The Championships take place annually in August in the dense Waen Rhydd Peat bog on the southern outskirts of the smallest town in Britain

The World Bog Snorkelling Championships

As the Olympic Games ended in Beijing, the attention of the serious sports fan — and photographer Ben Stansall — moved to Llanwrytd Wells in Wales, for the World Bog Snorkelling Championships. Honest.

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