Downstream

the Thames again? ‘I’m a
little past it now,’ says the
sixty-five-year-old, ‘I have
lots of injuries. My shoulders
are buggered. But I’m still
going to do another Channel
swim. The recent by-law
stopping people from
swimming through London is
a great shame. I set a record
and there’s no point setting a
record if no one can beat it.’
But five years later Channel
champion Alison Streeter –