‘My heart’s keel slides to rest among the meadows,’ said ‘Home From Abroad’ on the far bank. On through Snows Hill wood, and down across a jungly hillside to a brook fragrant with spearmint. But the stolid sheep among the harebells of Slad Slope munched on regardless. Up at the crest the poem ‘Landscape’ summoned images of a lover and a countryside melting into one another. Click here for a map of Cider With Rosie sitesīelow the path in ancient Longridge Wood ran the dark dingle of Deadcombe Bottom where lay the haunted house of the Bull’s Cross hangman – or so young Laurie and his friends believed. So it was a thrill to be back there in Lee’s centenary year, walking the recently opened Laurie Lee Wildlife Way which meanders – marked here and there with posts displaying Lee’s locally-inspired poems – through a succession of nature reserves cared for by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. I’ve never forgotten the deep and amused affection that the author showed for the little South Gloucestershire village where he grew up. First published in: The Times Click here to view a map for this walk in a new windowīack in 1985, a head-over-heels fan of Cider with Rosie, I spent a day exploring Slad with Laurie Lee as my guide.
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