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The North Cornwall coast - | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
dramatic, imposing, and majestic - but look a little closer, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:35 | |
and you'll find mystical legendary qualities like nowhere else. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:40 | |
Legends don't come much bigger or more magical than King Arthur, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
said to be born right here at Tintagel Castle. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
But this is a fortress whose past had to be re-examined | 0:00:47 | 0:00:50 | |
after a huge fire exposed a lot of secrets. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
And I'll be finding out about the truth behind this historic place. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
James is in Cornwall too, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
putting his life in the hands of a cliff rescue team. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
How are you with heights? | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
I'm rubbish with heights. I'm good with plants, | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
-very little else. -You're good with plants, not heights. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
Julia's in East Sussex, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
on a farm with an unusual approach to agriculture. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
I think this looks like a rather magnificent cow-dung ice cream cone. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:26 | |
Meanwhile, Tom's heading to the Orkney Islands. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
In our search for clean energy, we've looked to the sun and the wind, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
but what about the sea? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
It's been claimed that we could get a fifth of Britain's electricity | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
from tidal power, using machines like this. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
But as the price for harnessing it too high? I'll be finding out. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
And on his farm, Adam is planning a bit of DIY. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
These are all my rare-breed rams. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
And this one here is a Manx Loaghtan from the Isle of Man, | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
with a wonderful head on him, but he's got a few problems. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
I have to sort him out with my saw. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
North Cornwall, situated on Britain's Atlantic coast - | 0:02:16 | 0:02:21 | |
a landscape of dramatic shorelines, spectacular cliffs - | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
a Mecca for British holidaymakers. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
Journey further inland and you'll discover | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
the wild and rugged terrain of Bodmin Moor. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
There's a lot more to Cornwall than just ice creams, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
tasty pasties and cream teas. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
I'm going to be exploring its secret glens and historical ruins | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
on my own quest into Cornwall's ancient mythological past. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
Steeped in legend and folklore, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
it's a land where granite formations | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
are thought to be the work of giants. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
And ancient stone circles are really Cornish people turn to stone. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
This is said to be the birthplace of the legendary King Arthur. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:18 | |
Stories of Merlin and Arthur's gallant knights | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
have been told around firesides for centuries. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
And where better to start my quest | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
than in one of Cornwall's most sacred places? | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
This is St Nectan's Glen, and legend has it | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
that King Arthur's knights were blessed here, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
probably in this very spot, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:36 | |
before setting out on their search for the Holy Grail. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
Throughout the ages, it's been a sacred site of worship. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
And here in the depths of the forest, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
it really does feel like we're in a magical place. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
'I'm meeting the custodian, who goes by the name of Loz. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
'I want to find out from him where fact meets fiction.' | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
So, Loz, did King Arthur's knights come here? For real? | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
Well, why not? | 0:04:07 | 0:04:08 | |
To quest the Grail, you have to be pure. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
So they came here to be purified in the waters of the waterfall. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
St Nectan is a very intriguing name. Who was he? | 0:04:15 | 0:04:17 | |
St Nectan was a gentleman that lived here in the sixth century. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
He built a chapel up at the top of the waterfall | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
where people could come and worship. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
He would take his silver bell and walk down the river every evening, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
and ring it to warn shipping off the rocks | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
at Rocky Valley, where many, many shipwrecks had occurred. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
And he surely saved thousands of lives. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
These days, it's widened out a lot from the Christian community. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
Certainly has. We get pagans, Buddhists, Muslims. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
-All to purify themselves? -All to purify. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
Man has been drawn to places like this for purification reasons | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
for thousands and thousands of years. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
'And purification for Loz means having a proper dip. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
'He tells me he swims here most days. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
'It looks a little bit cold for my liking!' | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
The magic and mystery of the glen has provided creative inspiration | 0:05:12 | 0:05:17 | |
for artists and writers like Thomas Hardy and Lord Alfred Tennyson. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
Internationally renowned fantasy artist Peter Pracownik | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
has designed album covers for Hawkwind and Fairport Convention. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
Today, it's the mysteries of the glen that inspire Peter's work. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
It's the perfect place to fire the imagination | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
for the greatest fantasy quest of all - The Hobbit. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
It's very Hobbit-like here. It's very Middle Earth. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
It's shut off from reality, the hustle and bustle of daily life. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:53 | |
And what is it about this style of art with the unicorns, | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
with the fairies, that does it for you? | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
It's your innermost fantasy, it's your dream world. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
Man will always create image from nature, whatever form it is. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:08 | |
And this place has something so special. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
Peter, you're incredibly successful with this. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
Just give us an idea of what your latest project is. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
I've been working on The Hobbit. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
I did an oracle, or some would say a tarot deck, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
but basically it's an oracle. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
Very intrigued by the world of tarot cards. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
I mean, I don't really understand them, | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
so you'll have to just talk me through what the idea is. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
OK, well, the Queen of Cups. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
This is about the energy of the light upon the water. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
Being at one with the world. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
This next one, it's Balin, Balin out of The Hobbit. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:44 | |
This card, it means challenge. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
This third one is Gollum and Bilbo having a conversation. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
In a rock pool. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:51 | |
And this one is called the Wheel of Fortune. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
So we've got being at one with nature, we've got a challenge, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
and we've got two people having a conversation in a rock pool. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
I'm sensing one of them is me, and one of them is Loz. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
And I'm about to go and take a dip. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
I think you should, I think you should, definitely. Good one. Yes. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
Get in, Loz! | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
Yes! | 0:07:19 | 0:07:20 | |
