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    Pure waters

    May 05, 2022 4 minutes

    If you live south and east of a line drawn between the western edge of Dorset and the north-east corner of Yorkshire, the chances are you live close to a chalk stream, even if you may not know it.

    I grew up within a few miles of one – the Hogsmill Stream in Kingstonupon-Thames – and spent my summers exploring and fishing several more in Norfolk, without ever knowing that these were chalk streams. I fell in love with their clear flows and the many fish that swam in them, nonetheless. Not until I left university and started teaching in Dorset did I get to more fully understand the significance of this very English type of river.

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