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-For centuries, packs of wild dogs

-have travelled across Wales...

-..leaving people terrified.

-These creatures, who were alienated

-and driven from their habitat...

-..gained legendary status.

-Y Bleiddiaid have now returned.

-We are tough boys.

-Nobody takes liberties with us.

-We look rough

-and that keeps people away.

-It scares people,

-and that's the idea.

-We want people to stay away

-and mind their own business.

-We won't back down for anyone.

-No, never.

-We are the boys.

-Y Bleiddiaid

-is a Welsh motorcycle gang.

-We ride bikes and we party hard.

-A vodka, Wil, please.

-I could bring some ice.

-I've got a machine at home.

-Ice would be too much hassle.

-I'd like an umbrella in my drink!

-I'd like an umbrella in my drink!

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-And a cherry!

-We have a weekly meeting.

-We have parties in our clubhouse.

-We attend rallies.

-Is there another club in Wales

-which has weekly meetings...

-..which are held in Welsh?

-Everyone speaks Welsh

-at our meetings.

-Are you ready, lads?

-The meeting is under way.

-Subs, fines and IOUs?

-Every club has its officials.

-There are five or six officials

-and the rest are members.

-You have the chairman

-or the president, which is me.

-Wil is the secretary.

-Kev is what we call

-our Road Captain.

-He heads out first.

-He leads us all.

-The Glyndwr run

-and the Glyndwr party.

-Is everyone happy with it?

-The rally at the Owain Glyndwr

-statue in Corwen is a big event.

-Commemorating Welsh heroes

-is important to the club.

-We'll stay in Corwen for an hour.

-The roots of Y Bleiddiaid...

-..goes back to 1974.

-A lad in Penygroes was reading books

-about skinheads and Hell's Angels.

-He was reading about gangs

-and gang culture.

-He came across a book called

-Angels From Hell.

-Four of five pages into the book...

-..he read about a club

-which apparently existed in Wales.

-This club was called Y Bleiddiaid.

-From that day...

-..it was his dream to set up

-Y Bleiddiaid in Nantlle Valley.

-Does anyone want to raise anything

-about the Owain Glyndwr rally?

-No?

-Alright.

-Meeting closed.

-It gives us a real buzz

-to ride in a gang.

-We enjoy being different.

-We thrive on being on the dark side.

-We all love it.

-Riding a bike fast. Really fast.

-Riding really close to cars

-and scaring people with our noise.

-Nothing moves me...

-..like riding fast and Wales.

-I'm a Welsh biker.

-We enjoy each other's company,

-and we have fun together.

-We all help each other.

-We're like a family.

-This is the only family

-some of us have.

-Some of us are divorced, and our

-families are scattered everywhere.

-This is family for some of us.

-We all need attention.

-Perhaps the only way

-to get attention...

-..is to have tattoos

-and wear a biker jacket.

-By doing that,

-you become unique...

-..and you gravitate towards

-people who are similar to you.

-Y Bleiddiaid are heading to

-a convention in Llandudno...

-..in search of ideas

-for a club tattoo.

-When did you get your first one?

-When I was 17 or 18.

-Something like that.

-I was 47.

-I got a divorce and a tattoo

-in the same week.

-It doesn't matter

-what sort of tattoo you have...

-..you get a real buzz.

-I'm not sure.

-Everyone's different.

-I did a bit of work on myself.

-I did a bit of work on myself.

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-Did you?

-That's ridiculous!

-Were you drunk?

-No. I did it with a proper gun.

-Were you bleeding?

-It was painful

-because it was self-inflicted.

-Let's look for something.

-The point of this tattoo is

-that it's the club badge.

-Only club members can have one.

-It becomes important to the members.

-We're looking at

-two or three designs.

-We haven't quite decided

-which one to choose.

-You had some small,

-Mickey Mouse ones...

-..now you've covered them all

-with one big tattoo.

-Don't be upset!

-A kiss will calm him down!

-I tried doing that to him

-and he went mad!

-I'm not trying to be anything.

-I'm being myself.

-You're a one-off!

-Some people wear a suit and tie,

-but it means nothing.

-He could be

-the nastiest person on the planet.

-Appearance means nothing.

