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Caravans, a fibre glass palace or a Bank Holiday road menace? | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
Love them or hate them, | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
in Wales, we simply can't avoid them. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
We spend around 11 million nights | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
and £300 million a year holidaying in them. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
But what is it about caravans | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
that makes us a nation happiest on wheels? | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
The Royal Welsh Show, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:23 | |
an annual four day event that has attracted those | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
with an interest in agriculture since its formation in 1904. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Every year, visitor numbers reach 230,000. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
And of those that stay more than a day, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
80% of them will share one thing in common. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Their home will be their caravan. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
There are a number of caravan parks that feed the Royal Welsh Show, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
but only three official sites, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
one for exhibitors and members, one for stewards | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
and the Young People's Village, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
for those, well how can you put this? | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
Looking for a more...social time. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
Caravans start arriving from the Sunday before the show starts. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
Thousands of them from all over Wales | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
and for the majority of the owners, | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
the main reason they're here is for the competition. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
Breeders, exhibitors and competitors | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
battling it out for four days with cows, rabbits, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
cheese, flowers and sheep-shears, aiming to be crowned Best in Show. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
To win at the Royal Welsh is a big honour. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
For Helena and Picton Jones from Llanwnen, it's chickens. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
Before they can settle into their caravan on the steward's field, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
they must drop off their potential champions | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
in their business-class boxes at the Fur and Feathers Pavilion. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
They've got 25 chickens in all, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
24 of them Pic's and one that's Helena's. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
She's looking nice, can you feel her? | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
And she's just laid. Nice warm egg. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Now you can't get a chicken to a prize-winning standard overnight. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
50 miles away in their farm near Lampeter | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
is where the months of hard work and dedication | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
to poultry perfection takes place. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
So whilst Helena prepares the caravan for their stay, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
it's Pic's job to groom every feather of every bird | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
to try and ensure a victory. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
To a Welshman, I think winning in the Royal Welsh | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
is as important as any show. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
COCKEREL CROWS | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
So how do Helena and Pic feel about staying in their caravan? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
I don't enjoy one minute of it. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
-Oh. -I'd love to be pampered in a five star hotel | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
with a helicopter picking me up from the show and that's it. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
It's a great atmosphere to stop in the caravan | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
and I snore, you see, at night! | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:13 | 0:03:14 | |
It's only Helena knows that. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
Just Helena, and everybody watching this programme. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
MUSIC: "I've Got The Power" by Snap | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
So who are the rock stars, the pin-up boys, the gladiators of agriculture? | 0:03:25 | 0:03:31 | |
The sheep-shearers. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
Nicky Beynon, or as he's known to many... | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Power from the Gower. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:38 | |
It's a nick-name that started a long time ago really | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
and it just seemed to have stuck really but, yeah, | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
it could be worse. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
And the base from which he'll attempt to become | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
champion shearer once again, a new caravan. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
I just bought this caravan last week | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
for the pricey sum of £350, which I think is a bargain. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
So, just got to scrub it down a little bit. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
I think the main thing about a caravan is if you wake up | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
and you're soaking wet in bed, it's a bad one. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Well, I suppose the same could be said for a house, or a car. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
This is why whenever you need advice, always go to a farmer. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
Unless of course it's about interior design. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
Saying that, it depends on who he's planning to have round. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
I hope there won't be any sheep in here, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
but it wouldn't be the first time things like that | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
have happened in the Royal Welsh. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
We need to get the Hoover out, | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
a bit of tidying up but we've got to leave the flowers. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
I don't know where the hoola girl is that wears them | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
but it's what we need. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Back in Lampeter, Pic's hard at it. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
# If you don't like chicken, lay that hand on long... # | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
In the world of the chicken, Pic's a legend | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
and holds the record for most supreme champions | 0:05:01 | 0:05:06 | |
over the past 50 years. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:07 | |
It's safe to say that he knows the effort required to win | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
and it all starts with a good-looking bird. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
Half an hour before the judging, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
I will be going round rubbing something in the comb and the legs | 0:05:15 | 0:05:21 | |
and the leg is very important! | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
HE WHEEZES AND LAUGHS | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
I have to get it ready and clean now, spotless, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
because we have drinks here and there and people coming for a drink | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
and it will be hectic. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
After a few drinks, I enjoy it. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
I forget I'm in a caravan. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
