Downstream

every day, so every six hours
the tide changes. If you’re
swimming from Teddington
to London, it is impossible to
swim against an incoming
tide. Even kayaking is tough
work when the incoming tide
is at its fastest. So when the
tide was coming in, I would
climb out and sleep on the
riverbank for the six hours.
Then one hour after high tide,
when the water started
flowing out to sea again, I