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0:00:03 > 0:00:07- Ioan Doyle is - a very talented climber.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- He reached the top - when still at school.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- But instead of going on - to be a professional climber...
0:00:15 > 0:00:18- ..he chose a different route.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22- He dedicated his energy - to sheep farming.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- It gives me the feeling - that it's a path.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- And I'm in charge - of this path in my life.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- But the climbing suffered - because of this work.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- I have a lot more to lose.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41- He has no land or farming equipment - and started with only one pet lamb.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- This is Florence.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- Now, Ioan and girlfriend Helen have - a flock and plans for the future.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- We're thinking - of starting a company...
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- ..to sell our lamb in boxes.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Ioan isn't used to failing.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- I don't like this. Stop!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- This is too much.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Is this enterprise - a step too far for him?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- I'm trying to help - and he's so cross.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Will he succeed at sheep farming...
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- ..as well as resuming his climbing?
0:01:16 > 0:01:21- If I didn't do what I'm doing now, - I could still be one of the best.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Can he reach the top again?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- He's still got it.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- It's the lambing season - at Mynydd Llandegai...
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- ..in the shadow of the Carneddau.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- Ioan has to get up early and check - the sheep before going to work.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- These are our first twins.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- They're starting to come - quite well now.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- We have five lambs now.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- I reckon one or two - will come every day.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12- Helen, a Bangor University student, - has a lot of paperwork.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- She's in the middle - of her second year exams...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- ..on a Business - and Accounting course.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Three down, three to go.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- I've had a Finance exam - and Management Accounting.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- This is Business Economics.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Law, Banking.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- I revise for four hours, - have lunch, go back to revision.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- I'm bored of it now.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41- As usual, Ioan is doing contract - work with partner Dafydd Em.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- I ask Ioan to help quite often, - especially with trees.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- He's like a monkey on trees.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- He comes to fence with me, - which he enjoys.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- It's handy.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- When he isn't climbing - or busy with the sheep...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- ..he comes with me quite often.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- We're a good partnership.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- I'm not as comfortable - as Ioan on treetops.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- What for? Ioan can go! - I'm safer down here.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16- There it goes.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- At the end of the day, - he returns to the sheep.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- A pure Texel lamb - arrived this morning.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- They don't have much wool.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- It's quite weak.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- I want to put a jacket on it - to give it a boost in this rain.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Rain is bad for them - this time of year.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- SHEEP BLEAT
0:03:58 > 0:03:59- This is home-made.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- You can buy them.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- LAMB BLEATS
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- I couldn't get them in time.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- That'll help you a bit.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- LAMB AND SHEEP BLEAT
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- One sheep looks - as if she's about to lamb.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- If I see the head appear...
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- ..I wait.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- Since I am here...
0:04:35 > 0:04:40- ..if I can catch her and pull - the lamb to help her, I will.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- But 90% of the time, - Welsh sheep don't need a hand.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- She's started.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08- It's tight.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12- That's the nose.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18- The legs.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21- It's small.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25- Here it is.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44- OK?
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- A lamb?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- I've just pulled it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- 60!
0:05:52 > 0:05:53- Good luck!
0:05:53 > 0:05:54- Good luck!- - Thanks.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- If Ioan wants to reach - the top again in climbing...
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- ..he must make the most - of any dry weather...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- ..which is rare - at the start of spring.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- During the busy lambing season...
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- ..the easiest way is to spend - an hour or two bouldering.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24- OK?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25- OK?- - Nice one.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Doing this kind of thing first...
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- ..is training - for mountain rock climbing.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- That's what I'm looking at now.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- If you can do small, tough moves - like this on a rock...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- ..you can do very hard things...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- ..especially if - it's very steep, like this.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- There aren't many - steep rocks like this.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- We'll see.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- I want to do a lot of this now, - before it gets too warm.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15- Concentrate.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16- Concentrate.- - Come on.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21- Come on.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- Come on.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31- Come on.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- Ioan can climb - when the weather is favourable...
