Eryri, Y Gaeaf Y Dyn Gwyllt

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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.

-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 parts of Wales.

-Don't fall.

-Places I don't know half as well.

-It was a wet summer

-in Pembrokeshire...

-..but the seafood was superb.

-In autumn in the Brecon Beacons,

-I ate some exotic species.

-But this is the big challenge,

-back in my native Snowdonia.

-..this time for five days in winter.

-I'm tired now. Knackered.

-I'm Carwyn Jones, the wild man.

-Winter in Snowdonia

-Day 1, 6.00am

-I couldn't have picked a worse time

-to do this challenge.

-The hunting season has just ended.

-The fishing season hasn't begun.

-The trees are bare,

-there are no plants about.

-It's a crap time, really.

-Wild geese are the only wildfowl

-you can shoot all year...

-..as long as you can prove

-that they're damaging land.

-Get in there!

-I've just set up decoys...

-..to try to attract them.

-GUNSHOTS

-No, nothing,

-but they have landed on the river.

-You know,

-they can't stay there all day.

-They have to feed at some point.

-It's just a case of which field.

-It could be the one behind us,

-this one, or the one over there.

-It's really frustrating.

-GUNSHOTS

-How can I miss them?

-GUNSHOT

-GUNSHOT

-Got him!

-I'm looking behind you.

-I can see six or seven more coming.

-We'd better go.

-GUNSHOT

-Did you get one?

-Did you get one?

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-Yes.

-My big worry this time

-isn't starving.

-It's hypothermia.

-If I don't take in

-enough calories...

-..I could run into trouble.

-There was a frost this morning,

-and there's snow on the mountains.

-We're heading for Cnicht

-and Croesor, and snow is forecast.

-We'll see.

-I need calories, calories, calories.

-Feathers!

-Oh, fucking hell!

-I'm a bit edgy about this one,

-I must admit.

-Five days out,

-then climbing Cnicht.

-That's symbolic, really.

-Living out at this time of year

-is the real challenge.

-It won't be easy,

-and I don't want it to be.

-That isn't why I'm doing it.

-I hope we find somewhere soon.

-The head's about to come off

-with all the carrying.

-My arms feel like lead.

-I know there's an old ruin

-up here somewhere.

-If I can find four walls

-to set up a shelter within them...

-..I'm onto a winner.

-But these are heavy.

-Here it is.

-Anyone home?!

-There's no toilet,

-but there are four walls.

-My instinct is to use that corner.

-It's not perfect by a long chalk.

-Do I really want to sleep here?

-The answer is no.

-The gable end is leaning inwards.

-These stones fell from somewhere.

-The other option is here.

-When I open the door tomorrow,

-look at the view I'll have.

-Hot flushes!

-There we are.

-That'll do for now.

-A lot of it is rotten.

-It's been here a while.

-If only I had someone

-to help me move them.

-Do you want to see

-some bushcraft magic?

-Cotton buds, or cotton wool.

-I stole it off the missus

-before I came.

-She'll go nuts when she finds out.

-It usually takes a spark

-straightaway.

-Apart from the breast,

-there isn't much meat on it.

-You need to cook this

-more like beef than a fowl.

-This is the only meat you want.

-There's an old saying

-about the Canada goose.

-Cook it in the oven...

-..and put a brick

-in the oven with it.

-When the goose is ready,

-throw the goose and eat the brick.

-Not everyone likes them.

-It's a very strong gamey taste.

-But people don't give it a chance.

-I love it.

-It's like a fillet of beef.

-That's what I'm having tonight.

-Gwen's slavering!

-I'll eat it fresh, fried.

-I'm slicing it thinly.

-It would become tough

-if you fried it in one piece.

-It's like beef, if not better.

-What about the rest of the day?

-An early bed. I'm tired, actually.

-Is that OK with you?

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-Day 2

-I'm soaked.

-I'm cold.

-Did you sleep at all?

-Yes.

-In stages.

-Nothing solid.

-The set-up I had

-just wasn't warm enough.

-It rained a lot last night.

-These twigs are soaking wet,

-like my tent.

-Have I used that line before? No.

-Well, good grief.

-The wind has changed direction.

-You should always take water

-from a flowing stream...

-..never from a still pool

-like that one there.

-Bacteria can congregate in pools.

-Knowing my luck,

-there's a dead sheep up there!

-Never mind. If I boil it,

-I should be safe, in theory.

-I just heard a farmer

-shouting at his dog!

-DISTANT SHOUTS

-I'm going to gather a few things.

-Just moving really, to keep warm.

-And to see what I can find.

-Just what I thought it was.

