Waen Rhydd peat bog on the outskirts of the smallest town in Britain, Llanwrtyd Wells, is home to now-world-famous event World Bog Snorkelling Championships. Taking place on August 25 and August 26, the aim of the championships is to swim two lengths (about 115 metres) of a peaty, murky trench, which has been dug out of the Waen Rhydd peat bog, in the quickest time possible.
Competitors come from as far afield as Australia, America and Europe as well as from Britain for the pleasure of taking part.
The snorkeller with the fastest time wins a small cash prize. Organised by ‘Green Events’, the novel event was originally thought up by a local pub landlord Gordon Green in 1986 in a bid to boost tourism to the area.
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