-We have tattoos

-and we shave our heads.

-Is that intimidating?

-It has nothing to do with it.

-It's weird if people

-are intimidated by us.

-You've talked to us.

-You know we're not

-a nasty, horrible lot.

-A lot of us run our own businesses.

-It's one of them things.

-Just a way of life.

-It's all about training hard

-to become big and strong.

-You must remember we're only

-one percent of the population...

-..and want to be left in peace.

-We don't want people interfering

-and chasing after us.

-You make yourself big and strong

-to scare people off.

-We want to be left in peace to

-live our lives and ride our bikes.

-Don't mess with us,

-and we won't mess with you.

-I started doing weights in Wil's gym

-when I was around 21.

-I trained there for ten years.

-You look like that on a Harley!

-If Barry asked me to pick him up

-at one o'clock in the morning...

-..I'd be there.

-If he were in trouble, I'd be there

-and he'd do the same for me.

-We're really close.

-You've got to

-stick up for your friends.

-You've got to

-look after your friends.

-Friends are forever.

-If someone picks on someone else,

-and they start some trouble...

-..I'll get involved.

-That's especially true if they're

-picking on someone young or old.

-If I feel it's my duty

-to put a stop to it, I will.

-I'm not scared.

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-I've had 14 bikes, in total.

-There were seven in Mam's garden,

-but the Council told me to clear it.

-I was sitting on

-my 1100 Yamaha dragster...

-..with other members

-of Y Bleiddiaid.

-Iag started his noisy engine.

-Iant started his Harley.

-Nick started his Harley.

-I started mine

-and it was like a puff!

-"Brrrrrr!" it said!

-I thought **** this, Jack!

-I went to Chester

-and I bought a Harley.

-I wanted to be different,

-so I bought a white one.

-Everyone had a black one.

-I'm the pale rider.

-Revelation, chapter 6 verse 8

-tells of a pale horse...

-..with Death riding it

-and Hell following with him.

-They had the power

-to kill everything on earth.

-I see myself

-as the rider of that pale horse.

-Since I sat on a motorbike outside

-my granny's house, years ago...

-..I've loved motorbikes.

-Gang culture also appeals to me.

-Some people think

-we should grow up...

-..but every man

-needs something in his life.

-The club and the bikes

-are what we do and that's that.

-You feel better and stronger

-when you belong to a club.

-It's my second family.

-What do you want?

-An ice cream or a choc ice?

-An ice cream or a choc ice?

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-I don't know.

-I'll have a chocolate one.

-Is yours nice?

-Is yours nice?

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-Hmm?

-Hmm?

-Is yours nice?

-Iago's real family

-is his two daughters.

-Perry and Cadi

-live with their mother in Deiniolen.

-Perry, me and Dad are really close,

-and we love spending time together.

-We visit places on weekends.

-The seaside.

-The seaside.

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-Yes.

-Funfairs.

-Funfairs.

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-Eating ice creams.

-Food!

-Food!

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-Buy a Chinese!

-It makes me laugh because people

-say, "Your dad's a biker!"

-They see him coming

-with nutters like Kev and that lot!

-They all say, "Who are they?"

-It's cool because

-I know they'll protect you.

-It's embarrassing

-that you're a biker, sometimes.

-The beard is embarrassing!

-The beard is embarrassing!

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-Yes, the beard!

-Perry can't stand it!

-My beard was much longer than this.

-It's embarrassing for teenagers

-to have a father with a long beard.

-Yes, and people ask me,

-"Is that your granddad?"

-I say, "No! That's my dad."

-Me and Perry love to bully you!

-Me and Perry love to bully you!

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-Yes, you love to bully me.

-They shake me and they squeeze me.

-It will always be family first,

-Y Bleiddiaid second...

-..but it's close, sometimes!

-Don't let Mam hear you say that.

-Don't let Mam hear you say that.

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-She already knows.

-I work at the Kruger Tissue factory

-in Penygroes.

-It's my job to make paper bales.

-I make white paper bales

-and blue paper bales.

-I also make cardboard bales

-and plastic bales.

-I never thought

-I'd do a job like this.

-I didn't know what I wanted to do

-when I was younger.

-I just got on with

-whatever life threw at me.

