Lauren was ecstatic. She had managed to get hold of a ticket to her favourite Saturday night TV show, Laugh Out Loud Live, a light-hearted variety show known for its silly games, celebrity guests, and audience participation. At 28, Lauren was the pic... |
Lauren had endured a strict upbringing. She was forever being told off for getting dirty and was never allowed to play in the dirt. Lauren, like so many of us, was the product of her upbringing and as a young adult she felt that her overly strict tre... |
Lauren, a slim and attractive blonde girl, lived in a picturesque house with a vast field at the back. For weeks, heavy rain had fallen relentlessly, turning the once-green landscape into a vast sea of mud. Lauren had always had a fascination with mu... |
"Lauren Mudslides Again"
It was another typical Monday. Lauren enjoyed her work as a beautician, so as the weekend crept towards its inevitable conclusion, she felt no dread of Monday. In fact, Lauren felt quite good about Monday. New clients, famil... |
I work as a beautician at a really nice salon on the outskirts of town. My boss is very ambitious and progressive and is always looking for ways to expand the business and offer more services. One of her recent upgrades was to offer more skin treatme... |
It was raining as I left work. "Great" I thought (sarcastically) and hurried in a kind of half-run towards my car. It was a late Autumn day and I'd managed to get out at 4pm, so was hopeful of getting home before the serious rush hour kicked in. As I... |
My new boyfriend and I had decided to go for a country walk with a pub lunch thrown in at some point. I got dressed up carefully so that I'd look nice, but with consideration to the country walk part, and also the fact that it was late winter and qui... |
When I was a kid, there was a TV show on regularly that young people would write into and the host would fix it for them to do something they asked for. The host was later implicated in a huge scandal (after his death) so I won't name him or the show... |
I work as a beautician at a really nice salon on the outskirts of town. My boss is very ambitious and progressive and is always looking for ways to expand the business and offer more services. One of her recent upgrades was to offer more skin treatme... |
Once a year, in the Summer, the large business that Lauren worked for knocked off at midday to have an afternoon in the (hopefully) sun. Basically, it was a "fun day" but it was also used as a vehicle for raising money for charity. All kinds of thing... |
Once a year, in the Summer, the large business that Lauren worked for knocked off at midday to have an afternoon in the (hopefully) sun. Basically, it was a "fun day" but it was also used as a vehicle for raising money for charity. All kinds of thing... |
Many readers will be familiar with Lauren's earlier stories, especially those accounts of charity events and telling how Lauren was covered in mud at work! This story (loosely based on fact) elaborates on one of those occasions! Lauren has written mu... |
I work as a beautician, and this story is very much centred around my uniform, and something that happened quite unexpectedly. We wear smart, darkish blue trousers, with a matching tunic top. Footwear isn't provided but we are asked to wear smart uno... |
I work as a beautician at a really nice salon on the outskirts of town. My boss is very ambitious and progressive and is always looking for ways to expand the business and offer more services. One of her recent upgrades was to offer more skin treatme... |
I work as a beautician at a really nice salon on the outskirts of town. My boss is very ambitious and progressive and is always looking for ways to expand the business and offer more services. One of her recent upgrades was to offer more skin treatme... |
When I was a young adult (I think I was 19) I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebod... |
When I was a young adult (I think I was 19) I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebod... |
Can't not share. The result of reading one of your stories whilst flicking through some of your photos! Hope you enjoy. X
I was at a favourite muddy place, a secluded tidal creek which is the most mindblowing location known to me: a vast expanse of... |
I work as a receptionist at a large doctor's surgery and it's a great job. A couple of years ago we relocated the whole set up to a new, purpose built facility, and this was lots of hard work, but ultimately very worthwhile because our old building w... |
2 I work as a receptionist at a large doctor's surgery and it's a great job. A couple of years ago we relocated the whole set up to a new, purpose built facility, and this was lots of hard work, but ultimately very worthwhile because our old building w... |
2 Jo and Lisa were second year university students. They shared a large ground floor flat in a very grand old building that had, at one time, been a magnificent house, but had long since been converted into multiple dwellings. Most of the building was... |
2 Charlotte was looking forward to her interview for the job on the farm. It was an office based job so she'd dressed smartly hoping to make a good impression. It was a fair walk from the car parking area to the office building. Ever prepared, Charlott... |
4 As Lauren squelched back to the caravan, covered in mud, still in her socks, carrying her clean shoes in her muddy hands, Jules walked alongside quizzing her constantly. "I must admit mate, although I thought you were mad and that was totally gross,... |
1 It was the year before Covid. We didn't know then, what these autumn months were. The last months of normality. The last chance to travel abroad or take a break at home. Mingling with friends and making new ones. We didn't know this then.
