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This programme contains some strong language.

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The peace and tranquillity of rural Wales offers a chance

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to get away from it all...

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-MAN CALLS TO DOG

-..to live the good life,

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far from the stresses of the modern world.

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AUCTIONEER SPEAKS RAPIDLY

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For most, it remains a pipe dream,

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but this young city couple are determined to make it a reality.

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I'm going to do something different with the rest of my life, man.

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Whoo-hoo!

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Look at that!

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Urgh! Oh, my gosh!

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They want to set up a smallholding in Wales...

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Got my first chicken.

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-Yee-ha!

-..and live off-grid...

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Whoa!

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Mmm!

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-..grow their own food...

-Iceberg lettuce!

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Oh, easy, tiger!

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..and keep their own animals.

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I never thought it'd feel like that.

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-Whoa!

-But with hardly any money...

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We are brass pocket.

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Like, nada.

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..and even less know-how...

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Why is it so hard?

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..will their green dreams survive...

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It can be done!

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..rural real life?

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I'm selling... Sold!

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We'll figure it out and that's where I'm at right now -

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I'm figuring it out.

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City couple Abz Love and Vicky Fallon

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are planning a move to the Welsh countryside.

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They've found a small farm for sale

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called Ffynnon Wen in Ceredigion in mid-Wales.

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Wow, man. Actually going to go back to the house.

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You'll just get a burst of happiness.

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-It's, like, an amazing feeling to be driving to your house.

-Yeah.

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-Our house!

-I know.

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Our house, and then inviting people up - when that starts happening,

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Lord, help us, cos we're going to have to spell out

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the address for them letter by letter.

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Their offer of the £150,000 asking price has been accepted.

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Home, sweet home! Long time, no see!

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Now Abz and Vicky are back to have another look

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at what they're taking on.

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Ffynnon Wen has been empty for five years

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and a neighbour's been keeping an eye on it.

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SHOUT FROM DOWNSTAIRS

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Dewi!

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-IN HEAVY LOCAL ACCENT:

-You're the new owners?

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-We are, yes.

-You probably know more about this house than we do.

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Well, I haven't been down here for a few years now.

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-My mate used to live here one time.

-OK.

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-Before you do anything inside here, you need a roof, don't you?

-Yeah.

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-There's quite a few slates missing on the back.

-Say that again.

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The back roof, there's quite a few slates missing there.

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Apparently, the roof is pretty good.

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You've got a hole in the roof, see?

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-We have, as well. We've got a hole in the roof.

-Shit.

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On second thoughts, looking around, there's quite a bit that needs doing.

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Put the kettle on!

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I wish!

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-I wish we could!

-Oh, sorry!

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-We've got no water.

-We've got nothing.

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Are you going down first? I'll go down first.

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-Right.

-After you, dude.

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Yeah, yeah. So, well...

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I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding the guy.

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That will need to be resolved, cos obviously he's a neighbour

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and I'd like to...

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I'd like to communicate with the neighbours and,

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"Would you like a cup of tea? How many sugars do you take?"

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HE IMITATES A MUMBLE "Sorry, what was that, say it again?"

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I don't want to keep asking, cos it looks rude.

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I've always had a problem picking up people's accents.

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Funnily enough, quite ironic, because people have trouble with mine.

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But I'm going to go and strike up a conversation

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and see if we can't seal our friendship.

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Look at the window! It's moving in the wind.

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The back roof is worse than the front, isn't it?

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-Say that again.

-The back.

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See them coming off now? That's the trouble.

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The other timber, the battens

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and the nails holding the slates have rotted,

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that's why.

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-See that over there...?

-Yeah.

-Ah, yeah.

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DEWI MUMBLES

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Innit?

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Really, to be...

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Really, to be honest with you, it needs to be re-roofed.

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Abz's green dreams for the farm and Dewi's list of jobs that need doing

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continue in the barn.

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This would be the kitchen, Dewi.

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Yeah,

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I know it's got a long way to go,

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but this is what we'd like to be a kitchen.

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-You have to put a new roof on it, don't you?

-Yeah, another roof.

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What do you do, Dewi?

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What do I do? I'm building... building...building...

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-Building?

-I'm the local grave-digger here as well.

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-Just the skills we need.

-Grave-digger?

