0:00:02 > 0:00:05The Glamorgan coast, a natural treasure.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08A stone's throw from the urban sprawl of the Welsh capital.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Just on your doorstep, this is like five minutes down the road from where we live.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17A diverse coastline of dramatic cliffs, sandy beaches
0:00:17 > 0:00:19and unique geological features.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I couldn't think of any better place to be.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Throughout the summer, we followed the lives of the people who live,
0:00:26 > 0:00:27work and play here.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31The Heritage coastline is probably the best coastline
0:00:31 > 0:00:33in all of Wales to fish on.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Fish of the day.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35From Penarth...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's probably the only place in the world where you can go
0:00:38 > 0:00:39to the cinema on the beach.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40..to Ogmore.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43The Vale has the coast, it has the country...
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's got a bit of everything, really.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47You know, where else are you going to get that?
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This is their summer. These are their coastal lives.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The sea is calm on the Glamorgan coast.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Barry is waking up.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12After a hot, busy summer's day, rubbish is left on Whitmore Bay.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17But it's one man and his tractor to the rescue.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I have been cleaning the beach now for about 16, 17 years.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I love doing it. You know, it's a nice job.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Russell Morgan is part of a council team dedicated to keeping Barry
0:01:33 > 0:01:34beautiful.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40When you are first down here in the morning, you are just on your own.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42So you can just go with the flow, enjoy the job.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Within two hours, it looks like a really nice beach again.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48With anything I do in my life,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I try and get it as perfect as possible.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I try and keep the lines as straight as I possibly can.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56It is nice when you've got a big canvas
0:01:56 > 0:01:57to try your perfection out on.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04For two hours of the day, this is my beach.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08You know, and that is why I take care to make it look nice.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10After that, it's anybody's.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17One man who certainly has a stake in Barry Island...
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Step this way and take home a super prize.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24..is 72-year-old fairground owner Henry Danter.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28If your rewards are not given to you here, you'll get them in heaven.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32He plans to make the fair one of the best attractions in Wales.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34This is my office.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37This is it. This is my life.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41And his right-hand man is nephew and park manager James.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43The biggest challenge about working here is working with Uncle Henry
0:02:43 > 0:02:45cos he's very demanding.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Get a big brush and sweep the floor up.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50If there's improvements, he wants them done yesterday, not today.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I think you'd be better turning it on that angle.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Henry and James' biggest investment this year is the big wheel.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00But getting it up and running has been one problem after another.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04First came the elements.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Obviously, it's a bank holiday Monday -
0:03:06 > 0:03:08as you can see, by the weather.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11And construction ground to a halt.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Next there were technical issues.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15One of the computers has come up with an error
0:03:15 > 0:03:18and it won't let the ride operate
0:03:18 > 0:03:20for safety reasons.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Gutted.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Then the cars needed safety mesh.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29No-one will be able to lean over or jump out, basically.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Cos we don't carry parachutes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Having missed one bank holiday bonanza,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36James is determined the wheel will be open
0:03:36 > 0:03:38for the last one of the summer.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I feel a lot better now I've got the last car on.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44It now actually looks like a wheel, not just like an ornament.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50But as soon as it seems the big wheel will finally be ready to turn,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53James discovers they're missing one vital piece of equipment to pass the
0:03:53 > 0:03:55health and safety sign off.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Time to break the news to Henry.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03The windometer that we've got fitted on the top is not sufficient enough
0:04:03 > 0:04:05just on its own. So it's going to have two.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07It's going to have a back-up system on it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09To get it through the health and safety?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Yeah, it's just another delay and another setback.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13A week today is bank holiday Monday.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Yeah. It's in our last big hit.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And you know we've got to get this going.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Mm.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23James has invested more time and money than anyone in the wheel.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27And as well as the pressure, he's also feeling the pinch.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Obviously, it's caused a lot of stress and anxiety
0:04:31 > 0:04:34cos, at the end of the day, we've got to make money.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We bought it to make money.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39But although James has been hit in the pocket,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Henry has been hit in the heart.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44This isn't all about money.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48This park, I have a love for it and I have a vision,
0:04:48 > 0:04:49and my vision says
0:04:49 > 0:04:51this is going to be the best in Wales.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53But it'll never, never be the best in Wales
