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Smile UK Store - Wild Swim: River, Lake, Lido and Sea: the Best Places to Swim Outdoors in Britain
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List Price: £16.99
Our Price: £11.89
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Manufacturer: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780852650936
ISBN: 0852650930
Label: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Manufacturer: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-05-27
Publisher: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Studio: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
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Editorial Reviews:
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A wonderful and joyful romp of a book. Roger Deakin would have approved. 'Wild Swim', like Waterlog, will launch a thousand swimmers. So go on. Dive in. --Robert Macfarlane, author of 'The Wild Places'
'Wild Swim' is a bit like a glossy recipe book, only with pictures of delicious lakes and rivers where you would normally find souffles and stews, and mouth-watering descriptions of dips in lochs and oceans instead of recipes. --Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
'Wild Swim' is a book born out of genuine love for its subject; serious swimmers and seaside paddlers alike should dip in. --Charlotte Ross, Evening Standard
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Inspirational, great swims & great images
Comment: Better than the other book with a similar name by 10 stars... at least. Great swims, great pictures, excellent!
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Summary: A great book
Comment: 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
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Summary: Attractive and useful, but more info would help
Comment: 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
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Summary: Very good, needs more info though
Comment: 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.
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Summary: lyrical genius
Comment: 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.
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