0:00:02 > 0:00:05All over the world there are remarkable hotels,
0:00:05 > 0:00:07born of bold vision and daring endeavour.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11(Oh, my goodness, look at that.)
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Whether it's an epic structure housing a sky park the length of
0:00:15 > 0:00:17the Eiffel Tower...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19This is definitely the biggest space I've ever been inside.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25..or a glass box perched in the cloud forest.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27- Look at that view.- Wow.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33They're all products of innovation, creativity and hard graft.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37The people running these hotels strive to create
0:00:37 > 0:00:38the perfect sanctuary.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44But what does it take to offer once-in-a-lifetime experiences
0:00:44 > 0:00:46in stunning locations?
0:00:46 > 0:00:47To build a hotel in a place like this,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49everybody thinks I'm crazy.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55In total, we have about 160,000 pieces of uniform.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- BELL CHIMES - Oh, my word.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00I'm a restaurant writer, newspaper columnist and critic -
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I have opinions on just about everything.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05What a mad place to build a hotel.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I feel like Scott of the Antarctic, and it did not end well for him.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13And I'm a chef, who's worked at the top end of the hospitality industry
0:01:13 > 0:01:14for well over 20 years.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17How many opportunities do you get to cook breakfast
0:01:17 > 0:01:19with elephants and giraffes?
0:01:21 > 0:01:25We'll travel to amazing hotels in every corner of the world...
0:01:25 > 0:01:28..to spend time getting to know the people working away
0:01:28 > 0:01:29behind the scenes.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31When did you last have a full night's sleep?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- I don't remember.- Really?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Yes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36What motivates you to work so hard?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- The kids.- The kids.- I'll sacrifice everything for them.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41CHEERING
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Join us as we venture inside...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49..the world's most extraordinary hotels.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59This is Fogo Island,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01and it feels very far away.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05It's taken us two days of travel by air, road,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and sea to get to this remote, rocky outpost.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Perched off the east coast of Canada, and above Newfoundland,
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Fogo is a tiny island,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16only 15 miles long,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18with the weather extremes of a continent.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It can hit 25 degrees here in the summer,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26but in winter the sea freezes over.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33There are 11 small communities dotted across the island,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36people from Europe having settling here in the 18th century
0:02:36 > 0:02:39for one reason and one reason only -
0:02:39 > 0:02:41the abundant supply of cod.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46At first glance, and indeed at second and third glance,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Fogo looks barren and inhospitable,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53so why would anyone want to build a hotel on these storm-lashed rocks at
0:02:53 > 0:02:55the very edge of the world?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Especially one that's expensive, exclusive,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11and at a cost of over £20 million.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Wow. Well, I, erm...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I wasn't expecting that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26It doesn't look an awful lot like a hotel, but just huge and angular.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28On stilts!
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Wow.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Amazing. It really does stand out from the landscape.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I think it's, sort of, beautiful.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41The Fogo Island Inn is the brainchild of Zita Cobb
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and her family.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It's a passionate, personal project,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48but Zita humbly refers to herself as the innkeeper.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Now, what is that umbrella doing?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52We're going to hide it in the closet.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You only need them when it's raining,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56and, until then, they're just litter,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58and they need to be hid away in the closet,
0:03:58 > 0:03:59and never opened up inside.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04This is Zita's first foray into the hotel business.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11We, at our inn, we don't have a rule book.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16We practise hospitality, you know, in a way that doesn't seem like
0:04:16 > 0:04:20it's professional, in the industry sense of the word,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23but it's entirely natural
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and entirely human.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Hello. - Welcome to the Fogo Island Inn.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Thank you. Oh, I like the looks of that fire.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Oh, it's nice and warm in here.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44'Coming in from the fierce cold, this place feels
0:04:44 > 0:04:45'cosy and welcoming.'
0:04:47 > 0:04:52'There are 29 rooms, and the inn employs 110 members of staff.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56'The impressive dining room has two walls of glass that offer
0:04:56 > 0:04:58'spectacular views out across the Atlantic.'
0:05:00 > 0:05:03'A room here costs between £1,000 and £2,500 per night.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09'This place is not only the most expensive hotel on the island,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11'it's the only hotel on the island.'
0:05:13 > 0:05:14And here is your key, sir.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20'We'll be staying in guest rooms,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23'before being immersed into hotel life.'
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Beautiful.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Wow. Look at that view.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32'The ancestors of some of the staff here came from the southern coast of
0:05:32 > 0:05:36'England and the west of Ireland over 300 years ago,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40'and they speak with the island's unique local accent -
0:05:40 > 0:05:44'part Canadian, part Dorset, with an Irish twang for good measure,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47'it can take a bit of getting used to.'
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- A lot of people ask if we're twins, or sisters.- A lot.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52We get that a lot,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56and, as you see, we finish one another's sentences a lot,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and we even go sync mopping together,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02because we're that much alike that we can do that together, so...
0:06:02 > 0:06:04'Now, in case you didn't catch that,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'people often ask these eighth-generation islanders,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09'Lori and Cynthia, if they're twins.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10'They're not,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13'but they are sisters who finish each other's sentences.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16'Oh, and they enjoy synchronised mopping.'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18We actually walked in together, side-by-side,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and years later we're still side-by-side,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23so, it's great - it's a great relationship.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25We can work together really, really well,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29so I like it, and I think she do, too, so...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Oh, yeah, loves it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Everything was back from years ago.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35We have Miss Zita to thank for that.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Zita's inspired by the old-time look,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42and I think she hit it on the head when she designed these rooms.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Everything is beautiful,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47from this tiny woodstove to the wallpaper to the chairs to the
0:06:47 > 0:06:48old-fashioned quilts.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Even I ain't got home-made quilts, and wallpaper.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Nobody has wallpaper in their house any more,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56but this wallpaper was made for here and it's beautiful.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04And the inn really does offer a place to put what we know.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Nearly everything here, from the furniture to the upholstery,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Zita's had locally made,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14with the ambition of giving the Fogo vernacular a modern twist.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18The result is a place that feels comfortingly familiar.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19We've had guests say that,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22"Actually, it's just like walking back into my grandmother's house."
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And the view just tops it off.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Everyone's amazed with the view.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29You get icebergs, whales jumping out of the water...
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Just beautiful.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's a whale, or possibly an island.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Peaceful. Something I could sit down and watch all day.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Oh, look, there's a scarf here for me.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44That is so sweet.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47We'd go out of our way to please all of the guests,
0:07:47 > 0:07:52and whatever they request, we try to make sure it's done for them.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54It's a dictionary of Newfoundland English.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57I'm not selecting these -
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I'm literally putting my finger on the first word I see.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01This one is scrubber -
0:08:01 > 0:08:04"A board or fender bar along the side of a boat or vessel
0:08:04 > 0:08:05"to protect the hull from scraping."
