0:00:03 > 0:00:06Many of us feel like we're stuck in a rut.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09My heart sinks when I think about sitting in front of a screen
0:00:09 > 0:00:11for another 20 years.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13But what if you could experience a world
0:00:13 > 0:00:15which couldn't be further from the one you know?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18There's so much more to life than going to work.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Imagine being flown across the world...
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- ..and opening your eyes...- Wow!
0:00:25 > 0:00:28..to find yourself in someone else's life.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32- Good grief! - I'm certainly outside the M25 now!
0:00:32 > 0:00:36- In this series, six Brits... - Excuse me, do you speak English?
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..will swap places with complete strangers...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- Welcome to your new home. - ..from across the globe.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45I never dreamed to be in a place like this.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- While their opposite numbers...- Are there any crocodiles in here?- No.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53..test drive life in Britain.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Oh, my gosh! Is that Big Ben?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- For seven days...- It's coming!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01..both will be immersed in a culture
0:01:01 > 0:01:03which is totally different from their own.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm not in Kansas any more, Toto.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07HE LAUGHS
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Could walking in someone else's shoes...
0:01:10 > 0:01:11It's been a wake-up call.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14..pave the way to a better life back home?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I really want to have a life just like this.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Can someone who you've never met
0:01:19 > 0:01:22see things about you that you can't see yourself?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Hi! - What would you do if you were me?
0:01:25 > 0:01:30I really don't know what the impact of this is going to be.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Two young men have travelled thousands of miles
0:01:52 > 0:01:55in order to swap lives.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Although their worlds couldn't be more different,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01they're facing the same dilemma.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Both have the chance to take over the family business.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's been Mum's baby, I guess, for the last 15, 16 years.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Both are unsure if they're ready for the challenge.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I can honestly weigh it out, saying, "Is this the life I want?"
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Both have a big decision to make.
0:02:21 > 0:02:2327-year-old Will works with his mum,
0:02:23 > 0:02:28managing a successful holiday business on the island of Anglesey,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31just off the coast of North Wales.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'm the general manager there.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I've been there for about a year and a half now.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Having moved from London to learn the ropes,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43he's being groomed to take over the business when his mum retires.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It is a massive commitment and I don't think
0:02:46 > 0:02:52he fully, yet, has got the full whack of it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56The company rents holiday cottages and has expanded rapidly
0:02:56 > 0:02:59since Will's mum, Bun, took over 15 years ago.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04It now has over 350 properties on its books and employs 30 people.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Do I need 100% commitment from him? I do.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Ultimately, the buck stops with you
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and there's no-one above you or behind you.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16But before he takes on the top job, Will wants to find out more.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I would like to see William come back
0:03:18 > 0:03:22with a clear mind of what HE wants,
0:03:22 > 0:03:28100% sure that he's making the right decision.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Am I making a mistake coming into it a bit too early
0:03:30 > 0:03:32and, actually, it's going to scare me
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and I'd be a bit more level-headed, maybe, in my mid-thirties.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I just need to make that it's definitely what I want to be doing
0:03:39 > 0:03:41ten years down the line. It's a big commitment.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Will is about to swap lives
0:03:44 > 0:03:48with rancher and factory manager Blane from the USA.
0:03:49 > 0:03:5326-year-old Blane is a cattle breeder and bull rider
0:03:53 > 0:03:56from the small town of Petersburg in southern Tennessee.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58After I won my first little bit of money,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I thought I really like this and after that, it never stopped,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and now I raise them,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08buck them, sell them, buy them, ride them.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I love everything to do with a bull.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14His passion for bulls has led Blane and his mum, Michelle,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18to start a small bull-breeding programme on her family's ranch.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I love raising the bulls up from little calves,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25just born weighing 50 lbs,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28then they get to be four-year-olds at 1,500 lbs.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32When I'm out and about on the ranch, I feel it's home.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37This farm's been in the family for I don't know how many years now,
0:04:37 > 0:04:38but ever since I was a baby.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42It's where I grew up, where I was raised, where my roots come from.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47But the ranch isn't the only family business Blane has commitments to.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52During the week, he works for his grandad's concrete firm.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'm basically like plant manager.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I go in the yard, I make sure trucks get loaded with the right stuff.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01The firm has been in Blane's father's family
0:05:01 > 0:05:03for more than 70 years.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Since he took over in the 1980s, his grandad, Bubba,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10has grown it into a multimillion-dollar business.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Blane's dad isn't around, which makes him heir to the company.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17My grandad's done a great deal with it and he's expanded it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21We expanded ourselves to different states and whatnot.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I think it's still something that's going to grow.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27But Blane's worried that his two lives are far from compatible.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30The concrete company's not tied in to the farm.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33My grandad's not so much into the bucking bulls.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I think my chances are better with the concrete company,
0:05:36 > 0:05:37more money-wise.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Or is it go with what I have a true love for
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and seeing how far I can make a go?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48So that's kind of the questions I ask myself on a regular basis.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51He's hoping time away will help him choose
0:05:51 > 0:05:54between his passion and his responsibility.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I really need to figure out what path I want to take.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I'm next in line for the company, but I'm just not certain
0:06:00 > 0:06:02that's what I want to do for the rest of my life.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Neither knows exactly where they are or who they're swapping with.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13The adventure begins when they open their eyes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Wow! Looks like I've just been dumped
0:06:20 > 0:06:25in the middle of nowhere. I don't feel like I'm very well dressed
0:06:25 > 0:06:28for where I am at the moment, in my shirt and chinos for work.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Oh, wow! Wasn't expecting this.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Holy Moley!
0:06:40 > 0:06:45For the next week, Will and Blane will be living each other's lives.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49But first, they must find their way to their new home.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Blane, Petersburg, Tennessee. Well, I know Tennessee.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57All they have to go on is each other's name and address.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Llangaffo, Angley... Anglsia?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04While cowboy Blane's trying to get his bearings...
0:07:04 > 0:07:09I assume this is the ocean cos if it's not, it's an awfully big lake.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12..office worker Will is hitting the trail.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16I think I'm going to start by going this way
0:07:16 > 0:07:19because this looks like there's a bit more civilisation.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Come on, cows. Let's go and find Blane.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26The state of Tennessee is five times the size of Wales
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and home to 6.5 million people.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33It's famous for country music, its whiskey and its cows.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Blane's family farm, where Will is heading, is one of 66,000,
0:07:37 > 0:07:42and the cattle industry alone is worth more than 400 million a year.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Will's been dropped in Marshall County,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48deep in the heart of cowboy country.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- How are you?- Hi, there. How are you?- Good.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56I need to get to a place called Blane in Petersburg, Tennessee.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I don't know Blane. Petersburg's eight miles.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- Any kind of public transport? Any way to get there?- No.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07There's nothing other than walking or hitching a ride.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Where's he going, Jackie? - Petersburg.- I'm going to Petersburg.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- I'm headed that way in a while. - Are you?- Yeah.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Might I be able to get a lift? I'm William. What's your name?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- My name's Doug. - Doug, nice to meet you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Don't mind the mess. - Don't worry about the mess.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Before moving back to Anglesey, Will had been living in London.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Coming to work for the family firm meant leaving his old life behind.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36When I had that chat with Mum about me joining the business,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39she said, "If it's not for you or if you don't want to do it,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43"I'm not putting the pressure on you, but would love you to join."
