Full name: Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain

Author: Roger Deakin Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Travel, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780099282556 0099282550

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. Similar books: The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane England for All Seasons by Susan Allen Toth My Love Affair with England by Susan Allen Toth The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie English Journey by J. B. Priestley Adventures on the High Teas by Stuart Maconie Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson England as You Like It by Susan Allen Toth Lonely Planet England by David Else Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell In Search of England by H. V. Morton The Cloud Forest by Peter Matthiessen On the Road with Charles Kuralt by Charles Kuralt Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin Wildwood by Roger Deakin The Salt Path by Raynor Winn Little Princes by Conor Grennan Hiking Through by Paul Stutzman