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0:00:38 > 0:00:43- Here's another example of man's - first craft - a fine quickset hedge.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- The trimmings are stacked - for burning.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- I'm on the way from Llanerfyl to - Talerddig through Cwm Nant yr Eira.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59- It's one of the strongholds of the - Welsh language in Montgomeryshire.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- JANUARY 2002
0:01:11 > 0:01:18- # Tonight, there are owls - at Dol y Garreg Wen,
0:01:19 > 0:01:26- # Grass covers the farmyard - and the walls are grey with lichen,
0:01:28 > 0:01:35- # And sheets of cottongrass - spread their cover over the garden.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44- It's lovely to have some sunshine - - even little lambs like sunshine.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- I'm at Sychtyn Farm - in Cwm Nant yr Eira...
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- ..the home of the Vaughans, - an old-established family.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- John, you have - very fine cattle here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- You must have some good bulls.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- I buy them locally, - in Montgomeryshire.
0:02:11 > 0:02:19- I bought one bull from a farmer in - Caersws and another from Y Foel.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Are you fattening them all?
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- Are you fattening them all? - - Yes, we've been doing it for years.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- It stood us in good stead last year.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- You have some old breed cattle...
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- ..but you've mostly gone for Lims - and cross-breeds.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39- That's right.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- It became difficult - to get hold of white-headed cattle.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46- We keep Lims now.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52- It's been a while since I saw - so many cattle in one shed.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- You've put slats down.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01- We were buying a lot of straw, so - when we were planning this shed...
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- ..we decided - that slats would be useful.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Of course - - straw costs a lot these days.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10- It's very dear.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- The cattle seem happy - and they're clean.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- I think it'll catch on.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- There's less work, too.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- You've got excellent silage, - for a hill farm.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29- We try to look after our grassland, - as farmers do in valley farms.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- We treat it as a crop.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- If you look after your crop, - you'll get good grass.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- We know about your services - to agriculture.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- You've done a lot of work - with agricultural societies.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- And you've been - to New Zealand recently.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- I learned a few things - when I was out there.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- Agriculture in New Zealand - had a tough period in the '80s.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Hundreds of people left the land.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- We're going through - a difficult period now.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Things have changed completely - in New Zealand by now.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14- Agriculture is flourishing because - the New Zealand dollar is low.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Here, the pound is too high.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- But the situation will change. - It will get better.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- I have a lot of faith - in the industry.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- The New Zealand government...
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- ..has a favourable attitude - towards agriculture.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- This is a phase we're going through.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- This is a phase we're going through. - - That'll cheer up a lot of farmers.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- I know you've studied the subject.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- We've visited many local farms.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- I understand that your family, - some years ago...
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- ..bred one of the most famous - shire mares in Britain.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Yes, that's right.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- The mare was the British champion - three years running.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Here she is - Erfyl Lady Grey.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- She'd look at home - on any show ground today.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- John's a very astute farmer, - Beryl...
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- ..to choose a wife - who's worked in a bank!
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Your financial knowledge must help.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- That's what you think, Dai!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Yes, I've been in charge of a bank.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- You moved from Meirionnydd - to a lovely place.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38- Of course - Cwm Nant yr Eira - is a lovely part of Montgomeryshire.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- I settled down well.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- But it's very similar - to Meirionnydd.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- There are plenty - of cultural activities around here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- I've always been very interested - in recitation.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- I don't recite much nowadays, - but I do some adjudicating.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- I've never seen a woman - who can't recite!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- I coach the Dyffryn Banw - recitation party.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- We enjoy competing.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- I also belong - to the Cerdd Dant choir.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- It's nice to see these things - carrying on.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18- Children are also getting involved.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19- Children are also getting involved. - - We hope so.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- We're very lucky - in this part of Montgomeryshire...
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- ..to have the Cwmni Ieuenctid - Maldwyn theatre group.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- The National Eisteddfod - is coming here in 2003...
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- ..so we hope the theatre group - will perform another musical.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- You'll have to give up - your travelling...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- ..when the Eisteddfod comes here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- You've visited many countries - recently.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56- I was on the Missionary Board - of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Now I'm the treasurer for Wales.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- I've been involved - with the Council for World Mission.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- It gave me the chance to see...