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Hence the expression in Newfoundland,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09"You won't get far around here without a scrubber."
0:08:09 > 0:08:12"Hot ass - a tin kettle with a large, flat bottom
0:08:12 > 0:08:14"and sides tapering to the top."
0:08:14 > 0:08:17That is genius. So, I can call down to reception,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19"Can you send up a couple of hot asses?"
0:08:20 > 0:08:21This is really pretty.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Oh, look, here we go.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Made by Millicent Dwyer, 2015, on Fogo Island.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34That is so sweet.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40We've had some famous people,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and I'm sure we'll have more.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47We've had politicians, and Hollywood movie stars, yes, we've had,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49but I shall not say the names.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53'Sorry, Cynthia, but I've looked it up, and it was Gwyneth Paltrow,
0:08:53 > 0:08:54'a couple of months ago.'
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You need to see this. You need to see this.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I mean, I'm not a loo fetishist. I wouldn't normally bother, but...
0:09:01 > 0:09:03TOILET CHIMES
0:09:03 > 0:09:07I do love a lavatory that says hello when you walk into the room.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09TOILET CHIMES
0:09:09 > 0:09:12We want the chair inviting to sit in, so we pouf it up.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Oh, my goodness.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Oh, that is so soft and comfortable.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Yeah, I'm right at home here.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31It's a great job. Some people don't look at housekeeping as a great job,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32but I do - I love it at housekeeping.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- Yeah.- I love cleaning, so...
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- But it's not like cleaning your own home.- No, it's not. It's different.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38There's no baggage.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42That's our finished product, waiting for our guest.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Wouldn't you want to get in that bed? I would.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46THEY LAUGH
0:09:48 > 0:09:51'If we're to understand why this Martian spacecraft on stilts
0:09:51 > 0:09:55'has been built out here on the rocks, then the best person to ask
0:09:55 > 0:09:57'is the architect, Todd Saunders.'
0:09:59 > 0:10:00- Hey, Todd.- Hi, Giles.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Do you do this often, come out here and have a fire?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Every now and then.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Every now and then I come out and have a cup of coffee
0:10:06 > 0:10:08with some of the other people around.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09And admire your handiwork?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10I try to.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15'Zita picked Todd both for his talent
0:10:15 > 0:10:18'and because he's a local boy with local knowledge.'
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I grew up here. I knew the scent, the smells, the berries,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24the food we ate, I knew the type of people here,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and so I didn't need any explanation of what
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Newfoundland architecture could be. - Yeah.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Tell me about the stilts.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33That's a bit of a homage to the past.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35All of the buildings are built on little stilts,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37cos they didn't have sand here, actually, to do concrete,
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and the fishermen didn't have time to make foundations,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42so the fastest way to do it was to just put them on
0:10:42 > 0:10:44these wooden poles, make a flat level,
0:10:44 > 0:10:45and then build the building above it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48They're not all straight.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Some of them are at angles
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Is that an aesthetic thing? - Yeah, yeah...
0:10:51 > 0:10:53It was a bit...the way they always did them.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54They never did them perfectly straight -
0:10:54 > 0:10:56it was more a haphazard thing.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59So, the buildings actually have this amphibious quality to them,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and they look like they're half on land and half in the water.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09'In 2008, this exposed location was chosen for the inn.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14'Construction began with steel, concrete, and black spruce,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17'a design built to withstand the test of time and weather.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22'The inn took three years to complete,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25'using around 70% locally-sourced materials,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29'and the 450 passionately committed people involved in realising
0:11:29 > 0:11:32'the project all had to adhere to one golden rule -
0:11:32 > 0:11:35'it had to feel familiar, but modern.'
0:11:37 > 0:11:39There's a special feeling about a Newfoundland home,
0:11:39 > 0:11:40and we couldn't put our finger on it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42We said, "You know, everything on
0:11:42 > 0:11:44"this island was from this island before."
0:11:44 > 0:11:47So we said, "OK, everything in this inn will be made on the island."
0:11:47 > 0:11:50So everything is made out of the workshop just up the road.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Were you made on the island?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- I was about an hour away from here. - Really?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57In the back-seat of a Volkswagen Beetle.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Hello, how are you?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06- I'm good.- Welcome back.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09'Todd's architecture is clearly having an impact.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11'The inn has only been open a few years,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14'and already there are returning guests.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17'Janet Fitzpatrick, a psychiatrist from the mainland,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19'is on her eighth visit.'
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I come here and there's just a peace that comes over me.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24As soon as I walk in this inn, I feel...
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- SHE INHALES - ..I can breathe.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28And you speak very highly of the people that are here.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- The people are fantastic...- Yeah. - ..and they love this island.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Everybody here loves where they live.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36You come and stay here for a few days and you understand that -
0:12:36 > 0:12:38you understand that feeling.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I mean, the thing I really hope that every person that comes to
0:12:41 > 0:12:46the inn gets a really strong sense of is place -
0:12:46 > 0:12:47place, place, place.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Zita's ambition for the inn is to reflect everything that's special
0:12:53 > 0:12:57about this island in terms of nature and culture,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59right down to the food.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Our job is to do our best to put Fogo Island on a plate.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Our food should taste like Fogo Island.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09'I want to discover what the island's specialties are
0:13:09 > 0:13:12'and how the kitchen is using them...'
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Can I get a quick run for table 21, please?
0:13:14 > 0:13:15That's dairy-free.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18'..so I'm joining the two chefs entrusted by Zita to uphold
0:13:18 > 0:13:21'her local culinary vision,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23'for lunchtime service.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24'Ian Sheridan...'
0:13:24 > 0:13:26It's a happy, loving kitchen.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28'..and Tim Charles.'
0:13:28 > 0:13:29It's going to get some kale.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Is this for three? So, I want enough kale for three, as well?- Yes.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It feels good to be doing something I know.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42'It doesn't take long before I find out
0:13:42 > 0:13:45'just what's so special about this island.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48'What looks at first glance like a barren landscape is
0:13:48 > 0:13:51'an incredible larder of wild ingredients,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53'right under the nose of the inn.'
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Look at that.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The hotel's just there, and you've got juniper out here.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's right underneath the dining room.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04'Unbelievably, there are 16 varieties of edible berry
0:14:04 > 0:14:07'growing wild here on Fogo, but the boys want to show me
0:14:07 > 0:14:12'by far the most important food here that encapsulates the island -
0:14:12 > 0:14:13'cod.'
