I Lydaw Codi Hwyl

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-Over the past five years...

-..John Pierce Jones and Dilwyn

-Morgan's sailing adventures...

-..have brought fun and danger

-amidst some stunning scenery.

-They've sailed around

-the Welsh coast...

-..and crossed the Irish Sea twice

-to visit our Irish cousins.

-This time, they're setting sail

-for another Celtic land...

-..Brittany.

-Before the last trip to Ireland,

-John had bought a new boat...

-..the Mystique.

-She's in her berth in Cardiff Bay.

-John and Dilwyn are preparing her

-for this new adventure.

-She looks good, John.

-On you go.

-Thank you.

-You can carry the bags on.

-You can carry the bags on.

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-I knew there'd be something.

-We're going to take the boat out

-now.

-I've been taking her back and forth

-on little trips...

-..in the autumn

-and the start of this year...

-..but we need to take her out

-before our big voyage.

-I asked him if he'd been here

-over the winter.

-He said he'd been here a lot

-but there was cleaning to do.

-I don't think he's been near here.

-It's a bit mouldy.

-It'll take time to get her ready.

-The mast has been redone.

-We need to test the sails

-before we start on our voyage.

-There's a lot to do

-before they can leave.

-Are you praying?

-Are you praying?

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-I'm looking for the seacocks.

-Did you close them?

-No. I've had the engine serviced.

-Have you found them?

-I'm looking for them.

-I know they'll be near the engine.

-I don't know.

-You deal with that sort of thing.

-I'm searching.

-That's your job.

-Is it where we put the food?

-The seacock is here.

-Have you found it?

-Have you found it?

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-Yes.

-Oh, Where is it?

-The seacock is near the engine.

-When you open it, water comes in

-and cools the engine.

-It's pumping water nicely now.

-Look at the state of this.

-It's very dirty. It needs

-some work to get it shining.

-I'll use the power hose on it.

-Then we can come back and give

-everything a polish.

-I think he means

-I will be polishing.

-He says we but he means me.

-OK?

-For messing about, raising,

-lowering, pulling and so on...

-..it's easier to stay

-in Cardiff Bay.

-OK.

-You can treat me

-to an ice cream on the pier.

-We'll have Cadwalader's ice cream

-and a cuppa and a sandwich.

-He's like a new man.

-Instead of going through the barrage

-on to open water...

-..I suggested we stay in the bay

-and he agreed straight away.

-Perhaps this will be

-a very different Codi Hwyl.

-Is he a new man?

-Only time will tell.

-OK, Dil?

-OK, Dil?

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-I'm coming now.

-Which side should I be on?

-Which side should I be on?

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-Wherever there's enough water.

-You have to stick

-to one side, don't you?

-A hundred yards from the quay

-John Pierce Jones suddenly appeared.

-I have to keep to the right side

-of those red things...

-We should say port and starboard

-instead of left and right...

-..just in case there are

-some proper sailors watching.

-Things like aft and midships...

-And heads.

-What does heads mean?

-What does heads mean?

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-Toilet.

-John still has plenty to learn.

-Off they go around the bay to remind

-Dilwyn how some things work...

-..and others don't... right, John?

-When shall we raise the sails?

-The wind is blowing

-from the stadium over there.

-Lets go up under engine

-and sail back, tack...

-Shall we go to Cadwalader's?

-Shall we go to Cadwalader's?

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-We don't want ice-cream now, do we?

-I didn't have breakfast and you

-made me eat some rubbish last night.

-You should concentrate on the boat

-instead of your stomach, John.

-This is how it's going to be this

-time. I'll take things easier.

-His silence says it all.

-I'm looking forward to this.

-It's time to raise the sails.

-Work has been done on the mast. I

-want to check everything is working.

-That's the next step. I just hope

-I can remember how to do it.

-Do you want to do it?

-Do you want to do it?

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-No, you do it.

-The sails are working well,

-but is John? That's the question.

-That's much better.

-That's much better.

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-Yes, he's done something to it.

-It's been eight months

-and he's forgotten...

-..but it's like riding a bike,

-it'll come back.

-It's a question of confidence. It'll

-come back. He'll benefit from today.

-You sail her.

-You haven't had a go yet.

-Thanks.

-This year, we're going to Brittany

-on our voyage around Celtic nations.

-We're visiting a country

-where sailing is a religion.

