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The peace and tranquillity of rural Wales offers a chance | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
to get away from it all... | 0:00:09 | 0:00:10 | |
-MAN CALLS TO DOG -..to live the good life, | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
far from the stresses of the modern world. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
AUCTIONEER SPEAKS RAPIDLY | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
For most, it remains a pipe dream, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
but this young city couple are determined to make it a reality. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
I'm going to do something different with the rest of my life, man. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Whoo-hoo! | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
Look at that! | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
Urgh! Oh, my gosh! | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
They want to set up a smallholding in Wales... | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
Got my first chicken. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
-Yee-ha! -..and live off-grid... | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
Whoa! | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
Mmm! | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
-..grow their own food... -Iceberg lettuce! | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Oh, easy, tiger! | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
..and keep their own animals. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
I never thought it'd feel like that. | 0:00:58 | 0:00:59 | |
-Whoa! -But with hardly any money... | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
We are brass pocket. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Like, nada. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:05 | |
..and even less know-how... | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
Why is it so hard? | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
..will their green dreams survive... | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
It can be done! | 0:01:13 | 0:01:14 | |
..rural real life? | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
I'm selling... Sold! | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
We'll figure it out and that's where I'm at right now - | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
I'm figuring it out. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
City couple Abz Love and Vicky Fallon | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
are planning a move to the Welsh countryside. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
They've found a small farm for sale | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
called Ffynnon Wen in Ceredigion in mid-Wales. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
Wow, man. Actually going to go back to the house. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
You'll just get a burst of happiness. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
-It's, like, an amazing feeling to be driving to your house. -Yeah. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:04 | |
-Our house! -I know. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
Our house, and then inviting people up - when that starts happening, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
Lord, help us, cos we're going to have to spell out | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
the address for them letter by letter. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
Their offer of the £150,000 asking price has been accepted. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:18 | |
Home, sweet home! Long time, no see! | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
Now Abz and Vicky are back to have another look | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
at what they're taking on. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Ffynnon Wen has been empty for five years | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
and a neighbour's been keeping an eye on it. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
SHOUT FROM DOWNSTAIRS | 0:02:32 | 0:02:33 | |
Dewi! | 0:02:33 | 0:02:34 | |
-IN HEAVY LOCAL ACCENT: -You're the new owners? | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
-We are, yes. -You probably know more about this house than we do. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
Well, I haven't been down here for a few years now. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
-My mate used to live here one time. -OK. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
-Before you do anything inside here, you need a roof, don't you? -Yeah. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
-There's quite a few slates missing on the back. -Say that again. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
The back roof, there's quite a few slates missing there. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
Apparently, the roof is pretty good. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
You've got a hole in the roof, see? | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
-We have, as well. We've got a hole in the roof. -Shit. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
On second thoughts, looking around, there's quite a bit that needs doing. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
Put the kettle on! | 0:03:05 | 0:03:06 | |
I wish! | 0:03:06 | 0:03:07 | |
-I wish we could! -Oh, sorry! | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
-We've got no water. -We've got nothing. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
Are you going down first? I'll go down first. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
-Right. -After you, dude. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:15 | |
Yeah, yeah. So, well... | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding the guy. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
That will need to be resolved, cos obviously he's a neighbour | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
and I'd like to... | 0:03:25 | 0:03:26 | |
I'd like to communicate with the neighbours and, | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
"Would you like a cup of tea? How many sugars do you take?" | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
HE IMITATES A MUMBLE "Sorry, what was that, say it again?" | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
I don't want to keep asking, cos it looks rude. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
I've always had a problem picking up people's accents. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
Funnily enough, quite ironic, because people have trouble with mine. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:42 | |
But I'm going to go and strike up a conversation | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
and see if we can't seal our friendship. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
Look at the window! It's moving in the wind. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
The back roof is worse than the front, isn't it? | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
-Say that again. -The back. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
See them coming off now? That's the trouble. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:58 | |
The other timber, the battens | 0:03:58 | 0:03:59 | |
and the nails holding the slates have rotted, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
that's why. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
-See that over there...? -Yeah. -Ah, yeah. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
DEWI MUMBLES | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
Innit? | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
Really, to be... | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
Really, to be honest with you, it needs to be re-roofed. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
Abz's green dreams for the farm and Dewi's list of jobs that need doing | 0:04:18 | 0:04:23 | |
continue in the barn. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
This would be the kitchen, Dewi. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:27 | |
Yeah, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:30 | |
I know it's got a long way to go, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
but this is what we'd like to be a kitchen. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:33 | |
-You have to put a new roof on it, don't you? -Yeah, another roof. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