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Is this it? Is this Petersburg? - This is Petersburg.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Ah.- This is Petersburg.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I remember the first winter, being up here, going,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52"Oh, God, do I definitely want to be in North Wales?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54"Long dark days, it's wet."
0:08:54 > 0:08:57And, you know, I thought,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59"Is this definitely what I want to do, be up here?"
0:09:00 > 0:09:04It's a far cry from Will's more adventurous passions.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06My dream would be to have a boat
0:09:06 > 0:09:08that I could slowly sail around the world
0:09:08 > 0:09:09and have in different marinas,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13but I think it's, potentially, going to be quite hard to get there
0:09:13 > 0:09:14with the business at the moment
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and it taking up more and more of my time.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It's a great little town.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I'm going to drop you off up here at the square.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27As Bun starts to step back from the company over the next few years,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30more of the responsibility will fall to Will.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I think I'm more worried about looking back
0:09:32 > 0:09:34and going, "Did I do the right thing?"
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I guess the pressure's starting to mount a bit.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Not in English, so I don't understand.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46In the UK, Blane has been dropped on Holy Island,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48just off the rugged west coast of Anglesey.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Separated from the mainland by the narrow Menai Straight,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Anglesey is Wales's largest island.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58A whole wad of sheep.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02And it's a world away from Blane's home in Tennessee.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Hi, buddy, give me a hand?- Oh. - Does that tell you anything?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- HE SPEAKS WELSH - Building?- Thank you.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14I'm not certain what he just said,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18but I think if go in the building, they can help me get to Anglesey.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22For many of Anglesey's 67,000 residents,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Welsh is their first language.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- SHE SPEAKS WELSH - Blane. Er...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- SHE SPEAKS WELSH - Llangaffo.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The island is also home to the world's second longest town's name.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38You could take the local train
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and you need to get off at
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgog- erychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46How do I know how to start?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Before this trip, Blane, like 75% of people from Tennessee,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53didn't have a passport.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57This will be my first experience of ever getting on a train.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Eh, mate, need a ride, need a ride.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07This is his first opportunity to travel and see more of the world.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Looks good to me.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15It's also a chance for him to think about his situation back home.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Everything I do is tied in to family.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Take the concrete business, for instance.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's not something I just love, but I'm doing it for my grandad.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Blane has grown up without his father.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Grandfather Bubba has given him a job
0:11:30 > 0:11:32and paid his way through college.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Now Blane feels the need to repay the debt.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I just think, you know, he's had the opportunity to sell it
0:11:38 > 0:11:41for the last ten years and he just won't do it
0:11:41 > 0:11:43and I think there's a reason behind it
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and I think he truly loves it and wants to see it stay in the family.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I've been raised to believe in being there for family
0:11:51 > 0:11:53that's been there for you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- Llanfair PG is your next station stop. Thank you.- That's us, mate.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Brilliant. Thank you very, very much for driving me here.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- I hope you find your way, man. - Cheers, Doug.- See you.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12First settled in the early 1800s,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16the town of Petersburg is home to just over 500 people.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19There's just not much going on at all.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Completely dead. Every single shop, there's nobody in, which is mad.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29Luckily for Will, in Petersburg, everybody knows everybody else.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- I was wondering if you could help me.- I'll try.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35I am trying to find an address. I think it's near here.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- It's called Blane.- It's a town?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I don't have a clue if it's a person's name or a street.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- Blane Tankersley.- Doesn't he ride the bulls?- He rides bulls?- Uh-huh.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46- Bull rider.- Big bulls.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49One of them got his teeth all knocked out and his...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- We're talking about professional bull riding.- What?!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53He's a bull rider?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I'm pretty nervous now. I'm actually REALLY nervous.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04That's it.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Bull rider Blane has finally made it to his new home,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10where he's met by his mum for the week, Bun.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Welcome.- Thank you. - Very nice to meet you.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Come on in!- Thank you.- Come on in.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- Do you want a cup of tea? - Please, ma'am.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20For the next week, she'll be Blane's guide to Will's life in the UK.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Do you have sugar? Milk?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- In tea?- Yeah. Or just... - We do sugar.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Do you want me to leave that in there for longer?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I'm not used to drinking hot tea though.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Your tea, you normally drink it cold?- Ice cubes in it.- Oh!
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- How weird! - Yeah, we never drink hot tea.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Oh, let me show you who everybody is.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Who am I replacing here?- Yeah.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49So, that's William, that's Anna and that's Jack.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- And this was at Jack's 21st. - So, William.- Yeah.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- He looks kind of like the partier. - Oh, he is. He is up...
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well, he is up for anything. That's why you're here and he's there.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I have a feeling this might be it. This is scary!
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Can't believe I'm going to a bull riding place.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Will has finally made it to his new home for the week,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16the Talley Ho Ranch.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18There's a couple of guys going round on horses now.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22I'd probably better go and say hello, see what they're about.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Cody Brewer.- William. William Matthews.- Nice to meet you.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29As well as being a Talley Ho ranch hand,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Cody is Blane's housemate and a fellow bull rider.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- In town, they're saying that you do bull riding.- Yes, sir.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Have you ever been to a rodeo? - Never.- Never?- Never.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I guess you don't have those over there, do you?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43No, nothing like it at all.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Blane manages the ranch alongside his mum.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Nice to meet you.- I'm William.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- My name's Michelle Talley. - Michelle Talley.- Yeah.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- William Matthews. - I'm Talley Ho. You're at Talley Ho.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- This is it.- You made it to Talley Ho, yay!- We made it.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58THEY LAUGH
0:14:58 > 0:15:01So, I need to get some cowboy boots and a hat, don't I?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06For the next week, Will will be living on Blane's family ranch.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Are these yours?- Blane killed those. He killed that one last year.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Really?- And this is going to be where you're staying.- Amazing!
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Is that Blane? - Yeah, that's Blane out there.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- 2016, 2016. He's won twice this year.- Three times, actually.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I guess he's got his other buckle on him.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Oh, really. Very impressed.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29This is amazing, absolutely amazing.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Want to get the boots, want to get the cap, shotgun in my holster.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Yeah, I definitely, definitely dreamt of being a cowboy.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43In Anglesey, Blane is finally able to settle into his new home.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48I actually made it here and it's been a long ass day.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Met Will's mom. Her name's Bun. I prefer to call her Mom.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But she's a super-cool lady, so just excited to get onto the next day.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09It's Will and Blane's first day in their new worlds.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10It's awfully green, that's for sure.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Our grass is completely brown and dead.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Today, they'll be working in each other's family businesses.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Good morning, Will. How did your first night go?- Good.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Slept like an absolute log last night.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Have you been inside the saloon yet? - No, I haven't. I'm quite intrigued.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29The Talley Ho Ranch has been in Michelle's family
0:16:29 > 0:16:31for the last 30 years.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33This is our gathering place.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- This is where everybody comes. - Ah, amazing.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Is that John Wayne over there? - Yes, it is. That's the King!
