0:00:02 > 0:00:06Fancy a trip around the UK? Stay tuned as Ed and Johny get the sack.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Come on.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- Barney goes on a big Greek adventure.- I am Perseus.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Naomi strikes a pose.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Ceall blows his own trumpet and Iain goes clubbing.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24# All over the place, all over the place
0:00:24 > 0:00:27# North, South, East, West, on a bizarre quest
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# Me and my mates all over the place
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Just do what you've heard everything is absurd
0:00:32 > 0:00:35# Whatever we do is strange but true
0:00:35 > 0:00:40# All over the place, all over the place
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# Bet you didn't know your stuff was in the UK
0:00:43 > 0:00:47# But it turns up all over the place. #
0:00:47 > 0:00:48At one with nature,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51it's lovely to have an amble through the countryside, Ed.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Yeah, two men out in the wild the way it should be.- Oh, aye.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- Do you fancy a game of hide and seek?- Do I ever? You count.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01One, two,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04three, four, five,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08six, seven, eight, nine...
0:01:08 > 0:01:1299, 100. Coming, ready or not!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Ed, you'll never find me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- Are you behind a really big stone? - Ed, did you peek? You cheater.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21How could you have known that?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Which means it's very, very, very old.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Which is about the same height as a double-decker bus.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Ed and Johny, you have 50 seconds each
0:01:47 > 0:01:52to find out as much as you can about Avebury stone circle.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Johny, Dr Nic knows all about old stuff.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Ed, Dr Ros knows all about Avebury.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Whoever finds out the most facts in 50 seconds is the winner.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Three, two, one, go.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I've got loads of questions to ask you about Avebury.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Why is there a road going through the middle?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14There's always been a road.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- How long have the stones been here? - About 5,000 years.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Why is there poo everywhere? - We keep sheep here.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- How did they get here? - Brought by people.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Why are so many stones missing?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Because people built buildings out of them.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27- Why did they do that? - I don't know.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- Why did people bring them here? - It's a religious site.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Why does Stonehenge think it's so much better than this place?
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- I don't know because it obviously isn't.- Yeah, exactly, Stonehenge.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- What type of stones are they? - A type of sandstone.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Who would win in a fight between Avebury and Stonehenge?- Avebury.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Why?- Because we're bigger. - Is it bigger?- Much bigger.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52About 14 times bigger.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54What do you have to study to study stones?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The people that made them.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57HOOTER
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Put it there. That was quite good.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04And the person who found out the most facts is...
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- ..Ed.- Yeah!
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- I don't believe it.- Johny, you've just trodden in something nasty.- Oh!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Even better. Hurray.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Double victory.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Before coming here I never understood interesting stone circles,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27but coming here, they're absolutely massive.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29How did they get them here all those years ago?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I bought a guidebook to find out. There are 20 pages in it
0:03:32 > 0:03:36and at the end it says that nobody knows who built it or why.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Oh.- That was a waste of five quid.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47And to think they did all of this without machinery.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51They're just showing off. How many of these are there?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Thousands of years ago in the outer circle there were 98 standing up.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- How many are there now?- 27. - Did people nick them or something?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What could you possibly want with a rock?
