0:00:04 > 0:00:06Jutting majestically into the Irish Sea,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09on the tip of the north-west Wales coast,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Pen Llyn, the Llyn Peninsula.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Attracting thousands of visitors every year, families have
0:00:18 > 0:00:22been coming for generations to enjoy its unspoiled landscape.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26- So how long d'you think we've been coming here now?- 40 years?
0:00:26 > 0:00:2840 years, something like that, yeah.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32But there's also another Llyn not all the visitors get to know.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37A stronghold of Welsh culture and language...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40They ask you, "What, do you speak it every day?"
0:00:40 > 0:00:43And I think, "This is our language, this is what we speak,
0:00:43 > 0:00:44"this is who we are, you know."
0:00:44 > 0:00:47..where old traditions are still part of life.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51The Welsh-est Welsh bit of Wales there ever has been.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52In this series,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56we follow the lives of the people who call Pen Llyn home,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and reveal what it means to try
0:00:58 > 0:01:02and guard the Welsh way of life through the changing seasons.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Can they try and make a living
0:01:04 > 0:01:09and safeguard the culture in one of Wales' truly Welsh heartlands?
0:01:20 > 0:01:24On Llyn, summer has arrived, and that means one thing -
0:01:24 > 0:01:26the tourists are here.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Of the seven million visitors that come to Gwynedd each year,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35tens of thousands head for its breathtaking headland
0:01:35 > 0:01:38in this corner of Welsh-speaking Wales.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- What does that word, erm, slow, mean? - Araf.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- Araf.- A-R-A-F, and they write it on the road,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and as you're getting up to the bends,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- they put it, "A-R-A-F." Araf. - Yeah, yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- What else do you know in Welsh? - I don't know anything!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59But this is a peninsula under pressure.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Tourism is what keeps this place going,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04keeping a fifth of its workforce in jobs.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10But can Llyn keep its language strong as well as keep a welcome?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Tourists are part of working life for Colin Evans, the boatman.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23All aboard!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28In summer, his main job involves ferrying visitors over to the
0:02:28 > 0:02:30island of Bardsey.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34This ancient holy island lies two miles offshore from the tiny
0:02:34 > 0:02:37harbour of Porth Meudwy on Llyn's south-westerly tip.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Because it's not going to be very rough but it is going to be
0:02:41 > 0:02:43blowing quite strongly from the north,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46so it's going to be quite splashy over the side of the boat, so we'll
0:02:46 > 0:02:49only be going at about eight knots maybe, just to keep you all dry.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52On the way back we might go a bit faster this afternoon just, er...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Cos at least you're coming home... PASSENGERS LAUGH
0:02:55 > 0:02:58No, it'd be miserable for you to be wet all day.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The tourist business is key to Colin's livelihood,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04so it's all about customer feedback.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08I don't want my passengers to get wet.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Not because I really care about them,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12because I care about my Trip Advisor rating.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But really I do care about them, obviously.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20And I care very deeply about their money.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26And you can put that in.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29What is your name and how many people will you have?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33And as a one-man operation, he's also a bookings clerk on the move.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I've got a master list for tomorrow, let me have a look at that.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Can you, erm, hang on for a second please?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Two, four, eight, nine, ten.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Yeah, we could just fit you on tomorrow at 10.30.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Yes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53But for Colin, tourism is a means to
0:03:53 > 0:03:56safeguard the way of life for the future.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Cheerie-bye. Ta-ra, ta-ra.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I think it is a necessary evil.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Bardsey is a place to be treasured.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I think it's quite dependent on tourism.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Maybe that won't be the case in 200 years,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12but if tourism helps it survive as a living community for...
0:04:12 > 0:04:13into the future, then...
