As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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01The Beginning...2014061620190527/28 (BBC7)Author Laurie Lee leaves home on a bright Sunday morning, taking his hazel walking stick, some clothes and a trusty violin.

Destination? It's London first, then on to - ¦where?

Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s read by Tobias Menzies

Destination? It's London first, then on to - where?

02Vigo2014061720190528/29 (BBC7)Laurie's arrived in Vigo on a one way ticket. All is new and strange, yet he soon meets Dona Maria and family - a family full of merry-making.

So, out comes the violin!

Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s read by Tobias Menzies

03Madrid2014061820190529/30 (BBC7)From Vigo, out across the plains, then Madrid and its various attractions.

Which means music, cafes, and some new trousers provided by the lovely Concha..

Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s read by Tobias Menzies

04Seville2014061920190530/31 (BBC7)Down a white dusty road with orange trees looms Seville.

It's beautiful here and also poor, and there are signs of an armed struggle to come...

Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s read by Tobias Menzies

05 LASTMalaga And More...2014062020190531 (BBC7)
20190601 (BBC7)
Laurie is in Almunecar and civil war begins. He drinks with men who are fighting the cause, before finding safe passage back to England.

But is this the end of his travels?

Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s concluded by Tobias Menzies