0:00:30 > 0:00:49The few folk
0:00:49 > 0:01:04Having said that, I'm just away to clean, you know.
0:01:04 > 0:01:14They're not idle children, they don't Yeah!
0:01:14 > 0:01:35Mainly because they don't have one.
0:01:35 > 0:01:47Look out, 21st century, we're about
0:01:58 > 0:02:25My name is Sasha Pocock,
0:02:25 > 0:04:2117-year-old Sarah's
0:04:21 > 0:04:25As soon as the kids are off to
0:04:25 > 0:04:35Iain does his chores and I do mine.
0:04:35 > 0:06:18The children - they don't drink
0:06:18 > 0:06:42is we're continually striving to that most people take for granted,
0:06:42 > 0:06:47Oh, well, the wind's coming from the wind tur...
0:06:49 > 0:06:54cos there's no wind.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We'll put these on that trailer.
0:07:33 > 0:07:43Delighted, I'm over the moon. Are you chuffed?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51into the log tower.
0:08:12 > 0:08:33And if it's raining outside or to do their homework.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40part of the world -
0:08:40 > 0:09:01from a new ?600 million pylon line, is under threat,
0:09:01 > 0:09:06and future wave and tidal wave
0:09:20 > 0:09:25regardless of whether putting in pylons,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28just makes it even worse for me.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33the pylons so close to your house.
0:09:33 > 0:09:56and I can't even turn on this electric being shipped away
0:09:56 > 0:10:01I will be depositing the carrier bag When I find the offending person,
0:10:01 > 0:10:13They won't be throwing out Red Bull along with a message.
0:10:13 > 0:10:58C'mon, in you go. Can you put
0:10:58 > 0:11:20Mine. Well, get on with it, man.
0:11:20 > 0:12:23My handwriting's quite big, I think
0:12:23 > 0:12:35Oops, I think that landed in
0:12:35 > 0:12:42SAW BUZZES
0:12:42 > 0:12:57It's the weekend - time for Iain
0:12:57 > 0:13:06Although not everyone
0:13:35 > 0:13:59My heart's in the Highlands,
0:13:59 > 0:14:33We pull these out on the junk pile
0:14:33 > 0:14:48Now, I realise why you are get too much for nothing.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03In return for the wood, a friend
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I met Iain 19 years ago.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23to his family croft.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10up on a hill.
0:16:10 > 0:16:21We needed space. We came up in our in Cardiff with seven children.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27sudden feeling that this was it.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33And now us. Between the children,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51BIRDS SQUAWK
0:17:11 > 0:17:15C'mon, c'mon!
0:17:15 > 0:17:24There were literally 20 or 30 of them
0:17:24 > 0:17:26in this tree here.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31The ravens, they come together.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35just on the hill opposite us.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38BIRDS SQUAWK
0:17:44 > 0:17:48an old Scottish omen -
0:17:48 > 0:17:53they would foretell death.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Judging by the amount of ravens here,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02an awful lot of death going on.
0:18:09 > 0:18:16they can't foresee a city boy but as far as I know
0:18:18 > 0:18:23and done with. I'm a busy man, like.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27he is speaking to people like that.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30bother coming up, there's no point."
0:18:30 > 0:18:34up. Yeah, we want solar panels."
0:18:34 > 0:18:58you can use in the house And electricity you are using,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02of cutting to the chase.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05me, I need the sun to shine at night.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11solar panels - nil.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Come on!
0:20:06 > 0:20:12Come on.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17There you go. There's one down.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23C'mon, out you go.
0:21:01 > 0:21:42Do want tea or coffee, bunny?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52they were brought up with it.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57but they all do, they all help.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08he's more like Mum.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14you're more like Mum -
0:22:14 > 0:22:21Ya girl!
0:22:23 > 0:22:28just a small version of my dad.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Is that what you think? Yeah.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42that mountain later.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49the croft because I'm able to go
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and not get, like, run over.
0:22:57 > 0:23:04You don't realise how different out of the way and it's different.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Ah, the keeper.
0:23:08 > 0:23:14because it's so far out for them.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17we just think it's normal.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I'd probably have found the guts and looked around a bit.
0:23:21 > 0:23:32At the start of high school, I told Yeah!
0:23:35 > 0:23:38and they didn't believe that either.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41conclusion that I lived in a cave.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50But really we're
0:23:50 > 0:23:54some internal organs for dinner.
