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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.

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I jumped in with both feet and wanted to stay for more.
Erudite, funky and passionate, a total delight * Independent on Sunday *
Charmingly and elegantly written * Daily Telegraph *
A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully full of energy and life. I loved it
Highly entertaining...Waterlog is a book about a cold, wet subject written with a warmth and passion it surely deserves, but has rarely had before * Guardian *

Waterlog A Swimmers Journey Through Britain

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 18/05/2000
    ISBN13: 9780099282556, 978-0099282556
    ISBN10: 0099282550

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Trade Review
    I jumped in with both feet and wanted to stay for more.
    Erudite, funky and passionate, a total delight * Independent on Sunday *
    Charmingly and elegantly written * Daily Telegraph *
    A delicious, cleansing, funny, wise and joyful book, so wonderfully full of energy and life. I loved it
    Highly entertaining...Waterlog is a book about a cold, wet subject written with a warmth and passion it surely deserves, but has rarely had before * Guardian *

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