0:00:02 > 0:00:05Hidden away in the Gwendraeth Valley, West Wales,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08is a family business like no other.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11In the last count, I'm sure it was 18 family members working here.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14They are the fruit and veg mafia of Gorslas.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17HE LAUGHS
0:00:17 > 0:00:19There's me, I'm Roland.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21There's Stuart, Reuben,
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Tom, Davina,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Rachel, Coral works here.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Born a scrubber, always a scrubber!
0:00:28 > 0:00:29And then, there's Moya,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Kim,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Maria,
0:00:33 > 0:00:34my son, William.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37AIR GUSHES
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Down! You'll rip a hole in it.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Stuart's son, John, is working here.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Eh... Reuben - his son Luke is working here.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I've got to go and kill it! What do you expect me to do?
0:00:49 > 0:00:53His daughter Marie-Alice is working here.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Ashley,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Nicky.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Eh... Who else is working here? I can't think who's working here.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Also, I've just forgot, I'd better tell you,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05my wife is working there, Gina, or I'll be in trouble!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Don't know, I can't think of anybody else off the top of my head.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I think I've got around a few.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11How many did you count?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22This time, on Meet The Watkins,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25the sheep flock get their annual haircut,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28birds take over the farm yard...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33..and Roland hopes for a win at the Royal Welsh.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45It's early summer and usually the busiest season for the family business.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Cwmcerrig farm is midway between Swansea and Carmarthen.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51And the Watkins family empire is a familiar sight
0:01:51 > 0:01:55for many who travel along the A48 on their way to West Wales.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01It's shearing time and local contractor Geraint Rees and his team
0:02:01 > 0:02:04have been called to the farm for the day
0:02:04 > 0:02:07to relieve some 250 sheep of their fleeces.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Today, it's hot,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13but it's a rare sunny day in what's been quite a miserable summer.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And the whole farming year is behind schedule.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It's late this year, about three weeks later than normal,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22cos the weather has been cold and wet.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Contractors come every year. We used to have New Zealand boys come over.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Geraint now has taken over.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34There's about 242. There's ewes to do, black-faced ewes.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Get back, man.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42We've got pedigree Texels to do, ewes and rams.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47I've been shearing here for the last seven years, I think.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Yes, it goes back quite a while.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54When I first started, I think they had over 500 sheep.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58They've cut back since they've opened the shop.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Just...I think, simplifying the business.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06One thing you can guarantee with Cwmcerrig is that they're going to have big sheep.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09They're big boys, they are big sheep.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And off they go!
0:03:11 > 0:03:17Nearly 250 sheep to shear as quickly and efficiently as possible.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Time is money for these boys!
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I figure we can do 40 an hour.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28That's erm...we'd be going well if we do that.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Over the course of May and June,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35that'd be 30,000 sheep on our run to do altogether,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37so it's a few hard days' work.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42These rams are worth a penny or two.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I know he's paid a lot for some of them.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48And I think he's bred a couple of outstanding ones,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51which may be worth more than the ones he's bought.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yeah, you want to take care of these,
0:03:53 > 0:03:58you don't want to cut a few things off that shouldn't be cut off.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00As long as he's got all his giblets,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02at the end of it, it's all right.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11The Watkins do good business in the winter
0:04:11 > 0:04:13with the sale of Christmas turkeys.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Today is an important day at the farm,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20as over 1,000 day-old turkey chicks arrive.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26250 by here now, in this pen, we hope.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30253 of them? Oh, 255.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Every 200, they give you two extra, they're supposed to.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I can't put the box down.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Yeah.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Within minutes of arriving,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51the next stage is to introduce them to their first feed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Turkey starter crumbs,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55so they get off to start.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58First time they've been fed since they hatched.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00They have all the food they can eat.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04They've got to. If they don't have all the food they can eat, they start eating each other.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08A day old and a first feel for their new home,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11though there's a slight problem with the central heating!
