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fame like them, and,
considering that he later took
up the challenge from the
News of the World, to make
money as well.
On 2 August, in pouring
rain, Derham started from
Putney Bridge and swam to
Woolwich, but was forced to
give up after twenty miles,
again because of cramp.
‘They fed me with tomatoes
and anything they had,’ he
explains, ‘and it is a wonder

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