Pennod 2 Blwyddyn y Bugail: Ioan Doyle

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-Ioan Doyle is

-a very talented climber.

-He reached the top

-when still at school.

-But instead of going on

-to be a professional climber...

-..he chose a different route.

-He dedicated his energy

-to sheep farming.

-It gives me the feeling

-that it's a path.

-And I'm in charge

-of this path in my life.

-But the climbing suffered

-because of this work.

-I have a lot more to lose.

-He has no land or farming equipment

-and started with only one pet lamb.

-This is Florence.

-Now, Ioan and girlfriend Helen have

-a flock and plans for the future.

-We're thinking

-of starting a company...

-..to sell our lamb in boxes.

-Ioan isn't used to failing.

-I don't like this. Stop!

-This is too much.

-Is this enterprise

-a step too far for him?

-I'm trying to help

-and he's so cross.

-Will he succeed at sheep farming...

-..as well as resuming his climbing?

-If I didn't do what I'm doing now,

-I could still be one of the best.

-Can he reach the top again?

-He's still got it.

-It's the lambing season

-at Mynydd Llandegai...

-..in the shadow of the Carneddau.

-Ioan has to get up early and check

-the sheep before going to work.

-These are our first twins.

-They're starting to come

-quite well now.

-We have five lambs now.

-I reckon one or two

-will come every day.

-Helen, a Bangor University student,

-has a lot of paperwork.

-She's in the middle

-of her second year exams...

-..on a Business

-and Accounting course.

-Three down, three to go.

-I've had a Finance exam

-and Management Accounting.

-This is Business Economics.

-Law, Banking.

-I revise for four hours,

-have lunch, go back to revision.

-I'm bored of it now.

-As usual, Ioan is doing contract

-work with partner Dafydd Em.

-I ask Ioan to help quite often,

-especially with trees.

-He's like a monkey on trees.

-He comes to fence with me,

-which he enjoys.

-It's handy.

-When he isn't climbing

-or busy with the sheep...

-..he comes with me quite often.

-We're a good partnership.

-I'm not as comfortable

-as Ioan on treetops.

-What for? Ioan can go!

-I'm safer down here.

-There it goes.

-At the end of the day,

-he returns to the sheep.

-A pure Texel lamb

-arrived this morning.

-They don't have much wool.

-It's quite weak.

-I want to put a jacket on it

-to give it a boost in this rain.

-Rain is bad for them

-this time of year.

-SHEEP BLEAT

-This is home-made.

-You can buy them.

-LAMB BLEATS

-I couldn't get them in time.

-That'll help you a bit.

-LAMB AND SHEEP BLEAT

-One sheep looks

-as if she's about to lamb.

-If I see the head appear...

-..I wait.

-Since I am here...

-..if I can catch her and pull

-the lamb to help her, I will.

-But 90% of the time,

-Welsh sheep don't need a hand.

-She's started.

-It's tight.

-That's the nose.

-The legs.

-It's small.

-Here it is.

-OK?

-A lamb?

-I've just pulled it.

-60!

-Good luck!

-Good luck!

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-Thanks.

-If Ioan wants to reach

-the top again in climbing...

-..he must make the most

-of any dry weather...

-..which is rare

-at the start of spring.

-During the busy lambing season...

-..the easiest way is to spend

-an hour or two bouldering.

-OK?

-OK?

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-Nice one.

-Doing this kind of thing first...

-..is training

-for mountain rock climbing.

-That's what I'm looking at now.

-If you can do small, tough moves

-like this on a rock...

-..you can do very hard things...

-..especially if

-it's very steep, like this.

-There aren't many

-steep rocks like this.

-We'll see.

-I want to do a lot of this now,

-before it gets too warm.

-Concentrate.

-Concentrate.

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-Come on.

-Come on.

-Come on.

-Come on.

-Ioan can climb

-when the weather is favourable...

-..and at a time that suits him.

-But the sheep have

-their own timetable.

-There's a crisis.