0:04:53 > 0:04:56unless we have this Ferris wheel working.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00This is too painful for words.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02It's been too stressful.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Words fail me, to tell you how upset I am to see this now still not
0:05:06 > 0:05:11working. I'm here today to get some answers, or it'll be replaced.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12It'll be taken down.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18James and Henry are really up against it.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19And with a week to go
0:05:19 > 0:05:22until the last lucrative bank holiday of the summer,
0:05:22 > 0:05:23time is running out.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32The Fonmon estate is host to the annual Vale Agricultural Show.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35And it's all eyes on lord of the manor Sir Brooke Boothby...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40..as he enters the pumpkin-growing competition.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43If they are not growing by now, we won't get anywhere at the show,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45that's for absolute certain.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Having planted his pumpkin seeds in April,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51it's time to check on their progress.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Now, that I didn't bargain on.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54There was a spider's web right across the door.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And as you can see,
0:05:59 > 0:06:05what was only that big a short while ago is now growing well.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And here is the first true little baby pumpkin.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10But it's early days.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12So much can go wrong.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15There's red spider mite, there's whitefly,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18there's every sort of little thing.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Danger to pumpkins is a snail, not good news.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25We'll take it out. Because we are being filmed, I'll be extremely kind
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and throw it over the wall instead of putting my foot on it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31But the beasts and bugs are the least of his worries
0:06:31 > 0:06:33when it comes to prize veg.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36We get regularly beaten by the gentleman
0:06:36 > 0:06:38who lives not far from here,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41who is a world-class vegetable-grower.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Sir Brooke has some serious competition.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Welcome to the Land of the Giants.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51It's rival gardener Philip Vowles.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Come on, my beauties.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Philip has won countless awards for his monster vegetables...
0:06:57 > 0:07:01The incredible thing about something like this is it grows a foot a week.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04..breaking a world record for the heaviest cucumber
0:07:04 > 0:07:06at 18? pounds in weight.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Good morning.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09I think it's good to talk to them.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13You are looking good. That's the secret of growing giant veg.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17The right seeds, plenty of love and care, talk to them nice.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Quite a nice specimen there.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21And that's what it's all about. It's quite easy.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26His cabbages can weigh over 8st and feed 140 people.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30It's just one stalk and there's eight heads going on it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'll be entering quite a few things in the Vale show, like the giant
0:07:33 > 0:07:37cabbage, the pumpkins, the marrows.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I just love growing all sorts of vegetables,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43but the giants have really got hold of me and I really enjoy it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47I just love it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56But long-suffering wife Brenda doesn't share his passion.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Philip spends far too much time up the garden.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Quite a lot of time with his pumpkins and marrows,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07watering them and I think he do talk to them sometimes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Better tuck you in nice and warm now,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12just in case it goes a bit cold in the night.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Far too much time, in my opinion.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18She do have a little moan now and again.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Says she's an allotment widow.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25But she comes up and helps me out and we have a wonderful time.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27You do enjoy it, I know.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28I'm always left on my own.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30No, you're not.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Most of the time, I am.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33You're out shopping.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I do go off shopping to have a break
0:08:37 > 0:08:39from making him cups of tea all the time.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43There we are. Good night, marrow.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I'm a poor man, really, but I feel like a millionaire.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53Up in my allotment, enjoying my flowers and veg, and I just love it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Time for a cup of tea now, I think.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58All this work we are doing.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11800-year-old St Donats Castle is home to Atlantic College
0:09:11 > 0:09:14and attracts international sixth form students
0:09:14 > 0:09:15from all over the world.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Asbjorn Damhus was a pupil here in 1973.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Being near water revitalises body, soul and mind.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34My favourite is really to stand at the edge of the water
0:09:34 > 0:09:36with my feet in the water
0:09:36 > 0:09:40and allow all of the stress of the day to clear out
0:09:40 > 0:09:43and to drain into the sea.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Asbjorn fell in love with the coast here at St Donats and has
0:09:47 > 0:09:48now returned as a teacher.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Like Asbjorn,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57the students at Atlantic College have always had a close relationship
0:09:57 > 0:10:00with the ocean and the RNLI.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Sian and Alessandro are carrying on that tradition.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06As a kid growing up on the beaches in Swansea,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09you would see the RNLI lifeguards, and until I actually got here,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I never appreciated actually how much they had to do.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15To wear their kit is really something to be proud of.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19It shows that you've gone through a lot of training to achieve this and
