Pennod 3 Blwyddyn y Bugail: Ioan Doyle

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-Ioan Doyle from Bethesda is one

-of Wales's best young climbers.

-But after leaving school...

-..instead of becoming

-a professional climber...

-..he chose a different path,

-farming sheep on the Carneddau.

-It feels like a path.

-And I'm in charge

-of this path in my life.

-By dedicating his time to sheep,

-the climbing suffered.

-I've got a lot more to lose.

-Ioan had no land or equipment

-and only had one pet lamb at first.

-This is Florence.

-Ioan and girlfriend Helen have more

-sheep now and plans for growth.

-We're thinking

-of starting a company...

-..to sell our lamb in boxes.

-Ioan isn't used to failure.

-I don't like this. Stop!

-This is too much.

-I'm trying to help him

-and he's so cross.

-Will Ioan succeed

-at sheep farming...

-..and return to the heights

-in his climbing career?

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

-I could still be one of the best.

-Can he reach the top again?

-Can he reach the top again?

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-He's still got it.

-The lambing season is over.

-They have twice as many sheep now.

-Helen and Ioan have rented

-eleven acres of nearby land.

-We have our own place

-for the first time.

-There are buildings here...

-..and space for a pen.

-All our sheep are

-in the same patch.

-We have land

-on both sides of the road...

-..almost as far

-as we can see, to the forest.

-We have a farm, really, don't we?

-Yes, pretty much.

-There's quite a lot

-of fencing work now.

-Lots of grass cutting

-and fertilizing.

-There's a lot to do.

-There's a lot to do.

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-Yes.

-It's good.

-It's good.

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-If we can get it done by the summer.

-Every night, so far.

-Every night, so far.

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-We're a bit sad at the moment.

-We don't do many young things,

-we're just in a field every night.

-With help from friends...

-..there is activity again in fields

-that have been unused for decades.

-There's a lot of work.

-You can't see the stones,

-because it's overgrown.

-Everything is happening today.

-Mills is coming to take photos.

-People are doing a website for us,

-for the lamb selling business.

-Can you come a bit closer, please?

-We have to take photos...

-..for the pamphlets and meat labels.

-But amid the enthusiasm

-of starting a business...

-..they have to do

-the unavoidable paperwork.

-We have a pile of paperwork.

-We had to go to the Welsh

-Government office in Caernarfon.

-We spent a whole day

-just registering the land.

-These days, paperwork is important.

-What do we have?

-An application form

-for a single farm payment.

-That's kind of proper farming.

-That's kind of proper farming.

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-It's very complicated.

-What else is there?

-We have to keep

-a sheep and goat record.

-All these are movement forms.

-I understand these.

-Annual stock take figures.

-Birth identification.

-I don't know what that is.

-Soil assessment record.

-When the inspector calls.

-When the inspector calls.

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-When the inspector calls.

-There's a lot, all in small print.

-All the stuff you have to do

-when an inspection comes up.

-I'm not looking at these.

-Helen does them.

-I've got to fill this,

-ready for next year.

-I'm not too sure what those are.

-Maybe after the exams.

-In two months, the lambs will be

-taken to the slaughterhouse...

-..including the two orphan lambs

-brought up in the house and garden.

-But there's always a risk when they

-are weaned and moved to the field.

-One of them,

-the next morning, was dead.

-Its eyes and bum were pecked out.

-A bit sad about that.

-I want to give

-the one that's left the bottle.

-SHEEP AND LAMBS BLEAT

-You can come to terms

-that he's going from me anyway.

-With the other one,

-I can come to terms with that...

-..if they're in the field

-and you're seeing them grow...

-..to their full life expectancy.

-But it was just so sudden.

-There's no way you can't get

-attached when you're with them...

-..feeding them four times

-a day for two months.

-We're going up this rock.

-I'm not sure what it's called.

-The route is called Heart Of Stone.

-It has been established

-for some time now.

