0:00:04 > 0:00:09Aberdeen Harbour, on the North East coast of Scotland.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10FOGHORN
0:00:11 > 0:00:14One of Britain's oldest businesses.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's just like a conveyor belt, it just never stops.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And one of Europe's most modern ports.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21You've got clearance to sail now.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24This is a glimpse into a hidden world...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26On our way. He's under the bell now.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..of men and women who keep the harbour running.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It's what you would call a typical woman.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34I'm a poor defenceless female, so watch it.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35..24 hours a day...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Things change like...
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's getting on for a force 10 now.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Hang fire on that bell.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47This is just madness.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49..365 days a year.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Goodbye, cruel world!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- God, just from breathing it. - Jimmy!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- How are you, my friend? - It has been my pleasure.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00The Harbour.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03FOGHORN
0:01:12 > 0:01:15The sheltered estuary of the River Dee
0:01:15 > 0:01:18has been used as a fishing base for thousands of years.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Until very recently,
0:01:23 > 0:01:28fishing was an important part of the city's industrial heritage.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Not any more.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36These days, only two or three fishing boats
0:01:36 > 0:01:40dock at Aberdeen Harbour with any regularity.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And the number of processing factories
0:01:44 > 0:01:48has dwindled from 250 to less than 30.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50How's that for quality?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53You wouldn't like to meet him on a dark night, would you?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Alex Ferguson, or Fergie,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59is the factory manager at Andrew Christie Junior,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03a family-owned fish processor.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06And for all those who work there, it's an early start.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11There's people in at five in the morning, taking fish in
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and setting up the factory.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The rest of the workers come in at 6 o'clock.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Oh, a lie in!
0:02:23 > 0:02:257 o'clock.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27LAUGHS
0:02:28 > 0:02:29I canna lie in my bed.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I'm that used to getting up early, even on a Sunday.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Arthur has worked in this factory for how long? 34 years.
0:02:36 > 0:02:3834 years.
0:02:38 > 0:02:4034 years.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It just feels like yesterday.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Most of the fish they process comes from the market in Peterhead.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Some tusk, nice pollock.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Beautiful cod, look at that.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59That's the cat fish getting packed in there. Beautiful.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03He came in here at half past ten. Right?
0:03:03 > 0:03:09It's now 10 past 12, that's the same fish going back on that lorry
0:03:09 > 0:03:10and away to France.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Filleting, the skinning, the packing, the icing,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17all that in under two hours.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19You canna get fresher than that.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22SEAGULLS
0:03:25 > 0:03:26INDISTINCT TANNOY VOICE
0:03:26 > 0:03:28'Just a phone call from BP, they want you back.'
0:03:28 > 0:03:33It's Ralph Greig's first day at his new job as a trainee pilot.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36What's the supplier doing out there at the entrance?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And he's learning how to drive a ship.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42In the simulator.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43'We just spend all day going out,'
0:03:43 > 0:03:46turn around and coming back in again,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48get on the berth, turn around going back out again.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50LAUGHS
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Well do it till he's sick of doing it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Till he gets it right, is that right?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01His trainer, Colin MacRonald, went to sea when he was just 16.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Dinna run ahead till you're ready. - Yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And there's not much he doesn't know about boats.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09'What tricks is he going to play on me?'
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I've taken his bow thruster away from him.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15He's still using it,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17but it 'aint working.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Oh yeah, the instructor always wins.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22A bow thruster failure
0:04:22 > 0:04:25makes it tricky to move around a confined space like the harbour.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29It's been over two minutes
0:04:29 > 0:04:31and Ralph still hasn't noticed.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32'It's all about awareness.'
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Look at what your instruments are telling you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Something not going according to plan here.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43'Engine room don't seem to have a bow thruster.'
