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Not ready to walk or paddle? Follow someone else’s journey instead

The Fish Ladder by Katharine Norbury A mix of travelogue, memoir and nature writing, it follows Katharine and her nine-year-old daughter as they follow a river from the sea to its source; the journey of self-discovery is rippled through with emotional responses to the natural world. The Stream by Brian Clarke The powerful story of a watercourse over five years. It meanders from natural observations only an angler spending hours on a riverbank could make to the seemingly irrelevant decisions and development nearby and their changing of this world. Waterlog by Roger Deakin An enchanting record of the late great nature writer’s attempt to see the country through fresh eyes by swimming his way around Britain’s most wild and beautiful places. His ‘frog’s eye view’ is captivating. Wild Swimming by Daniel Start One of our favourite book…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2016 - Issue 49

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