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0:00:40 > 0:00:45- For centuries, packs of wild dogs - have travelled across Wales...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- ..leaving people terrified.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56- These creatures, who were alienated - and driven from their habitat...
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- ..gained legendary status.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- Y Bleiddiaid have now returned.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17- We are tough boys.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Nobody takes liberties with us.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- We look rough - and that keeps people away.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- It scares people, - and that's the idea.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- We want people to stay away - and mind their own business.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- We won't back down for anyone. - No, never.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- We are the boys.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Y Bleiddiaid - is a Welsh motorcycle gang.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- We ride bikes and we party hard.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07- A vodka, Wil, please.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- I could bring some ice. - I've got a machine at home.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Ice would be too much hassle.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- I'd like an umbrella in my drink!
0:02:18 > 0:02:19- I'd like an umbrella in my drink!- - And a cherry!
0:02:22 > 0:02:23- We have a weekly meeting.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- We have parties in our clubhouse.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- We attend rallies.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- Is there another club in Wales - which has weekly meetings...
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- ..which are held in Welsh?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Everyone speaks Welsh - at our meetings.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Are you ready, lads?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- The meeting is under way.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- Subs, fines and IOUs?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Every club has its officials.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- There are five or six officials - and the rest are members.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- You have the chairman - or the president, which is me.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04- Wil is the secretary.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Kev is what we call - our Road Captain.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11- He heads out first.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- He leads us all.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- The Glyndwr run - and the Glyndwr party.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Is everyone happy with it?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- The rally at the Owain Glyndwr - statue in Corwen is a big event.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- Commemorating Welsh heroes - is important to the club.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- We'll stay in Corwen for an hour.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- The roots of Y Bleiddiaid...
0:03:37 > 0:03:38- ..goes back to 1974.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- A lad in Penygroes was reading books - about skinheads and Hell's Angels.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- He was reading about gangs - and gang culture.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- He came across a book called - Angels From Hell.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Four of five pages into the book...
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- ..he read about a club - which apparently existed in Wales.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- This club was called Y Bleiddiaid.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- From that day...
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- ..it was his dream to set up - Y Bleiddiaid in Nantlle Valley.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24- Does anyone want to raise anything - about the Owain Glyndwr rally?
0:04:24 > 0:04:25- No?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Alright.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Meeting closed.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- It gives us a real buzz - to ride in a gang.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- We enjoy being different.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- We thrive on being on the dark side.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- We all love it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Riding a bike fast. Really fast.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Riding really close to cars - and scaring people with our noise.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Nothing moves me...
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- ..like riding fast and Wales.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22- I'm a Welsh biker.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- We enjoy each other's company, - and we have fun together.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37- We all help each other.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40- We're like a family.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- This is the only family - some of us have.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- Some of us are divorced, and our - families are scattered everywhere.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- This is family for some of us.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- We all need attention.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Perhaps the only way - to get attention...
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- ..is to have tattoos - and wear a biker jacket.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- By doing that, - you become unique...
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- ..and you gravitate towards - people who are similar to you.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- Y Bleiddiaid are heading to - a convention in Llandudno...
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- ..in search of ideas - for a club tattoo.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- When did you get your first one?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- When I was 17 or 18.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32- Something like that.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34- I was 47.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- I got a divorce and a tattoo - in the same week.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- It doesn't matter - what sort of tattoo you have...
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- ..you get a real buzz.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- I'm not sure.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- Everyone's different.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- I did a bit of work on myself.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53- I did a bit of work on myself.- - Did you?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- That's ridiculous!
0:06:55 > 0:06:56- Were you drunk?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- No. I did it with a proper gun.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00- Were you bleeding?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- It was painful - because it was self-inflicted.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Let's look for something.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- The point of this tattoo is - that it's the club badge.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Only club members can have one.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- It becomes important to the members.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- We're looking at - two or three designs.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- We haven't quite decided - which one to choose.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- You had some small, - Mickey Mouse ones...
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- ..now you've covered them all - with one big tattoo.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Don't be upset!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- A kiss will calm him down!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- I tried doing that to him - and he went mad!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- I'm not trying to be anything.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59- I'm being myself.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- You're a one-off!