0:14:16 > 0:14:18We'll receive them like this, and then we'll
0:14:18 > 0:14:19break them down into portions,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22and then we'll take and trim bits, and use them that way.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29I love cod, as well - it's one of my favourite fish.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It's the reason why everyone's on the island in the first place -
0:14:32 > 0:14:34they came for the fish and they stayed for the fish.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Dead centre? - Put it all over the rim.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40All over the rim?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41I'm kidding.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43THEY LAUGH
0:14:44 > 0:14:46That's one of my pet hates!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52That's it, you and I, we're over.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Splatter...- Yeah, delete my number off your phone.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57THEY LAUGH
0:14:57 > 0:15:00'Both Tim and Ian are from mainland Canada,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03'and Zita knows they bring in valuable skills to the inn.'
0:15:03 > 0:15:06There's a whole bunch of things we just don't know,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and, with every person that comes to this island,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11they bring a whole other world -
0:15:11 > 0:15:14a whole other, kind of way, of knowing that is new
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and makes us stronger.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24'The inn overlooks traditional fishing grounds,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27'but it's at the mercy of the weather.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29'They say there are seven seasons on Fogo,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32'and this building must endure sub-zero temperatures,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36'hurricane winds, downpours, and burning sunshine.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42'The man battling to stop the place from being consumed by the elements
0:15:42 > 0:15:46'is maintenance supremo Don Paul, who's also from the mainland.'
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Now, that's salt water in the air, I would say.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52'Don's going to show me how he keeps the inn
0:15:52 > 0:15:54'from succumbing to the weather -
0:15:54 > 0:15:57'as long as he's got a pair of wellies in my size.'
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Can I fill your boots, Don? That's the question.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I'd be really appreciative if you could.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Really?- Yes.- Do you think I'd be genuinely helpful?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- What are we doing?- Oh, truly. You're going to need this.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- I'm going to get wet, you're saying? - You could.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Better to be looking at it, as I always say, than looking for it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- How do I look?- You look great.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I wouldn't want my Savile Row tailored shirts to get
0:16:18 > 0:16:19- crust on them.- That's right.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26'Today, we're concentrating on the sea spray that sticks to the windows
0:16:26 > 0:16:28'and must be scraped off continually
0:16:28 > 0:16:31'so that guests can enjoy a crust-free view.'
0:16:31 > 0:16:33So, in this game, it's all about length, is it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Length is what it is all about when you've got to go reach for the top.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41GEORGE FORMBY: # Now I go cleanin' windows
0:16:41 > 0:16:43# To earn an honest bob
0:16:43 > 0:16:46# For a nosy parker It's an interesting job... #
0:16:46 > 0:16:47GILES: # It's a job that just suits me
0:16:47 > 0:16:49# A window cleaner you would be
0:16:49 > 0:16:51# If you could see what I can see
0:16:51 > 0:16:53BOTH: # When I'm cleaning windows. #
0:16:53 > 0:16:56It's hard on the neck. I think this is the hardest part of the job.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58It must be a thankless task.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59The ocean is there, just depositing salt,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and all you can do is keep wiping it away.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02That's job security.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Ha! It is. I guess it is.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Does a building of this sort present particular problems?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Well, in the wind, it can...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13The wind shear can actually remove boards.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16We've got a few loose boards that rattle that we have to keep nailing
0:17:16 > 0:17:18down, and battening the hatches.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21And once we had a skylight come adrift,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- which was a bit of a problem, so... - Oh, dear.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25What's that? Shoddy building work in the first place?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Well, I can't say that. I think...
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Yes, you can.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30No, it wasn't.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31- Good, I'm glad to hear it. - It wasn't.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It just was that the screws broke in the wind.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It was a hurricane.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I mean, basically, is this like a frontiersman thing?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40You know, out here, in the middle of nowhere, if you'll forgive me,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42small population, not so many specialists...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- You have to basically be able to do everything?- Correct.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48We have to, as Zita says, "treat this as a ship in the ocean",
0:17:48 > 0:17:50and we have to have all our spare parts
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- and all our skill sets in place. - You're the engineer.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55You're like Scotty in Star Trek, aren't you?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Precisely, I've been called that.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I see the comparison. Kind of heroic, keeping it all going...
0:17:59 > 0:18:01IN SCOTTISH ACCENT: "She couldnae take any more, Jim!"
0:18:01 > 0:18:03"The dilithium crystals are failing!"
0:18:03 > 0:18:06So, when Zita says she wants you to go to warp factor seven...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08"You cannae change the laws of physics!"
0:18:08 > 0:18:13- "You can't, but you have to find a way to do it, laddie."- Yeah.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15So, Don, you haven't got that Irish twang.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17You haven't got anything Newfie about the way you speak,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19so, what, you're from the mainland, I guess?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I'm actually from the west coast of Canada.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25I grew up in British Columbia in the mountains of the Kootenays.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- So how did you come to be here? - Well, simply put, I fell in love.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Not only with the island,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34but when I first came here on a visit,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I walked into the Partridgeberry Harvest Festival
0:18:36 > 0:18:40and my eyes met with this wonderful artist, M'Liz Keefe,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43who was here, and it was love at first sight.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I know they say it's not...but it truly happens.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50'Don and M'Liz were recently married -
0:18:50 > 0:18:52'a cause for celebration for all at the inn.'
0:18:55 > 0:18:57How long does it take to do the whole building?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00You know, you'd be surprised. Just to do this bottom section,
0:19:00 > 0:19:05like we've been going through, two guys can do it in two hours.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07As long as one of the two guys isn't me, I suppose?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Well... Thank you, sir.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10You're welcome.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14'On remote islands like Fogo,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18'it's important to be as self-sufficient as possible -
0:19:18 > 0:19:21'not just in terms of the skills needed to live here,
0:19:21 > 0:19:23'but also when it comes to sourcing food.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29'One islander who supplies the kitchen
0:19:29 > 0:19:33'with his home-grown vegetables is Norm Foley, whose Irish ancestors
0:19:33 > 0:19:35'settled here in the 18th century.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40'But how do you grow crops in this landscape?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43'I've been told that Norm employs a weird technique
0:19:43 > 0:19:47'involving small fish called capelin.'
0:19:47 > 0:19:50One, two, three...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Very important food around here, capelin.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57The ocean comes alive when the capelin comes in on our shore.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59The codfish would never come - only for the capelin.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01The whales...
0:20:01 > 0:20:02And you're using it as fertiliser?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I'm using it as fertiliser.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- And this is an ancient way?- This...
0:20:07 > 0:20:12This is the way my dad and my grandfather and so on and so forth.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Burying fish in the garden.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Wow.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There's a first for everything.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21'And it works -
0:20:21 > 0:20:25'Norm produces an abundant crop of kale, carrots, potatoes,
0:20:25 > 0:20:26'and parsnips...'
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Wiggle back and forth.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30'..some of which make their way onto the plates of
0:20:30 > 0:20:31'the diners at the inn.'