0:23:54 > 0:24:00This is heart.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05This is a nice one, look.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and get the cutlery out.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Barely a year has passed
0:24:30 > 0:24:33in over 6ft of snow.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38something else to do.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49has lent us some top grazing ground
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Right, have a good day.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00Be careful on the road. Yeah!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07primary five, six and seven.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11side - that's if Ewan can sit still.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14that says four. No.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21I much prefer to be outside.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25THEY CHEER
0:25:25 > 0:25:33Yes, really popular.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42so they all have PSPs has got mains electricity,
0:25:42 > 0:25:47And I'm just different.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Snow came last night.
0:26:01 > 0:26:09Iain has come up with a novel way the generator packs in.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12a lot like Christmas... #
0:26:12 > 0:26:19He doesn't come here in a sleigh, looking for Santa's sleigh.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23they'd end up in the freezer.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Reindeer. Reindeer.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34Present for the wife.
0:26:34 > 0:26:41You forgot to put your apron on,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45That's more apt.
0:26:56 > 0:27:04And she's wanting us to cut it in the head down to hers, scraped.
0:27:04 > 0:27:14I'll get you a pot.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Right, I'll take that
0:27:28 > 0:27:40She will make a wonderful Annie is our local brain specialist.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44C'mon, duckies.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Iain.
0:28:10 > 0:28:17Back at the croft,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Roll on Christmas!
0:28:23 > 0:28:34and never see it again. Look. I'll put it in
0:28:44 > 0:28:49# Well, I'm moving down
0:28:58 > 0:29:01we are pretty self-sufficient -
0:29:01 > 0:29:10TOY PLAYS JINGLE BELLS
0:29:26 > 0:29:28an unwelcome present.
0:29:28 > 0:29:36I can't believe the inverter
0:29:36 > 0:29:44my plans for a cosy Christmas If Iain doesn't get this fixed,
0:30:00 > 0:30:08I only wanted to make it better
0:30:10 > 0:30:19January, and there is hardly
0:30:21 > 0:30:41Keen to expand our empire, Sarah...
0:30:41 > 0:30:58For Ryan,
0:30:58 > 0:31:14For a few years I never knew
0:31:18 > 0:31:28Iain's mum is ploughing through I've decided enough is enough.
0:31:31 > 0:32:14Yeah. I don't think that's going they would just come and put it in.
0:32:14 > 0:32:29Yet, for all my chasing modern
0:32:29 > 0:32:38Yes, you do. You've spent days It's there. Have fun.
0:32:38 > 0:32:55Ryan and Sarah have a round trip
0:32:57 > 0:33:13Maybe that's an understatement. at all.
0:33:13 > 0:33:26I don't really like school.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Ryan and Sarah's minds
0:33:29 > 0:33:42But the shadow of the croft of school.
0:33:48 > 0:33:59This time last year, at Napier University.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Whilst they both want to leave,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07Isn't she cute? up in the air for them.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10as it's so cold in her room.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16and what it means for the future we're caught between being parents
0:34:18 > 0:34:27So what will happen how reliant we are on our children.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30go away and get his qualifications
0:34:34 > 0:34:40but we will have to wait and see.
0:34:45 > 0:34:53MOTOR STARTS
0:34:59 > 0:35:11leaving me outside interview in the big smoke -
0:35:11 > 0:35:19She seems quite calm, think I'm more nervous than she is."
0:35:22 > 0:35:27She has worked so hard.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33She said there is no reason
0:35:33 > 0:35:36unconditional offer.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41all my work experience, that I need to have -
0:35:46 > 0:35:51But I think it went well.
0:35:51 > 0:36:07Aye, it's an interesting landscape - Stop it, Mum. It's bit embarrassing.
0:36:07 > 0:36:15You looking forward to speaking for an apprenticeship.
0:36:15 > 0:36:28Yeah, they do. Guinea fowl eggs do they lay eggs?
0:36:48 > 0:37:11as the croft comes back to life It's a time of great excitement
0:37:13 > 0:37:26because I think it's not like quite good news on this subject
0:37:31 > 0:37:38But croft life has a habit
0:37:38 > 0:37:43Our old ewe has just given birth the lookout for any problems.
0:37:43 > 0:37:52Trying to clear out its airwaves, What are you trying to do, Sarah?
0:37:52 > 0:37:58LAMBS BLEAT
0:38:01 > 0:38:05C'mon, ewe.
0:38:20 > 0:38:27Now, the whole plan is...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45That's the idea.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58then put you in deep fat fryer.
0:38:58 > 0:39:17Ewan, you're mean.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I have an unconditional
0:39:20 > 0:39:24to school at all.
