"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clocks that drifted on the s over the moat."
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Roger Deakin
(11 February 1943 – 19 August 2006) was an English author, maker, and environmentalist. His 1999 book Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain, published by , was a bestseller in the UK, inspired the start of the movement, and is generally regarded as a classic of .
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