Downstream

Hammersmith, we’d want to
be advised. If it’s in central
London, then no.’ Swimming
across the river, he explains,
is more difficult than
swimming along it. ‘We have
given a licence to swim
beyond Putney; people can do
Putney to Vauxhall if it’s
risk-assessed. A swim
involves a lot of management,
and some cost. The burden is
on them to do the risk
assessment, but then the by-