What do you do, Dewi? | 0:04:37 | 0:04:38 | |
What do I do? I'm building... building...building... | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
-Building? -I'm the local grave-digger here as well. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
-Just the skills we need. -Grave-digger? -Aye. -Oh, grave-digger? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
Done one this morning. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:49 | |
Ready for Thursday. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
-For what? -For who? | 0:04:51 | 0:04:52 | |
-For who? -HE CHUCKLES | 0:04:52 | 0:04:53 | |
People? | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
Yes, that's what we usually bury! | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
Yeah, I know, I just didn't know | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
if animals get buried around here, maybe. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
-You can't bury the animals now. -No. -You can't bury them? | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
-It'll keep you occupied for a few years! -Keep us really busy. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
Definitely. We're going to be on a schedule. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
It can be done! | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
This doesn't scare me. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
-I look at this and I see potential, so I'm not worried. -Yeah. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
-Anyway, take care. -Take care. -Bye! -Ta-ra! | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
-Despite the dire state of the house... -Come on! | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
..Abz and Vicky remained undaunted. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
But to turn their dream into a reality, | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
they are facing some life-changing decisions. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Back in the '90s, Abz used to be a rapper in boyband 5ive... | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
You all right? How's it going, how's it going? | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
..and reunion gigs still pay the bills. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
There you go. Thank you, sweetheart, you're welcome. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
But Abz can't reconcile the prospect of long hours on the road | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
with his dream of farming a smallholding. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
That's a good selfie! | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
So he bows out of the band. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -Abz is in the building! | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
SCREAMING AND CHEERING | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
It was tough because that is my only income, | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
that is the only way we were really making money, with the reunion, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
doing shows up and down the country and I had to give up the band | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
to allow for other things to fall into place. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
But having freed himself up to pursue his farming life, | 0:06:15 | 0:06:19 | |
Abz returns home to a bombshell. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
-I've given so much money to homeless people... -Listen, what about this? | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
I'm going to go back and get it back. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
Their application for a mortgage on Ffynnon Wen has been refused | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
because of the derelict state of the farm. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
I think the term used was "undesirable". | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Newly-unemployed Abz now has no job and no farm. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
We have nowhere to go. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
And to make matters worse, their landlord has given them notice | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
on their rented home, | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
where they have been extending their lease a month at a time. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
-It's like the Countdown clock. -SHE MIMICS COUNTDOWN THEME | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
BOTH: Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
"Reveal the mystery word!" | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
Homeless. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Eight letters. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:00 | |
The same day we got the call about Ffynnon Wen falling through, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
Abz says, "Hey! I've found another house!" | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
-It is called... Ready? -Wait, address. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
-R-H-Y... -Wait, one letter at a time. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:18 | |
I like this. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:21 | |
Abz has found a remote smallholding | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
deep in the heart of Carmarthenshire. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
It is down a mile of unpaved track... | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
..surrounded by dense forest. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
We made it. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:45 | |
Local estate agent Eryl Jenkins is waiting to show them around. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
Sounds like something from Lord Of The Rings - "Rhyl..." | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
-Can you speak Elvish? -No. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
The smallholding is coming up for sale at auction in a week's time, | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
with a guide price they can afford - £130,000-£150,000. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:04 | |
It's so pretty here. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
-Check this out. -Greenhouse! -Electric sockets. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
-Wow! -Let's walk round this way. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
-Grapevine. -Proper grapes! | 0:08:13 | 0:08:14 | |
Proper, proper grapes! | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
The property has three acres of land, woods and a pond. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
Look at that! | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
It's beautiful, isn't it? | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
-They use this as a sort of living/dining area. -OK. -Wow. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
And it's electric-ed up, everything...connected? | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
Yeah, it's got mains electricity, private water supply. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
Sounds good. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:39 | |
Despite its remote location, this property is habitable | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
and altogether a more desirable property | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
for a mortgage company to lend against. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
-OK. -Best of luck for Friday and we'll see you there. -Thank you. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Appreciate it, cheers, pal. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
-Do you love it as much as you love chocolate? -More. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
I never thought I'd say that, but I do. I really love it. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
-Seriously. -I know. -This could be our dream home for... | 0:09:04 | 0:09:10 | |
-Ever. -Yeah. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:11 | |
There is demand for that type of property, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
because for a guide of 130,000-150,000 | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
with nearly four acres of land, you've got the peace, the quiet, | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
the seclusion that you just don't come about, very seldom. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
