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Maybe you've thought about living by the sea, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
but you're not sure if it's quite for you, or you've wondered | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
what would it be like living right in the middle of the countryside | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
miles from anywhere, the question is, would you really like it? | 0:00:09 | 0:00:13 | |
Well, home swapping gives people the chance | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
to exchange their properties and try out a brand-new lifestyle. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
It's a growing trend here in the UK and this series offers people | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
who've never tried it before the chance to give it a go. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
-Woh-hoh! -Woh-hoh! | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
Families from across Britain are about to go on an adventure. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
They don't know each other and have no idea yet where they're going, or | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
what type of property they will be calling home for the next few days. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
Goodness me! Imagine waking up to that every day. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
During their stay, they'll give their verdict | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
on each other's home... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:54 | |
-It's a bit claustrophobic. -I don't think you can get more different. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
..and get the opportunity to try something new | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
in a different part of the UK. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:02 | |
-Yes! -Nothing is coming out. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
Only on their return will they get to see who has been | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
living in their house... | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
-Oh, yes. -I think we're almost psychic. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
..and what they really think of it. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
-Very minimalist. -Sparse. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
It is not. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:21 | |
I don't think there is one thing that I would change. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
It's ridiculous how much we love our house. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Our first home swappers are Dene and Karen. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
He is a pop musician and she is a data analyst. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
They met in the Spanish holiday resort of Benidorm | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
and, as they say, it was love at first sight. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
They've been married for two years and live in a 19th-century country | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
cottage in the picturesque village of Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:53 | |
Our house was built in 1830 | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
but it's had a lot of modifications since then. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Very quirky, lots of beams and things, but we love it. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
-We love living here, don't we? -We do, yes. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
Barwick-in-Elmet is a thriving historic village dating back | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
to around 400 BC with a population of around 2,500 people. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:15 | |
Now, Dene and Karen's home is an intriguing prospect. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
It used to be the local doctor's surgery | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
and even though the pills and prescriptions have long disappeared | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
they have still managed to retain a few of the unique features. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
The original front door is now a false front door | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
-and that's now a cupboard. -Yes. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
I think that's why I keep banging my head. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
Yes, you do, because the freezer's in there, isn't it, now? | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
Each room's very different. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:41 | |
Everything is sort of old farmhouse, the kitchen is, anyway. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
In the bedrooms, we've got the old beams from the ships. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
-Old ship... -Old ship beams from many, many years ago. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
-You can't go into the spare bedroom... -Without ducking down. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
So it's a challenge. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
It's a challenge getting in and out of the room sometimes upstairs. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
They've been living in their home for just four months | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
but Dene has very strong links to the village. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
I've lived here most of my life from being three years old up until... | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
I've been working away but I always come back to my roots. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
We have that War of the Roses because I'm from Lancashire | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
-and you're from Yorkshire so... -But Karen does come out with | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
some Yorkshire sayings sometimes, don't you? | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
I don't mean to. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:26 | |
Let's hope there are not too many disagreements between these two. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
Although there's certainly no disputing who wears | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
the trousers when it comes to interior design. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
I would say this is definitely shabby-chic, isn't it, villagey? | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
I think your taste is shabby-chic, yeah, and you're very girly. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
You like it all very girly. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
Girly it may be but Dene has ensured there is plenty of room to | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
show off his musical prowess. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
I used to be in a group called Black Lace | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
and we had many, many hits in the '80s and early '90s. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
I've got some gold discs in there and some awards from America. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
I used to work in the doctor's. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:02 | |
So I got to see the villagers on a daily basis. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
But they don't call us Karen and Dene, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
they call us Mr and Mrs Agadoo, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
and that's sort of stuck, really, hasn't it? | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
Yes, it's stuck with us. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
Well, let's see if the home of Mr and Mrs Agadoo appeals | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
to our next swappers, who are globetrotters Harry and Lindy. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
He's a retired financial printer | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
and she used to work in the travel industry. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
When they are not hot-footing it around the world, home is | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
a traditional stone Lake District cottage, which is | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
set in the idyllic Longsleddale Valley. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
It's a truly glorious setting, but to get to the house they'll | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
have to navigate the six-mile single track road, which makes each day | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
an adventure just to reach this beautiful but very remote property. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
It is pretty special, it's quite idyllic. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
You know, you're kind of in the middle of nowhere. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
Every day is different with the weather. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
I mean, one day, you know, it's really sunny, the next day | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
it's absolutely pouring down. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
And it's ten miles to the nearest shop, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:01 | |
it's ten miles to the nearest pub. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
