by Roger Deakin · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099282556
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«Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain» is Roger Deakin's travel and nature book (Vintage, paperback, 368 pages, in English).
In 1996 Roger Deakin swam across the British Isles: sea, rivers, lakes and canals serve him to observe modern Britain differently. Between coastguards and the Corryvreckan whirlpool, he discovers how strange the swimmer seems among land people. Autobiography, cultural history and nature in a personal journey.
The book was originally published in 1999; this Vintage edition is from 2000. It is considered the book that inspired the wild swimming movement.
For readers of nature and travel writing, as well as for swimmers and enthusiasts of open-water bathing.
