Downstream
I’m shocked by the figures, as Martin intends me to be, especially the fact that an average of thirty-five to fort ...
drunken acts of bravado, to endurance swimmers. People inadvertently fall in while walking a dog, there ...
was there and then the other second he was gone. He was strong and fit and he had gone to help people in tro ...
from those who want to swim.’ ‘Every day we get the coastguard report,’ adds Steve, ‘overall we’ve seen a ...
doing it for charity. ‘They are very vague. We ask, “what charity are you doing it for?” They say, “I ...
made the river safer and cleaner, and ‘reconciled the diverse ways in which the tidal Thames is used’. Out ...
doesn’t mention any swimming, but explains the PLA has overseen the annual university boat race since the Autho ...
a swimmer meets with a boat, the swimmer will come off worse. They say it’s about their freedom to do ...
have preferred David to leave the water at Vauxhall, which they say would have been a safer option, an ...
inoculated, but against what? I’m not a doctor but I can’t see how you can be inoculated against an intestinal parasite.’ ...
Hammersmith, we’d want to be advised. If it’s in central London, then no.’ Swimming across the river, ...
law is there to protect them. The “b” word I would use is balance, not ban.’ ...
The Port of London Authority’s control centre overseeing the river at Woolwich. An average of thirty-five to forty-five people d ...
When I comment that some experienced Thames swimmers dispute the dangers of eddies and underflows, he laughs in d ...
canister inside. ‘It will inflate if you fall in,’ says Martin, ‘if you do, don’t try to swim, just wait ...
gives a heavy sigh. ‘Stick to swimming pools,’ he mutters. We set off upstream towards London Bridge, while Mar ...
you go straight under. You could hold on to a tyre, but not for long. You could get hold of a grab ...
modern times. In the early hours of 20 August 1989, the 90-ton pleasure cruiser was run down by the 2,000-ton ...
and lookouts not being given clear instructions. As a result of the tragedy, safety on the Thames was tighten ...
‘Look at the waves there,’ says Martin, pointing to the shore on the left. He explains that the Thames car ...
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