0:00:01 > 0:00:06Cardigan Bay - the sweeping west coast of Wales.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08This is just something else.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13Home to the largest population of bottlenose dolphins in the UK...
0:00:13 > 0:00:16It really is the New Zealand of the northern hemisphere!
0:00:16 > 0:00:19..and the only place in Wales where you can buy a pier...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21This is the best beer garden in Wales.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and even a zoo.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Don't forget to wash your hands after you've played with the snakes.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31Over spring and summer, we've followed the rich and varied lives...
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is just not Elvis enough.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37..of the locals who call this coast home.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Toilet lady from Ceredigion will do me.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Quite proud, really, I'm going to start a business here again.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45He's the boss, obviously.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Yes, yes, I've explained that to them!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Why on earth would you want to live anywhere else?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56This is their Cardigan Bay.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06It's late March and Cardigan Bay is waking up from its winter slumber.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11In Aberporth, the Saturday car-boot sale is getting underway.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16But one local isn't just here to clear out his garage.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Councillor Gethin James is standing as the local UKIP candidate
0:01:22 > 0:01:24in the upcoming General Election.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I've brought a few bits and bobs I wanted to get rid of.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Hopefully, people coming to look at them might engage with me as well.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Plus I needed to clear the garage out!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42While the major parties will have an army of helpers,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Gethin is a one-man band.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Lean that there for a minute.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Right, then.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Well, the Liberal Democrats have held the seat
0:01:52 > 0:01:53for the last ten years.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56They've sort of chopped and changed
0:01:56 > 0:01:59between Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru
0:01:59 > 0:02:00over the last sort of 20 years.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Let's see if I can upset them.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Well, I thought I'd take a different approach.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13But Gethin's switch to UKIP has ruffled feathers on the council.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Well, I was dismissed by the leader of the council,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20who's Plaid Cymru, and she took umbrage at the fact
0:02:20 > 0:02:21that I'd joined UKIP,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25but I truly believe in what UKIP are standing for
0:02:25 > 0:02:29and I don't see why she should have dismissed me, to be honest.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32As a result of switching to UKIP,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Gethin was dismissed from his council cabinet post
0:02:35 > 0:02:37and has taken a financial hit.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The extra responsibilities of the cabinet post brought with it
0:02:41 > 0:02:45an allowance of nearly £12,000 so, yeah,
0:02:45 > 0:02:53I've gone from £25,500 a year down to £13,000 a year
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and, with four children, that is a struggle, I'll be honest.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59First sale of the day! Thank you very much.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Nonetheless, Gethin is pinning all his hopes on winning over the locals.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Excuse me, can I have my picture taken?- Yes, certainly.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Are you a UKIP supporter? - Yes, I am, very much so.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22But while some are receptive...
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Ahhh! See, there's quite a lot of support out.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27..others are harder to win over.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Why are you here?- Why am I here?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Yeah.- There's an election on.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Is there? Do you think you're going to make a difference?- Eh?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Do you think you're going to make a difference, your party?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Well, I think there's a lot of people supporting us.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Is there?- Yeah.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45It just seems that you're another party
0:03:45 > 0:03:49that seem to be about people who've already got everything they need
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and you're not interested in the people that are at the bottom.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Well, I'm at the bottom.- And that's where you should be looking.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- I'm at the bottom.- Are you? - And I'm interested in the party.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01You're at the bottom? What do you do for a living, then?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I'm a county councillor.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04All right.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06And I stood to be a councillor 11 years ago
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- because I wanted to improve my community.- Oh, well, interesting.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Thank you for giving me your time. - Nice speaking to you, thank you.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Gethin stands his ground.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21In the north of Ceredigion lies Borth.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26This sleepy seaside village is home to Alan and Jean Mumbray and friends.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32This is Tarquin. He's an albino Burmese python.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34This is Baby Snake.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36This one weighs three and a half stone
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and we've got Basil the boa constrictor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41They all live together quite happily.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43And in the kitchen...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Snake-necked turtles.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48This is Fonzie.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Asian water monitor lizards.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54These will eventually grow six to eight feet long.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58That's basically my house pets, really.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04But this pair of animal lovers don't just have a domestic menagerie.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Outside their door, they have an entire zoo.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15We fostered children for 12 years, difficult teenagers,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and, after 12 years, you start getting worn out a bit, really,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22so we thought, "Let's do an animal thing instead."