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I told you he had something up his sleeve.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I don't want him to have a go at it and see if he can do it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48That's not what he's here for,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51he's got to make a right decision when things go wrong.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Keep your eye one downer, please, we'll stop a couple of metres off.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58He just has to slow down a little bit.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02You only get that with your frights and the mistakes you make.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03He'll get his frights.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Ralph used to work at VTS or vessel traffic services,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13the nerve centre of the harbour.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Now that he's gone, there's a vacancy
0:05:18 > 0:05:21which Ellen Haugland is hoping to fill.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27And her training involves spending a few hours in the harbour itself.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31I'll join the pilot,
0:05:31 > 0:05:36I'll go on board the vessel and see how it is to go in the entrance,
0:05:36 > 0:05:41to see how it is sailing here because I've never been here before.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Ellen has worked on large passenger and cargo vessels all over the world.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53But it's still an experience being battered by the North Sea.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Ooh!
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Like many ex-sailors, she swapped a life at sea for a family
0:06:08 > 0:06:10and misses her first love.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It was nice to be on board a ship again.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16It's something I always long for.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21But being a VTS officer is almost the same
0:06:21 > 0:06:24just not with the rough seas and the bad weather.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28Here, at VTS,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32is where Ellen will undergo three weeks of intensive training.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35If she's successful,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39she'll become the harbour's first female VTS controller.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42'I think it will be more weird for them.'
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I'm told they are old dinosaurs,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47but I'm used to that.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53So you can have somebody coming in now...
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Ellen has to learn the names of the individual quays
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and the measurements of each of the 50 or so berths.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03We have Malaviya Nineteen with the Malaviya Twenty.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05We have the Malaviya Twenty Nine now,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09not to be confused with the ASSO Twenty Two and the ASSO Twenty Five etc.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13It takes a long time to become completely confident.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19Taking a deep breath and I'm in charge.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33175 miles out at sea,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36the Bibby Sapphire is bracing itself for a Force Ten.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41We need to make sure all loose gear's lashed,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44make sure everything's shipshape and Bristol fashion
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and we'll be fine.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51In theory, there's not a storm that could affect the dive support vessel.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55But it's not something that ship's master Hugh Jones
0:07:55 > 0:07:56would like to put to the test.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- 16.5 metres was the rise and fall of the lower deck. - Not a bad guess, was it?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Everything should be secure, especially in the cabin.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Everyone on board is suffering,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12including saturation diver Terry Dearlove.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's bad news, it just wrecks everything.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Everybody just runs for cover.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23You're better off just staying in the cabin or staying out the way.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Walking around the ship in extreme weather conditions is
0:08:26 > 0:08:28an art form all the seamen have mastered.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Proper on the sea, I can't walk.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Make way. I'm coming in for the milk.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43BELL RINGS
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Running the ship when it's this rough is also a challenge
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and it's going to become a whole lot worse.
0:08:57 > 0:09:03- RADIO:- New storm warnings over the coast of Sweden.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08That's the Scandinavian coast guards putting out a storm warning.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11It's a race against time to strap down everything before
0:09:11 > 0:09:13the full force of the storm hits.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42At the harbour, Ellen's continuing her training
0:09:42 > 0:09:45under VTS controller Barry Sanderline.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50- He just said, would he get in on arrival. - OK then. I'll do my very best now.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It's not like any other port, really
0:09:53 > 0:09:57because things change like yon.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Aberdeen VTS. Who's calling?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Copy, VTS. Good afternoon.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07We're approaching the North Pier. Over.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Already, Ellen's floundering.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Now I've got someone, I don't know who it is.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14That's fine, if it's busy just tell them
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- to be aware of any moving traffic. - Yeah. OK.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21If it's all quiet, it's OK and I can think, but if we have
0:10:21 > 0:10:25people in the room, talking, it's very hard to concentrate.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30There's a lot for Ellen to take in.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The boatman will have to,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34first of all, let the Island Empress go to Pocra Quay.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And then go around, let go of the ASSO 25s,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41then the Empress will go quayside and the ASSO 25 will go second left.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Please, say that again.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48THEY LAUGH
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I remember after my first week here,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I had to go and lie down in a darkened room for about
0:10:53 > 0:10:5612 hours to recover my composure when I got home.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58RADIO CHATTER
0:10:58 > 0:11:01One of the problems with on-the-job training is that everyone
0:11:01 > 0:11:03can overhear your mistakes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And boatman Alan Cowper draws his own conclusions.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31She doesnae listen, that's what's wrong.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Half the time she doesnae listen properly
