Waterlog
by Roger Deakin
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Pub Date 31 May 2011 | Archive Date 5 Aug 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
‘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.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth only.
Advance Praise
Deakin has written an aquatic Songlines.
I jumped in with both feet and wanted to stay for more.
Erudite, funky and passionate, a total delight - Independent on Sunday
Charmingly and elegantly written - Daily Telegraph
A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully full of energy and life. I loved it
Highly entertaining...Waterlog is a book about a cold, wet subject written with a warmth and passion it surely deserves, but has rarely had before - Guardian
A
wonderful and romantic tale told by a true English eccentric...think
Ratty, think Mole, think three men falling out of a boat...enchanting - Financial Times
A travel book like no other, it is rich and deep with insights on modern Britain - The Independent
Roger
Deakin is the perfect companion for invigorating armchair swim.
Engaging, thoughtful and candid, he also has a wonderful eye - Telegraph Weekend
A brilliant and compelling view of Britain from a few inches above its neglected waterways - The Independent
Marketing Plan
'A
simply wonderful book...the perfect union of writer and subject...a
delightfully eccentric masterpiece; no poolside or riverbank should be
without it' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
'A
simply wonderful book...the perfect union of writer and subject...a
delightfully eccentric masterpiece; no poolside or riverbank should be
without it' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781446442852 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
