Bog snorkelling champion to defend title

Aug 27 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

According to legend the sport of bog snorkelling started in 1976 near Gloucester.

The pubs ran dry after a cricket match causing rowdy fans to go to other villages’ taverns.

A large group of fans swam through a bog for the quickest route to the pub in the next village.

Soon after, the sport of bog snorkelling gained a cult following, which pub-goers did during yearly pub crawls.

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, first held in 1985, takes place annually every August Bank Holiday at the Waen Rhydd bog, near Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales.