0:00:02 > 0:00:04Childhood holidays - we all love them, don't we?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Fun in the sun, sandcastles, swimming in the sea -
0:00:07 > 0:00:08can't beat them.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14So, in this series, I'm going to be reliving those wonderful times
0:00:14 > 0:00:16with some much-loved famous faces.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Everyone a winner.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Come on, hook-a-duck.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And some of the most surprising guests
0:00:22 > 0:00:25have the most fascinating holidays.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27LAUGHTER
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- There she comes.- It's a tug-of-war!
0:00:32 > 0:00:33We'll relive the fun...
0:00:33 > 0:00:34TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS
0:00:34 > 0:00:35No! No!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37..the games
0:00:37 > 0:00:41and the food of years gone by...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43That is a little taste of childhood, right there.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46..to find out how those holidays around the UK
0:00:46 > 0:00:50helped shape the people we know so well today.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I'm giving you a standing ovation.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57So, buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Can you come on all my holidays?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08My guest today is truly a force to be reckoned with.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11She was born in Cardiff in 1969.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Look at her!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18That's a winning smile if ever you saw one.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22She was a sporty little one from the outset
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and eventually took to the world stage
0:01:25 > 0:01:31representing Great Britain in the Paralympics, in Seoul, in 1988.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The person I'm meeting today, you could say,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41has spent her career in the fast lane.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Oh, that's a good clue.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47During her career, she broke 30 world records
0:01:47 > 0:01:53and won a whopping 11 Paralympic gold medals.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Woohoo!
0:01:54 > 0:01:5811 gold medals? They must be heavy to carry about.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03She was made a dame in 2005
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and a baroness in 2010.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Oh, I wish I'd have smartened myself up.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11It's like meeting royalty.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Ooh, milady.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Oh, yes. Curtsy, curtsy.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19On your marks, get set...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Do you know who it is yet?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Of course you do.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's the fantastic Tanni Grey-Thompson.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32And I'm off to meet her in this fabulous SD1 Rover,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34just like the car she would've come on her holidays in
0:02:34 > 0:02:37with her family back in the day.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Oh-ho! Tanni, Tanni.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42It's Lenny, Lenny.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I don't know whether to bow or curtsy.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Or just, you know, "Hello."
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Tanni was born in Cardiff and grew up with her older sister, Sian,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and parents, Sulwen and Peter,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04who always encouraged her independent streak.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Little Tanni was into her sports from an early age
0:03:07 > 0:03:11and it wasn't long before she found her love for racing.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16After winning bronze in her first Paralympic Games in 1988,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20she has gone on to become one of our most successful athletes,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22racking up 11 Paralympic golds
0:03:22 > 0:03:26and six marathon wins over her sporting career.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Since then, she's switched tack
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and started picking up awards from Queen and country.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36And today, she is a member of the House of Lords. What a woman!
0:03:36 > 0:03:40I'm sure the baroness and I will get on together like old chums
0:03:40 > 0:03:42as we relive her holiday memories,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47starting with the very bright old car her family used to drive.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48SHE LAUGHS
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Tanni.- Hello!
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Hey! Hey!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Look at that.- That's amazing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Hello.- Lovely to see you.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Oh, wow.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- That was the height of fashion when my dad...- Of course it was.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- It was just amazing.- Look at it. SHE GASPS
0:04:05 > 0:04:08It's the dream machine.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09And do you know what?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13My trousers match the upholstery, so it's absolutely perfect.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Now, where are we off to?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17We're off to Cameley Lakes.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22So, it's where we spent our family holidays for about ten or 11 years.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24There's some trout fish in the lakes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25- My dad used to love fishing.- Yeah.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29And, yeah, we first went there in 1980.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Right, so that's the year? - That's the year, 1980.- 1980.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Wow. Now, let me think, 1980...
0:04:36 > 0:04:38..Dolly Parton, Nine To Five.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Right?
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Well, we're not going to be working nine to five, we're on a holiday.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46So, your carriage awaits.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Come on!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- We're going to go in this? - Yeah, we're going to go in this.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Wow!
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I don't think I was allowed to sit in the front in 1980.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58MUSIC: Nine To Five by Dolly Parton
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- SHE GASPS Oh, my goodness!- Look at that.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04# Use your mind And you never get the credit
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- # It's enough to drive you... # - Right here we go.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09# Crazy if you let it. #
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Approximately 12 miles southwest of Bath,
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Cameley sits snugly in the valley of the River Cam
0:05:20 > 0:05:24by the Mendip Hills, in the beautiful county of Somerset.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Boasting a number of fishing lakes,
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Cameley mainly draws people who want a taste of the peaceful countryside.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33And being close to the Somerset and Wiltshire border,
0:05:33 > 0:05:37it is surrounded by tourist hotspots.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40From places of natural beauty such as Cheddar Gorge,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44to cities dripping in history, like the fabulous Wells.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Today, I'm taking Tanni down Memory Lane
0:05:46 > 0:05:50to relive some of her childhood holiday antics.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52We'll try out some speed fishing...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- I want to catch fish and then leave.- Yeah.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- Then I'm done.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57..have lunch hijacked by some hungry giraffes...
0:05:57 > 0:05:59THEY LAUGH
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Oh, God. Yeah, take it. - Have the lot.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04..and get competitive in a cathedral of all places.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Can we go?- Ready, steady, go.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Together, we'll find out how the holiday of yesteryear
0:06:10 > 0:06:14formed the record-breaking hero we know and love today.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Well, before any holiday can begin, you have to get their first
0:06:24 > 0:06:26and for a young Tanni,
0:06:26 > 0:06:30getting there was in this bright yellow Rover motor
0:06:30 > 0:06:31with the rest of her family.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34So, it was 1980.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38So, I guess, you know, you were about ten or so, just a little girl?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Yeah, I was, yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42There'd have been you and Sian and your mum and dad.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44And we had two labradors.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- They're big dogs, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50And I used to remember sitting in the footwell because...
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Oh, did you?- ..because the dogs wanted the backseat
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- and the dogs would just push us off. - Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58And my dad said, "Oh, yes, just keep the dogs happy."
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- And you can't imagine doing that any more, can you?- No.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- It was just being crumpled up in the footwell.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05And where were you coming from?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Well, we lived in Cardiff...
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- Right.- ..and my mum didn't like travelling that far from home,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13so actually, was it only about an hour and a quarter,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- hour and a half from where we lived. - Oh.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Were you well-behaved, the two of you?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- LAUGHING:- Not really.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- I think we used to bicker in the backseat and argue.- Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- And as soon as I was told off, my sister would defend me.- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Even though we'd probably been arguing a minute earlier.- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31What did your dad do?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- My dad was an architect... - Oh, right.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36..and he worked really, sort of, quite long hours.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Bit of a workaholic, but he loved his job.- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So, for us, the family holidays were quite important.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And was your mum... Did your mum work? Or...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- No, she was... Well, she was a stay-at-home mum.- Yeah.- So...
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Well, they do work hard.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I think they work harder than if you go to work, really.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Why did you come to this area?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Was it just because you liked it, basically?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Yeah. And Dad could fish. There were lots of things around.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01You know, Bristol, Bath, Wells, Shepton Mallet.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Lots of places around that you could go for day trips.- Yeah.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Again, not too far to have to travel.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's not the traditional holiday, is it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- It's not like the beach holiday-type experience?- No.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- I mean, for me, beaches aren't very good.- Yeah.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18So, I think Dad was always kind of conscious that
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- we had to go to places that were sort of accessible.- Yeah.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22So, not massive...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Cos back then, there was a lot that wasn't accessible
0:08:24 > 0:08:27but doing stuff that we could do together as a family...
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Yeah.- ..not doing things that I couldn't do.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Tanni's holiday wasn't the only thing to be happening in 1980.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41That summer, unemployment hit a 44-year high
0:08:41 > 0:08:43of around 1.8 million.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Not far off what it is now.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Good to see things have improved, eh?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51With the opening of a new rollercoaster at Alton Towers,
0:08:51 > 0:08:56we said hello to one thrill maker, before we said goodbye to another.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01passed away in April of that year.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And things were getting serious on the telly.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Good evening and welcome, at last, to Newsnight.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12Yes, BBC's Newsnight debuted on our screen with Peter Snow at the helm.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And in the background to all this, played David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20# Ashes to ashes, funk to funky... #
0:09:20 > 0:09:23This iconic video was, at the time,
0:09:23 > 0:09:28reported to have been the most expensive music video made,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31costing a whopping 250,000.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37But today, we've arrived at Cameley Lakes,
0:09:37 > 0:09:42where Tanni's holiday-of-a-lifetime, with her fishing-mad dad, began.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Well, I tell you what, this is the most beautiful spot, I must say.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- And has it changed much, would you say?- Massive changes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Here used to be cow sheds. - Oh, right.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55So, when we first came,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57you used to be able to come and get milk in the mornings.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59So you'd bring a jug down and you'd get fresh milk.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- What, straight off the...? - Straight off the cows, yeah.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Yeah. - And then just gradually over time,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07there's been a few more extensions and more accommodation built.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- But the lakes are essentially what we used to...- Yeah.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- And we used to fish in the bottom corner.- What, down there?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Just right down in that corner.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I didn't get too much further round than that,
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- that's where I caught all my fish. - And what about your dad?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I suppose he got to the best spots, did he?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25He used to be out of bed at the crack of dawn.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27As soon as he could get out fishing, he would be out.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28- I was a bit later in the mornings. - Yeah.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31And he tried the different lakes,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34the sort of three different lakes that he'd be fishing in.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37So, would you use this as your base
0:10:37 > 0:10:43and then drive off to, you know, Wells or wherever?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45My dad was very organised,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47so we knew on the Monday that we'd go to Shepton Mallet,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49on the Tuesday we'd go to Wells... It'd all have to be planned.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- It'd be planned out. - But that was nice,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54knowing a little bit about what you were going to be doing
0:10:54 > 0:10:55and some a bit further afield than others.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58And then you'd come back here for late afternoon,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01cos you had to be back in time for the rise, for the fishing again...
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Yeah.- ..cos that was the best time.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07And then just used to sit outside on the summer evenings.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Well, if you're good, I might show you my flies later.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Now, crack open the history books,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22this picturesque village is sitting pretty
0:11:22 > 0:11:25among some of the oldest sites in the country.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Cameley may be tiny,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30but you can trace it back to 1086's bestseller
0:11:30 > 0:11:33the Domesday Book.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36There's also the lovely little church of St James,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39which has been standing there since the 12th century.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41That's just a little bit older than me.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44If you look into the history of the village, Cameley,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46it's thought that it was on Knights Templar land.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49And there's a wonderful little church in Cameley,
0:11:49 > 0:11:54which has gone largely untouched by a lot of the Victorian restoration
0:11:54 > 0:11:57that took place in other churches, so it's really beautiful to visit.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Part of the magic of any childhood holiday
0:12:04 > 0:12:07is the excitement of staying somewhere new.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11For Tanni's family, somewhere new was a bungalow by the lakes,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14so off we trot to have a gander at the old place.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Hold on, that looks a bit posh.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20So, this is the bungalow where you used to stay?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- Yeah, it's changed quite a bit, actually.- Oh, has it?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It was all quite open and there weren't, sort of, all the flowerbeds
0:12:26 > 0:12:27and the porch is different.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I think all the windows have changed quite a lot,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31so it's really pretty now.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33But it's the first time I'd ever been in a bungalow
0:12:33 > 0:12:34cos I lived in a house,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36so I used to crawl up and down the stairs.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So, I remember being completely amazed
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- that everything was on the ground floor.- Yeah.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42It was like, "Wow! This is really cool."
0:12:42 > 0:12:43And did you share a room with your sister?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Do you know what?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47There would have been piles of bedrooms,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52but we still shared a room because we shared a room until I was 13.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Well, I wonder how much the inside has changed over the years?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Oh, wow! This is quite a lot different.- Is it?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03This is a marvellous room.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04I...
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I think the kitchen used to be more there.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Maybe, yeah...
0:13:10 > 0:13:13I don't remember it being this open.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14I'm sure it was...
0:13:15 > 0:13:19There was kind of a big room, but the kitchen was slightly different.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Maybe that's an extension?- Yeah.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25So, let's have a... I'm going to check out this.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- That looks nice, doesn't it.- Yeah.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Oh, that's nice.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Now, I have to ask you regarding...
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- You had spina bifida? Yeah?- Hm.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Cos I don't really know what spina bifida is.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Basically, I'm missing the bones at the back of my spine,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and so my spinal cord sticks out.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48And I was born with this little lump on my back.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50So, that's how it was identified.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52And at that point, they didn't know
0:13:52 > 0:13:55whether I was going to be able to walk or not. So, I could walk...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I never really walked that well, but I sort of walked OK
0:13:58 > 0:14:00till I was about five.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And then between the ages of five and seven,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05as I grew, just very gradually got paralysed.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- So, by the age of seven, I couldn't walk any more.- Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12But I can't remember it to be honest, it wasn't really a big deal.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14My parents didn't make a big deal of it,
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Sian didn't make a big deal of it.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- It was just, you know, it was what it was.- Yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22And Dad fought quite hard, Mum, you know, for me to get a chair
0:14:22 > 0:14:25cos they recognised that the only way for me to be independent
0:14:25 > 0:14:27was to be in a chair, not to be trying to walk.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Cos I had callipers and crutches,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- but I couldn't really move around with those.- Yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33So, the chair for me was kind of a bit of a lifeline.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- So, really, the chair gave you independence?- Completely.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And for me, and it's not like this for everybody, but for me,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42the chair was brilliant because I was so much more mobile.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And it let me do the things that I wanted to do,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46which was mostly annoy my sister and run away from her.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- Ah.- So, when I was walking and couldn't walk very well,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I'd only get three steps before she got me.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- So, in a chair, I could get a lot further.- You were gone! Yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Happy memories.- Yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Yeah, I've got a lot to be thankful to Mum and Dad for
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- because of just they brought me up the same as my sister.- Yeah.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06And it didn't matter that she could walk and I couldn't,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- we were treated the same.- Wow.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- I tell you what, there's lots of surprises in store.- OK.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13So, shall we go on?
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Yes, please.- Come on. Huh-ho!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20As Tanni's parents cleverly figured out when they came here,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Cameley was the perfect jumping-off point
0:15:22 > 0:15:24to venture further afield.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29And I've picked SEVEN of the best local attractions
0:15:29 > 0:15:33that you could jump into if you came here today.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Look to the heavens and you might just discover something new.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40In 1781, astronomers William and Caroline Herschel's
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Bath home was the site of the discovery of the planet -
0:15:44 > 0:15:46now, I have to get this right - Uranus.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48A visit to the Herschel Museum
0:15:48 > 0:15:52allows you to have a good old nosy around their home
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and even stand on the same spot where they discovered,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57wait for it, Uranus.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Well, Caroline Herschel was one of the first
0:15:59 > 0:16:01professionally-paid female astronomers,
0:16:01 > 0:16:02certainly in European history
0:16:02 > 0:16:04and she was known as The Comet Hunteress.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07She discovered about eight, possibly nine comets,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09as well as 14 nebulae.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12And she was actually the assistant to her brother, William Herschel.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And together they were one of the great partnerships of astronomy
0:16:15 > 0:16:17and they actually were the father and mother
0:16:17 > 0:16:19of what we call modern stellar astronomy.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22After you've learnt everything you need to know about Uranus,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27you may want to take a seat... on a canal boat - the Lady Lena.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Built in 1890,
0:16:29 > 0:16:34the Lady Lena is thought to be the oldest electric launch in existence.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37This Victorian canal boat is the perfect place
0:16:37 > 0:16:41on which to while away a lazy sunny afternoon.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Half an hour or so in the Rover
0:16:46 > 0:16:48from where Tanni and her family were staying
0:16:48 > 0:16:52is one of the countries original safari parks.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54She would often go with her parents and sister,
0:16:54 > 0:16:58so I thought this was a perfect place to kick off our adventure.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Tanni, it's safari time.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- So, look, I've got some binoculars for you.- OK, thank you.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06- Yeah.- Right.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And I thought for myself...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13..I thought this might do the trick.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15- Have a look at me.- Oh, wrong way.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Have a look, what do you reckon? - Fabulous.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20OK, here we go.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Well, you've got to dress the part.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26For over 60 years, safari parks have been a popular way
0:17:26 > 0:17:28for parents to entertain their little monkeys.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Was there one part that was your favourite?
0:17:33 > 0:17:37It was the monkeys because they were jumping all over the car.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39And then I remember one of the monkeys sat on the windscreen
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- and you saw his bottom squashed.- Oh.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- And we thought that was...- Oh, yeah.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- That's very childish!- No. No.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Who doesn't like to see a monkey's bottom?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I'm slightly jealous that you've got the hat and I haven't, actually.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Well, would you like to have a go with the hat?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- You're more than welcome.- No. Do you know what? It really suits you.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Yeah, leave it with me.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03So, what were you like as a kid? You know, were you adventurous?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Were you...
0:18:05 > 0:18:08..were you always competitive?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Always competitive over anything.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14So, I would have a race putting my socks on,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16if I thought I had a chance of winning.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21And was it at school that you first got into sport?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Yeah, it was.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27So I'd already been at, sort of, junior school was swimming,
0:18:27 > 0:18:28which I hated.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31My mum used to tell me I looked like a drowned rat.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I wasn't very good at swimming. And I did a bit of horse riding
0:18:34 > 0:18:35and was doing bits and pieces.
0:18:35 > 0:18:41But it was at comprehensive that I started doing wheelchair racing.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Oh, look! I never noticed. - Oh, wow!
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- And your dad fought for you to go to a mainstream school?- Yeah.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Was that a battle? - It was a huge battle,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02and it was all around the time that we first came to Cameley.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05My dad took on the local education authority
0:19:05 > 0:19:09and he, you know, he basically wrote these really stroppy letters
0:19:09 > 0:19:11saying that I had the right to be educated
0:19:11 > 0:19:13in the best environment for me.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Because without mainstream education,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I don't think I would have done sport,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I wouldn't have done O levels, A levels,
0:19:19 > 0:19:20I wouldn't have gone to university.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23For me, being a university was a big part of my sporting career.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27So, without doubt, I'd have missed out on so much in my life.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Oh, look.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- You wouldn't want that running after you, would you?- No, thank you!
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Well, you'd be all right cos you can get a lick on.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40How was it when you got, you know,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43your first real, sort of, racing machine?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Oh, I remember going to a competition at Stoke Mandeville
0:19:46 > 0:19:50and it was tipping down with rain and it was freezing cold,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52and my mum's sitting on the side.. And, you know,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55we'd have packed the chair in the car to get there.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57And then her saying to me,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59"Are you really sure this is what you want to do?"
0:19:59 > 0:20:02And me going, "Yeah, this is amazing!"
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- And she was like, "Oh, OK. Right." And that's it.- Yeah.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And it was only years later she said to me, you know,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10she saw me going round and round the track and I wasn't very quick
0:20:10 > 0:20:15and I was a very scrawny little girl and her just saying, you know,
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- "Oh, OK. Right."- Yeah.- You know.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- Her thinking at the time, "This is never going to go anywhere."- Yeah.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22"This will be something she does for a couple of years, but it's not..."
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Yeah, a little bit of a holiday and...- Yeah.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27"She's not going to take it seriously."
0:20:27 > 0:20:31But seriously she did take it and soon showed her old mum.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Before we leave, we swing by my old mate, Thorn.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Now, I'm going to stick my neck out here
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and say I think he liked what Tanni's got to offer.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- God, he doesn't mess about, does he? - I know.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45And twigs as well, it's not just the leaves.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49THEY LAUGH
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Right, I'm not sure I'm brave enough to go much higher.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53No, there you are.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- I'll take over.- Yeah, go on. You take over, there we go.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Come on. Oh, God!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02THEY LAUGH I nearly got chucked into the...
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- They don't mess about, do they? - Go on.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07How much do they eat a day? Loads?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09'Quite a lot. He's a bit of a bottomless pit,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11'so he tends to eat throughout the day.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13'And the girls fill up pretty quickly.'
0:21:13 > 0:21:15But we give them hay and grains, as well.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Oh, you'd have loved this back in the '80s, wouldn't you?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Do you know... Yeah.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22LEN LAUGHS
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- Just to be this close to the animals is amazing.- Oh, look.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Come on.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30THEY LAUGH
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Well, Bev.- Yes. - Thanks so much for your time.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Thank you very much. - We've enjoyed it. Thank you, girls.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- KEEPERS:- That's all right. - We've had a good time. Bye-bye.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Bye-bye, Thorn. Yeah, don't look at me like that, Thorn.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52No holiday experience is complete without sampling the local food.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56For Tanni, it was all about Mum's deep-fried new potatoes.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01So, it's back to the bungalow for Chef Goodman to cook up a storm.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I hope they're going to be as good as she remembers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Look at those little beauties. HE CHUCKLES EXCITEDLY
0:22:08 > 0:22:11So, what's the really important bit is who's going to divide them
0:22:11 > 0:22:12and who's going to choose?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Well, obviously, I'll do the initial divide.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16So, I get to pick?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- And then you can pick which one you want.- OK.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Do you like the big ones or the little ones?- Little ones.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- Yeah.- But then you get more, if you've got the little ones.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- What I'm going to do, I'm going to chuck them all into one...- Yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28..like that.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Hey, they look good.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Just, I just want you to see them first of all.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- Is that anything like your mum's? - Yeah, they're good.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39And this is where you have to watch to how many you're divvying it up.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Well, there's five there.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I think you should have the same amount as gold medals, 11.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47SHE LAUGHS That'll do me, 11's good.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Two, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55I've got 14, which is two SEVENS, which I think is fair.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- I'm fine with that, that's a good deal. Yeah.- OK.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Here you are.- Oh, wow! This is lovely.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Right.- What do you reckon?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- Oh, they smell good.- Now, I have got a couple more than you,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16but you're more than welcome to...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I'll see how quickly I can eat these.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Now, I know they're not going to be as good as your mums but...
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Hold on.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Go on then, go!
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Oh, yeah.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31They're good.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- I think I'm going to get a deep-fat fryer.- Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- It's worth it for these.- Yeah.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Hm. You see, beautiful weather.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Cos it used to be about nine o'clock at night we'd sit out
0:23:46 > 0:23:48and we'd have a bowl of these.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Yeah, it's great.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53So, do you remember your first race?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You know, pre-race, was there plenty of heart fluttering
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- and butterflies and stuff? - Oh, it was bad.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01I mean, I got worse as I got older.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- So, I used to actually be sick before I competed.- Yeah.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09So, I talk a lot, and when I'd go quiet about two hours before a race,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11all the guys in the team would know, move away from her
0:24:11 > 0:24:13cos it's not going to be pleasant.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14And it never got any better.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17All the way through my career, it never got better.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Do you think the better you got,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22the more expectations there were for you to do well?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Did that put more pressure on you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27I think I put quite a lot of pressure on myself.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30And then people did expect you to win
0:24:30 > 0:24:32and people didn't always understand about training
0:24:32 > 0:24:34or the fact you can't control everything.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You know, sometimes there are people that are better than you.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39You know, it was a lot of expectation.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Well, you know, this is not Strictly Come Dancing.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47This is Strictly Spud Cooking.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49What score are you going to give me?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Do you know what, they're crispy, they're light, they're fluffy -
0:24:54 > 0:24:569.5.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58That's a good score.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02I was hoping for the ten for Len but I'll take it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- 9.5.- 9.5.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06She really is a perfectionist!
0:25:08 > 0:25:12If you're feeling raring to go after a hearty lunch,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15then you can go and walk it off around Cheddar Gorge.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Cheddar doesn't only boast stunning walks and underground caves
0:25:19 > 0:25:22but also The Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The difference in our cheese is that it's made by hand,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28which means that all the time in making,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33the cheesemaker is actually feeling the curd, watching what's happening.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35We mature in cloth,
0:25:35 > 0:25:40so you get a rind forming and you get the right sort of texture.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45This is the last remaining traditional cheesemaker in Cheddar,
0:25:45 > 0:25:49and they have a specific way to make sure their cheese matures
0:25:49 > 0:25:51just the way they like it.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56We mature the Cheddar either in our own stores or in the Cheddar caves.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59So, something from here is pretty special or pretty unique.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Lesser-known than their famous counterparts
0:26:02 > 0:26:06at Avebury and Stonehenge, the Stanton Drew stone circles
0:26:06 > 0:26:09are situated around six miles north of Cameley
0:26:09 > 0:26:14and are the third largest collection of standing stones in England.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Having remained in more or less obscurity
0:26:16 > 0:26:19since their identification over 300 years ago
0:26:19 > 0:26:24means these fine upstanding stones have remained largely unchanged,
0:26:24 > 0:26:25and they truly rock.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33It was the fishing that drew Tanni's family to this area,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36so I can't come all this way without trying my hand at it.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Now, if I have any chance of hooking that prize fish,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I'll need a few pointers to get me started.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- How's that? Is that the spot? - Getting better.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48No. TANNI LAUGHS
0:26:48 > 0:26:50It's like a big girl's blouse.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Do you want to let Tanni have a go first of all?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Yeah, I'm coming this side. - Yeah, you come this side.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- That's it, not far off. - Not very straight, though.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Dad would've been there saying, "It's not very straight."
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Oh, it's got to be straight as well? - And not splash the water,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- cos it scares the fish away.- Ah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well, I'm going to sit here and watch now
0:27:09 > 0:27:11and see if you get a nibble.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Just I'm going to tease it through the water.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17There's nothing happening at the minute.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20When was the first time that you got invited
0:27:20 > 0:27:24to represent Great Britain somewhere foreign?
