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As the Crow Flies: A Walk from Edinburgh to London - in a Straight Line [Paperback]

Janet Street-Porter (Author)

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Publication Date: 16 April 1998

Following in the footsteps of her successful BBC2 1998 series, "Coast to Coast", "As the Crow Flies" describes Janet Street-Porter's attempt to walk the 350 miles from Edinburgh Observatory to Greenwich Observatory - in a dead straight line. She discovers a new way of walking - the OS map isn't quite so handy when you can't stray off a line you've drawn on a map. What's more useful is a heavy clearing stick, the power of persuasion and the patience of a saint. Janet adopts the old ramblers' cause of the "right to roam", discovering some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain - as well as bargaining and begging her way into secure properties, dodging Boeing 737s on take-off, and invading army bases and Saturday morning golf tournaments, all in the name of completing this mammoth walk strictly as the crow flies. She also has plenty of amusing encounters along the way - not only with locals (including some irate farmers!), but also celebrity friends like Sting, Ewan McGregor, Vic Reeves and Elton John, showing her their local patches. "As the Crow Flies" is published as a companion to the seven-part BBC2 television series.

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Product details

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Metro Books,London; Television tie-in edition edition (16 April 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1900512718
ISBN-13: 978-1900512718
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,024,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't enjoy. 5 Sep 2012

By Miss Taylor.

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I too am a JSP fan but I am not a fan of this book. It came over as a hastily written book by her PA from notes by Janet. Lot's of place names spelt wrong and her constant moaning made me go off her a bit. Not the pleasant travelogue I was looking forward to.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointed JSP Fan 12 July 2010

By Bridelia

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Having read several of JSP's books, including "Life's too f---ing short" and "Don't let the b-----ds get you down", both of which I thought were superb, I felt sure that "As the crow flies" would be an equally good read. Wrong! I found it tedious in the extreme. I also felt that JSP came across as a rather bad-tempered, whinging, grouch - the opposite of how I had always thought of her - who wasn't enjoying her walk at all! Maybe she was just having problems at the time. I hope she's got over them now.

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