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I used to watch it with Dad, back at home, on a Sunday afternoon.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- It's a small world, really, if you think about it.- Yeah.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45For the last four years,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Blane and his mum have bred bucking bulls for the bull riding circuit.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Blane is happiest on the ranch, being able to come out here
0:16:52 > 0:16:55and load his bulls up and buck them out here in his front yard.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57What does Blane do on a daily basis?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59He's up around 5.30 every morning
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and he goes to work at the concrete company, Tankersley Concrete.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- He works for his grandad up there. - Oh, OK.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- How long has he been doing that for? - For four years now.- Yeah.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- The concrete company is just a Monday through Friday thing.- Yeah.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Come Friday, 5.30 or 6, when he's off, it's nothing but this.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Yeah, the whole weekend? - The whole weekend.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18For now, breeding bulls doesn't provide enough income
0:17:18 > 0:17:21to allow Blane to give up his day job.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The funding of the concrete company and running the concrete company
0:17:24 > 0:17:27helps make this run too, but there's a lot on the line.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32So, are we going to work today?
0:17:32 > 0:17:38Going to work today and going to put you on a bike to work this morning.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- Oh, right.- Take you, I don't know, quarter of an hour.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- So, this is William's bike he takes every day?- Yes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Me and the Panther, we'll get on our way.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I can't tell you the last time I've been on a bike.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Brakes are good. Off to work we go.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59It's nice. But I think if I had to do it every day,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I'd prefer just to drive to work.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Blane's usual commute is a 25-minute drive
0:18:06 > 0:18:08to the nearby town of Lewisburg.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I'll be interested to find out how it all works.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Blane's great-grandfather started the concrete firm in 1946.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Now it's one of the biggest in the state.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Hi, there. How are you? I'm William.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- I'm swapping lives with Blane for the week.- Taking Blane's place.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I certainly am. Nice to meet you. I'm William.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- How are you?- Bubba Tankersley.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Blane's grandad, Bubba, has been running the business
0:18:32 > 0:18:34for the last 30 years.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- So, is this your desk? - That's my filing cabinet.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38WILL LAUGHS
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Blane has been working full-time as factory manager
0:18:40 > 0:18:42for the last four years.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46As well as sorting customer orders, he also oversees the staff
0:18:46 > 0:18:48and helps with the day-to-day running of the factory.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Does Blane get stressed here? - Probably.- Really?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56What's Blane and Bubba's relationship like?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- They have bad days and good days. - Do they?- Oh, yeah.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Do they fight much or argue about stuff
0:19:00 > 0:19:03or is it kind of Bubba's decision at the end of the day?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It's Bubba's decision at the end of the day.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Looks like it's going to start raining.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09That's what you need, isn't it, rain?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Unlike Will, Blane spends much of his time away from his desk,
0:19:13 > 0:19:14out in the yard.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- It'll put some arms on you. - Yeah, it will, won't it?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It's nice to be outside, be in the fresh air.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23But definitely not what I'm used to.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26It does seem quite hard work.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I'm sat behind a desk and I think it's more kind of mental, I guess,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32rather than labour and getting your hands dirty,
0:19:32 > 0:19:33so there's a big difference there.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37But there are things about Bubba that remind Will of his mum.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39The businesses are so different,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41but I do see similarities in their work ethic,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43in what they've got and been given,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47and it takes a huge amount of hard work and determination,
0:19:47 > 0:19:52and I can kind of really see how Mum and Bubba have taken on a business
0:19:52 > 0:19:56that's probably a bit smaller and grown it to be what it is today.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Reflecting on what Blane does here and looking back at my own life,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I can't just leave on a Friday at five
0:20:03 > 0:20:05and not worry about it till 9 o'clock on a Monday
0:20:05 > 0:20:09and that means not being able to do everything
0:20:09 > 0:20:12that maybe some friends would do and it's hard.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19In Wales, cowboy Blane has mastered Will's trusty steed
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and arrived at work.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Number 4, Menai Holiday Cottages. That's my location I need to be.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30One of North Wales's biggest industries is tourism.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34On Anglesey alone, it's worth more than £250 million a year.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Oh, here you are, here you are. - Hello.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- How was your ride to work? - Oh, amazing.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44So, this is my adopted son for a week and guess where he's from.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Er, Texas?- Right.- Yeah? - In the country.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Bun's company now markets and manages
0:20:50 > 0:20:53over 350 privately owned holiday cottages,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56four times as many as when she took over.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- Will's desk is over here. - Will's way cleaner than I expected.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Oh, yeah, he's very tidy. Oh, look, he's left you a note!
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- He's left a note.- It says, "Good luck, life swap. William."
0:21:07 > 0:21:09So, what exactly is Will's job?
0:21:09 > 0:21:13So, he would typically arrive, like you do,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15come and sit here, turn on his computer,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19look at his e-mails and then he'd look at his diary.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23His diary may be a meeting with, perhaps, Jen and Henry
0:21:23 > 0:21:27over there in there, about the magazine.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Would you say he spends the majority of his time in the office or out?
0:21:30 > 0:21:36Three-quarters of his time here and a quarter of his time out, I guess.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I would never be able to do a desk job.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42My job isn't fun, but I really love to be outside and be active
0:21:42 > 0:21:44instead of sitting at a desk all day.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46A world away from what he's used to,
0:21:46 > 0:21:50it isn't long before a restless Blane decides to familiarise himself
0:21:50 > 0:21:52with his co-workers.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57"Northwest Community College Bull-O-Rama 2016 Champion"!
