0:00:03 > 0:00:08In Cornwall, a strange craft is approaching Lizard Point,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12one of the most dangerous peninsulas in Britain.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16It's not a yacht
0:00:16 > 0:00:20or a liner. It's a barge.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24And no-one appears to be home.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Is it a ghost ship?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38No, it's me, Timothy Spall testing out my brand new autopilot.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Worth five grand of anybody's money so you can get a packet of crisps.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49With my wife Shane, I'm navigating my way around Britain in our barge.
0:00:49 > 0:00:56We started planning this adventure when I was recovering from leukaemia.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02Now I'm determined to explore Britain and all the beautiful places along the British coast.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08We've reached the most challenging stage of our adventure so far.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14The fierce rocks at Lizard Point and the famous Lands End.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Taking Matilda out into the Atlantic.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24I'm nervous, I'm very nervous, actually. Quite scared.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27If I don't like it, we're coming back.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Because it's supposed
0:01:28 > 0:01:32to be fun. It's an adventure, but it's supposed to be fun.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35# Somewhere at sea
0:01:35 > 0:01:39# A liner is somewhere at sea
0:01:39 > 0:01:42# Bringing to me
0:01:42 > 0:01:46# A traveller who will fill
0:01:46 > 0:01:49# My life anew... #
0:01:49 > 0:01:53There's nothing better, I'm telling you, than discovering your own country, by sea.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It was here, Lizard Point in Cornwall,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12where the Spanish Armada was first spied attempting to invade England.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18If they'd come too close it wouldn't have been Francis Drake that defeated them,
0:02:18 > 0:02:19but the Lizard.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24These rocks are just a small part
0:02:24 > 0:02:28of a dangerous reef that stretches miles out under the sea.
0:02:30 > 0:02:37It's wrecked thousands of boats, giving it the comforting nickname "The Graveyard of Ships".
0:02:40 > 0:02:45This isn't where most people would choose to take their holiday home.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49But if I want to circumnavigate Britain, I've got no choice.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Zero, zero five, zero,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56eight minutes.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Decimal point three six four west.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Our route takes us from Helford River, around the Lizard
0:03:05 > 0:03:09and across Mounts Bay into Newlyn.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13I've been waiting to do this journey for three months.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18That's three months of stewing over the Lizard.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23As I say, it's the Bogey Man to me.
0:03:26 > 0:03:34So, erm, I'm not taking me eye off the ball in any stretch of the imagination yet.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I sometimes have periods of thinking, "Oh, my God,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41"what am I doing?", because I've never really been taught anything.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47No-one has told me how to do calculations or what I'm doing is right.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51It might turn out that it's a boiling tidal wave sea round there but...
0:03:51 > 0:03:57- You doubt yourself too much, Timmy. - What?- You doubt yourself too much.
0:03:57 > 0:04:04I started seeing the Lizard as some mythical creature that was tempting me to be foolish or to make
0:04:04 > 0:04:08the wrong decision, something that had to be conquered, you know.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It's preposterous. Too much acting, you see.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16But there it is, that's the bit of the Lizard you can see.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20That's not the problem, it's the bit that's underneath it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Its rocks run hidden under the seas up to four miles from land.
0:04:25 > 0:04:33To avoid it, and as far from land as I dare, we are three miles out at Britain's most southerly point.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36We're just going like that at it, we're giving it a little ooh.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Ooh, we don't like you, we're going over here,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and then we're gonna go round that way.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Er, so we're giving it a massive, erm...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50er, what's the word?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52We're avoiding it!
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It's dangerous!
0:04:56 > 0:05:02When you're getting shaken about, you know, your decision making is impaired.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09There's something about a rough or a choppy sea that makes you go a bit doolally.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Oh, my God!
