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0:00:24 > 0:00:27North Devon in deep winter.

0:00:27 > 0:00:31The bustle of summer a long time past, the coast restored to calm.

0:00:34 > 0:00:38This place may look quiet and sleepy when all of the tourists have gone.

0:00:38 > 0:00:42But for the people who live in picturesque Clovelly,

0:00:42 > 0:00:44work doesn't stop.

0:00:45 > 0:00:49Ellie is discovering the wonders of local wool.

0:00:49 > 0:00:53These hardy Exmoor Mules have a thick, soft fleece,

0:00:53 > 0:00:56ideal for making the Stanbury Walker,

0:00:56 > 0:01:00the perfect sock for keeping warm on this incredibly blustery headland.

0:01:02 > 0:01:04Tom's gone fishing.

0:01:04 > 0:01:06You may not identify the species,

0:01:06 > 0:01:09but you'll recognise the name - sea bass.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11A very fashionable fish these days.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14But now, stocks are plummeting,

0:01:14 > 0:01:16and there's a temporary ban on catching them.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19But is even that too little, too late?

0:01:21 > 0:01:25And Adam's in Worcestershire, where the growing season is in full swing.

0:01:27 > 0:01:29Tomatoes are usually considered a summer crop.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31But not on this farm.

0:01:31 > 0:01:33Using this clever lighting system,

0:01:33 > 0:01:37they can harvest tomatoes 365 days of the year,

0:01:37 > 0:01:39regardless of the weather.

0:01:39 > 0:01:41I've never seen anything like it.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56Resting in the protected embrace of these rugged cliffs

0:01:56 > 0:01:58is a little village that appears to have escaped

0:01:58 > 0:02:01the hustle and bustle of modern life.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06I'm in Clovelly, on the north coast of Devon,

0:02:06 > 0:02:08not far from Bideford.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13With its steep, cobbled streets and its whitewashed cottages,

0:02:13 > 0:02:17Clovelly is as unchanging as the landscape that surrounds it.

0:02:20 > 0:02:21In the summer months,

0:02:21 > 0:02:26this traditional fishing village is packed with tourists.

0:02:26 > 0:02:28But at this time of year, the fishing pots and nets

0:02:28 > 0:02:31have been hauled in, and the streets are quiet.

0:02:35 > 0:02:37This place is just so beautiful.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40It's so charming, and that is partly because of the fact

0:02:40 > 0:02:42that there's no vehicle access here.

0:02:42 > 0:02:45But for the 200 or so people that live here,

0:02:45 > 0:02:47that comes with its challenges, all year round.

0:02:47 > 0:02:49You've still got to get everything home,

0:02:49 > 0:02:51from the groceries to the new three-piece suite.

0:02:53 > 0:02:55Over the years, they've had to come up with

0:02:55 > 0:02:57some ingenious ways to deal with this.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00- NEWSREEL:- Down in Clovelly, they don't use lorries.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03They couldn't manoeuvre in the hilly, cobbled byways.

0:03:03 > 0:03:07But donkeys can. He gets around where nothing on four wheels can.

0:03:10 > 0:03:15Well, in the past, fellas like these would do a lot of the donkey work,

0:03:15 > 0:03:17hauling things up and down the steep terrain.

0:03:17 > 0:03:21These days, Charlie and Jake lead a much more gentle existence,

0:03:21 > 0:03:22giving donkey rides on the flat.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25But, of course, the work still needs to be done.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29And it's all down to manpower and a few sledges.

0:03:29 > 0:03:30Come on then, you two.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37Pretty much everything comes in or out on sledges,

0:03:37 > 0:03:38including the rubbish.

0:03:38 > 0:03:42Local resident and part-time dustbin man Stephen Perham

0:03:42 > 0:03:45has offered give me a less touristy taste of life in the village.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51So, Stephen, is this a weekly thing, biweekly -

0:03:51 > 0:03:53- how often do you collect the rubbish? - Once a week.

0:03:53 > 0:03:55Once a week's enough for anybody, doing this job.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58OK, and is the idea then that we start at the top and work...

0:03:58 > 0:04:00Start at the top, work your way down.

0:04:02 > 0:04:07So, goodness me, the challenges that you must face in your life.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10If people have something pretty big that they want to get in here,

0:04:10 > 0:04:12- how do they go about it? - You have to ask everybody.

0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Get a load of people to help you. - Yeah.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16- We've had pianos and all sorts. - Have you?

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Yeah, we dragged a piano down the street,

0:04:18 > 0:04:20and they played on it as we went down.

0:04:25 > 0:04:26It's a challenge to live in Clovelly.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29It's not an easy place to live, but it's a beautiful place to live.

0:04:29 > 0:04:32- It is.- Where else would you want to live?- This is the thing.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34How do you feel, walking on a flat pavement?

0:04:34 > 0:04:37Oh, it's hell, isn't it? I can't do that, my God(!)

0:04:37 > 0:04:39It makes your feet ache, that does.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48It's not just Clovelly's way of life that's different -

0:04:48 > 0:04:51the village is unusual as it's still privately owned,

0:04:51 > 0:04:56and has been in hands of just three families for the last 800 years.

0:05:03 > 0:05:06The Clovelly that people know and love today

0:05:06 > 0:05:09is largely down to the vision of one woman.

0:05:09 > 0:05:11And she was quite a remarkable one at that.

0:05:13 > 0:05:18Christine Hamlyn inherited the estate towards the end of the 19th century,

0:05:18 > 0:05:22just as tourism in this part of Devon was really taking off.

0:05:22 > 0:05:26She wanted to build on the village's potential to attract visitors,

0:05:26 > 0:05:29and set about major restoration work.

0:05:29 > 0:05:33She was so successful that she became known as the Queen of Clovelly.

0:05:36 > 0:05:40- She seems like quite a formidable woman.- She was.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43Since 1987, the job of managing the estate has fallen

0:05:43 > 0:05:48to her great-great-grandnephew, John Rous.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51And so what did your ancestor Christine do here?

0:05:51 > 0:05:52What was here beforehand?

0:05:52 > 0:05:56Christine Hamlyn inherited the village of Clovelly in 1884.

0:05:56 > 0:05:58The cottages, I think, were very modest.

0:05:58 > 0:06:02They'd only been used to support fishing families who'd made

0:06:02 > 0:06:05a precarious living from fishing in the 19th century.

0:06:05 > 0:06:09And she set about rebuilding them all.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11The dates that you see on the cottages

0:06:11 > 0:06:14mark the restoration that she undertook.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17The way that the times are changing and moving on, and everything

0:06:17 > 0:06:19we have, with broadband and this, that and the other,

0:06:19 > 0:06:23- how does it all sit with this place? - Yeah, it's a great challenge.

0:06:23 > 0:06:25On the one hand, one wants to make the village a lovely place

0:06:25 > 0:06:28for our residents, our tenants to live in.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30On the other hand, for our visitors to come and visit,

0:06:30 > 0:06:35because that helps finance all the maintenance of the properties.

0:06:35 > 0:06:39And one's got to adapt to modern circumstances.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46There's no doubt that this very special village

0:06:46 > 0:06:48owes its survival to tourism.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51But it's a living, breathing place, with a strong

0:06:51 > 0:06:55sense of community, that's determined to keep its traditions alive.

0:06:59 > 0:07:02Well, as I'll be finding out later on, there is still fishing

0:07:02 > 0:07:05here in Clovelly, but it's not on the scale that it used to be.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08Partly because of strict European quotas

0:07:08 > 0:07:10and what they're allowed to catch.

0:07:10 > 0:07:14Now, across the UK, there are fresh concerns about the impact that

0:07:14 > 0:07:17new restrictions on catchers could have on the industry

0:07:17 > 0:07:19in the year to come.

0:07:19 > 0:07:20Here's Tom.

0:07:30 > 0:07:34The seas around the United Kingdom provide an all-year-round harvest.

0:07:37 > 0:07:41Fishermen toil to gather the bounty that lies beneath the waves,

0:07:41 > 0:07:44but it's no longer a free-for-all.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49Because of fishing pressure,

0:07:49 > 0:07:52many species have come close to extinction.

0:07:52 > 0:07:57So, for more than 30 years, many types of fish have had quotas

0:07:57 > 0:08:01put upon them, determining how much people are allowed to catch.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10From sole to plaice, haddock to cod,

0:08:10 > 0:08:14there aren't many fish species that haven't been subject to quotas.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21One species that had escaped any EU-wide controls was

0:08:21 > 0:08:25wild-caught sea bass. But not any longer.

