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Laurie Lee 101

A year on from the centenary - Chris Baxter recreates the walk that Laurie Lee made from Stroud to the South Coast of Spain in his book β€œAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning”.

A year on from the centenary - Chris Baxter recreates the walk that Laurie Lee made from Stroud to the South Coast of Spain in his book β€œAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning”. He set off on his journey in 1935 when he was just 19 from the Slad Valley, arriving eighteen months later in AlmuΓ±Γ©car during the Spanish civil war.

The walk took him across Salisbury Plain, down to Southampton where he began busking for a living, then up to London where he worked as a labourer. He then travelled bysea and walked on foot through Spain until he settled on the South Coast.

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Sat 20 Jun 2015 05:00

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  • Sat 20 Jun 2015 05:00