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Soon these are going to be warm, are they? Yeah, they're going to...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16They're pushing on the sides there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Lift the heat up a little bit?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20We're adjusting the heat there,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23cos the turkeys are pushing through the sides
0:05:23 > 0:05:24cos they're getting too hot.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27So we take the heat up a bit so they've got a bit less heat on them.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Pick that up a bit more.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34They get too hot, they're going to dehydrate, aren't they?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36So what happens, they pile up
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and the ones underneath suffocate and die.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42They'll be on the heat now for about four weeks
0:05:42 > 0:05:47and then they'll come off the heat and they'll be away then.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Stuart has quite an eye for the birds
0:05:53 > 0:05:57and has a soft spot for the peacocks and hens that frequent the farmyard.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03To his surprise, there's some new additions to the family.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05She laid three eggs
0:06:05 > 0:06:10and was sitting on them for quite a while and hatched two.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12They're are about a month old now.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Well, she sat on the eggs on top of a big stack of hay
0:06:16 > 0:06:18about 15 feet in the air.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21After about six weeks, one morning up there,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25she was walking and beside were these two little ones.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Two little balls of fluff.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28She'd hatched two, so I went up
0:06:28 > 0:06:32and brought the eggs that hadn't hatched with me, like.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34I doubt if it'll happen now, mind,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38but one cock's been here for about, I don't know, 12, 15 years
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and we bought these last year.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44They came, we bought them in Ffairfach.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48It was a Saturday when William got married, and Kate.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52So that's Kate and the cock who came with her is William.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55We've got our own William and Kate!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04The shearing is finished
0:07:04 > 0:07:08and the Cwmcerrig flock seem happy to be rid of their fleeces.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It's been a tough day for the shearing team
0:07:10 > 0:07:12but it's not over yet.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17We'll be doing another bunch of...
0:07:17 > 0:07:22probably do another 200-ish for tonight, just to round the day off.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26We've got to pack as many into the day as we possibly can,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28cos like I said, we are way behind with things,
0:07:28 > 0:07:35so it's a case of catching up and we'll get there in the end.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Yes, so, onto the next job, no?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Agricultural shows are a big feature of the summer months.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Not this year, though, as the weather forced many to be cancelled.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52So having missed out on the smaller shows,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Roland is taking his pedigree Texel lambs straight to the country's biggest show,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59where he's hoping to get an elusive first prize.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Come on, gally. Shut the gate, Flukie.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Come on, then.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09'We went into Texels in the year 2000.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13'We went up, had a look in 2001 and decided to start showing in 2002.'
0:08:13 > 0:08:16We had a fifth prize for a ram lamb.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18That was our start
0:08:18 > 0:08:22and to date, the best we've had is second for a group of three
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and third for a yearling tup.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27That was our best so far.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30So we'll try and approve this year, but I'm not guaranteeing it.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34This year's lambing has produced some good stock
0:08:34 > 0:08:35and Roland and his brother Reuben
0:08:35 > 0:08:38have chosen the best pick of the crop for showing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Bit of washing.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44'We've got four Texel lambs going up tomorrow,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47'two ram lambs and two ewe lambs.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49'They'd been born middle of February
0:08:49 > 0:08:52'so what were they, four months? Four months.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54'I weighed them last Thursday.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58'They've come on well. I'm quite pleased with them. Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01'Usually on the Royal Welsh, we've done a couple of shows before.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03'After you've done one or two shows'
0:09:03 > 0:09:05they seem as if they come to know what to expect
0:09:05 > 0:09:07and the sheep, they come to it.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09This year, the Royal Welsh is going to be the first show
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and only show, it's the only one we're doing.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Because of the weather, the lambs haven't been shown before
0:09:15 > 0:09:19so Roland has to make sure that they're looking at their very best.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20187.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22'When you come to the back ends,'
0:09:22 > 0:09:24you brush it down so it's nice and tidy
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and then brush it out, to get the wool to stick out
0:09:27 > 0:09:29so it gives the impression...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31You look at that, see it?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35And then you look from by there, and you brush it up.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39It makes it look a lot wider, so anyone standing beside the ring,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41"Duw, good arse on that."