-Aye.

-Oh, grave-digger?

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Done one this morning.

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Ready for Thursday.

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-For what?

-For who?

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-For who?

-HE CHUCKLES

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People?

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Yes, that's what we usually bury!

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Yeah, I know, I just didn't know

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if animals get buried around here, maybe.

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-You can't bury the animals now.

-No.

-You can't bury them?

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-It'll keep you occupied for a few years!

-Keep us really busy.

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Definitely. We're going to be on a schedule.

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It can be done!

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This doesn't scare me.

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-I look at this and I see potential, so I'm not worried.

-Yeah.

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-Anyway, take care.

-Take care.

-Bye!

-Ta-ra!

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-Despite the dire state of the house...

-Come on!

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..Abz and Vicky remained undaunted.

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But to turn their dream into a reality,

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they are facing some life-changing decisions.

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Back in the '90s, Abz used to be a rapper in boyband 5ive...

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You all right? How's it going, how's it going?

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..and reunion gigs still pay the bills.

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There you go. Thank you, sweetheart, you're welcome.

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But Abz can't reconcile the prospect of long hours on the road

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with his dream of farming a smallholding.

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That's a good selfie!

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So he bows out of the band.

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-ANNOUNCER:

-Abz is in the building!

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SCREAMING AND CHEERING

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It was tough because that is my only income,

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that is the only way we were really making money, with the reunion,

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doing shows up and down the country and I had to give up the band

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to allow for other things to fall into place.

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But having freed himself up to pursue his farming life,

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Abz returns home to a bombshell.

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-I've given so much money to homeless people...

-Listen, what about this?

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I'm going to go back and get it back.

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Their application for a mortgage on Ffynnon Wen has been refused

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because of the derelict state of the farm.

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I think the term used was "undesirable".

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Newly-unemployed Abz now has no job and no farm.

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We have nowhere to go.

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And to make matters worse, their landlord has given them notice

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on their rented home,

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where they have been extending their lease a month at a time.

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-It's like the Countdown clock.

-SHE MIMICS COUNTDOWN THEME

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BOTH: Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da!

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"Reveal the mystery word!"

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Homeless.

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Eight letters.

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The same day we got the call about Ffynnon Wen falling through,

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Abz says, "Hey! I've found another house!"

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-It is called... Ready?

-Wait, address.

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-R-H-Y...

-Wait, one letter at a time.

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I like this.

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Abz has found a remote smallholding

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deep in the heart of Carmarthenshire.

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It is down a mile of unpaved track...

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..surrounded by dense forest.

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We made it.

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Local estate agent Eryl Jenkins is waiting to show them around.

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Sounds like something from Lord Of The Rings - "Rhyl..."

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-Can you speak Elvish?

-No.

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The smallholding is coming up for sale at auction in a week's time,

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with a guide price they can afford - £130,000-£150,000.

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It's so pretty here.

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-Check this out.

-Greenhouse!

-Electric sockets.

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-Wow!

-Let's walk round this way.

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-Grapevine.

-Proper grapes!

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Proper, proper grapes!

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The property has three acres of land, woods and a pond.

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Look at that!

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It's beautiful, isn't it?

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-They use this as a sort of living/dining area.

-OK.

-Wow.

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And it's electric-ed up, everything...connected?

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Yeah, it's got mains electricity, private water supply.

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Sounds good.

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Despite its remote location, this property is habitable

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and altogether a more desirable property

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for a mortgage company to lend against.

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-OK.

-Best of luck for Friday and we'll see you there.

-Thank you.

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Appreciate it, cheers, pal.

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-Do you love it as much as you love chocolate?

-More.

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I never thought I'd say that, but I do. I really love it.

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-Seriously.

-I know.

-This could be our dream home for...

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-Ever.

-Yeah.

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There is demand for that type of property,

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because for a guide of 130,000-150,000

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with nearly four acres of land, you've got the peace, the quiet,

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the seclusion that you just don't come about, very seldom.

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High prices are the biggest barrier to new farmers.

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Smallholdings with up to ten acres sell on average for £300,000,

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so this is a rare opportunity for someone to get started.

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There's plenty of interest in the auction.

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I think that's probably got the best interest to date.

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Everyone wants the good life.