Lauren wa... |
2 I really want to go for a walk in a very muddy area to have some filthy fun. The problem is, there are often other people there and I don't want to look (too much) like a weirdo! I have these new "killer" skinny jeans that I'm aching to get muddy, so... |
1 When I was a young adult (I think I was 19) I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebod... |
1 When I was a young adult (I think I was 19) I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebod... |
1 I was desperate for the job on the farm. It wasn't heavy work, if successful, I'd be responsible for taking orders, in the office. I'd had a really good interview, and had been invited back for a second one, and asked to bring details of references.... |
When I was a teenager, about 16 I think, I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebody h... |
1 When I was a teenager, about 16 I think, I managed to appear in the audience of a studio-based wildlife TV programme, aimed at young people. It was a fun show with lots of crazy stuff going on, but also informative. On this particular day, somebody h... |
3 The first time I was gunged was in a local pub, as part of a fun day / fundraiser. I didn't really know about the event and happened to be going to the pub with friends anyway. I noticed the large gunge booth in the corner when we went in but didn't... |
1 My new boyfriend and I had decided to go for a country walk with a pub lunch thrown in at some point. I got dressed up carefully so that I'd look nice, but with consideration to the country walk part, and also the fact that it was late winter and qui... |
5 I thought you might like to hear about the time I went into mud with ALL of my clothes on! There was a really muddy area at the back of my work, being developed. it was basically a building site. And I went out the back door, and got locked out! So I... |
The car park at the back of my work was being renovated and was basically just a vast sea of mud. The builders had placed a large wooden plank across it so we could walk from the back door to the gate, safely across the mud. One day, when we closed u... |
1 My workplace always has a fun day in the summer, and this year, what with the vogue for mud runs, somebody put together a daft little mud course to walk, run, crawl and roll through. I fully intended to take part, but with a twist. I deliberately "fo... |
1 Last week, I was involved in clearing up a piece of muddy wasteland at the back of my workplace. I'm not one for wellies so I just got stuck in with my new shoes on! I love the way my amazing socks have been daubed with glorious mud through the cutou... |
We had lots of fun at work for the recent Children In Need event. Some people were gunged and it all got very messy! I got involved in a muddy stunt again personally! I had a £100 price on my head and as soon as it was raised I was ordered into a poo... |
1 I recently entered into a competition that involved racing (on foot) across a large muddy bog. It wasn't very deep, but it was very sloppy and sticky! It was at a village fete / fun day that was happening locally. I think I surprised a few people by... |
1 I went to a summer fun day recently arranged by my place of work. There were loads of silly games and many of them were quite messy, so we were told to dress appropriately! The one that really excited me was an arm wrestling competition with a pirate... |
My workplace always gets behind initiatives such as Comic Relief and this time was no exception. One of my friends cooked up the idea of "The Mud Bucket Challenge". Unlike the famous ice bucket challenge, this wasn't a pour over the head job, but a b... |
1 Recently, I took part in a fun quiz night as a fundraiser with my work colleagues. Where it differed from a normal quiz was the fact that at various points throughout the night people that were deemed to have performed poorly were ordered into a bath... |
1 Just before Christmas last year, I was extremely fortunate to be invited to take part in a charity fundraiser with some friends of mine. The event took place in a large shop that two of the friends work in and the idea was people would donate money t... |
2 I recently had a wonderful opportunity to get muddy at work again. We decided to raise some money for our chosen charity by rolling out a large container full of mud and having somebody get sponsored to get in it! I was really keen to take part so wa... |
I couldn't resist a splash in the mud with my amazing new zebra socks. I went to a field near my house and just ran across it without a care in the world! It felt really incredible as the sticky oozy mud claimed my shoes and I squelched ankle deep in... |
2 After being selected to go into a huge tank of mud in my work clothes, and discovering that I actually enjoyed the sensation, I obviously volunteered to take part again. I wondered how it would feel in jeans, so wore a nice pair of blue skinnies on t... |
4 I managed to get myself in a bit of a mess taking a shortcut across a very muddy field recently. I knew it would be muddy, but I couldn't resist having a bit of fun! I was wearing my smart brown brogue-style lace-ups and some beautiful nautical socks... |
7 A few years ago my workplace staged a charity auction. The idea was that people had to pledge money and nominate someone. The person with the highest number of votes would then have to get into a gunge tank, in public, with everyone watching. Except,... |