Pedal Folk

This cycling music tour sees the Pedal Folk trio performing at places that poet and wordsmith Edward Thomas passed through or nearby in his book 'In Pursuit of Spring', as they re-create his 1913 journey from London to Somerset.

Edward Thomas is one of our country’s unsung literary heroes, whose work deals with themes that still have huge resonance today such as the encroachment of industry and large scale mechanised agriculture into the natural world and the search for traditional values and national heritage during uncertain times. Whilst many contemporary poets and musicians cite him as an influence, his poetry is little known and his prose even less. In 1917 Edward died tragically during the Great War and there is no better time than the present to reignite an interest in his work.