My word. Well, I tell you what, I've certainly got purified calves. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
My word! Good lad! | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Fully purified. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
While we're experiencing the healing powers | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
of the waters down here in Cornwall, | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
Tom is right at the other end of the country, | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
finding out if tidal power really can satisfy our needs | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
when it comes to renewable energy. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
Right! I'm getting out. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
The awesome force of the sea has both threatened | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
and protected Britain for centuries. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
We are an island nation, which once claimed to rule the waves. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
Now rather than power OVER the ocean, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
we're interested in power FROM the ocean. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
And when you look at the energy in the seas, | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
that seems like a no-brainer. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
We get just over 5% of our electricity from the wind and sun. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:30 | |
But at the moment, only a thousandth of a percent comes from the sea. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:36 | |
But a new report from the National Oceanography Centre | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
says our tides alone could generate 20%, that's one fifth, | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
of the electricity that Britain needs. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
And here, in a far-flung corner of our islands, | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
they're taking the steps to make that happen. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
This bay is a lab bench for marine energy. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
Because when it comes to getting power from our seas, | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
you have to test them against the elements. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
And those elements rarely come tougher than here in Orkney. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
What are we actually overlooking here? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
We are here at the wave test site. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:14 | |
'At Orkney's European Marine Energy Centre, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
'companies from across the world | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
'are trialling weird and wonderful inventions | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
'aimed at harnessing Scotland's wild seas.' | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
In terms of tidal, why Orkney? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
There are some excellent tidal resources here in Orkney. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Very strong tidal races. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
We see the tide flowing at a peak of about four metres per second | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
on our tidal test site, | 0:09:37 | 0:09:38 | |
so that's the equivalent of driving a car at about ten miles an hour. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
And that means that it's really putting these machines | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
through their paces. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:45 | |
And if they can get them to work here in Orkney, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
then they should work anywhere in the world. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
There is no mistaking the power of the sea here, | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
but what's really exciting engineers is not just the waves themselves, | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
but the tides that lie beneath. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
The great thing about tidal power is that it is predictable. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
This table here gives me the high and low tides throughout 2013, | 0:10:03 | 0:10:08 | |
and they could make one today for 3013. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
So the energy is always there for the taking, | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
and the simplest way to do that is to stick a propeller | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
beneath the waves and let the tide do the work. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
The race is on to design the best tidal turbine. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
And everyone from ScottishPower to Kawasaki is getting in on the act. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
The work that's going on here in Orkney right now is cutting edge. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
It's incredibly exciting, | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
and we're really leading the world in terms of this industry. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
'But it's not just the big guns who can see the potential | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
'in this fledging industry.' Morning. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
'Local Orkney boy Barry Johnston has been road-testing | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
'a series of prototypes of a floating, | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
'slightly James Bond-esque tidal turbine. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
'Today, it's being hauled out to sea, | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
'so it's my chance to take a closer look.' | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
It's obviously being towed at the moment, but the physics | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
are just the same as if we were sitting in a six-knot current. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
You get a real feeling of the power there is available from the water. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
It looks a bit like a sort of gently moving bomb submarine. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:20 | |
This is actually a prototype machine, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
so this is only a 250 kW prototype. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
Our larger scale commercial one will be 2,000 kW. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
So much bigger, much more powerful machine. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
And 2,000 kW will power about how many homes? | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
Roughly about maybe 1,800. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:34 | |
-That's not bad. -Yeah, it's not bad. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
And the idea is that we have it in large farms, | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
so we have multiple devices in one area. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
Why tidal rather than wind or solar? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
Tidal, obviously it's predictable, that's the main thing. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
So we can predict years in advance when we're going to produce energy. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
So energy companies like that. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:52 | |
Unlike wind, it's variable, but tidal we can predict it. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Orkney's docks are creaking under the weight of new designs. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
But in energy terms, the power that single turbines like this | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
will provide is still just a drop in the ocean. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
We would need around 20,000 of the 1 MW turbines | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
currently on the market to supply 20% of the UK's electricity. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:21 | |
That's not only incredibly expensive, it's also not very practical. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
The range and scale of technology being tested here is really exciting. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
But if tidal is going to satisfy big chunks of our energy demand, | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
it's going to need to think even bigger than this. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
Enter the barrage. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
There are a few tidal barrages on the continent, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
but over here, the debate over a similar scheme in the Severn Estuary | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
has been raging for years. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
In simple terms, a barrage works by blocking the path of the tide, | 0:12:55 | 0:13:01 | |
increasing the level on one side, | 0:13:01 | 0:13:03 | |
which forces water through the turbines, generating power. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
If we want to get a fifth of our electricity from the tides | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
then barrages will have to play a crucial role. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
Nicholas Yates researched the National Oceanography Centre's | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
report on the potential of tidal power. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
How important are barrages, these fixed structures, | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
if you like, in reaching that 20% of electricity? | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
Well, the 20% figure in the paper is based on 15% from tidal range, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:34 | |
which is based on six estuaries, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
plus 5% from a tidal stream estimate, | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
which is where we make use of the velocity of the water | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
in places like the Pentland Firth to drive a turbine. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
So a lot of the things that we've seen, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
including the ones up in Orkney, are good, their tidal stream. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