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- ..how people live - in other parts of the world.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- We've got a lot to be grateful for - in Wales.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20- Poverty, HIV and AIDS has blighted - a part of Africa I visited recently.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- You're a treasurer, - so you're in charge of money again!
0:07:25 > 0:07:31- Yes, I enjoy being a treasurer, - playing with other people's money!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32- What was the last country - you visited?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- What was the last country - you visited? - - Zambia.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- I flew out to Nairobi - then headed down to Harare first...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- ..before going up to Lusaka.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- I stayed in the countryside.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- There were no luxuries there, - we lived simply.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- I ate all kinds of things.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- I even ate caterpillars.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55- I even ate caterpillars. - - Good gracious!
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- I don't eat caterpillars, - but I have a weight problem!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Go on!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- I'm at Moel Ddolwen Farm, - David Jones's home.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- I don't know what's happening - today...
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- ..but if I wanted a JCB, - I could find one here.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- I've never seen so many - yellow tractors on a farm.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- I've usually got 12 to 15 of them - around the place.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Do you sell them, David?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Yes, I usually sell them locally.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Some of them go farther away.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- They're very handy machines.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Yes, they're handy.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Many farmers don't want to pay - a lot of money for one.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- They want one for fiddly jobs.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Cutting a ditch or clearing scrub.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Fiddly jobs like that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- They're useful - for burying dead sheep, too.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Just hope - there aren't too many of those!
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Making money's hard enough as it is!
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- How did you get into this? - Did you have your own JCB?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- I'd bought a digger - and kept it for about five years.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41- Then it started to get a bit old, - so I bought another one...
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- ..and I advertised the old one - in the paper.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- I had lots of enquiries, - and it sold immediately.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Then I bought another one. - We sell them on.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- You never know how many people - might be interested.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- You never know how many people - might be interested. - - Someone's bound to be interested.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- It's something different to do.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03- It's something different to do. - - Yes, it is.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- The way farming is these days, - you need another interest.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- Farming doesn't give you - much encouragement these days.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Are these Welsh crosses, David?
0:10:33 > 0:10:34- Are these Welsh crosses, David? - - Yes, most of them.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Some of them are bred - from Welsh mules.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Do you dock their tails?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Do you dock their tails? - - No, I don't.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- I used to dock them all.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- They're growing very well.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- You've got a lot of cattle, too.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Yes - too many, to be honest.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- They cost a lot to keep.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Straw is so expensive this year.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- The animals' bedding - costs more than their food.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- That's terribly wrong, isn't it?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- This is Hafod Farm, - Cwm Nant yr Eira...
0:11:31 > 0:11:36- ..where Wally and Elen Jones - and their daughter, Mari, live.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Wally's family has lived at Hafod - for nearly 100 years.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- That's a long time!
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Wally's a good farmer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- It's rough up here, Wally!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- It's rough up here!
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- It's now the end of January - - when did you start feeding them?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- I've only just started - - last weekend.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- They won't be lambing - until the end of March.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22- You're giving them sugar beet. - Do you give them silage?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- I don't use it at all, because - it causes health problems.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Sugar beet's better for them.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- They're looking quite well - and they had a good autumn.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- But it's easy to overfeed them.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- I had problems last year, too. - Silage can be so bulky.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- And the sheep become greedy.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Sheep eat like camels nowadays!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Sheep eat like camels nowadays! - - It's like feeding pigs.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- When does winter begin up here?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Autumn must come early.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Yes. The cattle are all in - by the third week of October.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- The store cattle are in before then.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- It's a problem if the silage - runs out before the end of May.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- So it's a long winter.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- They need a lot of feeding - so I need plenty of fodder.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- You're familiar with this land - from birth.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Yes. If you're born in a place, - you get to know it.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35- Parts of it seem steep or wet - or muddy, but I'm used to it.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- It would take atrocious weather - to drive you from here!
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- It would!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- There used to be many more farms - up here.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Yes, lots of small farms.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- They had no hope of surviving - through the 1920s and '30s.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12- But there was some panic in this - valley in the early '70s, too.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- The Severn Trent water board...
0:14:15 > 0:14:20- ..realised there were only two - landowners in this area...
