As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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Recommended by Alastair Humphreys, Jason Webster, and 2 others. See all reviews

Ranked #11 in Spanish Civil War, Ranked #13 in Spain — see more rankings.

"I was nineteen years old, still soft at the edges, but with a confident belief in good fortune. I carried a small rolled-up tent, a violin in a blanket, a change of clothes, a tin of treacle biscuits, and some cheese. I was excited, vain-glorious, knowing I had far to go; but not, as yet, how far." Despite this romantic and optimistic opening, what Lee finds is the most primitive and feudal country in Europe, a peninsula untouched by the modern world, a land of labor without dignity, a church devoid of compassion, and a country ripe for revolutionary change.

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Alastair Humphreys Reading Laurie Lee was suddenly a very different perspective on adventure, because he was just a normal young guy. He was not very tough. He wasn’t very fit. He didn’t claim to be trying to do anything extraordinary. He was just out in the world, living vividly and being curious and I loved that, mostly because it sounded like me. Ever since I read As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning I thought I wanted to go and do the trip myself. (Source)

Jason Webster The best book in terms of engaging with this dreamy and poetic truth at the heart of Spain. (Source)

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