0:21:57 > 0:22:00So, you had to ride a bucking bull in that, did you?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Yeah, you had to ride and then you had to beat another comp...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06How it works is when you go to bull riding competitions,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08you compete for money,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and then sometimes they give buckles away to say I won this event.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- It is quite odd, but here it is! - LAUGHTER
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- Yes, so, anyway, yes... - Yeah, they're usually handmade.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Stop flirting and come and do some work now.- Yes, ma'am.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26So, we're going to go out and see a new house.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So, this is a job William would do.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32One of Will's jobs is to view prospective cottages
0:22:32 > 0:22:35to add to the list of holiday lets.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38On the way, Bun takes the chance to grill Blane
0:22:38 > 0:22:40about his family business back home.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- So, how long has the business been running?- 70 years.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- So, he set it up himself? - My grandad's dad.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Is he quite old-fashioned?- Ah. - Yeah.- As old as it gets.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55That's the difference between Will and you and me and my grandad
0:22:55 > 0:22:58is, you know, you can talk to him.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Me and my grandad, we don't...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03My grandad doesn't really just talk to anybody.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06But, at times, there's certain things
0:23:06 > 0:23:08that I wish he would be more vocal about.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11We are very, very lucky because we do work really well together
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and we have similar ideas.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17And we're here.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I can really tell by the way she talks about Will,
0:23:21 > 0:23:22that they had a good relationship.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Hi, I'm Bun, William's mum.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28You could tell that, if something wasn't going right,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30or not the way she expected,
0:23:30 > 0:23:35she would probably communicate it, by trying to work something out.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- It's quite central. - Yeah, you're high up, aren't you?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- Higher than you think. - Yeah, uninterrupted view.- Yes.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- Thank you very much. - Thank you for coming.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46And we'll be in touch.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I do know I want Menai Holiday Cottages to stay in the family.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- You want to give it to him or you don't know?- That's my difficulty.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59William does, really, all the nice things at the minute
0:23:59 > 0:24:01but, actually, running a business
0:24:01 > 0:24:04is not quite the same as working in one.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13There's, for sure, some similarities with me and Will.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I got the same type of family deal.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17His mum owns a company, my grandad owns a company.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21We're both kind of uncertain if that's what we want to do.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I think we're in the same boat, visiting a new place,
0:24:24 > 0:24:25and I think he's probably going to love it
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and I'm already loving this place,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29so maybe an eye-opener for both of us.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Having spent the day at the concrete company, Will's getting ready
0:24:37 > 0:24:40to live the ranch life Blane is really passionate about.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Oh! You almost had it right there.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48I'm really happy that I'm kind of out here, being outside,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50away from the office,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54not thinking about e-mails and getting my hands dirty.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's very, very different.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Oh! - THEY LAUGH
0:25:01 > 0:25:04BLANE'S VOICEOVER
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Today, Will is going to be working
0:25:13 > 0:25:16as a hired hand on the Talley Ho Ranch.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18This has been hit by a bull before, hasn't it?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Yeah, see what they done to a gate.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Would that have been a big bull or a little bull?- Oh, that's a little.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- A big bull would run off with all these gates.- Really?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31He'd stick his head in them and drag them all across the field.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- Oh, my God.- Just one.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34As well as riding bulls,
0:25:34 > 0:25:39Blane and his family breed them for the rodeo circuit.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
0:25:42 > 0:25:43These cows aren't like beef cows.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- These cows are, you know, they're all...- Wild.- Yeah.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Bucking bulls and things like that,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50they're bred like racehorses, you know.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53There are currently 30 bulls at Talley Ho,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55ranging from new-born calves
0:25:55 > 0:25:57to half-tonne adults in their bucking prime.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02- You're coming in here with me? - I'm coming in with you. All right.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Bred from carefully selected stock,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08these bulls are the athletes of the bovine world.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- CODY WHISTLES AND CALLS THE BULLS - Yeah!
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Most bulls start their training at two years old,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22some with a strap or weight on their back to simulate being ridden.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Bloody hell! That got my heart pumping.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28CODY LAUGHS
0:26:28 > 0:26:30A good bucker needs just the right amount of aggression
0:26:30 > 0:26:33to give the cowboy a tough ride.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It's pretty dangerous stuff, isn't it?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37If you get it wrong, and it turns back at you -
0:26:37 > 0:26:40which it felt like it could have done, at one point -
0:26:40 > 0:26:42probably would have got hurt pretty badly. Look at them.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47They're still revved up. I'm not getting in with those big ones.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- Yeah, you are. - CODY LAUGHS
0:26:49 > 0:26:54A good bucking bull can sell for up to 1,500,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57three times as much as beef or dairy cattle.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59These ones are a lot bigger though,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03so I'm just making sure I'm high enough, cos they can kick so high.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Get up! Boo!
0:27:05 > 0:27:09BULLS MOO
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- God, they're powerful, aren't they? - Oh, yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13This couldn't be much further removed
0:27:13 > 0:27:15from what I do on a day-to-day basis.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I feel like my cojones are growing a little bit more,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19but they could quite easily get knocked back
0:27:19 > 0:27:22to the size that they should be because it's bloody scary!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I'm starting to feel like a cowboy a little bit. It's amazing.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30While handling the bulls is dangerous enough,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33riding them is a whole different story.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- So, have you been hit much by the big bulls?- Oh, yeah.- Really?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39- More times than I can count.- What's your worst one that's ever happened?
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Er, I don't know. I have about a 250,000 reconstructed metal face.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47All this right in here, down through here, is metal.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49My chin's metal, my jaws are metal.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I've had my right shoulder blade shattered,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54I've broken my left leg in two places.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Why do you do it if you get hurt so much?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Is it the thrill? Is it the adrenaline?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01There's nothing that makes a man feel more like a man
0:28:01 > 0:28:05than to ride a bull and step up on its feet like it was nothing.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07He's been injured pretty badly a few times.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Half of his face has been kind of horned off
0:28:10 > 0:28:14and he's still going, so, um, probably not for me,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16but I'm seriously enjoying it.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26In Anglesey, Blane is on his way to meet Will's dad.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Although Bun's business is mostly office based,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33dad John's life is closer to the one Blane knows back home.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- Hello.- Hi, how are you? - Are you Mr John?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38That's right. You must be...
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Blane Tankersley. He's taken my place in Tennessee.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45- What's he doing there then? - He may be riding bulls.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47JOHN LAUGHS
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Oh, right, I've got no bulls here, but I've got some small cows.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- About to go feed?- Yeah, just these things in the field here.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- Shall we wander down there? - Let's go do it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58John is a retired vet,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01who lives just across the Menai Strait on the Welsh mainland.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- I raise bucking bulls back home. - Bucking bulls?
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Will's parents are also divorced
0:29:06 > 0:29:09but he visits Dad's small farm once a week.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I've got a shed full of calves down the bottom there.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- We'll go and see those now. - All right.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Whenever you're doing stuff like this,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- is this something Will takes part in?- Yeah, occasionally.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Will's more into playing, really. He likes to go on the boats.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- There we go. - This is my line of work here.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Oh, OK.- You've got him there.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34So tight so he can't bite. So calm.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I'm just curious about your relationship with Will.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42You know, he come over often or you guys go eat or work together a lot?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Um, yeah, he comes over weekly or...
0:29:45 > 0:29:49It's usually to play or going on the boats or something
0:29:49 > 0:29:52or skiing trips together.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55My dad's actually in prison, so that's why it's cool to know
0:29:55 > 0:29:58that he's got a dad that he can just go do stuff with.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- So, your dad is...? - He's locked up.- He's locked up?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Yeah, he been kind of locked up most of my life.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08It was probably, like, 11 or 12
0:30:08 > 0:30:11before I ever got told where he even was.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Do you see your dad at all then, if he's in...?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- I actually went and visited him for the first time...- First time?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19..about a month or so ago. They only show you them through a monitor.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- You can't see them in person. - Seriously?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Yeah, you only talk through a phone
0:30:23 > 0:30:25and look through a TV screen to see them.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I assume he must have done something fairly serious then.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34No, I mean he's just constantly doing wrong, so it just adds up.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36My grandad who owns the company, it's his dad,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39and he should be the one taking over, really.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42If I could give anything, I'd rather him just get out of prison,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45do right, take over the company himself,
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- which would allow me more time to, you know...- Play with your bulls.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Play a little bit and... - So, you've really had to sort of...