But if we want to take this big chunk out of our electricity demand, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
we've got to be thinking of these barrages or lagoons? | 0:13:54 | 0:13:59 | |
Well, that's correct. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
That could mean barrages or similar schemes not just here on the Severn, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
but in up to six estuaries, giving us clean power from the sea. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:10 | |
But it's not quite that simple. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
That means big structures in the sea visible from the land. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:18 | |
And that always sets the sparks flying, as I'll be finding out later. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:23 | |
While Matt's embarked on his mystical quest, | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
I've been exploring the wild and windswept landscape of Bodmin Moor. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
Its craggy outcrops, bottomless bogs and dense mists | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
have inspired the tales of Wilkie Collins and Daphne du Maurier. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:51 | |
And according to some, the Bodmin Beast could be lurking close by. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
I stopped off at one of its most amazing geological formations, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:06 | |
the Cheesewring. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
Legend has it that the Cheesewring | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
is the result of a rock-throwing contest | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
between the saints and some Cornish giants. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
Christianity had only just arrived in Cornwall, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
and the local giants weren't best pleased. They proposed a contest. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
If they were to win, the saints would have to leave, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
but if the Saints were to win, | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
the giants would have to convert to Christianity. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
Legend being legend, of course, the saints did win, | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
and Christianity looked set to stay. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
It's a great story, but what I'm most intrigued by is not a giant at all. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
In fact, it's tiny. And it lives right over there. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
Cornwall's rich mining history has earned it World Heritage status, | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
putting it on a par with the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
It was a story of boom and bust. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
The explosion of the copper mining industry | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
brought work for local people, but it also brought noise, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
mining contamination and pollution. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
The mining industry left behind it | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
thousands of tonnes of waste rock and slag. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
And there's something very tiny that I've come to see that lives in it. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:40 | |
This derelict mine is full of poisonous heavy metal deposits. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
It might sound pretty dangerous, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
but it provides the perfect habitat for one of Britain's rarest mosses. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
In fact, it's one of the only places on the planet | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
that you can find Cornish path moss. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
And OK, that may not sound very rock 'n' roll. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
But if you are a geeky botanist like me, | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
it is like all your Christmases coming at once. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
I've come to meet a man who is an even bigger geek about moss than me! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:15 | |
Des Callaghan has a PhD in brylogy. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
That's mosses, to you and me. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
He is a consultant on sites like this. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
He's one of Britain's only Cornish path moss experts. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
So, Des, what's so special about Cornish path moss? | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
All plants only need a tiny amount of copper to survive. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
When it gets too high, it becomes toxic to plants, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
as it becomes toxic to humans. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
But a small number of species have evolved an ability | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
to live on very high copper deposits. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
So the amount of copper in the soil in your back garden | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
would be roundabout 100 parts per million, something like that. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
Here, it's about 7,000 parts per million. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
It thrives on toxic waste? | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
-That's right. -That makes it like the extremophiles, those algae that | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
live inside the craters of live volcanoes and stuff like that. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
-Exactly, yes, that's right. -In the Cornish countryside! | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Exactly, yes, yes. And that's what makes it so special. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
So I'm really looking forward to this. Where can we find it? | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
-It's over this way. -OK, shall we head on down? | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
So this penned-off area here is a likely spot for moss hunting. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
This is one of the few areas where the moss is known from. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
But we're talking about something 2mm high, | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
and unfortunately today we have a covering of snow of 5cm. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
What are our chances today? | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
-They're very slim. -OK. -But we can give it a go. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
Thanks, Des! | 0:18:49 | 0:18:50 | |
It is totally crazy. It's like going to Mars. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
Ah! This looks like it, maybe. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:21 | |
We'll need to take a closer look at this particular spot here. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
What particular spot?! There's nothing there! | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
Well, that looks rather like the thing we're after, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
-just at the end of my fingertip. -Wow, that's small. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
So I'm going to stick my eye right into it, magnify 10 times. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
What am I supposed to see? What's the distinguishing characteristics? | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
You'll see it has a spiky appearance to it. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
The tiny leaves are held slightly away from the stems. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
-Kind of like lots of pineapple tops? -That's a good description of it. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
-This is it! -Let me take a look, just to confirm it. -No! It's mine! | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
Go on, you tell me, you tell me. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
Yes, that's definitely the one. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
That is truly amazing. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
Whoever discovered this deserves a Nobel Prize. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
I can't believe we were actually able to find it. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
That Des guy is like some kind of moss-finding superhero. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
You know, we may grumble about our climate in the UK, | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
but we've got brilliant weather if you are a moss or a liverwort, | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
and all you need to explore this fascinating alternate universe | 0:20:30 | 0:20:35 | |
is a hand lens like this. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
Whilst Matt and I are exploring the delights of North Cornwall | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
in the bitterly cold winter, back in the autumn Julia was | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
in East Sussex, finding out more about a very unusual way of farming. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
Welcome to Tablehurst Community Farm, | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
where the dung delivered regularly by these beautiful ladies | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
is highly prized. | 0:20:58 | 0:20:59 | |
Here, it's all about biodynamics, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
a type of spiritual farming that works in harmony with the Earth. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
This enigmatic landscape has inspired poets | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
and artists for centuries, but there is something else | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
in the air here that arouses a desire to work closely | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
with Mother Nature. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Perhaps not quite this closely. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Biodynamic farmers don't use artificial fertilisers. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
Instead, they make their own concoctions, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