Sounds perfect if you want to get away from it all. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
Back in the 17th century the property was two cow barns, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
but after lots of hard work | 0:05:10 | 0:05:11 | |
Harry and Lindy have transformed it into their dream home. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
Harry did most of the labouring and I did a lot of the electrics. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
-We still pulled together as a team, didn't we? -Absolutely. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
It was a monumental undertaking for me | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
cos my DIY skills are not of the greatest. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
But I helped the builders for six months. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
The builder actually said, "Without your help, Harry, we'd have finished | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
"a month earlier." I'm not quite sure what he meant by that but... | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
With such grand expectations, it's no surprise that Harry | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
and Lindy are very particular about the styles of property they like. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
I quite like modern things. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
I don't like clutter, but if that's their house, | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
that's their house, so... | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
I don't like small rooms, particularly. I like space. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
The lifestyles of our first-time swappers may be poles apart, | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
but they do have one thing in common and that's a desire to try | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
new experiences in the shape of a home swap. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
It's early morning and they're busy packing. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
Your shawl for if it's cold. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
-It's a scarf. -Oh, is it a scarf? | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Men! | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
Now, you don't necessarily have to own your own house to | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
participate in a home swap. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
If you rent, check with your landlord or read the fine print | 0:06:23 | 0:06:27 | |
on your lease to see if you can do a temporary sub-let. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
So what do you think we need, love? T-shirts? | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
Definitely T-shirts. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
And these swaps aren't just for couples. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
Families and singles can exchange homes to their heart's content, | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
as long as they can find someone else who likes | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
the look of their property, of course. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
Whenever we go anywhere, I've pretty much planned it | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
to the Nth degree, so this is quite different for me. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
I'm quite excited. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
One of the best things I think about home swapping is trying out | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
a part of the country we may not know. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Now, our couples have agreed to really broaden their horizons | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
and let us choose where they're going | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
based on their personalities - brave people. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
But first to find out their destination | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
are Dene and Karen, who are off to Cumbria. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
-Hey, told you it would be. -Cumbria! | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
You thought it was going to be the Lakes. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
Oh, I'm excited. I like the Lake District, yeah, Cumbria. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:21 | |
-I wonder which part, though. There's remote, though... -Mountains. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
..and then there's busy. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
Bring it on, let's go. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:27 | |
For Harry and Lindy, it's the county of Yorkshire. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
-We're going to Yorkshire. -Yorkshire - it's somewhere | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
-I've never even thought about. -I haven't either. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Destinations revealed... | 0:07:38 | 0:07:39 | |
-Here you are. -Thank you. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
..it's time to head off. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Dene and Karen are travelling | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
just under 90 miles north-west, | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
to the beautiful unspoiled valley | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
of Longsleddale in Cumbria | 0:07:55 | 0:07:56 | |
on the edge of the Lake District. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
It's a tiny parish with around 30 houses scattered over four miles. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
Honestly, I tell you, more sheep live here than humans. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
It's said that this valley | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
inspired the popular children's TV show Postman Pat. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
Just down the road tourists can enjoy | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
the town of Kendal around ten miles away. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
After a two-and-a-half-hour journey, Dene and Karen finally arrive. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
-Oh, wow, look at this. -Gosh! -Wow! This is right up your street, love. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:30 | |
-Flutter-by. -Flutter-by, yeah. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
-Wow! It's remote... -Compared to ours. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
-Yeah, because I'm frightened of the dark. -Yeah, but I'm sure... | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
Do they have street lights in the country? No. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
No! No street lighting. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
I can't wait to see inside, can you? | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
-Shall we have a look? -Yes. -Come on. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
While exploring the great British countryside is an attraction | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
to many home swappers, another guilty pleasure is | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
giving your verdict on somebody else's house. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
Hey, look at this. Same lighting, look. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
-Yeah. -Wow. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
-I love the colours. -Look at the Aga. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
-Oh, I love it. -It's an Aga-doo-doo-doo, that! | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
-Is it, now? -Shall we go through here, then? -Yeah. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
-We're going to have an explore. -All right, then. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
Oh, wow, look at this. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
Oh, my goodness. Well, I wasn't expecting that. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
I wasn't expecting this. It's very big, isn't it? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
-Wow, what a fantastic room! -It's lovely. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
It's very much like our house, isn't it? Same fire, look. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
We've got the log fire there. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
Every single window you get a different view, look. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
You do, yeah. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:37 | |
I was shocked when I came up the stairs there | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
and realised this was the lounge. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
-I thought this might be the bedroom. -Yeah, me too. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
What a fantastic room. I love it. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
Dene and Karen continue their tour, and next up it's the bedroom. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:52 | |
Oh, look at the exposed brick. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
Yeah, I wonder how old this is. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
I wonder if it's as old as our house. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
I don't know. I wouldn't like to say. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
