0:00:30 > 0:00:33Summer is a busy time for farmers.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36And it's not bad for builders either.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48We're restoring this Pembrokeshire farmhouse to its former glory.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51It was built around 1840,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54although its been extended over the years.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56It was in a fairly bad state when I bought it,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00and some parts were in serious need of some restoration.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03In last week's programme, we conceded defeat
0:01:03 > 0:01:07over the historic, but rather leaky old roof.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We decided to demolish it and replace the whole thing,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12which we hadn't bargained for.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Initially, we planned to get the house finished in 12 months,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19but the roof has already put us badly behind schedule.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23We're five months into the job already.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Who could not...
0:01:26 > 0:01:29..hope to be impressed
0:01:29 > 0:01:32by such a roof? Just look at it.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36It's the sort of Sistine Chapel of farmhouse roofs there.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41When it was originally constructed, they're using the same process now,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44the great commodity that was available to them was labour.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47There were no machines, so everything was hand cut.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50This is what we're reproducing here.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Those beautiful chestnut laths there which have to be split carefully.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57As a result they have that organic look.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Each tile is hand shaped and cut,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03so that they diminish and fit in. It's an extraordinary skill,
0:02:03 > 0:02:09which is taking quite a long time to achieve, so I'm told.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13It seems to sort of, still be moving fairly slowly.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And apart from that,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20it's open to question whether we're going to cover it
0:02:20 > 0:02:22with a layer of cement.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The debate on whether it's right or not is still ongoing.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31I can't believe that when farmers were building their houses,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35that they would put slate on there and then cover them in lime,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38or even point them up with lime.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I just can't see why people would do that.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45For one, the expense. And two, why do it on a brand new material?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Even if the slate was that bad, it should last 25 - 30 years.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52So I think we've jumped on 50 or 60 years,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55by putting lime in the joint straight away.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Originally, I think it would have been just slate.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Once the slate or pegs started to slide, or slip,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04then a lime mortar would be pointed in.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07In another 50 or 60 years time,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10the lime would be poured over the top as a seal.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I think that's the process.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18It's been a constant test trying to work with lots of wobbly lines,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22all trying to turn into something lovely like that. It is working.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We're coming up with some beautiful results.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Ah, a good slab.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36There's been water coming down the chimney for years.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42There's lots going on in the house.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Rainy days mean we've been working indoors.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We got a lot of preparation done indoors.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I brought in some extra stone workers
0:03:52 > 0:03:55to work on the outbuilding and extension.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57So lots of changes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I'm at the loft now, aren't I?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06What you realise is that this is going to be quite tight.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07It's going to be quite snug.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10It's an amazing thing to see it made of stone.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13It's a bit of a jumble, isn't it?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17There is a method to it. You have the two outside skins.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20The internal part is infilled with loose stone.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23You use the minimum amount of mortar in there.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25That stops the moisture tracking straight through.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29If you built it solidly, the moisture from the rain outside
0:04:29 > 0:04:31could pull through to the inside.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36The system you're using is the same as stonebuilders have used...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38..for a thousand years.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Yeah. Yes, it is. Yes, we work on places, sometimes they use soil,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46you know, as the mortar.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Those places have lasted hundreds of years.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53There's nothing modern that can improve this process?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55No, nothing modern suits this.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's the right material for the job, and that's it.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- You don't think it'll leak? - No, guaranteed, it won't leak.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Guaranteed it won't leak. Good.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08That's on film by the way, as well.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11You'll cut that bit out, I'm sure.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17One building on the farm that fascinates me is the mill.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22It was used to grind cattle feed. When the farm became mechanised,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25the mill wheel and all the internal workings were removed
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and the building was used as a simple storage shed.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I wonder if it could be restored.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I'm not thinking about cattle feed or bread though,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36just my electricity bill.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41I could use it to generate power for the house or something.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Peter George, who farms on my land, has taken some time off
0:05:47 > 0:05:53to bring me up to his in-laws' farm, where he has a surprise for me.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That's it!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02They are the original millstones from Trehilyn.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09It clearly weighs a few ton. Look at that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Peter, the obvious question is why did they come to be up here?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I'm not sure.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Whether it was part payment for something or other, I'm not sure.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Can I buy these off you? I don't know how I'd ever get them down.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Would they be for sale, these two big things?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Well, yes. That's where they rightfully belong.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Goodness knows what I'm going to do with them.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'm not going to start grinding cattle feed.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's just a question of completeness.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47But I think there might be more to it than just the stones.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50100 years ago, virtually every farm in this area