I can remember years ago, when I was a bit silly then, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:45 | |
I remember going into the caravan, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
sure to be eight, nine years ago, on my knees. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
It wasn't the age, it was the beer. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
Hang on Pic, your mis-spent youth was only nine years ago?! | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
What on earth do you get up to these days?! | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
I could have the cockerels in bed with me | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
and they wouldn't disturb me! | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
A bit less than the wife! | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
OK! | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
And were moving on! | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
Fast forward three weeks, the Royal Welsh is in full swing | 0:06:17 | 0:06:21 | |
and the sheep shearing competition is underway. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
Nicky, who's won nine championships, | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
sails through the early rounds and eases his way into the final. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
I was suffering with nerves early on really. Now that you've made the final, that's the hard part. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:35 | |
It's anybody's game now. You get stuck into it but it's making the final is the hard part. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
But not every competition at the Royal Welsh is as strenuous. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:43 | |
And in her much quieter, quaint little caravan, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
flower arranger extraordinaire Gloria Davies is practising her art. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:56 | |
I love it. I think it's a brilliant, | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
brilliant way of expressing an artistic flair. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
Tomorrow, she will be competing in the biggest flower competition | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
that Wales has to offer. And the caravan? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
Well, it's an oasis of peace and tranquillity before the big day. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
The caravan is so useful. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
There's no clutter, there's no panic. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
You just unwind | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
and I might have a glass of wine to help me relax. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
For Gloria, who's a six-time champion at the show, | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
the preparation for the Royal Welsh began weeks ago, | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
back home on her farm in Ammanford. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
So come on, Gloria, how do you do it? | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Well, when the Royal Welsh schedule arrives | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
and the titles are in front of you, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:48 | |
I come out into my garden and I'll sit and I'll design my work. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:53 | |
Gloria is entering four displays this year | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
but the one category that has captured her imagination | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
is the Private Passion. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
My passion is flower arranging, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
-but what's my private passion? -Easy, Gloria! | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
-Something that is really personal to me, that the world doesn't really know about. -Careful! | 0:08:11 | 0:08:16 | |
-And I think that is definitely... -Gloria, no! -..diamonds. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
-It's got to be, hasn't it? Wow. -Oh, phew. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
And if, if... Ha-ha! | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
If the judge, whoever she may be, is on my wave-length, | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
Wow. I'm onto a winner, but we shall see. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:08:36 | 0:08:37 | |
Oh, yeah! | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
Royal Welsh. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:40 | |
Brilliant. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
It's Sunday night, | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
the eve of their competition at the Royal Welsh | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
and Pic and Helena decide to settle their nerves | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
with a quick home-brew night-cap. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
It's nice to come back now and relax and have a nice glass of wine, | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
ready for tomorrow, for a busy day tomorrow again. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
Very busy day on Monday. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:08 | |
It's the busiest day because of judging and everything | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
and so forth and we've got to make everything right. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:15 | |
Everything's got to be spot on. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
We've got to get up early and get the birds right. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
Pic will go over all the birds tomorrow now to check them | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
all over and give them a bit of pedicure. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
Put a bit of lipstick on them! | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
And then once that's done | 0:09:31 | 0:09:32 | |
and the judging starts, that's half the battle. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Iechyd da! | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
But the punch can't convince Pic that this year he's done enough | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
and having checked out the opposition | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
he's uneasy about the competition. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
I'll win one or two classes. I know now I am well beaten in one. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:52 | |
Well beaten. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:53 | |
One glass of punch and then early to bed and early to rise. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
As he tucks his head under his wing, Pic goes to bed | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
tormented by the knowledge that he thinks he's seen a better bird. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
But for tonight, he's keeping the identity of the mystery chicken | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
a secret. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:12 | |
MUSIC: "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
For one group of girls from Carmarthen, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
the annual trip to the show | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
has been a massive part of their lives since aged 16. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
This year, they're 18. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
Look out Builth Wells, the Frizzballs are coming! | 0:10:28 | 0:10:32 | |
This summer's important to us really. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
It's our last holiday before we all go to unis, different ways. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
Making the most of it together and having a laugh | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
and socialising like we do best. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
The plan today is to buy some paint to be able to revamp the caravan | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
for the Royal Welsh in a few weeks' time. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
Just bright and girly, so we're just going with that really | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
and getting any paints, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
different colours, to make it look bright and happy! | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
First things first, | 0:10:58 | 0:10:59 | |
Ffion and the girls have to get rid of last year's residue. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:05 | |
Oh, this is disgusting. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
This is disgusting! | 0:11:07 | 0:11:08 | |
You mucky puppies! | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
The caravan for us has provided a lot of memories, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