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- ..Sir Watkin and Dad.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- They had plans to drown the valley.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- More water was needed - for an increasing population.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- But it's not a very long valley.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38- They decided to extend - Craig Goch reservoir instead.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- It's a lovely valley.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Thank goodness it wasn't drowned.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- So much would have been lost - - culture and everything.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- We've improved the land a lot.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- It would have been a shame.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- MELODY ON PIANO
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- How old are you, Mari?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- How old are you, Mari? - - Seven.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13- You play well.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Do you like playing the piano?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- Do you like playing the piano? - - A little.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18- I see.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- What school do you go to?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- What school do you go to? - - Ysgol Llanerfyl.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Do you like school?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Do you like helping Dad?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- But I can't go out in the rain.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- No, you wouldn't want to.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Have you been having - piano lessons for long?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Have you been having - piano lessons for long? - - Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Do you go once a week?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- On Tuesday, and the next Tuesday.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- You go every Tuesday?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- After school on Tuesday evening?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Yes. - - You're hungry when you get home.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- I eat before I go.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57- Oh, Dai was wrong!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Congratulations, you play well.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- She's doing well, Elen.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- She's doing well, Elen. - - She has to practise quite a lot.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- But she's coming along.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- What do all the young wives - in the valley do?
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- I don't have any spare time at all. - There's always something.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- There's the Cerdd Dant party.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- There's the Cerdd Dant party. - - The Cerdd Dant choir, yes.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- I've been in that since I married.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Then there's the hall.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- I'm on the hall committee.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- We raise money for that.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- The Eisteddfod is coming here, - and I'm on that committee.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- The school has lots of activities.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Gwerinos are playing here this week.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- You're mother's very busy, Mari.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- Come on, boy!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- .
0:17:22 > 0:17:30- # Over the bleak Cwmderwen bog, - the cottongrass is a white shroud,
0:17:30 > 0:17:37- # And two hayricks look like two - eyes which have no light in them,
0:17:39 > 0:17:46- # And the stars are a myriad candles - on the altars of the hill. #
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- The family farm - is very important in Wales.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Here's a perfect example - of a family farm.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- William Jones and his wife - live at Dolwen Isaf.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Mrs Jones was born and raised here.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13- Their son, Tom, and his wife, - Delyth, live at Dolwen Uchaf.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- They have two daughters, - Mirain and Elliw.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- We're sitting comfortably - in Dolwen Isaf this morning.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- But you were born and raised - in Dolwen Uchaf.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28- But you were born and raised - in Dolwen Uchaf. - - Yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- The two places share the farmyard.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Yes, they do, - but we're out of sight here.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41- It's a beautifully warm house, - despite being so high up.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Yes, it's very warm.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Did you go to school from here?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Yes, to Hafod school.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- How many children lived - at Dolwen Uchaf and Dolwen Isaf?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- There were seven here - and eight in Dolwen Uchaf.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- So there were 15 children - playing around here?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09- That's right.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12- We had a lot of fun.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Your son, Tom, - now farms at Dolwen Uchaf.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- You and William Jones have retired.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- But everything's - still just around the corner.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- You're on hand - without being in the middle of it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- You still enjoy - taking a look at the animals?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Yes, indeed. I'm nosing around!
0:19:44 > 0:19:49- Things have changed. - The cattle are all inside now.
0:19:50 > 0:19:50- Do you remember them being outside?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Do you remember them being outside? - - Yes, I do.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- We kept them outside.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- This place is very open - to the weather.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59- Very open.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01- Wind and rain.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- The winters are very long here.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- Wally Hafod told me - winter lasts from October to May.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12- You have to store a lot of fodder.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- You have to store a lot of fodder. - - Yes.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- What did you do years ago?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- You didn't produce as much - as you do today.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- You didn't produce as much - as you do today. - - We kept fewer animals.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- You live in a lovely place.
0:20:25 > 0:20:25- I don't know about that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- I don't know about that. - - It's a nice farm.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- I don't know about that.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- We're quite happy here, - always have been.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- What's going on, Tom?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- We're scanning the mule sheep.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Will they be brought inside - afterwards?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Yes. Most of the mules - are in already.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- There are about 50 mules here.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Places like this - have their own way of life.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07- It's not an easy place to farm.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08- It's not an easy place to farm. - - No, it isn't.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Most of our land - is very heavy and wet.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- You drain it and dry it out - and it's fine for a few years.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- But it takes a lot of work.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22- It has to be fertilised.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- It has to be fertilised. - - Yes, a lot.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- It's a job to earn enough - to feed the land.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Our pockets are too small! - That's the trouble!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- But they're big enough - for what we get!