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Hundreds of years ago the villagers would light fires underneath,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06heat them up and throw cold water at them so they crack,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08smash them up and make houses out of them.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I've been wanting to build an extension.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Oi, get your hands off that.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I tell you what, I wouldn't have fancied shifting all these rocks.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20They must have had some right motivation.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I think it must have had some sort of deep spiritual
0:04:24 > 0:04:27or religious significance to the people who built it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31There you go, mate, all done. One garden rockery.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- What's that?- What's wrong? - What's wrong?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37It's a million times too big, mate.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Oh, I thought the plans were a bit unusual.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Me and the lads just thought you was some kind of eccentric millionaire.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Millionaire? This is the Stone Age, money hasn't been invented yet.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You could have a million cats.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54This isn't what I wanted.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58You must have got the measurements wrong. I want 20 cats for this.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01You're not getting a dead cat for this fiasco, mate.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04What's the problem? I've done loads of rockeries like this.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I've done the Stanton Drew circle in Somerset,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I've done the Ring o' Brodgar in Orkney.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I done a Stonehenge for your neighbour, down the road.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I called that one...Stonehenge. He loved it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Did he, though?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Well, when I say loved it, what I actually mean is got really angry
0:05:21 > 0:05:23and threatened to tell the police.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I pointed out that the police hadn't been invented yet.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28So, that got him off my back for a while.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31So, er, what happened in the end?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Well, we came to an arrangement that, since I'd wasted his time
0:05:34 > 0:05:35and destroyed his garden,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38he could bash me over the head with a large club.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- Really?- Hmm.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I can't wait to see the cheetah, the lion, oh, the alligator.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Dodos, stegosaurus.- Dodo?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Barney, all the dodos, they've been extinct for years, durr.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Not in this garden, they haven't.- Really?- No.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Did you say garden? I thought this was a safari park.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07We're at Mount Stewart, mate.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- It's like a magical garden with a massive collection of statues.- Oh.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- I should read these things properly. - Yeah. Who's the dodo now?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Why are there so many statues in the garden?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36These gardens were designed by a woman called Edith, Lady Londonderry
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and she wanted the gardens to say something about her,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42the things that she liked and her family and her friends.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46So, she had all these statues made to represent all those things.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48She was interested in animals cos there's a lot.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Are they all animals?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Some of them are real animals,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55but even these real animals, actually, represent people.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I was thinking that warthog looks a bit like Barney, doesn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Oi, enough of that.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01If Barney looks like the warthog,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03then, Ed, you're a double for this statue.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Separated at birth.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10There's a lot of detail in the statues. Look at that cheetah.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Look at the paws on it, look how sharp claws are. They look deadly.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- I'm Ed Backshall. - And I'm Barney Backshall.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26And I'm on a quest for the deadly six and a sixth.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28BOTH: This could be deadly.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Ah! Look at the size of that bill.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's one thing to admire this animal from afar...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37..but up close, it's even more impressive.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I'm braver than any man who's ever lived
0:07:39 > 0:07:43because this creature has a deadly, venomous spur
0:07:43 > 0:07:47which can cause agonising pain in humans and kill a dog stone dead.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Ed Backshall, where are you?- Rrrarr.
0:07:50 > 0:07:56Ah! Oh. That was deadly. My heart, oh.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It's such a privilege to be the only person here to see this.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07His ears are pricked up and his nose is in the air.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11That's because he knows that I, Barney Backshall, am here.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Perhaps you should wear some deodorant. Your armpits are deadly.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Wow, look at this still and mythical creature.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29- It's like a fish out of water.- I've never seen anything like it before.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Durr. Ed Backshall, it's a mermaid.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39A mermaid statue, to be precise, and that is why she's so still.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I just thought she was mesmerised by my rippling biceps.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- These can be deadly.- I think you'll find that mine are deadlier. Yeah.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I think you'll find mine are deadlier still.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It's such a quirky place, this.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It certainly puts my garden gnome to shame.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Look, we've even got Circe
0:09:02 > 0:09:04and the sailors from The Odyssey in Greek mythology.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It looks more like a pig.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09That's because Circe turned all of the sailors into pigs.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12In Greek mythology, they turned a lot of people into things.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Yeah, like Medusa with the snakes for hair.- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16She turned everyone who looked at her into stone.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Maybe that's what happened to these poor animals and creatures.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25All Over The Place presents...
0:09:31 > 0:09:36No, I said suitably big shield, not stupidly big shield. I've got to go.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Rrrrarr.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Starring...
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I am Perseus
0:09:45 > 0:09:48and this is my purse, really handy for small change
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and my hanky.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51- Rraarrr.- Ah!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56And Ed as Medusa.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Who has snakes instead of hair.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02They're not real snakes. Look.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Mmm.- Can I have a red one?- No.