laughters and random stories. Good events. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
Just a good time really. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
Yeah, girls, just one quick question, why Frizzballs? | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
Betsan had frizzy hair or something | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
so they decided to name the caravan Frizzball. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
You're saying I had frizzy hair, it was Mirain. Not me. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
Oh, it was Mirain. Whoops. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
I don't think we'd ever go up to the Royal Welsh without a caravan. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
I don't think it would be the same ever. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
All of us girls have been going since we were younger, | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
going with our parents and things and thought we might as well | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
take up on the chance of going up for the week and having a laugh together. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
The atmosphere up there is brilliant. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
Oh, this looks cool. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
Oh, lush. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:03 | |
Yeah, it's looking good. Fair play. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
I suppose it's one of us. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
Oh, lush. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
I'm happy with it. It looks funky. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Oh, wow! | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
We'll be able to spot it from miles. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
No, I think it's cool, definitely. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:17 | |
Well, if it rains it will all drip down! | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
Fair do's, girls. That'll look great when it's finished. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
Two weeks later the girls unveil the Frizzball in the Young People's Village. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
Oh, I see, it WAS finished. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:32 | |
# I'm coming out | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
# So you'd better get this party started... # | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
Here a caravan isn't a home from home, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
but rather a place simply to lay your head after hours | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
and hours of partying. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
As a result, the standard of accommodation suffers. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
A lot. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:12:59 | 0:13:00 | |
We'll better look to see if we've got pegs. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
Tara! | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
Tara! | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
After Dad's dropped the Frizzballs off, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
it's time to get the awning up. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
But there's a problem. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:14 | |
I don't remember how to do this. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
Nor me, I haven't got a clue. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
That's the inside, so put that through there. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
Yeah, it's inside out. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
OK. Start again! | 0:13:24 | 0:13:25 | |
If only they'd spent more time practising | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
and less time partially decorating a caravan! | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
We should be drinking now instead of putting this thing up! | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
Better put it up, someone might have to sleep here tonight. We'll see now. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
At last, it's done | 0:13:44 | 0:13:45 | |
and the girls can get the advertising up for their party. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:50 | |
# Right now! # | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -The invited teams this year are all Welsh teams anyway... | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
For hundreds of traders from all over Wales, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:02 | |
the week at the Royal Welsh | 0:14:02 | 0:14:03 | |
is a fantastic opportunity to sell their produce, | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
but whether they can really cash in depends on the plot they're given. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
After years on the outskirts of the trade area, | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
entrepreneur Phil Bowen has finally managed to secure a prime spot | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
in the middle of the showground. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
It's his big chance to make an impact and get the tills ringing | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
and he knows that the key to a good day's business is... | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
..a small pork-based breakfast | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
This is my 10th year caravanning in the Royal Welsh. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
It's better than anything, any holiday abroad. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
You get to meet your friends. It's fantastic. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
This is the sales office, hotel room, | 0:14:40 | 0:14:41 | |
a cafe, a restaurant. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
It's everything all in one now, the caravan. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
Don't worry, he's got his five a day in his lunchbox. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
Every year, Phil makes the 70-mile trip from his home in Llanelli | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
to the Royal Welsh show. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
The Royal Welsh is the highlight of our year actually. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
It's a very important part, | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
servicing existing customers, creating new customers. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
It's fantastic every year, year in, year out. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
It's... the Royal Welsh is, well, | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
the strength of the business really. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
Over the past decade this tycoon, a quarryman by trade, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
has built a very successful business | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
and is a market leader in his specialist field. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
So, come on, any ideas what his product is? | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
He's a quarryman. Think! | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
That's right, aloe-vera shampoo. For horses. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
When I did it back in 1995, people said, you're crazy, you're mad. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
Well, I'm not denying that, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
but the fact is that a couple of years later then | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
they were putting aloe-vera into washing up powder, | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
toilet paper and various other products | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
and it's become more or less a household name now. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
With a trade stand on his new spot costing over £400 in pitch fees, | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
it's crucial for Phil to capitalise | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
on as much business as possible to make sure | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
that he gets the profits that he's hoping for. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
Well, it's only early doors. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
-ANNOUNCER: -The invited teams this year are all Welsh teams anyway, | 0:16:34 | 0:16:39 | |
so it will be an all-Welsh challenge here at the Royal Welsh Show. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
Every day at the Royal Welsh, 50,000 people stream through the gates | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
expecting to see the very best in agricultural competition. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