0:27:24 > 0:27:26- Foreign.- I was 17.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- Yeah, where?- Austria.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Yeah. And then I did Seoul the year after.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33- Seoul?- Seoul. So, the '88 Paralympics.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36So, that was a massive step up for me.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Seoul. So, you're now, you know... This is exotic, right?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Yeah.- And what did you get there?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I remember winning the bronze there and - you know,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46there was like a 12-hour time difference -
0:27:46 > 0:27:48ringing Mum and Dad at home and saying, "I've won a bronze,"
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- and it just been so exciting.- Yeah.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56So, a bronze in Seoul and then, now, I might get this wrong cos...
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Was it Atlanta next?- Barcelona next.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- # Barcelona! #- '92, yeah.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- '92. Now, what happened there? - Four golds and a silver.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Shut up!
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Four golds and a silver?- Yeah.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10So, silver in the relay, 4 x 100 relay.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13And I won the 100, 200, 400, 800.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- So...- Shut up! - ..that was pretty cool.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- No, that is...- Yeah.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22And then, you know, there was lots of TV coverage around Barcelona.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I mean, I think it helped that we'd had a good Olympics.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27And really Barcelona put the Paralympics on the map.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31You got all those medals, how many Olympic golds, 11?
0:28:31 > 0:28:32- 11 golds.- Yeah.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- Umpteen silvers. - Four silvers and a bronze.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Where do you...?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38You know, you don't keep them round your neck at night, do you?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40They're in a rucksack.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- Just stuck in a rucksack? - Yeah, pretty much.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I mean, if you came to our house,
0:28:44 > 0:28:45you wouldn't know that I was an athlete.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47There's very little that's on display.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50And six London Marathon wins?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52That's right. Yeah, six over ten years.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54How was that first one, going across the line?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Oh, and there's all of London there.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01You're exhausted but exhilarated and hungry,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04that's mostly what you feel cos...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06And just a brilliant, brilliant feeling,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08knowing that you've gone all that way
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- and then you've beaten everyone in a sprint finish.- Yeah.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Well, Tanni might be world-class on the track,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16but we're frankly a bit rubbish when it comes to fly-fishing.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So, I don't think they're biting today, so what do you think?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Shall we go off and about and do a bit more exploring?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- I think we might have more luck than catching fish today.- OK.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Oh, yes. I've just got to get my explorer's outfit out.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41The nearby city of Wells is classed as the smallest city in England
0:29:41 > 0:29:43and dates back to Roman times.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48It has the highest concentration of listed buildings in the country,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50including Vicars' Close,
0:29:50 > 0:29:53the oldest continually-inhabited street in Europe.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56This year it's 652 years old.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58It was originally built for the vicars' choral.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02There were 42 of them who sang and worked in the cathedral.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06And it's still inhabited now by people who work in the cathedral
0:30:06 > 0:30:09one way or another, some of whom still sing in the choir.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Tanni...
0:30:17 > 0:30:19..Wells Cathedral.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- Now, was that here in 1980? - Just, I think!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Just about.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Yeah, we used to come here. It was a day trip out.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- So, every time we came...- Yeah.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29..and my dad would explain how it was all built,
0:30:29 > 0:30:30and I never really listened to him.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34And, yeah, it was just like a really important...
0:30:34 > 0:30:35We'd always have a picnic here as well.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38You didn't take notice back in the '80s,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41so I'm going to take you on a bit of a tour in there
0:30:41 > 0:30:42and I know plenty of facts.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45And afterwards, I'm going to be asking you questions.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- Oh, dear. I'll listen. - So, let's head in.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51As Tanni's dad was an architect,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55the design at Wells was always on the list of things to see
0:30:55 > 0:30:56for the family.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Wow. There, does this bring it back?
0:31:00 > 0:31:01I remember the first time I came in here
0:31:01 > 0:31:05and I don't think I'd ever been in a space that was quite like this.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Yeah.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10And I think, as a child, you don't particularly appreciate it, do you?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13You want to get out and have an ice cream, you know.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15That's far more important.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Or go round the visitors...probably the shop or something else,
0:31:17 > 0:31:19rather than actually spending time in here.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Just around this corner is something that I'm sure
0:31:22 > 0:31:25would have put a big smile on little Tanni's face.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Look at that.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29That is just...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- It's just incredible, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Built in 1390, the Wells Clock, as it's known,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39is thought to be the second-oldest clock mechanism in Britain
0:31:39 > 0:31:40that's still in use.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Now, it doesn't look like any clock that hangs on my wall,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46so Dr Paul Richards is on hand
0:31:46 > 0:31:49to give me the lowdown on the old dickory dock.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52The hours are marked by the sun on the outside.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55You've got the minutes by the little star
0:31:55 > 0:31:58and then in the middle, you see the phase of the moon.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01And around that inner circle is the date in the lunar calendar
0:32:01 > 0:32:05rather than the actual normal calendar that we use.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- So, you can see it's just a new moon.- Yeah.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- It's amazing, that.- Yeah.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Does it make a noise when it goes off?- Yeah.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15At quarter past, you'll see it'll strike...
