0:00:02 > 0:00:03Childhood holidays.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Oh-ho, the anticipation seemed endless.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06The holiday itself...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Well, it was over too quickly.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10So, in this series,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:13 > 0:00:15with some much-loved famous faces.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17This is a memory I will treasure.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Every day I will be arranging a few surprises
0:00:20 > 0:00:23to transport them back in time.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I feel as though we are about to go over the edge.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Don't say that.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29We'll relive the fun...
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Oh-ho-ho!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Ah! Whoa!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34..the games
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and the food of years gone by.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40That is a little taste of childhood right there.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43To find out how those holidays around the UK
0:00:43 > 0:00:46helped shape the people we know so well today.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Ah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Oh, yes.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57We are going to get the water skis out in a moment.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05On today's terrific trip,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08I'm travelling in this stylish and elegant saloon.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Oh, it's a beauty.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And beauty, elegance and style are three words I could use
0:01:14 > 0:01:18to describe the person I'm about to whisk off
0:01:18 > 0:01:21to the sun-kissed beaches of yesteryear.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I'll tell you what, today I am really excited.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'm meeting a lady who's had a right, royal time of it.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34She was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1950.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Look at that hairdo.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Oo-o-oh!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40She began her career on a local paper
0:01:40 > 0:01:44before joining the BBC in the late '70s.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47And breaking news just in,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50she became a regular journalist on that channel
0:01:50 > 0:01:53before hanging out with the monarchy.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Oi, curtsy if you will.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00She was almost crowned herself when she went on I'm A Celebrity in 2004.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02She didn't win, though.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I tell you what, she was robbed.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08And since then she's been searching our attics,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10stopping us being ripped off
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and choosing our favourite foods.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Got any ideas yet?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Course you have.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It's former royal correspondence and all-round good egg,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Jennie Bond.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Oh-ho!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Jennie and Lenny.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28And I'm on my way to pick her up in this sparkling Humber Hawk.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Very similar to the car her family would have driven
0:02:33 > 0:02:35when they came down on their holidays.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Oh, I'll tell you what, she's a classy girl.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Jennie Bond grew up in the leafy garden city of Letchworth
0:02:45 > 0:02:49with her two sisters, her mum, Pamela, who was a housewife
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and her dad, Ken,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54a man rather high up in insurance.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Jennie went to the University Of Warwick
0:02:57 > 0:03:01and into print journalism before joining the BBC.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05In 1989, she became the royal correspondent,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09reporting the great highs and devastating lows of the monarchy.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Then in the 2000s she went Awol, turning up in everything
0:03:13 > 0:03:16from an EastEnders' special to Rip Off Britain.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Oh, yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21She's definitely a woman anyone would find difficult to impress.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Even me.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25And what's going to make that even trickier,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28my Humber's gone and stalled.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31What are you doing? Have you forgotten to turn the engine on?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Unfortunately, Jennie...
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And, first of all, it's great to see you.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Hello! Hi.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Good to see you again.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Unfortunately, the car will not start.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42As gorgeous as it is, though.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45It is beautiful, but I am not surprised, Len.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48This is exactly what happened 50 years ago when we were here...
0:03:48 > 0:03:49Nearly 50 years ago.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52My father had a car like this and it broke down.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- On holiday.- Really?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Yes.- Well, deja vu.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Well, there you go.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I wanted to recreate Jennie's holiday as faithfully as possible
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and it sounds like I'm off to a brilliant start.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- So, where're we going? - We are going to North Cornwall.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh-ho-ho! So, what's the year?
0:04:10 > 0:04:111966.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I remember that because England won the World Cup.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16And that's when we were on holiday.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18And of course it was when The Beatles were at their top.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Yeah, and I was a huge fan.- And I.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22So, listen.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Shall we have a day trip?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I've got a ticket to ride, but we won't go far.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30We'll give it one more go at getting the old beauty started.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Yeah, give her a go.- Around we go. - Lovely, thank you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Look at it, though. It is beautiful.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I passed my driving test in this car.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Well, not this car, but one just like it.- One like it.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yeah, really hard with this steering...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43The gear on the steering wheel.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Oh, it's heavy. Heavy, heavy, heavy.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- You're in?- Yep.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:04:51 > 0:04:55'I'm not exactly sure which lay-by we're stuck in at the moment,'
0:04:55 > 0:04:59but you'll find North Cornwall on England's westernmost tip
0:04:59 > 0:05:03and with place names such as Polzeath and Pendoggett
0:05:03 > 0:05:06the whole region sounds windswept,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10brooding and most importantly romantic.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Though there's just one problem.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:05:16 > 0:05:18So, today, if I can get the motor started
0:05:18 > 0:05:23we're going to relive that week teenage Jennie spent
0:05:23 > 0:05:25with her family back in '66.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29There will be pounding waves and hearts racing.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31All above board, of course.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Suddenly, suddenly...