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Years ago, you could go to a pet shop and buy a monkey
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- and so that's what we did, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32They started off in the house.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36They'd come in through the kitchen window and do the washing up.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38They're rubbish at washing up.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Roly would run round the room and pick up everything
0:05:40 > 0:05:44and drop it in the washing up bowl and if he could find a teabag,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48he'd dip that in the washing up and paint the walls.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It came out brown and he thought that was a really good idea,
0:05:51 > 0:05:52to paint the walls.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56When we first bought this place, it was a rare breed place.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58There were some monkeys here.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04It was mostly rabbits and sheep and tortoises, poultry.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Then we moved here, we got more zoo-type animals
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and when we started doing that, people started contacting us
0:06:12 > 0:06:14to say they had animals they'd like us to take.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You've got the male over there.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19From what started off with two monkeys
0:06:19 > 0:06:23has grown to over 300 hungry mouths to feed.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28When I was a child, I remember watching Thunderbirds,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32the puppet show, and they had a live baby,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I suppose it was a caiman or an alligator, in the sink
0:06:36 > 0:06:40in the show and that probably set me off when I was a child.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42But now, after 15 years,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Alan and Jean are thinking of calling it a day.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48There's no reason we shouldn't stay and carry on.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52It's just that we really should retire. Well, I should, anyway.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I'm 76!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I really should retire, you know.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57BIRD HONKS
0:06:57 > 0:07:00This is a territorial display he's doing now.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04The pair have decided to hand the role of zoo manager to keeper...
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Come on, matey!
0:07:05 > 0:07:07..and bird fanatic Joe.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12I've been interested in birds ever since I can remember.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Animals, in general, but birds in particular.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15My first word was actually "bird".
0:07:15 > 0:07:20But now, manager Joe is keen to take the zoo in a different direction,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23away from animal rescue.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26As far as I'm concerned, there is a far bigger problem in the world
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and that problem is the mass extinction of species
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and I think any zoo should have the conservation of species
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and the breeding of endangered species as their main goal,
0:07:35 > 0:07:36as their main focus.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I really hope that we can build up Porth Zoo
0:07:40 > 0:07:43to be a world-class small zoo,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46into a zoo that really makes a real difference
0:07:46 > 0:07:50in terms of saving species and that is famous for doing that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55But with running costs of over £150,000 a year,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58the zoo's survival relies on pulling in the punters
0:07:58 > 0:08:01for the 2015 holiday season.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Last summer, we hit around the 24,000 mark
0:08:04 > 0:08:06in terms of visitor numbers.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09With a bit of luck this summer, I reckon we could stretch to 35,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11maybe even 40.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16As the zoo pins its hopes on a good summer,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19down the coast in Llangrannog,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22a toilet attendant is hard at work.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28But he had better watch out because his boss is on the prowl.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31OK won't do. They've got to be spot on.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Jasmine Wilson is in charge of Ceredigion's public toilets
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and she has high standards.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Every day when I wake up, I think about my work.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I'm proud that sometimes people say,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47"Oh, yes, she's the toilet lady from Ceredigion."
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I put it in this box of tricks...
