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Competitors take part in the annual Maldon Mud Race, a charity event to race across the bed of the River Blackwater in Maldon, Essex on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The race originated in 1973, with a dare being given by a local resident to the landlord of the Queens Head public house, which stands on the Hythe Quay in Maldon, challenging him to serve a meal on the saltings of the Rivers Blackwater dressed in a dinner jacket. The challenge was accepted and carried out, resulting next year in a bar being opened on the saltings. About twenty people made a mad dash across the river bed, drank a pint of beer and dashed back. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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