Even the young farmers are on display, | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
contributing in their own unique way. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
Look! It's Frizzball Ffion! | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
Minutes before, she humiliated herself at It's A Knockout. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
Meanwhile, back at the caravan, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Eleri and Gwenan are on the hunt for party guests. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
-Tara! -Tara! So long. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
We're going to round up some people now to come to our party. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
Hey, Carwyn! do you want to come to our party? | 0:17:22 | 0:17:25 | |
Hey, guys, will you come to our party? | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
-Yes. -Yes. Tara. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
The girls have decided | 0:17:30 | 0:17:31 | |
seeing as they are hosting the A List of the Young People's Village | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
they'd better give the caravan a once over. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
Oh, I've stepped on something. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
Stinking. Absolutely stinking. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:42 | |
Mam would be a bit ashamed if she saw me living like this. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
-Oh, gosh. Don't. -She would be ashamed. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
But what about those party guests, girls? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
We've found about four people, I'd say. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
We should go here. There's a good crowd here. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
-Yeah. -Don't forget, a party always ends up in the kitchen. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
Four sounds about right! | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
At the Fur and Feather Pavilion, competition is underway. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
For Pic and Helena, the big moment has arrived. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
Here at last. This year. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
So we're looking forward now to see end of the day results | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
and what Pic will have. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
There's nothing more Pic can do to prepare his chickens. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
It's now over to the men in the white coats | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
and their expert poultry knowledge. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
Pic has confidence in the majority of the birds that he's entered, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
but as he sips his tea, he knows, that in one category, | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
his worst fears have come home to roost. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
I know one or two. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
He knows they're weathered and the feathers are not correct, | 0:18:55 | 0:19:00 | |
but I'm sure he'll do all right. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
But for Helena, it remains a mystery | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
and it's only the judges who, in time, | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
will be able to reveal the identity of Pic's chicken nemesis. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
There's a show offer on now, I don't know if you do any showing? | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
Business has been good so far for Phil Bowen. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
Give it a good shampoo. Whatever it takes to get the horses clean. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
It's lunch time and he's got himself, presumably pork noodles. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
The success of the morning has got him thinking. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
I'll treat myself to something new this year | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
and I'm going to go for gold and buy a nice tweed jacket. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
I've always fancied a tweed jacket and if it's a good show, I'm going to treat myself. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
And so with his sights set on the precious, | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
the wheeling and dealing continues. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
First there's a free product demonstration at the stables. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
Does he kick now, Steve? | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
No, only people he don't like! | 0:20:00 | 0:20:02 | |
You've supplied the market. It's the customers. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Then it's a high-powered business meeting in the boardroom. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
I think it's a win-win situation all round. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
Then, what better way to celebrate a long day selling beauty products | 0:20:14 | 0:20:18 | |
to horses than 40 winks in the penthouse suite! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
The doors are shut at the Flower Arranging tent, | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
as the fate of those who have exhibited is decided upon. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:40 | |
The judges inspect Gloria's private passion, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
her diamond-inspired display. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
I'm feeling quite excited and the anticipation is just amazing. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:56 | |
I've done my best. I'm thrilled with what I've done, | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
but it's the final decision of the judge, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
so I sit here and wait and I think. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:07 | |
Oooh! (GIGGLES) I am excited. I'm really excited. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:13 | |
I've been through this hour before those doors open for a number of years, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:20 | |
and when you're actually walking down you look to see | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
if there are those winning cards on your arrangements. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
This year the competition is tougher than ever. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
Has she done enough to secure the coveted red card? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
Giddy aunt! | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
No. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
Commended. So, that's fifth. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
Oh, it isn't Gloria's year. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
I've had a commended, yes. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
It's the red card I love, I must admit, but not to be this year. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
Isn't that a shame? | 0:21:58 | 0:22:00 | |
I suppose I'm disappointed, but when you look around and see the quality | 0:22:00 | 0:22:06 | |
of the arranging here, she's chosen the ones that she really likes. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:12 | |
But I was quite pleased with what I had done. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
There's always next time. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
And you're not the only one with an emotional challenge today. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
ANNOUNCER: The power from the Gower. Nicky Beynon! | 0:22:22 | 0:22:27 | |
CHEERING | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
It's the final. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:30 | |
For Nicky "the Power from the Gower" Beynon, it's time to defend his good name. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
And the pressure is made worse by the shearer next to him. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:40 | |
Go! | 0:22:40 | 0:22:41 | |
The Pocket Rocket Richard Jones. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
# I've got the power. # | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
It's a tense final, and Nicky has to work hard to stay in the game. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:57 | |
But the youngsters around him steam ahead and The Power falls behind. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:05 | |
# I got the power. # | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
He finishes fourth behind the winner Gareth Daniel, | 0:23:10 | 0:23:12 | |
but on the upside, he retains his nickname bragging rights | 0:23:12 | 0:23:16 | |
by finishing above the Pocket Rocket. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