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- ..and at a time that suits him.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- But the sheep have - their own timetable.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- There's a crisis.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- Ioan's mother Catrin, and his little - sister Elin, have come to help.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- She's had a lamb.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- It was supposed to be twins.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- It's a very small lamb. - The afterbirth is over there.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- The sheep lost the lambs.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24- We have an orphan lamb.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- We have to be ready - and jump into action stations.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- We want to catch her, skin the dead - lamb and put it on the orphan lamb.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Try not to disturb the others.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- He's trying to catch the sheep...
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- ..so that this one - will be fostered.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- He will skin the dead lamb - and put a jacket on this one.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- It's a hard job. - He doesn't have a stick.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- I don't know where I'm going now.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- It was coming along nicely.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07- Let the others go.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Let them go.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11- Here she is.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- She's on her own. - Get her in the corner.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- The others are being disturbed now.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Don't run towards the sheep, Mam!
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Oh!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- The others will abort too.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27- I'll phone Helen to bring feed.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28- I'll phone Helen to bring feed.- - Yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Mam, come away from the sheep!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- I don't like this. Stop!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- It's too much.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42- I can't catch sheep.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- After catching one the other day, - I thought I was dying.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- Mam, you should hold the lamb - and I'll help Ioan.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Stay here. Sorry, I had a flip.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- I understand you're upset. - I don't take it to heart.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58- There she is!
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- So you're coming in now? - Coming in now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Coming in hot. Well done, Helen!
0:10:05 > 0:10:11- Helen arrives with the feed. - The sheep is caught quite easily.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- Look.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Does she have milk? Yes, loads.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Help me put her - on my shoulders, Mam!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Watch the barbed wire.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23- Eh?
0:10:23 > 0:10:24- The barbed wire!
0:10:25 > 0:10:25- What do you want me to do?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- What do you want me to do?- - Take it off my *** trousers!
0:10:29 > 0:10:34- Are you going to put it - like a sock on this lamb?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Put it on.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Over the head.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- The only way the sheep - will accept the other lamb...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- ..is if she smells - her own lamb on it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Look how small it is.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- Look how small it is.- - Yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- They have to be left overnight - in a neighbour's trailer...
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- ..and hope the ewe - accepts the orphan lamb.
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0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Early the next day, - they return to the trailer...
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- ..to see if the ewe - has accepted the lamb.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21- What are you doing?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- What are you doing?- - He's had a feed!
0:11:26 > 0:11:27- Move your hand.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29- He's getting the idea.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34- Oh, look!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- The rest of the afterbirth.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- Oh!
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- That's grim!
0:11:42 > 0:11:43- Oh, no!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- That's more beneficial for her.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- It stinks as well.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52- Oh!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Oh!- - That's no good for her.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Oh!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- That's the first time...
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- ..I've ever been near - an animal's bottom.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Helen feels she lacks - experience in pulling lambs.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Ioan has arranged for her to go - to Llansannan, Denbighshire...
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- ..to Wyn Ellis's farm, - Nant Cornwall.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- You're not - from a farming background.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23- No.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- No.- - Not at all?
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- My Mum's a hairdresser, - my Dad's a prison officer.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- I want to get - as much experience as I can.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I'm a bit more prepared - for next year. I felt helpless.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I literally didn't know - the first thing about lambing.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- It's good to have a bit of - a crash course, a baptism of fire.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- If the lamb - isn't breathing properly...
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- ..put a little water in its ear.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- The lamb will shake its head - and come round.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- I blow into the lamb's mouth - if it isn't breathing properly.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18- It might have swallowed fluid - on its way out.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23- In that case, I swing the lamb.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- This one is fine.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- Sometimes, the fluid - that the lamb swallowed...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- ..pours out of its nose and mouth.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- When the lamb is coming...
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- ..with a normal birth, - it's like this.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- You pull both legs, and it comes.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Sometimes, one leg is back.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- They can be born like that.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Sometimes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- But other times, - you have to put your hand in...
