Downstream

team. Raven’s Ait has
changed over the years; it’s
been home to the Kingston
Rowing College, and the
Navy League’s TS Neptune,
the TS standing for training
school. Today it’s an
‘exclusive island venue’ used
for weddings, business
meetings and conferences.
After Hawke’s swims from
the Ait, she did what a lot of
long-distance Thames
swimmers did at the time: she