0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Today, my van and I are in the glorious Cumbrian Fells.'
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Hey, look at that, that's stunning!
0:00:07 > 0:00:10'I set my van the ultimate driving challenge...'
0:00:10 > 0:00:13We're getting there! Come on!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'With a bit of help, I reveal the secrets of sausage making...'
0:00:15 > 0:00:18That's a real camper banger!
0:00:18 > 0:00:24'And I'll be showing you how local wild berries can brighten up a clotted cream tea!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36'Right, I was heading back south
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'on the homeward-bound leg of the journey,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'across the border from Scotland
0:00:41 > 0:00:42'to England's Lake District
0:00:42 > 0:00:45'and the county of Cumbria.'
0:00:49 > 0:00:53So far I've done 2,000 miles, pootling around Britain...
0:00:53 > 0:00:57and most of it without incident.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58I've cracked my head...
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I managed to hit myself on this piece of furniture here...
0:01:02 > 0:01:03We've had a leaky roof...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05The rain started battering down on the roof...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We've sprung a little leak.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09And I've almost got drowned in a field...
0:01:09 > 0:01:15I couldn't stay because I was worried that I would wake up in a sea of water in the morning.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Apart from that,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19no bother!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23'The Lake District is a beautiful and breathtaking landscape.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26'It's not only home to England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29'but also contains the longest and deepest lakes in England.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32'But this magical backdrop, although stunning,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36'was potentially hazardous terrain for my 30-year-old camper.'
0:01:42 > 0:01:44The Lake District
0:01:44 > 0:01:47is famous for fell walking
0:01:47 > 0:01:48and...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50windy roads
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and very changeable weather.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57Seeing as this is a campervan adventure, I'm going to do something a little unexpected.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02I'm off to visit one of only a handful of wild board farms in the UK.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05'In my quest to make the best campervan cuisine,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'I was looking for top ingredients for an old favourite.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13'The only thing is I've been told these boar can be a little aggressive.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20'Peter Gott has been farming wild boar here in Cumbria for over 15 years.'
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Here we go.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26So, with a bucket of food, we'll go and explore.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Come on!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I notice you've got a gun on your shoulder. Are they dangerous?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Er...I don't know what scent you might be giving off,
0:02:38 > 0:02:43and if there's a possibility of the male wanting to attack you,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I just want to make sure I've got something to make a loud bang
0:02:45 > 0:02:49or even follow through with that, because they are a dangerous wild animal.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52'Peter told me that it's the alpha male that I had to watch out for,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'so I was rather nervous when he appeared.'
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- This here?- Yeah, he's over here.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Come on. Can you see that frothiness on his nose?- Oh, yeah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Well, that's telling me that he's... - Cor, he's big!- He's charged.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Come on.- OK.- You'll be all right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14He's been showing signs of dominance. He wants to fight everybody at the moment.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- Come on, fella, go on. - I can see his tusks there.- Yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Those razor-sharp tusks would literally slit you from end to end.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26They don't go blunt because they're continually working against each other to sharpen.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31So what if I was to get between him and his food or him and his young lady over there?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35First of all, he'd stand on his front legs and sort of slightly paw,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and that's what he was doing when I first found him.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42That tells me that he's... it's a territorial action.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- He'd then probably just come at you. - Right, OK.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Apart from bowling you over
0:03:47 > 0:03:52and then probably turning round after the initial attack and biting the hell out of you...
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Right, OK.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- I'm glad he's...- Quiet.- Quiet, yeah.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01'But he wasn't quiet for long, as he was suddenly startled by a member of the crew.'
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Really?- Hey, hey!
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Go on!
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Go on! Go on!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13'Like all of us males, the promise of food calmed him down,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16'although I was concerned it might be temporary.'
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I think it's time to move on now.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- We don't need to push our luck. - No, no!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- So...having looked at the beginning as it were...- Yeah.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- ..Shall we go to the end and make some sausage? - That would be great, yeah!
0:04:34 > 0:04:38'So it was back to the farm shop to try and create the perfect campervan banger for my dinner
0:04:38 > 0:04:41'of wild boar sausages and mash tonight.'
