23 Apr 2023
When people tell you about getting muddy... believe it. Unfortunately, not everyone in the tour was as committed to getting filthy wet and dirty. That meant other vehicles puttered around, drove slow, and avoided the mud,
The trick is to get at the back of the procession, let people get ahead of you, then gun it through every puddle possible. When you do this, you'll get rocking along. very quickly (a little out of control even) and blow through some lovely, brown mud (at least I hope it was mainly mud). When you do this, you'll find yourself absolutely smothered in muddy water. It'll blind you. You'll taste it. And you'll feel the mud puddle sloshing in your seat.
Then get to the beach and go for a swim to get the filth off you, out of your hair, and off your clothes - at least as much as possible. Then get back in your buggy and do it all over again.