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It's fit you'd call a typical woman.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42But Ellen's not the only one who doesn't listen.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Eh?! Oh.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Towards the end of her shift, Ellen's feeling more confident.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55VTS?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Yes, OK you have my permission.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02But Barry's not convinced.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04She's a mile away.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Really, she's got three weeks of training to do,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12and from my own experience, I would say she'll need all of that.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20At the Crown and Anchor, barmaid Val Morrison is doing another shift.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22So fit are yas daeing yersel?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Fit een are you awa, John? - Well Enhancer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Is the Well Enhancer coming in? Aye here?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Oh, spot on, I'll see all my boys today!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Will I phone the bridge and get them to put a tannoy out?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37There's a lot of nice looking guys come in here,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39they're really nice looking.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41But it disnae mean to say I'd be running after them,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43chasing after them, ken.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I'm a poor defenceless female, so watch it.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- LAUGHTER - Dinna start!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50But at my age, I wouldn't be able to run affa quick
0:12:50 > 0:12:52so I'd hae to stop after a few paces and say "Hey!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54"Could you wait for me?!"
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Despite being just across from the harbour,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00not all of her customers are seafarers.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So what are yous doing here in Aberdeen then?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05We've come to Morris dance.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Oh, you're joking! We've never had Morris dancers in. Never.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15You're our first Morris Dancers in, my darling.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I like somebody you can actually have a laugh and a joke with
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and has kinda got the same daft sense of humour as I've got.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- There's nothing better than dancing. - Oh!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29And dancing closely with a woman.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- You're nae getting a dance from me, you little- BLEEP,
0:13:31 > 0:13:32so you can forget that!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And I like somebody that you can turn roond
0:13:35 > 0:13:37and say onything you like tul.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- The only poker you'll get is one oot the fire. - LAUGHTER
0:13:40 > 0:13:43But even with Val, there's a more reflective side.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I've been psychic since I've been six years old.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51You! You are just so full of devilment, it's unreal.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53You have been since you been a kid.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55But you know something, he likes fun,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57but he's a very private person as well.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00You're spot on.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I've never gone by looks - cos I had a nice looking husband
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- and he was just an- BLEEP.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Before they leave, the Morris dancers have a treat.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12THEY SING
0:14:12 > 0:14:15A preview of their concert on Saturday.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26ALL: And flick!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28APPLAUSE
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Out in the North Sea, the storm is raging.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And the crew of the Bibby Sapphire are steeling themselves
0:14:39 > 0:14:42for a turbulent few days.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44How much movement have we got on the DP now?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46How much are we moving from centre point?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- Eight metres.- On the helideck?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53But they can't go back
0:14:53 > 0:14:56until they finish the job they were contracted to do.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Most of the boats that didn't have to be out,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02they'll have gone in for shelter into Aberdeen Bay.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It'll be nice, it'll be quite comfortable in there.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07A lot more comfortable than we are, that's for sure.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Terry's weathering the storm in the confines of his cabin.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Here we go.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29But for deck foreman Ian Buchanan, it's work as usual.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Ah, for- BLEEP- sake!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38The white containers, which have broken free,
0:15:38 > 0:15:43are salt sacks with used Sodasorb, a filter for the divers' gas.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46We could try and stack some of them up here.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55But no-one wants to end up overboard.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It's too dangerous to go out there and tidy them up.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We'll wait till the weather calms down.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Yes, it's as bad as you want it to be out here.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17This is just madness. Mother nature at her worst.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23I think we're the probably the only vessel out in the North Sea,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25unless you're a fisherman, and you're mental.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57A few weeks after she first started her VTS training,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Ellen has her final assessment.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07At the beginning it was totally almost catastrophic.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Everything was happening in my head,
0:17:08 > 0:17:14and I couldn't manage to understand what was happening.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It was very confusing.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21But now the two last days have been not so busy, and then today,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I felt that I could manage.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27The examiners will test, among other things, her general
0:17:27 > 0:17:31knowledge of the harbour and emergency procedures.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- Ellen, would you like to come up? - Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39If she's successful, she'll be allowed to work in VTS on her own.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48At the fish processor's, it's business as usual.
