Downstream

kilometre. To be in water
under a moon alone . . .!’
When his daughter was seven
he took her for a dip at
Grafton: ‘it was cold and
there were a couple of
grumpy swans nearby, but
swimming in the Thames is
definitely something that one
can pass on to one’s children.
It’s a gift for life. I’ve never
got ill. Higher up in the
Cotswolds it’s really clean.
You get out and your hair