:00:07. > :00:17.Welcome to the programme. Surprising stories from familiar
:00:17. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:27.places. Tonight, with diabetes at and the -- epidemic proportions, a
:00:27. > :00:37.life-changing challenge. Can he get fitter in 28 days? Or
:00:37. > :00:45.will it prove too much of an uphill struggle? Also, the Somerset would
:00:45. > :00:49.land. The whole place is quivering, so it is floating on a cushion of
:00:49. > :00:59.water, that is exactly what this place should be like. So watch this
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:01:10. > :01:16.Diabetes is a modern epidemic and the most common form of the disease
:01:16. > :01:19.in adults is strongly linked to being overweight. In many cases the
:01:19. > :01:23.condition can be controlled by changing your lifestyle. But how
:01:23. > :01:33.easy is it to do that? BBC Radio Devon's David Fitzgerald, who has
:01:33. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:45.At the end of last year, Inside Out set me the challenge of giving up
:01:45. > :01:48.drinking for a month. For a man known to like a libation or two, it
:01:48. > :01:51.was a serious challenge. So I was tested, prodded, poked and measured,
:01:51. > :01:55.and the results were not promising. Looking at your body mass index,
:01:55. > :01:59.that's coming out at 33.3 - in fact it's in the obese range, I hate to
:01:59. > :02:03.tell you. Your risk of developing high blood pressure, 4.1 times,
:02:03. > :02:11.cancer of the mouth 5.4 times the risk, stroke being three times the
:02:11. > :02:14.risk. At the moment your body is as of a 64-year-old. It's a bit of an
:02:14. > :02:17.eye opener when you're described as a 64-year-old who's looking forward
:02:17. > :02:22.to being overweight and not obese, which I am now, according to that
:02:22. > :02:30.figure. But to my and a few others' surprise, I stuck to it. What would
:02:30. > :02:35.you like? A Coke - Diet Coke, please. Marvellous(!). You have
:02:35. > :02:38.lost 2.1 kilograms in weight, which is five pounds, which is good.
:02:38. > :02:43.at the end of the experience, I made this pledge. After that, a
:02:43. > :02:47.little more exercise, a little less booze. Nearly a year on, and at
:02:47. > :02:51.least I've cut back on the drinking, anyway. Can have the full English
:02:51. > :02:55.without the black pudding, asI would rather gnaw my own leg off?
:02:55. > :02:58.But I'm still overweight and diabetic and I am not alone. Nearly
:02:58. > :03:03.a quarter of adults in Britain are now classed as clinically obese and
:03:03. > :03:08.diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. Treatment for the
:03:08. > :03:12.condition now accounts for nearly 10 per cent at the NHS's drugs bill.
:03:12. > :03:15.And I am one of those on the tablets. Now Inside Out are
:03:15. > :03:20.challenging me to get fitter, to do at least the Government's
:03:20. > :03:24.recommended 2.5 hours moderate exercise a week, for the next month.
:03:24. > :03:27.Well, is this wise? Diabetes is as serious condition with long-term
:03:27. > :03:35.publications but we can make a difference in terms of losing
:03:35. > :03:38.weight, changing diet, and crucially, doing more exercise. But
:03:38. > :03:43.it is an incredibly difficult thing to do and I see hundreds of
:03:43. > :03:47.patients every year for whom it's a very difficult challenge. But it is
:03:47. > :03:52.a challenge and a challenge worth taking. If you can do that, lose
:03:52. > :03:55.weight, take the exercise, then it's worth it. If you don't push
:03:55. > :04:05.yourself, you're never going to learn on these things, I don't know
:04:05. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:10.what you're going to put me through, Well, there's no going back now.
:04:10. > :04:15.This is it - my first visit to the gym in more than 20 years. And
:04:15. > :04:17.despite my earlier bravado, I have to admit to being scared. Scared of
:04:17. > :04:21.being amongst the young and beautiful people, scared of how
:04:21. > :04:31.people will look at me. But first, more tests, this time with my
:04:31. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:38.trainer, Simon. Oh dear. The results aren't looking good. I have
:04:38. > :04:41.a BMI of 32.1 and I'm in the high- risk category. When we're talking
:04:41. > :04:46.high risk, we are looking at where you are carrying your weight in
:04:46. > :04:49.terms of the risk towards cardiovascular diseases. I must
:04:49. > :04:53.admit I'm not looking forward to it, because there is that boredom
:04:53. > :04:59.factor of a gym, and also, I'm coming in to an area of beautiful
:04:59. > :05:04.people, and I don't fit into that category. Yeah, we have a lot of
:05:04. > :05:11.beautiful people here, but we have a lot of normal people. So I think
:05:11. > :05:16.you will be surprised of the clientele you'll see here. Exercise
:05:16. > :05:26.can be boring, but we do our best to try and stimulate. Stimulate?