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Sometimes people move down, two years they've gone again,

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because they haven't given themselves a chance, really,

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to fit in with the local communities.

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For Abz and Vicky, I think they've got the right attitude,

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but key is the luck of the draw on the day of auction, really.

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It's the day of the house auction.

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We are going to the auction. Oh! This day...

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..is crunch point, it really is.

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It's now or never, I think.

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Good staff, it's a good staff.

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The room is packed with bidders.

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Once, house auctions were the domain of developers,

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but now they're increasingly popular with private buyers

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looking for a bargain.

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Today, there are 21 lots up for sale,

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a mixture of parcels of grazing land,

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urban terraces and one smallholding.

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-Lot 17...

-God, this is it.

-..a three-bedroom bungalow.

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Just checking that we've got the telephone bidder online.

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Unfortunately for them,

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there's an anonymous phone bidder also interested in the property.

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120, then. At 130.

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132.

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134.

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136.

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At £136,000.

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137.

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138.

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At £138,000.

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At £138,000, the bidding's with the lady.

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Coming in again?

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139.

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At 139. 140?

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At 140.

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141.

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141. At 141.

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142?

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Yeah.

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142.

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£142,000, the bidding's with you again at £142,000.

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142 for the second time.

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Third and the last time, then.

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The bidding's with you at £142,000 and I'm selling...

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Sold.

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-1025.

-Thank you!

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We're so happy. Thank you.

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Yes!

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So, after sinking all of their money into buying the smallholding,

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Abz and Vicky return to the eco-village of Lammas

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for some advice on how to live off-grid on a shoestring.

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Hark, yonder, I see a fair maiden!

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Hoppi, Hoppi, Hoppi!

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Don't tell me you got your land?

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-Yeah, yeah, yeah!

-Ahhh!

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Hoppi Wimbush is a green-living pioneer

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and an expert in self-sufficiency.

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Like all the residents here, she and her family grow all their own food,

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generate their own electricity

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and share practical skills.

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What's the aspect?

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It's nice. SHE LAUGHS

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-It feels good?

-It's good, man. Surrounded by trees, I'm a happy boy.

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The key to success for any smallholding starts

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with its aspect, size and soil type.

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But the difference between success and failure depends most

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on the commitment and skills of the smallholder.

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Oh, my gosh, look at this!

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Oh, my God!

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So, Hoppi is getting Abz and Vicky started with some practical advice.

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You make your kindling first, so you've got your axe here,

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so make yourself some kindling like this.

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-This is a trivet and you pop it on your fire like that.

-What?!

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-But, listen, I want to come back to your land.

-It's stunning.

-..40 foot.

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Yeah, and the views are just trees, man, hills.

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-We're going to focus on the inside of the house...

-That sounds wise.

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..because it needs work, but as soon as spring comes,

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we're going to start planting.

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That's what I'd like to do - just not buy anything any more.

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-Yeah.

-Anything we're eating, let's just grow it

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and just live as natural as possible. I feel like it's so overdue.

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This has been a long time coming.

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-Goodnight!

-See you later!

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The farming school day starts early

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and at 6am, Hoppi returns with breakfast.

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Morning.

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Hey, how are you doing?

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Oh!

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They're not there!

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-Well, hello!

-DOG BARKS

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-What happened?

-I missed the wood.

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I'll just keep it real short and simple, I missed the wood.

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I was like, "Oh, no, man! I've lost a finger at Lammas."

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It's just about learning the skills, that's all it is.

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It's just learning the skills.

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Generally, on plots of less than ten acres,

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smallholders stick to growing fruit and vegetables.

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But Abz is keen to keep livestock,

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so Hoppi's partner, Tao, takes him to meet their two Jersey cows.

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-COW MOOS

-Come on, then.

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Tao and Hoppi run a tiny registered dairy

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where Sophie and Neffa each provide ten pints of milk a day.

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That's crazy!

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You're a natural, man.

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-Yeah, not bad.

-You're doing good.

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Hoppi delivers the milk to other residents by dog cart.

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-Can I eat these, Hoppi? What are these?

-These are sloe berries.

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They're not poisonous, but they're not great.

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It'll take all the juice from your mouth.

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Chew it properly.

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Eurgh! Oh, my gosh!

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That's messy!

