Downstream

immediately felt encased; it
was like wearing a thick
rubbery inner tube. I tried it
out at the Gospel Oak lido;
the water was just 15 degrees,
which would normally be too
chilly for me, but with the
wetsuit on I was able to swim
straight away. I was oddly
bouncy as I started doing
front crawl, travelling on the
surface of the water as if held
up by some invisible force.
Then I tried breaststroke. My