:05:26. > :05:27.
:05:27. > :05:31.Balls - sitting on them. More difficult than you might think.
:05:32. > :05:34.Something to do with core strength, apparently. I think he's doing as
:05:34. > :05:42.well as somebody who hasn't exercised specifically for a long
:05:42. > :05:47.time. He's not as efficient as a 50 year-old man should be. So there's
:05:47. > :05:49.work to be done, there really is. And I would expect within four
:05:49. > :05:54.weeks time, significant improvements, providing that he
:05:54. > :06:02.buys into the task, the challenge and is consistent. Which is
:06:02. > :06:05.certainly achievable for Fitz. can do this. You've got to get over
:06:05. > :06:09.the intimidation factor, the fact that I know I'm unfit and the fact
:06:09. > :06:15.that I am 51 years old, coming up, and this is probably the wrong age
:06:15. > :06:21.to start, or is it? To be truthful, in this first week I haven't been
:06:21. > :06:24.to the gym as often as I should have. So I've decided to make up
:06:24. > :06:34.for it by spoiling a good walk by spending the entire afternoon
:06:34. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:42.hunting for a tiny white ball. It's This is what I call my upper-body
:06:42. > :06:48.workout. It gets better. Spot on! And then a lot worse. This is
:06:48. > :06:51.ridiculous. This is called Heart Attack Hill. I think every golf
:06:51. > :07:01.club has got a Heart Attack Hill. Probably named after some poor
:07:01. > :07:04.
:07:04. > :07:07.member who didn't quite make the After golf I realised I had to
:07:07. > :07:11.start taking this seriously, so it's back to the treadmill and the
:07:11. > :07:20.weirdest thing - I've missed it. This must be, including weekends,
:07:20. > :07:26.day eight now. And I'm finding it OK. In fact, I'm starting to enjoy
:07:26. > :07:36.myself. It might not look like it, but I really am getting into the
:07:36. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:45.rower. That's knackering. Memories of rowing 30 years ago, coming back.
:07:45. > :07:50.In one great nauseating wave. I was pretty fit once, 30 years ago I was
:07:50. > :07:53.a rower, and a cox for Exeter Rowing Club. They say that getting
:07:53. > :07:58.fit is about motivation, that joining a club and exercising with
:07:58. > :08:05.other people is a great way to get and keep that motivation. So I've
:08:05. > :08:10.stepped back in time. Hello. all right? I am Megan. What a
:08:10. > :08:14.flashback for me. Some great boats. You're the lady who's going to be
:08:14. > :08:19.teaching me to row? I'm going to try to! Last time I was a rowing
:08:19. > :08:25.boat was 1979. I wasn't even born then. Encouraging! Everything is
:08:25. > :08:32.now carbon fibre. Lightweight boats. Heavyweight rowers. What are we
:08:32. > :08:42.going to be going in? We are going to be going out in the quad. Lead
:08:42. > :09:00.
:09:00. > :09:06.Accelerate the drive. I was expecting a gentle scull, what I
:09:06. > :09:09.got was a near-Olympian workout. It is very tiring. 33 years out of a
:09:09. > :09:19.boat and probably God knows how many stone heavier, it is a real
:09:19. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:32.Nice and relaxed. Keep that outward pressure with your thumbs. Megan
:09:32. > :09:42.seemed so nice at the start! want to ease up? Yes. This is not
:09:42. > :09:46.
:09:46. > :09:50.easy. Especially in my shape, my At last, the finishing line. Will I
:09:50. > :09:54.get a medal? I don't think so! So how did I do? Pretty well
:09:54. > :09:59.considering it was such a long time. They are not balanced at the best
:09:59. > :10:02.of times, so you did really good, well done. It was a tough
:10:02. > :10:06.experience and maybe my macho ego, if there is one, suddenly it began
:10:06. > :10:14.to falter at the top of the river, I thought I might either throw up,
:10:14. > :10:22.pass out or end up swimming with the swans. After that experience,
:10:22. > :10:27.the gym seemed like an easy option. Hello, it's you again. Come on in.