0:20:31 > 0:20:34This is the real test.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Come on, you're not...
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- I've got it! - Put some muscle into it!
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I wants to grab that some bad....
0:20:39 > 0:20:42No, you can't! It's mine.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43- Wahey!- Hey!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Yeah! Look at that.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Did you ever see the like of that? - No.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54'But it's not just gardening that connects Norm to the Fogo Inn -
0:20:54 > 0:20:58'he's also a community host, looking after guests that stay there.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01'It's a venture set up by Zita that aims to showcase
0:21:01 > 0:21:04'the island's culture and its people.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07'Locals from all walks of life - the quilt makers,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12'the boat builders, even fishermen - act as island hosts...'
0:21:12 > 0:21:15You just keep the...keep the same depth, and just back and forth.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19'..befriending guests and making them feel part of the Fogo family.'
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It's like putting everything we know into something -
0:21:21 > 0:21:27believing deeply in ourselves, but hoping that others in the world
0:21:27 > 0:21:29see the value in our culture,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34see merit in what we have to tell, or say, or show.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Someone actually asked how much we get paid to act this way,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and we said, "No, this is just natural.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43"This is the Newfoundland way."
0:21:43 > 0:21:47It's putting yourself out there in a really, kind of, big way,
0:21:47 > 0:21:48as a community.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52For Zita, the inn is an extension of the island.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Girls, does it get better than this?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55- No.- It doesn't?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- No, no.- It doesn't.- No.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03But all is not quite what it seems.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06What looks like a paradise to guests on holiday is actually a community
0:22:06 > 0:22:08facing very real challenges.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13The population of Fogo has been in decline.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15There used to be 6,000 people living here,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18but in a few decades the number has fallen to below half that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Housekeeper Cynthia has brought her children up on the island,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33but her eldest daughter now lives miles away on the mainland...
0:22:33 > 0:22:34- Hello?- Hi.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36..and is expecting twins.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- A basketball. - Just like a basketball.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43No matter how hard she tries,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Cynthia can't tempt her daughter back to Fogo.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Oh, I'd love for her to come back,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49then there'd be more people for the island,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52cos we don't want the island to be, like, just a retirement home.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55We wants the young people to come back to keep the place going,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57and that's what we need, is young people,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59because we don't want the island to die.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02We wants the island to survive and keep going.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04All righty, we've got to go back to work. We're on break.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Take care.- Bye.- All right. Bye.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Simply put, not enough young families are staying on Fogo
0:23:09 > 0:23:12to raise their children.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14This island is facing an uncertain future.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18So, why would Zita build an inn here?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And what's driving her ambition?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23She has, after all, invested millions of dollars of her own
0:23:23 > 0:23:25money into the project.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27She gets talked about an awful lot -
0:23:27 > 0:23:29she's a visionary, she's some sort of prophet -
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and there's a bit of a cult of personality.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's like the Wizard of Oz.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I hope... I hope she measures up.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The whole project, really, I suppose is, kind of,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43built around two sentences.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47"Nature and culture are the two great garments of human life" -
0:23:47 > 0:23:49EF Schumacher.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50The second sentence,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52"Every human being should get up in the morning,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56"look at the world, and try to see it as whole."
0:23:56 > 0:23:57You can taste these.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I mean, these are absolutely edible.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- You see, they have... - Quite a bland flavour, probably.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Exactly.- Like a very, very weak plum, isn't it?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Yup.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Is it bad luck to pick berries in a graveyard?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11'Zita is an eighth-generation islander,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14'and her life here as a child had little to do with the modern ways
0:24:14 > 0:24:16'of the mainland.'
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I grew up here at a time that we had no running water,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22and no electricity, and my parents couldn't read and write.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24I mean, you're not talking about ancient history -
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- you're talking about the late '60s, aren't you?- Exactly.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28No electricity and no running water?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Exactly. When I was five, I got pretty sick, I had tuberculosis,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36and I had to go away, and so I spent a year as a very young child
0:24:36 > 0:24:39in a sanatorium on the other side of Newfoundland.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44And it felt like being pulled up, really, by your roots,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and so to have been removed from the community
0:24:46 > 0:24:48at such a young age,
0:24:48 > 0:24:54I understood what the world feels like when you don't live embedded
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in a community,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59and, so, I've always, in my life, valued that more than anything.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Not long after Zita's return,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07disaster struck the island she loved so much.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Decades of international overfishing brought cod to the brink of
0:25:11 > 0:25:15extinction, and this simple fishing community to its knees.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Unable to survive, many families, including Zita's,
0:25:20 > 0:25:21were forced to leave the island.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26My father had to let go of this place.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28The collapse of the fishery just about killed him,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30and moving away really did literally kill him.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33And so, they...they moved away, and...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and I went off to university, and then he died.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41So many people left during that time that the population had almost
0:25:41 > 0:25:45no chance of recovery, until the little girl who so loved her island
0:25:45 > 0:25:47hatched a plan to rescue it.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I've always wanted to come home,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51and so when the opportunity presented itself,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54that I was at a place in my career where I could retire,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and I had more money than I needed for a life.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57What had you been doing?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I was the chief financial officer of a technology company
0:26:01 > 0:26:03in the fibre optics industry.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05And how much is "more than you could need"?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Enough to build that inn.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10That's....
0:26:10 > 0:26:12And build that inn she did,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15gifting it to the island through a charitable foundation so that all
0:26:15 > 0:26:19profits go back into local projects to create jobs
0:26:19 > 0:26:21and help the community.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25So, taking money that I had, that was more than enough,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and bringing it home, it seemed like the obvious thing to do.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34What an amazing story - a little girl growing up with no electricity,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37no water, on a windblown, rocky outcrop -
0:26:37 > 0:26:39a place from fairy tales -
0:26:39 > 0:26:41travelling across the sea to make her fortune,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43tens of millions of dollars, by all accounts,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45and coming back to save the island of her birth,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47which was threatened with extinction.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Just the thing that makes me worry -
0:26:48 > 0:26:51she's 58, she's not getting any younger -
0:26:51 > 0:26:55there are huge pressures on any small hotel business to succeed,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58but this place has the hopes of a whole community resting on it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Wherever you go around the island and the inn,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12you can't help but notice the influence of fishing.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21We have been here for centuries as people of the sea,
0:27:21 > 0:27:22as fishing people.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28And cod is, of course, the focus of most conversations at mealtime.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Cheek?- Yes.- Yup.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31- Tongue?- Yes.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33And there's the livers.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I've never had cod offal for breakfast.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Mmm.- It looks amazing.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40That's great.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46In its heyday, cod fishing around here was worth
0:27:46 > 0:27:49over £100 million a year,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51but big boats from other countries plundered the sea,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53leaving nothing for the islanders.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59To prevent extinction a cod fishing ban became law in 1992.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01The cod survived and are now flourishing,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03and the islanders can fish for them once again,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05but with strict quotas in place.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Several local fishermen have special licences to supply cod
0:28:11 > 0:28:15to the inn every week, such as Glen and Jerry Best.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17You can't get a better fish than cod,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20so we're proud to flaunt it in front of all the tourists
0:28:20 > 0:28:22that come and eat at the inn in the dining room.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It's a beautiful looking fish.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25The skin is, like, a red colour,
0:28:25 > 0:28:29and then you get some that are really white and grey.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32In the dining room, guests enjoy the fillets of nearly 1,000
0:28:32 > 0:28:34sustainably-caught cod each year.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40To learn more about the returning cod industry that's nourished
0:28:40 > 0:28:42the island for generations,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45we're going to spend a morning with Glen, catching cod for the inn.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48It smells quite strongly of fish, OK?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Just so that you know.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53So, it's only right to dress for the occasion.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Are you tough? - Yeah, but I don't like the cold.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57- So, no.- You're not tough.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Like many fishermen here,
0:29:01 > 0:29:06Glen's family normally fish for lucrative crab, shrimp, and turbot,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09but his heart still belongs to the cod.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11If I eat fish for my dinner in the inn tonight,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13will it have been caught on this boat?