0:08:49 > 0:08:51BEEPING
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yep, I'm pleased with that.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Other people might think that's a bit strange, but I am who I am.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00And today, Ceredigion's toilet queen
0:09:00 > 0:09:03has come armed with some hi-tech kit
0:09:03 > 0:09:06to help her in her fight against grime.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Toilet inspection - ladies entering.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13This is what we call blacklighting, OK,
0:09:13 > 0:09:19and it'll show up any what you might like to call hidden dirt, OK?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Actually, those are very, very good.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25You do your work and she'll be OK.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26If you don't do your work,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28well, she's going to talk to you, isn't she?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33But these aren't just any loos.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Bring it down a little bit.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36There we are.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Ceredigion officially has the cleanest public amenities in Britain.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Platinum standard - can't get any better.- Not too bad.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46This is something we work for all year round.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51We're proud that Ceredigion is known throughout the UK
0:09:51 > 0:09:54as a mecca for toilet standards.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56But with the Loo of the Year judges
0:09:56 > 0:09:59due to inspect her toilets any day soon,
0:09:59 > 0:10:05Jasmine has invested in a secret weapon - the iMop scrubber/dryer.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08As far as I'm aware, we're the first to purchase it.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I'm really pleased with it.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13With a battery, it's about £3,000.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21And so far, the only one trained and trusted to operate the iMop
0:10:21 > 0:10:23is new team member Phil.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26If someone would have asked me when I was in school,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28"Would you clean toilets for a living?"
0:10:28 > 0:10:29I would have said, "No,"
0:10:29 > 0:10:34but when I was faced with trying to find a job in a student town
0:10:34 > 0:10:38where it's quite difficult to find work,
0:10:38 > 0:10:43when I saw a job with the council, I was keen to take it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Emma has been cleaning Borth's seafront toilet for over 15 years,
0:10:47 > 0:10:52but she has a problem that could cost Jasmine her crown.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54In you go.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Toilet inspection - ladies entering.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59OK, come in.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Right, now then.- We had a problem the other day with kids in here.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06What were they doing?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Chucking toilet paper all over the ceiling,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10the doors - everywhere, it was.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Yeah.- Local children? - Yeah, probably.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20That's been happening for years, though. We get bouts of it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23It's annoying, though, when you come here in the morning
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and you just think, "Oh, God!"
0:11:26 > 0:11:28There is a lot of cleaning to do after it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:35But Jasmine has a plan to stop the toilet vandals - flower power.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37The council doesn't pay for this.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43As the staff, we decide that we want to do it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47It shows people we take a pride in our work
0:11:47 > 0:11:51and then I think people look after the toilets a lot better.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Back in Aberporth,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Gethin has finished the first day of his campaign.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- How did it go?- Surprisingly good.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03They thought I set it up cos there were so many positive responses.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Really?- They said, "Are you sure you haven't phoned everybody?"
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Oh, brilliant! Guys, do you want biscuits?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Family man Gethin has lived in the village all his life.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15He has four sons and is married to Jess.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- If today's sample was anything to go by...- You're going to win?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I'm off to London!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25It's like, "Yes, I'm getting rid of him!"
0:12:28 > 0:12:33He used to be a bus driver and you asked a friend of mine about me
0:12:33 > 0:12:37or something like that when I was in Cardigan College and, yeah, well...
0:12:37 > 0:12:39He picked me up on the buses.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- 25 years now, isn't it? - Yes, 25 years.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Oh, God, I've got 19 bloody e-mails just since I've been out earlier.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54But now Gethin's political ambitions are taking over the family.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57He spends more time on his iPad than he does with us.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- GETHIN GASPS - You do!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01You take it everywhere - the toilet...
0:13:03 > 0:13:04You take it to the toilet!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07When he first started this, right,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- he signed up to be a councillor going back...- 11 years ago.
0:13:10 > 0:13:1311 years ago now and he told me it would be one evening a month.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16That's what he told me. I was like, "Yeah, OK, then."
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Council offices, tomorrow morning at...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20'And then it just escalated from there.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22'It's just really, really escalated now.'
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I want him to get in and I don't want him to get in.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29If he does get in, he'll be in London all the time
0:13:29 > 0:13:32and we'll hardly get to see him.
0:13:32 > 0:13:39And if he doesn't get in, then he has to find a new job.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41We've got a backup plan - the cafe down there.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Yes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46As if standing for Parliament wasn't enough,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Gethin also has plans to build a cafe...
