Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.

My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.

I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced

pundits and the biggest sport stars.

Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'

mouths.

But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport in world.

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to

dedicated sports fans across the UK.

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Today we're out of the studio and heading along a river.

To talk about this week's great life, Roger Deacon, writer, environmentalist, canoeist,

take a listen to this.

I've tied up to a post sticking up out of the water.

And I'm looking down through this gorgeous clear water to the golden, peachy river bottom.

It's like being in a plane looking down at a rainforest, just a lovely little forest of water weed.

Now the sun's coming out and the ripples are casting shadows across the bottom, across the

golden, peachy bottom of the river.

And the reeds too are sending long shadows, long pencil lines across the gold.

This recording was made by Sarah Blunt in 2005.

It's lovely stuff.

What a great voice.

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