Half-term fun: 9 fabulous pics of families playing in the mud and tackling obstacle courses at Martin Mere Wetland Centre

Excited children and parents got stuck in to mud-themed activities including a mud kitchen, wild crafts, a muddy obstacle course and the annual North West Puddle Jumping Championships, at Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough.

Those in attendance also created some wild crafts and cooked up delicious muddy meals and attended some mud shows to learn all of the fascinating and mind-boggling facts about mud!

Take a look at some fantastic pictures.