Beneath the Walnut Tree

In the Wiltshire village of Figheldean, where the hills whisper with history, two boys uncover the meaning of friendship and first love. Their school year will change everything.

Bertram Lowe is thoughtful, precise, and newly arrived at the chapel school. Oswald Fielding is local—curious, clever, and always drawn to the edges of things. Between ink-stained desks and orchard afternoons, winter frosts and storm-lit evenings, a friendship takes root. There are games, secrets, and rituals only they understand. There are feelings neither of them can yet name.

Lyrical, tender, and steeped in the rhythms of rural Edwardian life, Beneath the Walnut Tree is a story of boyhood, belonging, and the fleeting moments that linger long after the bell has rung.

The first volume in the Beyond Bulford’s Fields series, it opens a world of chalk downs, schoolroom hush, and the beginnings of love in uncertain times.