In 1934 Laurie Lee set out from his home in the Cotswolds to walk to London, where he lived by playing the violin and labouring on a building site. Then, armed with one Spanish phrase, he decided to see Spain, and for a year walked through a country on the brink of civil war. 30 years later Lee captured the atmosphere in the second volume - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - of his autobiographical trilogy, which began with Cider with Rosie.