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Winter. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
A season when wild winds whip as snow smothers the land, | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
and darkness embraces our days. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
It's easy to hunker down away from the cold weather | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
at this time of year. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
But if you head outside and brave the elements, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
you'll be amazed how spectacular this season can be. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
Today, we're embracing the wonders of winter. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
SHEEP BLEAT | 0:00:55 | 0:00:56 | |
Come on, then. | 0:00:58 | 0:00:59 | |
Matt's meeting the farmer with a breed of pigs hardy enough | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
to tough out even the worst winter weather. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
-HE WHISTLES -Come on! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:06 | |
PIG GRUNTS | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
Anita's discovering how to beat the winter blues | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
with a helping hand from nature. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
As soon as I step outside, there's a change in my mood. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
In fact, it's better than chocolate. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
Better than chocolate, eh? | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
DOGS HOWL | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
Steve's sledding with huskies... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
Whoa, I really want a break! | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
Argh! Whoa! | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
..and Adam's on Gower's salt marshes, | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
which have their own wintry challenges. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
Goodness me, Rowland, what happens here? | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
I mean, the sheep are right over there! | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
Have you brought your swimming trunks? | 0:01:40 | 0:01:41 | |
-ADAM LAUGHS -Go on, get in! | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
MATT: The stark beauty of winter. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
From the snow-capped mountains of the Highlands | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
to the far-reaching views of the Isle of Purbeck, here in Dorset. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:07 | |
This season sweeps across our landscape, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
and takes hold with her icy grip. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
Winter's wild elements batter both coast and country. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
From north to south, east to west, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
we have had our fair share of storms this winter. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
We've had Aileen, Ophelia, Brian, Caroline, Dylan, and Eleanor. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:33 | |
For farmers and for fishermen, the last few months has been tough. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:38 | |
With winds of up to 100mph, our rural communities have been hit hard. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:44 | |
But regardless of what the weather can throw at them, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
those who are producing our food have no choice. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
They need to carry on. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:52 | |
James Warren champions local farmers and fishermen. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
He sources, sells, and cooks their produce. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
As a farmer himself, he grazes his animals on the coast, | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
and knows just how hard the winter can be. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
Has it been pretty tough here? | 0:03:06 | 0:03:07 | |
Pretty good. We haven't had particularly cold weather, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
-although it's chilly in this wind today, but... -Yeah. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
It has been wet - for the last three, four weeks, | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
it's been really wet, seems to be raining every day and every night. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
Yeah, and the wind, as well. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
Pop down into the valley, it's not nearly so bad, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
but up here, it does blow through a bit of a hoolie, they call it. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
Well, your pigs are grunting impatiently. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
Yeah, I think they're quite keen to get out. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
Oh, good morning! | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
JAMES LAUGHS | 0:03:31 | 0:03:32 | |
Wow, oh, these are absolute beauties, aren't they? | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
Such a beautiful array of colours down there. So, what breed are these? | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
These are Mangalicas crossed with Berkshire, | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
so the Mangalicas are a Hungarian breed, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
-and the Berkshire's a traditional English breed... -Right. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
..which we cross up, and it gives you these nice colours, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
and gives you a great foraging, outdoor, hardy pig. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
-Some of them are really curly. -Yeah. -Those two at the back there. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
-Yeah, some people call them sheep pigs. -Mmm. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
Yeah, you can see why. And so full of character. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
Oh, absolutely, yeah, you could watch them for ages. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
MATT CHUCKLES I love 'em! | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
There we are, team. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:07 | |
Come on, then. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:10 | |
These Mangalicas may look quirky, but that curly coat | 0:04:10 | 0:04:14 | |
keeps them nice and warm up here on the hills in winter. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
-They're very competitive when they eat. -Are they? Yeah. -They just run. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
-You know, they... -Look at them! | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
They're brilliant. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:25 | |
They always think the other pig's got more than they have, constantly. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
And what are they really good at, then, what is their key job here? | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
They're going to get rid of brambles, and just the scrubland, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
which allows the heather to have no competition when it's growing. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:38 | |
JAMES WHISTLES | 0:04:38 | 0:04:39 | |
Come on! | 0:04:39 | 0:04:40 | |
PIG GRUNTS | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
And what does that fodder do for the taste of the meat, then? | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
And this landscape in particular, grazing them here? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
Well, I think having a good percentage of naturally foraged diet | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
-has got to be good for a pig. -Yeah. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
And it's definitely good for the meat. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
I think it makes for a much darker meat, | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
and the fact that they're growing slower, you know, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
we're not trying to finish these pigs in three, four, five months - | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
they're with us for kind of nine, ten months - | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
and a lot of their diet is coming from natural forage, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
so it makes a huge difference. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
-It's exposed round here, isn't it? -Yeah, it's a bit sharp up here. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
-Cracking view, though. -Yeah, amazing, isn't it? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
How did all this start for you, then? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Well, I started working for a local farmer, for a sheep farmer, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
and I became aware of all the fantastic products | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
that are being produced around Purbeck, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
and then I couldn't really get my hands on any to eat them, | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
so I started looking at the idea of opening up a shop | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
and a butchery, and as I looked more into it, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
I realised there was more and more that I could buy. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
It wasn't just local meat James wanted to source, | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
but local fish, too. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
So, those initial days as a shepherd, then, they were round... | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
Yeah, on the far hills there, down Tyneham valley, Kimmeridge way. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
That's where I started, and that was a big influence, really, | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
-overlooking the sea there. -Yeah. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:03 | |
-And the beautiful landscape, and... -Yeah. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
..it just made me want to eat products from those hills, really, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
and around here. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:10 | |
And do you think that this area has a special taste | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
as far as all of that food is concerned? | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Is there something in common that it has? | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
-Yeah, I like to think it's like eating the view, really. -Nice! | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
There's salt in the air and on the grass, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:24 | |
and we get a lot of sunshine here, as well, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
and I think animals with sun on their back, | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
