Waterlog - A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain

Informationen zum Autor Roger Deakin, who died in 2006, was a writer, filmmaker and environmentalist of international renown. He was a founder member of Friends of the Earth, and co-founded Common Ground. He lived for thirty-eight years in a moated farmhouse in Suffolk. Waterlog , which was first published in 1999, became a word-of-mouth bestseller, and is now an established classic of the nature writing canon. Klappentext Roger Deakin, who died in 2006, was a writer, filmmaker and environmentalist of international renown. He was a founder member of Friends of the Earth, and co-founded Common Ground. He lived for thirty-eight years in a moated farmhouse in Suffolk. Waterlog , which was first published in 1999, became a word-of-mouth bestseller, and is now an established classic of the nature writing canon. Zusammenfassung '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.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Deakin, Deakin Roger
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.05.2000
• EAN: 9780099282556
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928255-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Cultural Studies, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Applied ecology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, swimming, Sea life and the seashore: general interest, Sea life & the seashore, Rivers and lakes, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Swimming & diving, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Swimming and diving