0:00:07 > 0:00:10So that's the Isle of Arran.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15If it gets a bit nippy we can get over there and buy a sweater.
0:00:15 > 0:00:22I'm Timothy Spall and with my wife, Shane, we're on an adventure
0:00:22 > 0:00:26round the seas of Britain in our barge, The Princess Matilda.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37So far, we've been to Wales, north west England and Northern Ireland.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41And now our adventure takes into Scotland.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46In our final leg this year, we say goodbye to the west coast of Britain.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50We go up the Caledonian Canal and out into the wild North Sea.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Come on, baby! There you go! Hurray! Hello, darling!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57For the first time, we take Matilda off the sea
0:00:57 > 0:01:01and on to the Scottish inland waterways,
0:01:01 > 0:01:07through the glorious Highlands in what the Scots call "God's Country."
0:01:07 > 0:01:11It's like something out of a dream. Like living in a brochure.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29Look at the dexterity of the way that is lifting 20 logs up there.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Just picking 'em up... like the hands of a surgeon.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Look at that. A little standoff there.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39A little standoff. It's like looking at dinosaurs.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46We're about 30 miles from Glasgow in the port of Troon.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Moored next to one of the biggest saw mills in Britain.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Over a million logs are brought here every year
0:01:52 > 0:01:56to be turned into timber for the building trade and then shipped out again.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We've got work to do before we leave.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Shane's off to the shops and I'm going to tidy up.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Where do I start with all this shit?
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Well, I'm a bit scared to leave you here to sort this shit out.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Why would you be scared?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Because we'd never find anything when you'd done it.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I don't know where to start!
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Right, I can throw that down there. Seashore of Britain and Europe.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30That tells you about molluscs.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36We can't move Elizabeth Taylor cos Elizabeth is one of our talismans.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40It's like a panda that's gone to sea.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44MIMICS PIRATE: Arrgghh!! Take me back to the zoo.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55The trouble is it's hard to clear up when most of the mess is actually good luck charms.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01I'm superstitious by nature, absolutely superstitious. I'm always looking for signs.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07I suppose that's one of the reasons I go through the nerve-wracking experiences of these trips.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10It's because it increases my understanding of the human condition
0:03:10 > 0:03:15and the ability of the human being to advance itself and what it does.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It's a compulsion. It's almost like we're not choosing to do it.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Anyway, this is just me yapping, not wanting to clear up the mess here.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35There's a choice for this next journey.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We either go all the way around the tip of Kintyre
0:03:38 > 0:03:41or we take a short cut up Loch Fyne towards the Crinan Canal.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I'm taking the short cut.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Well, that's if I can see where I am going?
0:03:48 > 0:03:53There's only one thing to describe these conditions...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Scotch mist.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Our first stop on the way is East Loch Tarbert.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It used to be a big port for herring.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Where fishermen would search for the fish they call the "silver darling".
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We, however, are just searching for the right marina.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I thought the marina was further down but this must be it.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18It must be it because it doesn't go any further. Look, the town's there.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24No, it does it goes much further down. Does it? Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28My guidebook shows that the marina I've booked is much further down.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35RADIO: 'Princess Matilda, this is Tarbert Habour, over.'
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Hi, Tarbert Harbour. This is Princess Matilda. I'm just a bit confused...
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Is your marina the first one
0:04:42 > 0:04:45as you come in on the right hand side from seawards. Over?
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Yes, as you come through, you'll see two like fingers.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Each one has a hammerhead and you can pick up either of them. Over.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56We're right by it, thank you very much.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The guidebook said nothing about this new marina...
0:05:01 > 0:05:05or the big fun fair that's right next to it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12It's extraordinary. People are at the funfair and it's pissing with rain.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17It's going to drive me mad. I swear, it's going to drive me mad.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Talk about a contrast? You've got that...
0:05:21 > 0:05:27bucolic, misty crocks, crags and islets. And there...
0:05:27 > 0:05:31a funfair from 1976!
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Welcome to the Waltzer!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Hold on, madam. Oh, don't be sick.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43We've managed to pick the noisiest weekend of the year to visit Tarbert.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It doesn't look like we're going to be getting much sleep.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56The funfair doesn't end until 2am.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Had a horrible night. It just makes me feel so ill.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14As much I love and relish techno, I don't want another night of it
0:06:14 > 0:06:16so I'm not sticking around.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21But I can't leave without seeing one boat in this harbour that really intrigues me.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23And it also does food.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30It's a Dutch barge, similar to ours, but this was built in the 1920s
0:06:30 > 0:06:37and like ours, it's also toured a considerable part of the British coast.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I thought we had a bit of room.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44It was a journey that started in Holland.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51It took the owner, Michael Casey, nearly 40 hours to cross the North Sea.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54So Harlingen is in the north of Holland on the Wadden Sea
0:06:54 > 0:07:00and the surveyor had written in the survey report you must take the most direct route.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04We just drew a line on the chart to Whitby, straight across!