:10:27. > :10:31.Which I have been going to pretty much every day for the last week.
:10:31. > :10:37.As the wife will confirm. The enemy is here. Ladies and gentleman, the
:10:38. > :10:43.good lady wife. Come and sit down. That was painful! That's because
:10:43. > :10:46.I've been exercising. How has it been? Well, I have to say that he's
:10:47. > :10:49.been really good at keeping to a schedule, and he's been going to
:10:50. > :10:59.the gum, but yeah, again, he's taken on this commitment and he's
:11:00. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:08.doing really well, I would say. feeling a lot better. I'm feeling a
:11:08. > :11:14.lot fitter. Little bit firmer? But you have reservations. I don't
:11:14. > :11:17.like skinny men! I don't think you're going to be disappointed.
:11:17. > :11:21.Despite Karen's concerns, I really wouldn't mind losing a lot more
:11:21. > :11:30.weight. So I'm off to see an old friend, Keith Makepeace, who runs a
:11:30. > :11:35.hotel. He's has been a real inspiration to me. Keith! Hello
:11:35. > :11:40.Fitz, how are you? OK at the moment. Still looking slim and trim! Got to
:11:40. > :11:49.keep at it. Hopefully I'm going to be at it with you. You are happy to
:11:49. > :11:52.Yeah, so apparently we are heading down there. OK? What have you got
:11:52. > :12:02.in mind today? Charlie needs some exercise, so a quick run to the
:12:02. > :12:05.
:12:05. > :12:15.beach and back. Five minutes down, Keith is also a diabetic, but
:12:15. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:22.unlike me, his diagnosis prompted Now, how are you at the moment?
:12:22. > :12:27.sugar level is a healthy sugar level, I haven't since very soon
:12:27. > :12:31.after I was diagnosed because I did something about it pretty quickly.
:12:31. > :12:35.I'm five stone lighter than my heaviest, I'm 15 stone now. This is
:12:35. > :12:42.purely from running? No, it's from exercise and healthy eating and a
:12:42. > :12:45.combination of the two. It's not from dieting per se. You are
:12:45. > :12:50.looking at me now, I'm 16 stone, whatever it is, what advice would
:12:50. > :12:57.you have for me? I think just getting up, and going for it is the
:12:57. > :13:03.first thing. A lot of us talk about it, but just get up, and - my God I
:13:03. > :13:07.have so much more energy than I ever had before. That transfers
:13:07. > :13:13.through to work. As you lose weight, you feel fitter, healthier -
:13:13. > :13:22.there's no negatives, really. And if close people say to you, "I can
:13:22. > :13:29.do it", then it helps. What about the future? Challenges. The next
:13:29. > :13:39.challenge is up that hill. Five minutes. Lead on. My foot's gone to
:13:39. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:47.Well, it started OK, but frankly, it really is an uphill struggle.
:13:47. > :13:54.How did that go, Fitz? No word of a lie, that is a killer. It's a bit
:13:54. > :14:01.of a hill, isn't it. I couldn't run, I had to walk it. Shows how unfit I
:14:01. > :14:06.am. I don't know, not many people can. People that come from London
:14:06. > :14:10.and are used to running around Hyde Park struggle with that. But that
:14:10. > :14:16.was one of my first challenges I set my trainer to help me with, I
:14:16. > :14:23.said I wanted to run to the beach and back like I could when I was 16.
:14:23. > :14:27.Well, I don't think I would ever be able to run that. This challenge
:14:27. > :14:32.really is proving to be harder than I thought. But despite the hill,
:14:32. > :14:36.I'm feeling fitter and I am really enjoying the gym, when I go.
:14:36. > :14:41.For the last four days, I haven't been able to get to gym, other
:14:42. > :14:45.things have come up, and I have been directed elsewhere. So I've
:14:45. > :14:49.felt that I'd let the system down, that I was cheating myself. So it's
:14:49. > :14:52.a Sunday today, and after a car show, I popped into the gym for an
:14:52. > :14:57.hour. I feel absolutely brilliant. And I know my body is changing
:14:57. > :15:01.shape. The other thing is, when I don't go to the gym, I can't sleep
:15:01. > :15:11.properly. Interesting. So you've changed me so far, Inside Out, I am
:15:11. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:16.roughly getting a fitter person. We Well thanks to the magic of TV,
:15:16. > :15:20.time has gone by and it's the last day I've committed to coming here.