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- I won't keep you!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- How old are the girls, Delyth?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- How old are the girls, Delyth? - - Mirain's four and Elliw's two.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- They both look mischievous.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- I bet they get up to a lot.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- I bet they get up to a lot. - - They're very talkative.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56- Do they go to school in Llanerfyl?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Do they go to school in Llanerfyl? - - Yes, Mirain goes to Llanerfyl.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00- And you're a farmer's daughter.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01- And you're a farmer's daughter. - - Yes.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03- I'm from the Llanbrynmair area, - originally.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- I'm from the Llanbrynmair area, - originally. - - You haven't moved far.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Just across Cwm Talerddig.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Which of you likes sheep?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- You like sheep?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- Do you like sheep, Elliw?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16- Or do you like cattle?
0:22:16 > 0:22:17- Or do you like cattle? - - No.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18- What do you like?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- What do you like? - - A little lamb.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21- A little lamb!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- There'll be more lambs soon.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- No.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- You speak well!
0:22:30 > 0:22:31- You speak well! - - Yes!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Yes!
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- This wet weather - makes everything feel so cold...
0:22:51 > 0:22:56- ..especially if you follow - this twisting, turning river.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- I'm at Dolau Farm now.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05- Wyn and Bronwen Roberts and their - sons Gwyndaf and Geraint live here.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- They keep sheep and beef cattle.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Strong cattle, Geraint.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- Strong cattle, Geraint. - - They're nothing special.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Are these pure-bred?
0:23:22 > 0:23:23- Are these pure-bred? - - Yes, pure-bred.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25- When did you start keeping these?
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- When did you start keeping these? - - We bought the first heifer - three or four years ago.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- She did well, - so we bought a few more.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- It won't be long - before you'll have bulls to sell.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- The first calf - has just been registered.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- Will you increase the herd - or wait and see how these do?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- I intend to keep it - as a suckler herd.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Pure-bred cattle.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- How do they compare - with cross-bred cattle?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Do they need more food?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- Do they need more food? - - Less food than Holstein crosses.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09- They're not as good as Welsh Blacks, - but they're hard to come by.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Are they fairly placid cattle?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14- Yes, very placid.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- They're quite hardy, - from the French mountains.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- They're quite hardy, - from the French mountains. - - So they say.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- What's going on - with the sheep today?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31- What's going on - with the sheep today? - - I'm giving them copper.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- You have trouble - with the lambs, do you?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- You have trouble - with the lambs, do you? - - We've had trouble in past years.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- We've had a few with swayback.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- So we give them copper every year.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Do you sow rape?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Very little rape.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- We try to sow fresh grass - every year.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- That helps.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Do you buy your rams in Llanidloes?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Do you buy your rams in Llanidloes? - - Yes, in Llanidloes.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- At the market.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00- It's been a bad year.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- It's been a bad year. - - Yes, it has.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Just hope it doesn't come back.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- We can cope with one year of it, - but not another.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08- Where will these be going?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Where will these be going? - - Outside, back to the mountain.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- I'll hold this for you.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Come here, boy.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- Lie down, Toss.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- Lie down.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- How many grandchildren do you have?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- How many grandchildren do you have? - - Just this one. She's special!
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- I should think so!
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- It isn't long - since the boys were small.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- It doesn't seem long.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Do you help out on the farm?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- Not so much these days, - but before the boys left school.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- There was only Wyn and me.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- I'd help with the shearing - and the dipping.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- You knew what had to be done.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05- You knew what had to be done. - - Yes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06- Do you have a driving licence?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- Do you have a driving licence? - - Yes.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09- You can come and go as you please.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- You can come and go as you please. - - Yes, otherwise - this would be like a jail!
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- What goes on during the year?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Though it's been a bad year.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- There's the chapel in summer.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29- Yes, and Welshpool on Monday, though - it hasn't been held this year.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- Did the farmers' wives - go to Welshpool on Mondays?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Did the farmers' wives - go to Welshpool on Mondays? - - The men went to the sale...
