Downstream

as we walk to the inn for
lunch I ask the others what
they most feared. ‘I was
worried about death,’ says
Kate May, ‘and drowning.
But it was an amazing
experience, it was so
relaxing. The river carries
you and the scenery is
lovely.’ Kate Beevers, who
has never swum in a river
before, says she had a
moment of panic: she didn’t
want to put her head in the