mixed using natural substances to their own recipe. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
'Intriguing.' | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
Why are you collecting your lovely cow dung? | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
Well, because we're a biodynamic farm, and at this time of year | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
we need to collect it because we do various things with it. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
All right. Biodynamic farm, explain the concept. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
The concept of a biodynamic farm is that one's not just working with | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
everyday physical substance, but also the forces working in nature. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
That sounds a bit cuckoo perhaps, but if you think of a compass | 0:21:58 | 0:22:04 | |
and why it points north, if you start looking inside that needle | 0:22:04 | 0:22:09 | |
to understand it, you're never going to understand, | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
it's only when you realise that there's a magnetic field | 0:22:11 | 0:22:14 | |
round the whole Earth that you can understand why it points north. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
And to understand a plant or animal, actually you can't just look inside | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
that with a microscope either, | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
you have to take into account that there's a whole cosmos out there | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
with the sun and the moon and the planets and the stars and the zodiac. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
So you're working very closely with Mother Nature | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
-and you believe strongly in the forces of Mother Nature. -We do, yes. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
And those forces are in our food, if it's good food, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
-and not if it's done the wrong way. -Ah... | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
And how much of this stuff do you need? | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
-For this farm, about two buckets like that. -Two buckets. -Mm. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:50 | |
Well, I'd better get my shovel and keep helping you, then, hadn't I? | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
As compared to trailer loads. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
That's not bad. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:57 | |
This spiritual science might sound a bit New Age, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
but it all began in 1924, | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
when farmers asked philosopher Rudolf Steiner to find out | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
if chemical fertilisers were adversely affecting | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
their soil conditions and health of their livestock. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
He thought they were. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
That meant no to chemicals and yes to biodynamic farming. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
Which is where the cow dung comes back in again. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
-Right, bucket of cow horns and a bucket of cow dung. -Yes. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
So, we're going to fill these up with manure. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
-Uh-huh. -And then the horn will be left in the ground over winter | 0:23:33 | 0:23:39 | |
and when you dig it up in the spring, this manure will have a completely | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
different consistency. But it's not just that, there's more to it. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
I think the fact that it's in the earth over winter means | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
it's had those forces that I was telling you about from the cosmos | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
and everything, which go into the earth | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
and are concentrated here in these horns, in the manure. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
Which will make this manure a very special substance. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
I think this looks like a rather magnificent cow-dung ice cream cone. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:08 | |
'With the cow horns filled to the brim with the lovely, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
'wholesome poo, the next job is to bury them.' | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
-So this is the burial mound. -Yes. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
You can see them here, how they've been laid in. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
I mean, if you put it like this, | 0:24:23 | 0:24:24 | |
the water will get in and it will go soggy and putrid | 0:24:24 | 0:24:28 | |
instead of going to beautiful hummus, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
so we actually put them down like this. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
-The water doesn't collect in them. -OK. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
And how many of these horns full of dung are you going to bury? | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
Well, we'll actually do about... | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
We're about a 500-acre farm | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
and we give some to some local people as well, so we do about 400. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:50 | |
-That's quite a lot. -It's quite a lot. -It's a lot of work. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
It's taken us ages to do this many. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:55 | |
It's not really that much work. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
When you consider what it does for the farm, | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
we spray the whole farm twice a year with this. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:03 | |
'The horns have to stay in the ground for six months | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
'for the cosmic magic to happen | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
'and turn it into something far more sweet-smelling.' | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
And next year, | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
-this is what you're going to get. -Yes. -The finished product. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
You can see it's very different. It's black, it's hummus-like. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:22 | |
-It smells... -Smells earthy and beautiful. -Wonderful, doesn't it? | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
-Yeah. That's what all the hard work was for. -That's what it's all for. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:29 | |
'Just when I thought the hard work was over, I was wrong.' | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
So that ball of manure is going in this bucket full of water. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:37 | |
-It is, yes. -That's not a lot. -It's not a lot. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
Because it's not just the substance that we're dealing with, | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
it's the forces in the substance. We are going to stir this for an hour. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
-Well, you might be! -There's a specific way that we do it. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
-Shall I show you? -Yes, please do. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
So, we start at the outside | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
and what you have to do is get a vortex in there. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
It starts getting a kind of order in there and then, | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
when you have got a lovely vortex like that, you change the direction. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
And there you can see it creates a kind of confusion in there, | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
which will get all the oxygen in. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
Also, I think it somehow imprints the memory into the water | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
of the substance, so that when you spray it over the fields... | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
..it's effective. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
There will be some people watching at home now | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
and they're going to say, "He's just a bit bonkers." | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
Maybe. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
I mean, I'm not going to try and argue with everybody. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
One has to do what one sees works and what one feels is right. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
Well, you've got... | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
58 minutes to go! | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
Whether or not you think this is nuts, | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
this farm has been biodynamically run for the last 40 years. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
And it doesn't seem to be doing too badly on it. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
Tintagel Castle, perched on the cliff tops | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
of North Cornwall's fabulous 60-mile Atlantic coast. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
The castle is a spectacular sight | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
and provides a mystic home to knights, romance and legends. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
Anyone for a spot of magic? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
Well, apparently this is where Merlin used to live, | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
in this very cave. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:25 | |
It's a bit blustery, but there's a nice view out the kitchen window. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:29 | |
I'm determined to get to the bottom of the legend of King Arthur | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
so I've come to the perfect area, his supposed birthplace. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
'Matt Ward from English Heritage is the man I need to talk to. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