-It'll be a challenge because of...

-It'll be a challenge because of...

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-..the language.

-Can you speak French?

-Enough to order food for you.

-It's a totally different adventure.

-We won't be dealing with anything

-we didn't face in the Atlantic.

-It's less of a voyage than from

-Connemara. About 150 miles?

-You've done your homework.

-How do you feel

-about frogs and snails?

-Eating frogs' legs is distasteful

-for a lad from the Lleyn Peninsular.

-Going to a different country

-is an adventure.

-Getting there by boat is

-so different to arriving by road.

-I'm looking forward to it.

-There we go.

-He hasn't even

-put the fenders over the side.

-Go straight ahead.

-He just needs more confidence in

-his own ability and he'll be fine.

-He's been sailing

-for five years now.

-I hope he'll be the skipper

-on this trip.

-He's got weeks to prepare

-the boat and prepare himself...

-..physically...

-...and mentally.

-We'll see.

-Back home in Bala, one of Dilwyn's

-favourite pastimes...

-..is coaching grandson Owain

-and his friends at the rugby club.

-It's rugby training tonight.

-I'm in charge of the Under-5s.

-A disadvantage of living in Bala is

-that I can't take Owain out sailing.

-I'm too far from the sea. John is

-lucky - he can take Iwan sailing.

-From what he says,

-Iwan has taken to sailing.

-Here we are again.

-The old Mystique.

-The old Mystique.

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-Mistake!

-Ha ha!

-I'm pleased that John is going out

-and enjoying the boat.

-It's important for him

-to practise...

-..because he will be

-the skipper this time.

-He says he's spent

-a lot of time sailing...

-..and things are

-becoming second nature.

-Taid, get the ball.

-Actually, I'll do it.

-I'm sure John has less trouble

-on the boat with Iwan...

-..than I have with this one.

-I'm sure they get along well.

-Iwan, pull it.

-Iwan, pull it.

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-I am.

-Idiot!

-He's let it go!

-I told you to hold it on to there.

-You said to take it off.

-You need the patience of Job

-with these things.

-I keep coming back

-to the need for preparation.

-Do you want a lifejacket?

-Do you want a lifejacket?

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-Yes.

-What I really want is a crew.

-It's things like this that I forget.

-He could have a problem working out

-which way the wind is blowing.

-It says it's coming

-from this direction.

-Should I raise the sail?

-Is it moving?

-Is it moving?

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-No.

-It's just stuck.

-Nice passes. Well done.

-I hope he remembers about the ropes.

-I don't know how much notice

-he took.

-He needs to be clear in his mind

-about what to do next.

-There's the problem.

-I forgot to open the clutch.

-I left it like that,

-so it was closed.

-Ha ha! I hadn't opened the clutch.

-He's chosen his boat well.

-It's an easy boat

-for one person to sail.

-That'll be useful

-while Iwan is still learning.

-It's impossible for one person. You

-need one pulling and another here.

-Sailing is easy compared to

-coaching ten Under-5 rugby players.

-Tackle him!

-No try.

-The big day has arrived.

-It's time to leave Wales and set off

-on the voyage to Brittany.

-What on earth have you got

-in these bags?

-Thanks to John, they don't have to

-worry about food...

-..but he is worried

-about their voyage.

-Dilwyn wants John

-to take more responsibility.

-He wants me to be the skipper...

-..but all the way to Brittany?

-I'm just throwing everything in.

-The crew have finished their jobs,

-captain. It's over to you.

-I know what he's doing.

-I think Inge, my wife, and the

-producer, had a word with him.

-She's told him to make me do more.

-We'll see.

-Where are we going now?

-Like this, Dil?

-For goodness' sake, Dilwyn!

-You could have pushed us out with

-a boathook. That's very bad crewing.

-We haven't even left Cardiff Bay

-yet.

-We'll see what happens.

-At least we're on our way.

-Brittany is somewhere over there.

-Can John reach the barrage

-without breaking anything else...

-..like the law?

-There's a police launch ahead.

-Whatever you do, don't hit that.

-What are they doing there?

-What are they doing there?

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-Maybe they're keeping an eye on us.

-Has someone reported me

-for hitting that bollard?

-A trouble-free passage

-through the barrage...

-..and the Mystique is heading

-for the Bristol Channel.

-Dilwyn?

