Downstream

and corporate leaders. Andy’s
wife, Lieva, appears with tea
and I ask what she thought
about his first Thames swim.
‘I felt the distance was too
much,’ she says, ‘it was the
worry of it all. As a family it
was a risk. When he got
unwell I said, “that’s it, get
out”. But he bucked up.’
Lieva, who ‘hates water’, is
similarly concerned about this
swim. ‘I’m worried about the
dangers and I resent the