:15:20. > :15:23.The truth is, my attitude has changed a lot. Coming into a gym
:15:23. > :15:27.like this was highly intimidating. I have been unfit for most of my
:15:27. > :15:30.life, and I don't want to mix with the young and the beautiful people.
:15:30. > :15:33.I was totally wrong. People that are wandering around the machines -
:15:33. > :15:38.they're all shapes, all sizes, all abilities, they don't care, they
:15:38. > :15:43.want to get on and do it. I have got on and done it, and I think I
:15:43. > :15:50.now blend into the background, even with a camera pointed at me. To be
:15:50. > :15:55.honest with you, still nobody's looking. I am not exactly addicted,
:15:55. > :16:02.but every day I miss a bit of training, I now feel guilty. That's
:16:02. > :16:05.odd, very odd. OK, 28 days later, and I feel an awful lot better. The
:16:05. > :16:15.trousers, much, much looser. Let's find out via science what I've done
:16:15. > :16:20.
:16:20. > :16:28.I can't pretend I'm not nervous. I really hope that all that hard work
:16:28. > :16:33.I've put in is reflected in the results. OK. Let's see the good or
:16:33. > :16:38.the bad news. Right. Looking at this, there's a lot of very good
:16:38. > :16:40.news. It's actually really gone well. My weight, BMI, blood glucose
:16:40. > :16:47.and diabetes indicators are all down and my liver function and
:16:47. > :16:54.muscle mass are up. Put on four kilograms of muscle. Just trying to
:16:54. > :16:57.get this into my head. I've put on eight pounds in muscle? One
:16:57. > :17:02.question, the damage already done, and I do admit that I've done
:17:02. > :17:04.damage, can it ever be repaired, can it ever be undone? Well, it can,
:17:04. > :17:14.and that's why it's really important that you've done what
:17:14. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:18.you've done. The cardiovascular risk will have fallen already just
:17:18. > :17:21.by losing this amount of weight and changing the proportions of the
:17:21. > :17:24.weight. That puts you in a much healthier position for the future.
:17:24. > :17:27.Well, it's been a tough and at times emotional journey for me
:17:27. > :17:30.since the beginning of last December when I gave up alcohol for
:17:30. > :17:34.a month. I've now completed a month of exercise and according to those
:17:34. > :17:38.figures, I've lost half a stone in weight, I have put on eight pounds
:17:38. > :17:42.in muscle and I feel a lot better and I'm not going to give up. I'm
:17:42. > :17:51.going to continue. And I'm hoping I've inspired some of you to do the
:17:51. > :17:57.We think of the south-west as full of beautiful, natural places which
:17:57. > :18:00.it seems are best left untouched. But Nick Baker has been to a great
:18:00. > :18:10.nature reserve in Somerset which has pretty much been created by
:18:10. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:20.West Hay Moor on the Somerset Levels. 300 acres of wetland
:18:20. > :18:26.paradise. Whether you're a birder like me or a bug fanatic, this
:18:26. > :18:31.place has got to be amongst the best in the west. It looks like a
:18:31. > :18:36.natural paradise, but in fact, it's anything but. The secret to this
:18:36. > :18:38.place is this black stuff underfoot, peat. It's been harvested here for
:18:38. > :18:44.generations, firstly as fuel, but in more recent times, and more
:18:44. > :18:47.controversially, it's used for horticultural purposes. If there's
:18:47. > :18:53.a plus to this industry, it's that it's left these whopping great big
:18:53. > :18:57.holes. Over the years, the holes left by peat digging have filled up
:18:57. > :19:04.with rainwater. That's helped create outstanding habitat for a
:19:04. > :19:11.whole range of birds, flowers and This pink flower on the lake is a
:19:11. > :19:13.national rarity, amphibious bistort. It's plentiful here. Over the lakes,
:19:13. > :19:19.dragonflies dart about hunting, or like this juvenile black-tailed
:19:19. > :19:23.skipper, perch on the lush vegetation. This beautiful species