0:10:05 > 0:10:12But beware, all who gaze into Medusa's eyes are turned into stone.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Yeah, it does make relationships quite hard.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19But I do save a fortune on garden ornaments.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26It's no wonder you got turned to stone, that shield's pathetic.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Roar.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34But in the end, every hero must face his destiny.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Look into my eyes.- No.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Look into my eyes.- No.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Oh, go on, we'll be here all day. Oh, what? That's cheating!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Aaaah.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Oh, what a pain in the neck.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58'Well, well, well, what have we here?'
0:10:58 > 0:11:01'This is the Maharajah's Well.'
0:11:06 > 0:11:09'The Maharajah, an Indian prince,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'donated the well to the villagers nearly 150 years ago.'
0:11:12 > 0:11:13'Why did he do that?'
0:11:13 > 0:11:16'He heard about people having to walk miles and miles for water.'
0:11:16 > 0:11:21- 'Oh, wow, he's a well nice man.' - 'Cherry?'- 'Oh, go on then.'
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'The Maharajah donated a cherry orchard too.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26'So that the sale of the cherries
0:11:26 > 0:11:29'would pay for the upkeep of the well.'
0:11:31 > 0:11:32'That elephant's pretty bling.'
0:11:35 > 0:11:39'The elephant is like the village pet. Oh, I think I might well up.'
0:11:41 > 0:11:44If I had an elephant as a pet, you'd never have to buy, like,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47a new vacuum cleaner again.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Because all you needed to do was, like, on top of all the dirt put,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55like, peanuts and then it would go round sucking all your dirt up.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Some person might write, like,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59a magazine saying that elephants were out of fashion.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03So, all, like, fashionable people would get their elephants,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06chuck them in the bin and then buy, like, a monkey or something.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Elephants are so last year.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Yeah, definitely.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# Uh-huh, uh-uh, yeah
0:12:22 > 0:12:25# Here in Bridgnorth
0:12:25 > 0:12:27# There's High and Low Town
0:12:27 > 0:12:32# And there's a novel way Of getting up and down
0:12:32 > 0:12:34# I'm up here
0:12:34 > 0:12:37# And he's down there
0:12:37 > 0:12:39# And there ain't no way
0:12:39 > 0:12:41# I'm going up them stairs
0:12:41 > 0:12:42# So
0:12:42 > 0:12:45# If we want to get together
0:12:45 > 0:12:47# And we don't want it to take for ever
0:12:47 > 0:12:50# Cos the climb's a little stiff
0:12:50 > 0:12:52# There's a train that goes right up the side of the cliff
0:12:52 > 0:12:54# I just hop on at the top
0:12:54 > 0:12:57# And enjoy the 110-foot drop
0:12:57 > 0:13:00# And pretty soon we'll meet each other
0:13:00 > 0:13:03# Riding on the funicular-ula-ula
0:13:03 > 0:13:05# Railway-ay
0:13:05 > 0:13:08# On the funicular-ula-ula-ula
0:13:08 > 0:13:12# Railway-ay-ay-ay. #
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Yeah. I thought we were meeting at the bottom!
