Pennod 4 Codi Hwyl

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-Looks like Mici Plwm and me

-on a Saturday night!

-There's nothing under her.

-She's fine.

-Nothing gets thrown away

-until you ask me.

-We've quarrelled

-over a lump of cheese.

-Damn it! I can't do it, Dilwyn.

-Onwards to Pembrokeshire

-and Skomer Island.

-Due to treacherous weather, they

-must shelter in Fishguard Harbour.

-We've been here for two days.

-It's been very stormy weather.

-The wind was blowing in our faces.

-We've been unlucky with the wind

-but we're leaving today.

-I think

-it's going to be choppy out there.

-It was blowing

-a force-eight gale on Saturday.

-There's going to be

-somewhat of a swell.

-I'm very much

-looking forward to setting sail.

-John wants to go to Skomer Island,

-so that's our target today.

-When do we hoist the sail?

-After we've sailed around

-the tip of this lighthouse?

-That's a good idea.

-It's blowing

-in the right direction so far.

-And we're sailing with the tide.

-I'm reading the navigator's handbook

-and I'll quote you a few lines.

-"Before passing through Ramsey

-Sound, have a definite action plan.

-"Ignore depth soundings

-when the water is very turbulent...

-"..because it may be

-very boisterous."

-That's the problem

-he's going to encounter.

-I'll have to tell him

-in plenty of time...

-..if he heads for the tidal race off

-Ramsey Island known as The Bitches.

-Its name says it all. The Bitches.

-Do you want a cuppa now or later?

-No, it'll spill everywhere

-and scald me. Turn it off.

-These waves are enormous.

-Goodness me!

-This is a mistake, isn't it?

-No. It's just this area here.

-Yes, but we could've avoided it.

-Why didn't you tell me?

-Yes, why didn't you?

-Do you like country music...

-..like John ac Alun?

-Yes. I like Kris Kristofferson.

-And Willie Nelson.

-We're passing the coast now.

-Have you heard of Porthgain?

-Yes. I went walking there once.

-I'd like to go there because I used

-to be a big fan of Doreen Lewis.

-I loved Doreen Lewis.

-She wrote a song about Porthgain.

-Yes, you're right.

-# Porthgain, Porthgain #

-# Porthgain, Porthgain #

-

-No, that's not it.

-It was Ruth Barker who sang it.

-I'd love to go there.

-I'd love to see the place.

-I might even see Doreen.

-You can talk to her

-while I get some chips.

-# Porthgain, Porthgain #

-That's enough.

-They sail into Porthgain.

-Though it's

-a difficult place to reach by sea...

-..its beauty is enchanting.

-What kind of fish do you want?

-What kind of fish do you want?

-

-A big one.

-Cod? Haddock?

-Cod? Haddock?

-

-Cod.

-One cod, please.

-This is all the money I have.

-One large cod,

-a large chips and peas.

-Mushy peas?

-Mushy peas?

-

-Yes.

-Shall we sit outside?

-Shall we sit outside?

-

-I'm going to look for Doreen later.

-Do you know Doreen Lewis?

-Do you know Doreen Lewis?

-

-Ruth Barker.

-No.

-No.

-

-She sings a song about this place.

-So he says.

-So he says.

-

-# Porthgain, Porthgain #

-I'm going outside. Bring them out.

-Thank you.

-It'll be tricky sailing out of here.

-He's completely and utterly

-mistimed our passage...

-..through Ramsey Sound.

-Stopping here

-has added time to our journey...

-..so if my sums are correct...

-..we're going to hit Ramsey Sound

-at the totally wrong time.

-I'm going to keep my mouth shut

-and let him sort it out.

-This will be the first

-real problem we've encountered...

-..that's potentially dangerous.

-I just want to see...

-..how he's going to get out of it.

-John bumps into John Williams,

-an old college friend, unexpectedly.

-We're going to Skomer from here.

-Where have you come from today?

-Fishguard. We got caught there.

-This is what sailing means to me.

-Sailing for a few hours

-in the morning...

-..and stopping somewhere

-I've never been before.

-It's an adventure in itself.

-I like walking around

-and checking the place out.

-Reaching here by boat is much better

-than travelling by car.

-This is what I love about sailing,

-to be honest.

-Coming here,

-having a look around...

-..stopping for an hour or two

-and sailing off again.

-I bumped into John,

-a good friend of mine.

-I haven't seen him for years and I

-happen to run into him in Porthgain.

-It was a real treat.

-The fish and chips were great too.

-I'm full now, though.

-Number One.

-You've devoured the fish, so I see.

-It was very nice.

-This is an interesting village.

-This is an interesting village.

-

-Did you find Doreen?

-No. I asked a few of the residents

-but they all said, 'Doreen who?'

-If you'd asked for Ruth,

-they'd have known!

-Onwards to Canaan.

-Dilwyn's pulling the reefs.

-Because of the adverse weather,

-we've reduced the sail...

-..by two reefs to make it smaller.