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Don't do that, Timmy. - I didn't do it on purpose!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18We've got another 6 hours of this.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You know, as I say, it's supposed to be fun.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29The sea, it can be fierce,
0:05:29 > 0:05:34but you do find yourself prone to taking a few risks.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Mothing ventured, nothing gained.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39How many people have said that, the next thing
0:05:39 > 0:05:43cut to a funeral cortege.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48We're now right at the tip here of the Lizard, I can see
0:05:48 > 0:05:52the headland of Mounts Bay on the other side,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54and I'm really tempted to cut that corner,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58but I'm actually doing it instinctively but
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I don't think I should, for some reason.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02But it looks absolutely fine.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04We've chosen the right day.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I hope so.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Well, I think we have.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Yeah, well, we might have chosen the only day.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14# When the shadows of the evening Creep across the sky
0:06:14 > 0:06:18# When your mummy comes upstairs To sing a lullaby
0:06:18 > 0:06:22# Tell her that the Bogeyman No longer frightens you
0:06:22 > 0:06:26# Uncle Henry's very kindly Told you what to do... #
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I'm not saying anything to tempt fate,
0:06:30 > 0:06:36but we have come round the Lizard, our dear little Lizard,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39scary little reptilian bastard.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42And there it is! Look at it!
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Benign thing that it is. It's only a piece of land.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I'm not going to get smug, I'm not going to insult you, Lizard,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I bow before you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57You know, you've got to be wary of it but don't let fear hold you back, I think the term is, isn't it?
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Between Lizard Point and Newlyn is Mounts Bay, the largest bay in Cornwall.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17It's thought its name comes from the island, St Michael's Mount.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23A famous landmark which tells me we've reached our next destination.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27I feel like Marco Polo,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Francis Drake, Dame Ellen McArthur.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36In 34 seconds, we will have arrived in Newlyn.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Newlyn is the fishing capital of southern England.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Fishing is its lifeblood.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58You don't get many pleasure boats around here.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Shane, there's a free pontoon over there.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11There seems to be one or two spaces, but they could be reserved.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I don't want to get into a fight with a fisherman.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Where we gonna moor?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn Harbour, this is the Princess Matilda, over?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22There's no-one about.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn Harbour, this is the Princess Matilda, over.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Is he the man up there?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Ah, he looks like he might be the security guy.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I think he's telling me to pull up alongside that old tug.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Well, that's handy. - That's really handy.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43This'll be fun,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46this'll be fun.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53It's not ideal. Especially if it ups and leaves tomorrow.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57So we'll be all right, they're not want to go in the morning, are they?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- No, no, it will be here for a while. - Oh, is it? Smashing.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01It's just really,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05just really strange. This is where we live. Look!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Look! I can't believe we got here.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Honestly, I can't.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12All I've got to do is get off now.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19We've conquered the Lizard, but the adventure isn't quite over.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Blimey!- How are you going to get me up there?
0:09:22 > 0:09:30Stand on that. Shane doesn't like heights particularly, and she's prone to getting problems with her hips.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Are you all right?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Are you sure?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Fred Dibnah!
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I hope it's high tide when we get back.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54The antithesis to Helford, innit?
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Helford is an idyllic holiday paradise and this is a proper working boatyard.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04And most of the boats are working guys who fish for a living, so.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09We'll have some good fishing for tomorrow. Hope you catch some nice fish, or girls.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18One of our traditions, no matter how tired we are, is that when we get to a new port, we go for a curry.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Do you feel a sense of satisfaction?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Oh yeah, Great satisfaction.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Honestly, I feel really intrepid.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32But I'll feel even more intrepid when I've got some poppadoms down me.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37There's no better feeling than mooring up in a new town,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41getting a good meal and a peaceful night's sleep.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57There was lots of crashing and crunching about in the night
0:10:57 > 0:11:02as it's 24 hours fishing, innit, you know I mean, they go out, you know, anytime, any weather.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06This is like being in a factory really, or a, like a sort of a warehouse, you know?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10It's a fishing factory. Lots of fishing boats, lots of noise.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Our next journey is our biggest yet.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Going out into the Atlantic Ocean.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I'm going to take our barge around Longships,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31the famous lighthouse at Lands End.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36It's no coincidence it's called Lands End, you know.
