Downstream

We walk a few steps to the
beach and he explains the
plan is to swim out to the
Crowstone from in front of
the hut, and then back.
Suddenly I’m a little unsure;
it looks a bit far away. But
then again I can’t wait to get
in, because although the
water looks grey, back in
February this year I was
standing in my wellington
boots at the official source of
the River Thames in the