Bannau Brycheiniog, Yr Hydref Y Dyn Gwyllt: Tri Thymor

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-I live an ordinary life, really.

-I work nine to five all week,

-but I spend my weekends living wild.

-It's the only place

-that doesn't lie to you.

-Last year, I proved

-that I can survive in the wild.

-To the trees, like Robin Hood!

-I spent five days

-out around my native Porthmadog.

-It was tough.

-This is all the food I have now.

-This time, I'll push myself harder.

-Anyone home?!

-I want to survive for five days

-during three different seasons...

-..I don't know how I carried on...

-..and not just on my home turf,

-but in other wild parts of Wales.

-Don't fall.

-Places I don't know half as well.

-The summer weather in Pembrokeshire

-was terrible.

-The only dry thing

-this morning was Gwen.

-Now, I'll do five autumn days

-in the Brecon Beacons...

-A fluffy squirrel!

-..and five winter days,

-hopefully, in Snowdonia.

-I'm tired now. Knackered.

-I'm Carwyn Jones, the wild man.

-Autumn in the Brecon Beacons

-Day 1

-Here we are.

-That's a noise I like to hear.

-It tells me there's food here.

-Old trusty!

-A poncho shelter.

-As it's a Sunday tomorrow,

-I can't shoot anything legally.

-I'll chance it now.

-Look. She knows

-there are birds here.

-Safety check.

-Go find 'em, Gwen.

-Heel.

-GUNSHOT

-Here! Here!

-A cock pheasant for supper.

-One shot, one kill.

-There we are.

-There's an old saying.

-Beware the man with one gun.

-He knows how to shoot.

-You could have a full cabinet

-of smart guns, worth thousands...

-..and not be able to shoot anything.

-It's all down to who holds it.

-To be honest, I'm a bit worried

-that I won't have time to cook it.

-Rain is forecast...

-..between now

-and eight o'clock tonight.

-I'm going to light a fire.

-You've seen these.

-King Alfred cakes.

-A fungus...

-..that grows on ash trees, usually.

-Whoa!

-That's how you light a fire

-in the rain.

-Come here, Gwen. Don't get wet.

-I know that I can survive the night

-with nothing to eat.

-My main objectives at the moment

-are to dry out and warm up.

-I've got a week ahead of me...

-..and I don't want

-to catch pneumonia.

-It won't be a nice night,

-but I have my best buddy here.

-Gwengelina!

-You look as pissed off as I do!

-Day 2

-Hallelujah!

-What now?

-I didn't sleep great.

-If you touch the sides,

-you'll get wet.

-So...

-..you try to sleep curled up.

-Then, of course...

-..in the night, you forget

-you're in a pork-pie sized tent.

-You stretch your legs

-and your sleeping bag gets wet.

-I have to dry that,

-as well as a blanket.

-These trousers were soaked.

-Gwen was completely dry.

-Don't get burnt -

-the flames are coming your way.

-What happened to your cap?

-I burnt it last night,

-trying to dry it.

-It's more singed than burned,

-by the fire.

-I got soaked yesterday.

-I wanted to dry my hat before bed.

-I woke up and it looked...

-..as if it was covered

-with orange street graffiti!

-Punk wood takes a spark well

-if you char it.

-It's just very light wood...

-..and it breaks easily

-in your hands.

-I'll make some,

-as I've got a fire going.

-It's just a tobacco tin...

-..with a hole in the lid

-made with a nail.

-You can see smoke

-coming out of the hole.

-There isn't enough oxygen

-in the tin...

-..for the wood

-to properly catch fire.

-When the smoke stops emerging,

-that's the time to take the tin off.

-I hope that I'll then

-have some charred punk wood.

-It's nice to be

-on the ball sometimes!

-The sun's out!

-My towel.

-Gwen's towel.

-His and hers!

-The smoke's stopped coming out.

-I want to cook that pheasant now.

-It's getting warmer.

-There's the breast.

-Follow the bone

-as closely as you can.

-There we are.

-How many times have you heard people

-say that pheasant is a dark meat?

-No, it isn't.

-It just proves

-that they've never tried it.

-Don't lie.

-Pretty birds.

-A symbol

-of the British upper classes.

-The pheasant.

-But it's not native to this country.

-It's from Asia.

-Look at the colours,

-and it makes sense.

-It is a bit exotic

-for a supposedly British bird.

-A primitive fridge.

-I'll mark it

-in case I forget where it is.

-Chestnuts.

-A symbol that autumn

-and winter are coming.

-As far as I'm concerned,

-they're full of fat and protein.

-They're great.

-Ta-dah! Nice and cold.

-I'll shut the fridge door.

-Oil.

-Right, the nuts now.