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- The Jack Blandiver up there...- Oh. - ..will strike the quarter.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23And you'll then see the knights going round
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- and one poor chap gets knocked off.- Oh, really?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Brilliant.- Brilliant.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47When Tanni used to come here in 1980,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49they'd have a bit of educational fun.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Well, we all know that's something I'm good at.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56And an old friend of mine has graciously offered to help.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58John Harewell.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Now, I thought what we'd do...
0:33:01 > 0:33:02..cos I do like...
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- I know you're competitive and... - Yeah.- ..I'm competitive, right?
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Did you used to do brass rubbing as a child?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Yeah, I'm pretty sure we did it here and we were kind of brought around
0:33:13 > 0:33:15and you got a piece of paper and crayons
0:33:15 > 0:33:18and then you got to frame it and take it home.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20- So, you got a piece of paper like that...- Yes.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- Thank you.- ..and then you've got your crayon.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25I'm going to give you a choice.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I'm going to go for black.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31You're going for the black crayon.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Well, as I'm a ballroom dancer, I'm going for the pink. Ooh!
0:33:35 > 0:33:39There's no brass at hand, but John's surface will do nicely.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- Right, can we go?- Ready, steady, go!
0:33:48 > 0:33:50SHE CHUCKLES
0:33:50 > 0:33:53I don't think I'm going to win any medals doing this.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55This is like covered in graffiti.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I thought it was part of it originally but, yeah,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59there's all kind of initials that are carved in.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02"Bruce Forsyth was here," I've got.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Is that 16...- Yeah, 1615.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07THEY LAUGH
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Look, there is a 1680 down here.
0:34:11 > 0:34:151680. I'm going to rub it to show you.
0:34:15 > 0:34:16So, what you got?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20SHE LAUGHS Oh, this is quite good.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22That's my best one, but that's the third attempt, you see.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- So, that's my best. - Well, I'm a bit the same, you know.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29The pink one's not much...
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Yeah.- Is it?
0:34:31 > 0:34:32There's a bit more on the...
0:34:32 > 0:34:34But then what about that one that I rubbed at...?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37SHE LAUGHS
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- I got the hang of it eventually. - Yeah, that looks really good.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45- I think you win.- Look at that.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46Well, I've figured it out.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49The only way to win against Tanni is to cheat.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Enough messing about,
0:34:51 > 0:34:55I want to find out what Tanni did after her last games.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59When you decided to give up racing, was that, you know,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02did you um and ah and keep thinking, "Oh, I'll just do one more..."
0:35:03 > 0:35:06..or did you just say, "Oh, I've had enough now."
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- I wanted to be home.- Yeah.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10My daughter was growing up, she was in school.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12So, when she was little,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14it was really easy to take her travelling with me.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16And I think I was just conscious
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- that I was missing out on lots of things.- Yeah.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21So, it was never a sacrifice, it was always what I wanted to do.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And did you have a, sort of, a cunning plan
0:35:24 > 0:35:26what you were going to do?
0:35:26 > 0:35:30"OK, I'm going to stop now, but I'm going to do..."?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I'd spent a lot of time thinking about what I'd do afterwards
0:35:33 > 0:35:35because there's nothing that's the same
0:35:35 > 0:35:37as competing in front of 100,000 people.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Yeah.- And then you don't want it to be either.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40So, I had different options.
0:35:40 > 0:35:45We had the 2012 Games coming up, so I knew I was involved with that.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46What about the television presenting?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49How did that come along?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Well, I did some of it when I was competing...
0:35:52 > 0:35:56..you know, in the winter when I was training and not travelling so much.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It was kind of... It just sort of grew.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02And it's fun and it's interesting and now I get to sit trackside...
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Yeah.- ..and watch the GB team.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08And actually, still quite a lot of my friends compete.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10It's a huge privilege cos, you know,
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- you get quite a good spot when you're commentating.- Yeah.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13So, you get to see it all.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21What else can you see in this part of Britain?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23The swans at Wells.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Over 140 years ago, the bishop's daughter taught them
0:36:27 > 0:36:31to ring a bell on the palace gatehouse when they were hungry.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Generations later, they're still ringing for...SERVICE!
0:36:35 > 0:36:38If you want to delve even further back in history,
0:36:38 > 0:36:43by about 45,000 years or so, then take a look at Wookey Hole -
0:36:43 > 0:36:46a series of underground caves
0:36:46 > 0:36:49where evidence of prehistoric man has been found.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Just watch out for the witch of Wookey Hole,
0:36:52 > 0:36:56a human-shaped stalagmite thought to be a witch
0:36:56 > 0:36:59turned to stone by a Glastonbury monk.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Spooky!
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Come back above ground for a tour
0:37:02 > 0:37:05around the SS Great Britain, in Bristol.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Designed by the engineering giant Isambard Kingdom Brunel,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12this ship was launched in 1843
0:37:12 > 0:37:16and harnessed both sail and steam power.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Well, she was a steamer initially,
0:37:19 > 0:37:20with the sail
0:37:20 > 0:37:22assisting the engine, basically.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25And then from the 1850s onwards, that was reversed,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28so she became a sailing ship with assistance from the engine
0:37:28 > 0:37:31to do the Australia run.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34You could say it was the world's first hybrid vehicle.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Well, it would have been quite an experience
0:37:37 > 0:37:38to be on the Great Britain.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Certainly as a transatlantic vessel to New York,
0:37:41 > 0:37:43she was the most luxurious vessel.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47The cabins were much larger and much more luxurious for the time.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I want to find out what Tanni's up to now.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56So, what better place to bring a baroness
0:37:56 > 0:37:58than the Bishop's Palace Gardens?