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The site is down this way.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53..in front of his old family home across the road.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56This is Glanmordy, where I was born and brought up.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59This is where my grandmother lives.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Mum's probably just inside the door there.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Four generations of Jameses have run a business from the old family home.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I've got a picture here of my grandfather,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14me and one of my brothers outside the shop back in the '70s,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17back in its heyday, really.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19My father worked in the shop, my brother worked in the shop,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21my aunties and uncles worked in the shop.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24It was really a genuine family business, you know what I mean?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Now, Gethin is turning Glanmordy back into a family business
0:14:28 > 0:14:32by building his cafe on land in front of the house.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Cafe on the far side over there and then across,
0:14:35 > 0:14:40underneath this grass area here, looking across the five beach huts.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43While the other side of the bay is thriving,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Gethin's side has seen many businesses go.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I'm hoping that this will invigorate this side of the beach
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and get people over here drinking nice lattes and coffees,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56looking down at the beach.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It's always been a commercial premises
0:15:00 > 0:15:02and I thought it would be a good thing
0:15:02 > 0:15:04to start another small business there.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06My kids could be working there.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13As Gethin dreams of coffee and 99s, 15 miles up the coast,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17New Quay lies quiet before the onslaught of the holiday season.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22But all is not as it seems.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28On the quay, there's a war being fought...over dolphins.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33And there are three rivals in this one small town.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34You know what it's like.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37If you've got a good thing going, everyone wants a slice of it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You get what you pay for, basically.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Oh, we all get along wonderfully.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Winston Evans has been running trips here for over 50 years.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52When the weather's nice, it's a lovely trip.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54When it's not so nice, it's not so good.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57But with Winston getting on a bit,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01his son Jonathan has moved back from London to work with Dad.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04This is my third year back in New Quay helping,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06as you can see, my father.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Put the nut on.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I couldn't imagine coming back
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and living here originally when I was in London.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Now that I'm here,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17it just seems like the most natural thing in the world,
0:16:17 > 0:16:18but it's cos it's home, isn't it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20It probably wouldn't suit lots of people
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and it's nice to be working with Pops, obviously.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27When I say "working", I mean watching, currently.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Next one!
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Winston's oldest rival is Steve Hartley,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38up the hill at the Marine Wildlife Centre.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42It's all very shut down at the moment.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45In a couple of weeks' time, all the shop area will be filled.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47We'll have the little aquarium.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53The competition can be quite intense sometimes,
0:16:53 > 0:16:54but we all get along wonderfully.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I wouldn't hear a bad word said about them!
0:16:57 > 0:17:01We started off doing pleasure trips, then he started off doing that
0:17:01 > 0:17:05and then he went into dolphins and we were advised not to go
0:17:05 > 0:17:09into dolphins, but, of course, once he started, monkey see, monkey do.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11We had to follow suit.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Winston's multi-passenger,
0:17:13 > 0:17:18they can carry on one of their boats 60 or 67 passengers in one go.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21It's cheaper than our trips, but then ours,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22we only carry 12 passengers,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25slightly more of a one-to-one thing going on
0:17:25 > 0:17:27from the passenger and the guide point of view.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29While out on his trips,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Steve monitors the local dolphin population.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36We're so lucky to have these bottlenose dolphins
0:17:36 > 0:17:38semi-resident in the bay here.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41We see them on a daily basis from the land and the sea
0:17:41 > 0:17:44and it's a huge attraction.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49And this year, Steve has a new trick up his sleeve to pull in the punters.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51It's a very small community
0:17:51 > 0:17:55so each person's got to do lots of different jobs.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56So, er, local councillor
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and I'm actually going to be mayor this year
0:17:59 > 0:18:01so...big chain.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Could this be the marketing ploy Steve is crying out for
0:18:05 > 0:18:06to get one up on Winston?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08What do you reckon, Winston?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09This summer, I could say,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12"Come for boat trips with the Mayor of New Quay!"