0:13:14 > 0:13:16What? I can't hear you.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- It's OK, I'll come down. - What? I can't hear you.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It's OK, I'll come up.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23# It was built
0:13:23 > 0:13:25# In 1892
0:13:25 > 0:13:30# Cos 200 steps just wouldn't do
0:13:30 > 0:13:33# And the climb
0:13:33 > 0:13:35# From start to finish
0:13:35 > 0:13:38# Well, it only takes
0:13:38 > 0:13:40# A couple of minutes
0:13:40 > 0:13:41# So
0:13:41 > 0:13:43# If we want to get together
0:13:43 > 0:13:46# We just got to show a bit of endeavour
0:13:46 > 0:13:48# Luckily, that's not a concern
0:13:48 > 0:13:51# As the ticket that I bought is a return
0:13:51 > 0:13:53# From Low back up to High Town
0:13:53 > 0:13:56# Look, one carriage goes up The other down
0:13:56 > 0:13:58# Cos they counterbalance each other
0:13:58 > 0:14:02# Riding on the funicular-ula-ula
0:14:02 > 0:14:04# Railway-ay
0:14:04 > 0:14:07# On the funicular-ula-ula-ula
0:14:07 > 0:14:10# Railway-ay-ay-ay
0:14:10 > 0:14:15# As far as inland funicular railways go
0:14:15 > 0:14:18# There is no other in England as steep or as old
0:14:20 > 0:14:24# Though, actually, when I come to think about it
0:14:24 > 0:14:29# I'd have difficulty naming another Truth be told
0:14:30 > 0:14:33# If we want to get together
0:14:33 > 0:14:35# And I'm beginning to think that we may never
0:14:35 > 0:14:37# Cos this is no longer funny
0:14:37 > 0:14:40# And I've ended up spending all my pocket money
0:14:40 > 0:14:42# On tickets going up and down
0:14:42 > 0:14:45# Between Bridgnorth's High and Low Town
0:14:45 > 0:14:47# Will we ever meet each other?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51# Riding on the funicular-ula-ula
0:14:51 > 0:14:53# Railway-ay
0:14:53 > 0:14:56# On the funicular-ula-ula
0:14:56 > 0:14:59# Railway-ay-ay-ay-ay. #
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Oh, look at that nose.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Eurgh. And the size of those ears, that's grotesque.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20I've had a lot of compliments about my nose and my ears, actually.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23If we're going to insult each other, what about your hair?
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Oi. I was actually talking about those grotesques, look.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Oh, right. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, they are horrible.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Grotesque means ugly
0:15:34 > 0:15:37and grotesque statues are found on the side of buildings.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41So, these ones at Oxford University's Bodleian Library
0:15:41 > 0:15:45are not only hideously ugly, but are also probably hideously clever.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Unlike these two dafties.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51A gargoyle is slightly different
0:15:51 > 0:15:53as it acts like a drainpipe,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55spitting out the rainwater.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57How rude.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01There's a lot of these gargoyles in Oxford,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04when you start looking for them, isn't there?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05No, those ones are grotesques.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08All these years, I've called them gargoyles.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- Getting it all muddled up?- Oh.- Oh.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13All my gargoyle chat at parties and stuff.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20There's some ugly faces up there. There's some ugly animals as well.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23The uglier, the better. It was supposed to ward off evil spirits
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and protect any treasures inside the buildings.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29If you were a gargoyle, how would you scare off evil spirits?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Like this.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- I'm not scared.- That's terrible, isn't it?- I'm not scared.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- What about you? - How about? Rrarr, rrarr.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It works, it works!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Rrarrr!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Those two, over there, look quite cheeky, don't they?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Yeah, they look like they're up to some right mischief.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Keep your opinions to yourself, love!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Yeah, it's a very serious job we do up here!
0:16:50 > 0:16:53We protect this building from evil spirits.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55He does it by pulling scary faces.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58And he does it by spitting out rainwater from the gutter
0:16:58 > 0:17:00in the back of his head.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04It's all very technical. What I do is, I open my mouth and...
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- well, that's it, really. - Ooh, gargoyle, you're grotesque.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- Thank you very much. Now sling your hook.- No!
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- All right, Gary, spit rainwater on him.- I can't.- Why not?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17It's not raining.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18THUNDER
0:17:18 > 0:17:20It is now.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Don't spit it out all at once. Store it up.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Wait for it. Wait for it.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Now!