0:07:04 > 0:07:08What did you do, about ten knots? No, no, six knots. Really?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11It's a heavy old boat. It weighs about 100 tons.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16So, this is our bridge. Right. Oh, look at this.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Isn't that fantastic? Yeah, that is beautiful.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26Much of the equipment is original and still working after 90 years.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Is that the radio? That's one of the radios. There's two here. That's the original.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35You still see them now on fishing boats.
0:07:35 > 0:07:42These were built for freight, cargo of any kind and to pry the coastal areas and rivers and canals, right?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45So that is why there is so much space on the inside.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50When we had that big trip across the North Sea and so on.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53When we eventually got to the Caledonian Canal the ship
0:07:53 > 0:07:56just sort of settled in and kind of said, "Oh, I like this."
0:07:56 > 0:08:01It steered better and just said I like being the canal. Like it was home?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Like it was home, yeah. Interesting.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11Michael fell in love with Tarbert and now his barge is moored here permanently.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Have a nice time. Ear plugs!
0:08:20 > 0:08:26We're off, earlier than planned, if only for Shane's sanity.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It was infuriatingly noisy.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It was horrible. I almost had a nervous breakdown.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Which is a shame because it's a pretty town and I'd really like to have got to know it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42And I know it's only two days of the year but I don't want to hear it, honestly I don't.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47We're going to Ardrishaig, halfway up Loch Fyne.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49This sea loch is sheltering us from the strong winds
0:08:49 > 0:08:54and high tides we've endured on the unpredictable Irish Sea.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57This is lovely, we haven't got any waves to contend with.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00We haven't got any ferries to contend with...
0:09:00 > 0:09:04apart from that boat coming towards us over there.
0:09:04 > 0:09:11We haven't got any tankers. This is cherishable and relaxing.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14# We're going to have smooth sailing Smooth sailing
0:09:14 > 0:09:18# Like a ship at sea We'll merrily breeze along
0:09:18 > 0:09:24# We're bound to have smooth sailing Smooth sailing
0:09:24 > 0:09:27# The breeze may blow We'll merrily roll along. #
0:09:27 > 0:09:34Ardrishaig sea lock, Ardrishaig sea lock, this is The Princess Matilda. Over.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39We're now leaving the sea and going onto the inland waterways.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Ardrishaig is a landmark at the mouth of the Crinan Canal
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and it's also a landmark for our adventure.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50In 2005, we left the Thames to circumnavigate Britain.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58We've travelled 1,500 miles which can only mean one thing.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Shane, you have to come with me.
0:10:01 > 0:10:07I can safely say we're halfway round Britain.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I reckon we're halfway round Britain.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16To celebrate, we're having a party.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Here's the cavalry. Here's the team!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25When was the last time you had so many people on this boat?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Shane's sister, Jenny, our daughter Sadie and our old friends,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32the Moore family, have come to help us through the Crinan Canal.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40No nerves today, Tim?
0:10:40 > 0:10:47No, not really. Just work. This is work. Graft.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53The Crinan Canal is ten miles long and will take us up to 65 feet above sea level.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Between here and the Atlantic Ocean at the other end of the canal,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02are 15 locks that take plenty of elbow grease...
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Shane's elbow grease...
0:11:07 > 0:11:12You get lots of married couples of a certain age
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and the man often convinces the wife that she can't skipper it,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19she can't helm it, so the women have to do all the work.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21So they'll go, "Oh, no, no, darling..."
0:11:21 > 0:11:25standing there having had the pies, smoking...
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Darling could you... Yep.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42God, I bet those rhododendrons will be beautiful, hey?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The Crinan Canal was completed in 1801 as a trade route
0:11:45 > 0:11:50from industrial Glasgow to the Western Islands.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Clyde Puffers like this one once carried iron and coal to remote Scottish towns.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Nowadays, it's all about pleasure craft.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04Over 3,000 travel along here every year, of all shapes and sizes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Well, that guy said on that barge we visited yesterday
0:12:10 > 0:12:16about when he got that boat on to the canal, the Caledonian Canal,
0:12:16 > 0:12:22it felt like it was having a holiday. It breathed a sigh of relief.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Matilda's doing a bit of that at the moment. She's going, "Ah, a canal!"