0:10:19 > 0:10:22you've gone through thick and thin to be able to
0:10:22 > 0:10:24bring yourself up to this level.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26It's skills which will take you on for the rest of your life.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Sian and Alessandro are part of an annual programme run
0:10:30 > 0:10:32by Atlantic College.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Around 24 students a year are trained in surf life-saving skills.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Today, they are completing their training under the watchful eye of
0:10:40 > 0:10:42teacher Alun Wood.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45What we are going to do now is simulated board rescue
0:10:45 > 0:10:48of a casualty, of a weak swimmer.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Put the casualty onto the board and then paddle them back to shore.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Lifeguard taking emergency action!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I slipped as we went in.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Even lifeguards need help when it comes to the water.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06MUSIC: Rescue Me by Fontella Bass
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Keep going. We are nearly there.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Sian and Alessandro hope to patrol local beaches, but only if they pass
0:11:11 > 0:11:17their tests. They have to swim 400m in seven minutes 30, or less.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And their assignment on Barry Beach is fast approaching.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26I'm excited for kind of getting out, onto a proper beach, and interacting
0:11:26 > 0:11:30with the public and really putting a year's worth of training skills to
0:11:30 > 0:11:33the test. That's a really exciting thing about our service
0:11:33 > 0:11:36is, when we are patrolling, anything could happen.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41When they take to the water, as lifeguards in Barry,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44they'll be strengthening the link between Atlantic College and the sea
0:11:44 > 0:11:46that was created back in Asbjorn's day.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52And perhaps, as with him, that bond will always be with them.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53The coast is very important.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Even though I went away for 25 years, it stayed with me,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59and it always drew me back here.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Less than two miles from the Glamorgan coast
0:12:10 > 0:12:11is St Athan airfield.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Most of the Royal Air Force jets have gone,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17but inside one special hangar
0:12:17 > 0:12:19lies a treasure trove of historic planes.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Throw that away. Throw that away. Throw that away.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Husband and wife team John and Nadine Spark own a flying school
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and aircraft-maintenance business at the site.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34And with thousands of spare parts sourced from all over the world,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37cataloguing everything is a constant battle.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Nadine does all the stores,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43so there's probably about 30 tonnes of it that keeps getting mixed up
0:12:43 > 0:12:45all the time and she has to go and sort it out.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49And here we have the stores.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Small bits, maybe 20,000, we've itemised and put in.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57These are covers for some of the switches.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59On this side, you've got the seat stuff.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01This is the ejection seat stuff.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Then you've got all the tanks. These are the tanks, fuel tanks.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Because you can't buy these things new,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07you have to be very careful what you throw away.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09He's a hoarder. He loves things, you know?
0:13:09 > 0:13:10I get it tidy and then he goes,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13"I've got another thing and I'll just bung this up there and..."
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You know. "No, no, no!"
0:13:16 > 0:13:19John's hoarding obviously gets to Nadine.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23But she's got a cunning plan of how to get rid of everything at once.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26As and when he leaves this earth,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30he's going to be sat in that Land Rover,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32in a 40ft container,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34with everything around him,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and then I'm going to have a farmer bury him as a time capsule.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38In a field.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39SHE LAUGHS
0:13:42 > 0:13:44As Nadine soldiers on sorting the spares,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48her team of mechanics have been reassembling an old Russian military
0:13:48 > 0:13:51training yak for a sporting Welsh hero.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56MUSIC: Take My Breath Away by Berlin
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Ex-Wales rugby star Ian Gough.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Growing up, I always wanted to learn to fly.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Whenever I went on a holiday, back when you could,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'd always want to go and see the pilot,
0:14:05 > 0:14:06go and see what was happening there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And I was lucky enough, we had a tour with Wales going to Canada and
0:14:09 > 0:14:12America and I ended up staying on,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14about three weeks of intense flying, got up to solo,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and then came back to Cardiff and finished it off here.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18So it was a bit of a dream come true,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20and I was able to fulfil it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I've had it seven years, I think, now.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23And I've taken it to air shows.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I've been doing formation aerobatic schools and just stuff
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I dreamed about when I was a kid.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Ian's aeroplane is apart because it's got a 600 hour
0:14:30 > 0:14:33service. So every 600 hours,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36it comes apart to check every single nut and bolt on it and then put it
0:14:36 > 0:14:39back together to make sure it can last another 600 hours
0:14:39 > 0:14:40without things breaking.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41There's no lay-bys in the sky.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You can't just pull over.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46And the service has flagged up a problem on one of the wings.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52This is something that we've found underneath the port flap.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Port flap sits there and you can see the crack there...
