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western boundary is said to
be Sea Reach, near Canvey
Island, while the eastern
boundary is a ‘line’ drawn
from North Foreland in Kent
to Harwich in Essex. It’s that
imaginary line (or variations
thereof) that has posed a
serious swimming challenge
both in the 1920s and today.
For novelist Joseph Conrad
the Thames Estuary was a
perfect place for adventurers,
a route both to and from the

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