The Great British Swim: Can a Person Swim Through All the Canals and Rivers in the UK?
The Great British Swim: Can a Person Swim Through All the Canals and Rivers in the UK?: A Complete Guide Picture the scene: the misty dawn, the only sounds the gentle lapping of water against the banks and the call of a moorhen in the distance. For anyone who has ever spent an afternoon lazing along a towpath, the waterways of the UK are a tempting proposition for adventure. With over 2,000 miles of navigable waterways stretching across England and Wales, it is a landscape that is inextricably bound up in both industry and natural beauty. But it poses a rather ambitious question: could one ever swim all of them? It is the sort of logistical problem that could begin as a discussion in a pub after a long journey where you have had to call Taxis Hemel to get you to the train station because your car is in the shop. As you watch the countryside roll by, your thoughts may turn to the ribbon of water that you have just crossed over on a bridge, and you may wonder where it leads and wh...