Downstream

When I comment that some
experienced Thames
swimmers dispute the dangers
of eddies and underflows, he
laughs in disbelief. ‘Those
who don’t believe they exist,
we would gladly take them
out and show them.’ And
with that we pay for our
coffee and head back to
Tower Pier for a boat ride.
Before I get on board the
PLA patrol boat I’m given a
life jacket, which has a