Downstream

the Redcaps’ events. ‘We’re
trying to develop,’ he
explains; ‘the other day
someone asked, “are you
new?” “No,” I said, “we’ve
been going thirty-five
years.”’
There are normally plenty
of swimmers on the beach: ‘a
couple of old boys have a ten-
minute swim every single day
and we see regulars every
Sunday. Most are locals. The
people from London, the day