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Are you mayor?- Apparently.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17HE LAUGHS
0:18:19 > 0:18:23But old hands Steve and Winston have new competition in town.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Winston's ex-skipper Brett is going solo
0:18:28 > 0:18:31and is rushing to finish his new shop and ticket office.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- So, how's things, boys? Still good? - Yeah, going well.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43And Brett has a prime location on the front,
0:18:43 > 0:18:45right opposite Winston and Jonathan.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Dolphin spotting - if you've got a family of five people,
0:18:49 > 0:18:56their prices are really, really good. It's nice and cheap.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59If you've just got a box to tick, it's a boat trip.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01With us, it's an individual sort of experience.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06In the long run, it's good, really, but ask me
0:19:06 > 0:19:08when it's quiet and we've got two or three boats working
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and not enough passengers to go round and it's...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13It's too many boats.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16All the trips in New Quay, I think,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20offer something slightly different so you take your choice.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21They're all very good.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Ceredigion's toilet queen Jasmine Wilson
0:19:30 > 0:19:33is coming to the end of her coastal loo inspection.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I had one last year
0:19:34 > 0:19:38that said these are the best toilets outside Harrods.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41But she has one more call to make in Borth.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I'll be honest with you, I'm feeling a bit nervous.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It's the first time I've done this in about 18 months.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51She's visiting her friend and clairvoyant Sharon.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Sharon has a centre
0:19:53 > 0:19:57where she does healing and reiki and suchlike
0:19:57 > 0:20:01and we've also used it for psychic and medium mystic readings.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06But today, it isn't Sharon who's doing the psychic reading -
0:20:06 > 0:20:07it's Jasmine.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm about to do my first reading in about 18 months
0:20:10 > 0:20:16so it's very nice to be able to sit here, just gather my energy,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19centre myself, connect to spirit...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25..and just know that I'm in that space to be able to work.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Jasmine discovered her passion for the spiritual
0:20:31 > 0:20:33after a tragedy in her life.
0:20:35 > 0:20:42Back in 2003, my son Aled was killed in Milton Keynes
0:20:42 > 0:20:48and, with such trauma and grief,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52I needed to make absolutely certain...
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I needed that certainty of whether there was an afterlife or not.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I didn't want to just sit there and puzzle about it, you know?
0:20:58 > 0:21:04Motorcycle instructor Aled was killed when his bike was hit by a car.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07He was just 31 and left two young children.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Seeking answers and closure to her son's death,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Jasmine went on a psychic training weekend
0:21:15 > 0:21:19and discovered she had psychic abilities of her own.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Most definitely, I've had proof that there is an afterlife
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and that's brought such...
0:21:26 > 0:21:32..healing and, erm, calmness to my life, you know?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's brought me back to life, I shall say that,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38then, you know, because my grief was such of losing a son...
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Well, you know, you'd give your life for your children
0:21:46 > 0:21:48and I certainly would have done.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Now, Jasmine gives comfort to others with her psychic abilities.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Where do you want me to sit?- Oh, if you just take a seat there.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02So, how are you feeling? OK? I just want you to relax, OK?
0:22:03 > 0:22:07From such pain and grief,
0:22:07 > 0:22:13I would say that I'm a better person.
0:22:13 > 0:22:19'I'm less judgmental, I'm more empathetic.'
0:22:19 > 0:22:24I've opened myself up to people and that wasn't always the case.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I've got to say, with these cards that you've drawn
0:22:27 > 0:22:32and what's emanating, I feel you've got a lot going on in your life.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Not that... Not that I'm, um, you know...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38SHE LAUGHS
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I'm considerably impatient, but I do feel that
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I'm a better person now than what I ever was in the past.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49..but absolutely believe in yourself, because within you...
0:22:49 > 0:22:53'It's a sense of being at peace with one's self and with one's spirit.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:03It's a big day at New Quay harbour.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- I'll need to...before we go, yeah?- Yeah, I know.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11The Dolphin Warriors have hired a crane
0:23:11 > 0:23:13to get their boats in the water for the season.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28And for once, the rivals are working together.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30It's a team effort to get in every year. Yeah, yeah.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Getting all the boats in.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's great that everybody helps each other.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Makes it a lot easier for everybody.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Plug it in, boys.- Yeah.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Friends now, competitors later on!
