On the Pennine Journey, I had to cross a field with a stream through it. I crossed the stream and then realised I was now on the wrong side so I had to re-cross. The field was full of cows. The stream has earth banks and I saw a rock to put my foot on to descend to the water, about 3' below. The rock immediately gave way and I fell onto my side into the water which full of cows mess as well. One second I was upright, the next I was wet through, covered in slime and very smelly!
It was a hot summer day and there was no one around, just me and the cows, but thankfully they were wandering away from me just munching grass. I climbed out thinking what do I do now? The water was full of cows mess all around me. In the end, I followed the water upwards to the edge of the field, climbed over a fence and came to clear water on the other side, no cows in this field. I stripped off and spent a fair bit of time washing and washing my tops and trousers, underwear, etc, etc. I also had to empty my rucksack and clean that as well. What a mess!
The wash and tidy up took me about two hours, I also had to wash myself from head to toe, just had that overwhelming desire to be clean. Once done I laid out every item of clothing on the grass to dry. I was just wandering around in my underwear, but I didn't see anybody which was very pleasing to me at the time. I then set up my inner tent, (mostly mesh) blew up my mattress and slept well for ages. When I awoke most of my clothes were now dry. I dressed, repacked everything and then hiked on. The next day I washed everything again, just to be sure that everything was really clean.