Downstream

the time was Will Smith; he
was a tugboat skipper at
Gravesend and through him I
met Don Able. Able was my
pilot and he was a Thames
waterman and very helpful.
We had to get permission
from the PLA, and I ended on
their jetty at Gravesend.
Smith knew the right people
and got their permission, I
think because it was a time
when the Thames was a lot
cleaner and the PLA thought