Tall Chin Talks to Mud & Guts founder Jamie King.

Welcome to the latest Tall Chin Talks and a couple of recent commissions!

"Tall Chin’s illustrations have an individual sensitive charm, fresh, gentle and very liveable with. His talent in composing the right picture for he who commissions it and catching that fleeting moment in time of the chosen subject is very special".

If there is one person who is going to encourage you to get outside this summer its Mud & Gut's founder Jamie King.

Jamie is passionate about the outdoors and he is even more passionate about getting children to spend time foraging and enjoying what the great outdoors has to offer. "Have you ever noticed that it is almost impossible to be in a bad mood when you are outside?" He asks with a beaming smile.

He is right, and anyone who has been on a Mud & Guts adventure day or party comes away having had a brilliant experience. “I always see their shoulders drop, their cheeks flush and their smiles broaden. Most importantly, it’s a day away from screens. It is a day of total immersion in a natural environment and it is a day having fun. Whether that’s learning to build dens, foraging and tracking to climbing trees, no two days are the same”.

Jamie is the first to admit that he is a child at heart, he clearly loves what he does and I can see why. He’s seen the world, while he previously worked as photographer for editorial magazines. But it wasn’t until he and his family moved to Wiltshire in 2011, and after a party Jamie had organised for their son in the local woods that Mud & Guts was born. “The party was such a success, and the children and their parents so keen for more, that I realised I was onto something”

Most important bit of kit to always have on you? Always a bushcraft knife!!

Where is your favourite sun-downer spot? Kimmeridge

Mud & Guts offers tailored birthday parties, adventure days, and camp outs either at their woodland base just south of Salisbury or Jamie and his team will travel within Wiltshire and the surrounding counties. All you need to have Mud&Guts come to you is enough space to build a den and enough children to fill it.

To book a Mud & Guts party or to enquiry about their activities then please drop Jamie an email on jamie@mudandguts.co.uk. Check our their website here and follow them on instagram @mudandgutsadventures.

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