Y Dyn Gwyllt

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-I lead a normal life.

-I work for the county council,

-in a nine to five job.

-But at night, when everyone else

-is watching TV, I go out.

-Nature is the only world

-that won't lie to you.

-GUNSHOT

-I don't enjoy killing.

-But it gives me satisfaction

-to put meat on the table.

-It's satisfying not having

-to depend on anyone else.

-How self-sufficient are you,

-when it comes to food?

-Can you compete with Carwyn Jones?

-He has set himself a challenge.

-He isn't buying meat or fish

-for a year.

-He'll hunt for meat

-and fish for fish.

-He's called it

-the Land and Sea Challenge.

-Good morning, Carwyn. How will

-you go about doing this challenge?

-I'll be out as much as I can,

-before and after work, and weekends.

-I don't live in a country mansion.

-I live in Caernarfon in a

-two-up, two-down terraced house.

-I have no garden

-for growing vegetables.

-I want to prove you don't have

-to go far to do it.

-You need knowledge...

-..and respect to do it

-in a sustainable way.

-I was in a band, Genod Droog.

-I was a DJ before that...

-..calling myself Kim De Bills.

-Lads get obsessed by things...

-..girls, drugs, gambling...

-..alcohol, music.

-But I've never been so obsessed

-than I am now, with this lifestyle.

-I'm taking it a step further...

-..by living in the wild

-for five days and five nights...

-..with only a gun, knife,

-flour and Gwen, my dog.

-I'm going back to the area

-where I was brought up, Porthmadog.

-I'll start on the coast and

-work my way up Afon Glaslyn...

-..and end on top of Moel Ddu...

-..if I'm still alive.

-Monday

-Gwen, heel.

-I'm looking for cockles.

-I don't want to miss them.

-Disappointing.

-Someone has already been here.

-Visitors come, whole families,

-and take the lot.

-Come here, Gwen.

-Here we are.

-These are mussels.

-There's a saying

-about Porthmadog folk...

-..that they're

-"whores, thieves and mussel eaters."

-I need more of these.

-I'm only taking what I need.

-I want to come back another time.

-Winkles are fiddly to eat.

-They're great.

-I'll gather a few of these.

-Cockles. You don't get cockles

-this big in Caernarfon.

-Come on, Gwen.

-I've seen limpets.

-There's a special method

-of getting to limpets.

-I need a stone.

-I'll get a few for tonight,

-to make myself a decent meal.

-I'm worried that these will go off.

-They should attach themselves

-to this stone.

-The stone makes them feel safe

-before I cook them.

-It's a bit ironic, really.

-It's a good way

-of keeping them fresh.

-I want to demonstrate...

-..that you can live like this

-even in a town or city.

-It isn't impossible.

-You can pick fruit, nuts and

-mushrooms in your local park.

-Go and look for things.

-Come on, Gwen.

-These are very fashionable.

-Pennyworts are popular

-with posh London chefs.

-The young ones are lovely.

-I eat them raw.

-A pine tree.

-I didn't bring teabags.

-These are full of Vitamin C

-and don't taste too bad.

-I'm glad I found sea beet.

-It's like spinach

-but retains its flavour better.

-That's it.

-Cei Ballast is where I'm

-sleeping tonight. It's an island.

-We can only get there

-when the tide is out.

-Once the tide is in,

-we'll be stuck there.

-Scary.

-It's a man-made island.

-It was formed by sailing ships

-depositing their ballast.

-A bloke lived here. He unloaded

-the ballast off the ships.

-It's quite historical to Port.

-I have an hour before the sun sets.

-I haven't started a fire yet.

-I haven't put up my shelter.

-I haven't eaten.

-It isn't a good start.

-I have some fungi. I was going to

-make a fire with two pieces of wood.

-But I want to make a fire...

-..with the flint

-I found on the beach.

-It's gone out. Bastard.

-I had an ember, but it went out.

-I'll give it another go.

-Patience.

-That's it... damn.

-It doesn't look good.

-Never surrender.

-Were you worried?

-Were you worried?

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-Not at all.

-You have to be determined.

-I'm happy with the star fire.

-It's low maintenance.

-I can add wood, and push them in.

-It's ideal for cooking.

-I'll leave that.

-Shelter.

-More firewood and something to eat.

-The clock is ticking.

-These are the ponchos.

-That's the hood.

-That's where the arms poke out.

-I'll peg it into

-the ground with twigs.

-And voila.

-Eleven quid. Bargain.

-I'm making some sort of loaf

-with sea beet.

-Flour.

-It's an ancient way of making bread.

-It's brilliant

-because everything goes in.