that's got to be a positive thing. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
And I'll be getting a taste of this view later. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
PIG GRUNTS | 0:06:36 | 0:06:37 | |
"This holy fox, Or wolf, | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
"or both, for he is equal ravenous | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
"As he is subtle, and as prone to mischief | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
"As able to perform't." | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
"Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox." | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
ELLIE: Wily creature of ancient myth - | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
I've been intrigued by foxes for as long as I can remember. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
When I was a child, I would see foxes on the valley | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
opposite the house that we lived in, | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
this flash of colour on a bleak green background, | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
and even now, if I catch a glimpse of a fox at dusk, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
there's still a moment where it takes my breath away. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
VIXEN CALLS | 0:07:31 | 0:07:32 | |
But in winter, you're far more likely to hear one than see one. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:37 | |
VIXEN CALLS | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
At this time of year, the vixen cries for a mate. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
It's one of the season's eeriest sounds. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
VIXEN CRIES | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
But what lies behind our many myths of the cunning fox? | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
Lucy Jones is a journalist who was so intrigued, | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
she wrote a book on the subject. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
We're out in the Surrey countryside hoping to catch a glimpse. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:04 | |
Not the ideal time to spot foxes, but we know they are here. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
-Yeah, we might hear them. -We might, absolutely, with the breeding. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
-This could even be a fox earth, you never know. -Yes. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
Our relationship with foxes goes back a long way, doesn't it? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:17 | |
Yes. If you think about all the placenames in Britain | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
named after foxes - there are hundreds of places | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
called after "todde," which is an old British word for foxes. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
The conflict's always been there, too, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
people who love them, and people who see them as problematic. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
That's woven into our culture, too. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
The fox particularly in Britain is this kind of flint for emotions, | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
because it is our largest remaining predator, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
it succeeds brilliantly in our urban areas. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
And that success, that resourcefulness, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
also lends to this wily fox, cunning fox. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
Yes, if you look back at Chaucer and Aesop, | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
and then medieval literature and folklore, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
the fox was characterised as this cunning villain, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
as a device to warn people in communities about sin. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
It's a marvellous hunter, it's very agile, | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
-but calling it cunning is a misnomer - it's not true. -Yeah. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:07 | |
The fox is the kind of big beast in the woods that we need to kind of, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
I don't know, project our fears on, to tell stories about, be afraid of. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:16 | |
There are none about today, but luckily, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
I know somewhere I'm guaranteed to see them. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
David Mills is the owner of the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
He spends his days observing these curious creatures, | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
many of which have been rescued from the wild. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
Eeh! Hello! | 0:09:41 | 0:09:43 | |
-Hello! -Hi, David. -Hello, Ellie, how are you? | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
-I'm well, and you? -Yes, good. Lovely morning. This is Flo. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
She is a fine looking fox. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
-Flo, come and... -Wow! She's very confident, isn't she? -Yes, she is. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
She's hand-reared, she is nine years old. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
What's this? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:01 | |
Hey! | 0:10:01 | 0:10:02 | |
-Have you hand-fed a fox before? -No. This is a first! | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
And I tell you, it's a great pleasure. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
DAVID CHUCKLES It really is. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
But she still retains a lot of her wildness, even though she's here. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
Oh, yes, she's not a tame fox. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:14 | |
She is on the alert the whole time. She just trusts us. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:19 | |
With up to 12,000 young visitors each year, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
the centre aims to educate us all about native wildlife. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
We get a lot of children from London, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
and they first thing they say, "Where are the crocodiles?" | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:10:31 | 0:10:32 | |
"Are we going to see lions and tigers today?" | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
"No, you're going to see the foxes." | 0:10:35 | 0:10:37 | |
And they are gobsmacked. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:38 | |
You know, cos they... They've never seen a fox so close. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
The fox may be a rare sight in children's lives, | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
but it's as familiar in their stories as ever. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Coralie Bickford-Smith's award-winning tale | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
tells of a friendly fox that loves and loses a star. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
Coralie, why have you chosen a fox? | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
Well, I was living next door to a vacant plot, | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
and the foxes had taken it over, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
and they looked so skinny and small and lost. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
They sort of embodied what I was feeling like when I lost my mum - | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
at an early age, she died - | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
and this book was basically about my journey of grieving, | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
and then the wisdom that she left us with when she passed away. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:27 | |
You know, you feel a little bit heartbroken for Fox, | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
and we're not used to that feeling - | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
we don't often feel sad for Fox in literature. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Yeah. I really did want to turn the tables. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
-Just give him some positive story for once. -Absolutely. Fox the hero. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
Be they hero or villain, | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
most children experience the fox through stories. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
But short winter days are special - | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
a chance for a rare torch-lit glimpse... | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
..or just to enjoy a foxy fable around a cosy campfire. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
"Once there was a Fox who lived in a deep, dense forest. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
"He would wake at night to the cool, calm light of Star. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
"Then, one night, Fox woke. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
"Where did Star go? | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
"Fox looked up." | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
"Fox could not believe there were so many stars. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
"His heart was full of happiness. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
"He knew that somewhere out there was a Star that once was his." | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
MATT: The peaks of the Scottish Highlands | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
can be cold and unforgiving. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
Never more so than in winter. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
Yet there is still beauty to be found here. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
But if you look closer... | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
..much closer... | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
..all is not what it seems. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:00 | |
That's because these are paintings. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
With their painstaking detail, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
self-taught artist Jamie Hageman's work seems as real as photographs. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:13 | |
Fascinated by the rugged beauty of mountains, | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
Jamie is off to brave the cold in search of inspiration | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
for his latest painting of the steep-sided Glen Coe Valley. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
OK, see you later. I'm off to work. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
-See you. -Bye. Have fun. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:28 | |
Winter's all about the drama of the mountains. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Under snow and ice, everything is just heightened. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
