Does this sound interesting to you?
While Copenhagen has its Harbour Baths, Paris has its Plages on the Seine, and Basel hosts the annual Rhine Swim, the thought of wild swimming along London's waterways might be somewhat less appealing.
Not to Alex Smith and David Lomax of young design practice Y/N Studio, who have conceived a project to transform a stretch of the Regent's Canal into a swimmable commuting route.
I'm actually in favour of this cockamamie blatant waste of money, so long as when the LidoLine opens we get to chuck Boris Johnson in first. There you go, Boris, get in there! Get in there with the zinger burgers! Get in there with the needles and the jonnies! Get in there with the dog turds and rotten wood...! From now on you're swimming to work!