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Old August 25th 03, 10:56 PM
Sue
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Default Summer sports: bog snorkelling

I'm proud to announce that I came second in the ladies' class at this
year's World Bog Snorkelling Championships, held at Llanwrtyd Wells in
mid-Wales. The winner was a local girl much younger than me (in fact
she also won the junior class).
This means I'm officially the second-fastest female bog snorkeller in
the world!
Full results on www.green-events.co.uk by tomorrow.

Thanks to the drought this year's bog was shallower than normal, but
there was a variety of wildlife for the spectators to watch during
breaks in the action - tadpoles, various beetles, small fish etc.

Bog snorkelling cannot be seen as a sport still in its infancy, since
this was the 18th World Championship, and there were entries from
Ireland, France, New Zealand and the USA, plus a strong contingent from
Australia accompanied by a journalist and a Channel 7 TV crew.
[The TV crew didn't recognise me as one of the cyclists who'd ridden
into town several times over for them on Saturday. Each time we did it,
they asked us to do it again a bit further back along the road, as
they'd noticed it was even prettier there!]
Apparently the Australian public loves Llanwrtyd Wells for its
quaintness and wetness.

One competitor arrived with a pair of (ob)ski poles to push himself
along the bottom of the bog. This was a style still in its infancy, and
beset with teething problems; perhaps his poles were too long for the
reduced depth of bog.
Especially deserving of a mention was the chap who'd apparently
forgotten his trunks - undaunted, he swam anyway, wearing only his
number card held in place by a cord: he was very careful getting in and
out in case it slipped!

This is a growing sport, but a friendly one, with enthusiasts from its
early days on hand to encourage the newcomers and youngsters, and to
entertain with synchronised bog snorkelling and Irish team songs.
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Sue ];(
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Old August 26th 03, 01:50 AM
bdubya
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Default Summer sports: bog snorkelling

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:56:53 +0100, Sue
wrote:

I'm proud to announce that I came second in the ladies' class at this
year's World Bog Snorkelling Championships, held at Llanwrtyd Wells in
mid-Wales. The winner was a local girl much younger than me (in fact
she also won the junior class).
This means I'm officially the second-fastest female bog snorkeller in
the world!
Full results on www.green-events.co.uk by tomorrow.

Thanks to the drought this year's bog was shallower than normal, but
there was a variety of wildlife for the spectators to watch during
breaks in the action - tadpoles, various beetles, small fish etc.

Bog snorkelling cannot be seen as a sport still in its infancy, since
this was the 18th World Championship, and there were entries from
Ireland, France, New Zealand and the USA, plus a strong contingent from
Australia accompanied by a journalist and a Channel 7 TV crew.
[The TV crew didn't recognise me as one of the cyclists who'd ridden
into town several times over for them on Saturday. Each time we did it,
they asked us to do it again a bit further back along the road, as
they'd noticed it was even prettier there!]
Apparently the Australian public loves Llanwrtyd Wells for its
quaintness and wetness.

One competitor arrived with a pair of (ob)ski poles to push himself
along the bottom of the bog. This was a style still in its infancy, and
beset with teething problems; perhaps his poles were too long for the
reduced depth of bog.
Especially deserving of a mention was the chap who'd apparently
forgotten his trunks - undaunted, he swam anyway, wearing only his
number card held in place by a cord: he was very careful getting in and
out in case it slipped!

This is a growing sport, but a friendly one, with enthusiasts from its
early days on hand to encourage the newcomers and youngsters, and to
entertain with synchronised bog snorkelling and Irish team songs.


Oh. That kind of "bog". Had me scared for a minute, there.

bw

 




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