Downstream

water, so she did side stroke
for a while until she managed
to overcome her fear. We talk
about our families and our
jobs: our group includes a
civil servant, a local authority
public heath official, a
clinical psychologist and an
adult education tutor. We chat
about what other people think
of our swim and one woman
explains that her friends
generally say, ‘you’re doing
what? The Thames? Ugh!’