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.
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- Nil by Mouth by Gary Oldman on page 306, and page 308
- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry on page 245
- The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on page 202
- Out and About Walking Guide to Great Britain 08: North Wa Pb (Out & About Walking Guides) by Ordnance Survey in Front Matter
- Ministry of Defence: Prices Paid for Spare Parts: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain on page 197
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