0:05:33 > 0:05:34You're in the water, look at your feet!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36..you vault up.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38We'll share a few culinary delights.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Oh, it looks very, very naughty.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45If that doesn't hit the spot, there's plenty more fish in the sea.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46That's a big 'un.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49And of course we'll enjoy the romance
0:05:49 > 0:05:51of life on the Cornish coast.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Though, as I say there's just one sticking point.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I wonder if Jennie is keen to push?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- She's not going to go. - No. She doesn't want to do it.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Oh, it's exactly the same problem as all those years ago.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Yeah, well, I'm not very mechanical. - We had to get someone out to fix it.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Yeah, well...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Well, we can sit here for a minute anyway.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13It's not a problem.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Who was in the car?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17OK, it was July, it was 1966
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and we were going on holiday after my O-levels,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22so I needed a break.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25And I was with my sister, my middle sister, Sue.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Her boyfriend, Peter.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30And me in the back. And then Mummy, as I called her then.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- And Daddy.- There you are.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And it took 12 hours on that day.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Never.- It did, there was traffic jam after traffic jam.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42And 12 hours later we arrived in a place called Pendoggett.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Pendoggett.- Mm.- Yeah.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46So, what time would you have left?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I think we left about 7.30 in the morning.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50We got there just about in time for dinner.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Daddy must have been just completely shattered
0:06:53 > 0:06:55cos I think he was the only one who drove.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57You know, were you quite a posh family? Wealthy...?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- You know, middle-class. - Middle-class, middle-class.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Middle-class.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I mean, you know, there was only the one salary coming in,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07there were three daughters. We went to private school.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09So, I don't think there was much cash left over.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- You know, he did have to watch the pennies.- Yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Now, listen. Let's give it one more go. OK. This is it.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Is going to work. It's going to work.- Fingers crossed.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Yep, here we go.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Fingers crossed.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20ENGINE SHUDDERS
0:07:22 > 0:07:24We'll have to find another way of going.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- We will have to hitch a lift. - Yeah, we'll have to hitch a ride.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- All right, here we go then.- Yeah. - Right.- Oh, what a shame.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Never mind.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Never mind.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34It's still very handsome.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Isn't it just.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38When I saw the car, I was so happy.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And I thought, "Oh, I'm going to pick up Jennie."
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Lenny and Jennie, driving down.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Oh, in the old Humber Hawk.- Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49But unfortunately the old girl, bless her...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- She's given up.- She's given up. - Given up before we have.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Yes.- Just about.- Just about.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'll tell you what, I've seen a lot of tractors going by.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Yeah.- Maybe we could hitch a lift with a farmer.- Plan.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Well, while we wait for a lift, there's a bit of time
0:08:02 > 0:08:05to tell you what the world was like
0:08:05 > 0:08:07back when Jennie's dad's original Humber
0:08:07 > 0:08:11was breaking down in Cornwall in 1966.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14The shocking news at the start of England's World Cup year
0:08:14 > 0:08:19was that the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy had been stolen.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The trophy itself standing perhaps 10 inches high
0:08:22 > 0:08:25was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27But thanks to an ordinary member of the public
0:08:27 > 0:08:31and a dog called Pickles, it was later found under a hedge.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Meanwhile, Howard Wilson's Labour government won a snap election.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41The tabloids had a lot of fun when the seamen went on strike.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44And The Beach Boys sailed to chart success with
0:08:44 > 0:08:46the tale of the Sloop John B.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50After peaking at number two, it gave them a total of three
0:08:50 > 0:08:54of the UK's biggest-selling singles of 1966.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Oh, what a year.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59MUSIC: Sloop John B By The Beach Boys
0:09:05 > 0:09:06'You know what?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09'I think I've blown this holiday of a lifetime before it's begun.'
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I think they might stop.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12I think... I think... I think...
0:09:12 > 0:09:14No. Yes? No.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16'I knew I should have brought my Jag.'
0:09:16 > 0:09:17There's another one.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Hey!
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Please. Please.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23No.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25What's the matter with us?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26I think we look threatening.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27We've gone off.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- We look threatening. - I used to get lifts years ago.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Well, it's probably me.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36'Looks like we'll be spending a lot of this holiday on foot.'
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Mind you, what better way to take in the views
0:09:39 > 0:09:41from the cliffs of Polzeath?
0:09:41 > 0:09:46I think this holiday is officially back on track.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50In 1966, this was one of the Bond family's first stops
0:09:50 > 0:09:53after a long and arduous journey.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Frankly, they couldn't have picked a better spot.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Well, I must say, Jennie. What a marvellous, marvellous bay.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Isn't it fantastic?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I've not been back here for, well...50 years nearly.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08After a 12-hour journey,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12you must have just been longing to get out of the car and...