High prices are the biggest barrier to new farmers. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
Smallholdings with up to ten acres sell on average for £300,000, | 0:09:33 | 0:09:38 | |
so this is a rare opportunity for someone to get started. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
There's plenty of interest in the auction. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
I think that's probably got the best interest to date. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
Everyone wants the good life. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
Sometimes people move down, two years they've gone again, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
because they haven't given themselves a chance, really, | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
to fit in with the local communities. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
For Abz and Vicky, I think they've got the right attitude, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
but key is the luck of the draw on the day of auction, really. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
It's the day of the house auction. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
We are going to the auction. Oh! This day... | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
..is crunch point, it really is. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
It's now or never, I think. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
Good staff, it's a good staff. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
The room is packed with bidders. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
Once, house auctions were the domain of developers, | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
but now they're increasingly popular with private buyers | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
looking for a bargain. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
Today, there are 21 lots up for sale, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
a mixture of parcels of grazing land, | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
urban terraces and one smallholding. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
-Lot 17... -God, this is it. -..a three-bedroom bungalow. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
Just checking that we've got the telephone bidder online. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
Unfortunately for them, | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
there's an anonymous phone bidder also interested in the property. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
120, then. At 130. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
132. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
134. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
136. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:05 | |
At £136,000. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
137. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
138. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
At £138,000. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
At £138,000, the bidding's with the lady. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Coming in again? | 0:11:17 | 0:11:18 | |
139. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
At 139. 140? | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
At 140. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:26 | |
141. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
141. At 141. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
142? | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
Yeah. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
142. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
£142,000, the bidding's with you again at £142,000. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:43 | |
142 for the second time. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
Third and the last time, then. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
The bidding's with you at £142,000 and I'm selling... | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
Sold. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:52 | |
-1025. -Thank you! | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
We're so happy. Thank you. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
Yes! | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
So, after sinking all of their money into buying the smallholding, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
Abz and Vicky return to the eco-village of Lammas | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
for some advice on how to live off-grid on a shoestring. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
Hark, yonder, I see a fair maiden! | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
Hoppi, Hoppi, Hoppi! | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
Don't tell me you got your land? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:16 | |
-Yeah, yeah, yeah! -Ahhh! | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
Hoppi Wimbush is a green-living pioneer | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
and an expert in self-sufficiency. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
Like all the residents here, she and her family grow all their own food, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
generate their own electricity | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
and share practical skills. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
What's the aspect? | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
It's nice. SHE LAUGHS | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
-It feels good? -It's good, man. Surrounded by trees, I'm a happy boy. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
The key to success for any smallholding starts | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
with its aspect, size and soil type. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
But the difference between success and failure depends most | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
on the commitment and skills of the smallholder. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
Oh, my gosh, look at this! | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
So, Hoppi is getting Abz and Vicky started with some practical advice. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
You make your kindling first, so you've got your axe here, | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
so make yourself some kindling like this. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
-This is a trivet and you pop it on your fire like that. -What?! | 0:13:09 | 0:13:14 | |
-But, listen, I want to come back to your land. -It's stunning. -..40 foot. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
Yeah, and the views are just trees, man, hills. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
-We're going to focus on the inside of the house... -That sounds wise. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
..because it needs work, but as soon as spring comes, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
we're going to start planting. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:28 | |
That's what I'd like to do - just not buy anything any more. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
-Yeah. -Anything we're eating, let's just grow it | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
and just live as natural as possible. I feel like it's so overdue. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
This has been a long time coming. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
-Goodnight! -See you later! | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
The farming school day starts early | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
and at 6am, Hoppi returns with breakfast. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
Morning. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:55 | |
Hey, how are you doing? | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
Oh! | 0:13:57 | 0:13:59 | |
They're not there! | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
-Well, hello! -DOG BARKS | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
-What happened? -I missed the wood. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
I'll just keep it real short and simple, I missed the wood. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
I was like, "Oh, no, man! I've lost a finger at Lammas." | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
It's just about learning the skills, that's all it is. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
