In 1996 Roger Deakin, the late, great nature writer, set out to swim
through the British Isles. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers
and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools and spas,
from fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries, even
canals, Deakin gains a fascinating perspective on modern Britain.
Detained by water bailiffs in Winchester, intercepted in the Fowey
estuary by coastguards, mistaken for a suicide on Camber sands,
confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides, he discovers
just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked,
fully-dressed fellow citizens.
This is a personal journey, a
bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an
unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.
Waterlog - Roger Deakin
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