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Together they set out to discover the truth
The losses were appalling: defeat seemed to beckon
Over the next three decades
Roger Deakin: Waterlog [2014] paperback ZREAL 'Very much a novel aboutRoger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result 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