It's a very big bedroom, isn't it, this one? | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
-Yeah. -Look at the beams, look. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:05 | |
They're such a lot higher in this house than ours. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
In ours, we have to duck to go through ours, don't we? | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
I hope they don't bang their heads. Look at the view they've got. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
Again, there's a treehouse out there as well, look. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
-Yeah. -Look at that lovely stream at the back. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
-It is beautiful. -It would be lovely in the summer, sat out there. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
-You'd never bore of looking out of the window, would you? -No. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
I like the colour scheme of the carpet as well. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
-The whole house just flows. -It flows through from here | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
-through to the kitchen. -They've got lovely taste. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
While Dene and Karen get used | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
to their remote retreat, | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
our other home swappers Harry | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
and Lindy have headed south-east | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
to Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
One of the most notable landmarks in this village is the wooden maypole. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
It measures 26 metres high | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
and stands at the junction of Main Street and the Cross. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
Every three years, there's a local festival that attracts | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
literally thousands of visitors. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
But at this point it's time for them to see their home away from home. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:08 | |
It looks kind of cute, doesn't it? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
It's a pretty little tree. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
It's quite cute. It's quite a nice little place. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
It's a complete contrast to ours | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
because it's, like, a rendered building and it's got small windows | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
and I think upstairs it must be, like, pitched upstairs as well, | 0:11:20 | 0:11:24 | |
because look at where the window is. Oh, it must be really low ceilings. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
Yes, you've got to walk like that. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
We'll have to be really short people. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
Or hunched over. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:33 | |
The village here is in complete contrast to where we live | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
cos where we live we haven't got anything nearby at all, have we? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
And there's buses, which is fantastic, here. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
Fair amount of traffic. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:43 | |
So it will be interesting to see what that's like on the inside. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:47 | |
Let's hope there's triple glazing. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
-We're not used to traffic where we live. -None whatsoever. -None. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
Oh, wow! | 0:11:55 | 0:11:56 | |
What a smart little place. | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
-Yeah. -Isn't that cute? -Look at the table, it's so cute. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
Set for two. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:03 | |
A little office space. Somebody works from home. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
There's loads more packed into it than there is in ours. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
I've just seen a poster with Black Lace on, that looks a bit, er... | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
You'd have to wonder what it was originally. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
It's obviously been converted. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:21 | |
I'm a bit troubled by the wine rack. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
-The wine looks like water. -Ugh! -That's not good. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
Where's the wine? | 0:12:29 | 0:12:30 | |
-Oh, my goodness, wow. -Oh, that is lovely. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
That's amazing. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
-That is lovely. -What a big space this is. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
-It's on about six levels. -Yeah. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:44 | |
Look, he must be really into... It's got to be something to do | 0:12:44 | 0:12:49 | |
-with Black Lace. -A member of. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
-That's who it is. -Yeah. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
-Oh, fantastic! We're in a celebrity's house! -We are. -Very smart. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:01 | |
I like this place, it's good. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
It's really nice. That beam's enormous, isn't it? | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
I wonder if it was a ship's mast at some point. Go on, upstairs. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
Let's go to this room first. Oh, wow! Watch your head. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
Look at this. Just watch it. That's lovely. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
-That is a serious beam. -Isn't it? -It's lovely. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
It adds loads of character, doesn't it? | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
-And yet you're right on the front. -It's quiet as well, isn't it? | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
-So quiet. -Yeah. -I am surprised, I really am. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
-Pleasantly surprised. -It's a nice room to stay in, for sure, yeah. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:34 | |
As the evening draws to a close, both couples are starting | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
to settle in to their new homes. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
We put some things in here and some things in there. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:54 | |
-Watch your head. -Be careful. -Remember your head. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
-Oh, dear. -It was quite busy when we arrived, wasn't it, that road? | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
And then people walking right by the house as well, which obviously | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
we don't get at home. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
They've got quite a big collection of ornaments in the lounge, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
which are definitely not to my taste but, again, each to their own. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:17 | |
It's on one, two, three, four levels. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
It really is a quirky, quaint, | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
lovely, lovely little house. I really like it. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
Do you want to hang that jacket up for me? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
-Right, there we go. -We're in. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
Dene and Karen have spent their first night | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
in the Cumbrian wilderness, which is | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
a stark contrast to their busy village in the county of Yorkshire. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
Time for breakfast and it's lovely fresh eggs. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
A local egg - this is from their hens. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
Aren't they white, these eggs? | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
There you go. That's it. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
That's just been running around outside, that hen | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
that's laid that one. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:02 | |
As for Harry and Lindy, it's been an eventful night. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
I slept really well last night. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
Very soft bed... | 0:15:09 | 0:15:10 | |
..and then I woke up early in the morning | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
because Harry banged his head on the ceiling. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
As part of their home swap, each couple has written a booklet. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
Shall we have a quick look through the manual? | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
It gives tips on the workings of their house and they've | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