0:08:25 > 0:08:29In the space of two years, it's gone from being completely unrestricted

0:08:29 > 0:08:33to total - albeit temporary - bans on catching any at all.

0:08:34 > 0:08:36There's a good reason for that.

0:08:36 > 0:08:41In just five years, since 2010, the breeding population of

0:08:41 > 0:08:44wild sea bass in northern Europe has more than halved.

0:08:45 > 0:08:49And that's not just affecting commercial fishermen,

0:08:49 > 0:08:51but recreational anglers too.

0:08:54 > 0:08:59- Good morning, guys!- Good morning. - Good morning, Phil.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01Around one million people go sea angling

0:09:01 > 0:09:05each year in the United Kingdom, and sea bass is a favoured catch.

0:09:09 > 0:09:13Nigel Horsman is from the Bass Anglers Sportsfishing Society.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15He's seen a worrying decline in stocks.

0:09:21 > 0:09:24The commercial fishing industry have been catching

0:09:24 > 0:09:26more and more bass over the years.

0:09:26 > 0:09:30To the point where they're definitely being overfished.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33But it's a double whammy at the moment -

0:09:33 > 0:09:38in the five winters of 2008-2012, all had spells that were so cold,

0:09:38 > 0:09:41they actually killed off a lot of baby bass.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45So we've got a five-year gap where there are very few young bass

0:09:45 > 0:09:47to feed through into the adult stocks.

0:09:47 > 0:09:50And that combination is a perfect strong, if you like, on bass stocks.

0:09:53 > 0:09:56So what's been done to stop their extinction?

0:09:56 > 0:10:00Well, last year, emergency measures were brought in across the EU

0:10:00 > 0:10:04that restricted not only where wild sea bass could be caught,

0:10:04 > 0:10:09but also introduced a minimum size and a maximum catch.

0:10:09 > 0:10:12European ministers, though, felt more needed to be done.

0:10:12 > 0:10:16So, from January 1st this year, further restrictions came in

0:10:16 > 0:10:20and they affect everyone from commercial fishermen

0:10:20 > 0:10:23to recreational anglers right across the country.

0:10:25 > 0:10:28Recreational anglers catch a quarter of the sea bass

0:10:28 > 0:10:32caught in Northern Europe. For a full six months of this year,

0:10:32 > 0:10:36they will have to throw back every wild sea bass they catch.

0:10:36 > 0:10:39After that, it is only one fish each per day.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42That's angered anglers like Nigel.

0:10:43 > 0:10:46It's going to have, actually, a very bad impact on economic value

0:10:46 > 0:10:49and jobs, on the recreational sea angling industry,

0:10:49 > 0:10:54where anglers unable to keep even one bass to take home to eat

0:10:54 > 0:10:58after a day's fishing don't want to go fishing as much as they used to.

0:10:58 > 0:11:00We all need to play our part,

0:11:00 > 0:11:03but I think we need to think again about whether we've actually

0:11:03 > 0:11:08done this fairly and the negative impact on jobs and livelihoods.

0:11:08 > 0:11:12For Nigel, it's the commercial side of the industry that should be

0:11:12 > 0:11:14taking on the brunt of the new regulations.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19Commercial fishing boats catch three-quarters of wild sea bass

0:11:19 > 0:11:22and they are facing two types of ban.

0:11:22 > 0:11:26Those seen as more sustainable, such as rod and line fishermen,

0:11:26 > 0:11:30will have a two-month ban from February,

0:11:30 > 0:11:34then a 1.3 tonnes per month vessel catch limit.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37But most commercial fishing is done by trawlers

0:11:37 > 0:11:39and boats that use large nets.

0:11:39 > 0:11:41These will face a six-month ban,

0:11:41 > 0:11:45then a monthly catch limit of one tonne per vessel.

0:11:52 > 0:11:56It's 6am, and I've come to Brixham fish market to find out

0:11:56 > 0:12:00about the impact of sea bass restriction on commercial fishing.

0:12:01 > 0:12:03£8 on them big soles.

0:12:03 > 0:12:057.50 on them big soles.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08I've got 7... 7.10...

0:12:08 > 0:12:10More than £20 million worth of fish is landed

0:12:10 > 0:12:12and auctioned here every year.

0:12:12 > 0:12:14What about bass? Have we got any in today?

0:12:14 > 0:12:17It's a fairly light market for bass, but there are a few, we've got

0:12:17 > 0:12:19a few line-caught ones, a few trawl-caught ones...

0:12:19 > 0:12:21Paul Trebilcock is president

0:12:21 > 0:12:24of the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations,

0:12:24 > 0:12:28which represents thousands of fishermen across the UK,

0:12:28 > 0:12:30including those on trawlers.

0:12:30 > 0:12:33We've got a fleet, a large fleet of relatively small boats

0:12:33 > 0:12:35and they are going to sea daily,

0:12:35 > 0:12:37catching a wide variety of species,

0:12:37 > 0:12:40but in amongst that mixed fishery is bass,

0:12:40 > 0:12:44and that bass is one of the more expensive or higher value species,

0:12:44 > 0:12:46and that's important to these guys.

0:12:46 > 0:12:50You start taking the bass, the high-value species out of the gross

0:12:50 > 0:12:53value of that boat, the business starts to become less viable.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55Crews start to get less wages.

0:12:55 > 0:12:58So, there is a real impact on these inshore fishermen.

0:12:59 > 0:13:02Do you accept the number of bass is dropping

0:13:02 > 0:13:03and they need to be protected?

0:13:03 > 0:13:06There is no doubt there needs to be sensible

0:13:06 > 0:13:08management of the bass fishery across Europe.

0:13:08 > 0:13:10But you seem to be saying, sensible management,

0:13:10 > 0:13:13we need restrictions, but not with us, with somebody else.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15No, I don't think that's fair, because already,

0:13:15 > 0:13:19fishermen themselves have taken on the larger minimum landing sites,

0:13:19 > 0:13:22so, bass, below 42 centimetres, they are all going back in the sea.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25There are monthly catch limits which allow for this by-catch,

0:13:25 > 0:13:29so I think there are fishermen who have taken on a lot of positive

0:13:29 > 0:13:31and proactive measures for the management of bass,

0:13:31 > 0:13:33but this one is just a step too far.

0:13:34 > 0:13:39There is no doubt that the restrictions on catching

0:13:39 > 0:13:42sea bass will have a significant impact on the livelihoods of many

0:13:42 > 0:13:46British fishermen, as well as the angling industry.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51But despite that, there are those who believe the limited ban

0:13:51 > 0:13:55on catching bass like this doesn't go far enough

0:13:55 > 0:13:58and that EU policy is completely flawed.

0:13:58 > 0:14:01I'll be finding out why later on.

0:14:10 > 0:14:14'Good morning. Here is the shipping forecast issued by the Met Office

0:14:14 > 0:14:17'on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

0:14:17 > 0:14:21'Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon,

0:14:21 > 0:14:26'west or southwest, five to seven, decreasing four at times,

0:14:26 > 0:14:29'showers, good, occasionally moderate.'

0:14:29 > 0:14:34The rugged, brutal coastline around our shores is picturesque,

0:14:34 > 0:14:38but seas like these here in Devon can be treacherous,

0:14:38 > 0:14:42sparking thousands of calls every year to the coastguard.

0:14:42 > 0:14:46For those of us who live, work or holiday by the coast,

0:14:46 > 0:14:50the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the RNLI,

0:14:50 > 0:14:54is the vital fourth emergency service.

0:14:54 > 0:14:58Founded as a charity by Sir William Hillary in 1824,

0:14:58 > 0:15:02the RNLI was originally called the National Institution

0:15:02 > 0:15:05for the Preservation of Life from Shipwrecks.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08While the boats and equipment have changed considerably

0:15:08 > 0:15:10over the years, one thing remains the same -

0:15:10 > 0:15:14our lifeboats are crewed almost entirely by volunteers.

0:15:16 > 0:15:19Now, one man is honouring this band of volunteers

0:15:19 > 0:15:24by photographing all crew and every single lifeboat station

0:15:24 > 0:15:27in the country - 237 of them!

0:15:29 > 0:15:34This five-year project brings together Jack Lowe's two passions -

0:15:34 > 0:15:36photography and the RNLI.

0:15:36 > 0:15:40A year into the project and Jack's photographed the lifeboat crews

0:15:40 > 0:15:43of North Devon, travelling with his assistant Duncan

0:15:43 > 0:15:47in their converted ambulance-cum-mobile darkroom.

