i yesterday this letter found its way straight to fergal.— straight to fergal. right the way through - straight to fergal. i laughed so much right the way through to | straight to fergal. i laughed so - much right the way through to played guitar with friends from the villa. he had taken to writing letters to people over lockdown as a way of brightening the gloom but never expected such a strange supply. the letter was from an old friend in belfast who could perhaps have found out his address but thought this way was a little more fun. we out his address but thought this way was a little more fun.— was a little more fun. we were talkin: was a little more fun. we were talking about _ was a little more fun. we were talking about the _ was a little more fun. we were talking about the pandemic - was a little more fun. we were | talking about the pandemic and talking about the pandemic and talking about the pandemic and talking about mental health and the need to brighten the mood of it. did she actually expects you to reach you? she actually expects you to reach ou?

when fergal sharkey — better way of spending... ?y of spending... ? when fergal sharkey hit the _ better way of spending... ? when fergal sharkey hit the big - better way of spending... ? when fergal sharkey hit the big time i better way of spending... ? when fergal sharkey hit the big time and move to london, he kept up his fly fishing hobby. and being an enterprising sort, he ended up as chairman of the oldest fly fishing club in england, the amwell magna. rivers have become a passion for you? ironically enough, it goes back to me becoming chairman of the amwell magna, in that, as part of the hand over, i began to realise that there had been a big issue involving the drop in the quality of water in the river. it had me going on for 15, i6 river. it had me going on for 15, 16 years. i could not comprehend why anybody were still talking about something 16 years later. so what that taught me, itjust made me curious as to why, ultimately, a bunch of old men had to go to all of the trouble with the charity and spent a year and a half di

this is not as easy as fergal makes it look.e a real passion for you, haven't they? well, ironically enough, that goes back to me becoming chairman of the amwell magna — in that, as part of the handover, i began to realise that there had been a big issue involving the drop in the volume of water in the river. it's a conversation that had actually been going on with the environment agency and the local water company for 15, 16 years. i could not comprehend why anybody was still talking about something 16 years later. so what that taught me was, itjust made me curious as to why, ultimately, a bunch of old men who just wanted to go fishing had to go to all of thah trouble with the charity and spend a year and a half digging out information, freedom of information requests, putting our case together, taking the environment agency to the high court, just to get them to do the right thing. it does seem extraordinary, doesn't it? i stupidly, kind of philosophically went, "if we had to do all of that, what else isgoing on?" at that poin

now on bbc news, punk and clean rivers campaigner fergal sharkey talks to the bbc�*s climate editor,