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Out of all four lambs chosen for the show, Roland has his favourite.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I think we think he's our best lamb.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51He's got a cracking head on him.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Nice dark nose, good eye features,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57bold eye there. He's nice and white, naturally white.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01He's had no colouring whatsoever and from here to here, look,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04a hell of a good length to get the loin on him.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07That's what you want, when his offspring is going to come back,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11coming down the ladder to the plate, that's what you're looking at.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Really good tight skin, look.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Much tighter than the last one we had.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18You look there, you can see how tight it is.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Put your finger in, straight full.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Good back end, good, solid back end.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Good on his legs.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30What more do you want?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Should be the best lamb there.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34We'll wait and see!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Sunday morning and time to get things under way
0:10:47 > 0:10:50ready for the off for Royal Welsh week
0:10:50 > 0:10:53and this morning, Gina, Roland's wife, is in charge of the caravan.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58It is Roland's annual holiday!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I know we've got the sheep
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and we have to feed them and bed them and things,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06but it really is a holiday.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11It must be one of the focal points of Wales for the year
0:11:11 > 0:11:15because the Royal Welsh is, everybody gets together
0:11:15 > 0:11:17and everybody enjoys, I think.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20The only downside is, there might be a lot of farmers missing
0:11:20 > 0:11:24because they'll be busy doing silage
0:11:24 > 0:11:27but yes, the Royal Welsh I really enjoy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30SHEEP BLEAT
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Things are getting busy in the sheep shed
0:11:35 > 0:11:38and Roland has got some friends and fellow show competitors
0:11:38 > 0:11:43to give him a hand to prepare and load up, ready for the show.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46It's heavy. 70 kilos that's all it is.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Not far off from leaving
0:11:47 > 0:11:49but one job left to do.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Just about ready.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Change my shirt and my shoes, we'll be about ready. Are we going?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I'll send those sheep out now, change my shoes and be ready to go.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05And off they go.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Llanelwedd, here we come!
0:12:32 > 0:12:3624 hours prior to the first competition of the Royal Welsh Show
0:12:36 > 0:12:39and things are flat out at the show ground.
0:12:39 > 0:12:45Over the weekend, some 7,500 animals are making their way to Llanelwedd
0:12:45 > 0:12:47with over 3,000 of them being sheep.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Gina and Roland have found the pens
0:12:52 > 0:12:55which will be home for their lambs for the next four days.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01'Everything is about show up here. That's what we come here for.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05'It'll be a hard competition, I think.'
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Quite happy. They look all right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Don't know if they'll be champions
0:13:11 > 0:13:14but they'll be something we can be quite proud of.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Oh, Duw, Duw!
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Knackered already!
0:13:30 > 0:13:33It's been a busy day for both Gina and Roland
0:13:33 > 0:13:35and just the caravan to sort out
0:13:35 > 0:13:38before they can finally relax and start to unwind.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42'We used to find, every time we went off even for a day,
0:13:42 > 0:13:43'we'd go up to the Royal for a day
0:13:43 > 0:13:47'and whenever you come back the next day, there was always problems.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49'You'd come to the point, it was hardly worth going
0:13:49 > 0:13:52'cos you're always sorting problems out the next day.'
0:13:52 > 0:13:56It's a bit easier now with the shop, it's more in one place,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59it's not spread out like we were on the markets
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and working on the farm and doing everything. Yeah.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05It's more confined so I think it's easier, to be honest.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I don't particularly like hotels myself.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12When it's the caravan, it mightn't be much but it's ours,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14so I feel at home in it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18I'm more comfortable. Yes.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It is a week away, it's a holiday.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27It's one of those things, it's my holiday as well.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I won't cook a thing this week! It'll be lovely.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I try not to boil the kettle often.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Sunday night showing tomorrow, quiet night, supposed to be.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Let's hope it sticks to that.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Once tomorrow's over, then all the pressure's gone
0:14:43 > 0:14:46and then after, you've only got Tuesday, Wednesday
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and then Thursday. Itchy then, can't wait to go home.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59ANNOUNCER: 'He's making a final decision for,
0:14:59 > 0:15:04'is how suitable all of these turnouts would have been...'
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Monday morning and it's showtime.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11'..the four wheel vehicle, having matching tyres...'