also provided a section full of ideas for days out in the area. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
The nearest shops are nine miles away. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
But there's an added bonus in the shape of an envelope. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
Hidden inside is a special day trip, which will give our couple | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
a unique taste of what this region is all about. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
But first they need to crack the clue. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
What does it say? | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
It says, "You're driving me crazy," | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
but that's just applying to you, I think! | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
"You're driving me crazy." Do you think it's driving a train? | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
Or crazy...driving me crazy? | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
-Rally cars. -It could be rally cars. It could be go-karts. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
Come on, guys, we haven't got all day, you know. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
-Let's see if I'm right. -Let's see if you're right. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
-Oh, wow. -Were you right? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:17 | |
-No. -No, completely wrong. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
"Today, you're getting behind the wheel of a range of classic cars | 0:16:19 | 0:16:24 | |
-"at the Lakeland Motor Museum." -Wow, my favourite! | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
-Right up our street, yeah. -I love classic cars. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
Cumbria may conjure up images of hill walking and the Lakes. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
However, it's an area that has | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
so much more to offer, including a wide range of museums - | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
from those celebrating local literary greats | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
to showcasing our national motoring history. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
With a passion for classic cars, Dene and Karen are travelling | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
30 minutes down the road to visit a unique exhibition. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
The Lakeland Motor Museum is one of the UK's largest collections | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
of motoring memorabilia. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
-Hello there. -Hi. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:00 | |
Their guide for the day is Chris Lowe, who's worked here | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
for over 20 years. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:05 | |
We have got 30,000 exhibits - cars, motorbikes, bicycles, | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
petrol pumps, all sorts of things. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
So have you got any personal favourites here? | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
Well, I am a bit of a Jaguar man. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
So we have an XK 140 Jaguar that's rather nice. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
We've got Bentleys, Jaguars, MGs, lots of British things. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
-I love Bentleys. -And then some oddities, some rarities. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
I had a Jaguar, actually, years and years ago | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
when I was about 18, 19 years old. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
-You've had a nice little sports car. -I had an MG. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
Oh, well, we've got a couple of MGs in the museum. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
-Lovely. -What make was yours, what model was the MG? | 0:17:32 | 0:17:37 | |
-It was a brown one! -A brown one. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
Ours is green. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
Oh, well, there you go. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:42 | |
The museum is filled to the rafters with garage equipment | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
and petrol pumps. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:47 | |
These historic artefacts were once quite common, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
but now they're highly collectable and are a reminder of a bygone age. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:54 | |
So this is a real gangster's car, a Cadillac. | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
That's what I was telling you about, the bonnet line, earlier, | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
-and then that was Donald Campbell's Bentley in light blue. -Fantastic. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
With such a wealth of classic motors, unsurprisingly | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
they're very keen to take one for a spin. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
I thought we would have a little drive in this Jaguar. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
This is a surprise! | 0:18:12 | 0:18:13 | |
Oh, thank you, kind sir. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
Oh, I like it, it's all red inside. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
Their car for the day is a luxury 1961 Jaguar Mark 9. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
This is comfy, isn't it? | 0:18:25 | 0:18:26 | |
Isn't it comfy? It's like a bed. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
It's ever so bouncy in the back. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
-It's comfy, that seat, in't it? -Really, really comfy. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
This is our special treat. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
Uh-oh! I do hope they come back. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:39 | |
Oh, well, it looks like they didn't | 0:18:43 | 0:18:45 | |
get too comfortable as they stopped off at the nearby town of Kendal. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:49 | |
It's a location steeped in history. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
It used to be one of the most important wool manufacturing towns | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
in Britain and it's also home to the celebrated Kendal mint cake. | 0:18:55 | 0:19:00 | |
Now, it's said that the famous explorer Sir Edmund Hillary | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
dined on it during his journey to the peak of Everest. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:07 | |
If this area appeals for a home swap, there are many styles of | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
property that you could potentially choose - from an array of lovely | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
village cottages to a scenic country hideaway. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
While Dene and Karen continue exploring Kendal, | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
back in Yorkshire Harry has a visitor. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
Hello! I'm the owner. Give us a wave. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
This must be a puppet of the guy that owns this place. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
Hello! What do you think of it so far? | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
I didn't see his lips move. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
Enough larking around - | 0:19:46 | 0:19:47 | |
there's a lot to Agadoo, so bring on the envelope. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
"Roll out the barrel." | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
Barrels, you get beer in barrels, which would be a good one. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:57 | |
You can float down the rivers in barrels. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
-Unless we're being rolled in... -Barrel rolling. -Yeah. Oh, God, no. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:04 | |
Shall we do it? Open up and see. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
"Today, we will be making barrels at a Yorkshire cooperage." | 0:20:08 | 0:20:12 | |
HARRY LAUGHS WEAKLY | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
Hmm! Don't sound too excited, will you(?) | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
Just a 20-minute drive down the road in Wetherby is White Rose Cooperage, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:23 | |
home to Alistair Sims, England's last master cooper, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
and they're about to learn some of his vital trade secrets. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
-Hi, Alistair. -Hiya. -How are you? | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
-Pretty good. Yourself? -Not bad. -Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
So tell us, what are you up to? | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
Well, I'm knocking this one down to make it into smaller barrels. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
Recycling? | 0:20:41 | 0:20:42 | |
Yes, cos I'm in what you call a commercial cooperage. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