It's just learning the skills. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
Generally, on plots of less than ten acres, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
smallholders stick to growing fruit and vegetables. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
But Abz is keen to keep livestock, | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
so Hoppi's partner, Tao, takes him to meet their two Jersey cows. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
-COW MOOS -Come on, then. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
Tao and Hoppi run a tiny registered dairy | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
where Sophie and Neffa each provide ten pints of milk a day. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
That's crazy! | 0:14:47 | 0:14:48 | |
You're a natural, man. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
-Yeah, not bad. -You're doing good. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Hoppi delivers the milk to other residents by dog cart. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
-Can I eat these, Hoppi? What are these? -These are sloe berries. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
They're not poisonous, but they're not great. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
It'll take all the juice from your mouth. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Chew it properly. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
Eurgh! Oh, my gosh! | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
That's messy! | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
Someone get me a drink. Give me some of that milk. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
Why'd you give me one of them for? | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
What is wrong with you?! | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
Also on their new property, Abz and Vicky have their own poly-tunnel, | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
an essential part of smallholding life | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
which will extend the growing season for fruit and vegetables. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
-TAO: -Poly-tunnels are really good, really good, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
-because you'll be able to grow food here all year round. -Ooh! | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
You've got your carrots, your lettuce. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
-Got your cucumber, your tomatoes... -Those tomatoes are crazy! | 0:15:41 | 0:15:43 | |
-Yeah. -Oh, my gosh. -In this lifestyle, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
-you have to have a balance, so we can only use what we generate. -Yeah. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:51 | |
So we only burn what wood we grow and harvest, | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
we only use the electric that we generate from the solar panels | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
and the hydro and that kind of stuff, and it is about that balance. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
Thank you so much for showing me, Tao, man, it's amazing. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
-You guys are like the way-showers for this stuff. -Good luck, good luck! | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
I need it, man! I just about made it through the one night! | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
I'm going to need it. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:14 | |
COCKEREL CROWS | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
Shut up, Fernando. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:24 | |
You're, like, three hours late. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
Back in Barry, it's moving day | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
and Abz and Vicky are packing up their rented house. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
"To recognise world sales of more than three million copies | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
"of the RCA album 5ive, 1998." | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
Sweet. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:45 | |
So, we've sent all the money over and we are brass pocket. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:50 | |
This is what I've got in my pockets. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:51 | |
Everything we've got is invested in the house. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
I've got a lighter. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
I've got two lighters. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
That's me. | 0:16:58 | 0:16:59 | |
Ex-pop star turned country boy. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
-Hobo. -Check me out! | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
Now they're just waiting for the money to clear through the bank | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
before they can collect the keys to their new home. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
No, they've told me it's NOT gone through, that's why I called. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
Thank you. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:19 | |
CLASSICAL HOLD MUSIC Guess that tune. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
I think that's Beethoven's Fifth in D minor. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
Staccato remix. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
What do you m...? No, no, it has to clear earlier. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
Online is normally within two hours. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
Yeah. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:37 | |
-HOLD MUSIC -She's about ten years old. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
-Is she colouring in at the same time? -Probably. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
Everything in our house move is waiting, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
which is why I'm being persistent in asking you | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
to try to get to the bottom of it. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
It's because I can't wait until close of business | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
and just, "Let's see what happens." | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
Thank you. | 0:17:58 | 0:17:59 | |
At last, there's good news from the bank. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
Bye! Ta-ra! | 0:18:08 | 0:18:09 | |
The payment's gone through, congratulations. High five. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
-Turn out the lights. -Bye, house. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
OK. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:24 | |
-Let's go! -Whoo! -Let's go! | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
After a two-hour drive, | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
they finally arrive at their new home in Carmarthenshire. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
-We did it! -Yeah! | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
-Welcome! -There's no light. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:43 | |
Oh, my goodness. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:46 | |
Ah, up there! | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Found it. I can't reach. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
Give me a boost. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
One, two...three! | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
We have light! | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
Yeah! | 0:19:00 | 0:19:01 | |
-Hello, house. -I love it! | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
Yeah, I love my house. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:05 | |
VAN HORN TOOTS | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
It's so small. Isn't it so small? | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
I might light a fire. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
Need smaller bits of wood. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh! | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-Honey, fire no good. -No? | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
Really bad. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:27 | |
It needs smaller pieces. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
Why can't I light a fire? What is going on? | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
