Downstream

might already be in from the
polluted river. It was finally
agreed he could arrive at the
steps, but couldn’t walk up
them to Parliament. Instead
he’d step into a boat and then
move off again.
John completed the swim in
‘about an hour’ on a freezing
cold December day,
accompanied by
demonstrators in boats. He
climbed out at the steps of
Parliament, got in a boat and