Bog snorkelling

• A water-filled trench in length must be cut through a peat bog by the organisers. • Competitors must wear snorkels, masks and flippers. • A wetsuit is not compulsory, but is often worn. • Bog snorkelling competitors must traverse two consecutive lengths totalling in the shortest time possible. • The course must be completed without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. ==World record history==

==World Bog Snorkelling Championship==

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, first held in 1988, takes place every August Bank Holiday in the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog, near Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales. Other bog snorkelling events take place, particularly in Wales, but also in Australia, Ireland, and Sweden. These include the Bog Snorkelling Triathlon, which consists of a snorkel, a bike ride and a run. Proceeds from the World Championship go to a local charity each year. Past recipients include the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (2005) and the Motor Neurone Association (2006). The 2006 charity was chosen in memory of the Green Events treasurer, Ron Skilton, who died in December 2005. ==In popular culture==

• 2019 - Royal Mail issue a collectable stamps edition of UK Weird and Wonderful Customs which includes Bog snorkelling at Llanwrtyd Wells, World Gurning Championship at Egremont, Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Burning the Clocks in Brighton, '''Obby 'Oss festival in Padstow, Samhain Celtic festival (Halloween) at Derry, Horn Dance at Abbots Bromley and Cheese-Rolling'' at Cooper's Hill. ==References==