Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames
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Illustration from Caitlin Davies's Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames
Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames is a book written by Caitlin Davies about the history of swimming in the River Thames. It was published by the University of Essex.
History of Swimming the River Thames
In Victorian times, races were held from the Southend pier head and in the 1920s two champion Channel swimmers chose the Thames estuary as their training ground. Today Southend is the home to the Chalkwell Recaps, the fastest growing open water swimming club in the country.
Caitlin Davies
Caitlin Davies is a novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist and teacher who authored Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames, Family Likeness, and Taking the Waters: A Swim Around Hampstead Heath.
External links
- Reading, Not Racing. A Library Of Open Water Swimming Books
- Downstream: a history and celebration of swimming the River Thames
- Downstream Facebook page
- Swimming Downstream, A Book & Talk By Caitlin Davies
- Thinking While Swimming In The Open Water
- Taking the Waters
- Taking The Waters By Caitlin Davies And Ruth Corney