0:11:36 > 0:11:413,000 miles away is the next piece of land. America.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's a massive adventure.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53And we're doing it while we're old enough, or young enough,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55to do it, you know?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01But I never venture out, without seriously finding out
0:12:01 > 0:12:05as much as I possibly can.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Right, I hand you the harbour master. - Harbour master, for my sins.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Mr Munson, the harbour master, has worked on the docks here for 40 years.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15So I expected some sound advice.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Don't do what the last ones did.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22What were they doing, they were doing training for Atlantic rowing.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25They didn't get the tides right, they didn't get the weather right,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28we had three lifeboats out after them.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- Oh, my God. Are we too big for one of these pontoons?- Yes, you are. - You haven't even got a hammer head?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38No, and the other thing is I have to give priority to the fishing boats,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40because they were paid for with the EU fisheries grant.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Ah right, well, we don't want to argue with them.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- No!- Well, we're all right here? - You're fine, you've got no problems here at all.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52All right? Any problems, you know where we are.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I certainly do. I appreciate your help greatly.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Thanks, mate. Thanks very much. Cheers.- OK, see you later, all the best. Cheers.- Bye.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01They all think we're mad, but they're not stopping us.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06When we started this journey four years ago,
0:13:06 > 0:13:12I knew we'd have to go around Lands End at some stage.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14But it always felt a long way off.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19With Mr Munson's words of warning and the lack of sleep,
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I'm starting to lose confidence.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27I need to get more advice, but as Shane won't use the ladder again,
0:13:27 > 0:13:28we're paddling ashore.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Just be careful. Oooop! Ooop! Ooop!
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Cor blimey, I'm gonna fall in that water.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38What a bloody palaver!
0:13:42 > 0:13:48There's a hand down there reaching for help, pleading with us not go round Lands End.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51That's it, crawl out.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Yeah.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56You just be careful, Superman.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- This is ridiculous.- Yeah, well, why don't we just go up the bloody ladder?- I don't know.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03There you are on your hands and knees.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Begging like a dog.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15There's no shortage of mariners in this town.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18But we're going to see the best.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20The Penlee Lifeboat crew.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27There are 18 in this crew - most are volunteers.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31They take on storms in the Atlantic to help people like me,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35no matter what the danger.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38In the mountainous seas still raging off the Cornish coast...
0:14:38 > 0:14:43It was Christmas nearly 30 years ago that the Penlee Lifeboat
0:14:43 > 0:14:45became a symbol of international heroism.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Eight of their members were lost trying to rescue men,
0:14:49 > 0:14:54women and children aboard a coaster stranded in a fierce gale.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55He's a hero,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and he always will be, and so will the rest of the crew.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05'The Queen sent the crew's families messages of sympathy, but the people
0:15:05 > 0:15:09'of the village have already asked for another lifeboat to continue
0:15:09 > 0:15:10'their tradition of lifesaving.'
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Many of the volunteers today knew or were related to that brave crew.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27We steam past the old lifeboat house every time we go to sea, so you do realise that things can
0:15:27 > 0:15:31go wrong, but I've got total faith in the boat and the crew.
0:15:31 > 0:15:38It's an honour to meet Patch, who's been on the lifeboat for over 16 years and is now its coxswain.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40In other words, the boss.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- And is this the largest class? - The biggest one they do.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- The biggest one they do. Yeah, we've got the little model of it on our wheelhouse.- Yeah, I've seen that.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Blimey, it's a home from home.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's got fitted carpets.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58This is a serious bit of kit, innit, blimey.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00This boat cost £2 million,
0:16:00 > 0:16:05all paid for by voluntary contributions.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10- What's she made of, steel? - No, it's fibre-reinforced composite.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- Hit it with a sledgehammer and it wouldn't go through it.- Yeah.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- Cor blimey.- Crikey, look at these... - 1250 horsepower, each engine.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24Now when we're going at full speed, we're burning about 130 gallons an hour.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Good God!- You're dealing with serious people here, you know,
0:16:27 > 0:16:33people who are on a day-to-day basis, prepared to risk their lives to save others.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38What's the biggest sea you've been out in?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40We've been out in 10s a few times, Force 10.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Oooh, do you get scared?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45When you're actually out there, cause you all have jobs to do
0:16:45 > 0:16:49and I suppose you're concentrating, you don't really think about it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:55- Yeah, no.- To help me get over my fears of rounding Land's End, Patch has a special surprise.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58He's taking us out to see the danger that awaits me and Shane.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Phwoar! Feel the power in that.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Crikey! Cor, look at her wash!