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Then I think it has to be sold as...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Parts of it, or parts of the idea of Bardsey
0:04:21 > 0:04:23have to be sold as a commodity.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Up on the side there you can see the puffins coming in to land.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28They only nest in this little bit here.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31If you look at the other birds, there's guillemots and razorbills
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and things like that, there's probably 1,000 pairs of each of them.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Colin has made a living on home ground,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41but with Llyn's weekly wage nearly 20% less than
0:04:41 > 0:04:46the average for Wales, staying here isn't always an option for all.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48When you get young people deserting their area,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52you lose a lot of culture, the language suffers.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59Erm, and there's a general great loss.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07On Llyn, summer's just arrived, bringing jobs for over 3,000 locals.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It's just as popular as ever.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16If I could move all my English mates here, I'd definitely live here.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I mean, it's like, so nice.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- It is nice.- Even when the weather's not nice it's even good.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I know, everyone's all friendly and stuff.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28With all its holiday accommodation full,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Llyn's population of 16,000 doubles on an average day
0:05:32 > 0:05:33in July and August.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37For some, moving to live here is only a holiday pipe dream.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43For others, those holidays meant that Llyn became home.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46We're going out wakeboarding.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Johnny Robinson is one who's made his home here.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00After holidaying on Llyn all his life,
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Ipswich-born Johnny settled in the area 17 years ago.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Just spotted the dolphins.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Whoo!
0:06:15 > 0:06:18It is coming underneath, coming underneath, round the back.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I love this place for a number of reasons.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It's been a part of my family summer holiday tradition
0:06:26 > 0:06:27since I've grown up.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32We've got gorgeous sandy beaches and clear water, dolphins,
0:06:32 > 0:06:33erm, you know, it really does...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36When the weather plays ball it really takes some beating,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40not just in the UK but on a global scale, in my opinion.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Water sports have played a big part in Johnny's life,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and today he's preparing for one of the area's biggest events -
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Llyn's Wakestock Festival is only a day away.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Johnny's in charge of the boats that tow this year's professional riders.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Today in Pwllheli Bay,
0:06:57 > 0:07:02he's on a test run with champion rider Megan Barker.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Er, wakeboarding's good here cos it's different.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Erm, you meet more people, you've got a festival,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09you're challenging your own...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12..skills, like, on the water.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Er, I won Wakestock last year, but it's anybody's game, really.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's just about having fun.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Megs, that dolphin's behind you! - Good!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21JOHNNY LAUGHS
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Hold tight.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yee-ee-ee...!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Over a three-day event, Llyn's main town of Pwllheli welcomes
0:07:51 > 0:07:54competing wakeboarders from all over the world.
0:07:56 > 0:07:5815 years after it first began,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Wakestock is still one of the area's biggest tourist attractions,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06bringing an income of between one and two million to Llyn,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and Johnny's been there from the beginning.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22That's a little bit of wakeboarding, couple of tricks from Meg there.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27One of the main industries in the area is tourism,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31and people need a reason to come to this destination.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33There are many other options.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Erm, yeah, I think if we can...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Erm, such events as Wakestock,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and puts the place on the map and people come,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44then I think that's a positive thing, not just for my personal industry
0:08:44 > 0:08:50but, er, you know, all the way down to the builders' yards to...
0:08:50 > 0:08:51It benefits everybody.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Oh, Megs!
0:09:05 > 0:09:06We better call it a wrap.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Makes it home, er, wherever you lay your hat.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I don't know, you just feel kind of relaxed and happy,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19it's a great place, you know.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25For Johnny Robinson, living on Llyn is a family affair.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31Like Johnny, his wife Caroline also fell in love with the area.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35I'm from Chester originally, but we always holidayed in Abersoch,
0:09:35 > 0:09:36all of my childhood summer holidays,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41and then Johnny and I met in '97 and we've been together ever since.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Formed the business and now family life is here, it's fantastic.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Couldn't think of anywhere better to live.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50And their children, like all kids on Llyn,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53will be educated through the medium of Welsh.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Just go and get her, cos... that's my only set of car keys!
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Can you come and finish your dinner, please? Two more spoons.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I think he should be taught Welsh. I think he should learn it.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Personally, I...
0:10:08 > 0:10:11would like if he was taught in English
0:10:11 > 0:10:13and learned Welsh as a language.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15I do think it's important that he learns Welsh,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19this is where he was born, it's where he's being brought up,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and he should respect, appreciate and understand
0:10:22 > 0:10:23his heritage and culture.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26But, er, English is a more widely spoken,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28worldly widely spoken language,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32that, erm, he can then take that out,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35you know, into the world, into the...!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37She's having a fight with the sound.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40No, I don't.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42To be brutally honest, it hasn't hindered me to date
0:10:42 > 0:10:44but I'm going to have to have a greater awareness of it
0:10:44 > 0:10:47cos my son's going to be brought up learning Welsh,
0:10:47 > 0:10:48so I can't have him back-chatting me
0:10:48 > 0:10:51and not understand what he's going on about, can I?