I have to paint the most impressive mountain scene I can, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
and that, for me, is winter. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
So I'm going to head up the south ridge of Am Bodach, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
and just get above the valley floor. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
That's the plan. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
It's windy, but, er...might be able to find somewhere sheltered. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
I grew up in Lincolnshire, which is extremely flat, very quiet. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
My father took me to North Wales when I was about 11, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
and suddenly opened up this amazing new world of mountains | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
which I'd never thought about or seen before. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
It obviously went in deep inside, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
because then I would get back to Lincolnshire, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
and I'd want to draw mountains and paint them and write about them | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
and look at books about them. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:54 | |
I've always taken photographs out on the hills when I was little, | 0:14:58 | 0:15:02 | |
but I was always disappointed with them. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
I could never quite reproduce the feeling of being in the mountains | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
and the emotions that I felt, so I think painting, for me, | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
was a way of getting past that, and a way of showing Mum | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
where I'd been and what impressive situations I'd found myself in. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:15:35 | 0:15:36 | |
Yeah, it'll be a lovely sunny day soon. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
Today, we've got... | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
..probably 40-mile-an-hour winds from the west, | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
and it's bringing in hail, snow... | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
It's probably minus ten wind-chill. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
I'm a bit sheltered in the tent here, luckily, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
but if I was sitting outside without the tent... | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
..I'd be freezing. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:03 | |
So I'm sitting here looking towards the Three Sisters of Glen Coe, | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
and I've just sketched in the central peak called Gearr Aonach. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
My style is certainly realistic, | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
and pretty accurate when it comes to the features of mountains. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
Accuracy-wise, | 0:16:20 | 0:16:21 | |
I like to think that climbers might be able to map their climbs out. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:26 | |
I mean, this seems ridiculous, but actually, | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
what I'm going to end up with is a nice little souvenir of being here. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
I've got something that I've produced while I was here, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
on-site, looking at the mountain itself. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
Oh, look, I'm getting hail on the canvas now. This is good! | 0:16:43 | 0:16:47 | |
I do enjoy it. I don't think I'm bonkers. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:16:50 | 0:16:51 | |
As a sketch, I think I'm pretty happy with that, | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
given the conditions. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
The relentless winter seas of the British Isles. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
But fishermen all across the country brave these rough waters | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
all year round to bring home the catch of the day. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
-RADIO: -Now the shipping forecast, issued by the Met Office. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
Portland, west five to seven, backing south four or five, | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
then veering west five to seven, occasionally gale eight in Portland. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
This is the Dorset coastline, a place that is both friend and foe. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:41 | |
For local fishermen, winter is a waiting game. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
As Nick Ford knows only too well. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
He fishes for shellfish out of Kimmeridge Bay, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
but if he can't get out, he's nothing to sell on. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
Which means James Warren, | 0:17:57 | 0:17:58 | |
the pig farmer and local food champion who I met earlier, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:02 | |
has no shellfish for his farm shop devoted to Dorset produce. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:07 | |
-Nick! -Hello! | 0:18:07 | 0:18:08 | |
-How are we, sir? -Good. You? -Nice to see you. I'm good, I'm good. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
I'm guessing, because of all these white horses out here, | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
is collecting pots off today? | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
It's definitely off today. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
And has that been the story, then, for most of the winter? | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
Well, I've managed to get three days in this month. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
-Have you really? -Yeah. -Three? | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
And this that unusual for a winter, then, or is that normally the case? | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
It's fairly standard. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
-You know, other Januarys, I've done 20 days... -Right. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
It's all down to which way the weather swings. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
The winter doesn't just hamper his catches. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
It plays havoc with the gear that Nick depends on, too. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
-Some of these have been damaged at sea in the rough weather. -Right. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
There's the rubber binding on them, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
it's all looped round, and eventually that wears through, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
and then the pot breaks down. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
How many pots do you have out there at the moment, then, | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
thrashing around in this weather? | 0:18:59 | 0:19:00 | |
-NICK CHUCKLES -300! | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
-300?! -Yeah, 300. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
And of your 300 pots that are out there now, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
-how many crabs would you expect? -It could be one, it could be... -Really? | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
-Yeah, or it could be ten. -Right. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:16 | |
But in the winter time, the lobsters are a lot less, | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
but the crabs more so. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
To turn over the gear you'd probably catch sort of around 120 kilo | 0:19:21 | 0:19:25 | |
of crab, probably. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:26 | |
120kg is equal to 170 crabs from Nick's 300 pots. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:33 | |
Hey, the weather's coming in now, Nick. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
Yeah, looks like a little squall coming. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
Good job we're not out there. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
-Right, so, this is the latest haul? -This is the latest haul. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
Ooh, my word! They're huge! | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Right! THEY LAUGH | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
-So, these are brown crabs? -These are brown crab, yeah. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
-Oh, that colour, I mean, they are gorgeous! -Yeah. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
-Can I pick one up? -Yes, you can. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
Look, it's huge! | 0:20:02 | 0:20:04 | |
And this, I mean, the sizes, then, obviously there's various sizes. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
Yeah, they're all different ages, | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
I mean, I don't exactly know how old, | 0:20:09 | 0:20:10 | |
but they could be up to about 15 years old, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
-some of these bigger ones. -Beautiful. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
-All right? -And I'm going to turn you back over there, as well. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
So, if it's really bad weather, right, you can't get out, | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
-you've got no lobsters, you got no crabs at all... -Yeah. -What happens? | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
-Does James go elsewhere? -No. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
It just won't be in the window, and he'll put a little note, | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
-"Too rough, no fish today." -But that adds to the magic of it, doesn't it? | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
And actually, eating seasonally, that's the whole point, | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
that the education side of all this, as well. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
Yes, so sometimes his window can be full, | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
and another time, it can look quite bare! | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
Yeah! | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
-Well, I'll tell you what, it's going to look brilliant this week. -Yeah. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
And I'll get a taste later on in a seasonal surf and turf. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
STEVE: There's nothing quite like a bracing Scottish winter's day | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
to invigorate the senses. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
When the snow blows in, there are those who come out to play. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:21:14 | 0:21:16 | |
DOGS BARK | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
And then there are those on four legs who are just born to run on it. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