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Possibly it could be caught on this boat -
0:29:14 > 0:29:17might have been caught by these two hands.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20The traditional way to catch it is by jigging bait,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22like squid with a hook and line.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- You can feel it tugging on the line. - Yeah?
0:29:28 > 0:29:29God, it's a long way down.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- There we go.- Have you got one?
0:29:33 > 0:29:34I think so.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Oh, wow, that's quite a big fish.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Oh, that's a nice size.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Look at that.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45I've literally never caught anything in my life apart from a mackerel.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49So, how much would you say that weighed, about 13 kilos?
0:29:49 > 0:29:50- No way.- No.- No way, 13 kilos.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52That looks, like, eight.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- I'd say it's maybe six kilos.- Six?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Six kilos, or seven, so about 15lbs.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04So, it's like both my children added together when they were born.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I don't know what a fuss my wife made about that, it's not that big.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Actually, it's quite heavy. Whoa!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Hello! Here we go. This is just so much fun.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18I think it's fun because there are lots of fish and I don't know how
0:30:18 > 0:30:21much it would be if I'd been here for three days getting nothing.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Wow, that's quite a big one, as well!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Yours is bigger, though, isn't it?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27That is cool.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Wow.- There's another nice one.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- There we go.- This is my third.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47The Best family have been fishing these waters for nearly 200 years.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Fathers passing down the knowledge to sons.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Are you guys going to give me a hand to get this fish cleaned up now?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Or are you going to leave me with all of the work?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58But a shadow now hangs over the family's future.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01There you go, perfect.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04The sole male heir to the operation, Glen's son Matthew,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07has left Fogo and has no interest in fishing or carrying on the family
0:31:07 > 0:31:11business. And for Glen, the implications are devastating.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15He has been out fishing shrimp just to make some money for
0:31:15 > 0:31:19university, but he hasn't shown any interest in actually taking over the
0:31:19 > 0:31:23business. Like we've been doing it for five, six generations,
0:31:23 > 0:31:24we could be the last.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Well, that's the end, and that would be pretty sad.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33And it's not just Glen's son -
0:31:33 > 0:31:36in recent years, many young people have moved away due to limited
0:31:36 > 0:31:38opportunities on the island.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Zita fears that the ageing population
0:31:41 > 0:31:43being left behind could be the last.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It's so dangerous,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48because we're holding hands with the past as hard as we can.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52People of my age, say, 50 and older.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56And we are trying to hold hands with these young people.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02We are half the population in numbers that we were 30 years ago.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06What's going to happen over the next five to ten years?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19The inn offers a huge range of job opportunities that provide an
0:32:19 > 0:32:21alternative to fishing
0:32:21 > 0:32:24which Zita hopes will stop people leaving the island.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Sometimes I look at it and I think, "Well, it's just a little inn,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31"it's just a 29-room inn", but it holds a lot of dreams.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34And fulfilling these dreams by making a success of the inn
0:32:34 > 0:32:37is far from easy.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40A successful hotel depends on attention to detail.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44How are we doing with our people in room 29, with the baby?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I talked to them last night.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48She's a vegetarian, but eats chicken.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Did we sort out how we're getting
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- those people at two o'clock in the morning?- I don't know.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59It doesn't take much to lose your way.
0:32:59 > 0:33:04When you lose your way a little bit it has a tendency to build.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08And then if that takes hold then we'll lose our confidence.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Details, details, details, details, details.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Zita takes guest comments very seriously
0:33:15 > 0:33:18and there's been a complaint about the food.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Oh, well, there were several issues with the breakfast.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22One problem is the bread's all wrong.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26You can't toast sourdough bread because it just turns into a weapon.