0:10:12 > 0:10:13We did. Jump in the sea.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Well, my sister's much better at cold water than I am.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Even then, I wasn't that keen on cold water.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23And in my old age, I have now decided that it's cold,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I do not like it and don't tell me it's lovely once you're in
0:10:25 > 0:10:26cos it isn't.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Yeah.- I know we came here nearly every day on holiday.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32My parents and my sister and her boyfriend
0:10:32 > 0:10:38- and they used to go surfing. I don't think Mummy did.- No.- But I did.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Well, surfing in those days was not what they do now.- No.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- It was a body board.- Body... Yeah, the body board.- Yeah. Body board.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47And if you were wearing a bikini it was very dangerous.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Of course it would be.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So, what made the family decide to come here?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51We just loved the beach.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I must say, it is stunning. The whole thing.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59And what's great is you've got the cliffs each side
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and then the bay and beautiful sand.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And it was really hot, I remember, for much of the holiday.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It rained once or twice, but it was very hot.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09And my father, who obviously worked in an office in London
0:11:09 > 0:11:12and didn't go out in the sunshine that much, he was pink.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14He was completely pink all over.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Well, we are probably going to go on the beach.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18But not yet because there's more to come.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Oh, can't wait. - So, let's wander back.- OK.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And we'll get on with the next part of the adventure.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Thank you.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Back in the '60s, North Cornwall was full of small village communities
0:11:35 > 0:11:39like Polzeath, Pendoggett and Port Isaac.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41And while you would see a few tourists,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44you would definitely bump into the locals.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Like Joan and Yvonne here.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Port Isaac was a living village.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Full of children going to school down the bottom on the cliff.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It was a thriving village, wasn't it, Von?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Yeah, thriving village.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- We had two baker's and... - Two butchers.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02And we had two butchers, yep.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04We had everything in the village at that time.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Scores of children living down the bottom,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11fathers fishing, but we lived on fish, you see.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Yeah.- Because the dads was out fishing,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- but if they caught lobsters they'd sell that.- Yeah, yeah.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21They'd sell the lobsters and crabs to the tourists.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23But I tell you what, though.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24- But nobody went without.- No.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Cos everybody looked after everybody else.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- That's right.- Nobody went hungry. Did they, Yvonne?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31- No.- No.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32No.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Part of the magic of any childhood holiday is the excitement
0:12:39 > 0:12:42of new staying somewhere new.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46But back in the '60s, accommodation in these parts was pretty sparse.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50But luckily for the Bonds, there was indeed room at the inn.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53A pub with seven rooms above.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Wow, lovely.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- It's all right, isn't it?- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Jennie, I'll get down here. - Thank you very much.- Lovely.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- It's cosy.- Well, there it is.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The Cornish Arms, where you stayed in 1966.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Yeah. I wish I could say I remembered the interior
0:13:09 > 0:13:11as well as I remember the outside, but I don't.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13But it's a long time ago.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Well, maybe you weren't allowed into the bar.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16Oh, I think I was.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18And if I wasn't, I'd have found my way in.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Oh, would you? - I can find my way into any bar, Len.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Oh, right. Yeah.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24You actually slept here and everything?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25We stayed here, yeah.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27What's more, in 1966,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31the Cornish Arms received quite a favourable review.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I've got a book here.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Let's Halt Awhile.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- What a lovely title.- Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And if we go here, to this page.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- We will find...- The Cornish Arms.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Now, just have a little read of that.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52"This really is a gem.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55"From humble beginnings, it's come on by leaps and bounds
0:13:55 > 0:13:58"since Gwyn and Basil took it over some 12 years ago."
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- So, what year it? 1966. - Yes.- My gosh. I see! Yes!
0:14:02 > 0:14:03This is your year, so you're here...
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- So, obviously Gwyn and Basil must have been here.- Yeah.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh, I wonder where they are now.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10"Should you wish to spend the night, as we did,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11"perhaps your biggest surprise
0:14:11 > 0:14:14"will be the bedrooms and residents' lounge.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18"Such luxury and excellent taste is indeed rare in a small country inn."
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Well, my father chose very well, didn't he?- Yeah.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23And, of course it was, you know, England...
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- The World Cup.- Yes. - And it was on in the bar.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Yeah, of course. This is right.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I think they played Portugal.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- In the semifinal.- Yeah. - Yeah, I remember that.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Well, Peter and Father watched it all the time
0:14:36 > 0:14:38and I remember the excitement.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well, I suppose there was a few old locals turned up
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- and this and that. - Yeah, well...
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Yes, I think I got a little bit bored in the evenings.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You know, I was 15 going on 16
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and there might have been a few old locals,
0:14:50 > 0:14:51but I wanted a few young locals.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Yeah, you wanted a couple of hot young chaps.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It's great. It's great to be back.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I like it. I think it's great. I could stay here now.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59- Yeah. Me too.- Why wouldn't we?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01'I think we should take a look at the rooms
0:15:01 > 0:15:03'where Jen and her sister stayed.'
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Oh. Oh. Oh, it's very, very palatial.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Wow.- Wow.- Wow. Yeah. - Do you remember this?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Sort of?- It's sort of ringing a bell.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17These steps are ringing a bell.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18They are.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I don't know. Maybe we... It's a very nice room.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24It's beautiful, isn't it? It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I can't believe we could have afforded this, actually.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- But maybe we did.- So, were you all in here?- No, no, no.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32My sister and I shared a room and then, times being such as they were,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Peter, the boyfriend, was put in a separate room.- Of course.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37And he stayed there. He did stay there.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Except for the occasion when he came into our room...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41And maybe this is where Sue and I stayed,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44he came in and there was a... It's no longer here, but there was...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Everybody had a kidney shaped dressing table in those days...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Oh, yes.- ..with the glass tops. Remember?- Yeah.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51And usually a bit of lacy material underneath.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Well, he came and sat on it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- And he's a big, strapping farmer, this boy.- Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56And "crack"!
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- It went.- Oh, no!- Yes.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59I'm very impressed.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I'm very impressed that my father found such a lovely place to stay.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Of course. It's beautiful.- Yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07And there's you and your sister, Sue. She's a bit older.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09She's a couple of years older.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Yeah. And we've got another sister, but she was already married.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13- Right.- Erm, so she didn't come.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15But did you get up to...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- You know?- My sister and I?- Yeah.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Well, she had her boyfriend, so...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Erm, I was the gooseberry, really.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Yeah.- But I...
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Well, I kind of remember...
0:16:25 > 0:16:29I remember a fisherman, I think, down in Port Isaac.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32A young guy, sort of, on the beach.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Oh, yeah.- And I think I remember a few goings-on.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Oh, no.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You saucy monkey. Really?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I think a little bit of snogging might have happened, yes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Oh, well, why not? - I was nearly 16, you know.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Yes, of course. No.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46'Well, Jennie, what happens on tour, stays on tour.'