Huskies. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
Hey! Mush! | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
Not how one would normally address | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
acquaintances in refined circles, | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
but you could say this farm has gone to the dogs. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
Deep in the Perthshire countryside is Bowland Trails, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:45 | |
a 220-acre farm run by John and Mary Carter, | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
who are world champion dog sled racers. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
Having been brought up in England, it was John's dedication | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
to his huskies that brought him north of the border. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
I had a dozen dogs in the year 2000, | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
and just towards the end of the race season, | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
the foot and mouth outbreak happened. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
I was training at Thetford, and... | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
basically I just couldn't go to the forest, | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
they'd locked the forest off, and my dogs were climbing the walls. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
So I looked to see if I could find a bit of land in Scotland and move up. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
Everything seemed to fall into place. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
It's just minus a house, that was all. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:22 | |
Yep - despite living here for more than 15 years, | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
John and Mary still haven't got round to building a permanent house. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:31 | |
Everything in life has a price, doesn't it? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:33 | |
The dogs come first, you know? We both feel like that. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
It has its trials at times, there's no question. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
We've got no running water, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
and the genny's only on a certain amount of the day, | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
so Mary has to plan when she opens the freezer and does the washing. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
-So you're completely off the grid here? -Totally off the grid. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
The only thing that we get up here free is grass. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
And there's plenty of grass here for the animals, | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
but they've got to work hard to find it under the snow. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
When it comes to grazing, John and Mary farm breeds | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
that are capable of thriving in the toughest of conditions. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
Wow! | 0:23:05 | 0:23:06 | |
COW MOOS | 0:23:07 | 0:23:08 | |
Good morning! | 0:23:08 | 0:23:09 | |
Good morning! | 0:23:11 | 0:23:12 | |
Alongside their 36 Siberian Huskies, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
John and Mary farm a flock of 200 Hebridean sheep, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
and more than 50 pedigree Highland cattle. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
We're surrounded by your Highland cattle, Mary. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
What makes them the perfect breed up here? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
Well, they are incredibly hardy, as you can see, but for us, | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
because our focus is always the Huskies, | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
we need something that we don't have to have too much input ourselves - | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
we like something that's going to really just get on | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
and do the job without too much of our intervention, | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
so through the winter, all we need to do is put out a few | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
bales of silage to keep them going, and in the summer, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
I keep an eye on them through calving time, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
but they just get on and do the job, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
so we really have to do very little with them. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
-Their temperament - they're so friendly. -Yeah! | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
Not all Highlanders are friendly. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:00 | |
We're always nice and calm and quiet with our cows, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
so our cows are really steady - they know that we're no threat. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
What about that interaction between the livestock and the Huskies? | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
Well, with all the cows that have been born here, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
they've grown up seeing the Huskies go past, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
and so they know that it's no threat, | 0:24:14 | 0:24:15 | |
they're really quite used to it, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
you know, it's like, same dogs, different day, going fast. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
Our dogs are so focused, all they want to do is run. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
They don't want to have to be stopping | 0:24:22 | 0:24:24 | |
and going off the trail to chase things. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
It's no interest to them. They just want to run. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
DOGS BARK | 0:24:28 | 0:24:29 | |
And, boy, do they run. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
With more than 10 miles of purpose-built trails, | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
this is the go to place for Huskies and their mushers to come to train. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:41 | |
But if you think this kind of paw-pounding action | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
is just for the non-disabled, then think again. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
Whoa, that's amazing, the speed she's going! | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
Good girl. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:53 | |
Catherine Lewis has spina bifida, a condition that affects her spine, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:58 | |
but from what I can see, | 0:24:58 | 0:24:59 | |
she's certainly not one to pull back on the reins. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
So, Catherine, where did this love of the dogs come from? | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
Well, when I was very young, I had a lot of surgery | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
and I spent a lot of time at Great Ormond Street Hospital, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
and I didn't have much else to do, | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
so my parents brought me a lot of books to keep me occupied, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
and one of them was about wolves, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:17 | |
and I was completely captivated by this book, | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
I thought it was absolutely wonderful, | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
and decided that when I was older, I wanted to have wolves as pets. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
And as I grew, I realised that that's not very practical. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
And I met a lady who had some Siberian Huskies. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
I was absolutely bowled over by them, they were fantastic, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
and I decided there and then, this is what I want. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
So talk me through that first time you went out on a rig. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
Well, we went to a very secluded beach, and they just ran, | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
and it was just like freedom. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
When you see them work, they work together as a group, | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
and their will to move and to go | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
and see what's around the next bend is absolutely infectious. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
For me, it's the fastest I can go. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
I'm using somebody else's legs to run, but I'm still running, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
and I'll never forget that day. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:00 | |
The sun was shining, the sky was blue, very like today, except... | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
-But you was on a beach! -But I was on a beach, yes. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
Well, this is the polar opposite of a beach, but... | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
They said every dog has its day, so I guess it's my turn. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
DOGS BARK | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
I'm going to be using Catherine's specially adapted rig, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
and Mary's given me an expert steer. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
The dogs are going to set off at quite a pace. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
That's when I need you just to brace yourself, cos... | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
Brace myself? How fast are they going to go? | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
If you're taking a left turn... | 0:26:32 | 0:26:33 | |
-Yeah, that's that way... -..say, "Haw." | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
"Haw." | 0:26:35 | 0:26:36 | |
If you're taking a right turn, you say, "Gee." | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
Haw, gee. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
OK, I've got that. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:41 | |
They're more excited than I am! | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
-Excited? -It's going to be fun, isn't it? -Yeah! | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
With speeds of up to 25mph, | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
it's time for this young pup to run with the big dogs. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
Gee! | 0:26:57 | 0:26:58 | |
Gee! | 0:26:58 | 0:26:59 | |
This is amazing! Gee! | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
Gee! | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
Gee! | 0:27:07 | 0:27:08 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
Whoa! I really want to brake! Argh! | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
Whoa! | 0:27:15 | 0:27:16 | |