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- ..and hook it round to get it out.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Helen has rarely seen a lamb - being born, let alone helping out.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- It's time to get down to work.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Do you want to pull this one?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Do you want to pull this one?- - I can have a go. One at a time?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Pull it, and it'll come. - That's it, that's enough.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- And the other one now.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- OK.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- What I do, I do it from here.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- Look how easy she's coming.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- I put it in front of the ewe.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- That's fine. Do you want - to look for the other one?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- Yeah, OK.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Go on. - Just tell me what you can...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- It's weird.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- I have to get a grip.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Hold on to there, now, - behind the ears. That's it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Pull gently.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Big lamb.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- That's it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09- It's really hot in there.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- It's really hot in there.- - It is.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- I'm surprised how hot it was.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- She is soon an old hand at it.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Leave it here for a while.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23- Leave it here for a while.- - Sorry?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- I'll open a pin for you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- That's it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38- That's fine.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- I've got pretty small hands, which - is a real advantage for lambing.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49- Because obviously, - it doesn't disturb them as much.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- You never know, I might be - the local lamber in a few years!
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- I don't know. First time today, - so exciting! Really exciting.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- Lambs are reared to put - food on the table, literally.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22- What people don't understand is...
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- ..we produce lambs.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- They look fine, great.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- But they get killed and eaten.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- It was happy in the field - a few minutes ago.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51- Farmers are allowed to slaughter - an animal for personal consumption.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- This is the most basic - and essential thing I can do...
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- ..as someone who keeps animals.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- If you're prepared - to raise and look after it...
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- ..you must be prepared - to slaughter, process and eat it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- We produced and reared it.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- That's how it goes. - It's as simple as that.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22- That will keep us going - for a couple of months.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- Climbers were famously defined - as "Conquerors Of The Useless".
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- They are driven by - the urge to succeed...
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- ..to measure themselves - against other climbers.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- The biggest challenge - is in the mind.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- To succeed, - they must really want to do it.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- This rock in Llanberis Pass - is called Scimitar Ridge.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- It's spring.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- There's still snow on the mountains - and a chill in the air.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- We're doing the King Wad route.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- It's an E6 grade.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Is the crux on the top?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Yes, in the final move, - on the arete.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- There are two pegs there.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- Earlier in the season, - Ioan tried to lead an E9 climb.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- He decided he wasn't ready for it.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- He realized he had - to build up his confidence...
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- ..before taking up this challenge.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00- E9 grade climbers are rare. There - are only 50 throughout Britain.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Many are professional climbers.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Ioan found this climb difficult - five years ago...
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- ..when he was - a young and confident climber.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- He's attempting it - for the second time...
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- ..to discover where - he stands in traditional climbing.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- The final section is the hardest.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52- Oh!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- That felt OK.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- It's been five years - since I did that.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- It felt easier than - when I first did it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- I feel quite confident...
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- ..about how this season - will pan out.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- I'm feeling good. - I enjoyed that a lot.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- Off we go!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- It's the end of the lambing season.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- The sleepless nights - and early mornings...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- ..take their toll on Ioan.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Twenty-one sheep...
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- ..are due to give birth.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- One, two...
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- ..three...
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- ..three...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- ..no...
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- ..four had twins, - so there are 21 lambs.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Add four...
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- ..25, 26, sorry 27 lambs.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Twenty-five have come.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- There should be 27.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Florence had twins.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- She was Ioan and Helen's first lamb.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- She started - their interest in sheep farming.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Helen was thrilled - to help her give birth.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Come a full circle.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- I'm so chuffed, as well. - It seems that fate has done it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- I only learnt how - to pull a lamb a few days ago.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- I had to pull this one. - One of the feet was back.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- A few days ago, I wouldn't - have had a clue what to do.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02- And now, I can do it. It's fine, - she took to him straightaway.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- She's a really good Mum - at the moment.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- After going to that farm...
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- ..it's made me think twice...
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- ..that this is something - that I'd quite like.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- It's a really nice way of life.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- It makes me quite emotional.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- The flock doubled - in a matter of weeks.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- We've had a good season.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- We've had - a successful lambing season.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Good job.
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