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Right, yeah. So I made a new piece and it's all riveted back on fine.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Right, well, that's nice to know. Wheel it in.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Last time this proud Welshman had his plane serviced,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07it was over in England.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10And the cheeky mechanics left their mark.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I come up and I see three dead sheep on the side.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16So, apparently, I think it's five kills for it to be an ace.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18World War II, fighter pilot thing.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20And I didn't even get the five kills. So I'm not even an ace.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Back at Fonmon Castle...
0:15:27 > 0:15:31With just two weeks to go until the Vale Agricultural Show,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Sir Brooke is busy getting his pumpkins plastered.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Here we have nutritious feed for the pumpkins, which is beer,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41which is recycled out of our bar slops.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So there's always plenty of it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48And so you put it on a little bit at a time because you have to let each
0:15:48 > 0:15:50lot soak in a little bit.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Beer is good for it. It's got a lot of carbohydrate and sugars and
0:15:53 > 0:15:56whatever. And actually, that bucket has got a good head on it,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59considering it was from yesterday's event.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00It's still looking good.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'm not going to drink it, though.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04HE LAUGHS
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Pumpkins are less fussy than I am over beer.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Meanwhile, rival gardener Philip has a different approach.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I'm doing my feed by here now.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I don't want to give too many secrets to Lord Boothby.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21But this is my feed.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26My special feed for my giant pumpkin.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I'm using a sugar base, which is a molasses.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Which I just put a couple of molasses into the tub of water,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38stirred it up, got a good head on it, like a good pint of beer,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41try and get some of this feed down on the main runner.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45And apart from that, then, it's only a good bed of manure.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49And the manure I'm using now is recycled compost,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51which is from the Vale of Glamorgan.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The pumpkins are not doing so well this year.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57We've had a bad season, as far as growing.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01My size on my pumpkin's down by half, I would have thought,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03on a normal season.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06But I'm pleased. He's a nice clean pumpkin.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I'll be pleased to take him to the show.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11And, of course, it's not about winning, as I keep saying, but...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16..on the day, it'll be nice to beat Sir Brooke.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Competing with Philip, it's a bit like, I don't know,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22going up against Mo Farah or somebody.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25In a marathon, you know.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26You're looking good.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Pretty vegetable.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I'd better not say as pretty as my wife, or I will be in trouble.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47The summer holidays are in full swing at Whitmore Bay,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50and Atlantic College pupils Alessandro and Sian
0:17:50 > 0:17:52are preparing to hit the beach.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55It's a bit nerve-racking when the beach gets very busy.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Cos there's so many people around that it becomes harder
0:17:57 > 0:17:59to keep an eye on everything at the same time.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01They are providing volunteer support
0:18:01 > 0:18:03to the full-time lifeguards in Barry.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07And with the summer sun shining and people arriving in droves,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09they need to be ready for anything.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12We just saw someone jumping off the promenade down there,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14into the water. Must be some teenagers maybe jumping
0:18:14 > 0:18:16into the water, but it's a little dangerous.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18It's Sian and Alessandro's first call on duty,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and they are heading towards the end of the promenade,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23where there's shallow water and hidden danger.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Most people listen to the advice of the lifeguards.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32But some Barry bathers choose to ignore it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34We're not allowed to tell them, "Don't jump,"
0:18:34 > 0:18:36but we can advise them not to jump.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38We made them aware of the risks.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41They informed us that it wasn't shallow,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44so I just responded that it would get shallow soon
0:18:44 > 0:18:45and so they had to be very careful
0:18:45 > 0:18:48when it came to playing in this area.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Yeah, we can only advise, so we can't say anything.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54She said maybe to stay here and watch them for a little bit and see what happens.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Yeah, that's fine.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58We're here to help them, we're here to protect them,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00we're here to prevent them from getting hurt.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02And when they are just not listening to our advice
