Hi everyone. I've just uploaded a new set of pics onto my profile entitled; "Early morning mud bath." I paid a visit to this patch about a week ago now, and as is often the case, things didn't quite go as expected. I knew I'd need to reach it before dawn to avoid possible dog-walker collision, but didn't bank on the hike being quite so exhausting. Leaving the house at 3.15am It still took me two hours to reach it; up and down a couple of mega-steep hills. In the end I reached it just after 5.30 and jumped straight in. It was wonderful, but the fatigue took the edge off the fun a bit. Having cleaned up and dressed again I began the assent of another killer hill just as the first early-bird dog walkers appeared in the distance. I feel totally privileged to have this fetish, but it does have it's challenges!