Downstream

Offer, honorary secretary,
sent with best wishes for
Eileen’s future success,
noting that ‘if the distance
had been greater you would
have done better still . . . you
did credit to your club and
instructors’.
As to why Eileen never
attempted the Channel,
Barbara believes ‘financials
were part of the decision, but
the bigger obstacle was the
war. It was deemed far too