0:39:32 > 0:40:11so lucky her. Eh, Mum? rid of Ryan and me this year,
0:40:12 > 0:41:00Scottish and Southern Energy got What's your news?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04huge pylons, destroying her view,
0:41:04 > 0:41:35"just as a wee niceness, we will rural landscape -
0:41:35 > 0:41:40Bastard!
0:41:55 > 0:43:28A heat-wave has brought tourists
0:43:28 > 0:44:52So yes, I'm very optimistic
0:44:52 > 0:44:57I started all this because I wanted
0:44:57 > 0:45:04Go start digging out clothes, Ryan. little bit hollow.
0:45:04 > 0:45:18Yes. This is you. Get it together. Well, yes. Pretty much.
0:45:24 > 0:45:30For flip's sake. Do they suit me?
0:45:30 > 0:45:44than it was left in he took it up the road
0:45:44 > 0:45:53all that sort of stuff.
0:46:06 > 0:46:19We're all going to miss him, isn't he? He's good to you.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25be two hours up the road.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41and we can't put it off any more.
0:46:41 > 0:46:46what we're all feeling.
0:46:46 > 0:46:52Aye, it's good.
0:46:52 > 0:47:00off to better things.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05anyone on the estate,
0:47:15 > 0:47:20at the start, being on electric.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24No swinging of a generator.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29He's going to do OK.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34the right way to go,
0:47:50 > 0:47:54Ryan, take your dog.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57and catch too many fish -
0:47:57 > 0:48:00too much fun.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27since Ryan left home
0:48:27 > 0:48:30to his absence.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38Ready for my adventure something else.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41treks, Iain has found three townies
0:48:46 > 0:48:48what we're most nervous about is
0:48:48 > 0:48:52to carry it. We'll sort it out.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56kitchen sink, everything.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59of the city from them.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02put in the car.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06Only need one roll for all of us.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10is really good on the treks.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13it's just like loading up Buckaroo -
0:49:13 > 0:49:16and all go everywhere.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Have you got keys for your Jeep?
0:49:18 > 0:49:22I'll just put them on the windowsill.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26are too much.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33and now he's got a horse.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36for three days
0:49:38 > 0:49:41I'm getting cramp right now. Oh, no!
0:49:41 > 0:49:44have ridden -
0:49:44 > 0:49:47she was a young girl.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53They're sure-footed.
0:49:53 > 0:49:58in the riders.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01is for people just to relax,
0:50:01 > 0:50:05that's very special to us.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09You are so lucky.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14the golden eagle. Bonny, eh?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32settle in.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40up here. Oh, yes, absolutely.
0:50:40 > 0:50:45must be good for it, you know?
0:50:45 > 0:50:49never touched a horse
0:50:49 > 0:50:53for three days.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Muir of Ord.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06in the mountains,
0:51:06 > 0:51:11and be a bit more real, I suppose.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16just walk alongside him -
0:51:17 > 0:51:20have you done before this?
0:51:24 > 0:51:27has been mind-blowing.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31and I would definitely do it again
0:51:40 > 0:51:43buying the tent appealed to you.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46And going fishing appealed to you.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49and the rest was the in-between bit
0:51:49 > 0:51:51get through.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03as he's tiny. Smile.
0:52:06 > 0:52:11They've enjoyed it, as have we.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14it's a pretty sweet job
0:52:17 > 0:52:21growing, and it gives you confidence
0:52:23 > 0:52:26Different personalities.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29these days.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31the pony trekking season started
0:52:31 > 0:52:37again after last winter.
0:52:37 > 0:52:41a fortnight's work experience
0:52:54 > 0:52:58they would always save the animals
0:52:58 > 0:53:01we would get the vets up
0:53:03 > 0:53:07you know, something big like that.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10help animals like that.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13slots into a hole in the back.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18are big and fluffy and smell bad.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20What do I think about animals?!
0:53:20 > 0:53:38You never know, I might come up
0:53:38 > 0:53:44I'll really miss her.
0:54:06 > 0:54:12he'll have to become the big guy.
0:54:27 > 0:54:46You'll be the man of the house now,
0:54:46 > 0:54:57but living here, I think Ewan So not quite the birds and the bees,
0:54:57 > 0:55:12August, and after nine months of
0:55:12 > 0:55:31You're not allowed to film me Steve, I've not got my make-up.
0:55:42 > 0:55:53With the stakes so high,
0:55:53 > 0:56:22and unless we win the lottery, Well, the decision has been made,
0:56:22 > 0:57:29But, you know, we have to look at is just so far away.
0:57:29 > 0:57:45It's perhaps better then that Sarah
0:57:55 > 0:58:43Look, Mum, there's the castle.
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