Downstream

seven and a half hours my
health was more important
than raising money for
charity. It was a painful
decision and I was bitterly
disappointed. But, yes,’ he
laughs, ‘my wife was very
pleased.’ As for the future, he
says he’s set a new world
record by being the first
person to have swum the
entire length of the River
Thames, because his 2005
swim started higher upstream