Besides beer casks, I make wine, cider, whisky | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
and anything else... Anything heritage-wise I do. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
-So you use wine barrels or whisky barrels to make beer barrels? -Yeah. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
And does that not affect the taste of the beer? | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
It does, but some of these craft brewers want that, don't they? | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
You know, they want that little bit of difference and... | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
I mean, I've just done some for | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
a brewery in Sheffield and they wanted white wine barrels, | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
because they are actually using Sauvignon hops from New Zealand. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
-Oh, yeah. -So they were hoping the white wine barrels, | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
putting the beer in the white wine barrels, conditioning in | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
the white wine barrels would bring the flavouring out, more of the hop. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
Excellent, wow! | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Alistair prepares wooden staves to form the actual cask. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
These are then positioned together for the next stage, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
which is known as raising up. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
Just hold it in your hand like that...just pop it into your... | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
just pop it against your knee. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:41 | |
Pick it up and the first one goes against your knee like that. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
Then see how you got your thumb? | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Use your thumb like a crocodile clip... | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
and then just keep feeding them in. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
As long as you keep it tight against your knee | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
it will go nowhere. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
I can see it being all over the floor. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
Over the centuries, brewery production across Yorkshire | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
has grown steadily, and now there are over 40 breweries | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
in the west of the county and many of them are open to the public. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
If you get it standing we'll have a pint. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
Just keep feeding them. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
You're not keeping your hoop up. Your hoop's drooping... | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
Don't droop your hoop! | 0:22:22 | 0:22:23 | |
Not a bad attempt though for a first time. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
I wonder if Lindy can do better. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
Same as Harry - if you get it standing I'll buy you a pint. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
Ha! I want more than a pint. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Well, you can have a gallon then and Harry won't have to have one | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
and he can drive. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:43 | |
Maybe two heads are better than one. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
Yes! How about that? I think that's terrific. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
I'm well pleased with that. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:52 | |
It was all right for an ale cask. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
-For a first attempt! -For a first attempt, you're right. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
You said if it stood up I could have a beer... | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
-I'll keep to that as well. I'll get you a beer. -Good man. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
The local ale isn't the only thing that appeals to the many tourists | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
who visit Yorkshire. England's largest county is made up | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
of stunning dales and moors and of course the glorious Peak District. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:17 | |
If you'd like this area as your new home away from home, | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
there's a wealth of potential property styles scattered | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
right across the region, and if you really love country cottages, | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
well, the list of possible options is almost endless. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
One of the joys of travelling around Britain rather than going abroad | 0:23:30 | 0:23:34 | |
is the wide range of really good food that you can | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
find in different parts of the country. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
So it's no surprise that home swappers like to show off some | 0:23:39 | 0:23:43 | |
of the fantastic local produce available in their own region. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
Back in the wilds of Cumbria it's early evening. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
Dene and Karen have been left lamb cutlets, local potatoes | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
and some potted shrimps from Morecambe. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
-So are those shrimps, then, you'd say? Like prawns? -Yeah. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
-Never had these before, have we? -No. -We'll see what happens. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
Harry and Lindy are about to discover what's on their menu. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
Oh! Joint Yorkie pudding - lovely. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
Yorkshire pudding - yum! | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
And sausages...local sausages even. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
Creamy mashed potato. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:25 | |
Garden peas, and I do believe there is some gravy as well. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
-It had to be Yorkshire pudding in Yorkshire - it really did. -Yeah. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
The first recorded recipe for Yorkshire pudding was in 1737. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:37 | |
It appeared in a book called The Whole Duty Of A Woman. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Now, those were the days. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:41 | |
It was originally known as a dripping pudding, | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
with the dripping coming from the juices of meat. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
I've got the Yorkie puds, love. They didn't make their own. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
I do like a nice Yorkshire pudding, it's one of my favourites. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
So what's these Karen, tell me what they are. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
Potted shrimps in butter with some Melba toast. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:03 | |
-Right, so shrimp and prawn are completely different? -I don't know. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
Not really my thing. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
It tastes a bit like kippers. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
Yeah. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
Ooh! I don't like that! | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
As Lindy tackles the local sausages, Harry takes on a mightier mission. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
Shall I go and get some wine to go with your dinner, darling? | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
That would be very nice - don't get diverted at the pub. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
Fallen on deaf ears, methinks, Lindy! | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
Hi, there. Can I have a half a cider, please? | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
It seems like Harry just can't resist the temptation to | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
wet his whistle in his new local. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
It's the easy life for some - but Lindy has got her hands full. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
I am kind of going between the two - watching the potatoes, | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
watching the sausages, watching potato, watching sausages. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
I was just reading their instructions, and they've left us | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
some eggs for the mash. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:03 | |
But I've never put eggs in mash and I'm not quite sure that I want to. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
Maybe that's a Yorkshire thing, putting mash with an egg? | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