0:17:09 > 0:17:14Good God! It'll take me half an hour to get here on the barge.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18It's fantastic. Fantastic!
0:17:18 > 0:17:24You know, given that Patch and his guys could at any one time end up
0:17:24 > 0:17:26in a potential tragic situation,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29they're deeply undramatic about their job.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32They get on with it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- See the rock there, look? Just covering?- Oh, yeah, yeah, there?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39That? What's that called?
0:17:39 > 0:17:40That's called The Bucks.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Yeah, we have shouts for people losing their propellers up here.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46They don't know why.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50So you know these waters so well, you can go right up and right against them, yeah?
0:17:50 > 0:17:55I say Patch, if you ever run into any trouble, we can always call out the barge.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00You never know what's going to happen when you're out at sea.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Really? All right.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07'And I certainly didn't expect to be getting a driving lesson.'
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Blimey!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It just cuts straight through the waves, doesn't she?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I can really feel the immense power. It's about 28mph, innit?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I've never driven anything as fast as this.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Compared to Matilda, it's like driving a Ferrari.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36It feels like I've got a massive beast underneath of me that I'm pretending I know how to control.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47I took great encouragement just having someone like Patch saying,
0:18:47 > 0:18:52"I think you'll be all right in that." No more, no less.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- I have... - Did you have a bit of a steer?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I have been helming. I've been helming, darling.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I thought, "This is a lifeboatman."
0:19:00 > 0:19:06He's not going to say to an idiot like me that my boat is seaworthy unless he thinks it is.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12Now, that was tremendous. Because I know what you do, you guys, and it's never lost, it's never lost on us.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Because we're idiots and we're taking a funny boat around, we know that you're always there.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21People who don't even raise an eyebrow are the ones I listen to,
0:19:21 > 0:19:27because they tend to be the ones that the sea flows through their veins as their blood does.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42The wonderful thing about this country is that the sea is free and if you wanted to paddle a baguette
0:19:42 > 0:19:47with a snooker cue from Dover to Calais, you'll be allowed,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50as long as you've made a plan.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56My plan is to take a barge around Britain's most famous coastal landmark in one piece.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00So we're here and we've got to go all the way round here.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03This is Lands End, that's only about seven miles away.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08And then you've got to give it a wide berth around Longships, which is a big rock.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11If you go too far out, there's big ships
0:20:11 > 0:20:18coming that way and the first place you can pull into is St Ives.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21So, caution is the watchword. All right, cheers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And this is a totally new...
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Patch and his crew come down to wave us off on our biggest adventure yet.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33I think they've given us enough security, that I think Tim
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- will manage completely fine, yeah. - We've got some good weather, innit.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44- Lovely.- We should really get some diesel, but I think we'll manage till we get to St Ives.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- And so we're gonna leave about an hour before low tide. - See you later, cheers.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01It's been a pleasure to meet them, it's been an honour, it's been a real honour.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03So helpful, you know, and so delightful.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07It makes you realise what an amazing job these ordinary guys do.
0:21:11 > 0:21:19It's lovely. Did you see them? They all came out and waved to us. Patch and Peter and his wife.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29A beautiful day, a sense of confidence instilled in me
0:21:29 > 0:21:36by Patch and his crew, and a deep, rumbling terror underneath the confidence,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38knowing that we were
0:21:38 > 0:21:42going to this iconic thing of going round Lands End. If you look at it,
0:21:42 > 0:21:48there's quite a big swell, and because it's on the side,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50it's making us roll.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Ooop!- There's a helicopter up there, look. I think that's the coastguard.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Any confidence I had when I left Newlyn is completely gone,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05along with the good weather.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11Every time I go to sea, I'm absolutely in a state of high anxiety.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Once you get out there, it does what it wants, you know.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23The elements are the elements and they're unpredictable.