-Ioan's mother Catrin, and his little

-sister Elin, have come to help.

-She's had a lamb.

-It was supposed to be twins.

-It's a very small lamb.

-The afterbirth is over there.

-The sheep lost the lambs.

-We have an orphan lamb.

-We have to be ready

-and jump into action stations.

-We want to catch her, skin the dead

-lamb and put it on the orphan lamb.

-Try not to disturb the others.

-He's trying to catch the sheep...

-..so that this one

-will be fostered.

-He will skin the dead lamb

-and put a jacket on this one.

-It's a hard job.

-He doesn't have a stick.

-I don't know where I'm going now.

-It was coming along nicely.

-Let the others go.

-Let them go.

-Here she is.

-She's on her own.

-Get her in the corner.

-The others are being disturbed now.

-Don't run towards the sheep, Mam!

-Oh!

-The others will abort too.

-I'll phone Helen to bring feed.

-I'll phone Helen to bring feed.

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-Yes.

-Mam, come away from the sheep!

-I don't like this. Stop!

-It's too much.

-I can't catch sheep.

-After catching one the other day,

-I thought I was dying.

-Mam, you should hold the lamb

-and I'll help Ioan.

-Stay here. Sorry, I had a flip.

-I understand you're upset.

-I don't take it to heart.

-There she is!

-So you're coming in now?

-Coming in now.

-Coming in hot. Well done, Helen!

-Helen arrives with the feed.

-The sheep is caught quite easily.

-Look.

-Does she have milk? Yes, loads.

-Help me put her

-on my shoulders, Mam!

-Watch the barbed wire.

-Eh?

-The barbed wire!

-What do you want me to do?

-What do you want me to do?

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-Take it off my *** trousers!

-Are you going to put it

-like a sock on this lamb?

-Put it on.

-Over the head.

-The only way the sheep

-will accept the other lamb...

-..is if she smells

-her own lamb on it.

-Look how small it is.

-Look how small it is.

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-Yes.

-They have to be left overnight

-in a neighbour's trailer...

-..and hope the ewe

-accepts the orphan lamb.

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-Early the next day,

-they return to the trailer...

-..to see if the ewe

-has accepted the lamb.

-What are you doing?

-What are you doing?

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-He's had a feed!

-Move your hand.

-He's getting the idea.

-Oh, look!

-The rest of the afterbirth.

-Oh!

-That's grim!

-Oh, no!

-That's more beneficial for her.

-It stinks as well.

-Oh!

-Oh!

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-That's no good for her.

-Oh!

-That's the first time...

-..I've ever been near

-an animal's bottom.

-Helen feels she lacks

-experience in pulling lambs.

-Ioan has arranged for her to go

-to Llansannan, Denbighshire...

-..to Wyn Ellis's farm,

-Nant Cornwall.

-You're not

-from a farming background.

-No.

-No.

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-Not at all?

-My Mum's a hairdresser,

-my Dad's a prison officer.

-I want to get

-as much experience as I can.

-I'm a bit more prepared

-for next year. I felt helpless.

-I literally didn't know

-the first thing about lambing.

-It's good to have a bit of

-a crash course, a baptism of fire.

-If the lamb

-isn't breathing properly...

-..put a little water in its ear.

-The lamb will shake its head

-and come round.

-I blow into the lamb's mouth

-if it isn't breathing properly.

-It might have swallowed fluid

-on its way out.

-In that case, I swing the lamb.

-This one is fine.

-Sometimes, the fluid

-that the lamb swallowed...

-..pours out of its nose and mouth.

-When the lamb is coming...

-..with a normal birth,

-it's like this.

-You pull both legs, and it comes.

-Sometimes, one leg is back.

-They can be born like that.

-Sometimes.

-But other times,

-you have to put your hand in...

-..and hook it round to get it out.

-Helen has rarely seen a lamb

-being born, let alone helping out.

-It's time to get down to work.

-Do you want to pull this one?

-Do you want to pull this one?

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-I can have a go. One at a time?

-Pull it, and it'll come.

