麻豆社

**** This series suggested by Stephanie Rowlands as part of 麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra鈥檚 All Request Weekend. ****

One summer following the Second World War, 16 year old Robert Appleyard set out on foot from his Durham mining village, desperate to see something of the world before he goes down the pit.

Acutely attuned to the rhythms and delights of the natural world, he sleeps rough and takes work where he can find it, until meeting Dulcie Piper, an eccentric older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage looking out to sea.

Robert discovers the pleasures of fine food, good wine and conversation

Novel written by Benjamin Myers.

As an old man, Robert looks back on the summer that changed the direction his life was to take, and the woman who opened his eyes to life's possibilities.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Kevin Whately.

Produced at 麻豆社 Scotland by Sara Davies.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2019.

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