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- ..and we women went shopping.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- We'd meet up for a chat.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- The little one - enjoys being with you.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- You don't often see cattle - in a cowshed these days.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- You don't often see cattle - in a cowshed these days. - - No, we keep them in big sheds now.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- But straw is expensive.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- But straw is expensive. - - That's the trouble, these days.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Are you from Dolau, Wyn?
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- No.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10- I came here in 1936.
0:27:11 > 0:27:12- That's before I was born.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- That's before I was born. - - I thought it might be!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- I was eight and a half at the time.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19- Where did you come from?
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- Where did you come from? - - From Llanwddyn.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23- Yes, Llanwddyn.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24- Yes, Llanwddyn. - - A good place!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- But a terrible place for gnats!
0:27:26 > 0:27:30- But a terrible place for gnats! - - Yes, because - there are so many trees there.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- You have some land down the road.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- You have some land down the road. - - It's up the valley.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- That shows you how much I know!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Cwm Nant yr Eira is quite flat.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Shall we go down?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- You've got plenty of land here.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- That's how it is.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56- You've improved the land up there.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- You've improved the land up there. - - Yes, we've done it all.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03- It's made a difference.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- It's made a difference. - - Over the past 20 to 40 years.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- This is a very twisty river. - What's it called?
0:28:11 > 0:28:12- Afon Gam - 'crooked river'.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Afon Gam - 'crooked river'. - - Really?!
0:28:15 > 0:28:16- Seriously?
0:28:16 > 0:28:17- Seriously? - - Yes, seriously!
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- It's crooked along its whole length.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21- It's crooked along its whole length. - - Very crooked!
0:28:22 > 0:28:26- How far is this land - from Dolau Farm?
0:28:27 > 0:28:28- Three miles.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30- And we're up the valley.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31- And we're up the valley. - - That's right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:32- There's a good road here.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- There's a good road here. - - There is, now.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- It's a new road, - built in 1966, I think.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40- Really?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- So there wasn't a road here before?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- So there wasn't a road here before? - - No, nothing.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- You couldn't come - from Talerddig to Llanerfyl?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- You couldn't come - from Talerddig to Llanerfyl? - - No.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- There wasn't even a track here.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- There was a bridleway - going across there.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59- But not to Llanerfyl.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- It's quite a long way.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- It's three miles by the new road.
0:29:08 > 0:29:15- About a mile, maybe more, - crosses our land.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- It's made the journey shorter - for you.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20- It has indeed.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- I used to go by pony.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- Most of the time.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- I used to walk here, in 1947, - every morning...
0:29:33 > 0:29:37- ..with a sack of hay on my back, - for the sheep.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40- Things have changed a lot.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- Things have changed a lot. - - Things have changed.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- This bridge crosses - the crooked river.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- I'm on my way - to Dolau Ceimion Farm...
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- ..where Dafydd Huw and Mrs Owen live
0:30:06 > 0:30:11- Where you have a crooked river, - you must have crooked meadows!
0:30:17 > 0:30:22- Dafydd Huw, you're not originally - from Cwm Nant yr Eira.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- No, I was raised - in Cwm Llanfihangel y Pennant.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- It's quite a step - from there to here
0:30:31 > 0:30:32- It's quite a step - from there to here - - Yes, it was.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Since when have you been here?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Since '47, after that snowy winter.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- You've seen the valley change.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44- You've seen the valley change. - - Yes, a lot.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Today, your daughter - and son-in-law run the farm.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50- Today, your daughter - and son-in-law run the farm. - - Yes, in a way.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- I just keep an eye on things!
0:30:53 > 0:30:59- Mrs Owen, you like it here. You'll - never move unless you have to.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- No, I wouldn't. I'm happy here.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Can you drive? It's a remote spot.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- No, I depend on Dafydd Huw.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- Does he take you out often?
0:31:12 > 0:31:13- Yes, quite often.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Whenever I want.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- Do you go on holidays much?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- We used to.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- Yes, in recent years.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- Before that, we'd just - take a day off here and there.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- We went for about 10 years, - didn't we?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33- Yes, that's right.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- I thought you meant - you'd been on holiday for 10 years!
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- People didn't go away years ago.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- People didn't go away years ago. - - People didn't think of holidays.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- We certainly didn't.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- Did you belong - to any local societies?
