What's Ffyona Campbell doing nowadays ?
M.E.
Hello Britain,
I just finished miss Campbells impressing "Her own story" and was
wondering what she's doing nowadays. I found out, thats living in Devon,
and gives lectures in preventing blisters. But I can't believe that
that's her whole life now. So I was wondering if any of you has more
information e.g. is she planning new walks, is she back in the financial
world ? Or is she really retired ?
And has she been scratched from the Guiness book of records ?
(my opinion is, that it wouldn't be right, since she walked it all,
in the end. If not from John o' Groats to John o' Groats, then from
some little place in Texas to that little place in Texas. But I suppose
that's a past discussion in Britain).
Thanks,
Michiel Erens
Leiden
The Netherlands
p.s. answer via this newsgroup. I've had to much spam lately :-(.
Gavin Whittaker
M.E. (I.dont.w...@my.address.in.NL) wrote:
: Hello Britain,
: I just finished miss Campbells impressing "Her own story" and was
: wondering what she's doing nowadays. I found out, thats living in Devon,
: and gives lectures in preventing blisters. But I can't believe that
: that's her whole life now. So I was wondering if any of you has more
: information e.g. is she planning new walks, is she back in the financial
: world ? Or is she really retired ?
Dunno, but IMO, it'd be nice to think that the spoilt brat was doing
something useful for once. Let's face it, walking isn't difficult, just
time consuming. Mountain leaders and guides, for example, are doing
just the same amount of walking as Miss C., except that it's often in
harsher conditions and they do it without someone else lugging their
backpacks and following them as backup. The only exceptional thing
about Miss Campbell was that she had the resources to go where she
wanted to go, and she didn't even do that honestly.
Gavin (who, if you hadn't gathered isn't impressed with the lass)
Peter Robins
In <6dlrj1$e2f$1...@highway.leidenuniv.nl>, M.E. <I.dont.w...@my.address.in.NL> writes:
Sshe's pprobably jjust rresting.
Peter Robins
Paul Simonite
Ffyona who? - I seem to recall a hitch hiker of a similar name who
once nearly walked from A to B on her own - except for the backup
teams, drivers film crews etc...
Mark Ian Rainsley
Anyone see the hilarious character assassination that Janet
Street-Porter did of her (and of herself) during a TV series, walking with her?
Ffffyona dropped quite a few unsubtle hints about wanting to be
snapped up by some high-paying financial institution, if I recall correctly.
I'd like to believe that she's now working for the RSPCA, helping
mules and donkeys which have suffered cruel treatment.
Is anyone who has managed to plough through all of her books (fact or
fiction) able to tell me about her various back-up drivers/
assistants. Were there any with whom she didn't,
i] ff...sleep with
ii] then fall out with??
--
Mark Rainsley
Southbourne Beach ('dumpy death or flat calm'), Dorset, U.K.
"They couldn't hit an elephant from this dist..."
...last words of C19 British Army Officer.
Martin Richardson
In article <6dlrj1$e2f$1...@highway.leidenuniv.nl>, M. E. <I.dont.want.SPAM
@my.address.in.NL> writes
>Hello Britain,
>
>I just finished miss Campbells impressing "Her own story" and was
>wondering what she's doing nowadays. I found out, thats living in Devon,
>and gives lectures in preventing blisters. But I can't believe that
>that's her whole life now. So I was wondering if any of you has more
>information e.g. is she planning new walks, is she back in the financial
>world ? Or is she really retired ?
>
>(my opinion is, that it wouldn't be right, since she walked it all,
>in the end. If not from John o' Groats to John o' Groats, then from
>some little place in Texas to that little place in Texas. But I suppose
>that's a past discussion in Britain).
>
Martin Richardson mar...@thequiff.demon.co.uk
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Philip Powell
In message <lPB6DKA3...@thequiff.demon.co.uk>
Martin Richardson <mar...@thequiff.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <6dlrj1$e2f$1...@highway.leidenuniv.nl>, M. E. <I.dont.want.SPAM
>@my.address.in.NL> writes
>>Hello Britain,
>>
>>I just finished miss Campbells impressing "Her own story" and was
>>wondering what she's doing nowadays.
<SNIP>
>>And has she been scratched from the Guiness book of records ?
>>(my opinion is, that it wouldn't be right, since she walked it all,
>>in the end. If not from John o' Groats to John o' Groats, then from
>>some little place in Texas to that little place in Texas. But I suppose
>>that's a past discussion in Britain).
>>
>Hasn't she married that nice Wwilliam Hague?
>
>
Seems a bit of a harsh punishment for accepting the odd lift (-:
--
Philip Powell
Looking north across the Derwent Valley and Northumberland
to the Cheviot
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Neil Cairns
On 5 Mar 1998 09:34:25 GMT, M.E. <I.dont.w...@my.address.in.NL>
wrote:
>Hello Britain,
>
>I just finished miss Campbells impressing "Her own story" and was
>wondering what she's doing nowadays. I found out, thats living in Devon,
>and gives lectures in preventing blisters. But I can't believe that
>that's her whole life now. So I was wondering if any of you has more
>information e.g. is she planning new walks, is she back in the financial
>world ? Or is she really retired ?
>
>And has she been scratched from the Guiness book of records ?
>(my opinion is, that it wouldn't be right, since she walked it all,
>in the end. If not from John o' Groats to John o' Groats, then from
>some little place in Texas to that little place in Texas. But I suppose
>that's a past discussion in Britain).
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michiel Erens
>Leiden
>The Netherlands
>
>p.s. answer via this newsgroup. I've had to much spam lately :-(.
Making some poor bloke misserable again I should emagine.
Neil
james...@gmail.com
Cheap shots are for cheap people, this lady has done so much more with her life than putting others down. Read her book. Walk a mile in her shoes before you
Try to decide who or what she is.