-I'll be cooking

-whatever I find on my journey.

-Remember these bad boys,

-the limpets? You hear them cook.

-They're either cooking or

-screaming for help. I don't know.

-That's it. Fit for a king.

-Bannock loaf with sea beet.

-I'm happy. I've had the calories.

-I have a fire, shelter and company.

-I hope it won't be too cold.

-I'm looking forward to Saturday,

-and see how I'll feel.

-What effect will eating

-so little food have on me?

-That's going to be the killer.

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-Tuesday

-We have followed Afon Glaslyn

-a mile or two upstream.

-It's quite damp and

-there are a lot of insects.

-I'm sacrificing comfort

-for nourishment.

-Moelwyn Bach, Moelwyn Mawr,

-Cnicht, Snowdon and Moel Ddu.

-I'll put these in the river.

-I bet they're parched

-after that hot journey.

-The water is clean here.

-I'm sure they'll be OK.

-I'll purify the river water myself.

-I need a fire for that.

-I'll make a billycan.

-Bastard.

-You've seen me

-make a fire with flints.

-I'm going to try using wood,

-caveman style.

-I'll make a notch here.

-Dust from this creates the flame,

-not dust from this.

-I'm opening a channel

-for the dust to fall through.

-That will make the fire.

-Not quite.

-Fuck's sake!

-It snapped again.

-Halle-fucking-lujah!

-Right. Sloe berries, blackberries

-and pine needles from yesterday.

-The first cuppa of the journey.

-Stinging nettles, greater plantain.

-Seafood salad tonight. Rock 'n roll.

-It fell in my cuppa. Bollocks.

-I'm thinking of mixing

-poor man's pepper with the bannock.

-WINKLES ARE COOKING

-WINKLES ARE COOKING

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-They scream when they're cooked.

-That's why I make the effort,

-after the fire nearly beat me.

-It's worth it.

-Modern life gets me down.

-There are so many rules.

-When I'm out with my dog, with

-my rod or gun, they can't touch me.

-No-one hassling me, no emails,

-text messages or PPI phone calls.

-People do my head in.

-Good girl. Give.

-I'm going to take a shot.

-I'd be silly not to.

-A rabbit, I hope. We'll see.

-I shot a fox many years ago.

-I pulled the trigger

-without thinking.

-I went up to the fox. I felt sick,

-because it was just like a dog.

-I vowed never to shoot one again.

-I still regret doing it.

-GUNSHOT

-It was shot in the intestines.

-I need to clean it as soon as I can.

-I don't shoot animals for fun.

-I need to eat.

-That's how I've lived

-for a whole year.

-Rabbit on its own isn't great.

-I need stuff to cook with it.

-I've taken a life and I want

-to show it the utmost respect.

-I'm going to find more ingredients

-to make a meal tomorrow night.

-Wednesday

-First time.

-How did you light that so quickly?

-How did you light that so quickly?

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-Because I'm the fucking boss!

-I haven't had stinging nettle

-tea yet. It's one of my favourites.

-It tastes odd, very green,

-if that makes any sense.

-Hold it tight and it won't sting.

-If you brush against it,

-it will sting.

-You'd pay a fortune

-for these in Holland & Barrett.

-Blackberries. Breakfast.

-Chin-chin.

-This isn't about survival.

-I'm trying to live comfortably

-in nature...

-..as people did years ago.

-We've lost that skill.

-People used to do this. They had to.

-The circumstances were much harder.

-Where did you learn

-butchering skills?

-I read a lot of books. You can

-go online as much as you like.

-There's a lot of bloody rubbish

-on the Web.

-You can't beat a book.

-When it comes to fish,

-I watched Nain gut fish.

-That's how I learnt to do that.

-As for animals and mammals,

-I taught myself.

-Crab apples.

-I learnt young. Dad took me fishing

-for sewin on Afon Glaslyn.

-It used to pour down with rain

-and I'd be soaking.

-That's the sacrifice I have to make.

-That was pretty much bang on.

-That's when I made the link...

-..between something living

-and food on a plate.

-I learnt early how to fish,

-kill it, and then eat it.

-It was later with animals...

-..when I first had an air rifle.

-GUNSHOT

-Something just got shot.

-I'm quite jealous.

-I saw a woodpigeon earlier.

-I reckon someone shot it...

-..a man or a woman.

-Great!

-Fucking ideal.

-I've never caught one of these here.

-Plaice. When you think

-about it, the sea isn't far.

-I know where this is going.

-Back to camp.

-Fish fingers!

-Plaice Wellington, bunny kebab...

-..and plaice flakes.

-A1.

-Happy.

-Free.

-At home.

-Totally relaxed.

