Downstream

eels and shopping trolleys,
while one day she found her
foot inside someone’s shoe.
Sadly, Ness had to postpone
the cycle part of her triathlon,
because of a long-running hip
injury, ‘but I have huge pride
that I am the first female in
history to swim the Thames. I
just love telling people that.
I’ve put it on my CV. It’s a
challenge but I did it.’ For
Ness the draw of the Thames
was its epic terrain; it was a