-The hedgehog mushroom.

-It's called that because

-of the spiny spores underneath it.

-They're not sharp.

-The spores fall off slowly.

-They're nice, they taste peppery.

-However, the spores

-stick to everything.

-A lot of chefs

-scrape them off with a knife.

-It's a nice one.

-I'm lucky to find it

-at this time of year.

-Another one.

-Oh!

-These are scarlet elf cups.

-I've never seen these in the wild.

-I've only read about them

-and seen photos in books.

-They are edible and very tasty.

-I'm chuffed to have found those.

-It's a very attractive fungus.

-It doesn't seem much,

-but I was lucky to find those.

-Can you see these?

-What are they?

-Well, it's called the Jew's ear.

-I don't know

-whether that's politically correct.

-It's related to the Canada goose,

-in that you cook it the same way!

-You need to stew it

-for a very long time.

-It doesn't look very attractive.

-It looks more like Gwen's ear!

-I won't take them all.

-I'll leave some...

-..for another time.

-It's the same with any fungus.

-Leave some

-to let nature do its work...

-..and so that you can come back.

-I can't complain, can I?

-A bannock, a forester's loaf.

-All it is

-is flour and water, really.

-You can add any seeds

-or plants that you find.

-That proves how cold it is.

-This is olive oil.

-When olive oil gets cold,

-it goes cloudy like this.

-But I'll use it.

-Mushrooms.

-Look at that colour.

-The incredible colours

-that occur in nature.

-Not bad, is it?

-The vegetarian option tonight.

-I'm getting soft!

-It doesn't need pepper...

-..because the hedgehogs

-are quite fiery.

-Bannock.

-Traditionally, you don't

-cut a bannock with a knife.

-It's unlucky, so they say.

-Who they are, I don't know.

-The idea with a bannock

-is that you take a piece...

-..and pass it on around the fire.

-What do you hope

-to achieve this week?

-Just surviving...

-..without injuring myself,

-without getting hypothermia...

-..without arguing with you.

-I wouldn't mind going up

-towards Cnicht tomorrow...

-..but if it's raining...

-..it's pointless

-getting everything wet.

-I'm getting a bit stir-crazy

-in this camp, truth be told.

-I don't know why.

-My motivation isn't what it was.

-It doesn't help

-that I can see Porthmadog from here.

-Being so close to home

-makes me miss it more, somehow.

-I didn't think things through enough

-before agreeing to come here.

-I've climbed Cnicht

-dozens of times.

-But that isn't the challenge.

-The challenge is going up it

-after surviving in the local area...

-..after looking at it.

-It's not like the mountain

-I looked at as a child any more.

-It has a personality now.

-What kind of personality?

-It doesn't look too kind

-at the moment.

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-Day 3

-OK?

-What have you seen?

-Oh!

-Sleeping bag liner!

-The fire built up

-quite quickly today.

-There were still a few...

-..hot embers...

-..left over from last night.

-It was just a matter of some TLC

-and it came back to life.

-The wind can't decide

-which direction to come from.

-They say that's a sign

-of rough weather to come.

-I don't know how true that is...

-..but it feels as if

-there's bad weather on the way.

-Just looking at it

-makes me frustrated.

-I know that's where

-I want to end up.

-It looks so close.

-But I'll have to camp...

-..somewhere to the left hand side

-of the mountain.

-There's a flat section there...

-..and a small lake.

-There's natural shelter there,

-a cave or a fallen rock.

-A cup of tea.

-An ordinary bramble leaf.

-We're addicted to caffeine.

-We only drink tea

-to get a caffeine hit now.

-That's not really the idea

-behind drinking tea.

-If you went to Asia...

-..they drink tea

-for completely different reasons.

-They drink tea

-to restore the body...

-..or as a drink

-that's beneficial and good for them.

-Look at the colour on that!

-Chin-chin!

-Nice.

-It has a hint of menthol to it.

-I burnt my tongue then!

-The idea behind hanging meat...

-..is to get a stronger taste.

-Plucking and skinning...

-..and butchering,

-removing the meat...

-..is much easier

-when the carcass is cold.

-Wood sorrel.

-It tastes like...

-..a sour apple.

-There isn't a lot of it around

-at this time of year...

-..but there are a few here.

-Pennywort.

-To give some kick to the next meal.

-Wherever I sit,

-the smoke blows into my face.

-I'm going to cut this

-into small pieces and stew it...

-..then I'll have some left over.

-Lungwort, or Jew's ears.

-I can always take this off

-and put it back on later.

-I got soaked there.

-Bollocks.

-Right, the next mission.

-Reviving the fire.