0:17:51 > 0:17:58We've only got a few Scottish people working here now.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Arthur Stewart is one of them.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05There's no many of us left - we're like the Siberian Tiger.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Basically, they don't want to work in fish factories.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15There's a lot of other industries in Aberdeen.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Oil related work. We can't compete with that.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I think oota all my friends,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I'm the only one who never went offshore.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Everyone of them tried it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33The difference in wages is just colossal.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36No-one wants to come here
0:18:36 > 0:18:39and stand in the freezing cauld in the winter.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44My son came in here when he was 16 years old.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49And he was doing this job here and he turned round to me
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and says, I ain't staying here I'm not doing
0:18:53 > 0:18:55this for the rest of my life I'm out of here.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58They go to the toilet and you never see them again.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00HE LAUGHS
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I always think they built a big black hole in the toilet
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- they fall through and get lost! - HE LAUGHS
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Pavel and the rest of you girls and I'll get a couple of loons on here.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18There are around 35 people working in the factory,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21most of them from Eastern Europe.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23To be quite honest, if it wasn't for them,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25it would be very difficult to run my business.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27This is Pavel.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I don't speak English very well.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33He speaks English very, very well, he asked for a pay rise last week.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38These people are so keen to work.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41If you ask these people to start at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, they'll
0:19:41 > 0:19:45be standing out there at quarter past five, waiting to get in.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Ellen has passed, but her first solo shift has been delayed.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00They just said, we've all been through this.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I've been sitting in a dark room - and they all say that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11I guess they know how it feels after only ten days.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14SHE LAUGHS
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I'm doing the best I can.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Instead, she'll spend one more night supervised
0:20:21 > 0:20:23by another VTS controller.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Out at sea, the worst of the storm is finally over
0:20:36 > 0:20:40and the crew are having to deal with its aftermath.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I've come to the gym to do a little bit of exercise.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Somebody had a party here last night.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Don't know what's gone on.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I think it might have something to do with the weather, though.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Oh, man.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Nowhere on board has escaped unscathed.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59It's all collapsed and smashed to bits.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I think it's a bad time now to ask one of the Filipinos
0:21:04 > 0:21:06if me washing's ready!
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The calm weather means it's back to work as usual.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12And once the job's finished,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15the Bibby Sapphire can finally head back to port.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I think I've packed my bags three times already.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23HE LAUGHS
0:21:29 > 0:21:35It's the night shift at VTS and Ralph arrives to supervise Ellen.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I'll just let you carry on, I'll go get my sleeping bag.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43But there won't be much rest for either of them.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I'm only looking at the next 20 minutes
0:21:46 > 0:21:51because otherwise I'll get, yeah, it looks very busy.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I might have to just wander away and go home!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57We'll be ready in 20 minutes for you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Don't tell me, oh, this is a calm night.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04This is not a calm night shift.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06HE LAUGHS
0:22:06 > 0:22:10You can never guarantee a quiet night. Never.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Quay 3, we'll be ready in 20 minutes.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15But the intensive training has paid off
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and Ellen is managing without any help.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20You have your clearance to the cut.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Please stand by, we'll see when you can get you in, yes.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Thank you.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28More pilot jobs.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31And Ralph's beginning to wonder
0:22:31 > 0:22:33if he might not be more useful elsewhere.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35There are boats on that list that need piloting at the moment.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I could do most of them.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41RADIO: Can we get a pilot any time soon?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Not any time, we're quite busy right now.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I think it will be after midnight.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50We will send you out, Ralph.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53If we had two pilots out you'd be sat with your feet up on the desk
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- reading the newspaper! - HE LAUGHS
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Sure. Are you going to be here tomorrow night?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04If you're happy enough to sit up here by yourself,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08with me at the end of the phone if required.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12That's the way it will work.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23At the Crown and Anchor, Val is still fending off potential suitors.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Will I fit? - Would you fall in love with us?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Would I fall in love with you? No, darling,
0:23:28 > 0:23:29you'll need to join the queue.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Tons and tons and tons. I just knock them back,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I really knock 'em back.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38It's lovely though. Even at my age, they still ask you.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- But I think he's- BLEEP,- so...