0:06:50 > 0:06:52would have had its own mill.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Now, there's only one left,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56which belongs to my neighbour, John Harries.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00His father restored it in the 1980s as a hobby,
0:07:00 > 0:07:05although sadly, it has now fallen into disuse all over again.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Look at this. Now. - This is the inside of the mill.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- That's the complete machinery. - It's all there, yes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20The big cog there takes the drive from the water wheel itself.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- And the actual milling is done on a first floor.- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- And these are the housings for the millstones.- Yes.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36The grain is fed down into the centre of the stone,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39and that feeds it out and carries it around the box
0:07:39 > 0:07:41until it goes down the chute.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45It's as ingenious as a combine harvester or something like that.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It was in its time.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51But built specifically for this area.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53For the surrounding farms, yes.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57It had to be custom made to fit the way the river went,
0:07:57 > 0:08:02and the barn and where it could be fitted in and so on.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06A huge amount of investment in order to make it work.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It's like Little John and Robin Hood, this!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Here's the wheel.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It's well overgrown.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27And there's the pit and the leat, high, coming right across the top,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31with enough gravity to push the wheel round.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33But not much water.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I imagined the leat would be a great big stream pushing through.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40One paddle overflows into the next
0:08:40 > 0:08:43until there's enough there to get it going.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Then there's a fast turn or two, and then it slows down
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- and the momentum... - Keeps it chugging along.- Yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55It's interesting to see, but I'm not sure.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It's a very complex thing to build, isn't it?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And a very complex thing to maintain.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03And a highly involving hobby, I'm sure.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06if you're prepared to put it in.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08But it's not really going to give you much power
0:09:08 > 0:09:12to run even a fridge freezer, I shouldn't think.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Back at my place, Nathan the carpenter has a cunning plan
0:09:17 > 0:09:20for restoring the rotten floor joists.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26I'm using a decorated floor joist. I don't want to take them all out.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I want to try and keep them, if we can.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34Basically, you've got to reinforce them with steel bars and a resin.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38There's not a great deal you have to lose off the timber
0:09:38 > 0:09:41before you're back into good solid stuff.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48This way, you can actually hide the steel inside the timber,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52so nobody knows it's there. All you see is a new piece of timber
0:09:52 > 0:09:56joining an old piece of timber on a straight joint.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59It's totally hidden, which is an advantage
0:09:59 > 0:10:02to having a steel plate on the side of it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Downstairs in the entrance hall, we have more problems with the floor.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11These terracotta tiles are bigger than a standard quarry tile.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14They're more chunky.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18But it was still bumpy nevertheless and we discovered why.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20The answer is underneath these tiles.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24It's a tree root that's pushing everything up.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Look at that. Can we look at that?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Look, not only that, it's a tree root that's sprouting.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's sprouting.
0:10:32 > 0:10:40In London now, they're actually cutting down huge sways of trees,
0:10:40 > 0:10:47because insurance companies are refusing to back paying insurance.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50So London is in danger of losing trees.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54But what can we do? I don't approve of cutting down trees.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56This is coming from an elm tree.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00We need to find out what's the best way to go about dealing with this.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02That's not just like a threat.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05That's like the Rocky Horror Show coming up!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14All of the buildings on the farm are made from stone,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18which would have been found lying around in the fields
0:11:18 > 0:11:20and was probably the only material to hand.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25But even so, what strikes me is that even the most rudimentary sheds
0:11:25 > 0:11:28were built with a sense of permanence.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31The confidence of the builders was supreme.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37I think these buildings are like our pyramids,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39because when this building...
0:11:39 > 0:11:43This is only the outhouse of the farmhouse. It's nothing special.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47The other farm yard buildings were similarly put together,
0:11:47 > 0:11:51but the physical capability that has to go into making this
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and the planning that went into it, quite carefully done,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58is something that said that we're optimistic about the future.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00We're putting down these buildings
0:12:00 > 0:12:04because they have a relationship to the work that's done here
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and they're going to be something fairly permanent.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09This is an enormous piece of stone.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Just lifting one of these stones and building these walls
0:12:13 > 0:12:16required an enormous amount of care and attention.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20By contrast, this building, which was built in the 1960s.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There are many modern buildings, agricultural buildings,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26which are a good deal better than this one.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28But it tells us the difference.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31This building was built as an expediency.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36It has no permanency or sense of the future. It's just for now.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It will do.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44And that's why these old buildings need preserving.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Coming from Essex, where the stuff is as rare as a pair of flat shoes,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53stone fascinates me.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Here we are, Sid. Does this look like local rock to you?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I think they're all local rock types.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04- You've got your rhiolites up there. - That's very hard, is it, rhiolite?
