Downstream

first Channel attempt, but a
heavy storm meant he
stopped five miles from the
end. His next attempt came
on 2 September. ‘A London
paper had offered a prize,’ he
explains, ‘and I was advised
by my wife to start from
France . . . she said “why not
go the easiest way and win
the money?”’ He started from
Cap Blanc Nez but only two
miles from the end fog
‘robbed me of a certain