Downstream

the sides are lined with red
leather seats, the floor
covered in patterned carpet
like an old-fashioned pub. It’s
so cold I can see my breath in
the air. I chat to a
crewmember, a young man
who lives locally but has
never swum in the Thames.
He knows of three people
who ended up in hospital
recently after jumping into
the river. One incident
happened downstream at