'He's the manager here | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
'and his greatest passion is the history of the castle.' | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
-What a place to work! -It's not a bad view from our office. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
That's what we always think. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
-Legend has it that King Arthur was born here. -Yeah, absolutely. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
Obviously you're going to go along with this. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:59 | |
The legend saying he was born here came from Geoffrey of Monmouth. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
He was writing a book in 1136 called The History Of The Kings Of Britain - | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
what he was trying to do was piece together | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
early accounts of British monarchy that didn't exist, | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
so the legend of King Arthur, | 0:28:10 | 0:28:11 | |
he was always said to have been born on a fortress, on a headland | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
with a narrow entrance, and in Geoffrey's wisdom, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
in 1136 he came here and said, "God, he must have been born here." | 0:28:17 | 0:28:20 | |
But there's a question over the original purpose of this spot. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
Up until the '80s, archaeologists believed that the castle was built | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
on the site of an ancient monastery. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
It took an act of nature to reveal that it was actually | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
the setting for something much more surprising. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
What happened in 1983, it was a dry summer and somehow a fire started, | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 | |
burned for months and months. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:41 | |
It uncovered another 100 buildings they didn't know were there | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
and more bits of pottery than anywhere in England put together, | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
so at that period of history, the Dark Ages, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:49 | |
you're talking about 5th, 6th, 7th century, | 0:28:49 | 0:28:51 | |
it's the busiest trading port with the Mediterranean in the country, | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
so all of a sudden, overnight, the site couldn't have been a monastery. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
'So, it turned out it was a trading port, not a monastery at all. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
'The fire might have uncovered this amazing secret, but Matt | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
'and his team are determined to be ready if it ever happens again. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
'They've got an ingenious fire-prevention strategy.' | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
-Should be running for a sense of urgency, lads. -Let's go! -Here we go. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
-So, Tango's in charge of the pump. -Yeah. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
-I'll be in charge of the hose. -You've got this well here. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
The well here, it's medieval so it's... | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
We're using medieval water. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:29 | |
-That all right? -Yeah. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
-Right, we need to go over here, Matt, quick. -Quick! | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
The castle's on fire, run! | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
Watch your footing. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
Here we go. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:50 | |
Here it comes. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:53 | |
Standing b... Oh, yes! Whoo-hoo! | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
There's some power in that. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:04 | |
I'm getting height, look. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
There it goes. That's good. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:09 | |
They say that the water and electricity don't mix, | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
but soon our oceans could be powering our homes. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:21 | |
I've already experienced the tides on one potential source of power, | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
the Severn Estuary. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
Unbelievable! Wow! | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
Now, Tom's gone back there to find out more. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
We've had plenty of tasters on Countryfile | 0:30:33 | 0:30:35 | |
of the thrilling power of the Severn Estuary. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
The energy that creates this tidal surge | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
could one day be put to a more practical use, | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
with a barrage generating 5% of the UK's electricity. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:50 | |
That's if it ever gets built. It's highly controversial and very costly. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:55 | |
Such a big project requires a lot of modelling and testing. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:01 | |
And that's where these engineering labs at the University of Cardiff | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
played a key part. After all, with a cost in excess of 25 billion | 0:31:05 | 0:31:10 | |
and a huge environmental impact, | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
you don't really want to get it wrong. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:15 | |
Bettina Bockelmann-Evans and her colleagues have been modelling | 0:31:15 | 0:31:19 | |
the latest barrage proposal from Hafren Power. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
What am I looking at here, Bettina? | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
A physical model of the Severn Estuary. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
This is Cardiff western line for the ideal barrage location. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:33 | |
I can see as it goes up and down, | 0:31:33 | 0:31:35 | |
you can see the force of water coming through the holes there. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:39 | |
Yes, that's the simulation of the turbines. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:41 | |
There would be 1,026 going across, they are two-way turbines. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
So they would produce energy with the incoming tide | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
and the outgoing tide. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
How much energy is that? | 0:31:51 | 0:31:53 | |
The same as three to four nuclear power plants would produce. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
The government has already rejected one barrage scheme here | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
back in 2010, and opposition is still fierce. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:04 | |
This gives you a clue about why it's such a hot topic. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:08 | |
The Severn Estuary, a mud larder for birds. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
And all these species... | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
come here to dine. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
The RSPB is one of the organisations currently backing the anti-campaign. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:23 | |
You can't really see the far side there, | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
England's away in the distance in the mist. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
But what you'd see is 10 miles of concrete steel across... | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
As head of conservation for Wales, Sean Christian has been vetting the plans. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:36 | |
What's the kind of wildlife that thrives here? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
This is a highly designated protected area | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
for whole range of bird species. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
There are eight species that are here in internationally important numbers. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
Why does a barrage actually affect the birds that use this estuary? | 0:32:48 | 0:32:54 | |
A barrage holds back a head of water, | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
then releases it through the turbine, | 0:32:56 | 0:32:58 | |
but that head of water increases the levels of water upstream of the barrage. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:03 | |
All that lovely mudflat that you see out there where the birds feed, | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
that will be submerged. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:08 | |
Is there a way to do barrage which doesn't give you this problem? | 0:33:08 | 0:33:13 | |
That's what we'd like to know. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
The critical thing is the RSPB is aware that climate change is | 0:33:15 | 0:33:20 | |
the biggest problem that we face as human beings and also for nature. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
So we absolutely have to back proposals for renewable energy. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
The RSPB is not against any proposal per se, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
but you have to be able to do it without destroying | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
wonderful places like that, without trashing the estuary. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
The concerns aren't just over birds. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
Other bodies fear the turbines will kill fish | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
and that changing the flow of the river | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
will affect sediments crucial to the whole ecosystem. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
So planners have gone back to the drawing board | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
and come up with a more environmentally friendly scheme. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
That's what they're testing here in Cardiff. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