0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Wow! Gentlemen, hello! - Hello.- Ah, wow!

0:15:51 > 0:15:53Jack, this is not quite what I was expecting.

0:15:53 > 0:15:55How old is this technology?

0:15:55 > 0:15:58Er, well, the camera is Edwardian - 1905 -

0:15:58 > 0:16:01and the process that I use is Victorian. It dates from the 1850s.

0:16:01 > 0:16:05Good gracious. Why this, rather than digital?

0:16:05 > 0:16:07Well, I really enjoy making things again.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10After working so long in the digital industry,

0:16:10 > 0:16:13I'm enjoying making glass plates, things that people can refer to

0:16:13 > 0:16:15and look at for hundreds of years to come.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18What would you get from a photograph produced this way,

0:16:18 > 0:16:19compared to one produced digitally?

0:16:19 > 0:16:21They have a beautiful depth to them

0:16:21 > 0:16:24and, also, they're still, even after 160 years,

0:16:24 > 0:16:27- the highest resolution photographs ever invented.- Wow.

0:16:27 > 0:16:31Where did this love of lifeboats, specifically - where did that come from?

0:16:31 > 0:16:33So, about eight or nine years old, um,

0:16:33 > 0:16:36my grandmother gave me my first camera, which was an old Instamatic.

0:16:36 > 0:16:41My dad took me to one of the shipyards,

0:16:41 > 0:16:44where they made at the time a particular kind of lifeboat

0:16:44 > 0:16:46and, for me, that was it sparked.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Can you take a photo now? - Yes, of course.

0:16:48 > 0:16:51Once the photograph is composed through the glass screen now,

0:16:51 > 0:16:55- I swap that with the plate that's waiting here.- Mm-hm.

0:16:56 > 0:16:58And that goes on to the back of the camera.

0:16:58 > 0:17:02So that's now holding a wet piece of glass with the chemicals.

0:17:02 > 0:17:05I pull out the dark slide, to reveal the glass plate there,

0:17:05 > 0:17:09- and the lens cap is my shutter.- OK. - So, once I'm happy with the scene,

0:17:09 > 0:17:12and that everything's as it should be,

0:17:12 > 0:17:13I release the lens cap...

0:17:15 > 0:17:16..and count for a few seconds.

0:17:18 > 0:17:22- It goes back on the lens...- Nice. - ..the dark slide goes back in...

0:17:25 > 0:17:28..and then, remove the glass plate holder from the back.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Can we see it now? Of course, we can't, can we?- No, no.

0:17:30 > 0:17:32It needs to be processed in the darkroom.

0:17:32 > 0:17:34It's a real anticipation, isn't it, waiting to see it?

0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Yes, really magical every time. It's amazing.- Fantastic.

0:17:37 > 0:17:40- All right, I look forward to it. - OK, then.- See you in a bit.- Bye.

0:17:43 > 0:17:47Jack's photographs of the Clovelly crew are some of his most prized.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53Including this one - The Women Of Clovelly -

0:17:53 > 0:17:57just a handful of the 533 RNLI women in the UK.

0:18:00 > 0:18:04Martel Fursdon is the lifeboat operations manager.

0:18:05 > 0:18:09- What's it like being photographed by Jack?- It was an incredible day.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12The weather, the waiting around, nothing seemed to matter.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14We knew we were going to be part of something special.

0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's a beautiful photo as well.

0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Yeah.- It really captures that moment so nicely.

0:18:18 > 0:18:19And to look at it and think...

0:18:19 > 0:18:22It looks like something that's part of history.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25What's it like, then, when a pager goes off?

0:18:25 > 0:18:27It's not panic, but it's similar -

0:18:27 > 0:18:30that moment of adrenaline surge and, "OK, what is it?"

0:18:30 > 0:18:32For me, it's making a phone call to the coastguard,

0:18:32 > 0:18:34to find out what it is that they want from us.

0:18:34 > 0:18:39And then, we're into the scramble of getting the boat ready and...

0:18:39 > 0:18:40crew flying through the village,

0:18:40 > 0:18:44clothes are coming off as they come through the door and into the suits

0:18:44 > 0:18:47and, whilst the crew are getting ready, then the boat's being moved.

0:18:47 > 0:18:50It's a well-oiled machine. It's something else to watch, really.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Yeah, really slick. - And it only takes minutes -

0:18:52 > 0:18:55from when the crew alert's gone off, it's maybe seven minutes

0:18:55 > 0:18:57till we actually get the boat in the water.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59- It's cool.- Yeah, incredibly quick.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02'Crew member Luke Gist

0:19:02 > 0:19:05'is running some routine checks on the lifeboat.'

0:19:05 > 0:19:07So, you're one of the helmsmen here, are you?

0:19:07 > 0:19:11Yeah, I'm a trainee helm, so I'm just going through all my training

0:19:11 > 0:19:15and stuff now - hopefully should be signed off by the end of the month.

0:19:15 > 0:19:18What was it that made you decide to volunteer in the first place?

0:19:18 > 0:19:22All my family's done it at some point. My dad was on the lifeboat.

0:19:22 > 0:19:25Two of my uncles were senior helms here at Clovelly. One of my uncles

0:19:25 > 0:19:28was actually lost in a fishing accident, just round the coast.

0:19:28 > 0:19:32Um, so - I don't know - maybe repaying a debt, if you like,

0:19:32 > 0:19:35and I get to drive a really nice boat and not put fuel in it, so...

0:19:35 > 0:19:37- SHE LAUGHS - ..that's always a bonus.

0:19:37 > 0:19:40It's a win-win. That's good.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Here's Jack. Oh, the photo!- Yes.

0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Hey, let's see.- Wow. - ELLIE GASPS

0:19:46 > 0:19:50- It is holographic!- Yeah.- It's almost like you're in the depth of it!

0:19:50 > 0:19:52That's a real cracker. An real piece of history too.

0:19:52 > 0:19:56It sort of lights up the area and, as you go around the coast doing

0:19:56 > 0:19:59all these stations, you're lighting the whole coastline. It's beautiful.

0:19:59 > 0:20:04'It's another striking image, and, as Jack continues his project,

0:20:04 > 0:20:07'we can look forward to many more photographs

0:20:07 > 0:20:11'detailing and honouring the work of our lifeboat crews.'

0:20:15 > 0:20:17MATT: Now, time to forget the cold

0:20:17 > 0:20:20and enjoy the warmth of last summer all over again.

0:20:20 > 0:20:25That's when we asked some well-known faces, from athletes to comedians...

0:20:25 > 0:20:28Ooh, it's quite refreshing after a while.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30..actors...

0:20:30 > 0:20:32to chefs...

0:20:32 > 0:20:34Bon appetit.

0:20:34 > 0:20:38..what part of our magnificent countryside was special to them.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44With 22 medals to her name,

0:20:44 > 0:20:49Dame Sarah Storey is one of Britain's most decorated Paralympians.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53And the edge of the Peak District is not only her training ground,

0:20:53 > 0:20:55but it's also where she calls home.

0:21:03 > 0:21:06- COMMENTATOR:- 'Now... the countdown is on.

0:21:06 > 0:21:09- 'And she is underway!' - CHEERING

0:21:12 > 0:21:15This area as a training ground is absolutely superb.

0:21:15 > 0:21:19'She's the big favourite here! She's the defending champion.'

0:21:20 > 0:21:23Being in this environment just makes you super fit

0:21:23 > 0:21:25and that definitely tells on race day.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29'Sarah Storey is absolutely flying here!'

0:21:31 > 0:21:34Ultimately, preparation is everything.

0:21:34 > 0:21:36These were the days where I put that extra mileage in

0:21:36 > 0:21:39that really helped me to achieve what I've done today.

0:21:39 > 0:21:40CHEERING

0:21:40 > 0:21:45'It's a gold medal for Sarah Storey! And everybody

0:21:45 > 0:21:47'up on their feet!'

0:21:55 > 0:21:59I live in Disley. I've lived here since I was a very small child.

0:21:59 > 0:22:01- CHILD GIGGLES - Ticklish?

0:22:01 > 0:22:04'Disley's on the west and north-west edge of the Peak District,

0:22:04 > 0:22:08'right near Lyme Park, which is an incredible spot as well.'

0:22:08 > 0:22:10SARAH AND HER DAUGHTER LAUGH AND GIGGLE

0:22:11 > 0:22:13We're on the top of Cage Hill now.