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Today is a big day for the Watkins family.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18'It's a couple of hours till showing time.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22'Hopefully, I know everybody's saying, "Get the sun out,"
0:15:22 > 0:15:24'but hopefully it doesn't come too hot
0:15:24 > 0:15:26'that they start panting, and things,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29'before they go out, and get a little bit stressed
0:15:29 > 0:15:31'because they want to be outside.'
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Hopefully the animal will show itself
0:15:34 > 0:15:37but not to allow it just to stand there
0:15:37 > 0:15:39and look very docile, and things,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43it needs to look quite perky, you know?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It's his modelling career.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47SHE CHUCKLES
0:15:50 > 0:15:54The weather for the Royal Welsh week is better than expected.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Today, Reuben and his wife Marie
0:15:56 > 0:15:59take advantage of the break in the bad weather
0:15:59 > 0:16:02to visit the show with their two youngest children.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04This is our annual outing, innit? Come to the show.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Yes, to come to the show every year.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It's our anniversary today so she's happy, now,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12that I took her out for the day! No, I'm not happy yet!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Cos we haven't won anything yet, so I can't be happy yet, can I?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18She's not very happy cos I said I'm not coming up Thursday. No.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Cos we normally come out for the two days
0:16:20 > 0:16:22and I want to come back up Thursday
0:16:22 > 0:16:24but, obviously, with the weather being as it is,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27he's got to do the silage, so...I'll come up on me own.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Reuben works seven days a week on the farm
0:16:30 > 0:16:33so days like this are special for both him and his daughter Frances.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Will I stick it on for you?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38'It's very emotional to have a day here and there,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41'when I can catch one to spend time with her.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43'I don't see her, she's in school five days a week.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48'Otherwise, I wouldn't get to see her only in the evenings, when she's tired
0:16:49 > 0:16:51'so, we enjoy it when we can.'
0:16:53 > 0:16:55'It is very important for Aaron to have our time
0:16:55 > 0:16:58'because, obviously, Frances does take up a lot of our needs
0:16:58 > 0:17:00'because of how she is.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03'Erm, and he does get left out, you know?
0:17:03 > 0:17:08'It's important that he feels that he is still part of the family
0:17:08 > 0:17:11'and, also, sometimes, you know, he tends to think,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13' "Oh, you love Frances more than us."
0:17:13 > 0:17:15'You know, trying to explain that to him...'
0:17:15 > 0:17:17is a bit hard sometimes
0:17:17 > 0:17:19but, yeah, it is really important for him to know
0:17:19 > 0:17:23that we are still there for him as well as all the rest, isn't it?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Gina and Roland have been called into the sheep ring,
0:17:31 > 0:17:32ready for showing...
0:17:32 > 0:17:36..and things are a little tense.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Just hoop it. This is it...
0:17:39 > 0:17:41..now or never.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Which one am I...? Go in front Adam.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51They're not very well trained!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58After months of preparation and hard work,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01it's the moment of truth for the Watkins family.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06In total, there's a class of 97 rams to be judged.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15It's a huge competition,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20with the country's finest Texel yearling rams all in one show ring.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Good boy. Good boy.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Good boy.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34We got keep his halter on there - give him handles!
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Pressure's on and Reuben has arrived ringside
0:18:40 > 0:18:44just in the nick of time to keep a watchful eye on his brother.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49It's a long waiting game for everyone
0:18:49 > 0:18:51and tensions are running high.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01The judge has now eliminated half the class
0:19:01 > 0:19:04but it's good news as he's just put Roland's favourite ram
0:19:04 > 0:19:05through to the next round.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08'It's good to get this far, innit?'
0:19:08 > 0:19:11We'll see now.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14We'll see if we can get a card now - that's the next thing.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17It can only get better, eh? HE CHUCKLES
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Judge David McKerrow takes his time making his final choice.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The lambs are set loose to see what they're like on the move.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Will Roland's ram survive the next elimination?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yes, he's still in the final few!
0:19:44 > 0:19:48At last! The judges decision on the top ram goes to...
