A ‘mermaid’ who swam down the Thames to raise awareness of plastic pollution has written a book about how she rescued a cow during her journey. Lindsey Cole wore a mermaid’s tail for some of the 200-mile swim from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, to Teddington, South West London. On the way she collected tonnes of plastic to highlight how we are choking marine life. She was accompanied by a support boat manned by artist Barbara de Moubray carrying a giant mermaid sculpture made from plastic bottles.
Lindsey reads to children On the stretch between Culham and Swinbrook she encountered a cow stuck in the water and called firefighters to rescue the stricken animal.
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