0:33:26 > 0:33:33And the potatoes that were served on the plate were placed so haphazardly
0:33:33 > 0:33:37that there was no indication of love in the way they were placed.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Every time you put something down that's an opportunity to show a
0:33:41 > 0:33:43little extra care. No care was shown.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46They looked like they were thrown at the plate.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48And the bacon looked like it was in a microwave,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50which I know it wasn't in a microwave,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52because there's no microwave here at the inn.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55So, I don't know how you make that microwave effect.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Ah, look, we have some more blue sky coming.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Can you come to ops tomorrow morning?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03I had a whole bunch of breakfast comments.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Yes, do you want to talk about that now?- Yes, absolutely.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Number one thing is we have to come up with a different toast.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Sourdough doesn't toast.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Is it just too much?- It's too hard, like, it's like a weapon.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Like, it hurts. And really we should have a classic
0:34:20 > 0:34:23white Newfoundland toast.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Yes, absolutely.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32When you're new to the exclusive hotel business, the slightest
0:34:32 > 0:34:35mistake can hurt, and with so much resting on the inn
0:34:35 > 0:34:37it just can't afford to lose its way.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42So, Zita's asked locally born pastry chef Marlene Hancock to help improve
0:34:42 > 0:34:47the breakfasts. Marlene's had an idea to create a new bread with an
0:34:47 > 0:34:50ingredient found washed up on the shore -
0:34:50 > 0:34:52a chunk of iceberg.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55This is iceberg ice.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00Ice that came down from way up north, thousands of years old.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03You'd think it would taste salty because it's floating in
0:35:03 > 0:35:05the salt water and the sea,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08but it's not, it's very fresh water, very pure water.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Marlene's also adding seaweed.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15This is the seaweed that actually washed up on the shore.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21So, hopefully that's OK, if not, if I need more I'll add more.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23And lastly, she puts in Fogo sea salt.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Natural salt right from the sea behind us.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30A little bit of this, a little bit of that,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34it's going to be a surprise, I guess.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38It's nice when people try your product and say, "That is really good,"
0:35:38 > 0:35:41it makes you feel good. It makes your job worthwhile.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44BEEPING
0:35:56 > 0:36:00But to have any chance of reaching the dining room, all food must
0:36:00 > 0:36:02first pass Zita's taste test.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14I love it.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Good.- I really love it. You know,
0:36:18 > 0:36:22this could be the only iceberg bread in the world.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27That is like taking Fogo Island and putting it inside the bread.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30I think, Marlene, you are 90% of the way there.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34The only thing you have to change is bring on the seaweed.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Up the seaweed?- Up the seaweed. - Yeah, I can do that.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38I think it's a winner.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Marlene.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- MARLENE LAUGHS - It's so good.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45THEY CHATTER AND LAUGH
0:36:52 > 0:36:55The ancestors of housekeeping sisters Cynthia and Lori
0:36:55 > 0:36:57settled on Fogo in the 19th century.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Theirs is one of many families for whom
0:37:00 > 0:37:02the inn represents hope for a secure future.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08They've invited me round to meet the clan and get a deeper understanding
0:37:08 > 0:37:11of what makes family life so special here on Fogo.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18It's very kind of them. I don't really know what to expect.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I'm just imagining it'll be a lot of good, clean fun.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22LAUGHTER
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Giles, just in time for a game of cards.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29This is Mom, Marie.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Hi, Marie, nice to meet you. - This is sister Lori.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Your sister? Your mom?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Yes. My sister, Sharon.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Sister Sharon.- Sister Nancy.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- You're having me on?- No, I'm not!
0:37:40 > 0:37:41- Sister Bella.- Hi.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43THEY LAUGH
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Work sister Colleen. - Work sister, honorary sister.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I introduced you, do you know everyone's name?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Yes, that's Mom,
0:37:51 > 0:37:56sister, sister, sister, and work sister Mary.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59I do know all the kings of England from 1066.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Sharon and Nancy.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Is it normal that there are so many of you altogether?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Is that a normal Newfoundland family?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Is Newfoundland just three families, or something?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Everyone is a brother and sister.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Is it like Greece?- Years ago that was the thing, big families,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18but not so much these days.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20When we grew up there were kids everywhere.
0:38:20 > 0:38:2212 in our family.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23- She got 12.- You're one of 12?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Seven boys and five girls, yes.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29I don't know whether I want to ask, "Why did they do that?"
0:38:29 > 0:38:31or, "Why did they stop?"
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Cold, lonely winters.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36You weren't expected to survive the winters?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38What happened when all of these ones lived?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Was the plan, were you are only meant to end up with two or three?
0:38:41 > 0:38:42And then life expectancy went up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45And here you all are.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48So, you play cards together every night?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51No, like, once a week we usually get together down at Mom's.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Usually on a Monday night or a Tuesday night.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Four of these sisters work at the inn.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01The alternatives would be the local fish plant or life on the mainland.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05So, I can really see how the inn is holding the community together.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07What on earth are you drinking?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Did you put a leprechaun in a blender?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11What on earth is that?
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Taste it.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15THEY LAUGH
0:39:20 > 0:39:24It's bubble gum flavour mouthwash.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27It's a great honour being treated as one of the girls,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30but before I know what's hit me Cynthia has shanghaied me into a
0:39:30 > 0:39:32traditional rowing race.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34So, Giles, do you row a punt?
0:39:36 > 0:39:37I beg your pardon.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Do I what a what?- Row a punt.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- I don't.- You don't, so, do you know what I mean when I say row a punt?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46I know punting, I know about a punt, you do that with a stick and a pole.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50No, no, this is with two paddles, and it's, like, two in a...
0:39:50 > 0:39:53This is rowing?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Yes. But are you good, like, are you strong?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59I'm not sure about this punting business.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05And not only am I expected to row a boat like a local,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08now I'm being pressured into becoming a local
0:40:08 > 0:40:11with a bizarre initiation ceremony.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15So, the first thing you have to do is repeat what I say exactly.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21That's not too bad, actually.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Then I will give you something to taste.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29So, this is supposed to cleanse your body from the inside out,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31and your throat, and your eyes, and your soul.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36They say it's really bad, but it's not that bad.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37They say the same about you.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39THEY LAUGH
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- Down the hatch! - He's a good old sport.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- Another one?- Yeah.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49So, then, just before you become an official Newfoundlander,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52you've got to do one more thing.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54This is codfish.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58And you have to adore him and kiss him right on the mouth.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Man alive!- No, it's all right, I cut the tongue out,
0:41:01 > 0:41:02so you won't get the tongue.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Pucker up, pucker up, baby.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06THEY LAUGH
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Thank you very much.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13You're welcome. Give us a hug.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Allow me to say, ladies, time to shut up and deal the cards.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20ALL: All right!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Bring it on.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34As part of the mission to get the island thriving,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38an annual rowing race takes place using local boats called punts.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43It's normally a brutal four-hour event held in open water for
0:41:43 > 0:41:45die-hard locals.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- Giles, you're in the back. - OK, do I go in first?
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Right here first, yeah, watch, it could be slippery.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55But Cynthia assures me that this morning's mixed doubles race will be a far more sedate affair.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58I hope you're not all talk, because I've got no idea how to do this.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01No, I'm going to show you, and you're going to win.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Today is a trial event for locals
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and any interested guests at the inn.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08So novices like me are welcome.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Stroke.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14And I've jumped at the chance to partner with my new buddy, Norm.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18- Not bad.- Yeah, not bad. You'll do.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Every single punt taking part has been built here on Fogo
0:42:24 > 0:42:26in the traditional way.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30This boat is for Zita, I hope she's going to win this race
0:42:30 > 0:42:32cos my neck is on the line.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49For generations, these punts have represented survival.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The only means of catching food to feed your family.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00And in all that time, islanders have gained something of a reputation.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Winston Churchill himself said Newfoundlanders are the best small
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- boatsmen in the world.- Come on, Cynth, put some beef into it.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09We'll get them.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11SHE LAUGHS
0:43:11 > 0:43:14The race is a way of preserving these historic boats and celebrating
0:43:14 > 0:43:17the resourcefulness of the people who crafted them.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Go, Norm.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22SHE CHEERS
0:43:22 > 0:43:25But by the looks of it the most important thing of all around here
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- seems to be winning. - Beating Giles by miles. Look.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33That's a bit annoying.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36He'll have an excuse, I'm sure.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Is my rope on right on there?