0:12:27 > 0:12:31They've sent me away to an old people's home.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Nah, I can feel her. She's really enjoying it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:41# Oh The Crinan Canal for me I don't like the wild raging sea
0:12:45 > 0:12:51# It would be too terrific to cross The Pacific or sail to Japan or Fiji
0:12:51 > 0:12:58# A life on the Spanish Main I think it would drive me insane
0:12:58 > 0:13:04# The big, foaming breakers Would give me the shakers
0:13:04 > 0:13:09# The Crinan Canal for me. #
0:13:09 > 0:13:13We've been up hill. We're on the plateau. What goes up has got to go down.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15There's the sea-level there.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Look at that. This is wonderful, freshwater sea water.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28This was once described as the most beautiful short cut in the world.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I'll race you. OK.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44This ten mile short cut has taken almost nine hours.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46That's slow going, even for us.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54But the views are worth every minute.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Oh! Look at that!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The land of whisky.
0:14:20 > 0:14:27This is just a little jaunt into the Atlantic Ocean before I take us inland to another short cut.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32At least we can see this time.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37My route to the east coast will avoid the brutal seas to the northern tip of Scotland.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Maybe we'll do those another time but not in a barge.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46There's not many places to put in and the sea's pretty vicious up there. Not for us...
0:14:46 > 0:14:52so we're taking a very convenient cut from west Scotland to north east
0:14:52 > 0:14:56courtesy of the Caledonian Canal.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01As we steam towards the Caledonian Canal we're making a quick
0:15:01 > 0:15:06stop at an island called Kerrera to pick up an important guest.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18We're in Oban marina in Kerrera and that is right opposite Oban.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24The picturesque tourist attraction and proper Scottish town of Oban.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29It's also a massive place where all the ferries come in
0:15:29 > 0:15:34to take people to all the islands that are out here.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37The Royal Family often sail around this part of the world
0:15:37 > 0:15:41but today, we're meeting a princess of our own.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51It's Princess Matilda, our darling granddaughter whom the barge is named after.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55You're not allowed, you're not allowed!
0:15:55 > 0:15:58She absolutely loves coming on board our barge,
0:15:58 > 0:16:03which she calls "Princess Matilda boat", just so we don't get them mixed up.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Make it do a loop the loop...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Oh, it fell down.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17It's always a joy to see our lovely granddaughter
0:16:17 > 0:16:21but today is extra special. It's the first time she's travelled
0:16:21 > 0:16:24with us on our round Britain adventure.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27What happens if you fall in the water, Till and we can't see you?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29BLOWS WHISTLE
0:16:29 > 0:16:33We're saying goodbye to the west of the country
0:16:33 > 0:16:38and heading towards Corpach, at the mouth of the Caledonian Canal.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45As we get into Loch Linnhe, it's going to get narrower and narrower
0:16:45 > 0:16:49and the hills, the mountains get steeper and steeper.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55I've got a feeling it's going to be a little like that shot at the end of Lord of the Rings.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09It's staggering to think these mountains are over 400 million years old.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17They're formed along a fault line that cuts Scotland in half.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30So, that's Ben Nevis.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34That's the biggest mountain in the British Isles and it's got
0:17:34 > 0:17:42a great big wig on. A cloudy bouffant and his builder's perm.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48Where is everybody? There's nobody here. There's nobody here!
0:17:48 > 0:17:54All this utter, natural beauty. This wonderment!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It's not everybody's cup of tea, of course.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Welcome to Corpach.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24Right, well, this is the Caledonian Canal. It's a series of locks
0:18:24 > 0:18:30joined up by man-made canals and it's built on a natural fault line.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37A completely natural crack, from one side of Scotland to the other.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43We've got 62 miles of locks and canals before we reach the North Sea at the other end.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47This should be, on the whole, pretty benign
0:18:47 > 0:18:55and pretty bucolic and charming and it's going to be beautiful, easy...
0:18:55 > 0:19:00I don't have to do any navigation... What you on about?!
0:19:00 > 0:19:04..I don't have to work out things. I don't have to work out passages.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Do you want a cup of tea? Yeah, I'll have five cups of tea. And a glass of wine.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11You've not eaten anything at all.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Do you think I look fat? No!
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Are you sure I don't look fat? You look inflated.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The Scottish Highlands get over ten foot of rain a year,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33most of it falling today, I think.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It's going to make hard work of getting through the locks,
0:19:42 > 0:19:47especially when you run into a great big hill.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50This is Neptune's Staircase. If you look at it,
0:19:50 > 0:19:55it's like a staircase, really, hence its name.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59This is the longest staircase lock in Britain
0:19:59 > 0:20:03and a wonderful piece of engineering from Thomas Telford.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11It will lift us 65 feet in just under a mile.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16It's amazing. It's extraordinary. And it's really wet!
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Shane's job is to make sure Matilda doesn't scrape the lock walls.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33And to fend off the Scottish midges.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38They're everywhere. They're like clouds around here.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42You wouldn't have thought that midges would...
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Perhaps they like the rain?