-The wind is normal at the moment.

-We've pulled the reef to get the

-full sail back and pick up speed.

-We're not gaining much.

-I've had enough of sailing.

-I'm waiting for further instruction.

-The tide has turned and it's trying

-to drag us back to Fishguard.

-Fire up the engine, Number One.

-I knew the time would come

-to fire up the engine.

-They're using

-a colloquial term for engine.

-What the hell are you doing?

-I've been speaking to Dai,

-the St David's Lifeboat coxswain...

-..who's a Welsh speaker.

-Come on, out with it.

-When I spoke to him earlier,

-he asked me...

-..if we'd take part in a lifeboat

-rescue drill this evening.

-No bloody way.

-No bloody way.

-

-And I said we would.

-What, in my boat?

-Yes. I said we'd stop here.

-If you look towards the tip of St

-David's, you'll see what's coming.

-There's a boat coming this way.

-Yes, they're going to rescue us.

-Yes, they're going to rescue us.

-

-But we want to go to Skomer.

-We wouldn't have made it

-to Skomer. It was the wrong tide.

-Dilwyn agreed that the RNLI crew

-could use the Mistress...

-..as part of their exercise.

-Are we being towed by our rear end?

-Some crewmen were in training and

-had never towed a sailboat before.

-They're starting to tow us now.

-Number One is securing the rope.

-Dai is the coxswain while the rest

-of the crew are volunteers.

-It's exciting.

-I'm like a little child

-with a new toy.

-It's like having a ride

-for the first time.

-10 knots.

-He doesn't want to go any faster.

-He doesn't want to go any faster.

-

-He knows what he's doing.

-There's water coming in.

-Where's it coming from?

-I'm not enjoying this now.

-Where's the water come from, Dilwyn?

-It's coming in from the rear.

-It's splashing over the side.

-We're doing 11 knots

-and we're more or less surfing.

-It's an incredible feeling.

-I haven't

-enjoyed myself this much in ages.

-We're being towed at high speed

-and it's a little cold.

-It's warm and cosy in here.

-It's very exciting.

-It's very exciting.

-

-It certainly looks that way.

-The lifeboat towed them all the way

-to the safety of St David's.

-We're going to sail

-side by side the lifeboat like that.

-They're tying us to the mooring

-as if we've really broken down.

-Luckily,

-we don't have to do a thing.

-It's as if they're

-gently nursing a baby to the buoy.

-They're doing it gradually.

-It's a large buoy.

-We never

-would've reached Skomer tonight...

-..so it's a good job

-we took part in this exercise.

-We've been towed for free...

-..and the mooring's free.

-We'll reach Skomer

-first thing tomorrow morning.

-The pair spend the night

-moored in Ramsey Sound.

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-Early the next morning they sail

-through the famous Ramsey Sound...

-..one of Wales's

-most perilous waters.

-We've learnt

-to co-operate well, haven't we?

-Like man and wife.

-The only difference being I've yet

-to take advantage of you at night!

-OK. We're ready to go, Number One.

-Ready to set sail.

-I'm heading towards

-the tidal race...

-..known as The Bitches.

-Once I've turned there...

-..I turn port side and

-straight out through Ramsey Sound.

-We've timed it just right.

-This is just the sheer force

-of the sea churning.

-The water's swelling.

-The water's swelling.

-

-We waited for the ebb.

-Just imagine

-all the water in Cardigan Bay...

-..trying to pass through

-this small channel.

-The tidal race can reach speeds

-of seven or eight knots.

-And it's taking us with it.

-And it's taking us with it.

-

-It's pushing us towards Skomer.

-We don't need the sail. We'll

-be there in no time at this rate.

-The sea

-looks very harsh and menacing.

-Look at it here.

-Look how calm it is in places.

-But it's not calm

-due to the lack of wind.

-We're being dragged along.

-The Mistress is handling it well.

-We'll be out of it in two minutes.

-This is the Mistress at her best.

-Whoa!

-This is what it's all about.

-I haven't spotted a puffin yet.

-They're nesting.

-They won't be in the sea.

-We've come

-at the right time to see them.

-They're with their chicks on land.

-For John, seeing puffins on Skomer

-is one of the trip's highlights.

-I've got hold of the buoy.

-There should be a rope somewhere.

-It's behind us.

-This is our rope. Watch my nose!

-There were two ropes -

-one in the water and one there.

-You didn't say that.

-I was looking for it in the water.

-You could've

-avoided lying on top of me.

-But it was OK.

-But it was OK.

-

-No, it was very unpleasant.

-Visitors flock to Skomer

-to view the wildlife.

-This won't last long.

-Help him inflate the dinghy, Dilwyn.

-Don't. Hold it in the hole.

-I've lost it for a moment.

-Not only is Skomer

-famous for its wildlife...

-..it's also very picturesque.

-The pair

-are going swimming with seals.

-Good morning, ladies.

-Are you enjoying the island?

-Aargh!

-Aargh!

-

-After three. One, two, three!