0:19:48 > 0:19:52..the Watkins. It's their first ever win at the Royal Welsh
0:19:52 > 0:19:55and a very emotional one for Roland, who is lost for words.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58First time ever, innit?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Just over the moon,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04to win the Royal Welsh, can't get any better than that, don't think.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09Just chuffed. Ah, this is good, this is good. It's well worth it, innit?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Yes. Better than the X Factor!
0:20:11 > 0:20:13SHE CHUCKLES
0:20:13 > 0:20:17I liked the length of him, and his skin, and he had a light male head.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20He was very male looking.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21The second lamb was a wee bit feminine -
0:20:21 > 0:20:24just a wee bit light, light of his bone -
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and that's what swayed me from between the two.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32It's been a long afternoon but a great day for the Watkins family.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36After ten years of showing their pedigree Texel sheep
0:20:36 > 0:20:39at the Royal Welsh Show, they finally have a first prize.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's certainly a day to remember for everyone.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Mavis!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46That's good!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48'You never expect to have a first -'
0:20:48 > 0:20:51you hope but you never expect.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56And when you do it is really emotional. Really lovely.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59I can't tell you what it's like, honestly.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I'm trying to put my rosettes now! SHE CHUCKLES
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Mine, not mine, the family's!
0:21:06 > 0:21:09This is the best we've had so far.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I mean, er, and that big class I got...
0:21:13 > 0:21:16pleased with that.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20A win at the Royal Welsh Show isn't complete without a celebration
0:21:20 > 0:21:24with fellow competitors and friends.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31We've had a card before
0:21:31 > 0:21:35but to have a first at the Royal Welsh, that's incredible.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37It really is.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40It's hard. You've seen the classes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Yes, everybody understands there's bloody good sheep there.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48It's actually quite emotional because it's something you don't expect.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51You hope for but you don't expect, so it is, yes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I said to Roland, oh, he's not going to have nothing,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57he's going to have a card but nothing, not more what he had.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01So I'm glad he's had something and, no, very good,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03very well done to him and the family of course, innit.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Flushed with their success,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Roland and Gina can relax now for the rest of the day.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Back at the family farm the work has to carry on.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22The good weather of the Royal Welsh week
0:22:22 > 0:22:24means the rest of the Watkins family
0:22:24 > 0:22:27can get on with some of the jobs they've had to put off.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30So, time to cut and harvest silage
0:22:30 > 0:22:33to ensure plenty of winter feed for the farm animals.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37And it's all hands on deck, including trainee butcher Luke.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I'm just a driver today.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Taking the bales from the field down to the bottom yard
0:22:43 > 0:22:45and Stuart's unloading them with the tractor.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49My dad's out, he's on the baler,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51so he's baling and wrapping in one field,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53and Gareth's down the other field.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54He's raking up, now,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58getting ready for Dad to go down there to get baling.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Then he got me and Stuart, then
0:23:00 > 0:23:03bringing them from the fields to the bottom yard
0:23:03 > 0:23:06ready to mature a bit, ready for the cows for the winter.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Rain's supposed to be coming in tomorrow. A lot of pressure.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13We've got to get all the bales off before the rain
0:23:13 > 0:23:17otherwise the tractor can't get back out here or the pickup.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Very wet farming in here.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Clay keeps the water,
0:23:20 > 0:23:25so once it rains we need two weeks of nice weather to get it dried back up
0:23:25 > 0:23:27so that we can get the tractors back on here.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Otherwise they'll be too much mud in the bales,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32they'll be no good for our cows.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36No feed for the cows, no animals for the butchery,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40no money for the workers, no money for no-one.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Farmhand Gareth is a key part of the team.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51'I started mowing, mowed the field Saturday,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54'er, and cos the weather was going to be good this week
0:23:54 > 0:23:56'we left it dry for couple of days.'
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Erm, but most farms round here, they'll probably get contractors
0:24:00 > 0:24:02but we do everything ourselves.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It saves a bit of money as well, see, and there's plenty of guys here
0:24:05 > 0:24:08and we're not having to wait around for people, see?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10So, it works out easier for us.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Every season Reuben would do the mowing,
0:24:12 > 0:24:16I'd come in, I'd turn the fields, turn them twice...