It didn't go too bad. I'm not up with the fitness of the young boys, but it's good fun just to be there. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:23 | |
It went well at the start, but I ran out of puff halfway. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
It's a job to keep it going at that speed. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
Despite his disappointment, Nicky will be back next year | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
with the best nickname in the business. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
The Power from the Gower will shear on. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
At the Fur and Feathers, the final moments of judging have arrived, | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
and Helena's nerves for Pic are obvious. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
One by one they're coming in, so everybody's on the look-out | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
to see what's coming in, but we don't know whose birds is which. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
I think he's nervous, but I hope he'll get one or two and he'll be quite happy. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:04 | |
However, from the moment Pic dropped his birds off, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
he's had a feeling he was well-beaten in one category. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
And with the final decisions moments away, | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
he nervously looks to see if his prediction has come true. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
Can he finally reveal the identity of the mystery chicken? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:23 | |
My wife's bird has beaten me and she'll be over the moon. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:28 | |
The caravan will be shaking tonight again! | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Today you've won the champion cock in the Barred Rock class | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
and you've actually beaten Pic, who's come in to second place. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
-Never! -You have! -Never! -You have! | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
-I can't believe it! -You're the champion today. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
-Yes, you are. -Yeah. And Pic is second. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
I can't believe it! No. You must be joking! | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
-Congratulations, Helena. -Thank you. I can't believe it! | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
-Here he is. -There he is. -It's a wonderful bird. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
Well, I can't believe it. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
-But he's your bird. -My bird. He's my bird. -He's your bird. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
Whoaaa! | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
We must celebrate tonight. I must say. We'll have more punch tonight. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:21 | |
-Let loose tonight. -Are we all invited? -You're all invited. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Oh, look out. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
The show is also drawing to a close for Phil Bowen, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:34 | |
and in the caravan he's taking stock of his week. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
I've counted up now and I'm going to have the jacket. May as well. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
I'm only going to be here once so I may as well have a little treat. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
Why not Phil, boy? Why not? | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
-Hello, hello. -This jacket. I've had a good week. What can you do for me? | 0:25:48 | 0:25:52 | |
Back at Gloria's caravan and she's decided to treat herself too, | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
with a delicious supper to help get over the disappointment. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
You can't win all the time, possibly, but I love having that red card. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:04 | |
I've had so many in the past. And white. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
I don't know if I like that very much but there we are. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:12 | |
Another day to come. Next year. July. Royal Welsh. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:18 | |
And it's party time at the Frizzballs. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
It's hair-sprayed, eyes done, sherry opened, time to welcome the guests. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:28 | |
We've changed and started getting ready. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
Everybody's coming over slowly now. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
People will be coming now in and out through the night | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
and after the party later on. First time eight of us are all there, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:43 | |
and the beds are breaking, but we're OK. We're managing. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:46 | |
We knew it would happen. It's a laugh and we're coping fine. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
It's really good having a laugh and partying and "joio"! | 0:26:50 | 0:26:55 | |
At Nicky's, time to get ready for a night out to drown his sorrows. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
But he doesn't seem to be able to shave as well as he can shear. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
I never cut the sheep. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
just cut myself a bit every now and again. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:09 | |
What about that nickname, though? | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
I don't know about the Power from the Gower any more, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
it may be time to retire and just enjoy the show a bit more. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
But it's been good. It's been good. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
-That's a nice colour, isn't it? -I like that. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
I think it'd bring out your eyes. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:24 | |
Without the caravan I'd never of done it. I've been open by 7 every morning | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
and I haven't closed till 9:00 at night. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
We'll be back next year, and hopefully in the same pitch, | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
same caravan, same everything! | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
In all fairness, I wouldn't change anything. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:40 | |
Nothing, of course, apart form the tweed. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
As long as he can make his mind up. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
Which one would you go for? Colour wise. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
-WOMAN: -That one. Definitely. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:51 | |
And at Pic and Helena's caravan, it's celebration time, | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
as the special guest of honour arrives for the party. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
Oh, look at him! He's my beautiful little bird. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:05 | |
Good boy for coming down for my party. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
The best thing of all, the wife beat me, | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
and not only that, she has changed her mind. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
She's happy in the caravan tonight! | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
Are you a good boy? Yes, you're talking to me. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
Yes, yes. You're talking to me. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
-Cheers, everybody. -Cheers. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:26 | |
And that's that. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:27 | |
And as we leave a woman standing in a field talking to a chicken, | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
the curtain falls on the National Show and the caravans leave for home. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
Many will go into storage, some will sit on a farm, | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
and others, like the Frizzballs, will be neglected. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
But one thing's for certain, in July next year | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
they'll all be back for another four days at the Royal Welsh Show. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:48 | |
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