'Roger Deakin is the perfect companion for an invigorating armchair
swim. Engaging, thoughtful and candid' Telegraph Waterlog
celebrates the magic of water and the beauty and eccentricity of
Britain. 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.
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