0:10:51 > 0:10:52SHE LAUGHS
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Erm...
0:11:01 > 0:11:06I'm, erm, standing... I'm reserving my judgment on that one.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08On the language. I don't speak Welsh.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Erm, I understand the reasons that they want the children to
0:11:12 > 0:11:16learn Welsh, but I think they should learn it as a language
0:11:16 > 0:11:20and be taught in English because it's the international language,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23and it does strike me as slightly barking mad to have a
0:11:23 > 0:11:26language that you can only speak in Patagonia.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31But, you know, I do understand and respect the Welsh attitude to
0:11:31 > 0:11:38having Welsh, er, reserved, and people pursuing it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Thousands of visitors across the years have made Pen Llyn their home.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Nearly a third of its population today were born outside Wales.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07# Mae'n amser tacluso... #
0:12:07 > 0:12:08This has brought the modern
0:12:08 > 0:12:11and traditional way of life to live side-by-side.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17For some of Llyn's new arrivals, this gentler pace of life is part
0:12:17 > 0:12:22of the appeal, where old traditions become a part of their new home.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I think it was like living a dream when we first came up,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29cos it was just like being on holiday at first,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32cos when we first moved up we lived in a static caravan.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So it was just like being at the seaside, sort of thing.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40And then when we did get a house then reality set in,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41"Oh, actually we do live...
0:12:41 > 0:12:44"We live here." It was a big shock, a very big culture shock,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48when I first came up here, cos where we came from, it was very busy,
0:12:48 > 0:12:52very noisy, very loud, and we came here,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55everybody was really laid back.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Slower than a snail, that's how you can put it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01But it's a lovely way of life, I would never, ever move back now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Never.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Tina Rudd, her family, and extended family,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11all moved to Llyn ten years ago from Wolverhampton.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18They settled in the tiny hamlet of Rhoshirwaun,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22in the heart of Llyn's countryside, a world away from city life.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Rhoshirwaun's population is only around 100 people,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31but today's a big day in their summer calendar,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34the 50th celebration of an old Pen Llyn ritual -
0:13:34 > 0:13:37the crowning of the Heather Queen.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Keep still, Georgina.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40It is important,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44it's the 50-year anniversary special for the Brenhines y Grug.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Ow, ow.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51And Georgina's being crowned by the queen that was queen 50 years ago.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56So, she's very excited, and up very early this morning, she was.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09How long have you been coming down now, anyway?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- 14 years.- 14 years? - You're longer than me, babe.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I started coming down when I was...
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- ..11.- Yeah?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Used to camp in that field up there.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Childhood visits to Llyn have brought summer tourists back
0:14:26 > 0:14:27year after year.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30But far from the beaches there's work to be done.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33For farmers, early summer is about silage.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40At Berth Aur Farm in Llangwnadl, it's all hands on deck to cut
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and gather summer grass to feed the animals over winter.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49But there's change at Berth Aur this summer.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Eldest son Tomos is going to work on his own farm
0:14:53 > 0:14:55and is leaving the family home.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I wouldn't think of doing anything else, I don't think so, no.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01If I can make a living out of farming, all the better,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03but that's the first thing I want to do, yeah.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06ENGINE STARTS
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I'm quite motivated.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I know what I want to do, I know where I want to reach, and, er...
0:15:12 > 0:15:14..I'm aiming for that at the moment, yeah.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21Tomos and partner Gwawr are setting up home in time for a new arrival.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Their baby's due in a few weeks' time.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Tomos will carry on the family farming tradition
0:15:28 > 0:15:32in a new farm bought for him by his parents.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35'It will be a nice place to bring up a child, I think, yeah.'
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I don't know if it's any different to anywhere else, is it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Well, he'll be more...
0:15:41 > 0:15:44He'll speak Welsh and probably nothing but Welsh
0:15:44 > 0:15:49for the few years...you know, the first few years and, um...
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Yeah, it'll be a change for him to going to school and stuff like that,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54because he'll start to learn English then.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58But Welsh is the first language here anyway. Everyone speaks it.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02I don't know when was the last time I spoke English, tell the truth, no.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07We don't speak it ...very, um...
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Be di'r gair 'na? Erm...!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Yeah, very often's the word.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yeah, don't speak it very often, no.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20SHE SPEAKS QUIETLY IN WELSH
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Looking forward now to finally move here.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26We've been doing the house up for quite a while, so yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32No, it definitely wouldn't be easy.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35No, I think we're very lucky to be offered such an opportunity
0:16:35 > 0:16:40in such a nice area as well, so, um, very, very grateful for that.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49For Margiad Williams,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52soon there'll be one man less about the house.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Two different generations...
