Which was the first part of the autobiographical trilogy, completed by 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' and 'A Moment Of War'?
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) is a memoir by Laurie Lee, a British poet. It is a sequel to "Cider with Rosie" which detailed his life in post First World War Gloucestershire. The author leaves the security of his Cotswold village in Gloucestershire to start a new life, at the same time embarking on an epic journey by foot. It is 1934, and as a young man Lee walks to London from his Cotswolds home. He is to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning Pyrenees into Spain. An insight into the origin of the title of the book is found in the second episode the BBC Four documentary series "Travellers' Century" presented by Benedict Allen. In the episode, which looks at "As I Walked Out...", a friend of Lee reveals that the title of the book comes from a Gloucestershire folk song. The traditional song "The Banks of Sweet Primroses" starts with the line 'As I walked out one mid-summer morning'. Robert McFarlane compares Lee's travels with those of his contemporary, Patrick Leigh Fermor. Both walked across a Europe in political turmoil. McFarlane praises