A TEEN competitor gets bogged down in a charity run with a twist – and lots of sticking.
Hundreds braved the gloop for the annual Maldon Mud Race, which began in the 1970s, across the River Blackwater.
Sixth-former Saski Madden, 17, of the town’s Plume Academy, was for UK.
She said: “It was a blur.
“So fun, so scary and for such a good cause!”;
We revealed earlier how a “fairly chilly”; spell is now expected to follow record-breaking hot as the UK marks the 80th anniversary of .
Temperatures will dip to “below average”; as celebrations kick off on bank holiday Monday, but rise again throughout the week.
On the bank holiday itself, the forecasts temperatures will reach a maximum of 15C or 16C on the south coast ofon Monday, May 5.
But northern parts of the UK will “struggle to get into the double figures”;.
Thousands of people are expected to line the streets for the spectacle which includes a Churchill speech performance by actor Timothy Spall, a flypast including the Red Arrows, and a military procession of 1,300 members of the armed forces.
The Met Office predicted the morning would start “bright for many”;, with showers acrossand down into south-east England.
But in the afternoon most areas will be “dry with sunny spells”;, with more sun around for eastern and northern parts of the country compared to Sunday.
