Does the river Thames smell?

Question: Does the river Thames smell?
- Keywords:
  river,
  smell,
  thames
Asked by dparsons to Jed on 14 Mar 2012.
- Jed Ramsay answered on 14 Mar 2012:
  
  That’s an interesting question!
  
  I was out of the River Thames today on a boat and it definintely didn’t smell very much. But it does have a kind of smell to it if you get your nose really close to the water! Not sure what it smells of, I can’t really describe it – it ‘s not a bad smell, but it certainly doesn’t smell of donuts or anything nice!

Question: Does the river Thames smell?