0:22:13 > 0:22:17This is the folly I could see from my bedroom window as a child.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19And we can literally view everything,

0:22:19 > 0:22:23right the way across the Welsh hills, to Runcorn, up towards

0:22:23 > 0:22:28the back of Manchester, with Bolton, and then right over the Pennines.

0:22:28 > 0:22:31You can just see everything from up here. It's amazing.

0:22:36 > 0:22:37'I remember all the great things

0:22:37 > 0:22:39'I did with my parents as I was growing up.

0:22:39 > 0:22:43'We moved here when I was just 18 months old, so going into Lyme Park

0:22:43 > 0:22:46'and being able to climb on the adventure playground

0:22:46 > 0:22:49'and scaring my mum by going up too high on the climbing frames.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55'Yeah, it's fantastic now, with my daughter and my husband,

0:22:55 > 0:22:58'to be able to rediscover this area through the eyes of a toddler.'

0:23:00 > 0:23:03- DUCKS QUACK - Whee!- Whee!

0:23:06 > 0:23:10Feeding the ducks is always a... is always a favourite activity

0:23:10 > 0:23:12- and there's never enough bread. - HE LAUGHS

0:23:12 > 0:23:15You couldn't wish for a better place to grow up

0:23:15 > 0:23:17and I hope she sits here when she's the same age as I am

0:23:17 > 0:23:20and is able to appreciate it as much as I appreciate it myself.

0:23:20 > 0:23:23More, Daddy, more.

0:23:23 > 0:23:26- More!- More?- More!- More bread?

0:23:40 > 0:23:43This area as a training ground is absolutely superb.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45You've got a little bit of everything.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47You can go across to the flattish roads,

0:23:47 > 0:23:50you've got rolling countryside, then you've got the steeper climbs,

0:23:50 > 0:23:53the steeper descents, the gradual climbs, the twisty descents,

0:23:53 > 0:23:56everything that you might need to be a great cyclist.

0:23:56 > 0:23:59And when you get to a major championships, being able to train

0:23:59 > 0:24:01in those conditions means that you're just ready for anything.

0:24:06 > 0:24:09My next goal is going to be Rio in 2016.

0:24:09 > 0:24:13It's going to be amazing to be able to prepare in this environment.

0:24:16 > 0:24:19The Goyt Valley Loop, for me, is a staple part of my training,

0:24:19 > 0:24:22especially in the spring through to the autumn months.

0:24:22 > 0:24:24It's got around about 1,000m of climbing

0:24:24 > 0:24:27in just around about an hour and a half.

0:24:27 > 0:24:30It's got a long, gradual climb up Long Hill.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34Er, then you drop quite quickly into the Goyt Valley

0:24:34 > 0:24:36and then there's a steep climb out.

0:24:38 > 0:24:41And I'll be using this route a huge amount in that time, because

0:24:41 > 0:24:44the hills of the road race will need some good strong climbing legs

0:24:44 > 0:24:47and you don't get much better climbs than the ones I've got round here.

0:24:52 > 0:24:56We're at the top of Pym Chair, which is probably the highest point

0:24:56 > 0:24:58on the ride and definitely the place you can see the most.

0:25:01 > 0:25:04It does give you that vantage point of being able to survey

0:25:04 > 0:25:06the place that you call home.

0:25:09 > 0:25:12The views up here are absolutely incredible.

0:25:12 > 0:25:13They change all the time.

0:25:16 > 0:25:18You can come up here in the morning and the afternoon

0:25:18 > 0:25:22and the evening of the same day and the view will be quite different.

0:25:24 > 0:25:27You get the ability to see all the different weather rolling in,

0:25:27 > 0:25:31the hillsides look different colours depending on the sunlight.

0:25:32 > 0:25:34No two days are ever the same

0:25:34 > 0:25:37and I love the fact that it constantly changes.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43So many people come up here just to contemplate the world

0:25:43 > 0:25:45and it really is a beautiful spot.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51'Having this landscape as an environment in which to train,

0:25:51 > 0:25:55'in which to live, in which to be as a family, is a real blessing.'

0:25:57 > 0:25:59LAUGHTER

0:25:59 > 0:26:02'I've got everything I need right on my doorstep.'

0:26:10 > 0:26:13For me, hopefully, I'll be able to attribute the landscape here

0:26:13 > 0:26:17and the roads that I use every single day as my path to gold.

0:26:26 > 0:26:31Tom has been on the south coast exploring the latest EU restrictions

0:26:31 > 0:26:34on fishing sea bass in the waters around the UK.

0:26:34 > 0:26:37But do they go far enough to protect the species?

0:26:45 > 0:26:49Wild sea bass - one of our most popular fish.

0:26:50 > 0:26:55Until recently, catching it was free from any EU-wide restriction,

0:26:55 > 0:26:59but this year, temporary bans and strict catch limits will affect all

0:26:59 > 0:27:04kinds of fishermen, both commercial and those who fish for pleasure.

0:27:07 > 0:27:12The arguments over who should take the bulk of the restrictions will

0:27:12 > 0:27:16rumble on, although everyone accepts that something needs to be done.

0:27:16 > 0:27:21But for some, the new rules are not nearly tough enough.

0:27:25 > 0:27:28'Bernadette Clarke is from the Marine Conservation Society,

0:27:28 > 0:27:31'which campaigns for sustainable fishing.'

0:27:33 > 0:27:36So what do you think about the quality of the restrictions

0:27:36 > 0:27:37that the EU have brought in?

0:27:37 > 0:27:40We think these measures, whilst they're welcome, er,

0:27:40 > 0:27:45are too little, too late. The numbers don't really stack up.

0:27:45 > 0:27:48The scientific advice is for landings, for both sectors -

0:27:48 > 0:27:53recreational and commercial - of no more than 541 tonnes.

0:27:55 > 0:27:56'This is the figure

0:27:56 > 0:28:00'the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

0:28:00 > 0:28:04'told the European Commission was the maximum sustainable yield

0:28:04 > 0:28:08'for sea bass in Northern Europe in 2016.

0:28:08 > 0:28:12'But the Marine Conservation Society thinks the new rules could allow

0:28:12 > 0:28:15'more than three times that to be caught,

0:28:15 > 0:28:17'leading to an even more dangerous decline.'

0:28:18 > 0:28:21What do you fear that might mean for the sea bass?

0:28:21 > 0:28:26Well, the stock inevitably will continue to decline and, er,

0:28:26 > 0:28:29we'll be looking at a moratorium being recommended.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32It's, er, about money and politics,

0:28:32 > 0:28:36not primarily conservation, as it should be.

0:28:40 > 0:28:43'So, have the latest European restrictions actually been

0:28:43 > 0:28:47'watered down, despite scientific advice warning that drastic measures

0:28:47 > 0:28:51'needed to be taken now, before it's too late?'

0:28:56 > 0:28:59Brussels - the centre of European policy-making

0:28:59 > 0:29:02and home to the Council of the European Union.

0:29:04 > 0:29:07Just last month, ministers from across Europe met here

0:29:07 > 0:29:11to decide fish quotas for the next 12 months.

0:29:11 > 0:29:14The future of thousands of fishermen

0:29:14 > 0:29:18was decided in two days of debate and discussion.

0:29:21 > 0:29:24Place Sainte-Catherine, in the heart of the city.

0:29:24 > 0:29:29For 500 years, fish and seafood has been traded, sold and eaten here.

0:29:31 > 0:29:35'So, what better place to meet the man responsible for overseeing

0:29:35 > 0:29:37'all fishing policy for the EU -

0:29:37 > 0:29:39'Karmenu Vella, the European Commissioner

0:29:39 > 0:29:43'for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries?'

0:29:46 > 0:29:49How confident, or sure, are you that the sea bass

0:29:49 > 0:29:53will survive and thrive as a species?

0:29:54 > 0:29:58Sure as in 100% sure and giving guarantees, I cannot do that,

0:29:58 > 0:30:03but we are... I'm very positive that we will achieve the intended result.

0:30:03 > 0:30:08The scientists recommended an 80% cut down to, I think,

0:30:08 > 0:30:11- around 541 tonnes in the northern sector.- That's right, yes.

0:30:11 > 0:30:14And yet, what's been allowed is much more than that.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Yes, I can explain this.

0:30:16 > 0:30:20The scientists always recommend an amount.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23However, we do recognise that this might create

0:30:23 > 0:30:28some social and economic hardship on some fishermen and member states.

0:30:28 > 0:30:33'So, have European ministers put the fishermen before the fish?'

0:30:33 > 0:30:37It sounds to me like you've given in to the fishing pressure groups?

