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  • Great Mushroom Hunt

 

 

 

The Great Mushroom Hunt 2008

 

After the overwhelming success of last year’s Great Mushroom Hunt we thought we would celebrate by doing the whole thing again.

Despite last year being a relatively poor year for mushrooms, we received some marvellous photographs and it was a joy to look at them all, though not easy to judge.

With the appalling summer and autumn an unknown quantity, who knows what this year will bring? I was collecting Chanterelle several weeks ago and, as I hear it is a first class year for Truffles, I’m off to my favourite Truffle spot this afternoon. I’ll let you know if I find any.

Your photographs can be of any fungus, not just the edible ones; and the winner will simply be the photo I like best. The prize is a Friday afternoon forage with me at or near RCHQ followed by dinner at our regular Friday Night at RC. There will be two runner-up prizes of a signed, framed photograph from the RC Mushroom Handbook.

Email your pictures, complete, if you like, with the story behind them, to mushroom@rivercottage.net.

The very best of luck and happy hunting to all,

John

 

Timeline of the Competition

  • All photos must be submitted by November 17th to mushroom@rivercottage.net or by post to the address below
  • The winner will be contacted by November 28th and officially announced in our December newsletter 

  Great Mushroom Hunt 2008

   River Cottage HQ

   Park Farm

   Musbury

   EX13 8TB     

   

  Terms & Conditions

  • 1st Prize - Friday afternoon forage with John Wright at or near RCHQ followed by dinner at our regular Friday Night at River Cottage event in October 2009
  • 2 runner-up prizes - signed, framed photograph from the RC Mushroom Handbook
  • We must ask you to submit your entries by the above timelines, and any entry received after the dates will unfortunately not be submitted in to the competition
  • River Cottage reserve the right to change dates for unforseeable reasons
  • Travel, accomodation and alchohol is not included in the prize
  • The judges decision is final
  • The prize cannot be exchanged for an alternative prize or sold on