Downstream

earned their names – Fulham
and Putney.
But this is no quaint river
crossing and, as with Kew
Bridge, travelling across the
Thames here is more like
walking beside a motorway.
Traffic thunders along the
A219, and there are so many
buses, vans and cars that it’s a
relief to pause for a moment
and rest my eyes on the water
below. The Thames is wide,
with patches of shore along