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A review by saralynnburnett
Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin
5.0
a book on wild, open-water swimming!! It’s the 2021 American edition from Tin House and you should read if you:
~ love reading about wild spaces & places
~ enjoy quirky British books with British humor
~ think swimming through Scottish lochs and estuaries in Wales is a great idea
~ enjoy naturalist books where a fly alighting from the surface of the water takes a page & it’s freaking beautiful!
Roger Deakin wrote this back in 1999 and his love of open spaces that are accessible to all shines through. He goes into the history of hard-to-find swimming holes, what it’s like to swim in a moat, the humor of signs advising against Naturism (aka: nudity), pollutants in natural water ways, channel swimming, and so much more.
While his son is off in Australia surfing & living his best life Deakin takes to the road (water) to combat loneliness& explore his own homeland. This book speaks that
~ love reading about wild spaces & places
~ enjoy quirky British books with British humor
~ think swimming through Scottish lochs and estuaries in Wales is a great idea
~ enjoy naturalist books where a fly alighting from the surface of the water takes a page & it’s freaking beautiful!
Roger Deakin wrote this back in 1999 and his love of open spaces that are accessible to all shines through. He goes into the history of hard-to-find swimming holes, what it’s like to swim in a moat, the humor of signs advising against Naturism (aka: nudity), pollutants in natural water ways, channel swimming, and so much more.
While his son is off in Australia surfing & living his best life Deakin takes to the road (water) to combat loneliness& explore his own homeland. This book speaks that