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Some people wear a suit and tie, - but it means nothing.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- He could be - the nastiest person on the planet.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Appearance means nothing.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- We have tattoos - and we shave our heads.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Is that intimidating?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- It has nothing to do with it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- It's weird if people - are intimidated by us.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27- You've talked to us.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- You know we're not - a nasty, horrible lot.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- A lot of us run our own businesses.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- It's one of them things.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36- Just a way of life.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- It's all about training hard - to become big and strong.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- You must remember we're only - one percent of the population...
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- ..and want to be left in peace.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- We don't want people interfering - and chasing after us.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- You make yourself big and strong - to scare people off.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- We want to be left in peace to - live our lives and ride our bikes.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Don't mess with us, - and we won't mess with you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- I started doing weights in Wil's gym - when I was around 21.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- I trained there for ten years.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- You look like that on a Harley!
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- If Barry asked me to pick him up - at one o'clock in the morning...
0:09:47 > 0:09:48- ..I'd be there.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- If he were in trouble, I'd be there - and he'd do the same for me.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- We're really close.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- You've got to - stick up for your friends.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- You've got to - look after your friends.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Friends are forever.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- If someone picks on someone else, - and they start some trouble...
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- ..I'll get involved.
0:10:11 > 0:10:17- That's especially true if they're - picking on someone young or old.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- If I feel it's my duty - to put a stop to it, I will.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- I'm not scared.
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0:10:57 > 0:10:59- I've had 14 bikes, in total.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- There were seven in Mam's garden, - but the Council told me to clear it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- I was sitting on - my 1100 Yamaha dragster...
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- ..with other members - of Y Bleiddiaid.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Iag started his noisy engine.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- Iant started his Harley. - Nick started his Harley.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- I started mine - and it was like a puff!
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- "Brrrrrr!" it said!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- I thought **** this, Jack!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- I went to Chester - and I bought a Harley.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- I wanted to be different, - so I bought a white one.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Everyone had a black one.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- I'm the pale rider.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51- Revelation, chapter 6 verse 8 - tells of a pale horse...
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- ..with Death riding it - and Hell following with him.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- They had the power - to kill everything on earth.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- I see myself - as the rider of that pale horse.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Since I sat on a motorbike outside - my granny's house, years ago...
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- ..I've loved motorbikes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Gang culture also appeals to me.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Some people think - we should grow up...
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- ..but every man - needs something in his life.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- The club and the bikes - are what we do and that's that.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- You feel better and stronger - when you belong to a club.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39- It's my second family.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42- What do you want?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- An ice cream or a choc ice?
0:12:46 > 0:12:47- An ice cream or a choc ice?- - I don't know.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49- I'll have a chocolate one.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53- Is yours nice?
0:12:53 > 0:12:53- Is yours nice?- - Hmm?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54- Hmm?
0:12:54 > 0:12:55- Is yours nice?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Iago's real family - is his two daughters.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Perry and Cadi - live with their mother in Deiniolen.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- Perry, me and Dad are really close, - and we love spending time together.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- We visit places on weekends.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13- The seaside.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14- The seaside.- - Yes.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16- Funfairs.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17- Funfairs.- - Eating ice creams.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19- Food!
0:13:19 > 0:13:20- Food!- - Buy a Chinese!
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- It makes me laugh because people - say, "Your dad's a biker!"
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- They see him coming - with nutters like Kev and that lot!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- They all say, "Who are they?"
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- It's cool because - I know they'll protect you.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- It's embarrassing - that you're a biker, sometimes.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- The beard is embarrassing!
0:13:47 > 0:13:48- The beard is embarrassing!- - Yes, the beard!
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- Perry can't stand it!
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- My beard was much longer than this.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- It's embarrassing for teenagers - to have a father with a long beard.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Yes, and people ask me, - "Is that your granddad?"
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- I say, "No! That's my dad."
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Me and Perry love to bully you!
