Weird Sport
A series of caches to celebrate the weird, the unusual, the downright odd sports that are played in the UK. You've probably played a few of these at the local village fete, but bet your life there's a world championship for them and an entry in the Guiness Book of Records!
To discover the coordinates for the physical cache location simply answer the questions below. All the answers can be easily found online.
Bog Snorkelling
The World Bog Snorkelling Championship takes place every August Bank Holiday in the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog, near Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales. Competitors travel from as far afield as England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and the US.
To find the coordinates for the physical cache answer the following questions. (There is no cache at the listed coordinates above, do not go there, you will not find anything!)
N52 24.ABC E1 18.XYZ
- Bog snorkellers must traverse two consecutive lengths totalling A20 yards
- In 2015 Haydn Pitchforth completed the course in 1 minute 2B seconds
- The World Bog Snorkelling Championship was first held in 198C
- Janet Tyler was the World Champion in 199X
- Paddy Lambe from Castleblayney, Co.Monaghan set a world record time of 1 minute and Y9 seconds at the 2016 Irish Bog Snorkelling Championships
- In 201Z the Royal Mail issued a set of collectible stamps celebrating weird and wonderful customs that included bog snorkelling