In 1935 a young Englishman named Laurie Lee arrived in Spain, walking 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 Alastair Humphreys, who dreamed of retracing Laurie Lee’s footsteps, but could never get past the hurdle of being distinctly unmusical. Finally, he decided to go anyway, risking failure and humiliation every day.