0:04:41 > 0:04:47Something that is typically British is the fact that we put a breadcrumb into our sausage meat.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51And the reason for that is that when the sausage cooks, you get...
0:04:51 > 0:04:57a, you get that sort of succulent taste where the fat has been absorbed by the rusk, the breadcrumbs,
0:04:57 > 0:05:02and, b, you also get sort of browning, the sort of sizzled brown sausage.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Seasoning...- Yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:10Put a little bit of garlic powder in there, a little bit of rosemary, paprika... Gives it a nice colour.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14'That was the seasoning done, it was time for the tricky bit -
0:05:14 > 0:05:17'getting the meat into its sausage skin.'
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- Here we have the natural intestine... - That's amazing! How long is that?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- It can be up to 21 yards. - All right, OK.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27And it's been cleaned. We want it a natural skin...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30You can see the meat creeping out through the nozzle there.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Just hold the end, keep the end tight...
0:05:32 > 0:05:37and then just let your hand and your fingers hold it back...
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and then let it go.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45And as you hold it back, it gets fatter... you don't want to burst the skin...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47and as you twine faster, it comes out faster,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- so I'm going to let you carry on with that.- Right, thanks.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55- It's...- I'll take that away. - I've not done it before, so it's completely alien to me...
0:05:55 > 0:05:57and it's very interesting...
0:05:57 > 0:06:01but also feels a little strange, I have to say!
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Right, OK. So...how's that?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Yeah, keep going. That's good.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Faster on the...?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09You're taking some keeping up with!
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Maybe hold it back a little bit. - Yeah, I can see it needs to fill up a bit, doesn't it?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Wow! Look at that!
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- I think that's... I think I'm there. - That's it, yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22'With the finish in sight, Peter still had one last skill to try and teach me.'
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- So I've got you ready. Now you've got to take the top...- OK.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- And bring that one up to there... - That one up to there.- And link it.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- That's it. Push that through.- That one through. Through and out the other side.- That one goes that way.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- You've lost it!- I'm a total mess.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41I think I've confused the issue. Where did it go?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Did you get the knack?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Yeah...!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I think probably the butcher's art needs to be kept secret.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55'With wild boar sausages made with my own fair hands for dinner tonight,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58'despite a few hiccups, it felt like a successful morning.'
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I really enjoyed that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04It's really nice to meet people who are genuinely knowledgeable about their subject.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08I feel like I've really learned something,
0:07:08 > 0:07:14and I cannot wait to gorge myself on those thick juicy sausages.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18'But the sausages are not the first thing on today's menu.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22'Before I camped up and cooked, I'd set myself and Gordy here a campervan challenge.'
0:07:24 > 0:07:30Well, now that the van's made it 2,000 miles, I thought I would up the ante a bit.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm going to take on Wrynose Pass.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37It's famous for being a really difficult road,
0:07:37 > 0:07:44and I'm hoping that little old van here will make it right to the top and right down the other side again.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48'So it was time to see what Gordy's made of, cranking up the gears and heading for the hills!'
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Wow!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Hey, look at that, that's stunning! Wow!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I love landscapes like this.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00They're just so massive,
0:08:00 > 0:08:05even though the sky is really dark and the clouds are kind of pressing down on top of the mountains,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09it's just...unbelievable!
0:08:09 > 0:08:13'Very quickly, though, this landscape had gone from pretty to pretty worrying!'
0:08:13 > 0:08:15One in three...flipping heck!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17One in three.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22OK...
0:08:24 > 0:08:26'In the south-western region of the Lake District,
0:08:26 > 0:08:31'at its peak, Wrynose Pass reaches an incredible 1,281 feet.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35'That makes it one of England's highest and trickiest driving roads.'
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I just need to keep enough power on in first gear just to keep us moving.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46'As I wound slowly up the hill, other more unusual vehicles were taking it all in their stride.'
