Downstream

safe’, and they persuaded a
friend to accompany them in
a canoe. ‘It was pitch black. I
thought, what the hell are we
doing? We thought we were
being so daring, and we
thought that when we got out
at the secure area where the
boats are we’d be arrested.
But the guards just looked at
us and gave us a nod and a
“morning”.’
It took the pair about an
hour to swim the course. ‘We