0:30:52 > 0:30:55It's kind of like I'm having to grow up before I want to.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Sometimes it saddens me, maybe.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01If me and my dad could run it and he stayed straight,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03that would be awesome.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06It's real frustrating he's put ME in a situation
0:31:06 > 0:31:09where I got to make a decision at a younger age
0:31:09 > 0:31:12and it's really just not cool to me
0:31:12 > 0:31:14and it frustrates the hell out of me.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Should give you a job doing this. You're getting proficient at it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Honestly, this is the most fun I've had since I've been over here.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- Do you fancy riding polo ponies? Have you ever played polo?- Uh-uh.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Sounds like a pretty British thing to do.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Better get strapped by a Tennessee cowboy today.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- One stick.- One bamboo stick.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- One polo helmet.- Nice.- Right.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Yeehaw!
0:31:44 > 0:31:47JOHN LAUGHS
0:31:47 > 0:31:51This is my funnest day I've had so far. More my lifestyle.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53We're coming for that one!
0:31:53 > 0:31:55It feels kind of like I'm back home here.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58We've really got our mojo going now.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00There we go, mate. Ah!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03His dad's willing to go out there
0:32:03 > 0:32:06and play polo with him and tip calves with him
0:32:06 > 0:32:10and that's all stuff that, kind of like a father-son moment,
0:32:10 > 0:32:11I never really got back home.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13There we go.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15I've had it fortunate, growing up with my grandad and stuff,
0:32:15 > 0:32:18but there's always the fact that your dad's not there.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21It makes you wonder what it's like, so on days like today,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23you get kind of a taste of what it's like.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Yeah! Hit me something, John!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Oh!
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- OK, I missed that one. - THEY LAUGH
0:32:33 > 0:32:35The fact Will's got a dad there,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38willing to do stuff with him, is a pretty cool deal.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46After a day thinking about his own dilemma,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48back home with Bun,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Blane wants to know more about what Will is weighing up.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56I think this opportunity for William is going to give him
0:32:56 > 0:32:58time away from here to think about it,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01then think, "Well, actually, do I want to be here,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03"nine to five, seven days a week?"
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Because we're in the tourism business
0:33:05 > 0:33:08and it's people's holidays and homes, you live it, really.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Seven days a week, huh? - Yeah, I mean, he does have free time
0:33:11 > 0:33:13while I'm still there,
0:33:13 > 0:33:17but when I want to step back and do less,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- then he's going to have those things to do.- Right.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- And do you really want to do those when you're 27?- Yeah.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29In America, despite his mum's unwavering support,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Will's wondering the same thing.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Yeah, I think Mum's known that it's a big step for me to take
0:33:35 > 0:33:37at quite a young age and, um...
0:33:39 > 0:33:43And at times, you know, I've spoken to her and said,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45"God, Mum, I don't think this is right for me.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47"I'm probably too young."
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And I think she realises that, at times,
0:33:49 > 0:33:53I could probably quite easily run away and go and work on a boat
0:33:53 > 0:33:55and she's been amazing about it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59She's kind of said, "Look, it's your life and it's your decision
0:33:59 > 0:34:01"and you can go whichever direction you want to."
0:34:01 > 0:34:05If I do decide that I want to drop it all, then she'll be there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10It's, ultimately, my decision and my life.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15BLANE'S VOICEOVER
0:34:22 > 0:34:24- Good morning.- Good morning.- Did you sleep well?- Oh, like a rock.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Good. So did I.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Over in Tennessee, Will and the boys are going for breakfast
0:34:32 > 0:34:33at the local diner.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36This is great. I like this a lot.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- I eat here probably about two or three times a week.- Yeah.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Kind of like home-cooked food, you know.- Wow, thank you so much.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Y'all need anything else? - Good to go.- This looks amazing.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52So, what's a day here compared to, like, a day back home?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Doesn't really start like this at all.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57I go straight to work and get to my office, basically,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01turn the screen on and kind of settle in for the day.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- We work with about 30 staff. - 30 people?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- That's a pretty big responsibility. - Yeah.- Day in and day out.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11That's a grind on you. I'd just be stressed out 24/7.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- You wouldn't enjoy it? - I wouldn't like it.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15I have it set where I can live life
0:35:15 > 0:35:18to the fullest while I'm young and vice versa.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22OK, let's work ourselves to death and we get 60 years old,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- let's retire when we're too old to do- BLANK,- just lay around and die.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- That sounds like a lot of fun!- Yeah. - Those guys are still thinking
0:35:29 > 0:35:32about where they're going to get drunk at the next night
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and you're running a business with 30 people under you, so...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- I know.- We're in our mid-twenties, you know,
0:35:38 > 0:35:40the greatest time in your life.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Why not be travelling and running into other people
0:35:42 > 0:35:44with the same state of mind?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Cody's carefree lifestyle is highlighting the compromises
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Will may have to make.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I guess I'm kind of torn between taking on the business
0:35:52 > 0:35:54in a bigger way or being able to do everything else.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I absolutely love what I do, but I think it's just important
0:35:57 > 0:36:00that it doesn't completely take over my life.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Fuelled by a hearty breakfast,
0:36:06 > 0:36:10today is going to be Will's first trip to a bull riding competition.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- Thank you.- Cody will be competing in the main event.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15I want to try a few different hats.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18First job for Will is to dress the part.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- A man's hat says a lot about him. - All right.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Unless you're dressed in proper Western attire - cowboy hat,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27long-sleeved shirt, pants and boots, with your shirt tucked in -
0:36:27 > 0:36:29you're not allowed behind the bucking chutes.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- They wouldn't let me in?- No.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Bit weird. Don't like that one.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39This looks like I'd wear this in Australia, maybe.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Let's try one of these on. - All right.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Will people buy a new hat for the rodeo?- Yeah.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- That one fits good?- Yeah, it's all right. What do you reckon?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- I think it's perfect.- Yeah?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54We just need to get you a little bit fuller pants.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58GUNSHOTS
0:36:58 > 0:36:59CODY LAUGHS
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Philadelphia, Mississippi, here we come.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- So, are you excited for your first bull ride?- I can't wait!
0:37:07 > 0:37:11While Will gets more comfortable with the cowboy lifestyle...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Gee, there's some awfully small boats.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16..Blane is going to be experiencing Will's passion,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18with sailing buddies Sam and Trigger.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- How you doing?- How you doing today, buddy?- Morning. Good to see you.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Good to see you. - Feeling fresh?- Ready to go.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- This is what Will does, huh? - Yeah, he's a pretty keen sailor,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29so it should give you a little taste of what he gets up to.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Out on the water, living the dream. - Let's get started.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Yeah, I think we've got to get some waterproofs on.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Yeah, we've got to get something on for this.- Jeans and cowboy hats...
0:37:37 > 0:37:39This ain't going to cut it, I can tell you.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Will's love of sailing has taken him around the world,
0:37:44 > 0:37:47from regular trips with this friends off the coast off Anglesey,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49to crewing superyachts in the Caribbean.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51If Will could spend his time doing anything,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53I think he'd be out here quite a lot.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55It's like his dream, just to sail?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58If you offered him a sweet yacht with a plentiful supply of gin,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01then he would be off over the horizon.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I'm not sure about this cowboy hat out on the water, man.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- You look like you're a bit out your element.- I'm freezing my nuts off!