-You're meant

-to prick them individually.

-Clearly, I'm not a man

-with a lot of time on his hands.

-They're all going in.

-It's like Christmas.

-Roasting chestnuts.

-OK.

-Here we go.

-It's like Beirut here!

-I'll check Mr Pheasant

-to see if he needs more time.

-No, perfect.

-I'm enjoying the chestnuts more.

-They're almost like potatoes.

-Small potatoes.

-Incredible.

-VARIOUS BIRD NOISES

-It's like Jurassic Park!

-All these noises.

-I hope these pheasants

-won't be noisy all night.

-CLAP OF THUNDER

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-Day 3

-Oh! That was a shit night.

-My back is soaked.

-I don't know

-what's wrong with this shelter.

-It's like sleeping in a teabag.

-I thought it might be a tough night.

-There was thunder too, wasn't there?

-There was panic

-with every thunderclap.

-Pheasants going nuts.

-That made Gwen panic.

-Right, I've seen a squirrel.

-Yesterday and today.

-They must feed off the nuts.

-GUNSHOT

-Oh!

-Bastard! Gone.

-It was right in front of me,

-about ten yards away.

-I'd have blasted it to pieces.

-It was pointless shooting.

-I took another shot,

-but it was too quick.

-It went from one tree

-to another, and so on.

-Is the camera wet?

-Here!

-Here!

-Sit.

-Sparkly clean!

-That squirrel's back.

-No messing now.

-Try to be quiet, please.

-Even the gun's jamming

-in this wet weather.

-GUNSHOT

-No.

-Back.

-No.

-Back.

-Back, back, back, back. Find it.

-Good girl!

-Here.

-Good girl.

-In case anyone thinks this is

-such a cute fluffy squirrel...

-..they are on the pest list.

-They're difficult to skin.

-Bum and belly, as they say.

-They're very popular in London.

-London butchers

-can't get enough of them.

-There it is.

-The squirrel.

-I'll keep this.

-There's more meat on it

-than you'd think.

-Still cold. Lovely.

-Ultimately, this is my choice.

-I walk past people

-on my way to work in Bangor.

-They have no choice

-but to live rough.

-For years, some of them.

-We'll wait for a while.

-It's pouring down.

-If you'd asked primitive people

-what they thought survival was...

-..they wouldn't understand

-the meaning of the word.

-There are tribes in Papua New Guinea

-who have no word for stress...

-..because, in their life,

-it doesn't exist.

-Rose hips.

-Full of vitamin C.

-Right, we'll head back to camp

-before the weather worsens.

-What's for supper tonight?

-Pheasant and rose hips.

-It's getting dark

-and the weather's turned.

-There's rain on the way.

-The seeds irritate the skin.

-That's the source of itching powder.

-They'd give you an itchy throat.

-They're not quite ready to eat.

-They were a bit tough.

-If I fry them lightly,

-they should soften a little.

-They advised people to eat these

-during the Second World War...

-..because...

-..vitamin C was scarce.

-These were everywhere.

-But they never caught on, somehow.

-But in other countries,

-such as Sweden...

-..they are very popular.

-You don't often get red things

-in the wild that are safe to eat.

-I fancy making a move tomorrow.

-Explore the area a bit more.

-Somewhere with more trees...

-..before heading for the bowl...

-..the highest point locally.

-I'd like to go up it

-to see the area properly.

-We could have a look tomorrow.

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-Day 4

-OK?

-OK?

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-Fine.

-Are you dry?

-Not bad, not bad. It's colder today.

-It's the same routine every night.

-Waking up at three in the morning...

-..without fail.

-I'm awake for an hour,

-then I go back to sleep.

-I had to do some improvised repairs

-in the middle of the night.

-I hope I don't get a cut.

-That's all the plasters I had!

-Where are we heading?

-I feel we've put too much pressure

-on the environment here, really.

-I'll let it recover.

-We need to clear up...

-..and head for the pine forest

-higher up.

-Good grief! A squirrel!

-Right. Time to move.

-It's nice to see mountains.

-It was a bit claustrophobic

-in the trees, albeit pleasant.

-That's the common ink cap.

-It's named

-because of the dark gills...

-They stain, and people

-made ink from them at one time.

-They are edible...

-..but if you mix them with beer

-or any alcohol, you'll see stars.

-That's a bit of a fluke.

-Within twenty yards

-of the common ink cap...

-..we've come across

-a shaggy ink cap...

-..also known as shaggy mane

-or lawyer's wig.

-These are great to eat.

-They have a slightly salty flavour.

-They're the first

-I've seen this year.

-They're very delicate.

-I don't want to smash them.

-When we were kids, we had fun

-smashing them with cricket bats...