0:30:37 > 0:30:40No, no, no. The idea is to get...is to get there.

0:30:40 > 0:30:46You either act and, in the process, you might be killing...

0:30:46 > 0:30:49- not killing the fish, but killing the fishermen.- Yeah.

0:30:49 > 0:30:54- Or, if you use gradualism, you will save both.- Yeah.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56We've spoken to some fishermen, who say that

0:30:56 > 0:30:59the restrictions you have brought in, you know, are very tough.

0:30:59 > 0:31:04Um, well, I admit, I won't say they are the easiest of measures,

0:31:04 > 0:31:08but it's in the best interest, after all, of the fishermen themselves.

0:31:08 > 0:31:14Um, what we want and what we... what we are after is the long-term

0:31:14 > 0:31:19sustainability of the stock, not only for the commercial fishermen,

0:31:19 > 0:31:23but it's a good stock for the recreational fishermen as well.

0:31:28 > 0:31:32The story of sea bass has a familiar ring.

0:31:32 > 0:31:35Abundant stocks and no regulation.

0:31:35 > 0:31:37Overfishing and a slow response.

0:31:37 > 0:31:40Emergency measures and an angry reaction.

0:31:40 > 0:31:44We'll soon discover if the current plan delivers a happy ending

0:31:44 > 0:31:48for the sea bass, and the livelihoods that depend on them.

0:31:57 > 0:32:01Now, there aren't many places as untouched by the hands of time

0:32:01 > 0:32:03as Clovelly in North Devon.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09When you walk down these cobbled streets,

0:32:09 > 0:32:11it's like stepping back in time

0:32:11 > 0:32:13and these characterful fishermen's cottages

0:32:13 > 0:32:15seem to have changed very little over the years

0:32:15 > 0:32:18and, really, that is what brings all of the tourists here.

0:32:18 > 0:32:21Last year, there was over 150,000 of them.

0:32:21 > 0:32:25But this place is not a museum, it's a working village.

0:32:25 > 0:32:28And, when the tourists go, the builders can move in.

0:32:30 > 0:32:35The Rous family, who own the estate, manage 80 properties.

0:32:35 > 0:32:38Their biggest challenge is to conserve their character

0:32:38 > 0:32:41whilst making them fit for 21st-century living.

0:32:45 > 0:32:49Now, so many people come here to take photos of these beautiful cottages.

0:32:49 > 0:32:53But not many visitors get to see what goes on on the inside.

0:32:53 > 0:32:58That is until today. But apparently, this one needs quite a bit of work.

0:32:58 > 0:33:01'In fact, it's about to undergo a major renovation

0:33:01 > 0:33:03'into a four-bedroomed house over three storeys,

0:33:03 > 0:33:07'and Luke McAdam is the architect leading the project.'

0:33:07 > 0:33:10So this one room that we're standing in here now, this would've

0:33:10 > 0:33:13originally been the whole of the downstairs of this one cottage?

0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Absolutely right, yeah. It would've been one room per floor.- I see.

0:33:17 > 0:33:19So, kitchen, sitting area,

0:33:19 > 0:33:21everything taken place in a room like this.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23So what's the plan, then? How are you going to keep

0:33:23 > 0:33:26all this wonderful character? What's the idea with this?

0:33:26 > 0:33:29- Well, that's the challenge.- Yeah. - We've got to somehow balance

0:33:29 > 0:33:32the constraints of the fact that the building is listed,

0:33:32 > 0:33:36- and all the conservation issues that that brings with it...- Yeah.

0:33:36 > 0:33:39..with the need to allow the building to be adapted

0:33:39 > 0:33:41to suit a modern lifestyle.

0:33:41 > 0:33:43Come this way.

0:33:43 > 0:33:45- Oh, right.- So... - Oh, are we outside now, then?

0:33:45 > 0:33:48- It's sort of an inside-outside space.- OK.

0:33:48 > 0:33:51- You can see the rear of the retaining wall here.- Yeah.

0:33:51 > 0:33:54And then, through here, we think this could've been

0:33:54 > 0:33:58maybe a smoke store, or something like that, but this will become

0:33:58 > 0:34:02- a very useful utility room connected through the kitchen.- I see, I see.

0:34:02 > 0:34:07Well, let's have a look at what would have been next door's downstairs.

0:34:07 > 0:34:10In the converted state, this was the living room for a larger house,

0:34:10 > 0:34:12so they've converted what was the original kitchen range

0:34:12 > 0:34:15- into a smaller fire.- I see. But I guess the challenge you've got here

0:34:15 > 0:34:20- is that you can't extend this, can you, at all?- Exactly right.

0:34:20 > 0:34:23- In the whole village, really, we're sort of landlocked.- Mm-hm.

0:34:23 > 0:34:26So the only opportunities architecturally to modify and adapt

0:34:26 > 0:34:30the properties are within the constraints of the existing size.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32And time is of the essence, cos you've gotta get it done

0:34:32 > 0:34:33before the tourists turn up.

0:34:33 > 0:34:35One of the challenges of working in Clovelly...

0:34:35 > 0:34:38- Yeah.- ..as you've probably seen walking around, is we need

0:34:38 > 0:34:41- to time the works to minimise the disruption on tourists...- Yeah.

0:34:41 > 0:34:44..but also not in the middle of winter, when it's quite difficult.

0:34:44 > 0:34:47Well, the question is, have you got yourself a new sledge?

0:34:47 > 0:34:49LAUGHTER Cos you're going to...

0:34:49 > 0:34:52You're going to need a big one for this!

0:34:52 > 0:34:54There's a lot of work to be done.

0:35:02 > 0:35:05- ELLIE:- Now, farming and the weather go hand in hand,

0:35:05 > 0:35:08but in the winter months, it's easy to forget about

0:35:08 > 0:35:12those warm summer days, when the conditions are perfect for growing.

0:35:17 > 0:35:22But as Adam's about to discover, even in the depths of winter,

0:35:22 > 0:35:24there's a way fruit and veg can flourish.

0:35:28 > 0:35:32- ADAM:- We're used to having fresh fruit and veg all year round.

0:35:32 > 0:35:33But at this time of year,

0:35:33 > 0:35:36a good deal of what we buy in the shops is imported.

0:35:36 > 0:35:40So I've come to Bristol to see if there's a solution to this issue.

0:35:40 > 0:35:43The challenge is to produce more of our own food.

0:35:43 > 0:35:46That way, we can cut down on food miles,

0:35:46 > 0:35:48become less reliant on imports,

0:35:48 > 0:35:50but there is a finite amount of land,

0:35:50 > 0:35:53so how can we produce more food?

0:35:53 > 0:35:55Perhaps the answer's in science.

0:35:57 > 0:35:58'I've come to Bristol University,

0:35:58 > 0:36:01'where new technology is paving the way towards

0:36:01 > 0:36:05'a cost-effective method of growing plants throughout the seasons.

0:36:05 > 0:36:08'As horticulturalist Tom Pitman has been discovering.'

0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Hello, Adam. - Hi, great to meet you.- And you.

0:36:10 > 0:36:14- This is pretty impressive. Tell me all about it.- Well, we're up on

0:36:14 > 0:36:17the fifth floor of the new Life Sciences building here in Bristol.

0:36:17 > 0:36:20And you're producing plants all year round? I mean, here we are,

0:36:20 > 0:36:23it's the middle of winter, we've got maize with lovely green leaves.

0:36:23 > 0:36:28Yeah, we can grow anything, any time, anywhere, throughout the year.

0:36:28 > 0:36:30And amongst all the technology up here,

0:36:30 > 0:36:33I understand one of the very special things is the lighting.

0:36:33 > 0:36:35Yeah, these are LED lighting.

0:36:35 > 0:36:39When we first moved in a couple of years ago, we had, um,

0:36:39 > 0:36:43sodium lamps, which are the equivalent of a street lamp, really.

0:36:43 > 0:36:46But they were, at the time, the norm for horticultural lighting.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50- So, why did you go for LED, then? - Two reasons.

0:36:50 > 0:36:54LEDs grew plants under them just as well as sodiums,

0:36:54 > 0:36:57but the main thing was the energy saving,

0:36:57 > 0:37:00where we quartered our electricity bill

0:37:00 > 0:37:04from something like about £16,000 a year down to about four.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06- That's significant, isn't it? - It is, yes.

0:37:08 > 0:37:13'So, financially, it makes sense. But this is not the only advantage.

0:37:13 > 0:37:16'New LED technology is a game changer for growers,

0:37:16 > 0:37:20'and can offer so much more than the tradition sodium lighting.