I don't know. But I think I might leave that out - thank you and all, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
but I think I will leave that out. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Back in Cumbria, Dene and Karen are about to tuck into their main course. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
Have you tried your lamb? That's well done, yeah? | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
-Yes, you've done it lovely, it's beautiful. -Really nice. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
I like the potato because potatoes, to me, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
they don't really taste like this when we have them at home, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
and we've chosen Yorkshire puddings, haven't we, for them? | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
Yeah, and maybe they don't like Yorkshire puddings. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
I think they will do. I think everybody likes Yorkshire puddings. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
Of course they do, and at least Harry has made an appearance... Good man! | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
It looks very good. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
Yeah, the sausages look amazing. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
The sausages are really nice. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
This is a lovely meal, perfect for the end of the day that we have had. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:02 | |
Absolutely right. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
-Yes, it is, it's very good. -Loving it! | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
In Cumbria it's course number three - a sticky toffee pudding. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:12 | |
Karen, you should try some of this, it's wonderful. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
-I don't like toffee. -But this is lovely. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
But you're just a pudding face, aren't you? | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
Dene and Karen from Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
have swapped their 19th-century cottage in a vibrant village | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
with Harry and Lindy, whose pride and joy is their self-restored barn | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
conversion, which nestles in the Valley of Longsleddale in Cumbria. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:45 | |
It's day three and Dene and Karen are exploring. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
-Oh, wow, look at this. -Oh, it's lovely. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
When we looked through the window... you don't see | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
all of this, do you? Look at the stream, look. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
-That's lovely, isn't it? -It's a lot different to our house. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:02 | |
A lot, yeah. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
We've just got the courtyard | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
and then to be able to put your own flowers where you want them and... | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 | |
-Our dog would be in there all the time. -He would, yeah. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
He loves swimming. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:13 | |
Settled back in the comfort of the house, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
our Cumbria swappers are about to discover what's in store today. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:19 | |
But first the all-important clue. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
Oh, my goodness! "Heard it on the grapevine". | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
On the grapevine? Oh, we could be making some wine... Wine or...? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:33 | |
It could be wine tasting. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:36 | |
Let's have a look and see what it is. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
"Today you will be learning how to herd Cumbrian sheep." | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
-Oh, God, no! -With a world champion shepherdess. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
Cumbria is a county where huge numbers of sheep are reared | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
on hill farms and moorlands. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
The total population is thought to be around three million. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
The sheep used to be bred for their wool | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
but now it's for their meat, and there are plenty of open farms | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
to visit if you're in this neck of the woods. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
Dene and Karen are off to a school for budding shepherds | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
and the head sheep master is Katy Cropper. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
-Hello. -Hi, Dene and Karen. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
Welcome to Shap, to my sheep dog training centre. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
I've got you both a shepherd's crook, | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
but these really are for show. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
The shepherd's crooks that we use for shepherding are plastic, | 0:29:28 | 0:29:33 | |
so you would use this to catch a sheep... | 0:29:33 | 0:29:37 | |
-Hook its neck. -OK. That's why the hook's there. -Yeah... | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
These are just ornamental really. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:41 | |
And you've actually won awards for this, then? | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
A long time ago now, Dene. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
I won One Man And His Dog in 1990. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
-Oh, did you really? -Well done! | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
So it was a long time ago now but... | 0:29:51 | 0:29:53 | |
So award-winning, then? | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
It's my passion and I love sheepdogs and competing. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
I love training them. So shall we do it? | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
Yes, let's. Come on then. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
Katy and her three-year-old collie Zac | 0:30:03 | 0:30:05 | |
have been sheep herding for ten years. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
I hope Dene and Karen are taking good notes from the expert. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
SHE WHISTLES AND CALLS | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
Do they just follow each other, then? | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
Yes, they'll just go in that pen eventually - see the pen there? | 0:30:17 | 0:30:21 | |
Yeah. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
Here, here, here! | 0:30:23 | 0:30:24 | |
There they are, and that's how you do it. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
She makes it look easy, doesn't she? | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
Good lad. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:33 | |
Sheepdog competitions in Britain have been running for | 0:30:33 | 0:30:38 | |
well over a century, but I bet they've never had competitors | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
quite like our Dene and Karen. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
Oh, well, there's only one way to find out. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
We use the traditional command, sort of "come by" to the left... | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
"Away" is to the right. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:56 | |
The most important command of all is "lie down" for stop. | 0:30:56 | 0:31:00 | |
So the idea is to get your dog to get to the back of the sheep | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
and he will bring them straight to you. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
But remember it's the dog's left and right when you ask him to plank. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:11 | |
So away is...? | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
-Anticlockwise. -Right, and the left is...? | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
-Come by. -Come by. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 | |
Off he goes - he's gone. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
Now, why do I get the feeling that this is not going to go too well. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:25 | |
-Come by. -Come by. -Lie down. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:27 | |
Who knows, maybe the sheep are struggling with his Yorkshire accent. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:35 | |
-Come by. -Now, what you did then was... | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
you just needed to stand back a bit and they would have gone in then. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:41 | |
Lie down. No. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:42 | |
-Can I not open that a bit more? -Yeah. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
Good idea - good thinking, Batman. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