-It's one of the best

-difficult routes in the area.

-Squad of dogs.

-Squad of dogs.

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-Eh?

-Squad of dogs.

-Heart Of Stone is above

-Craig Yr Ogof, Nant Y Benglog...

-..near Capel Curig.

-It's a very steep

-and smooth rock face.

-It has been graded an E7 climb.

-If Ioan wants to tackle

-the hardest grade climbs...

-..he must succeed here.

-You get cold suddenly.

-You get cold suddenly.

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-Yes.

-I'll go up, clip the gear,

-and come back.

-Have the jacket

-for five minutes to warm up.

-I'll keep it warm for you.

-Jacket warmer!

-Ioan's friend Gareth

-holds the rope for him again.

-The rock face juts out.

-The holds are very small.

-They must be used

-in the right order.

-At this level,

-it's the only way to succeed.

-Ideal.

-Oh!

-Scary Mary!

-I was a bit...

-..I felt a bit worried at the end.

-But after that,

-it was just foot down and pull.

-Ioan is delighted...

-..after doing an E7 climb

-for the first time this year.

-One man and his dogs!

-Everything is going well.

-What could go wrong?

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-A craftsman at work.

-Well...

-..I've broken my hand.

-A week ago...

-..a week today, actually...

-..we were drilling a gate post,

-with a petrol drill.

-The drill bit jammed.

-Maybe I wasn't holding

-the drill firmly enough.

-My hand went round with it.

-It was painful

-and quite badly swollen.

-I went to Ysbyty Gwynedd.

-They X-rayed it.

-I've broken the metacarpal,

-or something.

-I can't drive.

-I'm rather useless, actually.

-Dafydd is doing everything for me,

-and driving for me.

-Yes, he's handy to wipe off sweat

-and make cuppas.

-Otherwise, no.

-He's managing, fair play,

-with one hand.

-I can still do the walling

-with one hand.

-It didn't happen at the best time,

-with the shearing and climbing.

-I can't climb like this.

-We'll see tomorrow

-what they say in the hospital.

-It's almost shearing time,

-the busiest time of the year...

-..and a chance for Ioan

-to earn good money.

-But will Ioan's hand heal

-to enable him to shear at all?

-Trauma Crash Orthopaedic.

-Trauma Crash Orthopaedic.

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-Fracture Clinic.

-Main Outpatients Department. OK.

-What would you do without Helen

-to tell you these things?

-Nice one. Thank you.

-Good luck in the exam.

-See you later.

-Wish me luck.

-And two hours later...

-Another fortnight.

-Another fortnight.

-Yes.

-Yes.

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-That's the minimum.

-He'll have another X-ray

-in a fortnight.

-We were straight with the doctor.

-We told him

-you wanted to climb and shear.

-He said if the plaster came off

-and Ioan sheared now...

-..it would cause permanent damage.

-The tendons and finger would shrink.

-His grip isn't strong enough

-for him to climb.

-He could lose the use

-of this finger.

-I hope I don't lose

-a shearing round.

-No shearing, no climbing.

-Isn't that good?!

-He's almost in tears.

-No driving.

-I think the idea is...

-..to go over the grass

-with the harrow...

-..to break down the grass...

-..and encourages new growth.

-I phoned Dave earlier. Kevin

-was doing it, so I'll do the same.

-It keeps me busy.

-Dafydd Em is hurt, too.

-Neither of us can work.

-We're mucking about in the fields.

-While the lads are so busy...

-..Helen's second year in university

-comes to an end.

-Hello, hello! I'm knackered now.

-It's over with! It's finished.

-I'm super chuffed.

-She has finished her exams.

-I'm hoping for a first. Aim high!

-I'm just absolutely drained.

-I want to relax...

-..and have a late night and

-watch some telly, be a bit extreme!

-But the farm takes up

-all her spare time.

-Very posh!

-That's good, innit?

