Mud, mud, glorious mud, Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So follow me, follow, Down to the hollow, And there let us wallow in glorious mud. ~ ‘The Hippopotamus Song’ by Flanders & Swann
Thanks to our talented Photographer of the Year entrants whose images below celebrate MUD in all its glory and danger.
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