0:19:02 > 0:19:04and just keep doing stuff like that, yeah,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07it can get really frustrating at times.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09But they can't wait too long.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12They are needed back at base to help deal with a medical emergency.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Someone's collapsed down at a restaurant
0:19:16 > 0:19:18just down on the promenade.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Yeah, just give us one minute.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22A lady has just fainted in one of the shops.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24We think it's probably because it's a really hot day.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26But we are just going to pass her over to the nurse.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Hang on there a minute, cos you've been sat down for a while.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Feeling OK, a little bit wobbly?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33With volunteer and full-time lifeguards working as a team,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35the patient is in safe hands.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Are you feeling OK now?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Are you still feeling a bit funny?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I feel fine. OK, that's all right, then.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43And your arms are completely fine now? Yeah.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46It does make you feel a bit more of an official lifeguard once
0:19:46 > 0:19:49you've dealt with something. I do feel a bit more confident in myself
0:19:49 > 0:19:52now, after doing that.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54It's been a hectic first morning,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57but Sian and Alessandro's year of hard work and training
0:19:57 > 0:19:59has been well worth it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I love this job. I love this job.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03It's great. People can feel protected and, like, know
0:20:03 > 0:20:05that there's people watching them
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and that they'll be safe if something happens.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10For us right now, it feels like the best job in the world. Yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Back in Fonmon Castle, Sir Brooke is worried about his pumpkins.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The problem is, currently, they haven't grown quite big enough.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And partly, if you look, they are two slightly different colours.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35But giant-veg expert Philip has bigger problems.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Disaster! My pumpkin have collapsed.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43The luck of the draw. He's just collapsed on me.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I think he was growing too quick,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and with the weather being so unpredictable,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50it's just rotted away.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Collapsed completely.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I was absolutely gutted last night.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Because you put so much effort into it, you know, all the season,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02and it was looking so well.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05It must be, I don't know, 200 or 300 pound in weight.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06And just to lose it like that...
0:21:08 > 0:21:09And it's not a pretty sight.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Yeah, he's gone rotten inside.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I think my competition is over.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20And good luck with Sir Brooke.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29It's been three months since John,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Nadine and the team started a complete service
0:21:32 > 0:21:36on the Russian yak and owner ex-Wales rugby star Ian Gough
0:21:36 > 0:21:38is back to see how she flies.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Today, we are going to take off from St Athan's here.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44We can fly down the coast from Penarth
0:21:44 > 0:21:47and just seen a spectacular sort of Welsh coastline.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51The oil's being changed on the engine.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Checked over, looked at. Plugs, points, all cleaned.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Tested. The engineers have been working pretty hard
0:21:57 > 0:22:00over the last few months, getting it right, making sure she is airworthy
0:22:00 > 0:22:03just so when we go up, then I don't have to sweat too much.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09The moment of truth has come.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Having been completely stripped down and meticulously serviced,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15it's time for Ian to fire up the engine.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Sun is shining, nice day in Glamorgan.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20So, time to get her up in the air and give her a bit of a flight,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22a bit of a test.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33As Ian takes off from St Athan,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35he makes a low sweep along the shoreline.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43The Glamorgan coast is a spectacular coastline.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46It's absolutely fantastic.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48When I go flying, I like to be by the sea.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I like the coastline.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Most of my flying ends up around that sort of area.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58After three months of being painstakingly put back together,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Ian's yak makes its way safely back to its base in Swansea.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Oh, bloody hell! Heavier than I thought.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Yes. Back on terra firma...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Good job I had my Weetabix.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It's the day of the Vale Agricultural Show
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and rival growers Sir Brooke and Philip Vowles
0:23:21 > 0:23:22are harvesting their giant veg.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28After Philip's pumpkin catastrophe, he's brought in a reserve.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35This pumpkin here is a cross between a pumpkin and a squash.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Sorry I've got to cut you, but we've got to go to the show.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43And over at the show, the cream of the crop is carefully carried.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49It's time for Sir Brooke to reveal his giants to rival Philip.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Wahey. Where are we putting these?