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- You got the OBE in 2000...- Yeah. - ..right?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05And then 2005,
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- you were made a dame.- Dame.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- And then 2010...- Yeah. - ..you were made a baroness.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14So, it's 2015... SHE LAUGHS
0:38:14 > 0:38:15..and what they've done, they've said,
0:38:15 > 0:38:20"Right, what can we have as a wonderful five-year moment?"
0:38:20 > 0:38:22And unfortunately, it's me.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24That's very special, thank you.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29I've got to ask you about the House of Lords.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Every year, they look at who's working
0:38:31 > 0:38:34and what areas of special interest are needed.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35A whole pile of people are nominated,
0:38:35 > 0:38:39they interview a few people and then in March 2010
0:38:39 > 0:38:41was my formal introduction ceremony,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44and then you're just in and doing it and it's super.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47You always imagine - well, I do - that it's full of old fogeys.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- But is it quite a vibrant atmosphere?- It is.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Well, the average age is 69. - Oh, right.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56But that's because you have to have finished your career
0:38:56 > 0:38:58to kind of get there cos there is no promotion
0:38:58 > 0:38:59from the House of Lords, that's kind of it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01I think if you look at the Commons
0:39:01 > 0:39:04where there's lots of shouting and bickering, we're not like that.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06You know, we're very calm and quite peaceful.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08But there are moments where it's really, really exciting.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10And if you're working on legislation
0:39:10 > 0:39:13that can affect tens of thousands of people's lives,
0:39:13 > 0:39:14you've got to take it seriously.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19Do you think your time coming here to this part of England
0:39:19 > 0:39:20with your family,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23do you think that helped to shape who you became
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and your future life?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27A huge amount because, you know,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29time with my parents was really important to me
0:39:29 > 0:39:32and Dad was working and Mum was busy
0:39:32 > 0:39:35and, actually, it was the time that the four of us could be together.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40And I think a lot of the family values they instilled into us,
0:39:40 > 0:39:44like the work ethic, that came from time that we spent together.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It's obvious that family was really important to Tanni
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and I'm happy she shared her memories with me.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57It's been a fantastic day reliving Tanni's holiday in Somerset.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58We survived the big cats...
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- You wouldn't want that running after you, would you?- No, thank you!
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Well, you'd be all right cos you can get a lick on.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08..discovered Dad's favourite spots...
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Dad would have been there saying, "It's not very straight."
0:40:11 > 0:40:14..and dined out on Mum's mouthwatering spuds.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Go on then, go!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- Hm.- Oh, yeah.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Tanni and mine's little jaunt through the Somerset countryside
0:40:21 > 0:40:23has really brought home to me
0:40:23 > 0:40:26just how much these holidays meant to her.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27And to remember the day,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30I've got a few little treats in store for her.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- Tanni, it's just been wonderful. - Thank you.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Now...
0:40:35 > 0:40:42..I've got here for you a scrapbook of memories of our day together.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Thank you.- Eh?
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- I love the picture on the front, that is beautiful.- Look at me, eh.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Fabulous.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56Brilliant.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- Thank you very much. - That's quite all right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- I'll just take that away for a moment...- OK.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04..because there is more for you.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Now, one of the highlights for me
0:41:06 > 0:41:10was going to the safari park, Longleat.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20You can only have it if you're going to love it.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24I will look after it, I will cherish it. Oh, thank you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26That is beautiful.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Aww.- Aww.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Thank you.- I forget what its name was now that...
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- Thorn.- Thorn. Big Thorn.- That is Thorn, that is pretty impressive.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- That is pretty much like Thorn, isn't it?- Yeah, it is.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39I'll put that down as well.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- Now...- I'm not sure you can top the giraffe.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Well, I think this might.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48SHE LAUGHS
0:41:48 > 0:41:49This is a framed...
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Your framed brass rubbings.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- That's really special, isn't it? - It is special, isn't it?
0:41:56 > 0:41:57- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59It's...
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I think I might have to put a note to say that it's a brass rubbing
0:42:02 > 0:42:04cos you can't really tell, can you?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Well, you know, just so that you've got a chance to compare,
0:42:07 > 0:42:09my one as well.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Oh, do I get both? - You get mine as well, yeah.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- Thank you. Will you sign it for me? - I will sign it.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16That will be worth a fortune.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18You've probably got to wait till I'm dead
0:42:18 > 0:42:21and then you've got to get on Flog It! or something.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26That is absolutely...
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Thank you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30They are just... They're unique, aren't they?
0:42:30 > 0:42:31They really are unique.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Thank you.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40SHE LAUGHS AND SNIFFLES
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- OK, off you go.- Thank you very much.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- It's been great.- Thank you. - Such a good time.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50It's been a lovely day, and I've now lost all my mascara.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53I've laughed and laughed, I really have. It's been so much fun.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- I don't think you can top this. - No, this won't be topped.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58No.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Wow! I don't think a picture of mine
0:43:01 > 0:43:04has ever brought a tear to anyone's eye before.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08But it's goodbye to Cameley. For Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11it will always hold a special place in her heart.