combining all my favourite things! This is outrageously exciting.

Maria needed to wash her hair tonight. And there's more space in the dungeon than a shower cubicle, even here. And there was a convenient brand new royal blue boilersuit handy. You can probably guess what happened next!

Caught plotting in a quiet corner of the kitchens, what mayhem are these three planning, I wonder?

A little more of the mayhem. Tomorrow, our carriage will take Maria back over the moors and down to the city to catch a train back South. But we will long remember the amazing weekend she spent here!

Aw glad you guys have had so much fun. The pics look absolutely amazing

so the madness returns to custard towers... already prepping!

Did you just refer to me as "the Madness?" Thats so fucking cool you guys!

Hmm, no I think you yourself are not The Madness, it's some kind of chaotic force like an invisible honeybadger on speed - but you do have a tendency to bring it with you. I think it lives in your bag, or maybe your hair

Some great pictures, looks like you all had a lot of fun.

www.gunge.club

I think you'll enjoy the video we made testing the new gunge! It's ridiculous lol

The wet hair picture in the boilersuit is a special favourite for me.

Maria, I think you could have guessed I would like this one!!

Alan

Looking forward to seeing it.

That's going on Maria's Saturation Hall profile page when I get round to building it!

Meanwhile, here's a nice phone snap I got when she went exploring the house and I ran into her at one end of the Long Gallery, gazing out down the dale below the house.