:19:23. > :19:26.was first recorded in the UK in Essex in the '30s. It's been
:19:26. > :19:35.expanding its range, helped by gravel pits in the east of England
:19:35. > :19:38.or here by the peat holes man has The walkways, or droves, are dotted
:19:38. > :19:42.with hides and screens so you can get really close to some
:19:42. > :19:48.outstanding action. This adult Great Crested Grebe is feeding fish
:19:48. > :19:53.to a youngster, probably just two months out of the nest. Possibly
:19:53. > :20:01.too young to catch enough fish for itself. This guy seems to be
:20:01. > :20:04.We've had one of the wettest springs and summers on record,
:20:04. > :20:10.which means birds like these grebes associated with wetland and
:20:10. > :20:13.waterways have had a hard time of it. Their nests have been flooded
:20:13. > :20:19.out. But here, it's great to see that they're at least expressing
:20:19. > :20:23.some degree of nesting success. These grebes are nesting in late
:20:23. > :20:28.July. One parent is still bringing in nesting material to what looks
:20:28. > :20:32.like a pretty substantial nest already. At one point, there is a
:20:32. > :20:35.young chick on board the adult on the water while the other gets up
:20:35. > :20:39.from the nest and carefully turns over an egg with its bill. This
:20:39. > :20:42.basically ensures the chick inside develops correctly. With all this
:20:42. > :20:52.activity, it's good that when the grebe parent returns with even more
:20:52. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :20:57.nest material, there seems to be a It's all so neatly laid out here,
:20:57. > :21:03.with two long droves cutting the reserve into three sections and I'm
:21:03. > :21:06.on my way to its jewel in the crown. Believe it or not, these 30 acres
:21:06. > :21:09.are the largest expanse of lowland acid mire in the South of England
:21:09. > :21:15.and the Somerset Wildlife Trust, who run things here, are determined
:21:15. > :21:19.to make it larger. A key plant or building block for any mire or bog
:21:19. > :21:22.is this stuff, sphagnum moss. This is a very beautiful bright green
:21:22. > :21:27.species, but they come in varieties of reds and greens and they are all
:21:27. > :21:31.bright and gorgeous. If I give it a good squeeze, look at that. That's
:21:31. > :21:36.the secret. This thing is a living sponge, holding many, many times
:21:36. > :21:39.its own weight in water. That is key to the production of more peat,
:21:40. > :21:46.but also it keeps the place nice and soggy and wet, and that is the
:21:46. > :21:49.definition of the mire. I think the sphagnum here is beautiful in
:21:49. > :21:52.itself, but it's more than that, a kind of wet blanket that allows
:21:52. > :21:58.amphibians like this toad to move from ditch to ditch and it's a
:21:58. > :22:01.great habitat for a rare killer flower. You might expect
:22:01. > :22:06.carniverous plants to be of Triffid proportions, but everything pink in
:22:06. > :22:09.this little seed is actually one of the most exciting. This here is
:22:09. > :22:15.sundew and every single one of these pink blobs is one of those
:22:15. > :22:19.glandular hair-bearing leaves. If you're an insect, you don't want to
:22:19. > :22:22.land on one of these because if you do, you'll die. It's not the fact
:22:22. > :22:29.that you'll die that's so horrific, it's the fact that you will die
:22:29. > :22:36.This damselfly is dicing with death just a few millimetres above the
:22:36. > :22:39.leaves of the sundews. Just to one side, another hasn't been so lucky.
:22:39. > :22:43.It's anchored at three points and though still struggling, the sticky
:22:43. > :22:48.gum on the hairs won't let it go. As the leaves roll up, digestion
:22:48. > :22:53.starts. Further over, the remains of two other flies caught and
:22:53. > :22:56.slowly digested by the sundews. The flowers can't get much nutrient out
:22:56. > :23:01.of the bog itself so they've adapted to take it from any stray
:23:01. > :23:05.passing insect. Sadly, all over the country, bogs have been drained.
