Downstream

turned gastro. Sunday drivers
come and sit and look at the
river, they are not engaging
with it and old people and old
families think it’s a tragedy.’
She tends to swim from April
to October. ‘I can’t afford to
fork out for a wetsuit, and
otherwise the river can be
very fast and cold.’ She does,
however, wear flippers,
which means she can have
two speeds and if a pleasure
cruise appears she can get out