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Someone get me a drink. Give me some of that milk.

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Why'd you give me one of them for?

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What is wrong with you?!

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Also on their new property, Abz and Vicky have their own poly-tunnel,

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an essential part of smallholding life

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which will extend the growing season for fruit and vegetables.

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-TAO:

-Poly-tunnels are really good, really good,

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-because you'll be able to grow food here all year round.

-Ooh!

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You've got your carrots, your lettuce.

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-Got your cucumber, your tomatoes...

-Those tomatoes are crazy!

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-Yeah.

-Oh, my gosh.

-In this lifestyle,

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-you have to have a balance, so we can only use what we generate.

-Yeah.

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So we only burn what wood we grow and harvest,

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we only use the electric that we generate from the solar panels

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and the hydro and that kind of stuff, and it is about that balance.

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Thank you so much for showing me, Tao, man, it's amazing.

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-You guys are like the way-showers for this stuff.

-Good luck, good luck!

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I need it, man! I just about made it through the one night!

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I'm going to need it.

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COCKEREL CROWS

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Shut up, Fernando.

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You're, like, three hours late.

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Back in Barry, it's moving day

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and Abz and Vicky are packing up their rented house.

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"To recognise world sales of more than three million copies

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"of the RCA album 5ive, 1998."

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Sweet.

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So, we've sent all the money over and we are brass pocket.

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This is what I've got in my pockets.

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Everything we've got is invested in the house.

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I've got a lighter.

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I've got two lighters.

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That's me.

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Ex-pop star turned country boy.

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-Hobo.

-Check me out!

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Now they're just waiting for the money to clear through the bank

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before they can collect the keys to their new home.

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No, they've told me it's NOT gone through, that's why I called.

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Thank you.

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CLASSICAL HOLD MUSIC Guess that tune.

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I think that's Beethoven's Fifth in D minor.

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Staccato remix.

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What do you m...? No, no, it has to clear earlier.

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Online is normally within two hours.

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Yeah.

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-HOLD MUSIC

-She's about ten years old.

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-Is she colouring in at the same time?

-Probably.

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Everything in our house move is waiting,

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which is why I'm being persistent in asking you

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to try to get to the bottom of it.

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It's because I can't wait until close of business

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and just, "Let's see what happens."

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Thank you.

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At last, there's good news from the bank.

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Bye! Ta-ra!

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The payment's gone through, congratulations. High five.

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-Turn out the lights.

-Bye, house.

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OK.

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-Let's go!

-Whoo!

-Let's go!

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After a two-hour drive,

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they finally arrive at their new home in Carmarthenshire.

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-We did it!

-Yeah!

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-Welcome!

-There's no light.

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Oh, my goodness.

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Ah, up there!

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Found it. I can't reach.

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Give me a boost.

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One, two...three!

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We have light!

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Yeah!

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-Hello, house.

-I love it!

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Yeah, I love my house.

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VAN HORN TOOTS

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It's so small. Isn't it so small?

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I might light a fire.

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Need smaller bits of wood.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh!

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-Honey, fire no good.

-No?

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Really bad.

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It needs smaller pieces.

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Why can't I light a fire? What is going on?

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Pathetic flame.

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Feed the fire, feed the fire.

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Feed the fire.

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Man, these matches don't work. Nothing's catching fire.

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Oh...

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Why is it so hard?

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This is not working, so we have to brush our teeth in there.

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Small circular motion brushes. Too hard, you've got to brush it softly.

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Don't tell me how to brush my own teeth.

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-What are you doing?

-That's insane!

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I've got to pull this to run water!

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Look at that - that's a good flow.

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Reports of the new arrivals have spread

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-and their farming neighbour stops by to introduce himself.

-Hey!

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-I'm Geraint.

-Geraint. I'll try and remember.

-And you are...?

-Abz.

-Abz?

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-Yeah.

-Lovely to meet you, I'm Vicky.

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-Pleased to meet you.

-BOTH: Pleased to meet you too.

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-Whereabouts are you?

-You only go about halfway back this track.

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-You can see on your right a farm.

-OK, just asking,

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cos I know there's going to be a cry for help at some point -

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-get it in the right direction!

-"Help!"

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-Smoke signals.

-That's right!

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-Yeah, yeah.

