Then he got up, found a long stick and walked up and down the river bank.

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The 14km long River Wandle flows through south London, starting at Croydon it passes through Sutton and Merton before joining River Thames at Wandsworth.

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Experts say the stretch of river is one of the most dangerous along the 2, 500-mile-long river.

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The short pause would be their final break before their surge up the 12km-long Adams River, sometimes battling nine-knot currents.

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