:23:05. > :23:08.Here, the Trust is putting something back. The sphagnum itself
:23:08. > :23:14.was in part rolled up from nearby ditches and laid like so much
:23:15. > :23:19.There's a wind-powered pump to keep up water levels in ditches around
:23:19. > :23:25.the mire. That acts as a kind of natural barrier to keep falling
:23:26. > :23:35.rainwater trapped in and stopping These are the final weapon in the
:23:35. > :23:37.Trust's armoury. Exmoor ponies Why Exmoors? Why are they good for
:23:37. > :23:43.this job? Exmoors through evolution are designed perfectly for these
:23:43. > :23:47.conditions. Nutrient-poor sites, very wet underfoot. What exactly
:23:47. > :23:50.are they doing, what's their job? This site is dominated by purple
:23:50. > :23:56.moor grass, molinia, a great component of the habitat here, but
:23:56. > :23:59.it's dominating. These animals will bite it down, they will reduce the
:23:59. > :24:01.amount of litter layer that the molinia lays down on the ground,
:24:01. > :24:09.create some barren patches where some more of the specialised bog
:24:09. > :24:13.species can break through. difficult is it to restore this
:24:13. > :24:18.mire? It's extremely hard to bring this back to a fully functioning
:24:18. > :24:28.mire. So much has been extracted. We want this nice and wet and
:24:28. > :24:29.
:24:29. > :24:34.squelchy underfoot, we want rare Next to the mire, a habitat that is
:24:34. > :24:37.almost as rare - wet woodland. It's pretty much a swamp. And it's just
:24:38. > :24:47.the job for dragonflies like the southern hawker. This needs acidic
:24:48. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:00.waters if it is to breed and thrive Most visitors here probably won't
:25:00. > :25:03.venture into the wet woods and it's good that parts of the reserve are
:25:04. > :25:13.difficult to access, but in places, they've opened things up in a way
:25:14. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:21.that allows some really privileged What I really like about this
:25:21. > :25:25.reserve is all along the droves are hides and blinds such as this one.
:25:25. > :25:35.If you put the time in and you're patient enough, you might just be
:25:35. > :25:39.We can hear a young reed warbler calling out. And it's fledged.
:25:39. > :25:42.After a while we can make it out through the dense vegetation. It's
:25:42. > :25:49.just about picked up the important skill of gleening small insects
:25:49. > :25:53.from the reeds. But there doesn't seem to be enough to go around. Its
:25:53. > :26:02.calls are answered. A parent bird arrives with its mouth stuffed full
:26:02. > :26:08.There are plenty of wetland specialists around, like the reed
:26:08. > :26:18.bunting, and a nice plump bird, the sedge warbler. This is most active
:26:18. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:24.This is the so-called tower heights, only a few metres off the ground,
:26:24. > :26:34.but this elevation means we can overlook the reed beds and it gives
:26:34. > :26:37.us the best chance of seeing two And this is one of them, the
:26:37. > :26:43.bittern, a national rarity, a red- listed species, one of the most
:26:43. > :26:46.threatened in the UK. They reckon there may be 20 pairs breeding on
:26:46. > :26:50.the Levels. That is a great achievement. Go back two decades
:26:50. > :26:55.and they were all but wiped out. They're a type of heron and feed on
:26:55. > :26:59.fish like rudd that are thriving in the clean, unpolluted waters here.
:26:59. > :27:02.And this beautiful sight, the marsh harrier. Not under as great a
:27:02. > :27:06.threat as the bittern, but it's seen numbers rise and fall over
:27:07. > :27:09.decades. There are a couple of breeding pairs here. It has its
:27:10. > :27:18.head permanently facing down on the lookout for small birds and mammals
:27:18. > :27:21.It's a remarkable place. Managing the habitat here to keep it just
:27:21. > :27:24.right for such a huge range of species is a mammoth task, but
:27:24. > :27:31.there is evidence all around that they are doing just that and indeed,
:27:31. > :27:35.there is proof right under your I love this place because it's
:27:35. > :27:39.quite a dynamic environment. It's being put back together in front of
:27:39. > :27:42.our very eyes and if you want a demonstration of just what a good
:27:42. > :27:47.job the Wildlife Trust are doing, this used to be a scrubby bit of
:27:47. > :27:52.woodland. The Wildlife Trust have reversed it back to pretty much the
:27:52. > :27:55.mire it's supposed to be, and watch this for a demonstration. As I jump
:27:55. > :27:58.up and down like a nutter, the whole place is quivering, which
:27:58. > :28:08.means it's floating on a cushion of water and that's exactly what this
:28:08. > :28:08.
:28:08. > :28:12.place should be like. So watch this So much of West Hay is really the
:28:12. > :28:16.product of a very complex interaction between man and nature.
:28:16. > :28:19.We damaged the environment in the first place by digging up the peat