> # Saturday with Will, getting wet.

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> Posted by Jamie on November 20, 2016 at 15:34:14

> Will joined us - me, dad, Chris and uncle Greg - for our morning exercise swim and we then had breakfast with everyone in the main hallway, joined by cousin Tom and his parents, uncle Danny and aunt May. We've not seen much of Tom recenly as he has been working up near York with another stonemason as part of his training.

> It was dull and cold so we didn't fancy going out into the woods to get wet and muddy and we sat around chatting and catching-up with what Tom and Will had been doing since we'd seen them last.

> Eventually we got a bit bored and restless and were looking for something to do for a bit of fun. Chris suggested just going out and just see what appealed as we went. It was raining by that time so Will suggested pulling on some trackies and sweatshirts and it wouldn't matter if we got wet, but they might keep us warmer until we did. Will borrowed a pair of navy Nike nylon trackpants with elasticated cuffs at the ankles, blue socks, trainers and a red longsleeve sports top. Chris was in grey fleecy trackpants, a blue longsleeve sweater with a crew-neck, grey socks and trainers. Tom appeared in a black shiny nylon tracksuit, trainers and yellow socks. I wore navy Adidas trackpants, a green long-sleeve Adidas top, green socks and old trainers.

> The rain wasn't heavy but a steady one in which we would eventually get very wet if we stayed out long enough. We started to walk along the track when Chris suddenly called our attention.

> "I just thought, we've not been down through this side of the garden recently, we had a good mud slide going last year, just behind the beech hedge."

> So we went to have a look. The lawn at the back of the house slopes down to where the stream we walk along meets the far left-hand corner, but to the right of the pool area a tall beech hedge runs down the slope, marking the edge of the formal part of the gardens. To the right of the hedge itself there is what used to be a muddy track and it was this that we had turned into a long downhill mud slide during one party, everyone had had a go before going home wet and smeared in mud - that was a fun time !

> It still looked pretty muddy, so Chris said he'd give it a go, took a running dive and slid about ten feet before coming to a halt, there was a least another sixty feet to go. Chris came back up the slope, he was a bit muddy but not nearly enough.

> "We need more water." I said "We can hook up a hose to the outside tap on the wall by the pool door and push it under the hedge. I'll go get one."

> "Better still, bring the hose this side and push it back, it'll be a shorter length to do that way." Will suggested.

> So we did that. It worked and when we turned on the water Will grabbed the hose and promptly gave Chris a soaking down his front.

> "What was that for ?" Chris objected looking down at his sodden trackies, now a dark grey, and dripping sweater.

> "You'll slide along more easily now you are wet as well............" Will grinned as he pointed the jet of water away down the slope, waving it around until the water settled over the slope in little puddles.

> "Give it another go, Chris, see how far you slide now." Tom suggested.

> Chris had another go and Will sprayed the water over him as he went, soaking his clothes completely. This time he slid a lot further and was really muddy down his front when he came back to us.

> "Give me the hose a moment, Will, and I'll go down the slope with it and get it wetter further down." Chris said, taking the hose and turning it on himself as he leaned forward, he sprayed up and down his body until he was dripping wet and the mud was washed off him. When he straightened up he amply demonstrated that strange trait he has of getting boners that appear bigger, the colder it is.

> "There must be something wrong with you, Chris" Tom laughed "that is unnatural to get like that in this cold weather; my little fella's gone into hibernation, I think."

> "Jealousy - not a nice thing to see in a friend........" Chris laughed "I can't help it you know."

> Chris took a running dive and, holding the hose pointing ahead of him, he slid far further than before, indeed further than the hose would stretch, so when he stood up to retrieve it he continued standing where he was poiting the flow of water further down the slope. Tom decided that he'd have a go as well, so slid down on his backside, coming to halt just about where Chris was standing. Chris took the opportunity to give Tom a thorough soaking as he stood up and they struggled for control of it as they got wetter and wetter untl they were both dripping wet again.

> They walked back up the slope to us spraying the water on the ground as they approached and then they started spraying us and Will, to get away from them, took a slide down the slope. He went further than anyone and came back up soaked to the skin and covered in mud from chest to knees.

> "How far down the slope does this slide go ?" Will asked.

> "There's a ditch and hedge right at the bottom with a bit of a mud pit on the level as you get there - or there was last year. Perhaps we should go and have a look." I suggested.

> "Good idea, but first has anyone noticed something ?" Will asked.

> "No, what ?" I said.

> "You're the only one of us who's still dry of course.........." Will replied as he turned the hose on me and the others held me still. F*** me, the water was cold ! I was soaked in moments and they didn't stop when I was dripping, but just carried on streaming the water over me. Chris and Tom picked me up and then threw me down the slope on my backside, I slid almost to the bottom, just a few yards short.

> I stood up and walked to the end of the slide, it was wet and boggy and in a couple of places my trainers sank into the mud almost to my ankles.

> The others joined me, having left the hose running down the slope from as far as it would stretch.

> "Do we have another hose, we could do with a lot more water down here to make this a viable slide." Tom said "You know, something really muddy to splash into."

> "We do, but nothing long enough to get this far and no other tap to connect it to anyway." I said "The next nearest tap is in the garage yard, the one we use to clean up."

> "I'm sure I've seen an old plastic water tank in one of the garages" Tom said "which we could fill and bring round, it only needs to be tipped up and the water will flow down."

> "Put it on the little trailer and bring it here with one of the quads........we'd never lift and carry a tank full of water even with the four of us." I said.

> So we set about looking and eventually found it resting on rafters in the last garage we looked in. We man-handled it down and took it outside, it was full of cobwebs and dead spiders - yuck - but appeared water-tight after we had cleaned it out, put it on the trailer and then filled it. We emptied four tank-fuls down the slope and then took another four down the bottom and flooded the swampy bit.

> We were eager to try it out, now completely unconcerned about the rain and the fact we were all soaked to the skin. Chris went first and shouted that he reached the bottom easily, Tom went next, then Will and finally me. It was great and I splashed down into the mud next to Will.

> We were all completely covered in mud by the time we'd slid down four or five times and the swampy bit got better as we stamped and jumped around in it. Will was shivering as we finished our fifth slide, so I suggested we clean up and go in. We hosed each other down at the top of the slope, by the end of which operation we were all emulating Chris to a degree, even Tom had come out of hibernation and was showing his head as the nylon tracksuit clung to him.

> We left the hose running as we went in for a hot shower and then we jumped in the pool in our clothes and spent the rest of the morning playing around in the water.

> Follow Ups:

> - Re: Saturday with Will, getting wet. Jonno 20:18:32 11/20/2016 (3)
>   - Re: Saturday with Will, getting wet. wetchas 08:36:45 11/21/2016 (2)
>     - Re: Saturday with Will, getting wet. trn 11:28:20 11/21/2016 (1)
>       - Re: Saturday with Will, getting wet. Jamie 20:22:52 11/21/2016 (0)

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