Go on, dogs. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:18 | |
Well, I'll tell you what... | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Thank you, firstly, Mary, that was something else. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
These dogs are strong, they're powerful, | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
and you want to see the way that they go round the corners. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
All I wanted to do was brake and slow it down - | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
they're just relentless - they would not stop. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
And talking of not stopping, neither am I. Let's go again. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
DOGS BARK | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
JOE: This season never ceases to amaze. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
This magnificent spot overlooks the three counties | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
of Dorset over there, Devon there, and Somerset right here. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
And even in the middle of winter, it just oozes charm. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
There is a sense of tranquillity here. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
A timeless landscape where the sight and sounds | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
of the majestic deer, antlers ablaze, | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
are not out of place. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
Because these hills are home | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
to a collection of extraordinary creatures. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
This is the South West Deer Rescue Centre. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:33 | |
Run by Mike Gage, also known as the Deer Whisperer, | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
these rolling acres are home to more than 150 deer. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
-Mike, how are you doing? -OK, mate. -Good to see you. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
So what are you doing here? | 0:28:47 | 0:28:48 | |
This is fodder beet, and it's high in sugar. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
The deer seem to love it. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:53 | |
Where did this passion for deer come from? | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
I was a plasterer, and I, erm... | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
..got a contract down in Dulverton on Exmoor, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
and one morning, driving into Dulverton, | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
nine red deer ran across the road in front of my van, | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
and that was it, really, I got hooked, and that was 42 years ago. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:12 | |
-Wow! -So I went out, bought a camera, and off I went. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:17 | |
And I couldn't understand how I sneaked all down | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
across these fields, under hedges, and I knew they couldn't see me, | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
and when I got there, they weren't there. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
I thought, "Well, how did they know?" | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
And I worked it out - they could smell me coming down the wind. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
-Wind, yeah. -So, then, I walked with the wind in my face, | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
and I've walked right up to deer. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
From that first encounter with the red deer on Exmoor, | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
Mike's become the go-to deer guy. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
His herd's grown along with his reputation. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
So this place really is... | 0:29:48 | 0:29:50 | |
-My life. -..to give people a chance to share your passion, | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
-that they can come and experience deer quite up close. -Yes. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
And talk to them, and photograph them, and... | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
Which people can't do very often. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
-Yeah. So shall we get in there and give them their breakfast? -Good idea. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
ENGINE STARTS | 0:30:05 | 0:30:06 | |
Great. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:13 | |
Ooh! | 0:30:13 | 0:30:14 | |
Right... | 0:30:15 | 0:30:16 | |
-You've done this before! -JOE LAUGHS | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
So, Mike, introduce me to some of the characters in this field, then. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
This is Rosie. Rosie! | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
Rosie comes from Exmoor. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
-Now, Rosie's a little bit different, clearly. -She's a red deer. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
She's a red, I thought so. Good! MIKE CHUCKLES | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
Well, she came with the RSPCA about four years ago, | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
and I bottle-fed her... | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
..with Lola, over there. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
-This is Lola here? -Yeah. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
She's a little fallow deer, and they came together, | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
and they go everywhere together, they follow each other. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
Now, look. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:53 | |
I think fallow deer are really gentle animals, to be honest, | 0:30:53 | 0:30:57 | |
and they're like my family, really. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
And Mike wants to show others just how fabulous | 0:31:00 | 0:31:03 | |
his fallow deer family is. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
Today, some local youngsters are here to get hands-on | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
with these gentle, hungry creatures. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:10 | |
What do they like? Carrot? | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
-They're muddy. -It is a bit muddy. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:17 | |
But it doesn't seem to bother them too much. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:19 | |
Would you eat a muddy carrot? | 0:31:19 | 0:31:20 | |
-No! -No?! | 0:31:20 | 0:31:21 | |
Oh, that's lots! Oh, thank you! Thank you! | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
This is Damme. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:29 | |
Damme is 16 years old. She'll be 17 years old this June. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:35 | |
It's not just fallow and red deer. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
Mike also looks after axis, sika, and muntjacs. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
During the winter, when the pickings are thin, | 0:31:41 | 0:31:43 | |
the deer need a helping hand, | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
so it's time to move his herd of red deer to pastures new. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
MIKE CALLS TO DEER | 0:31:49 | 0:31:50 | |
So why are you moving them today? | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
Cos the grass has had it | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
and there's some fresh grass in there, look. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:56 | |
How much more work, how much more effort is it in the winter, | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
having to look after them all? | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
It's a heck of a lot of work in the winter. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
On my own, it takes me from about eight to two o'clock... | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
-Wow. -..to feed everyone. -So in the winter it's the best part of a day | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
-going round feeding them all? -Yeah. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:14 | |
Do you ever sort of sit back and think, | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
when you came here and started this, there was none of this, | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
-and now you've done all this? -Yes. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:20 | |
You must be very proud of what you've achieved. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
Erm... I never thought of it. Yes, you're right! | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:32:25 | 0:32:26 | |
MATT: Now, this year, we are celebrating 30 years of Countryfile. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:46 | |
And it also happens to be the 30th anniversary | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
of another memorable event that was watched by millions of us. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:53 | |
In 1988, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards from Gloucestershire | 0:32:55 | 0:32:59 | |
became the unlikely hero of the Calgary Winter Olympics. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:03 | |
Eddie leapt into the nation's hearts | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
with an unforgettable show of strength in the face of adversity, | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
finishing last in not one but two ski jumping events. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:14 | |
With the Winter Olympics starting later this week, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
Eddie is going back out on the piste | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
at Glenshee Ski Centre in the Scottish Cairngorms. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
He used to be a ski instructor here before gaining Olympic notoriety, | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
so Eddie's going to show us the slopes. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:37 | |
This is the bit I remember most - | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
the approach from Blairgowrie up to Glenshee. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
I used to run up here to get warmed up and stretch, | 0:33:44 | 0:33:48 | |
and then get ready for a day's skiing. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
The other guys, the ski instructors and workers at Glenshee, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
they just let me get on with it, but I was serious about my racing, | 0:33:53 | 0:33:56 | |
and for me, fitness was everything. | 0:33:56 | 0:33:58 | |
So I guess, yes, they must have thought to themselves, "He's mad," | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
but...it didn't stop me doing it, though. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
Yeah, this looks fantastic, it's quite modern. It's very posh. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:17 | |
When I remember skiing here 35 years ago, | 0:34:17 | 0:34:19 | |
it was literally a garden shed over there, and we had to walk in, | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