-I'd find some work and do it.

-I never

-wanted to do anything definite.

-I just got on with it.

-It's not pleasure.

-I work to live.

-I don't live to work.

-We've been married

-for around ten years.

-Yeah, ten years.

-Ups and downs.

-Ups and downs.

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-Yes.

-He's quirky.

-A quirky individual.

-There'll never be another one.

-We just click together, don't we?

-We just click together, don't we?

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-Yeah.

-We don't lie.

-When anything needs to be said,

-we say it as it is...

-..and deal with the consequence,

-if there is one.

-You do your own life and I do mine.

-We catch up when we can.

-Yes, if I want to go off on the bike

-on the weekend, I just go.

-Telling you, of course, before I go!

-That's just a recent happening,

-isn't it?

-Since we've had Hero

-it's different, isn't it?

-We need to have

-a bit of forward planning now.

-I've been off the road

-because the bike has broken down...

-..and I'm not the same person

-as when the bike is on the road.

-I'm angrier.

-I'm not happy

-until the bike is back on the road.

-When the bike is back on the road,

-I'm where I'm meant to be...

-..doing what I'm meant to do.

-You're really nervous!

-No wonder you're thin!

-One of Wil's jobs

-is to install gravestones.

-It's all quite neat.

-There's room for another 20 or 30,

-then that'll be the end.

-It's a race

-between you and the cemetery!

-Which one will be finished first?

-Which one will be finished first?

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-Where is it?

-You need to joke and be silly.

-Life's too short not to do that.

-My father died when he was 32.

-My granddad was killed in the quarry

-when he was 50.

-I'm on a bonus, boys, I'm 58!

-I'm on a bonus.

-Live life to the full.

-Who cares if I've bought

-a Harley Davidson?

-I've worked for it, haven't I?

-I go around the place like a clown,

-wearing patches.

-So what?

-Life's short and we must enjoy it.

-I don't think this is square.

-Go up a bit.

-Dying is a massive problem, for me.

-When I was 20 years old...

-..I couldn't sleep

-because I was afraid of dying.

-I would hyperventilate.

-It really bugged me.

-I'd have panic attacks.

-I learnt to control it.

-During an 18-month period

-when I was 17 or 18...

-..I lost 13 biker friends.

-The buzz you get is

-you're perhaps playing with death.

-You're in charge...

-..but you're not, really.

-If your time's up, it's up.

-When the double-six comes up,

-that's it.

-It's goodbye Wales.

-Y Bleiddiaid have invited

-other north Wales bikers...

-..to join their annual rally.

-We'd be happy with 50 people,

-rather than 100.

-It's hard to control 100 bikes.

-We're off to Corwen.

-We'll pay tribute to Owain Glyndwr

-by his statue.

-We'll also raise money

-for good causes.

-This collection is for the

-children's ward at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

-We're raising money

-for two or three charities.

-I've got to go and collect money.

-It's important.

-# Ezy

-# Ezy Ryder

-# Riding down the highway of desire

-# He says

-the free wind takes him higher... #

-You slow right down

-and put the bike in a low gear.

-You then rev as hard as you can

-to get everyone to stop and stare...

-..and say something dirty

-to their wives!

-We love to show off.

-We're not ashamed

-to show off, either.

-We want people to judge us,

-call us scruffy and unshaven.

-The book covers have been

-on the shelf for ages...

-..but inside, we're good lads.

-The bike ride is over, and

-it's time to get the party started.

-I've had too much to drink

-to ride my bike home.

-If I lost my licence,

-I couldn't ride my bike.

-It's finished then, isn't it?

-The end, as they say.

-Life is too short to sit at home

-and pay the bills.

-Life is too short

-to watch the telly.

-Worry about other people.

-Listen to people's problems

-and try to help them.

-That's what Y Bleiddiaid do.

-It's going to be a good night.

-We'll dance and

-things will get a bit riotous.

-We'll have some fun and games.

-You'd better stop filming

-before things get out of hand!

-It can be spiritual.

-When you're on the bike,

-your mind is on the road...

-..but when you know you're safe,

-it's like you're all alone.

-It's part of everything

-I have, in a way.

-I feel safe...

-..and free.

-S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones

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