Downstream

said, “take a life jacket, have
someone in a boat, tow a life
belt”, but to take the means to
save you, well, that’s
cheating. I didn’t think it was
risky, and I don’t think so
now. There was no traffic,
only the occasional barge.
You can see up both arms of
the river for around half a
mile, and I wasn’t doing it
alone.’
Matthew, who describes
himself as no great swimmer,