In a South Downs Way is the first studio album in the recording series Walk Upon England, a project which celebrates the countryside as a source of creativity in music and poetry.

Initially Damian and Stewart considered whether to use the words of the Sussex poet Edward Thomas to complement the music and they invited their friend Hugh to read some extracts.

[1] In March 2016, after Hugh Bonneville chose "The Path Towards Tomorrow" from the album as one of his tracks on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, the song was number one for two weeks on the UK iTunes classical chart.

Subsequently, they developed the recording series Walk Upon England, aiming to bring together rural composers and writers to create a soundscape of the English countryside.

[1] The premiere live performance of In A South Downs Way took place at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, on 13 November 2016, with the participation of musicians the Tippett Quartet, Rob Sword, Stewart Prosser, Dave Gale, Will Spencer and Darren Black and the actors Christopher Timothy, Hugh Bonneville and Juliet Howland.