Downstream

accommodation at each of the
landing places en route to
Folkestone. It would have
been the most practical thing
to do. Unfortunately in her
archives there are very few
details of the actual swim –
just about the start and the
finish. However, I did find
one press report that said she
swam the tide out after that
“near death” incident and
landed at Erith at the end of
the first stage. Lack of