Approximately 120 participants from all over the world come together every year in order to snorkel in the Waen Rhydd Bog at the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells. Here are the rules: A 55-meter- long ditch must be swum through twice as fast as possible ...
Desde 1980, la localidad galesa de Llanwrtyd Wells es el escenario de una carrera en la que decenas de caballos y cientos de corredores miden sus fuerzas. Según parece, la cosa surgió en el pub de Gordon Green, un prohombre local. Unos parroquianos ...
Babies, horses and Wonder Woman have all taken part in the annual Llanwrtyd Wells mountain bike chariot race as part of the Saturnalia Beer Festival in Wales. Teams in fancy dress took part in the three-mile (4km) World Championship race around the ...
A group of residents of the UK's smallest town have expressed their frustration at the closure of their only bank – to the tune of Bread of Heaven. The Barclays branch in Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, is due to shut today, citing falling customer numbers ...
IT was on the 25th anniversary of the Man versus Horse race in the small Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells that we bumped in 2004 into Cynthia Payne, the woman who, when learning the game, really did put a “Huge chest for sale” postcard in the window of ...
Held annually in a peat bog in Powys, outside the small town of Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales, the sport requires competitors to traverse two lengths (around 110m) of a trench wearing snorkels and flippers, powered only by their feet. The world men's champ ...