0:22:23 > 0:22:30It's a different kind of sea, it's all like wriggly, little scaly sea now. That's flat, this is all scaly.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37'I wonder if Shane is as nervous as me.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39'If she is, she wouldn't tell me.'
0:22:45 > 0:22:52I came to Lands End when I was a little girl. I never thought I'd come round here this way.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59How do you think Matilda's doing?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Oh, she's fine, she likes a bit of a ride.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06She's doing absolutely fine, Matilda's fine.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08She likes a bit of wave.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It's Tim that gets a bit anxious.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18When you're there, in charge of a boat that is bobbing about,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22you do not have a chance to think about anything else.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27You cannot worry about the past, the future, your anxieties
0:23:27 > 0:23:31are completely in the present.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Longships, Lands End.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41I'm thinking "Bloody hell, I'm going round Lands End, I'm going round Lands End.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46"I'm doing it. That's Longships. Keep going! Keep going!"
0:23:50 > 0:23:56I think it's nice that we're skippering my own boat around such a famous,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00you know, worldwide famous piece of land. There you go.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04End of England that way,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Amerikee, 3,000 miles away.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It would be even better if it was calm.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25There is nothing to explain that feeling of being in charge of your own vessel,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28coming around Lands End.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34It's like a fantastic, loony conquest.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- Longships, we've left it behind. - Did we turn the corner of England?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Yeah. Yeah, we've walked round the corner.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49'After four hours, we're on the home straight.'
0:24:49 > 0:24:51You've done really well, my love.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's an adventure, innit?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06That simple delight of discovering your own country and places
0:25:06 > 0:25:10you've always wanted to go, by sea, is a rare thing.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Welcome to St Ives!
0:25:16 > 0:25:21The picturesque town of St Ives has won awards for its beauty.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Like many old Cornish fishing towns,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27its main industry nowadays is tourism,
0:25:27 > 0:25:32and it's visited by seafood lovers of all kinds.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's a seal! Timmy, there's a seal!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I've never seen one before.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Shane was reading me the weather off this morning, I was looking
0:25:49 > 0:25:53at me charts and last night, I thought, "Oh, we'll go round that way."
0:25:53 > 0:25:58And then somebody said "Oh, no, take the inside route, you go round this route, you go that route.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59"Don't do that, go round..."
0:25:59 > 0:26:04I'm thinking "I wanna go home, I wanna go home, I wanna go lie down.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07"I wanna go and watch Flog It!"
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Go and watch Flog It! and Dickinson's Deals.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Because I never, never trust the fact that I know what I'm doing,
0:26:19 > 0:26:26but this time I seemingly got it spot on and not only did I get it right, we were two hours early.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34One of the local fishermen has brought us a treat to celebrate our success.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39I've brought them some fresh mackerel caught this morning and filleted off,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and I've just got some crabs off a friend of mine and brought them here.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- For Tim's dinner this evening. - There you go, he's got fish for tea.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- And crab.- And crab for tea. He'll be happy.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52First, Shane's got another mouth to feed.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Come on, baby.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Is that my dinner?- Come on, baby.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Ah ah ah!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03I'm going to close my eyes. No, I'm scared, I'm scared! I'm scared!
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Get right down below,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07come on.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16It's wonderful. It's wonderful, look.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I can't bear it, look, those eyes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Cheers. Thank you for your help, mate.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Here's to St Ives.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37A wonderful day. Wonderful and terrifying day.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41'Finally, I'm starting to feel like a proper captain.'
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Yeah, I know what I'm doing, love.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- Cor blimey! - I think we've run aground.- Yeah.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58This is a technical term,
0:27:58 > 0:27:59I'm giving it a whack.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04You're going to get a few surprises,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08but on the whole, you won't perish,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11unless you're really unlucky.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Oh,- BLEEP!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19I'm trembling.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22A different story everyday.
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