there was no heating. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:23 | |
Gosh! Glenshee have come into the 21st century! This is wonderful! | 0:34:23 | 0:34:28 | |
Ha-ha! | 0:34:28 | 0:34:29 | |
I was 19 years old - back in 1982. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:37 | |
That's when I came up for the season to ski here at Glenshee. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:41 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:34:48 | 0:34:49 | |
-Is it who I think it is? Eddie! How lovely to see you! -How are you? | 0:34:49 | 0:34:54 | |
And you! | 0:34:54 | 0:34:55 | |
-Two - we have to be... -Oh, gosh! You're still here! | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
I'm still here, yeah. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
We always remember you affectionately up here, | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
-and say, "Oh, he used to work up here!" -Yes, yes. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
I do tell people, yes. They say, "Have you skied in Scotland?" | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
I say, "Of course! I worked there as a ski instructor in Glenshee. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
-"Get up there and ski!" -Yeah. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
-So are you going to get your skis on? -I'm going to have a ski, | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
and I hope I don't need your services as a medical officer. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:19 | |
-Or the dog to find you! -THEY LAUGH | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
-Or the dog to find me, yeah! -THEY LAUGH | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
-"We've lost Eddie, where's Eddie?" -THEY LAUGH | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
-Yes! -I'll find you! | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:35:36 | 0:35:37 | |
I'd never been to Scotland before. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
Coming up to Glenshee was a bit of a culture shock. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
A - they speak funny up here, | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
and I couldn't understand the way they were speaking. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
And the weather was really, really harsh, cos sometimes the wind | 0:35:51 | 0:35:56 | |
would blow you up the hill faster than you could ski down it. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
I couldn't see where I was skiing for the first month that I was here. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
It was like a permanent whiteout, | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
but that was really good for my skiing, too, | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
because if you can ski well when you can't see where you're going | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
and you can't see what you're doing, that makes you an even better skier. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
I love the outdoors. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:28 | |
I think that's part and parcel of being a skier - | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
the enjoyment of being in the mountains. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
You know, not only here in Glenshee, but when you go to Italy or Austria. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
Beautiful scenery, fresh air, the wildlife that you see, | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
the elements - it's all different challenges. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
Now, the reason I went into ski jumping | 0:36:53 | 0:36:55 | |
was quite by accident, really. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
After working here in Glenshee, I went to Europe for a year or two, | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
and I kept running out of money. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
My dad was a plasterer, my mum worked in an office, | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
we weren't rich, so I had to decide, | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
either I'd come back home to Cheltenham, | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
and go back to plastering with my dad and forget about skiing, | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
or find something cheaper to do, and I saw the ski jumps. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
And when I sat and looked at them, I realised that Great Britain | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
have had lots of Alpine skiers, cross-country skiers, | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
biathlon skiers, but we'd never had a jumper, | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
and I thought, "I'll give it a go." | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
And then, two years later, there I was at Calgary, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
jumping in the Olympics, and all the broken bones that occurred | 0:37:36 | 0:37:39 | |
over those 20 months were all worth it, cos I got there, | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
and I realised my dream of getting to an Olympic Games. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
And they rest, as they say, is history. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
ELLIE: from the Highlands of Scotland to the Gower Peninsula in Wales. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
Adam's visiting a farmer | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
whose livestock live life on the edge of this unusual coastline. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:11 | |
Farming during the winter definitely has its challenges, | 0:38:11 | 0:38:14 | |
but in this landscape, it can be even tougher, | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
especially when it comes to gathering up the sheep on the salt marshes. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:21 | |
SHEEP BLEAT | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
ADAM: I love Gower, and it's particularly stunning | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
at this time of year, during the winter months. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
Now, you wouldn't expect to find | 0:38:34 | 0:38:36 | |
grazing animals out here, would you? | 0:38:36 | 0:38:38 | |
But unbelievably, | 0:38:38 | 0:38:39 | |
along the salt marshes here, | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
there's a flock of sheep that graze all along the side of the estuary. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
And I've brought along Peg here, my sheepdog, to give me a hand. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:47 | |
She likes a trip to the seaside. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
But also, I've come to learn about the shepherding skills, | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
because they have to gather these sheep off the salt marsh | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
so they don't get swept away during the high tide. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
So I'm going to use Peg, and hopefully, | 0:38:58 | 0:38:59 | |
she'll be able to cope with this very unusual terrain. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:02 | |
Rowland Prichard has been farming here his whole life. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
I'm meeting him at Weobley Castle. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
It's a stunning spot overlooking the spectacular landscape. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
Hi, Rowland. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:25 | |
-Hi, Adam, how are you? -Really well. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
-What a place to live, eh? -This is lovely, isn't it? | 0:39:27 | 0:39:29 | |
Incredible! | 0:39:29 | 0:39:30 | |
Well, I've just been down on the marshes, | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
but it's completely different looking down on it from up here. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:35 | |
Oh, yeah, from here, you can see all the gutters, all the inlets, | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
the pills that divide the marsh off, you can see the lot, can't you? | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
Is that what you call the sort of river inlets, the pills? | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
-That river there, we call them a pill, yeah. -OK. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
The tide comes in through it, and then goes back out. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
-So what's the job first? -First job, we've got to go feed them. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
-OK, I'll give you a hand. -OK, great. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
We jump aboard the tractor and head straight out to the marshes, | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
where the sheep are eagerly waiting to be fed. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
This track is extraordinary, | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
it just seems to go straight out into the sea. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:08 | |
Is it safe? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
It always has been - I'm still here! | 0:40:10 | 0:40:11 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:40:11 | 0:40:13 | |
-So you're just used to farming in this extraordinary environment? -Yeah. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
We know the tide is coming in tonight, | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
so we've got a few hours' gap now | 0:40:19 | 0:40:20 | |
to feed the sheep before the tide comes in. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:23 | |
Rowland unhitches the trailer, | 0:40:26 | 0:40:27 | |
and starts by unloading two big bales of silage | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
onto the sand at the edge of the marsh. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
Silage is grass cut during the summer | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
that's then used during the winter months when there is little to graze. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:41 | |
And then underneath that, he's got fodder beet, | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
and they're running in to feed on it already. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
Most farmers are feeding their animals extra grub | 0:40:50 | 0:40:52 | |
at this time of year, | 0:40:52 | 0:40:54 | |
but out on the sands like this, it's quite extraordinary. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:58 | |
The sheep seem to love it. They're totally at home out here. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:01 | |
Rowland, did you grow this fodder beet? | 0:41:05 | 0:41:06 | |
This fodder beet is grown, yes, on the farm. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:08 | |
Particularly now they are heavy in lamb, | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
they need a little bit more than the grass they can eat off the marsh. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:14 | |
They seem in fit condition. How many ewes have you got out here? | 0:41:14 | 0:41:17 | |
-We've got about 1,000 on the marsh here. -Brilliant. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
It takes the sheep a couple of hours to finish munching | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
