
The catastrophic extent of Britain's river problem: 'Undrinkable, unswimmable, and now untouchable', says nature expert ...
As a child, Robert Macfarlane would spend long stretches of his summer holidays floating, face down, in the River Avon in Scotland. ‘It ran along the edge of my grandparents’ field in the northern Cairngorms. The water was cold and totally clear. I …