A woman gave up her high-flying corporate job to spend a year living with 'misunderstood' subcultures - one for each letter of the alphabet.<br /><br />Lucy Leonelli, 29, quit her executive role to hang out with aristocrats, circus performers, vampires, Morris dancers, goths and naturists.<br /><br />She had been working in the business world and craved the diversity and new experiences she had enjoyed growing up.<br /><br />Lucy left her job and spent a year travelling the UK, spending time with its wildest and weirdest subcultures and groups – from A-Z.<br /><br />They included Aristocracy. Battle Reenacting, Dog showing, Fox Hunting, Goth, Hill Bagging, Pigeon Racing and Larping.<br /><br />She tried Morris Dancing, Paganism, Sci-Fi Super Fans, Train Spotting, UFOlogy, and the Zeitgeist Movement.<br /><br />Lucy, from Bristol, tried to immerse herself into the culture of each group.<br /><br />She interviewed members and participated in their activities - raced pigeons, investigated crop circles, did naked Yoga and had fangs fitted.<br /><br />She then included all of her experiences in a book to capture everything she’d learnt.<br /><br />Lucy published her account of her year of adventures – A Year in the Life: Adventures in British Subcultures.<br /><br />Writing the book helped Lucy process her experiences – a year that has left her with some profound realisations about how people connect with each other.
