Downstream

‘Long Swim’ got in touch.
The three men then decided
to organise it as an official
event, but first they did the
swim themselves, with fifteen
participants following the
Boulter’s to Bray course.
‘One of the swimmers
worked for the council,’
explains Ben Collins, an ex-
army officer who used to row
for Maidenhead, ‘and she said
“why not make it a council
event? Then you’d be