0:23:52 > 0:23:52Up in the top corner there. Right.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Oh, he's a nice one.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Well done. That's a nice exhibit.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59I almost recognise that.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It could be my seed which I gave him a couple of years ago.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Another good exhibit. Well done.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Here we are. That's a beauty.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Unfortunately, I've had a bit of bad luck with my pumpkins.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14They've collapsed on me. Collapsed?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Yeah. Oh, I am sorry about that.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18I was expecting a gigantic...
0:24:18 > 0:24:20You don't look sorry.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22With a big smile on your face.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25So, you haven't been in Llanharry at any time, have you,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and put something underneath them?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Far be it for me... But the bloke I sent has done a good job,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33obviously. Oh, right!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35All out now. Time for judging.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37This is deadly serious. It's life or death.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40As show manager,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Philip remains inside the tent to weigh up the opposition.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47But poor Sir Brooke has to wait outside.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51The last time I was nervous was when I asked my wife to marry me!
0:24:52 > 0:24:56He's not weighing as heavy as I thought he was.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Whatever will be will be, and so that's it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05But a white whopper may have stolen the show.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07We clearly haven't won the heaviest one.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10There was a much bigger one there. He's a good pumpkin, isn't he?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13He's a beauty. That's the gentlemen who have come all way from
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Reading. It's 86.4.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I'm going to try and get a sneak preview now,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and see if I can see what's going on.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Ah, yes.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27That was a fine figure of a pumpkin.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29That was going to be just definitely...
0:25:29 > 0:25:32We never like an Englishman coming and beating us,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34but we can be polite about it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36That's it. Before we've had a beer.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37Neither got gold,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41but in the head-to-head between Philip and Sir Brooke,
0:25:41 > 0:25:42there's a clear champion.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Oh, we got third.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47There we are. It was 43 kilos, I think.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Yeah, 43 kilos.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52My measly 26 kilos.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Oh, I love it. Can't win all the time.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58It's taking part, that's what it's all about.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59He does fib well, doesn't he?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Sir Brooke's got bragging rights for an entire year.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Well, we've been doing the horticultural tent and, my God,
0:26:07 > 0:26:08I beat Philip Vowles this year.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11You didn't, did you? I tell you what, his pumpkin rotted.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I beat Philip Vowles on his vegetable.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15First time in living history.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And the Boothby family are sitting pretty.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Yay!
0:26:26 > 0:26:31In Barry Island, the summer has come and gone, and the big wheel -
0:26:31 > 0:26:35or, as the locals have dubbed it, the Barry Eye - remains still.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Until now.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Very relieved.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Finally got there after a very long struggle.
0:26:51 > 0:26:5452 tonnes of steel is on the move.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And the nightmare that's been the last six months of James' life is
0:26:57 > 0:26:58finally over.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Well, James, hey, let me shake your hand.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Well done, kid. Well done.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07This is the test run. Let's not waste no more time.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09This is it. Let's go for it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10And let's see how good it is.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Look at that magnificent view.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Just look at that. What a beautiful view.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yeah. That's worth the wait.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28I'm sure many thousands of visitors are really going to enjoy this one.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Just massive relief and a lot less stressed now.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34I bought a bottle of champagne.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37You haven't? But it's vintage now.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Vintage. It's been such a long wait.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40To the future...
0:27:42 > 0:27:44..of the Barry Eye.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48OK, so maybe they didn't get the big wheel turning in time for the bank
0:27:48 > 0:27:50holiday... Lovely.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51..but they're happy.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55The ride might only last a matter of minutes,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57but the experience will last a lifetime.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Which is more than can be said for Henry's celebrations.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05No sooner than he's finished his champagne, it's business as usual.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08We can build on this, but it's not building fast enough,
0:28:08 > 0:28:09and I think I've got a lot of ideas
0:28:09 > 0:28:12which I'm going to talk to you about Monday.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Well done, James.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15You've worked six months straight.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Have a weekend off.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19We are very proud because we had a lot of mountains
0:28:19 > 0:28:22to climb, and it's going, and it's open to the public,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and I'm bloody pleased about it. OK?
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