The Abandoned Road
Saturday 20 August 2005 21:40-22:10 (Radio 3)
Near the French home of the writer Adam Thorpe lies a three-kilometre vestige of the former main road to the nearest village. Abandoned 100 years ago, this old Languedoc road is now the haunt only of badgers, a shepherdess and her brother - and the memories of former times.
Adam's walk along the abandoned road is the starting point for a meditation in words and sound on the significance of roads and what it means when they fall into disuse.