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Cynthia, is that on right?
0:43:41 > 0:43:43That's why I can't make it move.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49It looks like we have a winner.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52It's Zita.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54APPLAUSE
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Oh, my word!
0:43:56 > 0:43:59And Norm and I come a respectable fourth.
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Yay!
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Congratulations, Monica.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05But what about Giles?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Cynthia and Giles, fifth placed team.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Give us a hug.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13What was that, fifth place?
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Yeah, well, we didn't cheat, because I didn't think it was in the spirit.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Fun and games over, Zita wants to show me a poignant reason
0:44:23 > 0:44:26why it's so important the inn is a success.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31It sort of is in a devotional pose.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33And it looks right at Little Fogo Islands,
0:44:33 > 0:44:36which you can see in the distance.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40They form, kind of, a natural reef that protects big Fogo Island
0:44:40 > 0:44:42from the worst of the North Atlantic.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Six miles off the northern tip of Fogo, lie tiny rocks,
0:44:47 > 0:44:49called Little Fogo Islands.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Being even closer to the prize cod fishing grounds,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56this is where Europeans first settled in the 18th century.
0:44:58 > 0:45:03At one time, 375 people called this place their permanent home.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08But when the fishing collapsed,
0:45:08 > 0:45:11the community could no longer survive and every single family
0:45:11 > 0:45:13was forced to abandon the island.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20The pain of that is still with us.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22And the people who lived there for centuries,
0:45:22 > 0:45:24you still feel them out there.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26There but for the grace of God goes big Fogo island,
0:45:26 > 0:45:30and so it's kind of here that we want to keep our stand,
0:45:30 > 0:45:33and that building, that's what it's trying to do.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36So, without the inn, Fogo could go the same way.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Without the inn, it would be a lot harder to hold on.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57I'm going to meet someone whose situation highlights the need
0:45:57 > 0:45:59for the inn to be a success.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05Glen Best's son, Matthew, is back from university for a rare visit.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Perhaps he can tell me why some of the younger generation are turning
0:46:08 > 0:46:11their backs on lucrative island industries such as fishing.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Do you have any friends who are going into fishing?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16No, not around my age, no, it's just not something...
0:46:16 > 0:46:19I don't know, I guess things are changing.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I wouldn't be able to name anyone on the island
0:46:21 > 0:46:23who's my age who's going fishing.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- No-one on the island? - Not, not... No.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29It seems to me you've got a thing where the fish are coming back
0:46:29 > 0:46:31but the fishermen are disappearing.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32It's pretty ironic, isn't it?
0:46:32 > 0:46:35You've hit the nail on the head. That's the case.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Is the weight of history actually off-putting?
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Instead of being a continuity that you want to take up,
0:46:40 > 0:46:42is it actually a thing that makes it feel like a pressure?
0:46:42 > 0:46:45I don't know if it was ever something that I really...
0:46:45 > 0:46:47seemed like me, do you know what I mean?
0:46:47 > 0:46:49Like, I don't feel like a fisherman.
0:46:51 > 0:46:57It's kind of sad, obviously, cos it is a legacy, like you say, but,
0:46:57 > 0:46:58you know, that's life.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Yeah, there you go.
0:47:03 > 0:47:04So, it's a bit, it's a bit...
0:47:06 > 0:47:08..emotional, I'd say.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14You know, I didn't want to be a writer,
0:47:14 > 0:47:15I wanted to do all sorts of other things,
0:47:15 > 0:47:18and I didn't want to be a journalist, or present TV shows,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20because that was what my dad did, and that seemed a bit pointless.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24And then in my 20s, I started to think, "Maybe it's all right."
0:47:24 > 0:47:26So, I'm not saying that it's going to happen,
0:47:26 > 0:47:29but he does his engineering and he goes and builds aeroplanes
0:47:29 > 0:47:31and rockets and goes to the moon or whatever,
0:47:31 > 0:47:32and then in ten years' time he thinks,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35"I'd quite like to go home," cos he clearly feels strongly about it.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38"Maybe I want to go home and fish off the point."
0:47:38 > 0:47:40It might happen.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42- Give me some notice, will you? - I will.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50I don't think Matthew and Glen have conversations like that very often.
0:47:50 > 0:47:51I don't think they talk about it.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53It's not thought through, it's raw emotion.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57And I think of Zita, of the same generation as Glen,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00trying to keep this island alive, trying to prop it up.
0:48:00 > 0:48:01They're spinning plates -
0:48:01 > 0:48:04"We've got to save the fishermen, we've got to save the people."
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Who knows whether they can keep it up?
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Every October, the Partridgeberry Festival
0:48:21 > 0:48:23celebrates the island's variety of wild berries.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30This year's event was one of the most memorable.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32A few days ago, it hosted the wedding ceremony
0:48:32 > 0:48:37of the inn's maintenance man, Don Paul, and his bride M'Liz.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41I have a little bit of butterflies, but I'm so excited and happy.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Now, what do you think, how do I look?
0:48:46 > 0:48:48For Zita, the inn and the island's future
0:48:48 > 0:48:52must include more outsiders like Don and M'Liz.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56It's not always easy to convince someone who lives in the big city
0:48:56 > 0:48:59somewhere that they should move to this little island
0:48:59 > 0:49:00that's far away from far away.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03So, when someone chooses to make their home here, you know,
0:49:03 > 0:49:07in some ways it's like an endorsement of us
0:49:07 > 0:49:11and sort of affirms the things that we see in our place.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13That is very moving.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19Love is patient, love is kind, love is not envious, or boastful,
0:49:19 > 0:49:21or arrogant, or rude.
0:49:21 > 0:49:22Yes, I do.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24I do.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29Around here, there's only one way to celebrate.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31I love being married to M'Liz.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42Zita wants to celebrate the fact that Don and M'Liz have decided
0:49:42 > 0:49:43to make Fogo their future,
0:49:43 > 0:49:45and that they're bumping up the island's population.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49It's vital to recognise the commitment made by outsiders,
0:49:49 > 0:49:52as living and working in such a remote place isn't for everyone.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00In the kitchen, I learn that for Chef Tim working here
0:50:00 > 0:50:02means living far from his young son.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04I get to FaceTime.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- You FaceTime?- Yeah.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09When did you last see your boy?
0:50:09 > 0:50:12Last... In the spring.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- This spring.- This past spring.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- Wow.- So, once a year, twice a year, maybe.- Yeah.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Chef Ian is also separated.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27She's no longer here, but I still am, because I love it here.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30- Where is she? - She has moved back to Alberta,
0:50:30 > 0:50:34so we have gone our separate ways, and this place is my new life.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Oh. I'm sorry about that.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40If you're that passionate about something,
0:50:40 > 0:50:41you're going to give it your all.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44I've done something similar myself.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47I left New Zealand, I've left family,
0:50:47 > 0:50:49and I'm always homesick for them.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51People say, "Why don't you just go back?"