0:31:51 > 0:31:52- Yes, years ago.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- Things have deteriorated a lot.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- There's nothing here now.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- There's nothing here now. - - It's the same everywhere.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00- Yes, it is.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- What takes up your time these days?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- I suppose you keep an eye on things.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08- I suppose you keep an eye on things. - - And the feeding.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- You still feed the animals?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- You still feed the animals? - - Yes, I take them some hay.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- How many children do you have?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Just one daughter.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- She's married - and she has two children.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25- So you have grandchildren, too.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- So you have grandchildren, too. - - We have five great-grandchildren.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- I suppose they get a lot - of attention when they visit.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- I suppose they get a lot - of attention when they visit. - - They're worth everything.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48- These are good gates.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Huw of Cwmderwen made them.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- The boys of Cwmderwen.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- After you - you go first.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- Beulah Chapel, Cwm Nant yr Eira.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- This chapel - has an interesting history.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- Yes, it does.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Do many people come here in summer?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20- Do many people come here in summer? - - Yes, quite a few.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- A lot of strangers come here, too.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- Valley families must have filled it, - at one time.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Yes, years ago, so they say.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- There were no empty seats.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- There were no empty seats. - - Some famous names - have preached here.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38- Yes, indeed.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Years ago, - they'd hold big meetings here.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- Ceinion Thomas and Tom Davies, - Llandysul, would come here.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- Who's been here in recent years?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Gwyndaf came here regularly - for over 50 years.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Alun Evans still comes here.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07- He's been coming here - since he was at college.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- And Gwyn Erfyl is a local boy.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11- And Gwyn Erfyl is a local boy. - - That's right.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- The Reverend Glyn Lewis - was raised here.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- The ceiling is unique.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- The ceiling is unique. - - They say it was made - by Iorwerth Peate's father.
0:34:25 > 0:34:31- They say that Iorwerth Peate himself - painted the railings outside.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- How many members are there today?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- How many members are there today? - - About 16 members.
0:34:36 > 0:34:42- One's in Australia, but she - contributes generously to the cause.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44- Is she from the area?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- Yes, Emily James.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51- She was in service with the Tudors, - years ago.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53- And she's still a member?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- And she's still a member? - - Yes, she is.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- .
0:35:18 > 0:35:24- # Fragile white cottongrass - of the moor, what weary enchantment
0:35:26 > 0:35:33- # Made every memory a dead one, - and made this old moor a screen?
0:35:35 > 0:35:42- # Nothing but Time's oppression, - that withers everything. #
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- This next farm's postal address - is Abercannon...
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- ..but local people - call it Ty Isaf Farm.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- Mrs Nel Owen and her son, Gwynant, - live here.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- Mrs Nel Owen - is over 90 years of age.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- She still reigns over the farm.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22- Hello?
0:36:23 > 0:36:24- Anyone up yet?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- How are you this morning?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- Have you always lived - in Cwm Nant yr Eira?
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- I came to Cannon to work as a maid.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- It was a notable place.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- How many years were you there?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- How many years were you there? - - Seven.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Then my husband got this place.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- We got married in 1934.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- That's a very long time ago.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- That's a very long time ago. - - It is, indeed.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07- Sixty years and more.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Do you enjoy good health?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- I've no cause to complain.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Why do men lose their hair?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- You've got lots of hair. - It's very smart.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27- I've never put a lot of stuff on it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- So you don't have your hair done - all the time?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- You don't have - highlights every week.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- Am I allowed to say - that you're about 90 years old?
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Yes, since I am 90 years old.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- I think you're over 90!
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Do you enjoy moderately good health?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- I've no cause to complain.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59- Gwyneth, my daughter, - and Gwynant are very good to me.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00- I won't keep you.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- It's been a pleasure talking to you.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08- I'll call again when you celebrate - your 100th birthday!
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- I don't think I'll make it.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- People do, these days.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- I'm not like the Queen Mother.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- She has people attending to her - every step of the way.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- But you're probably happier!
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Thank you very much, Mrs Owen.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- They tell me you get up very early.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Well, I suppose I do.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- I get up as soon as I wake up.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- I prefer to get up.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52- It's nice meeting you.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53- It's nice meeting you. - - And you.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Look after yourself.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00- I can smell cawl cooking - - get back to it, it's cold out!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Thank you!