-I'm perfectly happy in the wild.

-You forget everything.

-It's your time.

-It's perfect.

-I have peace for five days.

-Do you enjoy your own company?

-Do you enjoy your own company?

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-Yes, I like being on my own.

-I don't like listening

-to people rabbiting on.

-People finish work at five

-and go to the pub.

-You sit with them

-and they talk about work.

-Christ almighty! I don't understand

-that at all. Switch off.

-Switch off.

-What don't you like

-about modern life?

-Modern life is what I hate

-about modern life.

-It makes people lazy and thick.

-It makes people depend

-on these large corporations.

-People have forgotten

-how to look after themselves.

-That has always bugged me.

-At least I know I can,

-to some extent...

-..look after myself, if necessary.

-By the end of the week, I hope I'll

-have done five days in the wild.

-If I can do five days,

-I can do a month.

-If I can do a month, I can

-do a year, and then keep going.

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-Heel!

-Thursday

-That's Snowdon, all nice and red.

-That's Moel Ddu,

-where we'll finish the journey.

-They're out there and very jumpy.

-GUNSHOT

-Fuck's sake!

-Game over, I think.

-We've been making too much noise.

-Maybe it's the camera.

-Everyone likes to be in charge.

-But Mother Nature is in charge.

-That's why I regard her

-as a kind of goddess.

-She decides what happens.

-I can't be a control freak.

-I have to accept

-that sometimes, I don't win.

-Rosehips.

-Basically, it's itching powder.

-The seeds are unpleasant

-on the skin.

-We used to put them down each

-other's shirts when we were kids.

-Horrible things.

-Long ago, people

-knew much more than us.

-A lot of the knowledge

-has died with them, sadly.

-It's one of the reasons

-I'm doing this.

-I'm paranoid we'll lose it all.

-We've already lost many Welsh names.

-If you ask professionals

-for a Welsh name...

-..they translate it

-literally and spoil it.

-Poets should translate names.

-They're much more creative.

-What are the best names you know?

-"Pupur y tlodion."

-It's poor man's pepper in English.

-In Welsh, it doesn't refer to "man".

-It's the poor.

-"Bysedd y bwgan,"

-dead man's fingers.

-If I asked for the Welsh name,

-it'd be a crap literal translation.

-"Bysedd y bwgan",

-ghost's fingers, is better.

-It's more Welsh, somehow.

-There was no Welsh word

-for bushcraft.

-I talked to someone on Twitter.

-We decided,

-"Let's call it gwylltgrefft."

-People hashtagged it.

-That's what it is now.

-I don't care if someone

-makes another word.

-It's "gwylltgrefft" now. Job done.

-I know I've lost weight.

-My trousers are falling down.

-That's better.

-You won't have

-to look at my backside...

-..all the way up Moel Ddu tomorrow.

-Moving house.

-Oh!

-Gwen, here!

-Fuck's sake.

-Can you see the bend in the river?

-We were there this morning.

-You can see the island over there.

-The tide is out. Lovely.

-The sea came up here long ago,

-before Porthmadog was built.

-I've spent most of my life here.

-I'm Port, born and bred.

-You have the sea and the mountain,

-within three miles to each other.

-Maybe less.

-Great.

-You have quite a few tattoos.

-You have quite a few tattoos.

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-Everyone asks about them.

-The three mast schooner

-is a symbol of Porthmadog.

-"Tir a Mor" is an old

-Porthmadog seafaring saying.

-"Tir a mor a chariad Duw",

-land, sea and God's love.

-The anchor, sea in the blood.

-The heart and knife, 1926,

-was the year Nain was born.

-We were great friends.

-She was a character.

-She brought me up,

-in the early years.

-Your father was a policeman.

-How did that affect you?

-It didn't matter.

-He was a bad policemen, like a lot

-of Port's policemen at that time.

-It wasn't a problem at all.

-You were quite a rebel too.

-You were quite a rebel too.

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-Yes.

-I've been in a lot of trouble.

-I've gone off the rails more than

-once. But there we are. That's life.

-Port lads are Port lads.

-I'm more sensible now,

-to some extent.

-A pint would be nice now.

-To the trees,

-as Robin Hood would say.

-There's a strong

-smell of mushrooms here.

-I get in the Matrix zone

-when I look for mushrooms.

-You have to see through things.

-Hold on.

-I've seen it.

-A favourite. Fly agaric.

-I don't want to touch it, or

-I'll be flying up Moel Ddu tomorrow.

-But I'm glad I saw it. Oh!

-Come on, Gwen.

-Don't eat that!

-That spot is OK.

-It's already getting dark.

-It's rough here.