-That's good, innit?

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-It looks alright, doesn't it?

-With Ioan's hand in plaster,

-his family muck in...

-..to keep on top of the work.

-We try to help him

-to dose the lambs.

-He's bad-tempered.

-He has no control.

-He was standing in a small pen

-in Llanrug...

-..and he lost his balance,

-and fell on his face.

-The sheep ran back into the field.

-Oh!

-It's chaos here.

-The gates don't work.

-Jess up, Jess up! Good girl!

-It's a Saturday night, but Ioan

-and Helen are out in the fields...

-..treating Bernie, Tommy and Gordon,

-the rams' feet.

-Pull him down.

-You've got to have him on his arse

-as if you're expecting to shear him.

-Hello, Gordon.

-Put your hips on him.

-Let his head rest.

-If he starts jolting,

-grab that and push it down.

-Just get him relaxed.

-When the grass grows

-their feet can get sore.

-Their feet get very soft

-in this wet weather.

-See that bit there?

-Can you just cut it off?

-This is cruel, but draw blood.

-You draw blood...

-..and then spray.

-Ioan returns to Ysbyty Gwynedd,

-hoping for better news this time.

-I hope the plaster comes off today.

-He didn't promise anything.

-He didn't promise anything.

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-I've had enough now.

-The boys want to start shearing.

-I've been like this for three weeks.

-Gung-ho.

-It's a month since

-his first hospital visit.

-Ioan is adamant

-that his hand has healed...

-..and that he will be able to shear.

-They told him to forget

-the shearing until next year.

-He can't climb

-until the end of August.

-We argued and I had to leave.

-He says he's going to shear.

-Oh, god.

-Ugh.

-He will shear.

-He'll be back in a minute,

-and the plaster will be off...

-..and he'll have his own way

-about shearing.

-What has he got now?

-He looks happy.

-Alright?

-What did they give you?

-A splint. The doctor said there

-was no point having the splint.

-But the doctor said,

-"I'm referring you to..."

-They've just put something on it

-to stop the hand rotating.

-He has to finish the work

-on his own farm...

-..before joining

-the shearing contractors.

-Once again, the family rally round.

-It's really nice to see them

-all together, definitely.

-I can't believe they're all ours.

-It's a nice sense of achievement.

-We had one,

-two and a half years ago.

-Yeah. Built up from nothing.

-There'll be twice as many next year.

-Watch the horns. Don't fill it.

-Tonight, they're marking the lambs.

-Helen is going to shear

-for the first time.

-Happy doing that one?

-Happy doing that one?

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-Yes.

-They're quite yellow.

-This is the way to learn.

-I was in the same boat

-this time last year.

-This is the only way to learn.

-She has to make her own mistakes...

-..and struggle through them.

-Do you want to stamp it?

-Oh, yes. A mark on it.

-It's a bad job!

-Helen, the other side.

-Oh, no, this side.

-No, no!

-That's awful!

-That's good.

-That's good.

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-It's a bit messy, but not too bad.

-It's best if you shear, because

-they're doing the blood stuff.

-The biggest influence

-I had when it came to farming...

-..and throughout my life...

-..is my grandfather, obviously.

-I grew up in Tyddyn Du, where Taid

-farmed and trained sheepdogs.

-I used to go round

-with him as a child.

-In allowing Ioan to use

-the family mark...

-..his grandfather ensures that

-an old local tradition continues.

-It's the family mark.

-It dates back over 100 years.

-I've given it to Ioan

-so he can use it.

-A split in the left and a notch.

-The mark hasn't been used

-in many years.

-I've learnt a lot from Taid.

-I have a lot of time for him.

-I have an adult relationship

-with him.

-He's proud of the fact

-I'm farming.

-He appreciates my passion

-for farming and keeping sheep.

-With his own flock in order...

-..Ioan is ready

-for the busiest time of the year.

-He is going to spend two months

-with shearing contractors.

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