on their high energy lunch before they return to the salt marshes. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:28 | |
Well, the tide is on its way in now, | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
so we need to get these sheep in now before they get underwater. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
And do they literally get washed away by the sea if they don't get in? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:38 | |
Yeah, we've got to come out and get them in, because, | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
as you can see, there's little gutters all along the marsh, | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
and they fill with water, then they can't come in. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
-They're sort of trapped on the island. -They're trapped. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
So we've got to be at least two hours before high water, | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
getting them in. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:51 | |
We head towards the flock in the distance, | 0:41:51 | 0:41:53 | |
but it's slow progress on this terrain. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
The sheep know these marshes like the back of their hooves. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:02 | |
When we seem to be gaining on them, the tide beats us to it, | 0:42:02 | 0:42:05 | |
and we're cut off from the flock. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
It's now down to the dogs to play their part. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
Goodness me, Rowland, what happens here? | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
I mean, the sheep are right over there! | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
Have you brought your swimming trunks with you? | 0:42:15 | 0:42:16 | |
ADAM LAUGHS | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
Go on, get in! | 0:42:18 | 0:42:19 | |
-Will your dog go across? -I don't know! I've got no idea. Will yours? | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
-I think so. We'll give them a try, shall we? -Go on, then, yeah. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:25 | |
Away. Away! | 0:42:25 | 0:42:27 | |
She's making her way along the edge there - | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
-looking for somewhere to cross, is she? -Yeah, she's looking. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
She'll go in a minute now. Keep an eye on her. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
There she is, she's in the water. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:34 | |
-Gosh, she can swim well, can't she? -She's swimming terrific, yeah. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
Fair play, and that's a strong current coming the other way. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
-Brave, isn't she? -Yeah. Right, let's see your dog. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
-Come on, then! -Not sure she will! I'm not filled with confidence! | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
ROWLAND LAUGHS Peg, good girl. Away, away. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
Peg, away. Away. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:49 | |
Peg, away. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:52 | |
Just when it looks like Lib will have to do the job on her own, | 0:42:54 | 0:42:57 | |
I'm amazed by Peg - | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
she finds a narrow crossing, and she takes the plunge. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
Once on the other side, | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
the dogs have a quick shake before they race off to find the sheep. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:11 | |
The dogs work as a perfect team, coming in from different sides, | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
cutting the flock off, and sending them back in the right direction. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:22 | |
With her years of experience, Lib leads the way. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:32 | |
But Peg is like a duck to water, | 0:43:32 | 0:43:34 | |
and is soon handling this terrain like an old-timer. | 0:43:34 | 0:43:37 | |
This might be a difficult environment to farm, | 0:43:39 | 0:43:42 | |
but Rowland has a very good reason for grazing his flock here. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:45 | |
It's great watching them move off the marshes, | 0:43:47 | 0:43:49 | |
and the weather is closing in now, isn't it? | 0:43:49 | 0:43:51 | |
-Yeah. -But what makes this salt marsh lamb so special? | 0:43:51 | 0:43:54 | |
It is the vegetation they're eating. | 0:43:54 | 0:43:55 | |
We haven't got the rye grasses that you get in fields. | 0:43:55 | 0:43:58 | |
There's a lot of fescues, and an awful lot of herbs, | 0:43:58 | 0:44:01 | |
so the fact that they're eating a different vegetation, | 0:44:01 | 0:44:04 | |
that affects the flavour. | 0:44:04 | 0:44:06 | |
And is it anything to do with the salt in the ground? | 0:44:06 | 0:44:08 | |
The salt affects the vegetation, and the vegetation then affects | 0:44:08 | 0:44:13 | |
-the flavour, so the salt is doing it indirectly... -Yeah. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:16 | |
-..but you won't taste salt on the meat. -Yeah, just a rich flavour. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:19 | |
-Just a rich flavour, yeah. -Sounds lovely. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:21 | |
-They're leaving us behind, we'd better catch up. -Let's catch up. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
Before we know it, most of the sheep have made it to the track | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
that leads them to higher ground. | 0:44:27 | 0:44:29 | |
-We've got the main flock in, Rowland. -They've come in well, haven't they? | 0:44:29 | 0:44:32 | |
-But there's a few stragglers here. -Yeah, they're on the bridge. | 0:44:32 | 0:44:35 | |
Oh, look, and the gate has blown shut on them. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:37 | |
What shall we do, try and squeeze through? | 0:44:37 | 0:44:39 | |
See if you can pass, if you can open the gate. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
ADAM WHISTLES That'll do, Peg! | 0:44:41 | 0:44:42 | |
-They're pushing it open. -There we are, they've gone now. -Oh, perfect! | 0:44:42 | 0:44:46 | |
-Automatic gates! -THEY LAUGH | 0:44:46 | 0:44:47 | |
ADAM WHISTLES Here! | 0:44:47 | 0:44:50 | |
We've got shepherds all over the UK managing sheep in different ways, | 0:44:50 | 0:44:53 | |
you know, in the Cotswolds, the Lake District fells, | 0:44:53 | 0:44:56 | |
the Scottish mountains, but here on the salt marshes, | 0:44:56 | 0:44:58 | |
there's nothing like it, is there? | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
No, this is completely different, isn't it? | 0:45:00 | 0:45:02 | |
You see the dogs working, he's got to learn to swim... | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
ADAM CHUCKLES | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
..jump gutters, and it's all completely different here. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:08 | |
-Incredible. -Mmm. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:09 | |
Well, it's been a real experience for me, | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
and I think Peg's still got a lot to learn. | 0:45:11 | 0:45:13 | |
Oh, she's learning fast, fair play. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:16 | |
Another three years, and you'd be a marsh shepherd. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
ADAM LAUGHS | 0:45:19 | 0:45:20 | |
ANITA: The colder months bring much beauty. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:32 | |
But unsurprisingly, | 0:45:34 | 0:45:36 | |
shorter days and plummeting temperatures | 0:45:36 | 0:45:39 | |
don't bring joy for everyone. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:41 | |
For many of us, winter is a time of darkness and anxiety, | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
when those long, warm days of summer seem like a million miles away, | 0:45:46 | 0:45:50 | |
and it's all too easy to start feeling a little bit glum. | 0:45:50 | 0:45:54 | |
But you don't have to be blue. | 0:45:57 | 0:45:59 | |
Emma Mitchell, a Cambridgeshire-based biologist, writer and artist, | 0:45:59 | 0:46:03 | |
has come up with a way of living with winter that's all about embracing it. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:08 | |
-Hello. -Now, winter can be gloomy, | 0:46:08 | 0:46:09 | |
but I think this is what you'd describe as a perfect winter's day, | 0:46:09 | 0:46:12 | |
wouldn't you? So what are we out here to do? | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
What I'm after, really, is tiny little seasonal nature finds. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:19 | |
Seed heads or perhaps little seedlings coming out, | 0:46:19 | 0:46:23 | |
and despite it being quite the depths of winter, | 0:46:23 | 0:46:27 | |
there's quite a lot to find. | 0:46:27 | 0:46:28 | |
I'll make things with it. | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
I'll either draw with them or cast them in silver. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:32 | |
Are we going to be crafting? | 0:46:32 | 0:46:33 | |
-We are. -Oh, I'm looking forward to it already. | 0:46:33 | 0:46:36 | |
A decade ago, Emma's life was very different. | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
She had a stressful job which caused depression that got | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
worse in the winter. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:45 | |
I became really lacking in energy, I did have to have antidepressants, | 0:46:46 | 0:46:50 | |
and also counselling for the stress levels, | 0:46:50 | 0:46:52 | |
so it was a serious situation. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:54 | |
Feeling lost, Emma turned to social media to ask what others do | 0:46:54 | 0:46:58 | |
to fight the winter blues. | 0:46:58 | 0:47:00 | |
Again and again, they came up with the same answer. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
Lots of people got out to walk in green spaces, | 0:47:03 | 0:47:06 | |
even in their garden, and so I started to come for regular walks. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:09 | |
And...? | 0:47:09 | 0:47:10 | |
And as soon as I step outside, there's a change in my mood. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:14 | |
In fact, it's better than chocolate. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:16 | |
-Shall we gather? -Yes! -Shall we do what you do? -Let's go. -Come on, then. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
Better than chocolate? Nothing's better than chocolate! | 0:47:20 | 0:47:22 | |
EMMA LAUGHS | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
DUCKS QUACK | 0:47:24 | 0:47:25 | |
So, this is just a hedge. | 0:47:28 | 0:47:30 | |
But look deeper, and it's full of treasures. | 0:47:30 | 0:47:33 | |
That's gorgeous! | 0:47:33 | 0:47:34 | |
Here, we've got another really common plant, and that's yarrow. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:40 | |
-We're making jewellery with these, aren't we? -Absolutely. | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
-Look, that would make a great... -Oh! -What do you reckon? | 0:47:44 | 0:47:46 | |
-Woman of the woods. Looking beautiful there. -An earring. -Nice. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:50 | |
Now, there's proper science behind this, isn't there? | 0:47:53 | 0:47:55 | |
