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  Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain (Paperback) By (author) Roger Deakin

  

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  Short Description for WaterlogRoger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, this title is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and a celebration of the magic of water.
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  • Publisher: VINTAGE
  • Published: 18 May 2000
  • Format: Paperback 352 pages
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  • Categories: Swimming & Diving | Guidebooks | Travel Writing | Places & Peoples: Pictorial Works
  • ISBN 13: 9780099282556 ISBN 10: 0099282550
  • Sales rank: 10,209

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• Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water. 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 suicude 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. Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, "Waterlog" is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.