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5. A Leavetaking

Robert Appleyard says goodbye to Dulcie Piper, but doesn't get as far as he'd planned. Read by Kevin Whately.

One summer following the Second World War, 16 year old Robert Appleyard set out on foot from his Durham mining village, desperate to see something of the world before he goes down the pit.

Acutely attuned to the rhythms and delights of the natural world, he sleeps rough and takes work where he can find it, until meeting Dulcie Piper, an eccentric older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage looking out to sea.

Robert says goodbye to Dulcie, but doesn't get as far as he'd planned.

Novel written by Benjamin Myers.

As an old man, Robert looks back on the summer that changed the direction his life was to take, and the woman who opened his eyes to life's possibilities.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Kevin Whately.

Produced at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2019.

14 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Dec 2023 03:00

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 Aug 2019 12:04
  • Fri 30 Aug 2019 22:45
  • Fri 1 Dec 2023 07:00
  • Fri 1 Dec 2023 12:00
  • Fri 1 Dec 2023 17:00
  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 03:00