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Slow and steady! Slow and steady!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54'Luckily, the traffic found a place to overtake,
0:08:54 > 0:08:59'whilst I was still having enough trouble working my way along the pass.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03'These little climbs may not look like much, but, add them all up,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06'and, for an old van like mine, it ain't half steep!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12'I thought Gordy was just about ready to give up,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15'so I was relieved to see the final climb up ahead.'
0:09:15 > 0:09:19This is the worst bit of the hill, my foot's right on the floor,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I've got to keep going. Cannot take the foot off the floor, otherwise we won't make it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25'One last push! I was so close to the top.'
0:09:25 > 0:09:28This is it! This is the apex!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30The top of the pass...!
0:09:30 > 0:09:32We're getting there! Come on!
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Come on!
0:09:35 > 0:09:36'Piece of cake!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40'I was rather proud of myself, although hoping and praying the brakes would work,
0:09:40 > 0:09:41'as I made my descent.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48'But before I'd had time to enjoy the glory, the Lakeland landscape gave me a reality check.'
0:09:48 > 0:09:52The weather was like this the last time I was here, absolutely lashing with rain,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56and up ahead is a pass called Hardknott Pass,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59so I've made it over the first one. I'm going to take a look at it,
0:09:59 > 0:10:05but, you know what? I'm really not sure I'm going to go for it, it looks very steep.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11'After a closer inspection, "steep" might have been an understatement.'
0:10:11 > 0:10:18Well, there are kind of maybe four, five, six or seven hairpins by the looks of things,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and whilst I might get up the steepness, getting round the hairpins...
0:10:22 > 0:10:26they get really steep on the corners... It just looks like it's just not worth it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30And if I get stuck I could burn out the clutch and...
0:10:31 > 0:10:33..it's "Goodbye, trip".
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So I'm going to give it a rest.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42'Confident in my decision that this is no place for a camper, I was about to be upstaged!'
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Oh,- BLEEP,- there's a VW coming down!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Oh, dear, there's a VW...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49There's a camper coming down.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Oh, the shame, the shame!
0:10:53 > 0:10:57'It looked like my instincts were right and it was anything but a smooth ride down.'
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Oh, look, they're stopping for the turns.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Oh, that's horrible.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07I bet they are so regretting doing that! Oh, no!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10'I had to find out who these campervan daredevils were!'
0:11:10 > 0:11:13I'm going to go and flag them down and see what it's like.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18'And it looked like a French number plate!'
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- Salut!- Bonjour.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23How is it?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- We are...- From France. - From France.- Yeah.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30THEY SPEAK FRENCH
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Bonne route!
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Bonnes vacances!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49That was a good decision!
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'There was no time to lose.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56'I may have beaten the rain back to the campsite by Coniston Water,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59'but I still had to cook up my wild boar sausages with campervan mash!
0:11:59 > 0:12:04'So it was straight on with the gas, a glug of olive oil and in with the juicy bangers.'
0:12:07 > 0:12:12My plan was to have wild boar sausages and mustard-and-horseradish mash
0:12:12 > 0:12:16and to eat out...under the clouds, but...
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- THUNDER - ..by the sound of things,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22it's going to get a little bit wet around here!
0:12:22 > 0:12:27'The first drops had started to fall and I knew there was going to be much more to come.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30'I had the mash and some red onions cooking inside the van,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34'but it was touch-and-go whether the sausages would be done before the heavens opened.'
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Well, hopefully, I might just have enough time to get the sausages done,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44but, you never know, it might pass. If it does, great, if it doesn't, I'm in the van.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48'Onions on, almost ready, but it sounded like a real storm was brewing.'
0:12:48 > 0:12:50THUNDER
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Doesn't sound very good, does it?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Thunder and lightning over the other side of the lake...
0:12:55 > 0:13:00'The good news was that, after a few minutes on each side, the sausages were finally done.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03'And so it was a last-minute dash for my mash!'
