Life on the Deben: The Story of a Suffolk River

Nick Cottam & Tim Curtis

Lifeonthedeben.com

£20

Not a pilot guide, not a cruising companion, Life on the Deben focusses on the river itself. Its primary achievement is to follow the whole Deben from source to sea. When a river becomes non-navigable there’s a natural tendency to lose interest in it – coupled with which, the rights of use and access are often significantly different for tidal and non-tidal stretches. Life on the Deben is not a campaigning volume; it’s an attractive, well-written sequel to a successful film. Nevertheless it’s a reminder to be a little more curious and take to our dinghies, kayaks or feet to see what happens on the far side of river walls and beyond the upper reaches.