0:16:48 > 0:16:52But if you fancy creating your own North Cornwall trip,
0:16:52 > 0:16:53then you're in luck
0:16:53 > 0:16:56as I've picked seven of the biggest and best attractions
0:16:56 > 0:16:58to tell you about.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04For a start, there's the magnificent Carnglaze Caverns,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08three man-made caverns that used to be part of an old slate quarry,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but now attracts tourists by the busload
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and even the odd wedding party.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Mind you, the neighbours might take a bit of getting used to.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19The temperature's always 10 degrees underground,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21which is perfect for the bats who live here.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24They like a nice constant temperature and they also like it
0:17:24 > 0:17:26to be quite humid and damp.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Because when they're hibernating they're not going out to drink
0:17:29 > 0:17:31and what they actually do is absorb the moisture
0:17:31 > 0:17:34that's in the air around them.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Meanwhile, the biggest cavern was used to store the Navy's rum
0:17:38 > 0:17:40in World War II.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43But if you think this is an impressive hole in the ground
0:17:43 > 0:17:46then take a butchers at the Eden Project.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49What was a clay pit has become a sanctuary
0:17:49 > 0:17:51for thousands of plant species
0:17:51 > 0:17:56and the world's largest rainforest in captivity.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Though, of course there are simpler ways of getting back
0:18:01 > 0:18:03to nature, after all.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06The Bond family did love the beach.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Well, Jennie it would be a shame not to have a swim.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Oh, no.- Well, I don't know about you but I...
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Under here, I've got my mankini.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18I'm going to have to look.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Have you got a cossie?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Erm, well... I'm...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Well, we could skinny dip. Somewhere in a little...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I don't like cold water though. Can you heat it up for me?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28No, no. It's going to be freezing.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30'Fortunately, I'm only joking.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35'Today, Jennie is going to relive her teenage love of surfing'
0:18:35 > 0:18:37or body boarding as I like to call it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39You know, because I'm groovy.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Jennie, there's someone I want you to meet.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Tommy, this is Jennie.- Hi. - Nice to meet you, Jennie.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- You too.- Now, he is the top surfing instructor
0:18:47 > 0:18:50in Cornwall, Devon and all points east.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Oh, my God, that sounds terrifying.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54That sounds as if I might have to surf.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Oh, it's going to be fun.- Yes. - You will be getting wet.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Yeah.- Oh, gosh.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Erm, but to get started we need you guys to do to just get
0:19:00 > 0:19:01into position on the boards.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Right.- Here we go. - Well, come on then.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05We can do this. We can do this.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Shoes off.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08OK. Now, here we are.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- I'm paddling.- Oh, yeah. We've got to paddle.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Keep paddling. A wave hits the tail of your board,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15it's going to lift your board up, you're going to drop down the face
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and do three more power paddles.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Push-up, look left, look right.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21We lift up a bit.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Oh, shut up.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24And we look round, anyone coming?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26And pop up, staying nice and low.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29And then suddenly, suddenly...
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Suddenly...
0:19:30 > 0:19:32You're in the water. Look at your feet.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34..you vault up and I'm on the board.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- And I'm on it. - Here we go.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- And then to speed up, lean forwards, to slow down lean back.- Yes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Come on, I want to speed it up.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Speed it up, lean forwards. And if you want to turn one way,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46turn to the right just by pointing both arms to the right.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48And to come to the left, both arms to the left.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Ba-ba-ba-ba! Whoa!
0:19:50 > 0:19:51There we go.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And then you're probably going to fall off and get wet.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55And then off you get.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- If you were here, 1966.- I was. - I know you were.- He wasn't, though.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01No, but let's imagine.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03If Tommy was here, right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08And Tommy was somewhere over there, doing whatever.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10And you are in the water.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Would you pretend that you were in distress?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- A damsel. And you'd call... - I think so.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17.."Excuse me, Tommy. I'm drowning!"
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- I'd be there in a flash. - He'd be there in a flash.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Oh, you're such a gent. You're such a gent.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22There you go.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Don't worry, you're in safe hands.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I would have loved it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- Tommy, it's been great. - Yeah, thanks a lot.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Let's do it again. - Thanks for your lesson.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Nice to meet you.- Lovely. - Thanks a lot.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38No holiday is complete without a bit of posh nosh.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41And back in '66, the Bond family could be usually found
0:20:41 > 0:20:44indulging their palates back at her pub.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48With the daily menu faithfully recorded in Jennie's diary.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Look, I found this.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54J Bond, 1966.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57And in there is written every day of this holiday.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Oh, marvellous.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01And, I wrote...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Towards the end, I wrote, "We went back to the hotel"...
0:21:04 > 0:21:07this hotel, "And had a really gorgeous dinner.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10"Potted shrimps and thick toast, steak, mushrooms, tomatoes
0:21:10 > 0:21:14"and chips and strawberry ice with a divine French wafer.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17"Cost, about one pound each.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21"I wonder how that will compare with prices in about 50 years."
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- Now, isn't that funny?- Funny. - Isn't that funny?- That is funny.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- That's amazing.- Yeah. So...
0:21:25 > 0:21:27So, it was potted shrimps.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Well, talking of potted shrimps.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Well, I never.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33That looks like a potted shrimp to me.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36They look like nice shrimps. Little brown shrimps, are they? Little...
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Can I help?- Yeah, yeah. OK. - Because this is, you know...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Yeah.- I don't know what that is on top.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Well, I think it's clarified butter or something like that.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I don't know.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50When I was about 18 and you know I take a girl out for dinner.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- It would always be prawn cocktail... - Mm, yes.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Which I'd still eat actually.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Yeah. And then it would be steak, chips and peas.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Yeah. Well, steak was a big luxury.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Of course it was.- Oh, yeah. - And I wanted to show off.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You know, "Oh, yes. Have what you want, my dear."