0:20:44 > 0:20:49They're bastards.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Of course, I'd go out and help but as I'm the skipper and the only one who can drive
0:20:53 > 0:20:57I simply have to stay in the wheelhouse.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00It's pissing with rain, it's cold.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05We are now going through a famous stretch of water.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10We've just come up through some of the most beautiful countryside in the world.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13People'll be thinking, "Cor! Lucky buggers." You know?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Is he dry?...
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Don't take any of his nonsense because, actually,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I can steer the boat into locks and he can actually come to the front.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28So I can drive the boat, yeah. In fact, I'm very good at it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Thank you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Horrible? No, I'm fine.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44It's taken us two hours to get to the top and that's enough work for today.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48I don't want my crew getting mutinous.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Drive the boat! Of course I can drive the bloody boat, darling.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I can still feel some rain in this air.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19It's an odd...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The word "melancholy" comes to mind about...
0:22:22 > 0:22:26about coming back on a canal for a considerable amount of time.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Maybe it's just all the memories of being on canals before.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36On our year canalling when we went back to a place where we've been to with the kids.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42And all of a sudden, I felt like I'd seen our kids childhood
0:22:42 > 0:22:45and they were growing up. It was sort of weird.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I went into an odd one.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51That was one of the reasons we decided to bang on.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Get something that could go further and see more and...
0:22:56 > 0:23:00you know, risk your life in a more positive way.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14We've been joined by Matilda's mum, Pascale and her partner, Cyrus.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23But even with our family on board, things don't feel right.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Having done 1,600 miles at sea,
0:23:26 > 0:23:33I almost feel like a fraud or a coward,
0:23:33 > 0:23:41like I'd taken safe refuge in a place because I wasn't up to doing the job at sea.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Feels like we're hardly moving. We're doing about four knots.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52There's no rush is there, darling?
0:23:52 > 0:23:57No, for a change... Well, there's never really a rush...
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Wooooh. That's me hat gone!
0:24:00 > 0:24:04It's over there. Do you want me to get it?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11But this adventure isn't all about the sea.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17It's about discovering wonderful places in our floating home.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26Today, our address is number one, Loch Oich, Scotland.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Just look outside my kitchen window. It's amazing.
0:24:37 > 0:24:44At 100 feet above sea level, Loch Oich is the highest point of the Caledonian Canal.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46It's the highest point of our adventure.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52Look down there, I mean it's like something out of a dream.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Through the pants, socks, bras and knickers.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Back through there, look.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Look at the swans on the bridge.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Drop the curtain of pants and socks.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10It's also the home to Atlantic salmon who swim up the Caledonian Canal
0:25:10 > 0:25:15to lay their eggs in the fresh water here.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Are they on a dinghy?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21HE GROWLS INCESSANTLY Stop it!
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I didn't realise it'd be this lovely.
0:25:29 > 0:25:36It's a lovely respite from all the challenges of the ocean.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Let's see, where's this money spider?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I won't disturb it. I won't let it touch me.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Help it on it's way.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Give it to the midges.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10The next loch on the Caledonian is the most famous. Loch Ness.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15It's so deep you can fit Canary Wharf into it which could explain
0:26:15 > 0:26:18why no one has yet found Nessie.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20We can't stay to look for her either
0:26:20 > 0:26:25because I can feel the call of the sea.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30We're coming up towards the end of Inverness Firth here.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36We get round that corner and take a sharpish right,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41we're in the Moray Forth which is the North Sea.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47This part of Scotland is further north than Gothenburg
0:26:47 > 0:26:51so it's not surprising it's bloody cold up here!
0:26:53 > 0:26:58This is our final journey before we moor up for the winter.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Come on, baby. Have a jump! Hooray! Hello, darling!
0:27:01 > 0:27:06We've done nearly 1,000 miles this year.
0:27:06 > 0:27:081,000 miles in a barge.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12We've done the entire Welsh Coast... There's the lifeboat station.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Where's the lifeboat station?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16...been to Liverpool...
0:27:16 > 0:27:22I can't remember seeing anything quite so spectacular.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28And even across to Northern Ireland.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30We're in Northern Ireland!
0:27:30 > 0:27:33IRISH ACCENT: We're in Northern Ireland
0:27:33 > 0:27:36And all of it on the unpredictable Irish Sea.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Hold on, Shane, hold on, hold on. Sit down.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I keep asking myself why I'm doing it
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and it's a bit of a mystery to me, actually...
0:27:49 > 0:27:53The sea is a metaphor for taking control, in a sense,
0:27:53 > 0:27:59of the unpredictability of the world and life.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02In a sense, running head first into it.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07And as far as we know, we're the only planet that we can see that's got a sea.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Get off!
0:28:10 > 0:28:15I'm kind of quite proud of it in a weird way.
0:28:15 > 0:28:23# She's out on the sea Sailing to me, sailing to me
0:28:23 > 0:28:30# When shall I see my lover Come home from the sea
0:28:30 > 0:28:38# Answer my plea Somewhere at sea. #
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