Waterlog
by
Roger Deakin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1784700061
ISBN-13
9781784700065
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
Vintage
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 7th, 2014
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
258 grams
Dimensions
19.00 x 12.00 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
United Kingdom, Great BritainCultural studiesCultural studies
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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.
Waterlog celebrates the magic of water and the beauty of wild Britain.
In 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, in rivers, in streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries and even canals. This funny, wise, delightful book documents his journey. It inspired a movement, creating wild swimmers out of many readers.
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, Deakin discovered just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked, fully-dressed fellow citizens.
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.
INTRODUCED BY OLIVIA LAING
''A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully full of energy and life’ Jane Gardam''
''Roger Deakin is the perfect companion for an invigorating armchair swim'' Daily Telegraph
In 1996 Roger Deakin set out to swim the British Isles. He swam in the sea, in rivers, in streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools, fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries and even canals. This funny, wise, delightful book documents his journey. It inspired a movement, creating wild swimmers out of many readers.
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, Deakin discovered just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked, fully-dressed fellow citizens.
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.
INTRODUCED BY OLIVIA LAING
''A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully full of energy and life’ Jane Gardam''
''Roger Deakin is the perfect companion for an invigorating armchair swim'' Daily Telegraph
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