-Dilwyn?

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-Yes?

-Do you remember I told you...

-..that we're going

-to Aber Wrac'h in Brittany?

-What's the name of this channel?

-Y Wrach (The Witch).

-Y Wrach (The Witch).

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-So this is named after a witch.

-We're going from Aber Wrach in

-Cardiff to Aber Wrac'h in Brittany.

-I could write a novel. "From Witch

-to Witch" by John Pierce Jones.

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-The Mystique, John and Dilwyn

-have left Cardiff Bay...

-..on their voyage to Brittany...

-..and the wind has picked up.

-It's quite unpleasant at the moment.

-The winds have strengthened

-to 28mph.

-The wind is in our faces, and with

-the tide going the opposite way...

-..the sea is very rough,

-it's uncomfortable.

-As captain, I've asked the bosun

-to steer...

-..to give me time to put on

-a coat because I was soaked.

-We're just passing Barry

-and St Athan.

-It'll be like this for an hour

-or two. Isn't that right, bosun?

-It looks like it.

-Once again the two of us are sailing

-with the wind against us.

-We're sailing with the engine on.

-It'll be like that for a while.

-I'm keeping the log. This is

-a legal requirement in France.

-It's a record of where you've been,

-on what course and so on.

-I've been playing with these

-old things, as John calls them.

-I'm trying to set a course

-for Lundy Island...

-..so that we can get

-some shelter from the island.

-Unfortunately

-we can't use the sail...

-..but we'll see what happens.

-The lads intend to sail overnight...

-..past Lundy Island and the Cornish

-coast, across the English Channel...

-..to Brittany and Aber Ac'h

-(Aber Wrac'h) harbour.

-It should be a three-day voyage,

-hopefully.

-You're not enjoying this, are you?

-It's awful.

-After our experience last year,

-I said I wouldn't do this again.

-How long will it last?

-Have you heard?

-It'll be like this

-for at least 24 hours.

-They said it would last for 6 hours.

-They said it would last for 6 hours.

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-They've changed their minds.

-Tell me, what is the point

-of a weather forecast?

-Why do they say these things?

-They lie every time!

-Are we going to do something

-about this?

-We're stuck in the middle of the

-Bristol Channel in a force 5/6...

-..which will last until at least

-tomorrow, so what shall we do?

-Swansea is that way.

-I'd estimate it to be 3-4 hours

-away.

-We could go there

-with our tail between our legs.

-The other option

-is to keep going tonight...

-..and all day tomorrow?

-..and most of tomorrow.

-If we feel we can't go on,

-we could sail around the Lizard...

-..and head to somewhere like

-Falmouth.

-If we head to Swansea, we'll have

-our tail between our legs.

-You're right. I'll suffer.

-Don't let anyone say

-I don't suffer for my art.

-We'll carry on, then.

-John agrees to grin and bear it...

-..but goes to have

-a lie-down on the sofa.

-Well, Codi Hwyl (Raise the Sail)

-is the title of the programme.

-John doesn't feel well,

-so he's having a little nap...

-..but I've raised the sail

-and we're sailing.

-I don't know for how long.

-The overnight forecast isn't good.

-At least I can have a little rest

-and do a bit of sailing.

-I'll have a cuppa in a minute,

-and a pork pie.

-I don't want much to eat tonight,

-Dilwyn.

-A little pork pie?

-A little pork pie?

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-No way, I don't want anything.

-We've reached the end

-of our first day.

-That's right.

-What's it like being the skipper?

-I've done a good job, haven't I?

-I've done a good job, haven't I?

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-Yes, we got out of the barrage.

-We're near Lundy Island now.

-I call it Ynys Wair.

-You call it Ynys Lundy.

-Cornwall is over there.

-I have a bit of a connection

-to Lundy Island.

-My great uncle, Nain's brother John

-Pierce took a load of coal there.

-Was he a miner?

-No, he was a sailor.

-He brought an empty ship

-from Antwerp...

-..to fill up with coal in Cardiff.

-The ship, the Moel Tryfan,

-went down near Portland Bill.

-He survived

-by clinging on to a lifeboat.

-Blimey.

-I'll let you take over.

-You are the night skipper.

-I'll sail the boat until 4.00am.

-4.00am?

-I'll wake you at 4.00am

-and you can take over.

-Is that OK?

-OK, then.

