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Wild Swimming: 150 Hidden Dips in the Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls of Britain | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel Start
Publisher: Punk Publishing Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £14.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 773
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0955203678
EAN: 9780955203671
ASIN: 0955203678
Publication Date: April 21, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW - ***Delivery usually * 2 - 3 * working days - From Aphrohead of SOUTHPORT, Lancs, UK *** . Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders. Thanks from all at Aphrohead.
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A hell of a big splash June 6, 2008
Christopher Somerville (Bristol)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is the book to make poltroons like me brace up and take the plunge. On so many occasions, hot and sweaty on a walk, I have come to a pool, a river or a waterfall and thought, 'Oh, I'd love to fall in there - but I can't.' And why can't I? Because it's too cold, because I don't dare, because I might not be allowed, because I haven't got a towel, because, because ...
Pathetic, man! Here is the wonderful antidote to all that cowardice. 150 brilliant places where it's not only OK to swim or plunge or flop out on your back - it's the nicest, most natural thing on earth, if you judge by the ecstatic expressions on the (mostly young, mostly shapely) people who cavort in or stand invitingly on the brink of the cool pools in Daniel Start's quite irresistibly seductive photos. Why aren't there any snaps of saggy greybeards like me? Because, let's face it, we don't scrub up so well. But Daniel's message is that there's room and tolerance for all of us in the clear trout-filled River Nadder at Teffont Evias in Wiltshire, under the mountain oaks of the Wolf's Leap in deepest Wales, or among the Faerie Pools in the dramatic shadow of the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye.
Great Scott! I can hardly wait. This is a wonderful, youthful, inspiring book. I've let my Health Club subscription lapse because I couldn't take the urine and chlorine and locker-room macho any more. But now I shall be a swimmer into cleanness leaping. Here I gooooooooooooo ... !
Wild Swimming August 4, 2008
Ms. E. Flanagan (Cambridge)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are very many things that I love about this book. So far I've had it a very short time and have already had an incredibly therapeutic swim, about 10 miles from where I have lived for over 20 years, which I had no idea was there. It was the most beautiful spot and the pub recommended in the book was such a find, being friendly, serving good beer and food, having a gorgeous wildflower garden and being over a thousand years old.
Having this book means I am much more likely to get out and swim in beautiful places, and not just paddle, worried about currents, debris and pond weed. So all those good intentions are finally coming good and I can entice friends along too. It's definitely going to be the basis of many UK holidays to come.
I'm also impressed that the directions are so concise yet so clear and straightforward to follow - rare for a guide book.
I can't recommend this book enough.
Super, Splashing, Great! May 1, 2008
Armani Bading
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book really stands out for me because of the way it manages to combine just the right weight of solid information with the auther's innate exuberance and love for the subject-matter. I happened to be out exploring one of the locations featured with my two young children when Daniel Start arrived with his camera. I can report that the author/photographer really interracted with the water, the space and the people enjoying both. He did so with an openness, lack of inhibition and almost naive enthusiasm that have translated remarkably well to the printed page.
Similar to the text, the photography really conveys a sense of fun and love of open spaces and water, with a technical and compositional precision that is easily overlooked. The result is that this book is an enjoyable read, a visual treat and a very useable guide to open-water swimming.
swim across the British Isles April 23, 2008
CA Reynolds (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an avid fan of outdoor water - I always take my trucks on a walk - I can recommend this book as a vital component to any outdoor types. But it's also invaluable to families, with a host of easily accessible paddling places. It's got maps, grid references, closest stations, how to walk there, tips on getting in...it goes on. In some ways you could read it as the practical way to apply the spirit embedded in Roger Deakin's Waterlog. Get your kit off and dip in.
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