0:13:05 > 0:13:11Just got a little bit of campervan mash... mustard...whole-grain mustard...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14horseradish, butter and milk,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16mashed with the skins on...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18A big daub of butter on the end.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25'A hearty dollop of redcurrant jelly finished off a classic campervan dinner -
0:13:25 > 0:13:30'wild boar sausages with mustard mashed potatoes, served alfresco.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34'But before I could eat, it was time to rescue the outdoor kitchen!
0:13:43 > 0:13:49'Despite getting me soaked, this gave me a rather dramatic backdrop to my simple but delicious dinner.'
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- ROLLING THUNDER - Wow!
0:13:58 > 0:14:00That's what it's all about...
0:14:02 > 0:14:05..if you're going to take a campervan around the UK...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It's not all going to be plain sailing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17As long as it's good eating... who cares?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20'So with the rain hammering on the roof,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22'I settled in for the night,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24'hoping that it would have passed by the morning.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30'Coming up, I head off-road in search of bilberries...'
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Berries, where are you?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35'..Get a heart-warming surprise from home...' Oh!
0:14:35 > 0:14:38'..And let you into one of my top campervan cuisine secrets...
0:14:38 > 0:14:42'how to make the best cream tea from scratch without an oven.'
0:14:44 > 0:14:48PATTER OF RAIN
0:14:50 > 0:14:55The worst thing about camping and campervanning
0:14:55 > 0:14:59is, when it rains, you just can't get dry.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03You need a little bit of sunshine to try and dry everything out.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09The van stays sort of humid, so all the upholstery and all your clothes
0:15:09 > 0:15:11just kind of start to feel a bit damp...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Well, I'll tell you something, I wish I was at home...
0:15:22 > 0:15:27in my lovely bed with my lovely wife and my lovely kids!
0:15:31 > 0:15:35'An hour or so later and the rain finally stopped,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40'but that homesick feeling had given me an idea for today's campervan recipe.'
0:15:40 > 0:15:45This is a superb location, but I'm missing home and the family.
0:15:46 > 0:15:52So yesterday I phoned my wife Jo and asked her to send me a parcel of Devon clotted cream.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to make myself a Devon cream tea!
0:15:58 > 0:16:03It might seem a bit weird, but there really is no taste like home.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09'And for one of my key ingredients I was going off the beaten track, so it was time to hire a bike.'
0:16:09 > 0:16:13I'm on the hunt for something very special.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18And I'm going to need...this to help me find it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The only trouble is...
0:16:22 > 0:16:24..I've got to get it in the van.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34'To add a local touch to my recipe, I was heading for the hills.'
0:16:37 > 0:16:40What I'm out looking for is a thing that called a bilberry.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Not to be confused with the American blueberry.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48It's also known, perhaps confusingly, as a whortleberry,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53and in Europe as a myrtle berry or myrte.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58One of the best memories I've got of when I was younger was going on a French exchange to the Alps
0:16:58 > 0:17:06and eating myrte pie, and it was one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10They come out at this time of year in this kind of landscape,
0:17:10 > 0:17:17and if I bag some of those berries, I'm hoping to make a campervan compote to go with my cream tea!
0:17:17 > 0:17:19'As I passed through the village of Hawkshead,
0:17:19 > 0:17:24'I took the opportunity to ask the locals about the best bilberry spots.'
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Excuse me, have you got a moment?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31You look like you might be the kind of person that can help me.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I'm looking for bilberries.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42No? I'm hoping to find somewhere where they grow locally, you see, cos they should be in season.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Right. She knows her thing, does she?
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Thank you.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58So I've got a hot tip that Sheila in here might be able to help me.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Hello!- Hello. - I'm looking for Sheila.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I'm afraid she's not in at the moment. Can I help?
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Well, I was told that there might be somebody in here who would know where I could find bilberries.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Bilberries? Well, I know of two places...- OK.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17- Up on Claith, I'm sure there is some. - On Claith.- That's just over there.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Right, OK.- And also if you go towards High Dam.- High Dam.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- On the walk up to the High Dam, there's loads on the right-hand side. - Right, OK.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Brilliant. Thank you so much!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Well, I may have struck gold! The bilberry hunt continues!
