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she can swim the Thames
then other women can too.
The main challenges she
foresees are loneliness and
river traffic. ‘It will get quite
busy; the paddle person will
guide me through. I will be
doing crawl pretty much the
whole way, but I’ve been told
when I get to London to do
breaststroke, and keep my
head out of water!’ Her initial
aim was to be the first woman
to swim from source to sea,