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.

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

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