Downstream

straw hat. In 1916, Eileen Lee
swam thirty-six miles, in
modern times Alison Streeter
has set two Thames records
downstream and up, while in
2013 Ness Knight became the
first woman to swim the non-
tidal Thames, completing 155
miles.
It’s a similar story when it
comes to male swimmers; in
1876 Frederick Cavill swam
twenty miles, Captain Webb
topped that with forty and in