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- What's going on here, Gwynant?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- What's going on here, Gwynant? - - I'm measuring the rainwater.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Have you been doing this for long?
0:39:37 > 0:39:38- Have you been doing this for long? - - Yes.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- Mam used to do it.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- We've done it for over 50 years.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Do you record this officially?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Do you record this officially? - - Yes.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52- I'll measure this and write it down - and send the result away.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- So you can tell how much rain - falls every day.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59- Yes.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Yes. - - Is this pond - something to do with it?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Not at all. - It didn't used to be here.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Recent wet seasons have caused this.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- It used to be a small pond.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- It's been wet recently.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- Yes.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- Can you tell by looking at the jug - how much there is?
0:40:21 > 0:40:22- A rough guess.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- I'll come with you, to see.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- Is that all it is - - a bottle in there?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- This is like the river Jordan!
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- I'll stay on the road!
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- What do you keep - suckler cattle - and some sheep?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- Yes, sheep, mostly.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- This is a very convenient place - for you and your mother.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53- This is a very convenient place - for you and your mother. - - Yes.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- I used to work at other places.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- I used to work at other places. - - Other farms?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Yes - this place wasn't big enough - for Dad and me.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- I worked at nearby farms.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- I worked at nearby farms. - - Which nearby farms?
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- After leaving school, I worked - three days a week at Dolau Ceimion.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18- Then I worked half the week - at Dolau Ceimion and half at Dolwen.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20- From Dolwen, I went to Hafod.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- From Dolwen, I went to Hafod. - - You must remember Wally as a child.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- He was at school - when I first worked there.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29- The years fly by.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- The years fly by. - - Don't they, just.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- And we don't realise.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- This is a lovely valley - - I like it enormously.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- But there's a sharp breeze.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- As soon as you come up past Dolwen, - it gets colder.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- As soon as you come up past Dolwen, - it gets colder. - - You feel the difference.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- Your mother loves it here.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- She's been here - for quite a few years.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- She must remember some hard times.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Yes, she's told me a lot.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- She often asks me - why I'm complaining.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- That's true for all of us.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07- It's time I went - - I've got further to go.
0:42:07 > 0:42:07- It's very dark this morning.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- It's very dark this morning. - - More rain on the way.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10- Really?
0:42:10 > 0:42:11- Really? - - I'm afraid so.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- You'll need a bigger jug!
0:42:28 > 0:42:33- This is the highest farm - in the parish of Llanerfyl...
0:42:33 > 0:42:34- ..Cwmderwen Farm.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- The old road used to end here.
0:42:40 > 0:42:46- Jean and Huw Thomas and their sons, - Elwyn and Gwynfor, live here.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- They've diversified - - they do contract work.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- Farmers do what they can these days - to make ends meet...
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- ..and to keep their sons - in the area.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- How long has the family - been at Cwmderwen?
0:43:06 > 0:43:07- I was raised here.
0:43:07 > 0:43:14- Dad came here with his parents - from Dolau in the 1920s.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- Members of his family - lived here before that.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23- So the family's been here - for quite a while.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Your two sons - work with you on the farm.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- Yes, both sons are at home.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- Our daughter is married - and lives in Machynlleth.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- The farm isn't enough - to keep us all...
0:43:38 > 0:43:40- ..so we do some contract work.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- Agricultural work?
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- Tractors, lorries, or what?
0:43:46 > 0:43:47- A bit of everything.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50- Most of it is agricultural work.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53- Transporting tack sheep for people.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57- Transporting animals to abattoirs.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- The boys can do other things - as well.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04- Gwynfor makes silage - and he has an excavator.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06- Elwyn does shearing.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10- These things have to be done - these days.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- It's good that the boys - want to stay here.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19- You can't really run a farm - these days without outside work.
0:44:19 > 0:44:25- And you have to do everything - - drive a tractor, a lorry.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27- Yes, I'm the general gopher!
0:44:30 > 0:44:32- You have cattle and sheep.
0:44:32 > 0:44:37- There's plenty of work - for three of you on the farm.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39- Yes, more than enough.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40- Does Jean answer the phone?
