• yeah, we were briefly there a few weekends ago. after he had cut down the rope swing, the park ranger told us that the river is (usually, at least) very heavily polluted and there's a real risk of Weil's disease. doesn't seem to have put off the swimmers though.

  • Is that really true or a useful urban myth for the park ranger?
    Drinking water is still taken from the Lea (then filtered) and it has pretty good wildlife these days.

  • There are certainly periodic pollution incidents and all the fish die.

    I'd swim in it but I also swim in the Thames at Chiswick.

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