Downstream

swim in what is a free public
resource. But, on the other
hand, I wouldn’t want to have
Martin’s job and to have to
explain to inexperienced
swimmers why this stretch of
the Thames can be
treacherous, or to be the one
on call when a swimmer dies.
Steve would prefer no
swimming all the way from
Putney to the Thames Barrier:
‘it’s dangerous, however
strong a swimmer you are.’