0:16:56 > 0:16:58SHE LAUGHS
0:16:58 > 0:17:00..to be seen in underpants, yes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07It's nice to see that you'll be moving along and, um...
0:17:07 > 0:17:11torri cwys eu hunan, making their own mark on the world,
0:17:11 > 0:17:17or whatever you say, um... and, er, you know, he might, um...
0:17:17 > 0:17:21he might want to diversify, whatever, but, um...
0:17:21 > 0:17:24you know, that's up to him. It's hard to make a living, isn't it?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28You know, and, um, people have got to make it
0:17:28 > 0:17:30whichever way they can, really, yes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Farming, due to its nature, it runs in families, really, you know,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39then the farm passes down to the next one, so they keep the Welsh language,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42because the families are all Welsh speakers, you know.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Husband Robert's main income on Berth Aur's 240 acres
0:17:51 > 0:17:54comes from rearing sheep and cattle for market.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59But a new addition to the farm has been keeping him up late hours.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Hey!
0:18:00 > 0:18:06Yes, a Caesarean, er, last night, or the night before. Night before, yeah.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Hopefully, it'll be OK.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10She won't eat, so I'll have to leave her in for a bit.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Yeah.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Hey, hey, hey.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Hey, hey!
0:18:20 > 0:18:22He should be OK in a few days' time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25It's a good sign the cow's eating, though.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32While Tomos is leaving for his own farm,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36brother Dafydd will stay to run the family's tenanted farm at Berth Aur.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41My grandfather was the first generation
0:18:41 > 0:18:45and my father's the second and hopefully I'll be the third.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Tomos is lucky, but, um, he's worked for it.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Um, that was the plan all along, really, for everybody to go,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58like, his own way and, um, make a start on his own, um,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01start farming his way and...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Yeah, hopefully, he'll be successful at it.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Um, yeah, I'll just stay with my dad for a while, keep learning.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17So, in a way, I don't want to see them go, but...
0:19:19 > 0:19:24And then...and then, another way, you're glad to see them go,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26to start life on their own.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Keeping going for the Williams family has meant
0:19:29 > 0:19:33investing in land to offer both their sons a future.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38You can only channel them. It's the same as...
0:19:39 > 0:19:44..giving that grass there now, if she doesn't eat it,
0:19:44 > 0:19:50it's the same if...if your... your sons start up on their own,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53you give them a farm then it's up to them.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Instead of settling for good, most holiday-makers on Llyn can settle
0:20:03 > 0:20:05for buying their two weeks in the sun
0:20:05 > 0:20:08to get a taste of truly Welsh Wales.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I think it's a bit friendlier around here, in terms of they don't
0:20:12 > 0:20:13all of a sudden switch to Welsh
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- just so you can't understand what they're saying.- No.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- And they are very friendly, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Many of the traditions that help keep the language alive
0:20:22 > 0:20:24still manage to keep going on Llyn.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36In Rhoshirwaun village hall, the final preparations are underway.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Heather has been gathered for the ceremony for generations.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Well, it's been going now nonstop for 50 years.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- It started in the beginning of 1937. - 1937.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And there's a break been, and there's another break been,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17um, between '59 and '64.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22So we've started from 1964, nonstop.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25If we wouldn't do the carnival, well, there'd be nothing here,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28really, in the village, everything would have gone dead,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31because the school has closed as well, so we've got nothing here,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36really, so we hope that it'll carry on for many years again.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38BOY SQUEALS AND LAUGHS
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Tonight, Georgina's cousin Rhiannon, as last year's Heather Queen,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47will be handing over her crown.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00'All my children are fluent Welsh, apart from the little one,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03'who will learn it when he starts school, so...'
0:22:03 > 0:22:07they do really well with their talking. Really well.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10We didn't have anything like this where we used to live before.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12We was lucky if we had a school disco,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15never mind Carnival Queen or anything like that.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So it is a lot different.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- So, can you believe...- What? - ..that I used to come here... What?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- How old am I now?- Er, 48.- 48!
