Kon-Sticki
by Andy Foster
In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl
sailed the raft Kon-Tiki from Peru to the
Polynesian islands, aiming to prove that those
islands could, in centuries past, have been
settled by inhabitants of South America, who
travelled there on prevailing ocean currents.
Along the same lines, I recently set out to prove
that a group of canoeists spotted downriver of
Cobden Bridge in Southampton could, at some time
in the past, have travelled there on prevailing
currents from the upriver side.
To test my theory, I threw a stick into the River
Itchen from the northern side of the bridge, then
crossed over the road (being careful to check
first for traffic), and looked into the river on
the southern side. And there was my stick!
I plan to write a book about my adventures.
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