Downstream

wharves and lighter boats
twenty-four/seven, they had
all sorts of boats, but they
wouldn’t have had the piers.
The Thames is narrower here
now, so the tidal stream is
faster, and it’s more enclosed.
It was more common to be on
the river then. But they
wouldn’t have had as many
passenger boats.’
Bob stops the engine; we’re
going with the tide now and
we’re moving fast as we