Downstream

every few strokes I would get
stuck on something and have
to stand up and walk again,
about twenty per cent of the
first day was spent walking
and a lot of it was just spent
floating and doing
breaststroke and trying to get
through shallow water.’
Charlie was pleasantly
surprised by the quality of the
water: ‘in the upper Thames it
tasted great, it was very clear,
and most of the time I could