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- Me and Perry love to bully you!- - Yes, you love to bully me.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- They shake me and they squeeze me.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- It will always be family first, - Y Bleiddiaid second...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- ..but it's close, sometimes!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Don't let Mam hear you say that.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- Don't let Mam hear you say that.- - She already knows.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38- I work at the Kruger Tissue factory - in Penygroes.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- It's my job to make paper bales.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- I make white paper bales - and blue paper bales.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- I also make cardboard bales - and plastic bales.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- I never thought - I'd do a job like this.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- I didn't know what I wanted to do - when I was younger.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- I just got on with - whatever life threw at me.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- I'd find some work and do it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- I never - wanted to do anything definite.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- I just got on with it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- It's not pleasure.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- I work to live.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- I don't live to work.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- We've been married - for around ten years.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Yeah, ten years.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Ups and downs.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- Ups and downs.- - Yes.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46- He's quirky.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49- A quirky individual.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- There'll never be another one.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- We just click together, don't we?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58- We just click together, don't we?- - Yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00- We don't lie.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- When anything needs to be said, - we say it as it is...
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- ..and deal with the consequence, - if there is one.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- You do your own life and I do mine.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- We catch up when we can.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Yes, if I want to go off on the bike - on the weekend, I just go.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Telling you, of course, before I go!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- That's just a recent happening, - isn't it?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Since we've had Hero - it's different, isn't it?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- We need to have - a bit of forward planning now.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- I've been off the road - because the bike has broken down...
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- ..and I'm not the same person - as when the bike is on the road.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52- I'm angrier.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- I'm not happy - until the bike is back on the road.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- When the bike is back on the road, - I'm where I'm meant to be...
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- ..doing what I'm meant to do.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- You're really nervous!
0:17:22 > 0:17:23- No wonder you're thin!
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- One of Wil's jobs - is to install gravestones.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32- It's all quite neat.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- There's room for another 20 or 30, - then that'll be the end.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- It's a race - between you and the cemetery!
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Which one will be finished first?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Which one will be finished first?- - SHE LAUGHS
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Where is it?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- You need to joke and be silly.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Life's too short not to do that.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- My father died when he was 32.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- My granddad was killed in the quarry - when he was 50.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- I'm on a bonus, boys, I'm 58! - I'm on a bonus.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Live life to the full.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Who cares if I've bought - a Harley Davidson?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- I've worked for it, haven't I?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- I go around the place like a clown, - wearing patches.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15- So what?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Life's short and we must enjoy it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- I don't think this is square.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22- Go up a bit.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Dying is a massive problem, for me.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- When I was 20 years old...
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- ..I couldn't sleep - because I was afraid of dying.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- I would hyperventilate.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- It really bugged me.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- I'd have panic attacks.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- I learnt to control it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- During an 18-month period - when I was 17 or 18...
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- ..I lost 13 biker friends.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- The buzz you get is - you're perhaps playing with death.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- You're in charge...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- ..but you're not, really.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- If your time's up, it's up.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- When the double-six comes up, - that's it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10- It's goodbye Wales.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Y Bleiddiaid have invited - other north Wales bikers...
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- ..to join their annual rally.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- We'd be happy with 50 people, - rather than 100.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- It's hard to control 100 bikes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- We're off to Corwen.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- We'll pay tribute to Owain Glyndwr - by his statue.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- We'll also raise money - for good causes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- This collection is for the - children's ward at Ysbyty Gwynedd.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- We're raising money - for two or three charities.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- I've got to go and collect money.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05- It's important.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25- # Ezy
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- # Ezy Ryder
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- # Riding down the highway of desire
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- # He says - the free wind takes him higher... #
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- You slow right down - and put the bike in a low gear.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- You then rev as hard as you can - to get everyone to stop and stare...
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- ..and say something dirty - to their wives!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- We love to show off.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- We're not ashamed - to show off, either.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00- We want people to judge us, - call us scruffy and unshaven.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- The book covers have been - on the shelf for ages...
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- ..but inside, we're good lads.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- The bike ride is over, and - it's time to get the party started.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- I've had too much to drink - to ride my bike home.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- If I lost my licence, - I couldn't ride my bike.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- It's finished then, isn't it?
0:21:35 > 0:21:37- The end, as they say.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Life is too short to sit at home - and pay the bills.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Life is too short - to watch the telly.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49- Worry about other people.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- Listen to people's problems - and try to help them.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- That's what Y Bleiddiaid do.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- It's going to be a good night.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- We'll dance and - things will get a bit riotous.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- We'll have some fun and games.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- You'd better stop filming - before things get out of hand!
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- It can be spiritual.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- When you're on the bike, - your mind is on the road...
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- ..but when you know you're safe, - it's like you're all alone.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- It's part of everything - I have, in a way.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- I feel safe...
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- ..and free.
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