-The wind did it for me!

-Basically,

-the weather has taken a bad turn.

-Sleet, wind, rain.

-Water has come into the shelter.

-Obviously, a change of style.

-My other clothes are wet through.

-It's just a matter

-of kick-starting it again.

-What does it taste like?

-What does it taste like?

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-OK.

-Gamey.

-The wisest thing...

-..would be

-to eat this inside, I think.

-It's going to be a long, long night.

-Sorry, Gwen.

-Whatever I do,

-it's not quite good enough.

-Water keeps coming in.

-I don't know what I'm doing

-at the moment.

-I have two options.

-Being in there, dry but cold...

-..or being out here...

-..wet but warm.

-This weather's terrible.

-The wind has picked up now as well.

-That makes things harder.

-Pissed off, truth be told.

-No matter where I go,

-this smoke gets into my eyes.

-Icing on the cake.

-I think this is the closest

-I've come to turning back...

-..out of all of them.

-Ever.

-What about the rest of the night?

-What about the rest of the night?

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-There's fuck all I can do, really.

-Try to stay sane

-by keeping myself busy.

-It's poured down for hours now.

-It can't last much longer.

-I don't know

-why I'm doing this any more.

-The older I get,

-the more I question it.

-It's different with a camera crew.

-The tempo's different.

-It's been quite tough today.

-Dead loss.

-I don't care

-what it's like tomorrow.

-I'm packing up and moving on.

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-Day 4

-Look.

-It's like the Eisteddfod field.

-Ready to roll, I think.

-Gwen, come here.

-That looks like a cave.

-The only way to find out

-is to go there.

-I don't know how safe it is.

-It's not a cave,

-just a pile of fallen rocks.

-The roof's leaking.

-Well, it doesn't get

-much more primitive than this.

-Great.

-What do you think, Gwen?

-You're not afraid, are you?

-Don't disturb those stones, please!

-Christ almighty!

-Lush!

-The last supper.

-Yes.

-The last supper.

-And the last supper on film.

-Everyone needs a hit, in a way.

-What will your hit be

-after this expedition...

-..or after these three expeditions?

-I don't know.

-Nothing I haven't already said.

-Basically...

-..trying to tackle

-Welsh mountain terrain...

-..in winter, outside the hunting

-and fishing seasons...

-..with no fruit and leaves around.

-Do you feel flat after this week?

-I'm tired now.

-Knackered.

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

-I think it's time

-to put this to bed now.

-Expeditions?

-No, not expeditions.

-Having company with me...

-..to show people what I do

-when I do go out.

-Do you find that difficult?

-It is difficult.

-The tempo is totally different.

-What are the differences?

-One difference is

-that you have an agenda.

-You've got to have an agenda

-if you have a camera crew with you.

-If I'm alone, there's no agenda.

-There are things

-I would hope to do, obviously.

-If you sit in the shelter

-all day when it's raining...

-..it doesn't matter

-when you're alone.

-The Final Day

-Do you want to see the dawn?

-Not really.

-OK!

-It was damp and cold...

-..and...

-..very rocky.

-But it did the job.

-I slept.

-In shifts.

-A drip would land on my face

-every now and then.

-To wake me up.

-But I did it.

-Congratulations.

-Thanks.

-Thank you very much.

-This is how cold it was.

-Olive oil.

-It's time to bid farewell

-to the Chelsea Hotel!

-I'm heading for Cnicht's summit.

-Do you know what?

-Today has made those three awful

-foul wet days feel like nothing.

-This is worth it.

-Look at that view.

-It's a familiar view for football

-and rugby players in Porthmadog.

-Going for a penalty or a goal,

-this mountain was in your eyeline.

-Or if you went for a cigarette

-at the back of the school field.

-This was the mountain you would see.

-My favourite mountain.

-I woke up to it every day

-through my childhood.

-It's quite a slog,

-but try to catch up, boys!

-I'm happy

-with what I've done this week...

-..but it'll never be enough, and

-I doubt if anything will ever be.

-It's the same

-with runners or artists.

-They're happy with the result,

-but they feel they can do better.

-The question is, when does it stop?

-LOUD JET NOISE

-Did that spoil the moment?

-Did that spoil the moment?

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-No, they're always here.

-JET NOISES CONTINUE

-Let him pass first.

-OK?

-Do you want to pass?

-Sorry?

-Sorry?

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-Do you want to get past?

-I'll stay here, if that's alright.

-I've got a good girl

-waiting for me at home.

-I'm sure there'll be a bottle or two

-in the fridge.

-Early to bed tonight, work tomorrow.

-No fucking about.

-Did I spoil that?

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