A review by bluestarfish
Waterlog by Roger Deakin

5.0

Roger Deakin had a moat! Amazing. In this book we get to hear about the year when he went off and swam in all sorts of amazing places: rivers, the sea, lidos, estuaries all around Britain. His descriptions of splashing and gliding though various water definitely made me want to go swimming too (and sad about the fact I only have a chlorinated pool near me). He really gets to some beautiful places and describes them all for us. We also get smatterings of history and thoughts and anecdotes and ribbing of the Environment Agency inbetween all the swimming. A different take of this isle and a very joyous and irreverent one too.