Downstream

ready to attest to the
authenticity of the swim. Lee
caught the ebb tide, reached
Wapping Pier after six hours,
nine and a half minutes and
returned ‘on the flood’ to
Kew Bridge.
Conditions were said to be
ideal, with the water between
Putney and Mortlake so
smooth it resembled a mirror
on the downward part of the
trip. For nearly three hours
she maintained a ‘perfectly