On the Flora Thompson Trail -- Peter Leyland
On the Flora Thompson Trail * I was walking from my home towards Stowe through the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside, a journey of about four miles, when it occurred to me that the writer, Flora Thompson, might once have walked this path. ‘And thereby hangs a tale…’ I thought to myself, as I found a turning through a field of wheat, or barley, or oats, in order to complete my journey. When I returned home I ascended to the loft via a pair of stepladders, where at the edge of a cluster of plastic boxes was a green one bearing the sticker "Lark Rise". I first encountered Flora when I was starting out as a teacher in Tilbury, Essex, well not her of course but rather her writing...