Downstream

because of a whole raft of
reasons,’ explains John Lunt,
who founded the company in
1990, including the fact the
river was on his doorstep and
he knew it well. An
experienced triathlete who
has raced ‘all over the world’,
he’s originally from
Lancashire but moved to
Kingston in 1983. ‘The
Thames is the cleanest
metropolitan river in Europe,’
he says, ‘we knew salmon