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Yeah, yeah.- Yeah, steak, chips and peas.- Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12We'd have it about twice a year, probably.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14So, this was obviously quite a special occasion.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Cos it was... Look, it was the last night of our holiday.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- Oh, so you...- The next day we came home from Cornwall.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- So, you pushed the boat out. - We did. We did.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Can you guess what you're getting next?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Well, I think it might be steak, mushrooms, tomatoes and chips. Woo!
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'After all, if you want to impress a girl,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33'this is the meal to do it with.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35'Even if it cost a pound.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36'Whoa.'
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- Thank you.- Oh, look at that. - It looks a very, very naughty.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Well, I'm going to say that there are very few calories here.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- If I...- And I'm going to say you're a terrible liar, but...
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- You're going straight for the chips, aren't you?- Mm. Mm.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50- Yeah, so am I.- Mm-mm.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- Oh, yeah.- Really nice.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Mm. Is this taking you back?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It is. And do you know? It's absolutely delicious.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I could eat the whole lot.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00- So could I.- Yeah.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02In fact, I might just do that.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08It's obvious from your diary that you wanted to become
0:23:08 > 0:23:09a journalist almost, you know...
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I think so. Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14On August 15, I wrote...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Because I was reading this the other day.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18August 15, 1966.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21"Princess Anne's 16th birthday."
0:23:21 > 0:23:22I mean, what a weird thing for me to write.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24"Poor girl. I'd hate to be her.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26"Such a bind.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28"She can't be at all like other girls of her age
0:23:28 > 0:23:30"and the lengths she has to wear her clothes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32"Oh, dear."
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- Obviously, I thought I was interested in royalty then.- Yeah.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36It's so weird.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40So, how was it that you did get into journalism?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Well, I said...
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I thought I was going to be a teacher,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47but as part of my degree I had to go to France and teach kids for a year.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51And I was so bad it, I have such respect for teachers.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52It's exhausting,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54it's like being on stage
0:23:54 > 0:23:57and I had no authority whatsoever over any of the kids.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02One little boy used to ride around and lit a fire under his chair,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05I seem to remember. He rode around on his bicycle and then lit a fire.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I mean, pyromaniac. I was dreadful.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10So, a friend of mine - she's mentioned in this diary, actually -
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Gloria became a cub reporter in a local paper
0:24:13 > 0:24:15and I thought, "Do you know what?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17"That looks a bit interesting."
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- It looks unpredictable, different, not tied to an office.- Yeah.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22And I applied for jobs all over the country
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and nearly everyone turned me down. And one person, one person only,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- gave me a job.- Right. On a local...
0:24:27 > 0:24:28On a local paper in London.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Well, Richmond. Yeah.- Right, yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Now, I'm going to surprise you now
0:24:32 > 0:24:35because I tell you what I'm going to do.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I have the pound, I'm going to pay for this whole meal.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Oh, perfect.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Oh, that's going to break your bank, Len.- I know.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47It's breaking my heart just to look at it, so we better move on.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Thank you very much. - I'll just take a chip.- I know.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- Let's do that.- Let's take one chip. - They're delicious. OK.- OK.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- And I'll take my diary. - Yeah, take your diary.- OK.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55- Oh, off we go.- Off we go.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Ha-ha!
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Our next stop is Port Isaac,
0:25:02 > 0:25:07a picturesque village renowned for its seafood since the 16th century.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20In fact the pier was constructed during the reign of old Henry VIII.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Meanwhile, the residents of the village made their living
0:25:24 > 0:25:28either with the export of corn and slate or, of course, seafood.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32But while the likes of herring and mackerel traditionally
0:25:32 > 0:25:38paid the rent, by the 1960s local tourism was definitely on the up.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Something Geoff Provis not only knows about,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44he was also there making money from it.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I ran trips myself.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Erm, the fishing trips in the early '60s, my father's boat.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56When I was 13 or 14 taking people on the North Atlantic
0:25:56 > 0:26:01in a 16 foot boat with one oar and an outboard engine.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06But in respect of the fishing trips generally,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09the fishermen were very happy to do it, take hourly trips.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12They'd haul their pots in the morning
0:26:12 > 0:26:16and then later on they would take visitors out
0:26:16 > 0:26:21on mackerel fishing trips to help make the money.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Because there wasn't that much money with the potting then, see.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Today, both tourism and seafood
0:26:27 > 0:26:29are still going strong here in Port Isaac.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Though almost 50 years since her first visit,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I wonder what Jennie, a huge fan of seafood,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38will make of my next surprise.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Isn't this the most wonderful little village?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42It really is.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- I don't think it's changed at all actually in 50 years.- No.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50Because this time I'm going to give Ms Bond a more hands on experience.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51Dressed crab. Do you like it?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I love dressed crab. As long as someone else dresses them.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Well, we're going to dress them ourselves, down here.- Oh, dear.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Jeremy. Mind the slope there. - Hello.- Jeremy, this is Jennie.- Hi.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Hi, I'm Jeremy.- Hi, how do you do? - Nice meet you.- Hi, Len.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- We've got to put on our aprons and gloves.- Thank you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Yeah. You've got to pick some crabs.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well, Les, I don't know about dressing the crabs.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- I don't think I can get the flipping apron on.- That's it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Oh, you look good in a pinny though. I've got to say, that is...
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- Look at me.- Look at that.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16'You know what?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18'I get that all the time.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23'But will it help me turn a freshly cooked crab into a local delicacy?'
