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Waterlog
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result is a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water. 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.
Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water.
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- Sarah
- 26-07-21
Blissful
What a lovely book. A love affair with water and all things above and below the surface.
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- William Thomas/Michaela Evans
- 24-06-22
One of the best books on Audible
Great narration, great book, buy it now. You won't regret it. Then go for a swim.
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- mark Nieuwenhoff
- 20-10-21
Wonderful
A sumptuous book and so beautifully narrated. I can see how Deakin so inspired people , I will listen again and again to this. Thank you.
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- Max
- 05-02-23
Like a secret world
Roger Deakin writes about swimming as if it were a magical act. The day after finishing the book, I found a river near me and swam in the February chill. It was, exactly as Roger predicted, exhilarating. Deakin’s writing has poetic brilliance hidden in it, and many of the pages which seem like personal notes to only himself are beautifully performed.
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- Fubs
- 07-10-21
Magical
I loved this book from start to finish. He is a most amazing wordsmith and the narrator brought it to life perfectly. I put the speed down to 0.85 and listened to this book most nights as I fell asleep, sometimes only hearing a few seconds, sometimes a chapter..Its taken me 6 months to finish and I enjoyed every second of it.
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- ceri
- 30-09-22
Truly mesmerick watery descriptions
Loved it, struck many chords with my own exploration of open water swimming. River's descriptions are serious at points, you Could swim in them, never mind in the water.
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- Matt McG
- 07-12-21
Unforgetable
Vivid, poetic, funny, insightful, profound and charming. Above all a truly beautiful book. Please read it.
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- Natalie Hooper
- 26-02-24
Beautiful words, beautifully read.
The imaginative journey through lost places Sparking memories in delightful prose was a joy end to end.
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- lyndon a adams
- 21-06-21
wonderful .
I've left it a long time to listen to waterlog. I was not dissapointed.
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- Sapphira
- 24-08-22
Fantastic, nostalgic watery adventures
I loved this book! Roger Deakin writes with such love for water in all its forms, from marshlands, canals, pools and the ocean to waterfalls, rivers, lakes and lochs. as an avid swimmer myself, I can relate to his enthusiasm for wild swimming, though I fail to go regularly and don't have his aptitude for the cold - yet. this has inspired me to make wild swimming a bigger part of my life and acclimatise my body to the cold waters. The actual performance of this audiobook was exceptional, with Roy McMillan doing a wonderful job of capturing Roger's zest for life and injecting the text with even more life.
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