0:37:20 > 0:37:24'It's allowing scientists to experiment in new ingenious ways.

0:37:26 > 0:37:28'Steve Edwards has been developing the technology

0:37:28 > 0:37:30'and is the brains behind this system.'

0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Hi, Steve.- Hi, Adam.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35These look great, but I wasn't expecting this colour.

0:37:35 > 0:37:38No, it's an unusual colour, isn't it?

0:37:38 > 0:37:41As you can see, we've got green, amber, red, blue.

0:37:41 > 0:37:44It sort of takes a little bit of getting used to, but after a while,

0:37:44 > 0:37:47you know, it's not too bad. The plants love it, of course.

0:37:47 > 0:37:49So what are the advantages of LED, then?

0:37:49 > 0:37:52Well, the advantages of LED over conventional systems

0:37:52 > 0:37:54is that we can actually target specific wavelengths of light.

0:37:54 > 0:37:58So, a conventional light would give you a very broad set of wavelengths,

0:37:58 > 0:38:01whereas, with LED, we can actually give the plant

0:38:01 > 0:38:03exactly what it needs, in terms of the right colours.

0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Can you increase yields and those sorts of things?- We can do.

0:38:07 > 0:38:09In the commercial world, what we're finding is

0:38:09 > 0:38:12we can increase yield across a whole year, so, rather than just

0:38:12 > 0:38:16growing from, say, March to October, which is normal with sunlight,

0:38:16 > 0:38:19what we can find is we can actually grow the whole year.

0:38:19 > 0:38:22And, with an increased yield, presumably, with a growing

0:38:22 > 0:38:25world population we're all told about, we may be able to feed them?

0:38:25 > 0:38:29As the urban expansion eats into more and more land, there's

0:38:29 > 0:38:33less and less land for farming and we're at the mercy of the weather.

0:38:33 > 0:38:36We've had a run of really heavy rain just recently in the UK,

0:38:36 > 0:38:39then we have issues with natural sunlight conditions.

0:38:39 > 0:38:40With LED technology,

0:38:40 > 0:38:43the hope is that we can build facilities where we can actually

0:38:43 > 0:38:47grow the crops we need to grow in a more of a controlled environment.

0:38:47 > 0:38:50And, for the environment and food miles, it saves us importing food,

0:38:50 > 0:38:52- if we can grow more here. - It certainly does.

0:38:52 > 0:38:56Yeah, the more we can reduce how far we transfer food,

0:38:56 > 0:38:59from where it's grown to where it's consumed, the better for the planet.

0:38:59 > 0:39:03For example, we can actually look at growing urban farms underneath

0:39:03 > 0:39:08a supermarket and just ship the crops upstairs to the supermarket.

0:39:08 > 0:39:12Some supermarkets are actually having live growing walls within

0:39:12 > 0:39:15their supermarkets themselves - the freshest herbs you can buy.

0:39:15 > 0:39:16- Extraordinary, isn't it? - Very much so.

0:39:19 > 0:39:21'So, with a limited amount of land,

0:39:21 > 0:39:25'and the need to produce more food, could this be the answer?

0:39:25 > 0:39:29'Can it really work on a commercial scale? To find out, I'm meeting

0:39:29 > 0:39:33'tomato grower Roly Holt in Worcestershire.' Hi, Roly.

0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Adam, hi, good to see you. - Good to see you.

0:39:35 > 0:39:38This is extraordinary! And you're harvesting tomatoes in the winter!

0:39:38 > 0:39:42- It doesn't seem right!- No, after 35 years of conventional crops,

0:39:42 > 0:39:44we took the plunge, invested in this set-up,

0:39:44 > 0:39:46which enables us to grow all year round.

0:39:46 > 0:39:48- And it's all about the lights? - Absolutely.

0:39:48 > 0:39:50Without the light, the crop wouldn't grow.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52We've got a mixture of high-pressure sodium lamps -

0:39:52 > 0:39:53these ones up the top here.

0:39:53 > 0:39:57- High-pressure sodium lamps produce some heat.- That's all a plant needs.

0:39:57 > 0:39:59- I can feel the heat coming from the lamps.- Yeah.

0:39:59 > 0:40:02And a mixture of LED interlighting between the canopy.

0:40:02 > 0:40:05- And that makes the difference? - Absolutely. It gives us... It gives

0:40:05 > 0:40:08the plant enough light to grow in the darkest months of the year.

0:40:08 > 0:40:12They look amazing, don't they, like some sort of crazy tomato disco?

0:40:12 > 0:40:14Yes, yeah, that's it, it is.

0:40:14 > 0:40:17And with the lighting, does it taste any different to a summer fruit?

0:40:17 > 0:40:20That's our aim and with this LED lighting,

0:40:20 > 0:40:24we've got the right spectrum to target the maximum growth

0:40:24 > 0:40:28and we're finding we're getting very similar quality and tasting fruit.

0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Can I pick one?- Yeah, help yourself.

0:40:32 > 0:40:33- Lovely, shiny-looking tomato.- Yeah.

0:40:35 > 0:40:37Mmm!

0:40:37 > 0:40:39- Delicious. It's really sweet. - Really sweet, yeah.

0:40:39 > 0:40:41Lovely, so can we take a closer look at the lights?

0:40:41 > 0:40:43Mm, up there we got a hydraulic trolley,

0:40:43 > 0:40:46- which can take you up to the top. - All right, let's have a look.- OK.

0:40:57 > 0:40:58Goodness me!

0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Different world up here. - It really is. What an amazing view.

0:41:07 > 0:41:09So this is where the flowers are?

0:41:09 > 0:41:11That's right, yeah, this is all the new flower growth here.

0:41:11 > 0:41:15Within a few days, you'll start to see little tomatoes forming.

0:41:15 > 0:41:16Oh, yeah, OK.

0:41:16 > 0:41:19And then a week later, you'll see more mature tomatoes forming.

0:41:19 > 0:41:21- What's pollinating the flowers? - Bumblebees.

0:41:21 > 0:41:25- You've got bumblebees in here?- Yeah, we've got an army of bees in here.

0:41:25 > 0:41:28- It's wonderful, isn't it? - Yeah, it does all the work for us.

0:41:28 > 0:41:32You can really see the LED light shining through the crop, can't you?

0:41:32 > 0:41:34And you're using a combination of colours.

0:41:34 > 0:41:37Yeah, we're using a sequence of four red and one blue.

0:41:37 > 0:41:40The red is to improve flower development

0:41:40 > 0:41:44and the blue is for leaf development.

0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Can we move along a bit?- Yeah, OK.

0:41:46 > 0:41:47This is quite exciting.

0:41:49 > 0:41:52It's all very well not having the air miles by producing

0:41:52 > 0:41:55the food here in the UK, but you are using a lot of energy, aren't you?

0:41:55 > 0:41:57How do you argue against that?

0:41:57 > 0:42:01Well, on site, we have a power plant producing heat,

0:42:01 > 0:42:06electricity and CO2, so we're not relying on buying electricity

0:42:06 > 0:42:10and also, together with the LED, we're already being quite efficient

0:42:10 > 0:42:13on energy, so we're definitely heading in the right direction.

0:42:13 > 0:42:17And what about being self-sufficient in tomatoes in the UK, then,

0:42:17 > 0:42:18- how far off are we?- We're way off.

0:42:18 > 0:42:22- Yeah, we're only producing 25% of what we eat in the UK.- Goodness me.

0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Lots of room for growth.- There's a massive, massive scope for growth.

0:42:25 > 0:42:27And are we likely to see these LED lights

0:42:27 > 0:42:28being used across other fruit and veg?

0:42:28 > 0:42:32I think there's a massive application for soft fruits,

0:42:32 > 0:42:35for herbs, other protected crops.

0:42:35 > 0:42:38There is a huge scope for other crops to use it.

0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Very exciting times ahead. - I think it is, yeah.

0:42:40 > 0:42:41Thank you for showing me around.

0:42:41 > 0:42:44- It's been fascinating.- It's a pleasure.- Shall we go down?- OK.

0:42:53 > 0:42:55Now, a few weeks ago, we launched

0:42:55 > 0:42:58the 2016 Countryfile Farming Heroes Award,

0:42:58 > 0:43:00looking for those remarkable people

0:43:00 > 0:43:03who embody the very best of our countryside.

0:43:03 > 0:43:06Your hero should be someone inspirational,

0:43:06 > 0:43:10a farmer who has gone above and beyond, or simply someone

0:43:10 > 0:43:13whose commitment to the countryside makes us all proud.