0:23:42 > 0:23:47But Winston and Jonathan are about to unleash their big artillery.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51A 67-seat Ermol 6.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54All winter, this monster has been resting in Pembrokeshire
0:23:54 > 0:23:56having her hull repaired.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58And now the narrow streets of New Quay have come
0:23:58 > 0:24:01to a standstill for the heavyweight.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03If I'd thought, what I could have done is gone
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and leafleted all the cars stuck in the traffic.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Captive audience!
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Just in danger of clipping that railing
0:24:10 > 0:24:12on the inside there now, I don't know if you can see.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And to get to the quayside,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18she has to be inched right past rival Brett's brand-new shop.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23This is the competition's shop, so we've been very considerate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25"Considerate"(!)
0:24:25 > 0:24:27We don't want to smash the windows by accident,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29that's the main thing.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30- LAUGHING:- I've got to go.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41Much to Jonathan's relief, his boat remains unscratched.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Reminds me of driving, getting that down there.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Not many inches to spare, was there? - HE CHUCKLES
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Final job, lower on to Winston's carefully positioned timber chocks.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Who put all that timber in the wrong place then?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58LAUGHTER
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Eh?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I don't know.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Must be old age.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The boats are in the water.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07And the gloves are off for the start of the season.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09We get on great at this time of year.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Come back in August!
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Back at Borth zoo
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and the staff are gearing up for the start of the holiday season.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26The biggest draw is Raja, the African leopard.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27RAJA GROWLS
0:25:27 > 0:25:29There, lad!
0:25:29 > 0:25:32As you can see, quite aggressive.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35It's time for his keeper Tom to serve lunch.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Good boy.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41He's in his bigger back section,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44so we've got access to the front section safely now.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48We're going to put some meat on a telegraph pole up high
0:25:48 > 0:25:49and make him work for his food.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55As you can see, everything's done on an airlock principle.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Never should both be open.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Because you only get to make one mistake doing this
0:26:01 > 0:26:02and then it's all over.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05RAJA GROWLS
0:26:09 > 0:26:14But Raja is about to lose his position as king of the Borth jungle.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18The zoo is expecting two new residents.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25And these beasts need special measures.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26LION ROARS
0:26:28 > 0:26:32This is where the first lions of Ceredigion should be
0:26:32 > 0:26:35arriving in a few months' time.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Yes, the zoo is getting two lions.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Zulu and Vilma will be moving from their zoo in Bristol
0:26:42 > 0:26:44to the sleepy seaside town of Borth.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46The new lions will be a massive draw for the zoo.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49We've had a number of people express interest in
0:26:49 > 0:26:51coming back just to see the lions.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54People around are hysterical with delight. They love it.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57The council are in a flat panic.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Borth's big cats are giving the council kittens.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03And they are demanding extra safety measures.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08They want us to put flat steel straight up the post and then
0:27:08 > 0:27:13coach bolt into the wood, so really clamping the wire onto the wood.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17With the new enclosure having cost £50,000 to build...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Yeah, so it's one, two, three...
0:27:20 > 0:27:21..it's vital that the lions
0:27:21 > 0:27:24arrive in time for the start of holiday season.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Now, how many did I say?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31How many did I say?
0:27:31 > 0:27:3512, I think. Or was it 14?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- It was something...- Right, one, two, three, four...- Start again.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41But with the council stalling the licence
0:27:41 > 0:27:44until the inspectors are satisfied,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Borth zoo's big new attraction is on hold.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Well, we must have had our lion enclosure inspected about six times
0:27:50 > 0:27:52now and, every time, they want something else done to it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54We will get there.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57There's no way we are giving up. So we will have lions.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Next time, it's judgment day for Jasmine's loos...
0:28:02 > 0:28:03It's game on!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06..Alan and Jean go for a spin...
0:28:06 > 0:28:09If it rains, it has a lid that goes on.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12..we get up close and personal to Cardigan's king of rock and roll...
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- This is my wife's G string. - HE LAUGHS
0:28:15 > 0:28:17It just gets better, doesn't it?
0:28:17 > 0:28:20..and Gethin gets some unwelcome attention.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I've been chopping my face off some of the signs
0:28:23 > 0:28:25because they've been defaced.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Somebody gave me a small moustache and a bit more of a fringe.