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Book of the Week: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning: Malaga and more...

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Malaga and more...

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.

After Malaga and Almunecar, it’s the reality of war. Laurie finds safe passage home, but then what? Concluded by Tobias Menzies.

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

Abridged in five episodes by Katrin Williams.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

Book of the Week: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Laurie Lee's classic account of walking through Spain in the 1930s.

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