-Come by again. -Come by. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
You've got to watch your sheep. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
-Lie down. -Lie down. -Say come by. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
Come by. Lie down. | 0:31:57 | 0:31:59 | |
-Which one are you going to have for your supper? -Ha-ha! | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
Supper?! That's charming. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
I think these sheep have earned a day off, don't you? | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
I don't think I'd make a very good shepherd. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
Stick to your singing! | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
I think I'll probably stick to pushing pineapples and shaking trees. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:20 | |
I don't think that Katy is a Black Lace fan. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
When visiting a new area, most of us | 0:32:28 | 0:32:29 | |
can't resist having a quick peek in the local estate agent window, | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
and our couples are just the same. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:35 | |
I like this one and I like that one up there. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
That one is a really good price. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
In Cumbria and the surrounding area | 0:32:41 | 0:32:43 | |
the average detached house price is about £230,000, | 0:32:43 | 0:32:47 | |
a semi will set you back about £120,000 | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
and a terrace house around £80,000. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
Do you know what? They're not as dear as I thought they would be. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:58 | |
Probably because we're in a remote area, there's not | 0:32:58 | 0:33:00 | |
-a lot of work round here so... -Yeah. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
Well, the area doesn't look actually too bad for house prices. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
£415,000. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
It's actually more of the sort of price that | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
I would have expected in such a nice little village. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
Where Harry and Lindy are staying in Yorkshire, | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
a typical detached home is around £200,000, a semi would cost | 0:33:15 | 0:33:21 | |
approximately £100,000 and a terraced about £70,000. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:25 | |
£320,000. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
Three beds. Well preserved. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
Master bedroom with en-suite. My favourite, I love en-suites. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
Back in Yorkshire, Harry and Lindy are about to discover where | 0:33:38 | 0:33:42 | |
they'll be heading for their next day out. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
But not before a cunning clue. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
"Suits you, sir." | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
Suits you, sir.... | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
-That's, erm... -The Fast Show. -The Fast Show. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
-Join the Fast Show. -Do you reckon we'll be in a comedy sketch? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
No, shall we look? | 0:34:00 | 0:34:01 | |
Oh, fantastic! | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
"Today you'll be all in a spin at a world famous wool manufacturer | 0:34:05 | 0:34:10 | |
"based in the heart of Yorkshire." | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
Oh, that's brilliant. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:13 | |
Leeds, in Yorkshire, has been described as a city built on wool. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:19 | |
The woollen industry grew rapidly in the 16th century, | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
helping support a population of around 3,000 people. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:26 | |
But such was the strength of the Industrial Revolution | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
that by the mid-19th century the population of Leeds had spiralled | 0:34:29 | 0:34:33 | |
to over 150,000. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
Hainsworth is one of Yorkshire's oldest mills. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
It's family-run and has been producing wool and textiles | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
since 1783. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:43 | |
Harry and Lindy's guide is company director Roger Hainsworth. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:48 | |
Well, here's where it all begins. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
This is the first process in the mill. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
This blend is incorporating about five or six different | 0:34:53 | 0:34:57 | |
sorts of wool, and this blending machine, it's job is to mix | 0:34:57 | 0:35:04 | |
the wool well, open the fibres up ready for future processing. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:09 | |
Why do you have five or six different sorts? | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
To try and get consistency over the blends, | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
the same as blending tea. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
You get a consistent product by blending the wools. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
Over 200 years since first opening its doors, | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
Hainsworth is one of the last working mills in the country, | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
still making everything on-site. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
I reckon this is more strenuous than you would have expected, really. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:36 | |
Some of this wool is quite heavy. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
I have done some! | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
The mill produces four tonnes of wool every single day | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
and some of it has a very important destination. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
This area was always famous for uniform cloths, | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
and we have continued that tradition, | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
and we are now the sole maker of the Guards' scarlet cloth used by | 0:35:59 | 0:36:04 | |
the Royal Guards for the Trooping of the Colour and the London districts. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:08 | |
But we've been making uniform cloths for the British Army | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
since the time of George III. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
Men fought at the Battle of Waterloo wearing Hainsworth uniform cloth. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
-Gosh. -Do you have to match the colour all the time? | 0:36:17 | 0:36:20 | |
That is one of the most important things. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:23 | |
Some of the uniforms on parade can be 20 to 30 years old. | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
So the light fastness, | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
the colour fastness has to be absolutely spot on. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
Because you're being inspected by about the most rigorous inspector | 0:36:32 | 0:36:37 | |
in the world, which is the Queen, and you don't want to upset her, | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
because if she gave the word out | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
they would be looking for another manufacturer. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
But she's pleased with what we do and we have the Royal Warrant, | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
-so we must be doing something right. -Excellent. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
They certainly are. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
We're back in Cumbria. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
Having spent time in their rural retreat, do Dene and Karen | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
have any idea who lives in a cottage like this? | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
I feel that they're roughly our age. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
And I think maybe a little bit younger than us. | 0:37:08 | 0:37:10 | |
I just think by looking round the house here that they love to travel | 0:37:10 | 0:37:14 | |
and they're that type of person. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:15 | |
I think they're well educated people and they like to read. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:19 | |
-Yes, and they like reading as well. -Definitely. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
I think they've done a lot of the house theirselves. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:26 | |
So I would say travel industry or the building trade, so... | 0:37:26 | 0:37:31 | |
Yeah. I agree. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:33 | |
I think Dene is a really gregarious character. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:37 | |