-Hellish rough.

-Out here, it's going to be

-terrible on the ground.

-I'll have all kinds of creepy

-crawlies with me tonight.

-Food.

-It feels warm.

-What is it?

-What is it?

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-The rabbit's leg. Oh, no!

-It's gone off.

-Shit.

-So bannock for supper.

-Desperate times now.

-A bannock and goose fat.

-We-hey!

-I used a lot of fat.

-That's important.

-They say you shouldn't eat

-fat before sleeping.

-But out in the woods...

-..that's what the old woodsmen say.

-You must eat something

-fatty before going to bed.

-BLOWS

-Oh!

-It's a bit panic stations tonight.

-I think it's ready.

-It doesn't really matter.

-That's a very basic bannock.

-It isn't quite as posh

-as last night's supper.

-It looks spot on.

-I'm sure there's a fly in it.

-It doesn't matter.

-A bit of protein.

-Has today been difficult?

-No.

-My mindset has totally changed.

-I know I'm in trouble.

-I have a little of this mix left.

-There's no food

-on Moel Ddu's summit.

-I have to change my mindset.

-It's a matter of survival now,

-rather than bushcraft.

-I'll be running

-on adrenaline mainly tomorrow.

-It's become almost fashionable now

-to be an extreme survivalist.

-You fill the attic

-with dried food...

-..in case of a tidal wave,

-or a third world war.

-If the world did come to an end...

-..people would very

-suddenly turn into animals...

-..and attack each other.

-Some people say, "I'd go here."

-But the truth is, there will

-be someone else there already.

-And they might have a gun.

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-Friday

-Right, I feel like

-a million dollars now.

-Some breakfast and I'll be fine.

-I want the small leaves

-on this bramble, to make tea.

-I have a slight sore throat.

-Blackberries.

-HISSING

-That's today's breakfast.

-Not bad at all.

-We have a big day ahead,

-with a lot of walking.

-We want to go up there.

-There's nothing up there, as I said.

-I might as well forget it. If

-I see anything, it'll be a miracle.

-So I'll hammer on up the mountain.

-Apart from sheep, the only

-edible things here are bilberries.

-I'll pick a handful and eat them.

-I'm getting desperate for food now.

-I have to watch I don't pick

-sheep manure. It's quite similar!

-That's the summit.

-I've decided to camp here overnight.

-It'll be worth going

-up there to see dawn breaking.

-That's all the food I have left.

-Breakfast leftovers.

-Plantain.

-Mountain sorrel.

-Blackberries.

-It's horribly cold.

-Everything is wet.

-I'm not looking forward

-to tonight, I must admit...

-..although it is the last night.

-I'll go to bed early.

-Right, it's too cold.

-I'll have these in the tent,

-then sleep. Cheerio.

-The last night.

-Saturday

-Oh!

-Brr!

-What was the night like?

-What was the night like?

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-Very, very cold.

-I think we're in a cloud.

-I had to wake up about 3.00am...

-..to put more layers on.

-I'm more or less wearing everything

-I have and I slept in them.

-Gwen doesn't want to come out

-of the tent, it's so cold!

-Come on!

-Wimp!

-Look!

-Wet. But that's how I feel today.

-Maybe a bit of that.

-Onwards and upwards.

-Forward!

-Wow.

-It's more amazing than I expected.

-You can see everywhere.

-My heart is pumping.

-Oh!

-I feel quite emotional.

-I said I wasn't an emotional bloke.

-It's been a slog...

-..mentally and physically.

-I've done it.

-I've gone a year

-without buying meat or fish.

-I hunted and fished

-everything myself.

-And I survived

-five days in the wild.

-I've sacrificed, for a year.

-It wasn't a challenge. I sacrificed

-something people take for granted.

-I don't understand

-why everyone doesn't do it.

-It's here, and more or less free.

-You only need some basic equipment

-and a bit of common sense.

-Anyone can do it.

-It's all up here, and here.

-It's all about

-pushing yourself and doing it.

-Do you think you've found yourself?

-I don't know. What does that mean?

-I know who I am.

-Anyway...

-Anyway...

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-Who are you?

-Carwyn Jones. Carwyn Kim De Bills!

-Stay.

-Stay.

-Good girl.

-Say her name.

-Gwen!

-Good girl.

-Good girl. Poser!

-I have a lot of questions to ask

-myself now. What am I going to do?

-It'd be easy to go to a cafe

-for a full breakfast...

-..and a plate full of crap meat.

-I don't think I can do it.

-It's too late.

-This is my thing...

-..and I think it will be.

-I will have to live

-the way I've lived for a year...

-..for the rest of my life.

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