Downstream

more sympathy with the PLA.
In 2010 American adventurer
Charlie Wittmack also
wanted to swim through the
capital as part of his world’s
longest triathlon. But he had
to get out at Lambeth Bridge
and run through the capital
before re-entering the water
downriver of the Thames
Barrier. ‘I met with the PLA
and had a really interesting
conversation,’ he remembers.
‘I had friends attuned to the