0:24:16 > 0:24:20er, and then I'd roll up and he'd be on the baler,
0:24:20 > 0:24:22he's always on the baler,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25so if something goes wrong I can't get blame then! HE CHUCKLES
0:24:27 > 0:24:29'Some takers, I think.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33'We had a big mow to do but I don't think we'll manage that before it rain
0:24:33 > 0:24:37So, we'll be more than halfway, we're getting on the three-quarters.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Turn bale to hay tomorrow, now, and we're nearly there.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45'I enjoy it because I'm on my own, you know.'
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I don't have anybody shouting at me, so...
0:24:48 > 0:24:49But, then again, it's,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52it's nice to be around everybody at same time, if you know what I mean?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55So, everybody's getting on with work, so...it is enjoyable.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Even though the silage making is keeping everyone busy,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Stuart has decided to take a day out from the farm
0:25:13 > 0:25:18and for the first time in 30 years has made his way to the Royal Welsh
0:25:18 > 0:25:20with his fiancee Moyer.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It hasn't changed much since the last time I was here! LAUGHS
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Hot and crowded!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27'We've been to the flowers,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30'we've seen a few of the flower displays, they were good.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32'And just general walk about, really.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35'See if there's any new, er, produce for the shop
0:25:35 > 0:25:37'and things like that, and see what's about.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39'We walked around first thing this morning'
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and we've got a lot of the things in the shop.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45There's a lot we have got already, so...looking for new things, really.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50But how have things been at home while Roland's been away?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52'Oh, peaceful!' STUART LAUGHS
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I just want to say, a pity! No, it is.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59No shouting, everybody's calm! THEY LAUGH
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Till Friday.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02HE LAUGHS
0:26:02 > 0:26:03'What happens on Friday?'
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Well, he's home Friday! Yes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11We'll be on the ball tomorrow, now. Everything will be in its place!
0:26:11 > 0:26:13And then he'll always find something.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15He will, he'll find something, I know he will!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's the end of the Royal Welsh week
0:26:25 > 0:26:29and for both Gina and Roland it's been a week to remember.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36'It's been a really lovely week weather-wise, it's been fantastic.'
0:26:36 > 0:26:40It's a real big social event. It's been very good, innit?
0:26:40 > 0:26:41You can't walk anywhere
0:26:41 > 0:26:44without meeting up with somebody you know and having a chat.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45You says, "I'll meet you in ten minutes"
0:26:45 > 0:26:50and it takes two hours to get there because you get talking to somebody! HE LAUGHS
0:26:50 > 0:26:52That's the worst problem, probably.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54But, no, it's been really good.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I don't know where she is taking me tonight
0:26:56 > 0:26:59because it's our wedding anniversary today!
0:26:59 > 0:27:02She hasn't said that she's taking out. SHE LAUGHS
0:27:02 > 0:27:06I was expecting a real romantic planned evening, you know?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09But it looks as if it's up to me again!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You don't believe that, do you? THEY LAUGH
0:27:23 > 0:27:27It's three years since the Watkins took the big decision
0:27:27 > 0:27:28to build the farm shop.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32It's provided stability and work for the extensive Watkins clan.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38When they started, they couldn't be sure what the outcome would be
0:27:38 > 0:27:43but, for Roland, it was a risk worth taking.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46When we first started on this project, it was a big project,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51we didn't envisage spending half the money what we spent on it
0:27:51 > 0:27:55but, er, looking back over the time, er,
0:27:55 > 0:28:00I think it was the right thing to do to secure a future for the family
0:28:00 > 0:28:04cos there's a lot of family members working here. I think it was.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06It makes the business more substantial
0:28:06 > 0:28:09than what we were doing before, out of markets and things.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12You could quarrel with the toby and be kicked off the market.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Well, that can't happen by here.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18So, I think it's put a much more secure future for the family
0:28:18 > 0:28:22and that was what the aim of the whole thing was.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27If my mother had been alive she'd be as pleased as punch.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35I couldn't even tell you how much.
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