0:22:41 > 0:22:45So, 30-40 years ago or something.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49And the whole area hasn't changed at all.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52You're seeing it exactly how I saw it when I was your age.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Can you believe that? Nothing's changed.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01But things have changed.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Experts believe that a language needs 70% of speakers
0:23:06 > 0:23:10to make it a living community language that can survive.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Whilst 72% overall speak the language on Llyn, in Abersoch,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19only just over half the population now speak Welsh.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The Welsh language on Llyn is balancing on the brink.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37There used to be Welsh speakers more or less in every...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- Every smallholding.- ..every small... in every house more or less...- Yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44..when I was ten years old, from here to Tudweiliog along the bottom here.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49There were just one or two holiday cottages, but it's changed a lot now.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- They're holiday cottages... - Today, yeah.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04..or less, you know, people come here to live in them, you know.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07But, er, I don't know what's going to happen to them.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10If they weren't living in them, maybe they'd be derelict, I don't know.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Cos, er...there isn't the work locally. You'd have to travel
0:24:13 > 0:24:16to Pwllheli or Porthmadog or Caernarfon, I don't know.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Watch out here. - SHE LAUGHS
0:24:20 > 0:24:26A lot of the young people, they go off, you know, to college and...
0:24:26 > 0:24:30You can't blame them and, er, to look for better lives
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and they don't come back, they settle down and don't come back.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39We do live in a nice place
0:24:39 > 0:24:43and people love to come here for holidays and that's great.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46They come and they go, and they go somewhere else the following year
0:24:46 > 0:24:47and that's what holidays is about.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Gwell rhoi rhywbath i'w ddal o lawr, ia?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58'The only issue I have with...'
0:24:58 > 0:25:02visitors, you know, but visitors who come here to live,
0:25:02 > 0:25:07after being visitors here for a long time, they don't assimilate,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10um, into our society and the first thing, if you want to assimilate
0:25:10 > 0:25:13into a Welsh-speaking society is that you learn Welsh, of course.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20And, because of that, we have to be bilingual to communicate with them.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22So they're affecting our communities
0:25:22 > 0:25:24and they're turning them to be bilingual.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Well, we want them to be Welsh, of course.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I want to live my life through the medium of Welsh,
0:25:29 > 0:25:30as I am Welsh speaking.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You know, there won't be a heartland,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42there won't be a Welsh heartland in Llyn.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It is happening very quietly.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Yeah, let it cook now, hopefully.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00When we open it October time, it will be of interest.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Yeah.- Hopefully. Hopefully. SHE LAUGHS
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- You can come around for a slice. - You can come here and taste it!
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Right.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19On Llyn, another summer's day comes to a close.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21In Rhoshirwaun village hall,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24it's time to celebrate the crowning of the Heather Queen.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Elsewhere, in Pwllheli, Wakestock finals are reaching their climax.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36OVER TANNOY: So, next on the moor now,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39we have Megan Barker going out for a little play.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43'The tourism industry, which is evident in the area,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45'is, um, you know, being catered for'
0:26:45 > 0:26:47by everybody who lives in the area.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51It generates people to come down and spend money in the economy
0:26:51 > 0:26:58and also generates an industry in its own right and employment and jobs.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02And the Wakestock champion, retaining her title...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Megan Barker! CHEERING
0:27:04 > 0:27:07A round of applause for our champion!
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Like Johnny, for Tina and her family,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Llyn is now where they belong.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I couldn't actually imagine living anywhere else now.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20I think we'll be here now until we're old and wrinkly and...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23in our grave, sort of thing! SHE LAUGHS
0:27:33 > 0:27:35APPLAUSE
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Making a living on Llyn, and safeguarding its language,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43is part of life's dilemma, in the hands of the next generation.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Perhaps the language isn't as strong as it used to be.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51But the majority of people, Welsh people living in the Llyn Peninsula,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54will still bring up their children in Welsh, no matter...
0:27:54 > 0:27:57You know, no matter what happens to the language, because that's
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- the way of life here...- Yeah. - ..and how it's always going to be.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01APPLAUSE
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Next time...
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Bank Holiday crowds hit the beaches.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Busy, busy, busy.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17This is the make or break of the season.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20This is what tides you over for the winter.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24But it's standing room only as high summer,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and high prices, hit Abersoch.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30I think this is one of the best things of living in this house
0:28:30 > 0:28:33is definitely that view and knowing that there's no chance in hell...
0:28:33 > 0:28:36SHE LAUGHS: ..I could ever afford a house down there!