-I just love this Welsh vibe.

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-The accent, the people are so beautiful, man.

-Aren't they?

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Beautiful people.

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You'll find everybody's very neighbourly round here.

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-I can see you've got a field with the house, haven't you?

-Yeah.

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We're going to get some chickens.

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Oh, well, that's good.

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Our plan is just to re-beautify this little area that we've got here.

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We want to make Eden.

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Just make it beautiful - flowers, everything everywhere, food growing.

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-That's it.

-Just heaven.

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Yeah, you'll probably see me passing on the bike sometimes,

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cos I've got ground over there to keep sheep.

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I've got quad envy right now. I want a quad bike.

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Let's sort it out, somehow.

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You can have a ride on it if you want.

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Check it out!

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-ENGINE STARTS

-Whoo!

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-This is the throttle. It's a bit sharp.

-Yeah.

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-Grab your brake, just hold on.

-It can't be that hard.

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Hold on to your brake a bit.

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-ENGINE REVS

-Oh!

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Jesus! Gently, gently!

0:22:030:22:05

-Just get me off.

-I've got the hang of it now.

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Stop, jeez!

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Get off. Get off. Brake. It's not safe.

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-Yeah, that's it.

-Step away from the quad. Let's move.

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-I may need a few lessons.

-Yeah, yeah!

-No shit. Phew!

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A bit different to what we are, probably.

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You know, first appearance, they were a bit different to us.

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This community needs a bit of something like this.

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They're going to put a bit of spark into the community, you know?

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Within a week,

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Vicky and Abz are joined by their two treasured horses,

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bought when times were good and money was no object.

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-Hi, you made it.

-Hi!

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Valentine and Molly have been stabled at a horse sanctuary,

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but have now joined them at their new home.

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We brung 'em home, we had the week just to settle for a second

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and go, "Right, let's get the babies back."

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They're family, so let's get the horsey boys.

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We cried our eyes out when they got home, didn't we?

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We promised we would always get them a home,

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we would never sell them and we've endured it, we've got them home now.

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-Yeah, they're happy.

-They're eating organic, I'm eating beans.

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Stop it!

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And there's another new arrival,

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as Hoppi comes over to take a look for herself at what they've bought.

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Hey! THEY ALL EXCLAIM

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HE RAPS: # It's the hip, hop

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# The Hoppi, the Hoppi to the hop-hop-Hoppi

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# You don't stop... #

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Give me some love!

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Wow, look at this!

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-Who built the chicken shed?

-I built the chicken shed!

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You built the chicken shed?!

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We need to show you about, cos we're not sure what, where, how...

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Show me everything

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-and then I can give you some real advice.

-That'd be great.

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And you're going to give us it truthful.

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Oh, God, I'm totally going to give it to you.

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Don't sugar-coat it at all.

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OK, first thing that comes to mind - chickens, how many have you got?

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Two hens and one cock.

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When it comes to proper breeding season,

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-they can get a little bit, like...

-Over-frisky?

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Yeah, and it really injures the chickens, cos he'll be mounting them

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and they'll go bald on the back, so you need more chickens.

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-Bigger hutch and we have to get more chicks.

-You've got to.

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Cos it's about harmony, innit?

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Look, I'm getting distracted - what's going on in this field?

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-I know.

-Oh, no.

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That's messy.

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Lots of smallholders farm poor land because it's cheap.

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Abz and Vicky's smallholding lies at the bottom of a valley.

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That is really messy. What have you had in there?

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-You've had the horses in there, haven't you?

-Yeah.

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You've got your sun coming in there,

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so that's going to be drying out the top,

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but you've got all this drainage, all the run-off is just coming down

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-into that part, which is why it's so boggy down there.

-Uh-huh.

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You need to get a drainage ditch in across there,

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channel your water away.

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You get your drainage in, you find alternative grazing for your horses,

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otherwise there is no way this field is going to drain or recover.

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Horses are really expensive and this is why Tao said to me,

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"You've got to make a choice between a horse and a cow.

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-"What gives you more in terms of the lifestyle we want to live?"

-Yeah.

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And I had to concede the point.

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Oh! Guys!

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Can you take these trees down,

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-just to get more sunlight on here to dry it out?

-We quite like them.

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But you need the sun to be able to dry out your fields.

