My Midsummer Morning - rediscovering a life of adventure
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- My Midsummer Morning - In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain. He had never been overseas; had hardly even left the quiet village he grew up in. His idea was to walk through the country, earning money for food by playing his violin in bars and plazas.
Nearly a century later, the book Laurie Lee wrote - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - inspired me.
I dreamed of retracing Laurie Lee’s footsteps, but could never get past the hurdle of being distinctly unmusical. In the end, I decided to go anyway.
To buy the book: amzn.to/2XTEKhR
Edited by Joe Frederick: www.joefrederick.uk
I love how much you love life! Thanks for sharing your amazing adventures, you've been an inspiration to me.
Muchas gracias!
Oh my - as a musician and busker (and huge supporter of buskers) I loved the description of the agony and ecstasy of busking... the fear, the triumph... it is a whole world of highs and lows. Your written description is brilliant... but oh the reality... lol... excellent form! Well done. Glad you kept it up. I encouraged my Daughter to busk - she plays trumpet... as a result she paid for the two of us to travel for the weekend to Melbourne! We have a simple rule... ALWAYS pay the busker!
Listened to the audiobook the week it was released. Lovely to be able to put visuals to your words. Thanks for being so inspiring!
Great little film! I also love the nod to Kyle Dempster 👌
Alastair, truly inspirational. I remember you posting something a while back (maybe a year or so ago) about this and then I had forgot about it. So glad I stubbled across your page again to see that you had just posted the full documentary. It's really impressive and as I said before- inspiring. I have a Ukulele and have been learning a little so that I too can enjoy a similar experience.
Amazing video. Have read the book, which I think is your best, and loved watching this. Such a brave thing to do, and its inspired me to do something similar next year. Thank you!
PS...you're violin is worse in real life than I thought from the book! Makes it even more inspiring.
Haha! I'll take the 'worse violin bit' as a compliment!
@@al_humphreys 100% a compliment! My wife is a violinist, and said that to be able to do what you did in 6 months is incredible. Hardest instrument to pick...do you wish you'd gone for a guitar?
Love it! I have inherited an accordion, it keeps looking at me and I keep looking at it. Perhaps I need to go busking for a beer 🙂
Here is a challenge... Practice one song for 5 minutes a day for the next two weeks.
Then one sunny afternoon go on a hike to a nice town - not a busy city, not an empty village.
Set up outside the pub of your choice and busk until you earn enough for a beer.
(If you're struggling, get a cardboard sign saying "DARE FROM A FRIEND: Busk for the very first time to try to earn enough money for a beer" - that should help.)
Send me a photograph. And then walk home.
Are you up for it?
Deadline: summer solstice.
Al.. This is quite possibly the best film I have ever seen, and I genuinely mean that! So inspiring, and thats coming from me as an ex-pro musician (London Symphony Orchestra). I wouldn't have the nerve to busk in public, even after performing at the Albert Hall! I've got your book with me here on my walk in the Pyrenees. Thanks for this film Al, I've shared it with friends & family (my cousin is a professional prizewinning cellist : )
Thank you so much!
Spain is great. I had many experiences like he did in the small town signing and drinking. Perfect weather, beautiful country side. 🌞
What a film, legend
Al, this is another great video! Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into sharing your adventures with us from around the globe. I love this adventure because you are pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.... that is what adventure is about, is it not? Thanks for the inspiration and as always a couple of chuckles!
Truly amazing.. A beautiful country and a beautiful adventure. At times I cringed for you, but it's inspiring to stretch out of our comfort zones!
A great little film and an even better little book! I read Laurie Lee’s original book followed swiftly by Al’s and highly recommend them both.
Amazing experience and very encouraging 👏 🙌 ❤. I did something similar in a jungle 😀 😎 very scared 😱
Haha, love the credits (as well as the video itself). Quite a major production ;-)
You are wonderful
as someone attuned to physical adventure this indeed puts the fear in me more than risking life hanging off a cliff! Kudos for pushing your limits.
Can't help but feel the Ukulele would have been a much more powerful weapon for your beer fund Alastair! Same size, same number of strings but even an idiot could develop proficiency in 7 months. I know, because I did it! And that being said, you've inspired me to try a busking adventure of my own, so thank you! Another brilliant piece of content, please keep them coming.
Laurie Lee saddled me with a violin...
Wonderful!
Brilliant, just read Al’s book, lovely to find this to accompany the words I’ve just read. Thank you.
You are such an inspiration of going beyond our limitations!!!