Pathetic flame. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:44 | |
Feed the fire, feed the fire. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
Feed the fire. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
Man, these matches don't work. Nothing's catching fire. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Oh... | 0:19:56 | 0:19:57 | |
Why is it so hard? | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
This is not working, so we have to brush our teeth in there. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
Small circular motion brushes. Too hard, you've got to brush it softly. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
Don't tell me how to brush my own teeth. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
-What are you doing? -That's insane! | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
I've got to pull this to run water! | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
Look at that - that's a good flow. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Reports of the new arrivals have spread | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
-and their farming neighbour stops by to introduce himself. -Hey! | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
-I'm Geraint. -Geraint. I'll try and remember. -And you are...? -Abz. -Abz? | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
-Yeah. -Lovely to meet you, I'm Vicky. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
-Pleased to meet you. -BOTH: Pleased to meet you too. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
-Whereabouts are you? -You only go about halfway back this track. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
-You can see on your right a farm. -OK, just asking, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
cos I know there's going to be a cry for help at some point - | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
-get it in the right direction! -"Help!" | 0:21:11 | 0:21:13 | |
-Smoke signals. -That's right! | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -I just love this Welsh vibe. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
-The accent, the people are so beautiful, man. -Aren't they? | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
Beautiful people. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:21 | |
You'll find everybody's very neighbourly round here. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
-I can see you've got a field with the house, haven't you? -Yeah. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
We're going to get some chickens. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
Oh, well, that's good. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:29 | |
Our plan is just to re-beautify this little area that we've got here. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
We want to make Eden. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
Just make it beautiful - flowers, everything everywhere, food growing. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
-That's it. -Just heaven. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
Yeah, you'll probably see me passing on the bike sometimes, | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
cos I've got ground over there to keep sheep. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:45 | |
I've got quad envy right now. I want a quad bike. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Let's sort it out, somehow. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
You can have a ride on it if you want. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
Check it out! | 0:21:52 | 0:21:53 | |
-ENGINE STARTS -Whoo! | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
-This is the throttle. It's a bit sharp. -Yeah. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
-Grab your brake, just hold on. -It can't be that hard. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
Hold on to your brake a bit. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:01 | |
-ENGINE REVS -Oh! | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Jesus! Gently, gently! | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
-Just get me off. -I've got the hang of it now. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
Stop, jeez! | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
Get off. Get off. Brake. It's not safe. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
-Yeah, that's it. -Step away from the quad. Let's move. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
-I may need a few lessons. -Yeah, yeah! -No shit. Phew! | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
A bit different to what we are, probably. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
You know, first appearance, they were a bit different to us. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
This community needs a bit of something like this. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
They're going to put a bit of spark into the community, you know? | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
Within a week, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:50 | |
Vicky and Abz are joined by their two treasured horses, | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
bought when times were good and money was no object. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
-Hi, you made it. -Hi! | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
Valentine and Molly have been stabled at a horse sanctuary, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
but have now joined them at their new home. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
We brung 'em home, we had the week just to settle for a second | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
and go, "Right, let's get the babies back." | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
They're family, so let's get the horsey boys. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
We cried our eyes out when they got home, didn't we? | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
We promised we would always get them a home, | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
we would never sell them and we've endured it, we've got them home now. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:21 | |
-Yeah, they're happy. -They're eating organic, I'm eating beans. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
Stop it! | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
And there's another new arrival, | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
as Hoppi comes over to take a look for herself at what they've bought. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Hey! THEY ALL EXCLAIM | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
HE RAPS: # It's the hip, hop | 0:23:34 | 0:23:35 | |
# The Hoppi, the Hoppi to the hop-hop-Hoppi | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
# You don't stop... # | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
Give me some love! | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
Wow, look at this! | 0:23:41 | 0:23:42 | |
-Who built the chicken shed? -I built the chicken shed! | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
You built the chicken shed?! | 0:23:45 | 0:23:46 | |
We need to show you about, cos we're not sure what, where, how... | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
Show me everything | 0:23:49 | 0:23:50 | |
-and then I can give you some real advice. -That'd be great. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
And you're going to give us it truthful. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
Oh, God, I'm totally going to give it to you. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
Don't sugar-coat it at all. | 0:23:58 | 0:23:59 | |
OK, first thing that comes to mind - chickens, how many have you got? | 0:23:59 | 0:24:04 | |
Two hens and one cock. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:05 | |
When it comes to proper breeding season, | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
-they can get a little bit, like... -Over-frisky? | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
Yeah, and it really injures the chickens, cos he'll be mounting them | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
and they'll go bald on the back, so you need more chickens. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
-Bigger hutch and we have to get more chicks. -You've got to. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
Cos it's about harmony, innit? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Look, I'm getting distracted - what's going on in this field? | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-I know. -Oh, no. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