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Grab a crab.- Oh.- One for you, Len.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- They look delicious. They really do. - Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31You've got a male crab there, Len.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Ah. Is that what they call a cock crab?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- You've got a cock crab. - Cock crab.- How do you know?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Because the male has a little flap there.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43And the female has the big flap.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44See?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- Oh.- Oh, I never knew that.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- You've got a little one, Len. - And you've got a big flap.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Now, we try and avoid the innuendo.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Yeah, no innuendo.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Right.- Oh, dear. - What do you do?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57You've just got to open it up.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- I haven't got one.- There you are. You've got a hen.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- All right. I've got a hen. - Open...- Open it up.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Put the shell down.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05It's messy, isn't it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Oh, hell of a messy. Yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10But... Are all these crabs from you know around here?
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Yeah.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14We're on the sixth generation now of fishermen.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Really?- Yeah.- I've been booted off my boat by my son.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Really?
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- Which is only fair because that's what I did what to my father.- Ah.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Fair enough then.- Yeah, so it's got as natural thing to it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25So, now you're in here and he's out there.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26He's out there.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28So, when did you start? Like, 1800 or something?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- Me? No.- Well, you could have done.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Six o'clock this morning, I started.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Oh.
0:28:37 > 0:28:38That's perfect.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41What I'd like to do now is just put that in my mouth and...
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Exactly, eat it like a lollipop. I think that would be much easier.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- Yeah.- Go on.- I'd like to.- Well...
0:28:47 > 0:28:48- May I?- Yeah.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Yeah, go on.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Oh, wow.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53If you just get the meat off that there.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55It's gorgeous.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57That is gorgeous.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Mm. That's lovely.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02It's better than lovely.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Oh, yes.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Who needs to dress them? - That's exactly right, yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- Can't beat it, can you, really? - Can't beat it.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09A crab lollipop.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10'Come on, Jennie.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12'There is work to do.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16'So, let's pop our lollipops to one side and focus on the job.'
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- I'll do one.- Yep. - Then you do one.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- All right.- And then... - I'm happy eating, actually.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27And then we'll see who gets the top marks.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Because I'm going, as much as anything,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32for presentation and style.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34I think I might have to give you a seven.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Well, no, I couldn't get the ten from Jen.- Yeah.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39THEY GROAN
0:29:39 > 0:29:42See where I went there?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Very good.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Well, that's mine.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I would say... Well, I don't know what you would say.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- You are the expert. - Yeah, you're the judge.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- That's... It looks a bit empty. - That's what I thought.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- A bit on the mean side.- Your go.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Here we go then.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58So, the brown meat, delicately in the middle.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- You gone mad, haven't you? - Yeah, I think so. I think so.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Now, I wonder if I can use the same spoon.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05No, I probably shouldn't, should I?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08This goes in the shell and not in my mouth.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09There we are.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13I can now see why dressed crab is relatively expensive.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Well, it is expensive.- Yeah, yeah.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Let me have a look at yours.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Oh, I think there's no contest, Len.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21I mean, you've got to admit.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Yeah, but you've gone so heavy...
0:30:23 > 0:30:25You wouldn't make much profit.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I think Jen's got to win.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Jen's the better looking crab, but Len's thinking of the bottom line.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32- The profit.- I am.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34And I think I'm going to go with Len.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35You're getting...
0:30:35 > 0:30:38from Len to Jen...
0:30:38 > 0:30:40a ten.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41I give you a SEVEN!
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Seven for Len.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Speaking of which, my list of top tips wouldn't be complete
0:30:48 > 0:30:53without a visit to North Cornwall's most famous resident,
0:30:53 > 0:30:54the legendary King Arthur.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Who we are told was conceived here in Tintagel Castle.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It was a magically assisted seduction, allegedly,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06which Merlin very much had a hand in.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Naughty, naughty Merlin.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The real pull that draws people to visit the castle is King Arthur.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14But if you look back at the actual, real history of the site,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17the site was occupied between 450 and 700
0:31:17 > 0:31:20and it was a real bustling, busy trading port with the Mediterranean.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23They were bringing in rough ingots of tin off Bodmin Moor,
0:31:23 > 0:31:24bringing them down to the coast
0:31:24 > 0:31:26and these boats were coming in from the Greek islands,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30bringing amphoras filled with olive oil, spices, wines,
0:31:30 > 0:31:32things like that. And they were trading these rough ingots
0:31:32 > 0:31:35of tin for these lovely, luxury goods.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Carry on to Slaughterbridge
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and you'll find the Arthurian Centre.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43There you can not only separate fact from legend,
0:31:43 > 0:31:48you can see the 6th century stone that bears Arthur's name.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51And explore the surrounding town of Camelford,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54which some think to be the site of Camelot itself.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59As for our next stop, despite a spot of rain,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04we're following in the steps of those early tourists in the 1960s
0:32:04 > 0:32:07and hitching a ride in a local boat.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10And thankfully, Jeremy's only too happy to oblige.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Well, how are we going to cock our leg up there?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15But while we've offered to help catch a few lobsters
0:32:15 > 0:32:18and replenish all the crabs we've eaten,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20it's a few miles out to the pots.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25So, I've got time to find out more about Jennie's big break.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27So, what was your first role at the BBC?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Well, when I finally got in on the second or third time of asking,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I was a sub.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36A down-table sub, writing the news on radio.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39I remember the thrill of the first day of being told
0:32:39 > 0:32:42I could do the weather forecast.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46And I wrote, "Today in the West Country, it will be raining."