Do you believe this model will have less impact on the environment | 0:33:58 | 0:34:03 | |
than the previous design? | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
It will definitely have a lot less impact. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
There will be less change to the inter-tidal mudflat areas. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
So the wading birds will still have more area to feed on. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
The velocities are much less with the turbines. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:17 | |
The fish are less likely to get hit by the blades? | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
The blades turn much slower | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
and because it's lower, | 0:34:23 | 0:34:25 | |
they have more chance to get through those turbines. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:29 | |
It is a unique opportunity for the UK to use this energy resource. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:35 | |
Hafren Power claims its new design will address the environmental concerns, | 0:34:35 | 0:34:40 | |
including the issue of flooding. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
But those keeping a close eye on the proposals, | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
including the RSPB and the government, | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
want to know more before deciding whether to back the project. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:53 | |
But it's not just about the environment, | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
it's also about the cash. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
Money is starting to flow in the direction of tidal power. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
Both the EU and the Crown Estate have pledged many millions of pounds | 0:35:00 | 0:35:04 | |
towards UK tidal projects. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
A big chunk of that work is happening here in Orkney. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
This new pier is being built specifically to service | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
the needs of the marine energy business. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
But even when tidal power is up and running, it is operating | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
in some of the toughest environments in the sea. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
That's always going to be pricey. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:25 | |
For now, that means more cash up front than for most other renewables. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:30 | |
And investors need to take a greater gamble on their return - | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
a tall order in today's financial climate. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
The water will be up here in a few hours. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
Tidal power is a green energy you can set your watch by. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:46 | |
But when it comes to big projects, it has problems in common with | 0:35:46 | 0:35:50 | |
other renewable sources - high cost and local environmental impact. | 0:35:50 | 0:35:55 | |
When it comes to our clean energy future, | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
there are very few easy answers. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
Rare-breed livestock have been taking refuge on Adam's farm | 0:36:07 | 0:36:10 | |
since the '70s. His collection of unusual rams are his pride and joy. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:15 | |
But one of his favourites is having a few problems. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
These are all my rams. There's about 50 of them. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
They are rare and traditional breeds we've got on the farm here. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
They suit the different climates and areas of the British Isles. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
So whether it's down in the warm valleys or up in the cold mountains, | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
there's a breed to suit. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:43 | |
So if you look at them, there's a little North Ronaldsay here, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
the Soay, small primitive breeds | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
that are ancient and very hardy | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
that would survive on the Scottish Highlands and Islands around the country. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:57 | |
Then the Jacob here, an amazing-looking sheep. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
There is one with magnificent horns over here. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
Look at this. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
These were the parkland sheep of the UK, | 0:37:06 | 0:37:08 | |
and people could look from the grand houses out onto the parkland | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
at these fantastic-looking sheep. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
Not only do they look lovely, the lamb, the meat, tastes great. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
Then we've got the hill breeds, the White-faced Dartmoor here, | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
and then the hardiest British breed there is, the Herdwick. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
The Herdwick is the only breed... Whoa, he's strong! | 0:37:26 | 0:37:30 | |
..that will survive on top of the Lakeland fells. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
It's amazing fleece. If I can tip him up... | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
There we are, mate. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
This fleece is thick and coarse. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
And really, the Lakeland fells look the way they do | 0:37:41 | 0:37:44 | |
because they are grazed by these sheep. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
People have managed landscapes for centuries. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
It's thanks to the grazing animals | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
that this countryside looks as beautiful as it does. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:56 | |
Another of my favourite rare breeds is a Manx Loaghtan. | 0:37:56 | 0:38:00 | |
They are known for the rich brown wool and impressive horns. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
But one of mine is having problems with his, | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
so I need to catch him to get a closer look. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
The horns of the Manx Loaghtan, | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
there are either two, four, or sometimes six horns, | 0:38:11 | 0:38:14 | |
and on these four-horn sheep, they're very strong, upright ones, | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
very good at protecting themselves against dogs and wolves, by using them like a sword | 0:38:17 | 0:38:22 | |
and then the side horns are slightly weaker | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
and this one has been broken in the first six months of its life. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:31 | |
It's started to grow into his face, so I've got to cut that off. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:36 | |
I'm going to hold him still. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:37 | |
The horn is alive and full of blood and nerve endings at the base, | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
but then is cold and dead at the top end here. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
So hopefully, I can this just saw this off | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
without causing him too much discomfort. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
There we go. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:54 | |
So that's the tip of his horn. That'll sort him out nicely. | 0:38:55 | 0:39:00 | |
I also farm lambs for the table | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
and I'm hoping the remainder of last year's are ready for market. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:08 | |
I'm just weighing these lambs... | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
in the scales here. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
I want them to be around 40 to 42 kilos, | 0:39:15 | 0:39:20 | |
as an ideal weight for lamb for the table, with a good covering of meat. | 0:39:20 | 0:39:25 | |
But this lamb is only around 35 kilos, he's still a bit lean, | 0:39:25 | 0:39:29 | |
so he's got a few weeks to go. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:32 | |
Over the last 10 years, sheep farming has had a pretty tough time of it. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:37 | |
But my lambs that were born in 2011, I was selling some of them | 0:39:37 | 0:39:41 | |
this time last year and the price was very good. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
Last February, I sold over 180 lambs at Cirencester market. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:49 | |
This is my first pen of lambs. There's quite a lot of interest. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
The price is rocketing up, it's quite good. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
I'm hoping for 75 quid. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
At 76, they go. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:01 | |
Well, they've gone for 76 quid per lamb. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
Trade was even better than I'd hoped for and profit was good too. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
I really felt sheep farming was back on track. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:11 | |
But disappointingly, this year's prices have dropped again and I'm not sure why. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:16 | |
So I've arranged to meet up with Alan Jones, a marketing coordinator. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
He helps some of us farmers in the Cotswolds get a premium price for our lambs. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:24 | |
So he should have all the answers. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
-Hi, Alan. -Good morning, Adam. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
-Thanks for coming out. -Good to see you. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:29 | |
How many lambs are you dealing with a year? | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
Approximately 35,000 prime lambs. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
