Downstream

very common around
Wargrave and people don’t
bat an eyelid. ‘There are river
families who have been here
for many generations.
Gardens lead on to the
Thames, and kids swim there
after school. I haven’t seen
the river changing. The
village has changed, with rich
stockbrokers and retired film
stars, but the people on the
river haven’t changed. Pubs
have been renovated and