Downstream

waters of the Thames. The
sound of traffic behind me on
Grosvenor Road is never-
ending, while on the river
there is nothing moving at all.
Where would the floating
bath have been, was it ever
built and, if so, did people use
it?
I walk on to Vauxhall
Bridge, the first cast-iron
bridge over the Thames,
where the air is noisy with the
clanging of builders’ cranes.