Goodness me! The price has dropped quite significantly. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:38 | |
Last year I was getting between £70 and £80. Now, where's the price? | 0:40:38 | 0:40:42 | |
Approximately £60. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:44 | |
-So we're a long way off where we were this time last year. -We are. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
Why's that? | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
I think predominantly the lambs had a bad season. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:52 | |
They've had rain on the backs 75% of their life, | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
they've not really grown. Lambs that should have come out in August and July | 0:40:56 | 0:41:01 | |
are now moved up the year and they're all coming into a bottleneck | 0:41:01 | 0:41:05 | |
and there's a flood of lambs available in and around the months | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
that you don't really want a flood of lambs available | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
because there are other markets taking into account | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
-with Christmas in the middle of all that. -So a glut of lamb, reduced retail trade, | 0:41:13 | 0:41:18 | |
-prices dropped 20%? -Yes. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
-Crikey! -We've got a way to go before we see the other side of it. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:24 | |
That's a worry. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
Life as a farmer is a busy one and you never know what's around the corner. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
My Gloucestershire old spot boar is having problems. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:36 | |
So here he is. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
This is my Gloucestershire old spot stock boar, | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
so he's the one that mates with the females to produce all the piglets. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:49 | |
He's a bit grumpy and a bit sore. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
If I just stand you up, mate. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:54 | |
Go on, stand up. Up you get. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
Up you get! | 0:41:56 | 0:41:57 | |
As you can see, he's taking all the weight on his front feet. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
His back, or his back legs, are hurting. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:07 | |
It's really quite sore, he spends a lot of his time lying down. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
I've had the vet, we've treated him with anti-inflammatories to try | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
and reduce any swelling to see if that's helped. It helped a bit. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:18 | |
But what I need now is another approach. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
And I've got a friend who might be able to help me out. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
I've called in Sarah Stafford. She's an animal physiotherapist. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:28 | |
Her treatment has worked magic on my animals in the past. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:32 | |
Here he is, Sarah. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:34 | |
I don't know how he's looking in comparison to when you last saw him. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
-How long ago was that? -It was about 10 days ago, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:41 | |
and he was very humped in his back. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:44 | |
It is looking a lot leveller, it's not right, | 0:42:44 | 0:42:48 | |
but the other day, this was up another two or three inches higher. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
So he's still a bit arched. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:53 | |
He's carrying the weight on his front feet, not his back legs. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
The front end is pulling himself along and you can see | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
just every so often when he moves, the right hind isn't right. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:03 | |
There's two places in his back where I found a lot of spasm in there, | 0:43:03 | 0:43:08 | |
and on the diagonal a lot of spasm, | 0:43:08 | 0:43:10 | |
so I worked one side from one and one the other. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
I think that's what happened, he must have had a real twist. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
Can you feel it? | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
Yes, you can feel there is a block there, and a block there, in the muscle. | 0:43:19 | 0:43:25 | |
I am pleased, it is coming better. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:27 | |
We're beginning to get things moving again, | 0:43:27 | 0:43:30 | |
which is the only way he's got to do. | 0:43:30 | 0:43:32 | |
He has got to build those muscles by working, | 0:43:32 | 0:43:34 | |
-but if he's in spasm, he can't. -Thanks very much, Sarah. | 0:43:34 | 0:43:38 | |
-I've got a dodgy back. Do you do people? -No, I gave them up. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:41 | |
I'll give you a ring in 10 days and let you know how he's getting on. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:44 | |
-That's lovely. -I'll leave you to it. Thank you. | 0:43:44 | 0:43:46 | |
Magical and mystical it may be, | 0:44:10 | 0:44:12 | |
but the North Cornwall coastline can be a dangerous place. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:17 | |
Each year, the Coastguard deals with more than 23,000 incidents. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:25 | |
Last year, there were more than 335 call-outs in North Cornwall alone. | 0:44:25 | 0:44:30 | |
But it's not just people that come a cropper along this stretch of coastline, | 0:44:36 | 0:44:41 | |
as one hairy visitor found out last summer. | 0:44:41 | 0:44:44 | |
In the peak holiday season, | 0:44:44 | 0:44:46 | |
lots of Cornish beaches are no-go zones for dogs. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:49 | |
But the coastal path makes perfect dog-walking territory. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:53 | |
The only problem is when the pooch doesn't know when to pause. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:57 | |
Meet Ted, 11 stones of shaggy, bounding energy, | 0:44:59 | 0:45:04 | |
with absolutely no sense of danger when it comes to cliffs. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:09 | |
So, Lee, this is Ted. Absolutely adorable. Is he in Newfoundland? | 0:45:09 | 0:45:14 | |
-He is, yes. -They're famous for rescuing people. -Yes. | 0:45:14 | 0:45:18 | |
-But in this case, he needed rescuing. -Yes. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:20 | |
So what happened? | 0:45:20 | 0:45:22 | |
Well, we were away in Bude in August, | 0:45:22 | 0:45:25 | |
-just doing a cliff walk, weren't we? -Yeah. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:27 | |
The last day of the holiday. I don't know whether he'd seen something, | 0:45:27 | 0:45:31 | |
but, yes, straight over the edge of a cliff. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:34 | |
Tell me what happened to Ted. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:35 | |
Dad didn't know, but Ted just took one more step and he just ran. | 0:45:35 | 0:45:40 | |
Oh, no! What happened when he went over the edge? | 0:45:40 | 0:45:42 | |
Did you know how steep the cliff was? | 0:45:42 | 0:45:45 | |
No, because he was able to land on a bit of the cliff. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:49 | |
On a little ledge? | 0:45:49 | 0:45:51 | |
Ted actually fell 150 feet, but apart from a bloody nose, | 0:45:51 | 0:45:56 | |
he was unscathed. | 0:45:56 | 0:45:58 | |
We panicked first, didn't we? | 0:45:58 | 0:46:00 | |
But then Mum ran up to the coffee shop and got them | 0:46:00 | 0:46:03 | |
to ring the Coastguard and then they came out. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:07 | |
I think there were about 14 of them that had to go down and rescue him | 0:46:07 | 0:46:10 | |
and stick him in a big bag. | 0:46:10 | 0:46:12 | |
Two actually did the abseiling and the rest were on the pulley system. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:17 | |
As they came to pulling him up the cliff with the other two guys, | 0:46:17 | 0:46:21 | |
it took all the men to pull him up. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:24 | |
-You don't know how much you need these guys until you need them. -Yes. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:28 | |
He may as well have been human from way they treated him, | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
-it was absolutely fantastic. -Has he learned his lesson? | 0:46:30 | 0:46:33 | |
Yes, I think so. Because he's grown up a bit now. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:37 | |
I think he thought he was a flying duck. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
Ted had a very lucky escape, but what's even more amazing is | 0:46:42 | 0:46:46 | |
the lads who rescued him are all volunteers. | 0:46:46 | 0:46:49 | |
Dotted around the great British coastline | 0:46:49 | 0:46:51 | |
are more than 3,500 volunteer coastguards. | 0:46:51 | 0:46:54 | |
Here in north Cornwall, there are five coastguard rescue teams. | 0:46:56 | 0:47:01 | |
Even on a brisk winter's day - and this is definitely one of those - | 0:47:01 | 0:47:05 | |
they don't need much encouragement to come out and start practising. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:08 | |
And I got special permission to make that call. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:11 | |
Hello, Coastguard, please. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:14 | |
All the volunteers also have full-time jobs. | 0:47:17 | 0:47:20 | |
Everything from lawyers and mechanics | 0:47:20 | 0:47:22 | |
to sail makers and sculptors. | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
But when they get that call, they down tools | 0:47:24 | 0:47:26 | |
and quite literally come to the rescue. | 0:47:26 | 0:47:28 | |
Of course, if they're going to do a practice rescue, | 0:47:31 | 0:47:34 | |
they need a willing victim. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:36 | |
I knew I was going to get roped into something today, | 0:47:38 | 0:47:40 | |
and when I say roped in, I'm not kidding. | 0:47:40 | 0:47:43 | |
The cliffs and coves of Cornwall attract nearly 5,000,000 tourists | 0:47:43 | 0:47:47 | |
every year, and that keeps the Coastguard very busy. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
Call-outs range from broken limbs | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
and lost dogs to getting stranded on the beach. | 0:47:53 | 0:47:56 | |
