Downstream

extended to a full mile to
include a clockwise
circumnavigation of
Chiswick Eyot. In 2012, sixty
people took part; the most
they’ve ever had is 120.
Unusually, Steve was well
aware of the swimmers who
have come before him even
before he launched the
Chiswick event. ‘I was
introduced on one occasion to
a quite elderly gentleman and
he had a postcard photograph