An amateur boater has recalled the time he and his schoolfriend almost drowned in the River Great Ouse - and said it was sheer luck they survived.
On Sunday, the bodies of two female canoeists were pulled from the water near Kempston, Bedfordshire.
In light of the tragedy, Mark Chamberlain told the Mirror when he was 12 he made a foolish mistake and feared he would suffer the same fate.
