Bog Snorkelling
August 27th 2006
Bike Bog Snorkelling
July 7th 2007
'Bog' snorkelling might well have originated in mid-Wales and then
migrated across the English border into the West Midlands.
The two sports are very similar; bog snorkelling involves wearing a mask
and flippers, and competitors attempt to make progress, at full speed,
through a peat bog. Exactly
why anyone would want to do such a
thing, is not immediately transparent.
In the West Midlands of England, ditch snorkelling is known as 'bog
snorkelling
Ditch snorkelling takes place in the Fenlands of East Anglia. People
don wet suits and snorkels and swim up courses laid out among the
drainage ditches that the Fens are famous for. As these ditches are
very muddy, a mask is worn to protect the eyes and therefore
competitors have little chance of seeing even their hands in front of
their faces.
Bog Snorkelling - The 2007 event is scheduled to take place on August Bank
Holiday Monday August 28th 2006. from 11am. Entry fee £12 per person
Powys
Gordon Green
The Neuadd Arms Hotel
Llanwrtyd Wells
POWYS
LD5 4RB
Tel 01591 610236
Bog Cycling
Powys As above