Downstream

him yards away from shore,
where he was making no
progress at all until a group of
women swimmers enter the
water, clapping and urging
him on. Out he trudges, his
limbs almost flopping as he
emerges on to land. A few
shots later he is fully dressed
and combing his hair,
beaming uncontrollably. And
no wonder: he was the first
Briton to swim from France
to England, from Cap Gris