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Ha! Ha-ha. That'll learn ya.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Bring a brolly next time, Einstein. Ha-ha.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- All right, Gary, you can stop now.- Hmmmmm.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Oh, look at you. Look at what you've become.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45You're a drainpipe, you've got no dignity.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Oh, that's better.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Oi, don't you dare. Shoo. Shoo.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Oh, that's good.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I was starting to look a bit of an idiot myself.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Ha-ha, ha-ha.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I did not see that coming.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- These ones, over here, look newer. - Yeah, these ones are cool.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09These ones are winners of a competition.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13As the original ones
0:18:13 > 0:18:15were really badly weather damaged.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Before the children's grotesques were carved out of stone,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23they had to make them into clay models first.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25That's right. Ed and Naomi,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29your challenge is to make clay model grotesques of each other.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- But hang on, we haven't got any clay.- Oh, look, Ed.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Voiceover man's set it up, ready for us.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Ah, how convenient.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43You have 24 seconds to make the most grotesque grotesque.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Three, two, one, go.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Get a good look at your face.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm going to make this as true to life as possible.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I'm going to make this really, really ugly.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I could just stop now, it's so good.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Yes. Eurgh, I never thought I'd have my fingers up your nose.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Pointed face.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Stop.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Here to judge who's is best is Erika from the Bodleian Library.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Well, I think the most grotesque grotesque has to be this one
0:19:19 > 0:19:21because of the teeth.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Yay. Oh, the teeth, the teeth won it.- So realistic.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- I was worried it was too realistic. - Charmed, I'm sure.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Knew I should have given this one a bigger nose.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39The weather might not be great,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41but I'm looking forward to this Tetbury Race.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44It's actually called the Tetbury Woolsack Race.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- That's a strange name for a town. - It's because, in the race,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49you've got to run with a bag of wool on your back.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51A bag of... That's so easy.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54My granny knits me woolly jumpers all the time.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Thanks, Gran, they're lovely and fluffy and remind me of home.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- I mean, how heavy can a sack of wool be?- This heavy.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh, come on.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11THUD
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I said it was heavy.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Well, they are heavy.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18The woolsacks for the men's races are actually 27 kilograms.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20That's the same as 27 litres of milk.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25The race has been officially run here in Gloucestershire
0:20:25 > 0:20:27for over 30 years.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32There are adult, junior and team races,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34up or down Gumstool Hill,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37a very steep road in the centre of Tetbury.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- To you, then, Ed.- To me. - To you, then.- To me, Johny.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- You've not got your side properly. - Oh. Ah.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- You all right, guys?- Yeah. Is your name Lee?- That's right.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Nice to meet you, guys.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50We understood you've got some tips about how to lift this
0:20:50 > 0:20:51and run up a hill.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54It's mind over matter. Everyone's heard of that. Yeah?
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Yeah. I've got the mind, I'm just not sure I've got the matter.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00You say you're going to give us advice,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03but, surely, it's just about brute strength.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Possibly, yeah, you're getting there, yeah.- Oh, dear.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09There's three simple, safe rules you must follow with this.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Grasping the woolsack, one leg in front of the other, squat down,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21one big loop, as you stand up, throw it onto your shoulders.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Squat, loop, on the shoulders.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Well done with the invisible, weightless sacks.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Make sure you have one leg in front of the other.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35When you're lifting up, your back is very straight,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37holding the sack.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Feet looking good. Straight backs, lovely.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42You're really getting the hang of this,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44carrying invisible, weightless sacks.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Normally, when you're running, you'd run upright.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54With this sack, for safety, you hold on tight and you run low.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Keep low, hold tight. Perfect.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I think we're going to have to move on
0:21:59 > 0:22:01from invisible, weightless sacks.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- It's hard enough doing it with just the air.- Come on, guys, keep trying.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- Come on, guys, well done. Keep trying.- I can't do it.- Come on, Ed.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- So, at this point...?- Just get it, one big loop, Johny,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15on your shoulders.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Come on. That's it, guys. Be careful, be careful, guys.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Work hard. Fantastic. Fantastic, well done.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's harder than it looks, OK? It's heavy, this.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Well done. Excellent, guys. Excellent. Fantastic, guys.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Keep going. That's brilliant.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I can't do it any longer. Ah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Good, I managed about three metres, there.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- I bet they make cushions, though.- Oh, yeah.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Don't get too comfy there, boys, because you'll be seeing Lee later,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45when you two race to win the All Over The Place Woolsack challenge.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50It's thought that Woolsack Racing could be around 400 years old
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and that it started with young men racing with their heavy sacks
0:22:53 > 0:22:56to try and impress the local ladies.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I wonder how Ed and Johny will get on with that.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04You know what, there's two of us carrying this at the moment.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- And it's not even up the steepest bit.- I know.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- Hello, ladies.- Hello.- Hello.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Hello. You're a lady, aren't you? - I am.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Are you impressed with that? - It's a biggin.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Wow, big, strong boys.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Eh? You see. Maybe it does impress the ladies, after all.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Would you be impressed if we ran up this hill with this on our back?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Yeah.- She would.- Yeah.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30All this time, all that I had to do was carry a sack of wool up a hill.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34If only I'd known! That's where I've been going wrong all these years.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Oh, yes, babe magnets.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Oh, bless. Look at them.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Confident and ready to go.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Throwing some shapes and busting some lovely moves, there.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54All very nice, chaps. But, remember, you've not even seen a race yet.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57KLAXON
0:23:57 > 0:24:00TANNOY: Blue and yellow in the lead. Oh, my goodness.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03There is no way that I'd still be running at that point.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Look how fast they set off!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07That is incredible.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Oh, we're doomed, we're doomed. - This could be embarrassing.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Watch and learn, chaps.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Take some tips from how the other racers do it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Yey! Well done.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Even the kids look good at this, don't they?- I know, I know.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24To be fair, they are like big pillows, the ones they're running.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Yeah, that is true. Ours are sort of king-size pillows.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30If I were to use one of those, you think anyone would notice?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Maybe not. Maybe you should.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Maybe they'll just think I'm a really big man.