-..or throwing them at each other.

-Imagine if you had a white shirt...

-It looks more level here.

-More cover, less wind.

-It's a lot colder now.

-I think this is the best spot.

-I think I'll build

-a very basic lean-to shelter...

-..out of any pieces of wood

-that I come across...

-..just to shelter me from the wind.

-It's like building a den.

-Everyone's done that.

-It takes me back to my childhood.

-But I had to be home

-by teatime then.

-I could die this time!

-Lovely.

-Wake me in five minutes, please.

-It's brighter now.

-Here we are.

-The punk wood

-that I burned the other day.

-Ta-dah!

-It's time to gather firewood again.

-I'm looking for quite big logs.

-I want the fire to last all night.

-That's one way to get it down.

-I'm going to make

-a squirrel and mushroom stew.

-This needs to stew

-for another half-hour or so.

-This tranquillity

-is a noble concept...

-..but it's not really possible.

-This is how primitive people lived.

-Living was their work.

-Getting up,

-finding something to eat...

-..working on their shelters,

-helping their community.

-They didn't get up

-and go to work in a bank.

-It wasn't necessary back then.

-The mushrooms are nice and salty.

-I don't think

-I've had any salt all week.

-It tastes of the countryside.

-Wood and earth.

-Have you tried squirrel before?

-No, never.

-You?

-You?

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-No.

-The mushrooms you get at Tesco.

-I don't think they taste

-of anything at all.

-Look at the superb colour

-these have given the stew.

-It's like that risotto

-they make in Patagonia...

-..with squid ink.

-They say that's the only

-black meal in the world.

-Bollocks!

-To try to get this heat

-to last all night...

-..I'm going to build a long fire.

-A fire the same length as your body.

-Across here...

-It's meant to burn slowly.

-That's the aim.

-I'll put a damp log here.

-Then a dry piece of wood.

-I'm just removing the bark.

-You know that I worry

-on the last night every time.

-I don't know why.

-Different reasons every time.

-It might be a fear of failing

-at the last minute.

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-The Final Day

-The final day.

-And a lovely day it is.

-The birds sound happy.

-Another night here

-would have been nice...

-..now that I know what to expect.

-The fire helped me get to sleep.

-I was fine afterwards.

-Gwen seems happy.

-The final fire, thank God.

-My lungs are shot.

-A self-sufficient shelter.

-It provides shelter...

-..firewood...

-..and vitamin C to make a cuppa.

-Pine fresh.

-It's nice.

-It also has

-a hint of fennel, liquorice.

-It's extremely good for you.

-When I do go out

-to places like this...

-..I like to take

-a souvenir home with me.

-Just something to remember it by.

-I've been studying scrimshaw.

-The art of carving in bones.

-An old way

-of creating art on ships.

-On whaling ships.

-What they used to do...

-..was use a pin set in a cork,

-usually a rum bottle cork...

-..and carve onto whale teeth

-or whale bones.

-Then they'd rub ink into the holes.

-Ivory is illegal nowadays,

-of course.

-I'm using an old bone I gave Gwen,

-and I've given it a good polish.

-I usually carve ships.

-Porthmadog ships, specifically.

-The thing with this is...

-..if you make a balls-up,

-there is no second chance.

-I do it as a form of release.

-I feel as if I need to do it.

-I feel a lot more...

-..a lot of satisfaction

-when I've done it.

-I don't know why.

-It's on record, isn't it?

-This is the scary bit.

-The outline is done.

-I'll take it home...

-..add the fine detail,

-and sell it for thousands on eBay!

-I want to try to give back

-all that I've taken from the forest.

-Obviously, I can't replace

-branches on a tree.

-What I mean is...

-..spreading stuff around to create

-habitats for wildlife living here.

-It's time to leave the forest.

-I've been too sheltered.

-Gwen, here!

-I'm going up there now.

-Pen Cerrig-Calch.

-It's quite a slog,

-but it'll be a fine view...

-..of the whole area.

-The area's unfamiliar to me,

-but I feel at home here.

-I've been welcomed here,

-except by the weather.

-The only drawback

-is that I'm far from the sea.

-But I've settled here well.

-I'm taking my coat off.

-I'm getting fed up now.

-It doesn't help

-when you can't see the top.

-This is steep.

-A short break?

-Onwards?

-Onwards?

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-Aren't we having a break?!

-On we go then.

-I'd have liked another night

-in the shelter...

-..but I have to go back

-to work tomorrow.

-I started somewhere down there.

-Now, I'm here.

-And now I can go home.

-Home, James.

-Next time, winter in Snowdonia

-I don't see me doing more of these.

-I didn't think things through

-before agreeing to come here.

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