Alastair - So good- love it my friend. You inspire me so much. I like the idea that adventure does not always have to be huge. This is clever and fun. Also loved the book- loved hearing you wrestle with being a dad, adventurer and everything else going on in your mind. Thanks again. Steve aka The Talking Fly
Thank you!
You should get a OSCAR for this film!!! Legend !!!
THANK YOU! for this this wonderful adventure😊😊
Courageous and inspiring !! A true adventurer !! Well done !!!! :)))
Beautiful! I love it! Thanks for sharing! I loved watching your adventure! :)
I loved this, the idea, the practical and the founder of the feast. Laurie lees cider with Rosie was one of my favourite books as a teenager, I havent yet read this book so shall embark on my own literary journey, thank you, long may you continue adventuring!!!!
Well done Al 🎉 I enjoyed the book and the video. They both made me feel quite emotional as a father and a bit of an adventurer too! All the best 😊
What a fantastic idea and very enjoyably presented. Thank you!
Thanks very much mate for the visuals, the audiobook was class! Keep er lit!
Well done, amazing, my life has not been the same since reading your round the world cycle. Please keep doing this kind of thing and I'll keep telling people about your books and vids.
You are absolutely amazing!!!
Cool trip. Amazing video. Great book. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful!
Watching this made my day. A very different but welcome new take on an adventure. Thoroughly enjoyed the book too!
Beautiful visuals, inspiring story, rubbish violin, and big cojones to go busking anyway! Thanks for sharing!
That was beautiful Alastair! I’m Inspired
Love this video and also loved the book. Happy trails.
Bloody wonderful ❤
Having read the book, this video is just... BRILLIANT!
Thank you!
Awesome!
Enjoyed that!
What a wonderful video! I read Laurie Lee's book this summer because of you. Thanks, it was great too. Keep on! :)
As awesome as everything you do - big thumbs up
Thank you!
Great to see you've released the video from your book launch at hathersage bud. It's a very good film which every one fan enjoy now.
Haha this is great!! I don't think I'd have the courage to do that. Well done
Your so good and brave
I listened to your audiobook, and I love this video. I was skeptical, because Laurie Lee's book is one of my favorites, but this is awesome. You were very brave to busk when you can't play, but I was laughing out loud here by myself.
Thank you!
Wander. Then wonder. Wondrous AH!!
Great to watch your violin escapades and adventures, Alastair. Loved the film. Your are clearly happy with your outcome. 125 Euros! Bravo! Excited to have your book and Laurie Lee's, ready to read when next in Spain. Hey. let me know if you want to visit LL's childhood village and local pub. Stay with us - or camp wild on the Cotswold Way! Greetings from Martin and I. Cheers.
Thank you Susan! I hope you guys are well. Lima was a long time ago!!
You are brave dude
Legend status
Hi Alastair. We had a brief chat about this trip at the Brompton event and It’s great to see the video. As I mentioned I absolutely love the concept. I hope I can summon up the bravery to emulate you Calais towards Marseille with guitar.
Thanks Pete! Bonne chance with your own adventure.
I've watched all of Beau Miles's videos and I've been searching for another excellent adventurer and I found you!
Thank you! I love all of Beau's work. (I'm reading his book at the moment.)
@@al_humphreys I also got his book and I can't wait to start it!
Alastair Humphreys = Absolute Legend
I love the violin. The body of the violin represents stasis and centered-ness whereas the bow represents movement and journey. The body of the violin, played by the left hand, represents the feminine and the bow played by the right hand represents the masculine.
It is in the meeting of the two: the feminine and the masculine, the stasis and the movement, that the music is made.
To improve the left hand, microscopic attention needs to be paid to intonation, a focussed close analysis of each note. To improve the right hand it must become looser, more active, less stilted. The left and right hands need to work not only independently but also in completely different modes to create the music.
Best of luck with it all. I wonder how you're getting on with it now a year later?
Loved it!!! My only complaint is that i wish it was longer, I could of watched this all day 👍 you have really inspired me to have my own little adventures since reading your microadventure book, I hope you can visit my page to see my little adventures and the plenty more to come 😊
Alistair you're an inspiration to oir trips: ua-cam.com/video/fWW-61T7G0g/v-deo.html
18:42 happiest moment of life is when you have a healthy daughter or son Alistair👌
I (30F) have man cave envy
Cojones.
Since Brexit, this is now illegal for someone with a British passport. You cannot simply go to continental Europe and busk.
Lol