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Right.- And then I heard Peter Donaldson, the newsreader, say,
0:32:49 > 0:32:50"And now, the weather.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53"Today in the West Country, it will be..."
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Yes! I wrote that!
0:32:56 > 0:33:01And was it a gradual working your way up?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Or did you suddenly get whoop! And you're there.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Well, I do think actually... partly because I was a woman
0:33:05 > 0:33:07and it was fairly male dominated,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I did feel I was getting promoted pretty quickly.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Maybe because of that, I don't know.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Sue MacGregor and I were the first two women to present
0:33:16 > 0:33:18the Today programme on Radio Four.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22And it was thought so momentous that two women could do this...
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Yeah, yeah.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25..that they sent the Daily Express, I think it was,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27along to record this for posterity.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Yeah. Well, it was a bit like the two girls that do Strictly.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Tess and Claudia, you know?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Yeah, right.- "Oh, two women"?!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36I know. We should be past that by now.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Yeah, yeah.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39But we're not unfortunately.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41'Mind you, it hasn't held Jennie back.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43'Not for a second.'
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Well, one thing led to another and then suddenly I was invited
0:33:45 > 0:33:48to be royal reporter and then royal correspondent.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Which I absolutely didn't want to do.- Right.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53But I said, "Oh, all right, then. I'll do it for a year,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55"but I'll stick at being a general reporter, as well."
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Yeah, but you got it during all the juice...
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I don't know if that's the best way to...
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- Yeah.- But all the juicy bits really.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Yeah, it was an absolute crazy,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08turbulent period from when I started in '89
0:34:08 > 0:34:10right through to 2003.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14I mean, it was the monarchy imploding, really.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- Yeah.- And suddenly we were talking about,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18"Is this institution going to survive?"
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I mean, the Diana years they were crazy, crazy years.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Now, tell me the story of Prince Charles and the shoes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28What's that story?
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Oh, well.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33It is true that I had a great liking for white stilettos,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and I wore them all the time, no matter where we were.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40And it just seemed to catch Charles' eye and so wherever we were...
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Once we were in a seed potato field in St Petersburg,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46or near St Petersburg, I remember.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49And as I walked over these great clods of earth in these heels
0:34:49 > 0:34:51he'd say, "Oh, Miss Bond.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54"Wrong shoes, I think."
0:34:54 > 0:34:56And he do it wherever we went, so it became a bit of...
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- A bit of a thing.- Yeah.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01And on that note, I think it's about time we earned our keep.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05'Though if Jennie thought a crab lollipop was the cat's pyjamas,'
0:35:05 > 0:35:09well, she ain't seen nothing yet.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Oh, there's a keeper. Oh, yeah. - Nice one, isn't it?- Nice one.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15In fact, some of this catch might even give steak and chips
0:35:15 > 0:35:17a run for its money.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Not all of it though.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20What is that?
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Oh, it's a tiny lobster.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Oh, it's a baby.- Ah. How old is it? - Oh, it's only got one claw.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28Yeah, he's been scrapping, hasn't he?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30How old would that one be, do you think?
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- Maybe a year.- A year old.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33And it's only got one oiker.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- Oh.- Oh, bless you.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- He won't grow another claw? - Yeah, they will.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Oh, will they?- Will it?- Yeah.- Oh.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41- But it never comes back quite as good.- Right, OK.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43That's got a couple of claws on it, that one.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- Yeah. You don't want to get near that.- No, you don't want to.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48OK, so these are clearly under measure. So, do you feel like
0:35:48 > 0:35:50you want to release... Send a lobster back to the wild?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- Kind of kind, wouldn't it? - What about yourself, Len?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Yeah. Can you turn it round that way? I'm very frightened.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- There we are.- Err... You just... You just throw it in?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Yeah, just chuck it over the side.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Ah!- There. Freedom.- OK. Back you go.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Back you go, go and see your mum. - My little one. Go and grow.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- Little kiss... Oh. - Oh, you could have kissed that.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- You could have kissed. That would have been nice, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11- I could have. But I didn't.- Wow.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Is this the sort of normal catch or is this better than normal?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Well, that's pretty good, to be honest with you.- Yeah.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Erm... One, two, three...
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Four, five, six, seven lobsters.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I'd be happy with that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25This is lobster ground.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28If we went crabbing, we'd expect at least two boxes of crabs.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- Oh, really?- And then maybe three or four lobsters with it.- Right.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32But this is more lobster ground here.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34And do you do this every single day? You get...
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Well, yeah. I'm in the shop a lot, as you saw earlier on.- Yeah.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- But, yeah, my son takes the boat most days now.- Right.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Yeah, six days a week. If the weather is permitting.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Fantastic. Well, I'm... Do you know, I was reticent...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47And I going to say the word again,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I was reticent to come out on the boat on a drizzly day.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53But I'd tell you this, I'm so glad I did it.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- It's quite good fun, isn't it? - It was fun.- It was great fun. Yeah.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- It was an adventure. - It's not always like this.- No.- No.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- No, but...- Lovely. - Thank you very much.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03No, that's fine. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10While Jennie and I head back to shore,
0:37:10 > 0:37:15here's the final instalment of my seven top tips for North Cornwall.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Starting with the Bodmin and Wenford Railway
0:37:18 > 0:37:20first opened in 1887.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Today, this 13-mile journey takes its passengers
0:37:24 > 0:37:26back to the romance of the steam era.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30In fact, you could say it's quite an a-TRACK-tion.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35If, like me and Jen, you're contemplating a journey on foot,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38then how about a stroll through the Longcross Gardens?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Would you believe it's the only public garden
0:37:40 > 0:37:42on the North Cornish coast?