0:50:51 > 0:50:54It's because you're pursuing something that you love.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58For Zita, it's vital to make a big fuss of people
0:50:58 > 0:51:01when they choose this island to be their permanent home -
0:51:01 > 0:51:04like throwing what islanders call a scoff, or feast,
0:51:04 > 0:51:06in the dining room at the inn.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13A scoff is a tricky thing to pull off because it has this kind of
0:51:13 > 0:51:15unpredictable nature to it.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19But we still want to do it in a way that has the precision that we have
0:51:19 > 0:51:22fought so hard to accomplish.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- Yes, this one needs turning around. - One, two, three.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30It's only right that Giles and I pitch in to help with preparations.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Marlene and I are making jam tarts with spiced molasses pastry.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40It smells amazing.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Clove, ginger.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45And the molasses, of course, which I'm a big fan of.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47- And there's cinnamon. - Cinnamon, as well.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52And it's only fitting that we use partridgeberries
0:51:52 > 0:51:54picked right in front of the inn.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00- I like that. - You're doing really well.
0:52:00 > 0:52:01Not bad for a mainlander.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03"Not bad for a mainlander?"
0:52:03 > 0:52:05That's what I am, a mainlander?
0:52:07 > 0:52:11And for the bride and groom, two personalised tarts.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15After all, it is a scoff in honour of Don and M'Liz.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Made with love, there you go.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24The scoff is a great chance for the kitchen to impress
0:52:24 > 0:52:27with some of the more acquired tastes found on the island.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31The groom's favourite food is goat,
0:52:31 > 0:52:34so Chef Tim is picking one up from his local supplier.
0:52:35 > 0:52:39All of these goats have been able to live outside and see the sun.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42People have taken good care of them.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44And when they are killed, they're going to be killed with respect.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I would rather we were serving these cows, though.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Oh, there we go!
0:52:50 > 0:52:52It looks like the cow heard that.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54CREW LAUGH
0:53:18 > 0:53:21The kitchen has pulled out all the stops
0:53:21 > 0:53:24to put all things Fogo on the menu.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27This is your beautiful goat.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29We've got a goat.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33- Enjoy.- Thank you, thank you very much.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36In keeping with Zita's inclusive sense of hospitality,
0:53:36 > 0:53:41the scoff is not only for locals, but all guests staying at the inn.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44You know, we just got in today, and we were asked,
0:53:44 > 0:53:47just out of the blue, to attend a wedding.
0:53:47 > 0:53:52You just mingle. I mean, there's nobody that you don't talk to,
0:53:52 > 0:53:55there's nobody you don't know within five minutes of being in here.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58You know, that's why you feel part of the family here,
0:53:58 > 0:54:02coming to a wedding where it seems so intimate, right?
0:54:02 > 0:54:06And they don't know us from anything. And, so, it is so neat.
0:54:06 > 0:54:07It's spectacular, yeah.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10- Congratulations.- Thank you, Marlene.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12Here are a couple of molasses jam tarts that
0:54:12 > 0:54:14Monica and I made for you both.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- Enjoy.- Thank you so much, Marlene.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19While the party carries on, we're being ushered upstairs
0:54:19 > 0:54:24and pressed into joining what seems to be some sort of freakish cult.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26This is not going to hurt a bit, OK?
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Whatever we can... Claire?
0:54:32 > 0:54:35This is a custom called mummering.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39It was brought here in the 1820s from England and Ireland.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Traditionally, mummers would turn up uninvited and in disguise
0:54:42 > 0:54:44to get a party started.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52I can't believe I've spent time on this island, getting to know
0:54:52 > 0:54:54these people, their lives and their hopes and their fears,
0:54:54 > 0:54:57and the good things and the bad things, and we present them
0:54:57 > 0:55:01to the world as this unique and exciting, living community...
0:55:01 > 0:55:04and they've just revealed themselves to be a complete bunch of wackos.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09I hope I'm not complicit in the mockery of an entire island.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11I promise you, I promise you this was their idea.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17I'm going to have nightmares about this for the rest of my life.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Tradition dictates that the host of the party
0:55:41 > 0:55:44must guess the identities of the mummers.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Now, who's this one?
0:55:46 > 0:55:49Who is this one? I don't know about this one.
0:55:49 > 0:55:50It's a funny one.
0:55:50 > 0:55:51I'm Monica.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59It is a lot of fun.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Possibly more fun than I expected.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05I believe I've made some great friends for life.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Cheers.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09The fact is that it isn't really just a hotel.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12The inn is Fogo Island, and Fogo Island is the inn.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14When you come and stay here, it's more even
0:56:14 > 0:56:16than a window on a society,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18it's like the looking glass in Alice Through the Looking Glass.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22You pass through it and you become a fisherman, or a mummer, or a cook.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25It's an experience unlike any I've ever had.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33# I wanna go back
0:56:33 > 0:56:37# When it's capelin time again... #
0:56:37 > 0:56:41And around here, celebrations always end with a traditional song
0:56:41 > 0:56:43about those little fish called capelin.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48# ..And here again
0:56:48 > 0:56:53# The lonely seagulls cry
0:56:53 > 0:56:56# Oh, take me home
0:56:56 > 0:57:01# Once more before I die... #
0:57:04 > 0:57:07- You've been busy lately, huh? - You have, too!
0:57:07 > 0:57:08It's time to leave.
0:57:08 > 0:57:12But before we do, the inn has one last surprise up its sleeve.
0:57:12 > 0:57:19- Hello.- Hi.- This is Jake Daniel, and this is Luke Wilson.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21Oh, my God,
0:57:21 > 0:57:23they're beautiful.
0:57:23 > 0:57:24Over on the mainland,
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Cynthia's daughter has given birth to twin boys.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29It's been lovely being introduced to Jake and Luke,
0:57:29 > 0:57:32and I'm reminded that I have to go to see my babies,
0:57:32 > 0:57:34and I'll see you again one day soon.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36- Someday, hopefully, OK. - Bye.- Goodbye.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41The Fogo Island Inn has had grandchildren.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43It's amazing how involved everybody is.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45It's a very lovely feeling.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48But that's only part one of the job done.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50The next thing is to get them to come and live here.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56It's extraordinary that something as simple as a hotel can come to
0:57:56 > 0:57:59symbolise the hopes of a community and its distinctive way of life.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05I want to make sure that I do what I can
0:58:05 > 0:58:08to hold on to who we are and remain relevant,
0:58:08 > 0:58:09doing something that helps gives us
0:58:09 > 0:58:11a shot at another 100 years here.