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Coast Road: 3,000 Miles at the Edge of England [Hardcover]

Paul Gogarty
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Robson Books Ltd (17 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861057261
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861057266
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Award-winning writer Paul Gogarty's second travelogue is an idiosyncratic, intimate and illuminating snapshot of England and Englishness. Gogarty travels close to 3,000 miles along the coast road in a VW camper van to explore coastal communities. All points of the compass are covered in a journey that covers the Thames estuary, Brighton, the South Coast, the West Country, Liverpool Docks, the Cumbrian ports, the last fishermen of Grimsby and the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts. Gogarty discusses coastal geology and history, and introduces a cast of memorable characters. An exploration of Englishness, this well-researched and evocative journal will tempt even the most ardent armchair traveller, and is an excellent follow-up to 'The Water Road.'

About the Author

Paul Gogarty contributes regularly to the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Express. He is the travel editor of Cosmopolitan and from 1992 to 2001 he was chief travel writer at the Daily Telegraph and for three years he was a regular presenter on BBC1's Holiday programme. He is the author of The Water Road (1861055153), which recently won two of the seven coveted Guild of Travel Writers awards and is also published by Robson Books. Paul Gogarty lives in London.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Depressing 21 Jun 2011
By Margot
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because I have always wanted to journey around the coast in a camper van. Perhaps the book has done what it intended because it has put me right off. It is so depressing. How did the author manage to find so many disaffected and miserable people to meet. I also bought a copy for my sister but I don't think I will send it to her. It wouldn't make a very uplifting present. I would have liked a bit more indication of the content before I bought it.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to help me plan a road trip to the UK and, interesting as it is, it didn't help me very much. It's more of a novel, full of personal impressions and narrative, but I found it brings very little information of the kind I needed (suggested routes, must-see places, off-the-beaten track hints etc). Again, not a bad book - just not what I needed.
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Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed this book.Gogarty expresses himself well.But in one region alone which I know well,Slapton and Torcross, there are several errors of fact.Ihe previous owner of the Start Bay Inn was called Emberson not Anderson.Locals may refer to outsiders as "grockels" but not "grockos".The late Ken Small used to be found by the Sherman tank in the car park at Torcross not the Slapton Monument car park.
All this in a few pages.So how reliable is the rest of the book?
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