Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea: the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain
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 | Product Details: Hardcover 208 pages Release Date: 27 May 2008 Publisher: Guardian Newspapers Ltd ISBN: 0852650930 Rating:   Sales Rank: 958 | | Look for similar books by subject:
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| | Customer Reviews: Inspirational, great swims & great images (24 August 2008)Better than the other book with a similar name by 10 stars... at least. Great swims, great pictures, excellent! A great book (18 July 2008)Having read all the previous reviews there is little left for me to add. This is a marvellous achievement and a great contribution towards making open water swimming accepted in the UK as, indeed it is everywhere else in the world. Congratulations to Kate for flowing (sorry..) text and to Dominick for some stunning photography Attractive and useful, but more info would help (16 July 2008)This is a gorgeous, well-written and well-presented book. The author's genuine emotional involvement in outdoor swimming is evident and infectious and, knowing some of the places she describes, I'm with her. I have two gripes which cost the book a star: some fantastic sites are missing, and some gazetteer information (like maps) would be helpful. Don't let that put you off - it's a fine book anyway. If you do want more, Wild Swimming (Wild Swimming: 150 Hidden Dips in the Rivers, Lakes and Waterfalls of Britain) is a good companion. It's more of a simple guide, but touches on some places that 'Wild Swim' doesn't and has more navigation info Very good, needs more info though (16 July 2008)Very good, but "arty" For us non-natives, more maps and landmarks would be helpful. Nice photos! Driving instructions, opening times, and other resources (bathing house, tea rooms) would have made this book perfect. I did enjoy the Malham Tarn swim, but had trouble finding the place. lyrical genius (15 July 2008)Kate Rew is quite simply a lyrical genius - a unique voice - on every page of Wild Swim you can smell, taste and feel the water and the elements she describes ... it's magical, poetic and funny at the same time. | |
