Things Get Muddy

Well we've just returned home from 24 hours at Relay for Life and we're exhausted.  And rather muddy.  But our little town has done good and we've raised over $100,000 for the Cancer Council.  Unfortunately the weather decided to put a dampener on things this year and after a brief glimpse of sunshine the heavens opened and the rain set in for a good few hours.  The result of heavy rain, grass and hundreds of people walking round and round in a circles?  A hell of a lot of mud.  I had prepared for such an eventuality and was kitted out in waterproof trousers, jacket and the all important leopard print wellies.  I was therefore able to trudge through the mud with little difficulty.  Not so easy for those in trainers and poor Mystical Roo and Monster Noggin got very cold and wet feet.  It got to the point where most people were walking around with bare feet.  It was a shame the ground got so boggy because it made walking difficult and in the end health and safety took precedence and the walking was stopped.  With the sun down and the ground showing no signs of drying it was just becoming unsafe to continue.  But even though the walking was stopped we stayed for the whole night and camped out amongst the mud.  Everyone was in high spirits and the fundraising continued despite the walk itself being stopped.  Mystical Roo and I paid $10 to enter a trivia competition and I'm pleased to confirm that we won.  We actually won!  A lot of effort went in to that and it paid off as we were rewarded with a bottle of wine and a $90 gift voucher for the Hungry Duck in Berry.  Result!  So we might have been covered in mud, cold and pretty tired but for $100,000 for Charity and $90 for us, I think it was worth it.