Downstream

and the press expected he
would be ‘fully qualified to
wrestle with his arduous
task’, noting that he was
thirty-seven, stood 5 feet 11
inches and weighed 16 stone.
At eight in the morning
Easton entered the water at
Folly Bridge and an hour later
had reached Iffley Lock, a
mile and a quarter downriver.
‘The weather was beautifully
fine, although there was a
strong adverse wind’ as,