-It's too tight.

-One, two, three.

-Argh!

-Can I bend over?

-I wouldn't have thought so.

-Are you alright?

-Are you alright?

-

-It's freezing. Hold my hand.

-We're like two lovers going

-for a stroll along Llanddwyn Bay.

-Goodness me!

-Goodness me!

-

-It's coming straight at us.

-Look at that.

-Don't film us, Dafydd, film that.

-The bull's coming our way.

-Blimey, that's like a...

-I'm sure

-he's saying the same about you.

-Sit down.

-Why don't you sit down?

-It's coming for us.

-It's coming for us.

-

-I'm looking forward to swimming.

-Off you go then.

-Crikey, it's cold!

-Dilwyn! It's gone that way.

-Once Dilwyn

-entered the water, it disappeared.

-Seeing Dilwyn as something

-big and black in the water...

-..is a threat to the seal -

-he thinks he's after the females.

-So he'll defend them with his life.

-That's the danger.

-It was freezing. The suit's letting

-in water. It's too small for me.

-It's a wetsuit, John.

-You need patience, Dilwyn Morgan...

-..because

-there might be little chicks...

-Hush!

-There are little chicks in here.

-The puffins have gone fishing.

-Puffin, puffin, puffin, puffin!

-There's nothing here.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Skomer Island. I'm Nia.

-I've heard about you.

-Are you one of the wardens?

-Yes, that's right.

-We've come here from Anglesey...

-..and I've brought my friend,

-Dilwyn Morgan, along with me.

-Especially to see...

-Puffins.

-Puffins.

-

-Oh, no. You've come in August.

-The puffins have left.

-If you'd come a fortnight ago,

-they'd have been here.

-These holes are where they live

-when they're here.

-So I was right about that.

-There are

-other birds that live on Skomer...

-..and are currently in the holes.

-They're called Manx Shearwater.

-They're called Manx Shearwater.

-

-Yes, they're on Bardsey Island too.

-There are more than 300,000

-pairs living here.

-300,000?

-300,000?

-

-Of Manx Shearwater?

-There are more of them here

-than anywhere else in the world.

-The last puffin

-departed the day before...

-..but there are

-plenty of Shearwater.

-Steve is taking the chicks from

-the holes in order to weigh them.

-Wow, look at that!

-There we go.

-Just keep his wings in.

-It's remarkable.

-If they venture out of the holes,

-they get eaten by the gulls.

-They get eaten

-by seagulls all the time.

-He's pecking my finger.

-He's pecking my finger.

-

-He likes you.

-He looks like you.

-He looks like you.

-

-The same hair colour!

-It's incredible.

-So what happens to these chicks?

-They stay in the holes until

-they're a few weeks old, then what?

-Until they're

-a couple of months old.

-In September, the adults stop

-returning to the holes with fish.

-After the chick is left

-for a week alone in the hole...

-..it decides it's time to leave...

-..and flies

-to the coast off Argentina.

-And they stay there for a couple

-of years before returning?

-Adults return to the same hole every

-year and then the chicks return...

-..and try to find the original hole.

-..and try to find the original hole.

-

-Family is important to them.

-It's made me feel very emotional.

-Go on, get off me!

-You can see the smokestacks

-in the distance at Milford Haven...

-..from the oil refinery there.

-Check out the Jack Sound's current.

-We have to

-pass through there tomorrow.

-Yes, if we can.

-This is a wonderful place.

-Look at this.

-Do you know what it is?

-A stone?

-A stone?

-

-Yes. The Harold Stone.

-The say

-it's probably a prehistoric stone...

-..used as a marker for

-approaching boats to head towards...

-..from Milford Haven.

-That makes sense to me as a sailor.

-It could also be a headstone or have

-religious or Pagan connotations.

-You're very knowledgeable, John.

-You know a lot

-about lots of things.

-Pity he didn't know more about

-the habits of the puffin!

-Wales is a beautiful country.

-Gazing out at the bishops, they look

-like they're from a different world.

-It looks like

-a magical world at sea.

-I've fallen in love with this place.

-We've seen some real wonders

-from the Mistress.

-New Quay, Porthgain, St David's.

-Here's another rare bird.

-Well, it's a bird, nevertheless.

-Would you believe me

-if I told you that was a puffin?

-Stop your nonsense. It's a jackdaw.

-I've brought you

-all the way across rough seas...

-..to see that unique bird.

-The jackdaw.

-Fancy joining me for a stroll...

-..to watch the sun setting

-over Ramsey Island?

-No, I'm too cold.

-My feet are wet too.

-You're younger than me, so you go.

-You don't want to come?

-You don't want to come?

-

-No, you go.

-Do you want my towel over your legs?

-OK. Bye.

-Enjoy it.

-We're heading into Jack Sound

-and it looks menacing.

-Spice the main sail!

-You look like a puffin!

-It looks like a river

-in Africa, not Wales.

-You dragged my boat all the way here

-just for a pint and some crisps?

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