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I's harder than hardened steel. I'll demonstrate that with my hammer.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You take the hammer and you...
0:13:12 > 0:13:17..rub across the edge like that and you get down to fresh steel.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19That means that the rhiolite
0:13:19 > 0:13:23is harder than the hardened steel of this geologists hammer.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25This shows my ignorance.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I assumed when I saw these flat edges to these rocks
0:13:28 > 0:13:31that they'd probably been cut to be like that.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33But that's not necessarily true.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Those will be the cooling contraction joints.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Those are the fractures that form
0:13:39 > 0:13:42when the rocks cooled and contracted.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45So you do get quite regular patterns produced by that process.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48So the people building this wall
0:13:48 > 0:13:51were looking for naturally shaped pieces of rock.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55They'd say, "Here's a piece with a good flat surface. We'll use that."
0:13:55 > 0:14:00- That's coming from the natural process that created this rock.- Yes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Sid and I are going to explore the local geology up on the Garn.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Back at the house, Dan has uncovered a lovely original window.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15It's one of many that will need repairing or replacing.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Our hearts are in old buildings.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53We want to do a proper job that will stand the test of time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57You go to an antiques shop, buy a grandfather clock.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00You put it in your hallway, it's your pride and joy.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04You're not buying that grandfather clock, you're a custodian of it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10It's your duty to give it that care for the next generation.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15So that old cottage, it doesn't have to be big,
0:15:15 > 0:15:20but those little features, like the horsehair in the plaster,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23you try and keep as much of that as you can.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Because it's a breathing, living thing, in a romantic way,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30and it can carry on going along.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Just as I see now, where a carpenter 300 years ago
0:15:35 > 0:15:38did his bit with an axe, I leave my own mark.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43So I know someone like myself in 300 years will see them and think,
0:15:43 > 0:15:50"I'm the first guy to touch these since that carpenter made them."
0:15:51 > 0:15:54That's what fires you up and keeps you going.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The landscape was worked by the sea.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16The sea level was much higher than the land.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19The places where we're sitting would have been islands
0:16:19 > 0:16:21sticking out of that very ancient sea.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27More recently, glaciers were coming out of the mountains in Scotland,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29the Lake District, Snowdonia,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31and were feeding down into the Irish Sea.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35As the ice melted, stones were scattered around,
0:16:35 > 0:16:40which would have been cleared to create this pattern of the fields.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41What sort of time was that?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46The Ice Age. Two-million years ago until ten-thousand years ago.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48So it's pretty recent.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55These blocks were too big to shift when they made the coast path.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56And what are these?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59This is an example of the dolerite.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01This is the famous blue stone.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It's not the famous blue stone,
0:17:03 > 0:17:05but it is the dolerite in your buildings.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10- When was this formed? - 470 million years ago.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Roughly where the Antarctic peninsula is today.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Really? - I'll show you on the map.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21It's made its way here just by the earth's crust moving around?
0:17:21 > 0:17:26The movements of the plates that make up the earth's crust.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29If you want to remove this, you could lever these out
0:17:29 > 0:17:32and you would end up with God's building blocks?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36You'd need to get several crowbars in there,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38lever it out into the path here
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and then the problem would be getting it up the hill.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- It's heavy stuff? - Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47About a metre cube of that will weigh 2.7 tonnes.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50A metre cube? That's only...
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It's about the size of this block here.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Goodness. It's a good stuff to make houses out of.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Your houses will resist things being smashed into them.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Just as well.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Colin is still clearing away the rubbish around the farm
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and this seems to be taking forever.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- What have you discovered? - More farm machinery.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34We've found a lot more plastic.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It can all go for recycling.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41At least one Morris Minor type car.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- A car? - Yes.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- At least one? - Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Not many more skips. Probably another five skips, at the most.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03And then we'll do a tour of the place and see what we can find,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- just check we've cleared it all up. - Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:25There could be as many as 50 million waste tyres on UK farms.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31I think we've got about 25 million of them here.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55That's not going to look good on camera!