There's quite a lot of scientific research that has unpicked | 0:47:55 | 0:47:59 | |
why we feel so good in a green space, | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
and in fact, it's the oils and chemicals | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
-being released by the plants that we inhale... -Mmm-hmm... | 0:48:04 | 0:48:08 | |
..that affects our circulatory system, it affects our mood. | 0:48:08 | 0:48:11 | |
So it's not just open space, meditation, | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
it's actually physical, there's physical effects... | 0:48:14 | 0:48:16 | |
-Absolutely, yes. -..that are making us feel good. | 0:48:16 | 0:48:19 | |
Surprisingly, these chemicals aren't only active in summer, | 0:48:19 | 0:48:22 | |
with its abundance of foliage. | 0:48:22 | 0:48:25 | |
They are around all year, and in winter, | 0:48:25 | 0:48:27 | |
they're even more critical for our wellbeing. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:30 | |
-I can't wait to do the making bit. -Are you excited? | 0:48:30 | 0:48:33 | |
-Yeah, really excited! Shall we give it a go? -Yeah. | 0:48:33 | 0:48:35 | |
-There may be cake. -Oh! Oh! This gets better and better! | 0:48:35 | 0:48:39 | |
Emma's workshop is based in her picture-perfect cottage | 0:48:40 | 0:48:44 | |
in the heart of the Cambridgeshire Fens. | 0:48:44 | 0:48:46 | |
-Come on in, it's a bit cosier in here. -It's lovely. That's better. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:52 | |
This is where the natural objects she's carefully collected | 0:48:52 | 0:48:56 | |
take on a whole new life. | 0:48:56 | 0:48:58 | |
-So here we are, this is where I hold my workshops. -It is lovely! | 0:49:02 | 0:49:07 | |
First, we need to make the mould. Who doesn't love a bit of squidgy putty? | 0:49:08 | 0:49:12 | |
I really have regressed. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:15 | |
I'm four, and I want to be really naughty! | 0:49:15 | 0:49:17 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:49:17 | 0:49:18 | |
The idea is to make an impression of the plant. | 0:49:18 | 0:49:22 | |
Oh... Oh! | 0:49:22 | 0:49:24 | |
Amazing! | 0:49:24 | 0:49:25 | |
I'm really enjoying myself. It's just me and this little bit of craft. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:30 | |
Then it's transferred to the silver clay, which is 93% silver. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:36 | |
Oh, look! | 0:49:36 | 0:49:37 | |
That's fab. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:39 | |
A flash of flame burns away the impurities, | 0:49:39 | 0:49:42 | |
leaving just the solid precious metal. | 0:49:42 | 0:49:44 | |
Ah! | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
-Wow! -Look at that! | 0:49:46 | 0:49:49 | |
-We've made real silver, we're alchemists! -I cannot believe it. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
-That is so beautiful, so satisfying. -I know. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:55 | |
What's really special about it | 0:49:55 | 0:49:57 | |
is the joy that the whole process has brought. | 0:49:57 | 0:49:59 | |
-Absolutely. -Going outdoors, and then that will always be a memory. -I know. | 0:49:59 | 0:50:03 | |
We've captured a seasonal moment. | 0:50:03 | 0:50:05 | |
In the depths of winter, a tiny, really common, | 0:50:05 | 0:50:09 | |
very beautiful little plant cast in silver like a fossil. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:12 | |
How beautiful is that? It's gorgeous, isn't it? | 0:50:14 | 0:50:17 | |
And if it's inspired you to get out there into the depths of winter | 0:50:17 | 0:50:20 | |
and do some gathering, | 0:50:20 | 0:50:22 | |
then you'll definitely need to know what the weather's up to. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
Here's the Countryfile five-day forecast. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
MATT: Today, we're embracing winter's icy charms. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:06 | |
From the countryside to the coastline, Dorset has it all. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:11 | |
Even in the most unforgiving season, | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
this diverse landscape lends itself to an array of top produce. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:20 | |
So, when it comes to fresh food, even in the middle of winter, | 0:51:20 | 0:51:24 | |
Dorset is the place to be. | 0:51:24 | 0:51:26 | |
Earlier, I met James Warren, | 0:51:29 | 0:51:31 | |
a farmer championing local producers and their food, | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
and he's about to rustle up a storm of seasonal delicacies. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:38 | |
James, this is a mightily impressive barbecue, to say the least... | 0:51:42 | 0:51:45 | |
-Thank you. -..and the produce that's | 0:51:45 | 0:51:47 | |
on here, I mean, what you're cooking, | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
it smells divine here. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:51 | |
Erm...so, yeah, just talk us through | 0:51:51 | 0:51:53 | |
the grill here and what we've got. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:54 | |
So, er...we've got a ribeye there | 0:51:54 | 0:51:56 | |
still on the bone, | 0:51:56 | 0:51:57 | |
which is of White Park beef. | 0:51:57 | 0:51:58 | |
Look at that! | 0:51:58 | 0:52:00 | |
We've left the cap on just to cook it, | 0:52:00 | 0:52:02 | |
but we'll take that off before we eat it. | 0:52:02 | 0:52:03 | |
Beautiful. This lamb here? | 0:52:03 | 0:52:05 | |
Yeah, again, this is truly local, | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
because up behind us | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
in the fields there is where that | 0:52:09 | 0:52:10 | |
lamb was born and raised. | 0:52:10 | 0:52:11 | |
It's actually from that sheep farm? | 0:52:11 | 0:52:13 | |
Yeah, it's part of the flock | 0:52:13 | 0:52:14 | |
you can see, those white dots. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:15 | |
Then have we got your pork there? | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
Yeah, this is a rolled | 0:52:17 | 0:52:18 | |
shoulder of our pork here, | 0:52:18 | 0:52:19 | |
which we've stuffed and we just roll up and down the barbecue. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
-You see it's getting a nice colour now. -Yeah. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:24 | |
And frying off in the pan? | 0:52:24 | 0:52:25 | |
Then over there, | 0:52:25 | 0:52:26 | |
I just picked a little bit of | 0:52:26 | 0:52:27 | |
sea beet from the cliffs here. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
It's a feast, but it doesn't end here, | 0:52:29 | 0:52:30 | |
because you've been doing something | 0:52:30 | 0:52:32 | |
with Nick's crab, as well. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:33 | |
Yeah, we've made a lovely | 0:52:33 | 0:52:35 | |
crab butter, which, | 0:52:35 | 0:52:36 | |
when I take that off | 0:52:36 | 0:52:37 | |
to rest in just a moment, | 0:52:37 | 0:52:38 | |
we'll put a couple of discs | 0:52:38 | 0:52:39 | |
-of the crab butter on there. -Right. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:41 | |
And that will just melt in, | 0:52:41 | 0:52:42 | |
so a bit of a surf and turf theme, | 0:52:42 | 0:52:43 | |
-as we're next to the sea. -Right! | 0:52:43 | 0:52:45 | |
So, you're farming it, you're selling | 0:52:45 | 0:52:47 | |
it, and you're cooking it, as well. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:48 | |
-Yeah. -You're basically | 0:52:48 | 0:52:49 | |
the jack of all trades here. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
-We do the full thing, yeah. -Wow. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:53 | |
I mean, obviously, this is a real passion of yours, | 0:52:53 | 0:52:55 | |
but how challenging is this in today's kind of agriculture | 0:52:55 | 0:52:59 | |
and today's market, as far as the consumer is concerned? | 0:52:59 | 0:53:02 | |
I think it is challenging, | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
but if something's only coming from a few fields away, you feel | 0:53:04 | 0:53:07 | |
it should be good value, you feel you should be able to save costs. | 0:53:07 | 0:53:11 | |
-Yeah. -It's not as easy as that, | 0:53:11 | 0:53:12 | |
but we certainly manage it wherever we can. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
We must almost be at the eating stage. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:17 | |
Yeah, I think | 0:53:17 | 0:53:18 | |
we can start carving up. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:19 | |
We'll leave that for now. OK. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:21 | |
Wow! | 0:53:25 | 0:53:26 | |
And Nick the fisherman is also joining us | 0:53:29 | 0:53:31 | |
to sample his own surf and turf. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:34 | |
I don't know what to start with. | 0:53:34 | 0:53:35 | |
Pick off those, they're like a lamb lollipop. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:37 | |
-Yeah. Good luck to you all. -Yeah. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:40 | |
Oh, my word! | 0:53:42 | 0:53:43 | |
I'm going to have a go at the crab butter on a... | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
Oh, yeah! Good, isn't it? | 0:53:47 | 0:53:50 | |
I mean, this, really, is what the essence of local food | 0:53:51 | 0:53:55 | |
is all about, I mean, here we are, in the landscape, | 0:53:55 | 0:53:57 | |
we're looking at exactly where the lamb was reared, you know, | 0:53:57 | 0:54:01 | |
we're just at the water's edge of where the crowd was caught, and... | 0:54:01 | 0:54:04 | |
I mean, it just doesn't get any better than this. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:06 | |
-It makes everything taste better, doesn't it? -Oh, my word! | 0:54:06 | 0:54:09 | |
Well, that's almost all we've got time for for this week, | 0:54:12 | 0:54:14 | |
but if you would like to see more of what our spectacular winter season | 0:54:14 | 0:54:18 | |
has to offer, then you can watch Countryfile Winter Diaries, | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
all week, 9:15am, on BBC One. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:24 | |
Little sieves make perfect feeders. | 0:54:24 | 0:54:27 | |
Brilliant! | 0:54:27 | 0:54:28 | |
I'll be revealing how wearing wellies | 0:54:30 | 0:54:32 | |
could be affecting your feet. | 0:54:32 | 0:54:34 | |
When we have a particular disease or condition, | 0:54:34 | 0:54:37 | |
that changes our odour, and the dog can identify the disease. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:40 | |
-So you are going to look after me out there? -We'll look after you! | 0:54:40 | 0:54:43 | |
Yahoo! | 0:54:43 | 0:54:44 | |
-So, wow, this is Robird, is it? -This is it. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:50 | |
Some people would say, "Why don't you put the heating on at home?" | 0:54:50 | 0:54:53 | |
Cos we can't afford it. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:54 | |
We've had landslides, the railway moved 40 metres towards the sea. | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
Really? | 0:54:57 | 0:54:58 | |
Wow, look at that! | 0:54:58 | 0:55:01 | |
There's a garden in a carton in there. | 0:55:01 | 0:55:03 | |
-Got first! -Were you expecting that? | 0:55:03 | 0:55:05 | |
-Yes. -HE LAUGHS | 0:55:05 | 0:55:07 | |
From all of us here on the | 0:55:12 | 0:55:13 | |
Dorset coastline, it's goodbye. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:15 | |
-Say goodbye. -Goodbye! -Goodbye! -Ta-ra! | 0:55:15 | 0:55:17 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
Right, crew, we're finished! Come and eat! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:55:23 | 0:55:25 |