I think he's one of these larger-than-life people, | 0:37:37 | 0:37:40 | |
who loves to be in the limelight, who loves to be outgoing. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:45 | |
In fact, he's a damn good singer, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
so he likes to be in the spotlight, as it were. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
He's quite a gregarious character, it seems. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
And his wife is definitely called Karen | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
because there are lots of "Dene and Karens" around the place. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
She seems to like pink, there's lots of pink things in the house. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
I think they're very much a couple that are together, | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
and really in love, would you say? | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
And they do a lot together. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
They certainly Agadoo - sorry, just couldn't resist that! | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
It's the last day of the home swap and Dene and Karen are packing, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
ready to make the journey back to their Yorkshire home of | 0:38:24 | 0:38:26 | |
Barwick-in-Elmet. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:27 | |
It's always nice to go away. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
But it's always nice to go home as well when you've been away, isn't it? | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
Do you think our memory mattress will remember us? | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
-I hope so. -I do too. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, Harry and Lindy are reflecting | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
on their time away from isolation. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
-I am quite looking forward to going home, going back. -Yeah. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
You're only just getting settled in, really, and finding out where | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
everything is in the house and then you're tootling off again. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
As well as allowing you a very different type of break, | 0:39:02 | 0:39:06 | |
home swapping also saves a lot of money. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
For example, staying in the county of Yorkshire for three nights | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
typically costs around £240 for a good-quality B&B. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:16 | |
While a similar experience in the Longsleddale area of Cumbria | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
could set you back around £400 for a three-night stay. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
Home swapping can sometimes seem like a very mysterious business, | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
as someone else is in your home while you're not there. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
So to make things a little easier for our first-timers, | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
we're giving them the opportunity to see exactly what their guests | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
thought of their property. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
First up, Harry and Lindy meet Dene and Karen. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
Hello there, I'm Dene. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:50 | |
I'm 57 years old and I am the lead singer of the hit band Black Lace. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:56 | |
Remember Agadoo and all that? Pushing pineapples, | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
shaking trees. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
Kitchen is very much the same. Look at the Aga. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:08 | |
-Oh, I love it. -That's an Aga-doo-doo-doo, that. -Is it now? | 0:40:08 | 0:40:11 | |
-That's so funny! -I bet that's not the first time he's said that! | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
Quite quirky as well, isn't it? | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
It's got all of the nice furniture. All the quirky furniture. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:22 | |
Well, that style over there is totally different to the style here. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:26 | |
-It is, it's like in two halves, isn't it? -I love it. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
-Yep, exactly right. -That's exactly what we aim for. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:31 | |
Very interesting room, I love it. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:34 | |
I'm going to cry! | 0:40:34 | 0:40:36 | |
-Look at that lovely stream at the back. -Beautiful. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
Be lovely in the summer sat out here. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
You'd never bore of looking out the window, would you? | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
-No, that's true. -You're absolutely right, Karen, you're never bored. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:49 | |
Back in the comfort of their shabby-chic home in Yorkshire, | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
Dene and Karen are about to meet their fellow house swappers. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
-I'm Harry. -And I'm Lindy. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
He looks like a Harry, doesn't he? | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
The village here is in complete contrast | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
to where we live, because we haven't got anything nearby us | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
at all, have we? You drive or walk or you get the horse out. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:10 | |
The horse, yeah! | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
-'Wow. -Oh, that's great.' | 0:41:11 | 0:41:14 | |
It's got the wow factor. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:16 | |
-How unexpected is that? -I wasn't expecting this at all. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:20 | |
It's on about six levels. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:21 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:41:21 | 0:41:22 | |
What a cracking place. Oh, I like this. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
'I really like the staircase and everything.' | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
And gold discs. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
I know, I noticed those, and all the guitars as well. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-It's got to be something to do with Black Lace. -A member of. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
-We're in a celebrity's house. -We are. -Very smart. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:36 | |
I like this place. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
-That's a serious beam. -Isn't it? | 0:41:43 | 0:41:45 | |
You're going to have to watch your head, you'll hit it | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
every time on that. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
Yeah, how many times did he bang his head on that, we wonder? | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Should've put a sign on that beam, I think. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
The furnishings are not particularly to my taste. | 0:41:55 | 0:42:01 | |
-The what? -The furnishings. -Oh. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:03 | |
I don't think we would have as many hearts but... | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
It's just different, a different style to ours, that's all. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:09 | |
I agree with the comments | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
and I still want to meet up with them and have a good chat | 0:42:12 | 0:42:16 | |
-with them. -Oh, definitely, I think we'd get on great. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:18 | |
I think we'd get on brilliant. | 0:42:18 | 0:42:20 | |
It's certainly been a voyage of discovery for our home swappers, | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
and for Dene and Karen the experience has been enlightening. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
I thought, oh, I can see myself, you know, fires, | 0:42:27 | 0:42:30 | |
the chickens, but no, rural life is just not for me. | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
I think we'll have to do another swap, but to do the seaside. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
But then again I'm frightened of birds, seagulls. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
And for Harry and Lindy, well, their first home swap has been | 0:42:41 | 0:42:44 | |
life-changing. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
It's really lovely to come home but it has reinforced that | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
at some point, you know, we'll properly think about... | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
Moving to a village or a small town. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:55 | |
Somewhere that's got a little bit more life. | 0:42:55 | 0:42:58 | |
We are missing out on things, simply because you can't do, | 0:42:58 | 0:43:01 | |
instantly, something that you want to do. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 |