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(Jeff_L) #1

course I could. I tried it out
one summer’s day at high
tide, from Chiswick Pier to
the Surrey bank, which is
about 200 yards. My wife
was there watching just in
case. I had no doubts about
my ability to do it, but there
is a lifeboat station next door
so help was at hand in an
emergency. It was my first
time to swim in the Thames,
although I’d fallen out of
boats before, when it was not

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