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If Cath Kidston did holidays (and it's surely only a matter of time) they would be in the model of Stowford Manor Farm - except that everything here is authentically country-kitsch. You wouldn't think an ancient mill house on the banks of the River Frome could get much more idyllic, but the view that greeted us through the arch to the gardens was of cherubic strawberry-blonde twin babies (the manager's grandchildren) playing in laundry baskets on the lawn. Stowford Manor Farm's most unique attraction is that it hosts Britain's last remaining river swimming club, the Farleigh and District Swimming Club. Its chairman - and Wiltshire's answer to Roger Deakin - is wild-swimming aficionado Rob Fryer. When I met him on the river, he was wearing only shorts and a sun hat. The first challenge was to get into the river without making too much of a scene; I was very aware of the watchful Rob, who probably manages a dawn dip in February without so much as a gasp. I'd like to report - as those already splashing around gleefully assured me - that it wasn't so bad once you were in, but that would be a compromise of journalistic integrity. The only time I've ever been that close to slimy green matter was a seaweed wrap on a spa assignment (oh joy!) and I'm not sure I enjoyed that much either. But at least there were warm fluffy towels.

Rob Fryer, manager of the Overstrand Conservation Foundation, said yesterday: \"The Klein River estuary is extremely sick and deteriorating. Testing by the Overberg District Municipal health department shows 100 percent of water samples tested over December and January were in excess of the standards. \"The laboratories can test only up to 2 419 counts of E coli per 100ml, and all the samples were at this level, which probably means they are above 2 419,\" Fryer said.

Rob Fryer, manager of the Overstrand Conservation Foundation, said yesterday: \"The Klein River estuary is extremely sick and deteriorating. Testing by the Overberg District Municipal health department shows 100 percent of water samples tested over December and January were in excess of the standards. \"The laboratories can test only up to 2 419 counts of E coli per 100ml, and all the samples were at this level, which probably means they are above 2 419,\" Fryer said.

While Overberg District Municipality, responsible for testing estuary water quality, has said the Klein River water is \"very good\", Overstrand Municipality has erected signs warning the public not to swim in the polluted water. Asked about the fish deaths, [Rob Fryer] said: \"Obviously it's got to be fixed. We can't just continue to live with it.\" Marine and Coastal Management scientist Steve Lamberth said yesterday it appeared that the deaths were the result of oxygen depletion caused by algal and weed blooms from enriched water. \"The sewerage works of most coastal holiday towns can't cope with the visitor numbers. Unless there is a commitment from municipalities to bring riparian septic tanks into the sewerage system and to upgrade treatment works, this will continue to happen. They need to commit millions over the next 20 years,\" he said.

Rob Fryer began officiating in the mid 1980s in 100 Mile House and worked his way up the ranks as a referee and linesman in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League. Fryer has since worked as an official for the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, the BC Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. Prior to his appointment as Referee-In-Chief for BC Hockey, he was Referee-In-Chief for Kamloops Minor Hockey and Referee committee member for the North Okanagan.

The Wiltshire-based National River and Lake Swimming Association is to join the canoeing lobby to campaign for the Government to extend the right to roam in our countryside to the right to swim in, or paddle on, our rivers.

[Rob Fryer] said [Allan Kerr] was considering the relocation of to Warminster to Baskerville Press's base 21 miles away. Kerr, who also owns the Cumbria-based printer Finger Prints, said: \"It's an exciting challenge to take on such a well-established firm and I look forward to further developing its customer portfolio.

Pigeon Olympia competitor Frankie's Boy with his owner [Rob Fryer]. 'He was excellent, ' said Mr Fryer after the Portugal event

[Rob Fryer] with Frankie's Boy, who will be attempting to win gold for Britain at the Pigeon Olympia in Portugal; Picture: GERALLT RADCLIFFE Rob, member of Colwyn Bay Racing Pigeon Club, said: \"I am quite excited about the Olympia. It's a big achievement for this bird to take part. \"

? When somebody drowns while swimming, the media (and RoSPA) usually quote figures for drownings from all causes - including anglers who slipped, suicide leaps, boat capsizes, cars driven off bridges and foolhardy diving. The accident figures for swimming are small, and nothing in comparison with climbing, motorbike racing or letting off fireworks. In some cases alcohol is a factor. Rob Fryer, a 67-year-old printer, and a veteran of the Farleigh and District River Swimming Club, based on the River Frome, in Wiltshire, has become a spokesman for the anti-RoSPA resistance. He says the turning point was a book called Waterlog, by Roger Deakin, a chronicle of swimming through Britain, published in 2000, which has become the bible of the \"wild swimmers\". ? His Yorkshire recommendations so far include the Wharfe at Bolton Abbey, Burnsall and Appletreewick; the pools below Stainforth Foss, on the Ribble, north of Settle; the Wharfe by the campsite at Skirfare Bridge, near Kilnsey (\"for paddling and picnics\"); the Swale at Round Howe, upstream of the Green Bridge at Richmond; the Cauldron Pools at West Burton, on a beck near the Aysgarth Falls in Wensleydale; the Eller Beck at Fen Bog, near Fylingdales; and Low Gill Beck, Glaisdale, to the west of the North York Moors. Access charges are made by the land-owners in some cases.