Downstream

crashing over him, especially
from Herne Bay to Ramsgate,
but ‘there was very little wash
from boats in the tidal
Thames, whereas there had
been a lot in the non-tidal
river. The Thames was bigger
than in 2005, and I stopped
for feeds more often. In the
non-tidal river I would stop at
the locks, whereas in the tidal
I had to stop for prescribed
pain medication.’
The water wasn’t always