Downstream

drunken acts of bravado, to
endurance swimmers. People
inadvertently fall in while
walking a dog, there are
attempted suicides. A classic
is to try and swim across
when drunk. It’s a dangerous
place. The Thames is not a
theme park or adventure
playground.’
A few months ago Martin
went to the funeral for a
young man who died at
Gravesend; ‘one second he