As It Happens5:39Welcome to the ‘completely bonkers’ world of bog snorkeling
Once a year, Neil Rutter straps on a snorkel and submerges himself into the dark, muddy waters of a peat bog and swims as fast as his legs will carry him — all while trying to ignore the slippery unknown creatures that brush along his body.
Why, you may ask, would someone snorkel in a bog when there are perfectly good lakes and ocean coastlines available?
“Because it’s mad, and because there’s a long English and British and Welsh tradition of doing things that are completely bonkers on a bank holiday weekend,”