0:24:36 > 0:24:3815 yards ago. Oh, my God, he's fallen down.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Did you see him fall over? - Yeah, course.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42He completely stacked.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Not only have you got to worry about the weight and the hill,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49but also about slipping over and... This could be...
0:24:49 > 0:24:50I don't want to do this.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Never mind, guys. The only way is up.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Actually, for the individual race you're running in,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58that's true in every way.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01We found out that our race starts at the bottom of the hill.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04We thought we might have a slightly easier ride going down,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05but, no, we're going up.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Going downhill would've been an uphill struggle enough.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11We're doing an uphill uphill struggle.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Rex is the pantomime horse. - They're announcing us now.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Johny and Ed are the other two runners.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20They're our competitors.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Listen, as long as... We've got to beat the horse.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Yes, Johny, it's you and Ed against a pantomime horse
0:25:26 > 0:25:28and sack race specialist, Lee.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- We've got to warm up.- Lee's just doing this. Here we go.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33He's doing that now. Let's do... He's doing this.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Yeah, but he's not doing it like that, Ed.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Do we look like we know what we're doing?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40No. But it's too late to back out now.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41And they're off!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46And Lee goes straight into the lead, no surprise there.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Johny seems to be starting well.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Oh, Ed's a little slow off the blocks.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54But it looks like he might overtake the pantomime horse.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Oh, no he isn't. Oh, yes he is.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Lee's miles ahead,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02but Johny is still in front of Ed in the race that really matters.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I hope you're enjoying this, ladies, cos I'm not.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Oh, I'm sure they are, Ed. But can you catch Johny?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12The race is on.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Come on!
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Ed is catching.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22He sees a gap on the inside of Johny and, oh, yes, he's going for it!
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Johny fights back and it's too close to call,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29going into the home straight.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31But, oh, yes! Ed has pulled in front
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and Ed wins by a whisker.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- Ah.- A relaxed-looking Lee finished the race in 59 seconds.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43But before the judges confirm Ed and Johny's times,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46let's have a look at that winning moment again.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And there's nothing Johny could do to stop Ed from winning.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- But well done to you both.- I thought I had you. You caught me up.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- I thought you had me.- You caught me up and then, my legs just gave way.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I was going to start walking, I thought I'd left you in the dust.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05And then, I see little Petrie-legs coming up behind me.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- Now, Johny, you did one minute 14 seconds.- OK.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- And Ed cracked it with one minute 13 seconds.- One second in it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Oh, man.- What a wonderful result. Congratulations.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- Here's the Woolsack Trophy. - Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22You know what, it was so close, shall we call it a draw?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25You know what, Ed, you're patronising me by, you know,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28you clearly won and you're saying that it was a draw,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- but I'll take it, yes, thank you. Yes, we both won.- Yeah.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I'm going to go off and impress some ladies.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Hello, ladies, here I am. - We're here, we're here.
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