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- Does Jean answer the phone? - - Yes, and she cooks and cleans - for us.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47- She does most of the work - at lambing time.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49- It's a lot of work.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- I'll go and look for the boys now.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56- You said you were building a shed.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00- We're build a lean-to - in time for lambing.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18- Very handy, Gwynfor.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- Very handy, Gwynfor. - - Yes, it's very handy.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22- It's safe - and there's plenty of room to work.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24- It's safe - and there's plenty of room to work. - - That's why we made it.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26- Just what we needed.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30- Are you combining these two sheds - for cattle?
0:45:30 > 0:45:34- We hope to get it ready - by lambing time.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- We won't keep anything in it - this year.
0:45:37 > 0:45:38- Just use it for the sheep.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40- Just use it for the sheep. - - It's very big.
0:45:40 > 0:45:41- It's quite a shed.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44- But it'll never be big enough.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46- You're right, there.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- How much time - have you spent on this?
0:45:50 > 0:45:52- We put the girders up first.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56- We put them up - and welded everything in place.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00- We need to put the sheeting - and the roof on.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- Are the rafters difficult to put up?
0:46:04 > 0:46:05- Are they heavy?
0:46:05 > 0:46:06- Are they heavy? - - They're easiest, to be honest.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07- Are they heavy? - - They're easiest, to be honest. - - Get away!
0:46:07 > 0:46:14- They're easy - we lift them with the - excavator and bolt them together.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18- You have these machines - to do your contract work...
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- ..but they're handy at home, too.
0:46:21 > 0:46:22- ..but they're handy at home, too. - - That's right.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26- You have better equipment - to do jobs at home.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31- This is no place to be - when it's raining.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- We try to do these jobs - when it's dry.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38- I'm no expert on these things...
0:46:39 > 0:46:42- ..but I'd say - you're doing a good job.
0:46:42 > 0:46:43- Good, thank you.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50- You're not originally - from Cwm Nant yr Eira, Jean.
0:46:50 > 0:46:51- You're not originally - from Cwm Nant yr Eira, Jean. - - No, Llanwddyn.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- The other side.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55- Yes - Cwm Cwmni.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- What's the busiest time of year - for you?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01- What's the most important time - for you?
0:47:02 > 0:47:03- Lambing time.
0:47:04 > 0:47:05- Are you out with the boys?
0:47:05 > 0:47:06- Are you out with the boys? - - Yes.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- Do you keep track - of the hours they work?
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- No, I've given up on that.
0:47:14 > 0:47:14- They do it themselves?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- They do it themselves? - - They do it themselves.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- Are you fattening all these calves?
0:47:23 > 0:47:26- Are you fattening all these calves? - - Yes, fattening all the cattle, Dai.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29- Are these cross-Lims?
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- Yes, most of them. - We've got fewer Welsh Blacks now.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- And you use a Charolais bull.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41- And they're all inside?
0:47:41 > 0:47:44- And they're all inside? - - Yes, all the young cattle - are in over winter.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49- Are you fattening both the bullocks - and the heifers?
0:47:50 > 0:47:54- Yes. All these will go outside - for the summer.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58- The sheep need feeding up - before lambing, too.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01- You fatten all your lambs, too.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05- Yes, we do. - We fatten them on turnips.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- It's a lot of work, really.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12- We're back and fore a lot.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15- Do you do a lot of shearing - in summer?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17- I do a bit of shearing.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19- How's your back?
0:48:19 > 0:48:20- How's your back? - - My back's alright.
0:48:20 > 0:48:25- They say that a shearer - has a weak head and a strong back!
0:48:26 > 0:48:31- But when the back gets weaker - and the head gets stronger...
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- ..he stops being a shearer!
0:48:33 > 0:48:34- ..he stops being a shearer! - - It's a tough job.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- These cattle look well.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38- And you've clipped their backs.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40- And you've clipped their backs. - - Yes, we clip them a little.
0:49:00 > 0:49:06- # The old voices - won't return to Beulah
0:49:07 > 0:49:16- # From the depths of the grave, - it was too much for them.
0:49:18 > 0:49:25- # Be still, wounded heart, and - don't wait for them any longer.
0:49:36 > 0:49:43- # The old pleasures I loved - have fled and will never return,
0:49:44 > 0:49:51- # The sweetness of times past - disappeared with the summers.
0:49:54 > 0:50:02- # Nothing remains but the - cottongrass quivering in the wind. #
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