And, after a chance reading about bog-snorkelling in the Guinness Book of Records — a sport that originated in Wales in 1976 — the Kerry woman developed a passion so deep, she can now lay ...

Jess Phillips headed down to Llanwrtyd Wells, the home of the World Bog Snorkelling Championships in the local muddy peat bog, to experience a wacky alternative to the Olympics ...

Brave athletes in the UK slithered through slime last month for the World Bog Snorkelling Championships. Competitors raced to complete two lengths of a 55-metre water-filled trench that was in a ...

It might be cold, dark and smelly, but one man from Bath says he became "hooked" on bog snorkelling after first taking part in the event in 2017. Seven years later, 35-year-old Neil Rutter has ...

Once a year, Neil Rutter straps on snorkel and submerges himself into the black, muddy waters of a peat bog and swims as fast as his legs will carry him — all while trying to ignore the slippery ...

Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships.

Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships.