Downstream

Limehouse after forty-seven
minutes, while the dog
continued to Deptford Creek
‘none the worse for wear’
after nearly two hours in the
water. Of all the ground-
breaking swims and dives
from London Bridge, and
particularly the women’s, few
are celebrated today. Instead
it is this novelty race between
a man and a dog that is more
likely to be referenced in
books about the Thames.