Wild Woman Swimming

By Lynne Roper, Tanya Shadrick (editor),

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1 author picked Wild Woman Swimming as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this book as I used it as a road map of swimming adventures when I moved back home to the West Country after thirty years of living in the city.

I was faced with the challenge of not knowing where to swim, as we didn’t really go in the water when I was a child. The author visits a plethora of favourite swimming spots with a group of friends, and I felt like I was accompanying them on their trips.

I was able to use the book as a guide, to go and visit all the spots Lynne…

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