Every year, on Midsummer's Day, in a tradition that dates back to time immemorial, a fair wench in a beautiful white dress must be sacrificed to the mud, to ensure the quality of the mud for the coming year. And this year, Miss Abigail has been chosen for the honour!
She dresses for the occasion in a truly beautiful satin finish wedding gown, with delicate embroidered floral detail, and teams it with a lovely flower crown of her own creation, and keeps her feet bare, better to feel the mud between her toes.
And then she totally throws herself into the mudbanks!
She gets utterly covered from head to toe, and then, once shes been entirely reduced to a mud-drenched mess including a total mud shampoo, she throws herself into the river for a rough wash-off, needless to say the dress does not return to white.
Potatoman-J said: Abigail is amazing and perfect for that era dress! Plus that mud looks so insanely soft and creamy; not gritty in the slightest!
Here mud is just water with very small rocks...
Thanks! And yes, that dress fitted was like it was made for her, and it slopped up in the mud absolutely beautifully too.
We are lucky with the Marsh House mudbanks, bottomless creamy clay, no grit or stones, just wonderfully liquid surface on firm clay beneath. The entire east coast out beyond the Humber is basically clay, constantly being eroded and re-deposited by the tides.
Sploshman said: Ms Abigail
Thank you and know exactly what you mean, isn't she lovely?
fmrlfaru11 said: I really like Abigail willing to do anything.
Whether clothed or nude, that red head with bangs will be adventurous.
Yes indeed, and we're very lucky to have her working with us. Lots more future messy adventures planned too!
Love you, too
And yes, that dress fitted was like it was made for her, and it slopped up in the mud absolutely beautifully too. 
