Sheer bliss, even on a grey day, to be in a #chalkstream for first time in >4 months & a thrill to spend my 1st ever quality time with big Graylings - what friendly fish! - in the River Nar upstream of Narborough. Thanks Alec Birkbeck & Fraser Bradbury for permission! #MySwim #Rivers #Norfolk 🧵1/9

Astonished to find the 1.5km of River Lark from Mildenhall to Worlington includes glorious prime #chalkstream, silken with River Water Crowfoot. I indulged in it sans wetsuit (H2O 19°C) the last 2 eves, 1st entering top left. Here's a cooling🧵on the wonders found. #MySwim 1/22

Poor, poor River Cam. 1 of most disappointing swims we've had & our 1st in UK for 8 weeks. Should've been divine on this gorgeous summer evening, snorkelling 500m up from Braseley Bridge to Byron's Pool, water 17.4°C (air 23.8). But shockingly, visibility almost nil. #MySwim🧵1/5

Back in the Nar at West Acre, swimming up from the theatre in wall to wall Brown Trout. Only got 250m as so many trout to commune with. Never more than a metre or two from one. Lots parr, 6 & 9 inch, a few 1 footers, biggest 15cm. #MySwim #chalkstreams #Norfolk @RewildingB🧵1/13

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With thanks to @CharlieBurrell_ for the introduction, Alec Birkbeck for permission & Charles Rangeley-Wilson for the tip on where to swim, spent yesterday afternoon in a stretch of Brown Trout heaven in the rewilded River Nar at West Acre. #MySwim #chalkstreams #Norfolk 1/15 ·