0:43:13 > 0:43:16If you know a farming hero, then I'd love to hear about them

0:43:16 > 0:43:18and who knows?

0:43:18 > 0:43:22Maybe they'll make it to the BBC's Food and Farming Awards in April.

0:43:22 > 0:43:24But be quick.

0:43:24 > 0:43:27Nominations close at midnight tonight,

0:43:27 > 0:43:30so names sent in after that won't be considered.

0:43:30 > 0:43:32Remember, if you're watching us on demand,

0:43:32 > 0:43:34nominations may have already closed.

0:43:34 > 0:43:38Details, including terms and conditions, are on our website.

0:43:46 > 0:43:51Devon is a county of extremes, framed by a rugged coastline

0:43:51 > 0:43:53and sheltered harbours.

0:43:53 > 0:43:58Travel inland and you'll find tough moorland and lush pastures.

0:43:58 > 0:44:00For all its beauty,

0:44:00 > 0:44:05its harsh climate can make it an inhospitable place.

0:44:05 > 0:44:08So, it's not surprising it takes a hardy breed

0:44:08 > 0:44:14to survive this tough terrain of sloping, windswept fields.

0:44:14 > 0:44:15Come on now.

0:44:15 > 0:44:18'And hardy stock is certainly true

0:44:18 > 0:44:20'when it comes to both local farmer John Stanbury

0:44:20 > 0:44:23'and his flock of Exmoor Mules.

0:44:23 > 0:44:26'His family's been farming sheep in the West Country

0:44:26 > 0:44:27'for more than 100 years.'

0:44:27 > 0:44:30- Whoa! Are you all right, John? How are you doing?- Hello, Ellie.

0:44:30 > 0:44:31- Good to meet you.- Nice to meet you.

0:44:31 > 0:44:34- Cor, it's grim weather up here, isn't it?- Shocking, isn't it?

0:44:34 > 0:44:37- It's not even raining today, though. - No, but it's not very nice.

0:44:37 > 0:44:41It's quite exposed, it's 1,000 foot up, north-facing,

0:44:41 > 0:44:44- looks right into the sea. - What about this lot?

0:44:44 > 0:44:46How do they cope with this awful weather?

0:44:46 > 0:44:49Well, they're a good breed to cope with the elements up here.

0:44:49 > 0:44:53- They're a cross between the local hill breed, the Exmoor Horn...- Yeah.

0:44:53 > 0:44:55- ..and the Bluefaced Leicester. - Right.

0:44:55 > 0:44:58And they combine the qualities of them both and the important one

0:44:58 > 0:45:00for survival is the Exmoor Horn, the local breed.

0:45:00 > 0:45:03I understand this fleece is bringing a bit of fame.

0:45:03 > 0:45:05It is, a little bit, on a roundabout way.

0:45:05 > 0:45:07I've got some lambs penned up if you want to come

0:45:07 > 0:45:08and have a close look at the wool?

0:45:08 > 0:45:10Yeah, let's check them out.

0:45:11 > 0:45:15So, the Exmoor Mule, a cross between the local Exmoor Horn

0:45:15 > 0:45:19and the Bluefaced Leicester, is a tough beast.

0:45:19 > 0:45:23Bred with a thick fleece perfect for its unforgiving home,

0:45:23 > 0:45:26but it does have a surprisingly soft side.

0:45:27 > 0:45:31- I have a few ladies. - Hello, ladies.

0:45:31 > 0:45:35Oh, yeah! Once you get down in there, super-soft. That's amazing.

0:45:35 > 0:45:39The Exmoor Horn is slightly coarser wool but there is more of it

0:45:39 > 0:45:41while the Leicester is a fine wool.

0:45:41 > 0:45:44So you get the best of both worlds here.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47And it's this combination which has given John his claim to fame -

0:45:47 > 0:45:49the Stanbury Walker.

0:45:49 > 0:45:52How many of us can say we've had a sock named after us?

0:45:52 > 0:45:54How did the sock come about?

0:45:54 > 0:45:59Well, my friend John, he makes socks.

0:45:59 > 0:46:00He asked if I kept this breed.

0:46:00 > 0:46:01When I told him I did

0:46:01 > 0:46:05he asked would he be able to use the wool from my sheep

0:46:05 > 0:46:08and would he mind if he named the socks after me.

0:46:08 > 0:46:09I said he would be all right to do that.

0:46:09 > 0:46:12- You've got a sock named after you! - I have, yeah.

0:46:12 > 0:46:14- What a claim to fame!- Yeah.

0:46:14 > 0:46:16- And I assume you're wearing a pair, are you?- I am.

0:46:16 > 0:46:20- Go on, let's take a look. Prove it. - I'll take my welly off.- Go on.

0:46:20 > 0:46:22Oh, yeah! They're just the ticket, aren't they?

0:46:22 > 0:46:24What do you rate about these, then?

0:46:24 > 0:46:29- A good combination of the two breeds.- Yeah.- Tough and soft.

0:46:29 > 0:46:31Just what a farmer needs.

0:46:31 > 0:46:33I'm going to find out how they go from this lovely fleece

0:46:33 > 0:46:35to those socks and let you get your footwear sorted.

0:46:35 > 0:46:37- Nice to meet you.- Cheers, John. Yeah, you too.

0:46:46 > 0:46:50John Arbon's been running a small-scale mill in North Devon

0:46:50 > 0:46:52for 15 years, producing yarns perfect for creating

0:46:52 > 0:46:55his range of socks.

0:46:55 > 0:46:58- So this is where the sock magic happens.- Sock magic indeed.

0:46:58 > 0:47:00How do you go from farm to foot, then?

0:47:00 > 0:47:03Well, what we've got here, this is the sheep's wool

0:47:03 > 0:47:05after it's been sheared

0:47:05 > 0:47:08but it's been washed or scoured, leave a bit of grease on there

0:47:08 > 0:47:12- because you need a bit of softness to it.- Oh, right.

0:47:12 > 0:47:15What we're going to do now is open it out because it's a tangled mess.

0:47:15 > 0:47:20- Behind me I've got an old 1950s carder.- Hey!- It's still going.

0:47:20 > 0:47:23What we're going to do is run the fibre through this and as it

0:47:23 > 0:47:25goes through a series of rollers with pins,

0:47:25 > 0:47:27it's going to detangle it.

0:47:27 > 0:47:31We're going to turn into what we call a sliver.

0:47:31 > 0:47:33What's happened here is it's detangled it

0:47:33 > 0:47:36so we can process it further.

0:47:36 > 0:47:40- You must get a sense of the softness here when it's like this.- Yeah.

0:47:40 > 0:47:43Now we're going to take that to Ralph

0:47:43 > 0:47:46and try make all these fibres that are a bit mismatched

0:47:46 > 0:47:47nice and parallel.

0:47:47 > 0:47:50This is Ralph. This is a gill box. All our machines have silly names.

0:47:50 > 0:47:53They've got affectionate, silly names. Don't ask me why.

0:47:53 > 0:47:57- I am going to ask you why. Why? - They're almost human.

0:47:57 > 0:47:59They're old machines and we're bringing them back to life.

0:47:59 > 0:48:01Why have you gone for these older machines?

0:48:01 > 0:48:03They're easier to maintain.

0:48:03 > 0:48:06Mechanical - I can get them apart and fix them.

0:48:06 > 0:48:11Next, the wool is combed to reduce the short fibres and then evened out

0:48:11 > 0:48:15before arriving at this machine, called Butler, for spinning.

0:48:15 > 0:48:16MACHINE WHIRS

0:48:16 > 0:48:19What we are doing here is drafting the fibre, we've made into a roving.

0:48:19 > 0:48:20We are drafting it down

0:48:20 > 0:48:22and it's spun on to a ring and on to this tube.

0:48:22 > 0:48:25- Can we see this one in action? - Yeah, sure. I'll fire it up for you.

0:48:25 > 0:48:28Go on. Here we go.

0:48:28 > 0:48:30It's incredibly quick, isn't it?

0:48:30 > 0:48:32Not quick enough!

0:48:32 > 0:48:34WHIRRING DROWNS SPEECH

0:48:34 > 0:48:36I'd love to have a go at making one of these socks.

0:48:36 > 0:48:38- Do you think I could try?- Yeah. We've got some yarn set up

0:48:38 > 0:48:40on the machine. You can have a go on it.

0:48:40 > 0:48:42I'm not much of a knitter. I like the sound of a machine.