-That's it, that's enough.

-And the other one now.

-OK.

-What I do, I do it from here.

-Look how easy she's coming.

-I put it in front of the ewe.

-That's fine. Do you want

-to look for the other one?

-Yeah, OK.

-Go on.

-Just tell me what you can...

-It's weird.

-I have to get a grip.

-Hold on to there, now,

-behind the ears. That's it.

-Pull gently.

-Big lamb.

-That's it.

-It's really hot in there.

-It's really hot in there.

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-It is.

-I'm surprised how hot it was.

-She is soon an old hand at it.

-Leave it here for a while.

-Leave it here for a while.

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-Sorry?

-I'll open a pin for you.

-That's it.

-That's fine.

-I've got pretty small hands, which

-is a real advantage for lambing.

-Because obviously,

-it doesn't disturb them as much.

-You never know, I might be

-the local lamber in a few years!

-I don't know. First time today,

-so exciting! Really exciting.

-Lambs are reared to put

-food on the table, literally.

-What people don't understand is...

-..we produce lambs.

-They look fine, great.

-But they get killed and eaten.

-It was happy in the field

-a few minutes ago.

-Farmers are allowed to slaughter

-an animal for personal consumption.

-This is the most basic

-and essential thing I can do...

-..as someone who keeps animals.

-If you're prepared

-to raise and look after it...

-..you must be prepared

-to slaughter, process and eat it.

-We produced and reared it.

-That's how it goes.

-It's as simple as that.

-That will keep us going

-for a couple of months.

-Climbers were famously defined

-as "Conquerors Of The Useless".

-They are driven by

-the urge to succeed...

-..to measure themselves

-against other climbers.

-The biggest challenge

-is in the mind.

-To succeed,

-they must really want to do it.

-This rock in Llanberis Pass

-is called Scimitar Ridge.

-It's spring.

-There's still snow on the mountains

-and a chill in the air.

-We're doing the King Wad route.

-It's an E6 grade.

-Is the crux on the top?

-Yes, in the final move,

-on the arete.

-There are two pegs there.

-Earlier in the season,

-Ioan tried to lead an E9 climb.

-He decided he wasn't ready for it.

-He realized he had

-to build up his confidence...

-..before taking up this challenge.

-E9 grade climbers are rare. There

-are only 50 throughout Britain.

-Many are professional climbers.

-Ioan found this climb difficult

-five years ago...

-..when he was

-a young and confident climber.

-He's attempting it

-for the second time...

-..to discover where

-he stands in traditional climbing.

-The final section is the hardest.

-Oh!

-That felt OK.

-It's been five years

-since I did that.

-It felt easier than

-when I first did it.

-I feel quite confident...

-..about how this season

-will pan out.

-I'm feeling good.

-I enjoyed that a lot.

-Off we go!

-It's the end of the lambing season.

-The sleepless nights

-and early mornings...

-..take their toll on Ioan.

-Twenty-one sheep...

-..are due to give birth.

-One, two...

-..three...

-..three...

-..no...

-..four had twins,

-so there are 21 lambs.

-Add four...

-..25, 26, sorry 27 lambs.

-Twenty-five have come.

-There should be 27.

-Florence had twins.

-She was Ioan and Helen's first lamb.

-She started

-their interest in sheep farming.

-Helen was thrilled

-to help her give birth.

-Come a full circle.

-I'm so chuffed, as well.

-It seems that fate has done it.

-I only learnt how

-to pull a lamb a few days ago.

-I had to pull this one.

-One of the feet was back.

-A few days ago, I wouldn't

-have had a clue what to do.

-And now, I can do it. It's fine,

-she took to him straightaway.

-She's a really good Mum

-at the moment.

-After going to that farm...

-..it's made me think twice...

-..that this is something

-that I'd quite like.

-It's a really nice way of life.

-It makes me quite emotional.

-The flock doubled

-in a matter of weeks.

-We've had a good season.

-We've had

-a successful lambing season.

-Good job.

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