Downstream

sleeping, like a pond. This
keeps the waters always clear
and clean, the bottom in view,
the fish playing and in sight.’
There is little cheerful about
the scene today and no
bottom in view as I step off
the boat. There’s no sign of
any fish playing either,
although porpoises were
recently reported downstream
at Twickenham, where
sightings go back to at least
1896, when the press warned