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Ready about?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Recently, Will's been sailing less to concentrate on the business
0:38:13 > 0:38:16and it's making Blane think about his own choices.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20If I could have it the way I really want it, I'd travel the world,
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- I'd ride bulls.- Is that a thing you could do full-time?
0:38:23 > 0:38:28- It just doesn't provide the income that I would like to have.- OK.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30You're not financially stable.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Is that something you think about quite a lot or...?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Oh, all the time.- Yeah. - I don't want to be in unhappiness
0:38:35 > 0:38:36the majority of the time,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- just to be happy just for a little bit, you know.- Yeah.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Right now in life, I'm kind of back and forth,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45really trying to figure out what my dream completely is.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Money over happiness type deal.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49The decisions I make now determine
0:38:49 > 0:38:51"Hey, you're going to be able to go and have fun,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55"play, experience things or you're going to have a steady income" -
0:38:55 > 0:38:58what I call just an ordinary life of an American.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC
0:39:02 > 0:39:04After a five-hour drive,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Will and the boys have arrived at the bull riding arena.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11This is where the Wild West comes alive,
0:39:11 > 0:39:16where modern-day cowboys compete for hundreds of dollars in prize money.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18COMMENTATOR CALLS OUT
0:39:19 > 0:39:21WHISTLE BLOWS
0:39:21 > 0:39:24CHEERING
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Bull riding is one of America's fastest-growing sports.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Within 20 years, it's gone from a rodeo side event
0:39:33 > 0:39:37into a multimillion-dollar industry in its own right.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40GUNSHOT CHEERING
0:39:42 > 0:39:46The aim is to ride the bull for eight seconds.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48CHEERING
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Fall off before, and the ride counts for nothing.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59The judges score both the successful rider and the bull.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03The top professionals can win thousands for every ride.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05But at the level Cody and Blane are competing,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08the prize money is rather more modest.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12They're so powerful.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And as they only get paid if they get a high score,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18it's an unreliable way to earn a living.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22With some bulls weighing nearly a tonne, it's no surprise
0:40:22 > 0:40:25it's been called the most dangerous eight seconds in sport.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Now it's Cody's turn to ride.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Very, very nervous, actually.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Um, everybody back here seems quite apprehensive.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42COMMENTATOR MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I think he's trying to get into the zone as much as he can.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:06 > 0:41:09HORN BLARES CHEERING
0:41:09 > 0:41:15He nailed it! He nailed it completely! Absolutely nailed it!
0:41:16 > 0:41:20That was amazing! That was absolutely amazing!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22It was absolutely amazing watching Cody.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24I couldn't believe how well he did.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26You've got to have a lot of bottle to be able to jump on those bulls.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29They are absolute beasts. They are massive. It's insane.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30I couldn't believe it.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Now it's Will's turn to ride.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Luckily, his bull has an off switch.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Relax a little.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45There you go, there you go, there you go!
0:41:45 > 0:41:48CHEERING
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Good job!- How did I get on? - You done great, you done great.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58I can see why Blane goes through all of this effort just for,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01literally, those eight seconds on the bull.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- That was all right. - Yeah, you done good.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Living that kind of...yeah, that kind of, almost,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08the American dream, really.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Now let's go to the real deal. - No! Definitely not!
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Both men have now spent several days living each other's lives.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27If you want to come somewhere to think about something,
0:42:27 > 0:42:29you've got all the time in the world to think about it here,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31cos nobody going to talk to you hardly
0:42:31 > 0:42:33and you won't understand them.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Everybody tells me that I'd be completely crazy
0:42:40 > 0:42:42if I don't take over this company.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Obviously, it's my grandad's final decision,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48but they're all right, I believe, about needing to stick with it.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52But also, I think some of them don't look
0:42:52 > 0:42:55at the happiness side of things
0:42:55 > 0:42:58and a lot of people in America are caught up on money,
0:42:58 > 0:43:02compared to happiness, and I try to balance them out.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Have you ever been on a horse before?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Yeah, I've been on a horse a handful of times
0:43:10 > 0:43:14but I've never had a big interest in them at all, really.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17The lifestyle on the ranch has been really, really enjoyable.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Let's do it.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22I was really surprised when I met Cody.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25I had in mind that they drive round in a truck
0:43:25 > 0:43:28and go and round up the cows or go on their quad bike into the hills,
0:43:28 > 0:43:30but it's not at all.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33They go on horseback with their riding boots on
0:43:33 > 0:43:36and the cowboy cap and they're roping, lassoing.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Yeah, really surprised to see that.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42- Looking like a natural already. - I'm a modern-day cowboy.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45One thing that I've absolutely loved
0:43:45 > 0:43:48is actually not being connected to my phone at all.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51That first day, you're like, "Ooh, I should be checking my e-mails.
0:43:51 > 0:43:56"They're probably mounting up now," and worrying about the UK,
0:43:56 > 0:43:58and then just disengaging from it
0:43:58 > 0:44:00has been really, really, really nice.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- I'm pretty impressed, Will.- You came a long way in just a few days.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15On Anglesey, Blane has been invited for dinner by Will's sister, Anna.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16William likes a good curry,
0:44:16 > 0:44:19- so I thought I'd cook something that he quite likes.- Curry?
0:44:19 > 0:44:23- Yeah, it's lamb and chickpea curry. - Is that like beef stew?- It's lamb.
0:44:23 > 0:44:27- Oh, it's lamb?- Yeah. So, have you never had a curry?- Er, no.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- You've never had a curry? - What is the white...?
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- It looks like oversized corn. - No, it's chickpeas.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34It's a chance to meet some of Will's friends
0:44:34 > 0:44:36and his younger brother, Jack.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42It's also an opportunity to talk about the decisions he's facing.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46I would love to be able to just be on my farm full-time
0:44:46 > 0:44:48and grow my bucking bull business like no other,
0:44:48 > 0:44:51where it could stand on its own and make me enough income
0:44:51 > 0:44:53that I can, you know, go play.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55But farming's hard.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58Although he loves ranching, Blane is realising
0:44:58 > 0:45:01that Bubba's concrete business offers financial security
0:45:01 > 0:45:03which is hard to ignore.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05- Family company, is it? - Yeah, my grandad's.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08Really, the only reason I'm there at the moment is cos...
0:45:09 > 0:45:12..the possibility of me taking it over and, plus, you know,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15a lot of opportunities I got to live in life is because of him.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18But he's worried about whether taking the helm would leave
0:45:18 > 0:45:20any room in his life for his passion.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22I go to rodeo every weekend and ride bulls
0:45:22 > 0:45:24and if I'm not, I may like to travel.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27So, there's quite a sacrifice, isn't there, if you decide to...?
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Yeah, if I decided that, you know, this is what I want to do,
0:45:29 > 0:45:32all that comes to a halt. My grandad's so old-school.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35I'm kind of on the fence line of is he wanting to tell me,
0:45:35 > 0:45:37"You need to stay here and learn the business
0:45:37 > 0:45:41"or I want you to pursue your dream while you can."