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This is going to be the driest field, and look at it.

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-How much money have you got to do all this stuff?

-Nothing!

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We're living on credit cards.

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I'm selling my body for biscuits at the minute!

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THEY LAUGH

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-I would have brought you some other...!

-Digestives!

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-Don't cry!

-You know what, we need a dose of reality.

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So, what you've got, basically, is two grazing fields,

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a boggy field and a poly-tunnel.

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What do you want to grow? What kind of animals do you want?

0:25:480:25:51

What do you want to do?

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I would be happy if this garden and maybe what we do in that paddock

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sustained us all year. I'd be content with that.

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-I want you to think about getting rid of your horses.

-Oh, my gosh.

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I can't! I can't!

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I'd die! I couldn't get... They're like our children!

0:26:070:26:11

You've got to make some serious choices, guys.

0:26:110:26:13

-Check out the poly-tunnel.

-Horses - # Do they stay or do they go? #

0:26:130:26:17

They stay.

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-They have to stay!

-Get rid of all of this.

-What?!

0:26:180:26:22

This soil, it looks like potting compost.

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What does that mean?

0:26:250:26:27

-It means it's probably not got any nutrients in it.

-Great(!)

0:26:270:26:29

Fucking hell, Hop!

0:26:290:26:31

It's always good to see ya(!)

0:26:310:26:33

THEY LAUGH

0:26:330:26:36

This, I'm excited by. You should get really good fruit off of this.

0:26:360:26:40

Yeah! High five!

0:26:400:26:42

Yeah! Something's good!

0:26:420:26:45

If they want to live on a smallholding,

0:26:450:26:47

they're going to have to change their thinking quite radically.

0:26:470:26:50

There's just not enough land here for them to have two horses,

0:26:500:26:53

there really isn't.

0:26:530:26:54

Not that and grow vegetables and grow food for themselves.

0:26:540:26:57

There's just not enough land.

0:26:570:26:59

They've got major drainage problems here.

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Everywhere I'm walking, it's just a quagmire, which is really heavy.

0:27:020:27:06

It's heavy on your boots, it's heavy on your mind.

0:27:060:27:09

They've got to plan and then execute the plan

0:27:090:27:12

and they've got to stay to the plan. If they're going to succeed here...

0:27:120:27:16

..that's the only way they're going to pull it off.

0:27:170:27:20

Hoppi, I THINK thank you!

0:27:210:27:24

I THINK thank you!

0:27:240:27:26

-Listen, good luck.

-Thanks, love.

0:27:260:27:28

-Loads of love.

-Thanks, darling.

-Take care.

0:27:280:27:30

I used to like Hoppi.

0:27:310:27:33

I think that was her evil twin.

0:27:330:27:35

Where's the Hoppi I know, man?

0:27:350:27:38

-It's the truth...

-Yeah.

-..and I'm grateful for her truth,

0:27:380:27:42

-but, man, it's...

-It's a hard pill to swallow.

0:27:420:27:46

I felt like there was something serious with this land.

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I felt it's worse than it should be.

0:27:490:27:51

-We have to give up our horses, then.

-Why would we get rid of the horses?

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It's another way of doing it.

0:27:550:27:57

Because we haven't got the land to feed them.

0:27:570:27:59

HE EXHALES I don't like this situation.

0:27:590:28:02

I don't like the idea of having to be in this situation

0:28:020:28:04

where I've got to decide between giving up my horse or not.

0:28:040:28:07

We've got trouble.

0:28:070:28:09

# There may be trouble ahead... #

0:28:090:28:11

Next time...

0:28:140:28:16

-We need help.

-Yep.

-Say it's doable.

-It's doable, it's doable.

0:28:160:28:19

..the hard work starts.

0:28:190:28:21

You never did anything like this in London, did you?

0:28:210:28:24

HE LAUGHS

0:28:240:28:25

OK, 3G, stop, stop, stop.

0:28:250:28:27

This is nuts.

0:28:270:28:28

-Whoa!

-Whoa!

0:28:280:28:30

-Easy!

-I'm not built for this kind of labour.

0:28:300:28:32

You say, "Meh!"

0:28:320:28:34

Meh! Meh!

0:28:340:28:35

Please, God, don't drop no lightning on me right now.

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