0:18:32 > 0:18:35'Well, it sounded like I didn't have far to go to find a good spot,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40'and as I headed out of the village, it wasn't long before something caught my eye.'
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I just want to have a quick look in here because these mysterious bilberries
0:18:44 > 0:18:49actually do live in coniferous forests, low on the ground...
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and we're at the right time of year, so I'm just going to have a quick look.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Let's have a look.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10'Because bilberries need to be handpicked, they're not cultivated in the UK,
0:19:10 > 0:19:14'so you won't find them on the supermarket shelf, but there were a few hiding here.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20'I'd be really lucky to find good, juicy bilberries on the roadside,
0:19:20 > 0:19:25'so I was going to have to venture further into the woods. Time for plan B!
0:19:26 > 0:19:32'I'm usually happier on four wheels, but after being cooped up in the rain all morning, this was great!'
0:19:32 > 0:19:34HE LAUGHS
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Oh, whortleberries, where are you?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42The trick is to keep your eyes peeled for the habitat...
0:19:43 > 0:19:48..and for the plant itself, cos you'll never spot the berries from this distance.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51And what looks like a likely place...
0:19:51 > 0:19:54get off and check them out.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Well, I've got a few!
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I mean, hardly enough to make my cream tea.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07But the good news is they are here and they are...
0:20:10 > 0:20:11..fresh...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13so all I've got to do is keep looking.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19'Unfortunately, I'd chosen a very small berry for my jam,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23'so it was a good few hours' exploring the forest to pick the right amount.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28'I was exhausted but there was no time to lose. It was back to the van
0:20:28 > 0:20:31'to hit the road and pick up one last vital ingredient.'
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Hopefully...
0:20:41 > 0:20:46the parcel that I asked my wife Joanne to send me yesterday will have arrived!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- All right now.- Thanks a lot. See you.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Whoo-hoo!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57'That's everything.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02'It was time to head back to my camping spot to see what treats had been sent from home.'
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Right, let's see what's in here, then. Oops!
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Oh, I can't get in quick enough!
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Let's see what she's managed to do... Overpackaged!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I can't get in!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25There it is!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27The real McCoy!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31My very own...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33parcel of...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41..dollops of Devon loveliness!
0:21:41 > 0:21:43'But that's not all that had arrived.'
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Here's a little card.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Oh!
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Ah!
0:21:52 > 0:21:54There's a card from my kids.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I think that one's Jo,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01that one must be me, that one's Bob the dog,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03and Maggie and Charlie.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07"To Martin, missing you lots, can't wait to see you soon.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09"Love and kisses, Joanne, Maggie and Charlotte
0:22:09 > 0:22:11"and Bob the dog."
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And there's a paw print at the bottom, which I'm sure is Bob's.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21'It felt great to get a parcel from home, and after my van and I had travelled a total of 2,000 miles,
0:22:21 > 0:22:27'I couldn't wait to taste Devon clotted cream scones with wild bilberry jam.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'My forest-picked bilberries were looking delicious,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33'and, after a quick rinse, I crushed them up in a saucepan.'
0:22:35 > 0:22:41I've picked enough bilberries to make enough for one healthy portion
0:22:41 > 0:22:43of campervan compote.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Er...and the reason that I picked them
0:22:47 > 0:22:52is that I've been able to identify them really clearly, a positive ID.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I've got a guidebook which has given me a visual ID,
0:22:56 > 0:23:03and then I've looked at the habitat and I've looked at the time of year when they're in season.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Everything fits perfectly, so...
0:23:06 > 0:23:12And also there's no other plant in season now that looks anything like this.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19'So the thing I learned from people like forager Gary in the New Forest is, if in doubt, don't pick it.'
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Tastes a bit like a blueberry, really. That's probably about the nearest thing.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27There's a little blackcurrant in there. They're quite tart,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30so they'll need a bit of sugar.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39'With the sugar in, the berries just needed a quick stir before going on the heat.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45'And after five minutes they were bubbling away.'