-Good morning.

-Good morning, it's 5.00am.

-Eh?

-It's 5.00am.

-Did you sleep well?

-5.00am?

-Yes, I've done an hour for you.

-5.00 in the morning?

-5.00 in the morning?

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-Yes.

-Can I have another hour?

-He can take the watch now

-and I can have five minutes' rest.

-I don't know how much peace

-I'll get, but I feel good.

-It was a pleasant night with

-some good wind, but it's gone now.

-I'm just hoping that the boat

-won't start banging about again.

-He doesn't like that.

-So I'll try to get some sleep,

-and perhaps have a cuppa.

-It's odd he didn't ask me

-to make his bed.

-I've made my bed!

-I've made my bed!

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-He's made his bed.

-I hear everything.

-Little pigs have big ears.

-We made good mileage overnight.

-We made good mileage overnight.

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-I could hear the sails.

-I was being dragged

-towards land all the way.

-In the end,

-I had to take the sails down.

-It's easy to take the sails down

-on your own.

-That's what I found

-when I went out with Iwan.

-I could handle the sails perfectly.

-Practice makes perfect.

-Once you've practised, it's easy.

-I could have panicked

-and started swearing but I didn't.

-I think you're telling fibs, John.

-Dilwyn finally takes a nap...

-..while our keen, energetic

-captain is at the helm.

-It's been twenty hours

-since we left Cardiff.

-Because of the wind direction...

-..we've only managed

-four hours of sailing.

-John was up and about for a while

-but he's not feeling well.

-We'll just have to grin and bear it

-and keep going.

-Perhaps we'll feel better

-once we're in the Channel.

-I could raise the sail

-to steady her a bit.

-You raise the sail, then.

-Do you want to do it?

-No, you do it. The captain

-doesn't do things like that.

-You're the AB, steward,

-galley chef and heads cleaner.

-OK.

-You made me captain.

-You need to show your authority

-straightaway.

-This skipper business

-has backfired on me.

-I'm doing more than I was when

-I was skipper and he's doing less.

-You made a mistake, Morgan,

-a big mistake.

-What's the name of the lighthouse

-over there?

-Kettle's Bottom.

-The kettle's backside.

-Do you know a poem about a kettle?

-Do you know a poem about a kettle?

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-No.

-"Did you ever see

-a stranger creature

-"Singing happily

-with his bottom all hot

-"He sings

-until his face is black

-"And when he stops singing,

-he pees on the fire"

-Only old people know that.

-That old black kettle on the fire,

-spurting water when it boiled.

-You get an amazing education at sea.

-You can see

-I'm starting to feel better.

-I can tell.

-The twinkle is back in your eye.

-We're leaving the British Isles

-and the Cornish coast.

-We're now in the English Channel.

-It's the busiest channel

-in the world.

-And it's your watch.

-I don't think Dilwyn

-will get much sleep, somehow.

-Dil, what do I do? Dilwyn?

-I'd look at it

-with my finger like this.

-If it stays the same,

-you're going to hit it.

-If it changes, you're OK.

-You won't hit it.

-We're very close to it.

-We didn't hit this one.

-Let's hope we miss them all.

-The Mystique will sail through...

-..one of the world's

-busiest shipping channels...

-..avoiding ships much bigger

-than Captain Jones'...

-..before they reach Brittany

-and safe harbour in Aber Ac'h.

-Land ahoy, Dilwyn.

-I can see it.

-We've come a long way for this.

-250 miles.

-Well done.

-We've arrived.

-Before they land,

-they need to raise a courtesy flag.

-This isn't right.

-It's the French flag.

-OK, OK,

-we have to fly something.

-I couldn't get a Breton flag

-in Cardiff. I looked everywhere.

-We'll fly that one because

-we have to fly something.

-Then we'll take it down

-and buy a Breton one.

-The port of Aber Ac'h

-After three days, they sail into

-the lovely port of Aber Ac'h.

-It's an old fishing port that is now

-an important haven for sailors...

-..especially those who have sailed

-from North America.

-With luck,

-there'll be a welcome here...

-..and a chance to adjust to

-life on dry land once again...

-..while the Mystique

-takes a well-earned rest.

-Next time on Codi Hwyl...

-..after meeting

-some of the locals...

-..the Mystique sails around

-the tip of Finistere...

-..and to the port of Brest.

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