TV presenter posts Amazon diary

Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has posted her first diary documenting a trip down the Amazon river for charity.

She posted a video detailing the first week of the trip, which is set to see her row more than 2,000 miles down the river in aid of the charity Sport Relief.

In extracts published by the Telegraph, the presenter said: "The water is so brown I can't see my paddle once it breaks the surface. When the flow is really slow it looks like melted chocolate. But after a storm, it moves a little faster and becomes more like a conveyor belt of water lillies, logs and even the odd flip-flop."

Commenting on the physical hardship of the challenge, Ms Skelton said that she rows each day for around ten hours and is suffering from sunburned lips from the blazing Amazon sun.

The Amazon river is the lengthiest waterway in the world at around 4,000 miles long.

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