A WOMAN from Mary Tavy and her beloved pooch recently swam with popular broadcaster Ben Fogle for ITV's Countrywise. Lynne Roper is a keen wild swimmer and blogs about her experiences in the great outdoors in rivers, lakes and the sea, alongside her ladbradoodle, Honey, aged eight. The producers of Countrywise, which focuses on the best of Britain's coast and country, contacted Lynne to see if she would like to feature in an episode of the show, alongside presenter Ben Fogle and his labrador Maggie, 13. Lynne said: 'Wild swimming is swimming anywhere that is not organised and is outside. I do a lot of outdoor swimming with Honey, and I blog about it.' The episode was filmed at the River Dart above New Bridge in Holne Woods. 'We had to wait for the rain to stop and then we spent around four hours swimming and filming. 'The dogs were fine, Maggi is old but they swam and played around, they were well behaved,' said Lynne. 'Ben is lovely, he was very professional and friendly to people who recognised him — especially as he was shattered as I believe he had just come back from the Amazon Rain Forest.'