0:23:45 > 0:23:48This smells of the summer.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Summer berries, high on a mountain pass.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55'Whilst I let the berries boil away for a good 20 minutes,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57'I whipped up a batter for my cream tea scones.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59'This is very simple stuff.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03'Two teaspoons of castor sugar, 100 grams of self-raising flour,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06'an egg and a 150ml of milk.'
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Measuring jug! A very important piece of equipment in the campervan
0:24:11 > 0:24:15if you intend to do things... the proper way,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18instead of the way that I normally do them, which is to throw everything in.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Today...the measuring jug comes out.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I'm being quite careful with my measurements today,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26because I want these scones to be absolutely perfect.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30I've been dreaming of them for a couple of days and it's taken some organisation,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33a load of backbreaking bilberry-picking,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37and half the Royal Mail service getting my clotted cream to me on time...
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's been a lot of hard work getting this all together, so I deserve perfect scones.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And I'm going to have them!
0:24:48 > 0:24:54'The batter was nearly there and my wild bilberry jam looked fantastic!
0:24:55 > 0:24:59'It seemed like my day foraging in the woods had all been worth it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05'I needed to cool down my bilberry jam in the fridge.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10'Next, one of my top campervan secrets - how to make a cream tea without an oven.'
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Just waiting for them to start bubbling and then I'll flip them over...
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Oh!
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Hey, there you go! They're looking pretty good.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35'That was the first of my scones made.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39'It was time to plate up and add my delicious clotted cream.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46'Cumbrian bilberry jam, spooned on to my Devon clotted cream...
0:25:46 > 0:25:50'a perfect blend of something local and something homely.'
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Some say... depending on where you come from,
0:25:54 > 0:25:55cream underneath...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57jam on top.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Jam underneath, cream on top.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Who knows? Scones or "scoanes"?
0:26:03 > 0:26:09I don't really care as long as it tastes as good as it looks. OK.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I'm getting...
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I'm getting...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23clotted cream, I'm getting Cumbria,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28but I'm also getting Ruby Red cows, rolling hills, big hedges...
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Mmm!
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Sunny afternoons in the garden... with a cup of tea...
0:26:35 > 0:26:36..with my family.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45And that reminds me... I should probably put the kettle on!
0:26:48 > 0:26:50'Well, my mood had certainly improved,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53'and, amazingly, so had the weather!
0:26:53 > 0:26:56'In fact, it had cheered me up so much that I decided to share my happiness
0:26:56 > 0:27:00'and hand out the rest of my scones to my fellow campers.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04'Being an enthusiastic cook, rather than a professional,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06'I had made too many scones for my jam.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10'But I was sure the campers wouldn't mind shop-bought blackcurrant jam
0:27:10 > 0:27:12'when the scones were this delicious.'
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- How are you doing?- All right.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Listen, I was making some drop scones, and I made too many.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- Dive in, chaps!- Very nice of you, thanks.- What do you reckon? - They're lovely, absolutely.- Yeah?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- I like the cream.- Thank you very much.- Nice one, lads.- Can I just...? - Yeah, go on, then.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31He has to go straight for the big one!
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Hello!
0:27:32 > 0:27:34How are you doing?
0:27:34 > 0:27:40Listen, I was wondering whether or not I could interest you in some drop scones, Scotch pancakes.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- I would love a drop scone. Did you make them? - They were made in my campervan.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Would you like to try them? - I'd love one. Thank you very much.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- Those are very nice. - I'll tell you what...
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Thank you very much. - Very good, excellent.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- Very nice! It's lovely. Thank you very much. - Are you having a good time...?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00'Well, it had been a wet and windy time in the Lake District, but things were starting to look up.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03'I might have been missing my family,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07'but I was sure my campervan cream tea would make me a few new friends.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11'Next time...
0:28:12 > 0:28:16'..I'm in Wales, and I'm in absolute heaven,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18'because I'm at a huge campervan gathering.'
0:28:18 > 0:28:24I love this! I feel like I'm in the Waikiki Bar in Hawaii.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27'I reveal how to make a campervan curry
0:28:27 > 0:28:30'and my van and I face the judges.'
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