0:48:42 > 0:48:45- I'm sure you are.- Which way? This way?- Let's go this way.

0:48:46 > 0:48:50Each sock is designed on this clever piece of kit,

0:48:50 > 0:48:52a Victorian knitting machine.

0:48:52 > 0:48:54What could possibly go wrong?

0:48:54 > 0:48:57- Don't go in the wrong direction now. - Forward.- Off you go.

0:48:57 > 0:49:00Gently, gently. Do I have to pull this thing?

0:49:00 > 0:49:02There we go.

0:49:02 > 0:49:05It is feeding the yarn into the needles as it goes round

0:49:05 > 0:49:07and the inner tube.

0:49:07 > 0:49:09These little levers, what do they do?

0:49:09 > 0:49:12They are called latch needles. They're able to pull a loop

0:49:12 > 0:49:13and slip a loop each time.

0:49:13 > 0:49:17They used these quite a lot in the First World War

0:49:17 > 0:49:19to knit socks at home for troops.

0:49:19 > 0:49:23There is something quite moving about the idea of these women

0:49:23 > 0:49:26sitting at these machines making socks for the boys in the Army.

0:49:26 > 0:49:29- Yeah, a lot of them did. - Why socks?

0:49:29 > 0:49:32Well, socks... Who doesn't like a good pair of socks?

0:49:32 > 0:49:36You put on a natural-fibre pair of socks, it's a whole different world.

0:49:36 > 0:49:38I think these are going to be over the knee.

0:49:38 > 0:49:40Oh, definitely. You're going for long socks?

0:49:40 > 0:49:41I'm going for long ones!

0:49:41 > 0:49:45I tell you what. We do a lot of standing around in cold weather

0:49:45 > 0:49:48on Countryfile so I know someone who is going to love a pair of these.

0:49:48 > 0:49:49Marvellous.

0:49:49 > 0:49:52If you want to know whether you you'll be wearing thick socks, hats

0:49:52 > 0:49:56and scarf this week, it's time for the Countryfile five-day forecast.

0:51:05 > 0:51:08SEAGULLS CRY

0:51:08 > 0:51:13We're in Clovelly, exploring this extraordinary little village

0:51:13 > 0:51:16that clings to the North Devon cliffs.

0:51:16 > 0:51:18The waters that lap at its shores

0:51:18 > 0:51:20are some of the area's most sheltered,

0:51:20 > 0:51:24protected from the worst of the westerly winds.

0:51:30 > 0:51:33Thanks to this secluded position,

0:51:33 > 0:51:35there's been a working harbour here since the 13th century.

0:51:39 > 0:51:42At one stage, practically everybody that lived in this village

0:51:42 > 0:51:45would've been involved in the fishing industry.

0:51:46 > 0:51:51That changed in the 19th century, when tourism began to take hold

0:51:51 > 0:51:53as Clovelly's main source of income.

0:51:55 > 0:51:59But there is one man who's made it his mission to keep

0:51:59 > 0:52:02the fishing traditions of this village alive.

0:52:05 > 0:52:09Stephen Perham, who we met earlier, is not only the village dustman

0:52:09 > 0:52:12and harbourmaster, he's also a sixth-generation herring fishermen.

0:52:16 > 0:52:18Well, Stephen, it's good to see you again.

0:52:18 > 0:52:21Now to talk about your true profession, where your heart lies,

0:52:21 > 0:52:22as a fisherman.

0:52:22 > 0:52:26Talk us through your year here, as a fisherman in Clovelly.

0:52:26 > 0:52:28The main part of the fishing is the summer,

0:52:28 > 0:52:31when we're fishing for the lobsters and we use a bigger boat for that.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33My passion is with the herrings and the herring season

0:52:33 > 0:52:36has finished now, that is why we're taking the nets out.

0:52:36 > 0:52:38What is the key to catching herring?

0:52:38 > 0:52:41These are drift nets and we shoot them on the tide out here.

0:52:41 > 0:52:45Herring come in to the bay to breed. This is a breeding bay.

0:52:45 > 0:52:47Sometimes you're out all day, all night.

0:52:47 > 0:52:50It all depends on if you want to play with the moon.

0:52:50 > 0:52:53The fish will rise to the light of the moon.

0:52:53 > 0:52:55If the fish are playing, then you're not here very long.

0:52:55 > 0:52:59I've been out for half an hour and caught about 2,000 or 3,000 fish.

0:52:59 > 0:53:02And you're fishing in a very traditional way.

0:53:02 > 0:53:06Let's talk about the boat. It has an interesting name, doesn't it?

0:53:06 > 0:53:08She's called a picarooner.

0:53:08 > 0:53:10The name comes from the Spanish word picaroon

0:53:10 > 0:53:13for a sea robber, a rogue or a rascal.

0:53:13 > 0:53:16Basically, the older fellows had bigger boats, bigger luggers,

0:53:16 > 0:53:19and they had to wait for the tide to come in before they could get out.

0:53:19 > 0:53:23These boats could float earlier, get out early on the tide,

0:53:23 > 0:53:27they can get back in early and they catch the market, make more money,

0:53:27 > 0:53:28so it was an insult.

0:53:28 > 0:53:30- They were called the picarooners. - The name stuck?- The name stuck.

0:53:35 > 0:53:37Stephen's ties to his heritage are strong.

0:53:37 > 0:53:41Recently, he's decided to revive an old fisherman's craft.

0:53:41 > 0:53:44He's making willow lobster pots, just like his father

0:53:44 > 0:53:47and grandfather would have done at this time of year.

0:53:49 > 0:53:52So these are traditional lobster pots?

0:53:52 > 0:53:54Yeah, traditional lobster pots, withy pots.

0:53:54 > 0:53:56As opposed to the ones that people would probably see

0:53:56 > 0:53:58stacked up on the harbour today.

0:53:58 > 0:54:00Here we are then at the end of the herring season,

0:54:00 > 0:54:03in preparation for the lobster season, and this is

0:54:03 > 0:54:06when all of this would have happened anyway this time of year.

0:54:06 > 0:54:09Yeah. The herring fishing was finished, Christmas was over

0:54:09 > 0:54:12so they would be out in the woods, cutting down the withies,

0:54:12 > 0:54:14getting ready for doing this job.

0:54:14 > 0:54:15This is very complicated.

0:54:15 > 0:54:18You wouldn't have picked this up first go?

0:54:18 > 0:54:22No. My father used to do it but he was left-handed so he couldn't

0:54:22 > 0:54:25teach me how to do it. The other fishermen, Bernard, he taught me.

0:54:25 > 0:54:26Is the idea for you to try

0:54:26 > 0:54:29and make as many of these as possible and to try and get

0:54:29 > 0:54:33fishermen to use them again or are those days well and truly gone?

0:54:33 > 0:54:35Fishermen won't use these again.

0:54:35 > 0:54:38They don't last long enough for fishermen to use them

0:54:38 > 0:54:41but people like to buy them and put them in gardens or in pubs.

0:54:41 > 0:54:44They're decoration. They are a beautiful thing to have.

0:54:44 > 0:54:46The idea is to keep the craft going.

0:54:46 > 0:54:48I haven't done this for ten years myself.

0:54:48 > 0:54:51It's the first time I've done it for ten years. I'm giving it a go.

0:54:51 > 0:54:54Well, if you haven't done it for ten years and you've created that,

0:54:54 > 0:54:57I'll tell you what, that is mighty fine.

0:55:06 > 0:55:09WAVES CRASH

0:55:14 > 0:55:16Well, this is rather pleasant, isn't it?

0:55:16 > 0:55:18We should end all programmes like this!

0:55:18 > 0:55:22- Yomping... Can you believe how steep it is around here?!- It's brutal!

0:55:22 > 0:55:24Those cobbles, they've given you a funny walk.

0:55:24 > 0:55:27Speaking of those cobbles, have you seen the fireplace?

0:55:27 > 0:55:29That is something else, isn't it?

0:55:29 > 0:55:32Given that it's chilly and next week we're doing the winter special,

0:55:32 > 0:55:35how about these for your feet? Woollen socks.

0:55:35 > 0:55:39- I've had a go at knitting these.- Are these woollen socks?- Woollen socks!

0:55:39 > 0:55:43They are exactly a month too late for my Christmas stocking. Perfect.

0:55:43 > 0:55:45Thank you very much indeed. As Ellie was saying,

0:55:45 > 0:55:48next week we're going to be taking a walk on winter's wild side.

0:55:48 > 0:55:50- Do join us. I'll see you then. - Bye-bye.