As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning<\/i> is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee’s acclaimed Cider with Rosie<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for ‘Will you please give me a glass of water?’, he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War puts an end to his extraordinary peregrinations . . .<\/p>\n
‘He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour’ Sunday Times<\/i> <\/p>\n
‘There’s a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down’ New Statesman<\/i><\/p>\n
‘A beautiful piece of writing’ Observer<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was 1934 when Laurie Lee left his home to tramp through Spain. This first book of Lee’s autobiography paints a lyrical picture of a beautiful and violent country that was to involve him inextricably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[641],"product_tag":[993,259],"class_list":["post-95522","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-biography","product_tag-classic-travel-writing","product_tag-memoirs","pa_book_author-lee-laurie","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-914-60481-edition23","pa_imprint-penguin-classics","pa_language-english","pa_pages-xv-193","pa_publisher-penguin-group","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n