That's what we're practising today. And guess who's stranded. | 0:47:56 | 0:47:59 | |
Now, I'm actually terrified of heights. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:03 | |
But with the tide coming in, the only way is up. | 0:48:03 | 0:48:06 | |
How are you going to rescue me from a certain fate of drowning? | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
-That harness down there, that's what we'll be using. -Which end is up? | 0:48:09 | 0:48:14 | |
This end up. | 0:48:14 | 0:48:15 | |
-And you would step into those. -OK, I see that. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:19 | |
-You just step into it like you would... -Like a pair of trousers. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:22 | |
-And I guess it clips on halfway around? -Yes. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:25 | |
One straight into there, like so. | 0:48:25 | 0:48:28 | |
Lucky for me, Tommy Cleave and his crew know what they're doing. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:33 | |
-How are you with heights? -I am rubbish with heights. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:36 | |
-I'm good with plants, little else. -Good with plants, not with heights. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:40 | |
I feel very like an uncoordinated version of Mission Impossible here. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
-Cliff-top have control, up. -Up. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
Whoa! | 0:48:48 | 0:48:50 | |
It takes a bit of getting used to, but once I realised I'm not | 0:48:52 | 0:48:55 | |
going to drop to my doom, I've even got time for a quick pun. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:59 | |
There's an awful lot of hanging around on Countryfile shoots. | 0:48:59 | 0:49:02 | |
Yes, I didn't say it was going to be a good one. | 0:49:02 | 0:49:06 | |
How often do get called out on stuff like this? | 0:49:06 | 0:49:08 | |
We get called out about 20 times a year. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:11 | |
Across North Cornwall, there were 335 shouts last year. | 0:49:11 | 0:49:15 | |
Gosh, so it's a real service that is in high demand. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:18 | |
-It's really important. -Yes, it's quite a busy sector, | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
with all the holiday traffic, etc. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:24 | |
-What makes you want to come out here and do this? -Look at it, it's great. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:29 | |
We're just here to help someone out who's having a bad day. | 0:49:29 | 0:49:33 | |
There's a lot of training involved, | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
-but what else do you get to do this with? -So how was saving Ted? | 0:49:35 | 0:49:39 | |
-Ted was a bit of a different rescue because of the size of the dog. -Yes. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:43 | |
-But we had to have two cliff men. -He's enormous. -Yes. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:47 | |
-Look at this. -There we go. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:49 | |
Who would think it would take that many people to winch us up? Oh! | 0:49:49 | 0:49:53 | |
I'm alive! Glad to be up on two feet and holding myself up. | 0:49:53 | 0:49:59 | |
I can tell you what - it feels like that cliff is a lot taller | 0:49:59 | 0:50:04 | |
when you're hanging off the side than when you're down the bottom. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:07 | |
Take me away! | 0:50:07 | 0:50:09 | |
Any advice for dog walkers on cliffs? | 0:50:13 | 0:50:16 | |
Yeah - basically, keep dogs on leads, away from cliffs! Correct footwear. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:20 | |
I mean, we enjoy doing this, | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
but we don't want to be out every day of the year. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:25 | |
'Good advice for Ted and his kind. But he's not daft. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:28 | |
'Look who found the steps from the beach!' You slackers! | 0:50:28 | 0:50:31 | |
-You took the easy way up! -Absolutely. -I feel your pain, Ted. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:36 | |
-We're rescue survivors together. Let go and get a cream tea. -Absolutely. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:40 | |
Well, it's a good thing that they rescued James from that cliff, | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
cos very shortly I'm going to need a wrestling partner. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:55 | |
First, let's see what the weather is going to be throwing at us | 0:50:55 | 0:50:58 | |
in the week ahead with the Countryfile forecast. | 0:50:58 | 0:51:00 | |
We're exploring North Cornwall. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
I'm in Tintagel, situated high above the rugged cliffs | 0:53:11 | 0:53:15 | |
and crashing waves. It's a glimpse of ancient historic Britain. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:19 | |
Go on, go on, go on. Ooh! Goodness me. Right. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:23 | |
It's time for a spot of wrestling. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:25 | |
Or "rasslin'", as it's known around these parts. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:28 | |
And these lads certainly look like they mean business. He's gone! | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
It's Cornwall's national sport. It's bred champions for decades. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:41 | |
There's even historic international rivalry, with matches | 0:53:41 | 0:53:45 | |
between Bretons and Britons. | 0:53:45 | 0:53:47 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -Into the recreation ground at Newquay | 0:53:47 | 0:53:49 | |
march six of the strongest men in Cornwall. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:52 | |
In their hands may hang the reputation of the Duchy. | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
The cream of Cornish wrestlers, they were to meet a team from Brittany, | 0:53:55 | 0:53:59 | |
who had come to Newquay, complete with traditional costumes. | 0:53:59 | 0:54:02 | |
There are tournaments held all over Cornwall, | 0:54:02 | 0:54:06 | |
and these are two of the champions, John and Richard. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:09 | |
Mike Cawley is a stalwart of the Cornish wrestling fraternity. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:14 | |
In fact, he's founded a dynasty. | 0:54:14 | 0:54:16 | |
Because he's the dad of these two chaps. | 0:54:17 | 0:54:20 | |
What is the history behind the sport? | 0:54:20 | 0:54:22 | |
The history of wrestling was Celtic war practice. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
We're here at Tintagel Castle today. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
When Arthur was born here, his father would have sent out | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
messengers out all over the county, maybe up into Devon as well, | 0:54:30 | 0:54:34 | |
and there would have been a big tournament here. | 0:54:34 | 0:54:36 | |
-Prize money maybe of a year's wages. -Just to celebrate the birth? | 0:54:36 | 0:54:40 | |
To celebrate the birth. Cos there was nothing else. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:43 | |
No other sports. And when I say a purse, | 0:54:43 | 0:54:45 | |
it would have been a big purse of gold. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:47 | |
Wrestlers could earn big money then, right throughout history? | 0:54:47 | 0:54:49 | |
It was just like pop stars now, and football stars. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:52 | |
-Was that the case back in your day, Mike? -Not quite! | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
'Well, there's no putting it off. It's time for me to have a go. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
'But first, I need to get kitted up.' | 0:55:00 | 0:55:03 | |
-COMMENTATOR: -The main essential is the wearing of a loose canvas jacket | 0:55:03 | 0:55:06 | |
by which the wrestlers catch each other. | 0:55:06 | 0:55:09 | |
So long as it's caught anywhere above the waist, it's fair. | 0:55:09 | 0:55:12 | |
But a throw does not become a fall | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
until both shoulders and one hip touch the ground. | 0:55:14 | 0:55:17 | |
-First move we're going to do on you is a fore hip. -Fore hip? -Right. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:21 | |
So you shake hands with Richard. | 0:55:21 | 0:55:23 | |
Take his jacket round his neck like he's doing with you. Round the neck. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
-Turn in. -Into there? -Across. | 0:55:26 | 0:55:29 | |
-Yeah. There's... -That's the sky! -Slight disorientation there. | 0:55:32 | 0:55:37 | |
Yeah, the sky is still where it was. Right, you do that to him. | 0:55:37 | 0:55:41 | |
So shake hands, get the jacket. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:44 | |
-Drop that to there, yeah. -Across. | 0:55:44 | 0:55:46 | |
Beautiful. | 0:55:47 | 0:55:48 | |
Oh, there's the body slam! | 0:55:55 | 0:55:58 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:55:58 | 0:56:00 | |
-It's actually called an "under heave". -Is it? | 0:56:00 | 0:56:02 | |
'And just as I'm getting to grips with some of the moves, | 0:56:02 | 0:56:05 | |
'my Countryfile opponent arrives. Perfect timing.' | 0:56:05 | 0:56:09 | |
Look who's here! James! | 0:56:09 | 0:56:10 | |
-This all looks way too manly. What's going on here? -How was your rescue? | 0:56:10 | 0:56:14 | |
-All right? -Yeah, a lot of fun. A lot of fun. -James, just try that. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:18 | |
-What have you been up to? -I've been rescued from the top of a cliff. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:22 | |
It doesn't help that this is actually sail material, | 0:56:22 | 0:56:24 | |
so the chances are you may... | 0:56:24 | 0:56:26 | |
-So it's not very flexible. -..blow away. | 0:56:26 | 0:56:28 | |
Just imagine you're in the harness. | 0:56:28 | 0:56:30 | |
-Grab hold of that there. -OK. -And then just... | 0:56:30 | 0:56:32 | |
-And over he goes! -That is a dirty, dirty trick. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:36 | |
It's known as a back, that, James. | 0:56:36 | 0:56:38 | |
-There we are! -Which basically means that you've lost the match. | 0:56:38 | 0:56:41 | |
-Thanks very much. Thanks for giving m e a chance, as well. -It's all over. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:45 | |
That's all we've got time for for this week. | 0:56:45 | 0:56:47 | |
Next week, Adam turns all foodie, | 0:56:47 | 0:56:48 | |
as he sources all the ingredients that are round about his house | 0:56:48 | 0:56:52 | |
and he's going to try and make a pizza for the whole family. | 0:56:52 | 0:56:55 | |
So whatever you do, don't miss that. Bye-bye. | 0:56:55 | 0:56:58 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:57:17 | 0:57:19 |