0:45:41 > 0:45:44He's never vocal enough about it, so how the hell do I know?
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Have you ever asked him straight?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48- It's one of those things I'm scared to talk to him like that.- Yeah.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Cos I don't know how he's going to take it. I'm sure the same for Will.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Yeah. You're in charge and suddenly
0:45:53 > 0:45:54your whole life becomes it, doesn't it?
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Do you think he's up to the challenge now
0:45:57 > 0:46:00or do you think that he likes to have too much outside time?
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- At the moment, he definitely likes to have too much fun.- Right.
0:46:05 > 0:46:10Back in Tennessee, Cody's taken Will out to his favourite watering hole
0:46:10 > 0:46:13for one last night before he leaves.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15- Did you ever drink moonshine? - Not yet.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18He's got to drink some Tennessee whiskey before he leaves.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I almost feel like a local celebrity.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23I think that's probably a lot to do with Blane.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26Everybody seems to absolutely love him, which is amazing.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I've learnt so much about him just from tonight,
0:46:29 > 0:46:31meeting kind of friends, seeing a few pictures.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34It's been really, really good. Did not expect it at all.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37I thought it was going to be a quiet drink and a bit boring
0:46:37 > 0:46:39and it's been anything but.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41So, Will, what do you think of, like, American girls?
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- Are they any different from UK girls?- American girls to UK girls?
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- Bigger eyes, yeah?- Bigger eyes!
0:46:47 > 0:46:49THEY LAUGH
0:46:54 > 0:46:56- Thank you for everything. - Can I have a hug?- It was great.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- Bye-bye.- Thank you. - Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01- Hopefully, I'll be back.- Bye.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03I think if me and Will want to be serious
0:47:03 > 0:47:06about taking over the company, then we got a lot of growing up to do
0:47:06 > 0:47:07in the next couple of years.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10There's a lot of stuff that's going to be cut out for both of us.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16It's Will and Blane's final day living each other's lives.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- There you go.- Thank you.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Crap, you drink it this warm?
0:47:26 > 0:47:27Whoo!
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Before he leaves Tennessee to return to his own life,
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Will wants to talk to Bubba one last time.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Has Blane got quite a good mechanical head?
0:47:37 > 0:47:41He's learned a whole lot because he's worked on and off here
0:47:41 > 0:47:46- for a lot of years.- Yeah.- So, he's like me. He has to do it all.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48OK, involved in absolutely everything.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Will wants to know if the bull riding will have to end
0:47:51 > 0:47:53when Blane takes over the company.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Does he find it hard to kind of juggle being here
0:47:56 > 0:47:59and if he's got, like, bull competitions on?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Most of that's on weekends
0:48:01 > 0:48:07- and...- Yeah.- ..and, er, leaving here on Friday afternoon.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- I don't want him to be here on Saturdays and Sundays.- Yeah.
0:48:10 > 0:48:15He's young and he needs to enjoy bull riding, I guess.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18So, what are your hopes for the future of the business
0:48:18 > 0:48:21and with Blane and how he takes it forwards?
0:48:21 > 0:48:25Yeah, Blane's future here is...is, you know,
0:48:25 > 0:48:28- running the place and owning it someday.- Yeah.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30He's a hard worker and always has been.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32But you're confident he'll do it well.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34- Yes, I am confident he can do it. - Yeah.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37At my age, you've got to look down the road
0:48:37 > 0:48:40and you never know when his time's going to come,
0:48:40 > 0:48:44but it's getting closer cos I want to slow down some
0:48:44 > 0:48:47and I'm confident he can take care of it any time.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Yeah, brilliant.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53When you have a family member that would like to run the company,
0:48:53 > 0:48:59then, er, it just means a whole lot more and it means more to me.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01They've had the business for 72 years.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04I think he'd definitely feel a bit upset
0:49:04 > 0:49:07if he did see Blane go on and maybe just do bulls
0:49:07 > 0:49:10as a full-time profession, because he's put his life and his soul
0:49:10 > 0:49:13into this business, and it would be hard, I think,
0:49:13 > 0:49:16to swallow that, that it's not carrying on to another generation
0:49:16 > 0:49:20and he'd have to sell it or bring somebody else in to run it for him.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22I think it would be really hard.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Bubba has answered questions for Will,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29not only about Blane's future, but also his own.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31This week's been really interesting.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35I kind of came here thinking I could have it all
0:49:35 > 0:49:36and add more on top of that.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Throughout the week, I've definitely changed my mind to going,
0:49:39 > 0:49:42"Actually, if I really need to make this work,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45"I need to be 100% committed to the holiday cottages
0:49:45 > 0:49:47"because it's a big business now."
0:49:47 > 0:49:50We've got lots of staff, we've got lots of properties
0:49:50 > 0:49:53and lots of customers and owners that we need to look after
0:49:53 > 0:49:57and make sure the business doesn't fall down in any way,
0:49:57 > 0:50:00and I need to make sure it carries on being successful for myself,
0:50:00 > 0:50:03for Mum and for everybody else involved with the company.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18For Blane's final day in Wales,
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Bun has brought him to the Snowdonia National Park.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27So, has it been as you imagined it would be?
0:50:27 > 0:50:29This is one of those places
0:50:29 > 0:50:31if you're not coming for this beauty, then...
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I mean, I don't know what else you really do here.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38And having time away from his busy life at home
0:50:38 > 0:50:42has helped Blane make some decisions about his future.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Have you got different thoughts in your mind
0:50:44 > 0:50:46of what you'll do when you go home?
0:50:46 > 0:50:49- I'll stick with the concrete company.- You will?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52The idea of wanting to go bull riding for a living
0:50:52 > 0:50:55and all is good, but also the idea of having money is really good too.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59That's interesting, you see. That's a comparable of you and William.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02But how best to talk to his grandad about his plans
0:51:02 > 0:51:04is still causing him concern.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Probably more than anything I'm going to take out of this
0:51:07 > 0:51:10is being able to use you and Will as an example
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- to talk to my grandad about it and be, like, "Hey," you know.- Mm.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16My grandad's never even called me - period - once.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20But do you think that is because of the generation gap
0:51:20 > 0:51:23and also, maybe this is something he's anxious about? He doesn't...
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Yeah, something he's really wanting to talk about
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- but doesn't know how to break the ice about.- Exactly.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31- And I think that's a man thing. - And it's the same with me.