That's messy. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:27 | |
Lots of smallholders farm poor land because it's cheap. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
Abz and Vicky's smallholding lies at the bottom of a valley. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
That is really messy. What have you had in there? | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
-You've had the horses in there, haven't you? -Yeah. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
You've got your sun coming in there, | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
so that's going to be drying out the top, | 0:24:41 | 0:24:42 | |
but you've got all this drainage, all the run-off is just coming down | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
-into that part, which is why it's so boggy down there. -Uh-huh. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
You need to get a drainage ditch in across there, | 0:24:48 | 0:24:51 | |
channel your water away. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
You get your drainage in, you find alternative grazing for your horses, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
otherwise there is no way this field is going to drain or recover. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
Horses are really expensive and this is why Tao said to me, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
"You've got to make a choice between a horse and a cow. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
-"What gives you more in terms of the lifestyle we want to live?" -Yeah. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
And I had to concede the point. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
Oh! Guys! | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
Can you take these trees down, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
-just to get more sunlight on here to dry it out? -We quite like them. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
But you need the sun to be able to dry out your fields. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
This is going to be the driest field, and look at it. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
-How much money have you got to do all this stuff? -Nothing! | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
We're living on credit cards. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:30 | |
I'm selling my body for biscuits at the minute! | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
-I would have brought you some other...! -Digestives! | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
-Don't cry! -You know what, we need a dose of reality. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:42 | |
So, what you've got, basically, is two grazing fields, | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
a boggy field and a poly-tunnel. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
What do you want to grow? What kind of animals do you want? | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
What do you want to do? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:52 | |
I would be happy if this garden and maybe what we do in that paddock | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
sustained us all year. I'd be content with that. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
-I want you to think about getting rid of your horses. -Oh, my gosh. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
I can't! I can't! | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
I'd die! I couldn't get... They're like our children! | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
You've got to make some serious choices, guys. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
-Check out the poly-tunnel. -Horses - # Do they stay or do they go? # | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
They stay. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:18 | |
-They have to stay! -Get rid of all of this. -What?! | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
This soil, it looks like potting compost. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
What does that mean? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
-It means it's probably not got any nutrients in it. -Great(!) | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
Fucking hell, Hop! | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
It's always good to see ya(!) | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
This, I'm excited by. You should get really good fruit off of this. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
Yeah! High five! | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
Yeah! Something's good! | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
If they want to live on a smallholding, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
they're going to have to change their thinking quite radically. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
There's just not enough land here for them to have two horses, | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
there really isn't. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:54 | |
Not that and grow vegetables and grow food for themselves. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
There's just not enough land. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
They've got major drainage problems here. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
Everywhere I'm walking, it's just a quagmire, which is really heavy. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
It's heavy on your boots, it's heavy on your mind. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
They've got to plan and then execute the plan | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
and they've got to stay to the plan. If they're going to succeed here... | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
..that's the only way they're going to pull it off. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
Hoppi, I THINK thank you! | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
I THINK thank you! | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
-Listen, good luck. -Thanks, love. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
-Loads of love. -Thanks, darling. -Take care. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
I used to like Hoppi. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
I think that was her evil twin. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
Where's the Hoppi I know, man? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
-It's the truth... -Yeah. -..and I'm grateful for her truth, | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
-but, man, it's... -It's a hard pill to swallow. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
I felt like there was something serious with this land. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
I felt it's worse than it should be. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:51 | |
-We have to give up our horses, then. -Why would we get rid of the horses? | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
It's another way of doing it. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
Because we haven't got the land to feed them. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
HE EXHALES I don't like this situation. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
I don't like the idea of having to be in this situation | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
where I've got to decide between giving up my horse or not. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
We've got trouble. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
# There may be trouble ahead... # | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
Next time... | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
-We need help. -Yep. -Say it's doable. -It's doable, it's doable. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
..the hard work starts. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:21 | |
You never did anything like this in London, did you? | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:28:24 | 0:28:25 | |
OK, 3G, stop, stop, stop. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
This is nuts. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
-Whoa! -Whoa! | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
-Easy! -I'm not built for this kind of labour. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
You say, "Meh!" | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
Meh! Meh! | 0:28:34 | 0:28:35 | |
Please, God, don't drop no lightning on me right now. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 |