Downstream

last I’ve arrived where the
massive waterway ends. And
now that I am about to end
my journey I’d rather it went
on. I want to go back
upstream and visit the places
I’ve missed in this story of
the river. I’m a Londoner
born and bred, so the Thames
has never been far away from
me, yet I’ve not really
thought about it as a place to
swim, even though I’m
standing here in my