0:51:31 > 0:51:32I don't know how to break the ice with him.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34I don't know how to approach him about it.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36"You want me to take this company over
0:51:36 > 0:51:38"or is this something you're going to do
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- "till you just can't do it no more and just sell out?"- Yeah.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Cos if that's the case, then this is not for me,
0:51:43 > 0:51:46if there's no future in it. I know there's going to come to a point
0:51:46 > 0:51:47where I'll get fed up not knowing.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51If he doesn't know that you've got those inner thoughts and feelings,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54- then he's not going to be able to deal with them.- Yeah.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58So, maybe, whether you speak it or whether you write it,
0:51:58 > 0:52:01and then he can have time to digest it.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05I just want to let him know that...I'm willing to do this,
0:52:05 > 0:52:08- but I need him to communicate with me...- Yeah.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11..how you've kind of communicated with Will.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Just talking to somebody on the other side of the water
0:52:17 > 0:52:20made me want to just, you know, go up to him and talk to him about it,
0:52:20 > 0:52:22just like Bun communicates with Will.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25But I'd rather at least know what his thoughts are.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Will and Blane's week is up and it's time for them to say goodbye
0:52:37 > 0:52:39to their host families and head for home.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41I can't thank you enough.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44I hope everything is how you want it when you get home.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I really hope, for Blane, when he gets back home,
0:52:47 > 0:52:49that he's able to speak to his grandfather
0:52:49 > 0:52:53and that's something that's very important to him.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55He's got his life ahead of him and it would be great
0:52:55 > 0:52:58if he can continue what they're doing there
0:52:58 > 0:53:02and they can all do it happily and he can grow it.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Thank you very much for having me for the week.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08You're going to be missed, Will. You were fun.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Will has a lot on his plate, I guess.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Big decisions to make for a 27-year-old.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16- Safe journey, safe travel.. - Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18You've just got to roll with the punches.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21You got to take it as it comes and life is what you make of it.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Before returning to their families,
0:53:25 > 0:53:28the two men will get a chance to meet.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Really looking forward to meeting Blane
0:53:30 > 0:53:32and kind of looking at the similarities
0:53:32 > 0:53:35that we've got in our lives and really comparing those,
0:53:35 > 0:53:38and I'd like to be able to speak to him about Bubba.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45- Finally!- Hey!- The one and only Will. - How's it going?
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- Nice to meet you, Blane. - Nice to meet you, buddy.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- So, what do you think about Tennessee?- I absolutely loved it.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54- Got stuck in straightaway and it was brilliant.- You went to the company?
0:53:54 > 0:53:56- Yeah, went to the cement factory, met Bubba.- A little different.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00Wasn't as exciting as going down to watch the bulls. That was amazing!
0:54:00 > 0:54:03- How was the UK?- Beautiful country. Your mom's awesome.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06She took me in just like her own son.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08- I bet Mum made you a tea on your first afternoon.- Oh, yeah.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- I can't handle the tea over there. - How was it going to work?
0:54:13 > 0:54:15It was different. Obviously, we've both got
0:54:15 > 0:54:20the same kind of lifestyle - really like going and having fun
0:54:20 > 0:54:23but I think the partying had to die down a little bit.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Before I started, I kind of wanted to have it all
0:54:26 > 0:54:28and throughout the week, I've matured in a way.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31I kind of thought that I actually need to really commit
0:54:31 > 0:54:35to just doing the kind of holiday cottages properly
0:54:35 > 0:54:39and, hopefully, that will allow me to carry on enjoying the things
0:54:39 > 0:54:42that I want to do as well and not fall into the trap
0:54:42 > 0:54:44where I'm working seven days a week.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Probably one of the biggest things I learned from working with your mom
0:54:48 > 0:54:52- is how well you all communicate and how well she communicates.- Yeah.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Compared... I mean, you met my grandad.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57But it seems he's got a successful business there though.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00- Yeah, it's a good business.- Yeah. - And that's why I think I could...
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Honestly, I think I could improve it so much.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04- Take it to the next level.- Yeah.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07I've never personally talked to my grandad about ever saying,
0:55:07 > 0:55:11"Hey, you know... I want to take over this company."
0:55:11 > 0:55:14That's quite interesting. When I was chatting to him,
0:55:14 > 0:55:18he said he definitely wants it to go on to you eventually.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- That's what he told you?- Yeah. - See, he's never...- Really? Never?
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Never have I heard that come out of his mouth.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25You definitely need to speak to him.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29- Never has he said anything about supporting my bulls.- No?
0:55:29 > 0:55:32He understands what you're doing and that life and he's happy
0:55:32 > 0:55:35with you kind of taking a day off or leaving early on a Friday.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37So, you talked to him about all that?
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Yeah, yeah, I was quite open with him.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42But it's probably easier being me and not knowing him.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Yeah, I wish I'd left you a whole list of questions
0:55:45 > 0:55:47that I wanted to ask and you could ask him.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50I mean, honestly, that's awesome news to my ears.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Do you think you're going to speak to him when you get back?
0:55:52 > 0:55:58Honestly, yeah, I do. I can use y'all as an example.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02"I've lived his life and I've seen how it works and it's much better."
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Because it's family, you can be completely open and honest.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Cos at the end of the day, you're still family.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09You're still going to be family. At the end of the day, he wants you
0:56:09 > 0:56:11to take it on, so it's in his best interest
0:56:11 > 0:56:14to kind of be open and be able to talk about stuff openly.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19It's been a pleasure to meet you.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23It's been an absolutely amazing experience. I kind of left the UK,
0:56:23 > 0:56:26thinking I might not get much out of it and it's been anything but.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28- It's been a blast.- Yeah.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31Your family's great and I can't wait to get back over there sometime
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- and hang out.- I know, same here.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35- Better get you to the airport, dude. - Yeah, definitely.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38It was strange, actually, to find something out about a person
0:56:38 > 0:56:40that they genuinely didn't know.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Sometimes it probably does take somebody that's completely neutral
0:56:43 > 0:56:46and doesn't know the person to maybe ask those more awkward questions
0:56:46 > 0:56:51and it was genuinely... It was amazing to see that realisation.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53It's kind of like a big relief, knowing...
0:56:54 > 0:56:56..everything that Will found out for me.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58If I'd have known sooner, I'd have left him
0:56:58 > 0:57:00a whole list of questions to ask my grandad,
0:57:00 > 0:57:04stuff I've been nervous or intimidated or scared to ask him.
0:57:04 > 0:57:09- It's been a pleasure. Till next time.- See you soon.- Take it easy.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11To an extent, we're in a similar dilemma.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14We're both young and taking on companies and we need to make sure
0:57:14 > 0:57:16we're doing it in the right way and not lose sight
0:57:16 > 0:57:19of being able to carry on doing the stuff we enjoy to do as well,
0:57:19 > 0:57:21and definitely a really good lesson learnt.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23Honestly, this whole experience might have been the best thing
0:57:23 > 0:57:26that could have happened. Will might have been the icebreaker
0:57:26 > 0:57:28that would get me what I want.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Are you glad to be home?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Ah, I'm glad to see you safe and sound.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50William!
0:57:50 > 0:57:52William! William! William!
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Oh, William!
0:58:00 > 0:58:03Next time, an overworked British taxi driver,
0:58:03 > 0:58:05dreaming of the good life...
0:58:05 > 0:58:07I do 70 to 80 hours a week.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10I do dream of this more self-sufficient lifestyle.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14..swaps lives with a novice Norwegian farmer out of his depth.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16I never really wanted to become a farmer.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18I just wanted to have a big playground.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Could being thrust into a new world...
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Really, really nervous.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25..help them rethink their lives back home?
0:58:25 > 0:58:27- This is my first deer.- I can't tell if you're going to throw up
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- or if you're going to enjoy it. - Me neither!