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Now this is what I really want to see,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04something going back, instead of being scrapped.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09This is one of the windows going in the front elevation of the house.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12It's a box sash.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16All we've done at the moment is put a coat of undercoat on it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I believe it's linseed oil based.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21We have to put these inside, as usual.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And then the boxes, inside.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29And this is one of the sashes, which is going in there.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33They've tried their best to match the mould
0:20:33 > 0:20:36on the new, exactly the same as the old.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40And the actual shape of the horns as well on the end, to match.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44This one is another new window.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It's a casement, which is going in the tin extension.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52We haven't matched anything with these. These are an old design.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Just on the edge, we've added a water groove.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02The only reason we've done that is you can use up to date methods
0:21:02 > 0:21:04which are better methods than the old windows.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06The water used to come in,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10but now if you can upgrade a window to stop the water coming in,
0:21:10 > 0:21:15I don't see a problem, as long as the design is the same.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20We've found a solution to the tree roots growing under the house,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22but it requires drastic action.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28We'd recommend they were dismantled, or reduced in size.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I would imagine these, further along the wall, could stay,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34but I think this one should be dealt with,
0:21:34 > 0:21:39so the branches don't encroach on the house and cause damage.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Is that elm useful for anything? - It is very useful.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- Furniture, perhaps.- It does have that potential. Indeed it does.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51At last, the roof is finished.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54And though it's put us way behind schedule,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I think it's worth it 'cause it looks great.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01But not all traditional coverings are 470 million years old.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04We've decided to use another material
0:22:04 > 0:22:07for finishing the extension.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12It's hardy, pliable and in its own way as traditional as lime render.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Corrugated iron.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Timber's quite a controversial material on these old buildings
0:22:21 > 0:22:27because the only reason it was used was to go over the thatch
0:22:27 > 0:22:29to stop the roof leaking.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34After the thatch had gone, it would give it an extra 5-10 years
0:22:34 > 0:22:36before you had to re-do the whole lot.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44When people come and stay here, I think it will give a nice effect
0:22:44 > 0:22:48with the rain sort of hitting the tin roof and the wind rattling.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50It's going to be quite an experience.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59This is a selection of slates, the best of what came off the roof.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Me and the guys had a bit of an argument
0:23:02 > 0:23:04because I couldn't bear to throw them away.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07They argued that we'd end up triple handling them
0:23:07 > 0:23:09and that they'd end up in a ditch,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I gave in and said, "OK, we'll get rid of them."
0:23:12 > 0:23:17And then once the guys actually got up on the roof with me,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21they said, "No, we can't throw these away!"
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So we saved them and maybe they'll have another lifespan.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I hope they get used.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31And the worst, which are already broken,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35are being crushed and recycled to build up the driveway.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Inside the house, Dan has made contact
0:23:42 > 0:23:45with one of the previous residents.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49We found this little creature. He's looking a bit ill!
0:23:51 > 0:23:55I think Sean's found something even more gross.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57This one.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00He's a beaut!
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Yes, I wonder what else is lurking behind this blocked up fireplace.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I'm going to have a look at this.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18It's been left to me to go and cut the ribbon on this.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I've got to go and knock a hole in here.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Or not, as the case may be!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I think this has been extremely well made.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I think it will have to be left as it is.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Luckily, Martin has a more robust approach to his restoration work.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Let me have a look, Martin.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53There's a range in there.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Half a roasted pig!
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Do I get the curse if I go into this?- Too late!
0:25:17 > 0:25:21You're the first person to look into the hole. Is it an open chimney?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Um... Yes, it is.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28And there it is - a complete original range.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31You could take the range out.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35The range can stay. It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38You can probably... Oh, look at that.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- They've filled it in with cement. - What on earth is that about?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46There's enough there to reinstate the original kitchen range.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48And talking about putting things back,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Peter has arrived with the millstones,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54which prove to be as heavy as they look.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03One, two, three!
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Whoa!
0:26:11 > 0:26:13There are lots of little jobs going on
0:26:13 > 0:26:16that are insignificant in themselves,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18but very satisfying overall.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30This is a pretty hideous thing.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35It's been blocking the view of the farmhouse since we've been here.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42Greg rather likes it. It's a pre-fabricated concrete building,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45something in which he has a particular interest.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48He isn't prepared to take it away.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52And it's more difficult to dismantle than it was to put it up.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54It was probably put up in a day,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58so it's probably time to take it down in a... Well, we shall see.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19There we are - much better!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Winter comes to Pembrokeshire.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42But for farmers like Peter George, the hard work never stops.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53There'll be no let up for the builders at the farmhouse either.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02And my own work is now going to take me away for a few months.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11But I leave at a happy stage
0:28:11 > 0:28:15because when I come back to the house, it'll be nearly finished.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21At least, that's the plan.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30This seems to have slowed down quite considerably.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33You're almost as pessimistic as me!
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I'm getting more pessimistic by the hour.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41Next week, first fit second hand tiles and final deadlines.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I can't imagine we'll be finished in six weeks' time.
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