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- Speckled Hen?- Two!- Two!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48The Morris dancers are back.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50And this time, they've brought a few more friends.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Val!- Yes, darling! - This dance is for you.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Oh, thank you, my darling!
0:23:56 > 0:24:00A dance entitled 'The Wee Fair Maid With A Sharp Tongue!'
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Mind you I hiv!
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- I'll give you a wee sharp tongue you fat... - LAUGHTER
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Dance By The Little Fat- BLEEP. - Carry on!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19She may be the belle of the Crown and Anchor,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22but Val is relishing the single life.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I'm happy coming hame at nights. My hoose is the same way I left it.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I've naebody arguing with me,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29saying "Far hiv you been tul this time a morning?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Far hiv you bin? You working again?!
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I've naebody to answer tul but me.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Her 11-year marriage ended badly
0:24:38 > 0:24:40and there hasn't been anyone serious since.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I just turned roond and said one night, enough is enough.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I canna stand this no more.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51And I took my son and I took myself and I left.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And I vowed nae man would ever lift a hand to me
0:24:54 > 0:24:57in my lifetime ever again. Never.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06And I thought, right, you change your life.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And I did.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13# Cos, I can't help
0:25:13 > 0:25:20# Falling in love with you. #
0:25:20 > 0:25:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:23 > 0:25:27'It was actually the pub that helped me.'
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Thank you very much!
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It's been my pleasure.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35That was my turning point in my life.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40All these beards! All these beards!
0:25:40 > 0:25:45And that's me, ha! That's my life.'
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- My darlings!- See ya!- See ya. - Yeah. Take care!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07For the crew of the Bibby Sapphire,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Aberdeen Harbour is finally within sight.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I'm just looking at the golf course and getting pangs.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Smack one off the helideck.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23He's going in, then the guy closest to us - he'll be going in
0:26:23 > 0:26:26at some stage and once he's picked his pilot up, it'll be our turn.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32After 38 days at sea, Terry's becoming impatient.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35We've got another ten minutes before we get in.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Got me phone, we've got four signals,
0:26:37 > 0:26:38that means we're nearly there.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40I've got me passport. I'm ready for off.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I just can't wait to get off the gangway and get on the plane.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47And then we'll just starburst our different ways.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53That was the crew wondering which quay we're going to
0:26:53 > 0:26:55so they can order taxis to go home.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I don't get to do this very often.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- They're all queuing up to get on. - Yeah, bless them!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Take it in without a bump, that's the whole idea.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Like most of the crew,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Terry's looking forward to seeing his family again.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45My daughter, she was 18 last Saturday.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48I thought I'd make that but I missed it.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50But it's just one of them things.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I mean I'm not going to get that back, but obviously
0:27:52 > 0:27:55when I get home, she can take me out for a pint now she's 18.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I know she missed me because she wanted me to be there,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04but I promised her I'd be home for Christmas this year,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07so I think I'll be sticking to that promise.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Coming up, Doug Rennie visits a fish auction.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Yes!
0:28:21 > 0:28:2260 to 94!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Chaplain Howard Drysdale's feeling stressed.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27I'm not getting any younger, Brian. HE LAUGHS
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And a supply ship heads out to the rigs.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34We're like the milkman - we deliver on a daily basis.
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