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How El Valero got its Name

A moving story, told by his friend Rogelio, convinces author Chris Stewart to put together an anthology of such stories.

The eponymous Bus Club is the author's term for the three fathers, of which he is one, who meet each morning when they drop their children at the school bus stop. Chris Stewart's daughter Chloe is in her final year at school and times will soon be changing for the author.

In his latest memoir, Chris once again taps into the rich seam of story-telling in the Alpujarras Hills, and brings us tales that are, by turns, warm, funny and moving.

Chris Stewart had a brief flirtation with fame as the drummer in Genesis. But he was, by his own admission, not a very good drummer. After college, he embarked on a peripatetic career that saw him travelling across Europe in a converted ambulance, and playing drums in a circus, before becoming a sheep farmer in deepest Sussex.

In the early days of the Rough Guides, he persuaded the originator and publisher of the series, Mark Ellingham, to let him write the guide to China, and so began his career as a writer.

Over 20 years ago, Chris and his wife Ana settled in the Alpujarras region of Andalucia, buying their own farm. Their experiences in the remote region formed the basis of his first memoir in 1999, 'Driving Over Lemons', which became an international best-seller.

Writer and Reader: Chris Stewart
Abridger: Pete Nichols

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production first broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in 2014.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Chris Stewart
Producer Karen Rose
Abridger Peter Nichols
Author Chris Stewart

Broadcasts

  • Wed 2 Jul 2014 09:45
  • Thu 3 Jul 2014 00:30
  • Wed 5 Jun 2019 14:45
  • Thu 6 Jun 2019 02:45

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