0:37:42 > 0:37:46And it's faithfully retained its original, Victorian layout.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51The gardens here were built, or designed and started,
0:37:51 > 0:37:57in the 1900s by a Captain Allardice who lived in the house.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Captain Allardice designed this
0:37:59 > 0:38:03with the help of I think about five local gardeners.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04It took several years to build,
0:38:04 > 0:38:09but it was built with a view to trying to make a garden
0:38:09 > 0:38:14as sort of oasis on the Cornish coast that was salt tolerant.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Because we get a considerable amount of salt every year,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21blown in from the winds off the sea.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27And top of my pile is the award-winning Camel Valley Vineyard.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32It was founded 26 years ago by former RAF pilot Bob Lindo,
0:38:32 > 0:38:37who after a midair collision decided to rethink his career goals.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Since then, his vineyard has gone on
0:38:39 > 0:38:43to become one of the finest wine producers.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Oh-ho, Bottoms up.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49And while that sounds perfect to me,
0:38:49 > 0:38:54right now a cheeky half at the local pub will warm us up after the rain.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58And I really can't complain about these views.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59I've got to say, Jennie.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04I thought you were very impressive with the dressing the crabs.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06And I've got a feeling... Is that anything to do with...
0:39:06 > 0:39:08You know, they are nippy little things...
0:39:08 > 0:39:10When you were in the jungle.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- You know, you had a few creepy crawlies going.- I did.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14How was that experience?
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Oh, that was great.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I mean, dressing the crab I was not so great at, let's be honest,
0:39:18 > 0:39:20but eating insects...
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Yeah, that seems to be my forte really.- Yeah.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25So, you went on to present Cash In The Attic.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27That's right. That was one of the first things that came in.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Would I do Cash In The Attic? And then I did Great British Menu
0:39:30 > 0:39:32and Rip Off Britain, various other shows.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35So, all of a sudden all these opportunities came.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- And Stars In Their Eyes. Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42That request came in and my daughter and my husband
0:39:42 > 0:39:46both said, "Don't do it. You can't sing."
0:39:46 > 0:39:49I said, "But I know I can't sing. I know I can't sing.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- "But I'm going to give it a go." - Yeah.- I did. I was terrible.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54It doesn't matter.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55- I enjoyed it.- Yeah.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58What would be the perfect thing to come along?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00And "Oh, guess what I'm doing."
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Frankly, anything that is fun, different, makes me laugh
0:40:04 > 0:40:07and is an adventure, I am up for. I'm your girl.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I think that's a wonderful way to be.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Perfect you know.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- Who doesn't want a bit of an adventure?- Yeah.- And a laugh.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14That's what we live for.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Well, I think you know as you get older...
0:40:17 > 0:40:19and you know I'm 65 this year
0:40:19 > 0:40:22and I just think, grab these opportunities.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- I'm so lucky to be offered crazy, mad things to do.- Yeah.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Now, coming down here and other holidays, I guess,
0:40:30 > 0:40:35with your parents and your sisters, how did you think...?
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Do you think that affected how you would be and how you became?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Well, I mean funnily enough
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I have ended up living in the West Country now.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48I live in South Devon now with a coastline rather like this.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49By the sea.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54And I noted in that diary of mine, I wrote, "I love the roads down here,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57"they're so interesting and you never know when you're going to
0:40:57 > 0:41:00"meet another car because they're so narrow and it's exciting."
0:41:00 > 0:41:02And now I live all down these narrow, twisting roads
0:41:02 > 0:41:05and people think we're mad to live there.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08So, maybe I was always destined to come down to the West Country.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Yeah. Well, I'm so glad that you picked this area
0:41:11 > 0:41:13because it's somewhere that I've never been.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17So, I got to have a look round the most beautiful scenery
0:41:17 > 0:41:21and countryside and it has been a joy.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- And it's been a joy for me too. - May we cuddle?- We may.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- Thank you. It was great, thank you. - No, thank you.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Ah, the perfect end to a perfect day.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32It's been an absolute joy
0:41:32 > 0:41:35reliving Jennie's childhood holiday of a lifetime,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38despite a shakey start.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43I'm pleased to see North Cornwall's lost none of its romance.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48We've surfed, in her imagination, the pounding waves of the coast.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Come on, I want to speed it up. - Speed it up. Lean forward.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Recreated the posh nosh of Jennie's big night out.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Oh, it looks very, very naughty.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59And we've experienced a local tradition
0:41:59 > 0:42:02that stretches back over the centuries.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04And it's only got one oiker.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08And if that isn't romance, well, Jennie Bond, I don't know what is.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15My main concern is that you never forget our day together.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17How could I forget a date with you?
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Well, I know you're great with a diary,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22but I've got a little scrapbook of our time together.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Oh!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26How kind of you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Yes, even better than potted shrimp and a steak dinner,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34this picture book captures our every moment.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37And I've got one last surprise for our Jennie.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Her very own 1966 travel guide.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Oh, you managed to get that.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Let's Halt Awhile.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Oh, brilliant.- 1966.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50And who knows, you might find another little spot
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- that you could go to. - I might. I might.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Thank you very much.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Let's Halt Awhile. - Yeah, perfect.- Shall we?
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Yeah, well, let's cuddle a while as well.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Thank you so much. It's been lovely.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02No. It's been great. Thank you so much.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04So, that's us.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06It's bye-bye from lovely North Cornwall
0:43:06 > 0:43:10and time for Jennie and Lenny to hitchhike home.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11Hey-hey. Ta-ra.