Downstream

toll house. To the right the
view is all but obscured by a
huge weeping willow, beyond
which I can see swans and
moored canal boats. To my
left the land looks as if it’s
been cut with dressmaker’s
scissors, leaving the banks a
little frayed around the edges.
Andy Nation began his 2005
swim around a mile upstream
from here, while the Walsh
brothers started just
downstream at St John’s