Mud, flippers and snorkels: Wales celebrates 40 years of bog racing

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Mud, flippers and snorkels: Wales celebrates 40 years of bog racing  Competitors have plunged into a Welsh peat bog for the 40th World Bog Snorkelling Championships. The unusual event in Llanwrtyd Wells combines snorkels, flippers and doggy paddling, attracting participants and spectators to the rural town.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/01/mud-flippers-and-snorkels-wales-celebrates-40-years-of-bog-racing  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:27So you have to breathe through a snorkel

00:29You can wear flippers, but you can't do swimming strokes other than dog paddling

00:36And that's about it

00:56Beautiful technique

01:01Competition day is always a scary day, right?

01:03You can prepare as much as you want

01:05But when you're actually here in the flesh

01:07Feeling the weather, touching the bog

01:09Feeling the reeds kind of slime up your body

01:11Then you really know if you've prepared enough

01:30How can we create another event to keep people coming to town as tourists?

01:36So yeah, it was over a bar, over a beer

01:40What about snorkelling in a bog?

01:43And here we are

01:44To my anger...

01:45To my bae eee

02:02If you see them in the bush, it's the two weeks

02:04I'm sure itường

02:04If you were older than that

02:06If you were already today, then you

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