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Caravans, a fibre glass palace or a Bank Holiday road menace?

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Love them or hate them,

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in Wales, we simply can't avoid them.

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We spend around 11 million nights

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and £300 million a year holidaying in them.

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But what is it about caravans

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that makes us a nation happiest on wheels?

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The Royal Welsh Show,

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an annual four day event that has attracted those

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with an interest in agriculture since its formation in 1904.

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Every year, visitor numbers reach 230,000.

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And of those that stay more than a day,

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80% of them will share one thing in common.

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Their home will be their caravan.

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There are a number of caravan parks that feed the Royal Welsh Show,

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but only three official sites,

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one for exhibitors and members, one for stewards

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and the Young People's Village,

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for those, well how can you put this?

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Looking for a more...social time.

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Caravans start arriving from the Sunday before the show starts.

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Thousands of them from all over Wales

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and for the majority of the owners,

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the main reason they're here is for the competition.

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Breeders, exhibitors and competitors

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battling it out for four days with cows, rabbits,

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cheese, flowers and sheep-shears, aiming to be crowned Best in Show.

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To win at the Royal Welsh is a big honour.

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For Helena and Picton Jones from Llanwnen, it's chickens.

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Before they can settle into their caravan on the steward's field,

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they must drop off their potential champions

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in their business-class boxes at the Fur and Feathers Pavilion.

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They've got 25 chickens in all,

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24 of them Pic's and one that's Helena's.

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She's looking nice, can you feel her?

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And she's just laid. Nice warm egg.

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Now you can't get a chicken to a prize-winning standard overnight.

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50 miles away in their farm near Lampeter

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is where the months of hard work and dedication

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to poultry perfection takes place.

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So whilst Helena prepares the caravan for their stay,

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it's Pic's job to groom every feather of every bird

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to try and ensure a victory.

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To a Welshman, I think winning in the Royal Welsh

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is as important as any show.

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COCKEREL CROWS

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So how do Helena and Pic feel about staying in their caravan?

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I don't enjoy one minute of it.

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-Oh.

-I'd love to be pampered in a five star hotel

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with a helicopter picking me up from the show and that's it.

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It's a great atmosphere to stop in the caravan

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and I snore, you see, at night!

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HE LAUGHS

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It's only Helena knows that.

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Just Helena, and everybody watching this programme.

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MUSIC: "I've Got The Power" by Snap

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So who are the rock stars, the pin-up boys, the gladiators of agriculture?

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The sheep-shearers.

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Nicky Beynon, or as he's known to many...

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Power from the Gower.

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It's a nick-name that started a long time ago really

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and it just seemed to have stuck really but, yeah,

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it could be worse.

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And the base from which he'll attempt to become

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champion shearer once again, a new caravan.

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I just bought this caravan last week

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for the pricey sum of £350, which I think is a bargain.

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So, just got to scrub it down a little bit.

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I think the main thing about a caravan is if you wake up

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and you're soaking wet in bed, it's a bad one.

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Well, I suppose the same could be said for a house, or a car.

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This is why whenever you need advice, always go to a farmer.

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Unless of course it's about interior design.

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Saying that, it depends on who he's planning to have round.

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I hope there won't be any sheep in here,

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but it wouldn't be the first time things like that

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have happened in the Royal Welsh.

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We need to get the Hoover out,

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a bit of tidying up but we've got to leave the flowers.

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I don't know where the hoola girl is that wears them

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but it's what we need.

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Back in Lampeter, Pic's hard at it.

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# If you don't like chicken, lay that hand on long... #

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In the world of the chicken, Pic's a legend

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and holds the record for most supreme champions

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over the past 50 years.

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It's safe to say that he knows the effort required to win

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and it all starts with a good-looking bird.

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Half an hour before the judging,

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I will be going round rubbing something in the comb and the legs

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and the leg is very important!

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HE WHEEZES AND LAUGHS

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I have to get it ready and clean now, spotless,

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because we have drinks here and there and people coming for a drink

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and it will be hectic.

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After a few drinks, I enjoy it.

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I forget I'm in a caravan.

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I can remember years ago, when I was a bit silly then,

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I remember going into the caravan,

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sure to be eight, nine years ago, on my knees.

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It wasn't the age, it was the beer.

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HE LAUGHS

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Hang on Pic, your mis-spent youth was only nine years ago?!

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What on earth do you get up to these days?!

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I could have the cockerels in bed with me

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and they wouldn't disturb me!

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A bit less than the wife!

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HE LAUGHS

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OK!

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And were moving on!

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Fast forward three weeks, the Royal Welsh is in full swing

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and the sheep shearing competition is underway.

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Nicky, who's won nine championships,

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sails through the early rounds and eases his way into the final.

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I was suffering with nerves early on really. Now that you've made the final, that's the hard part.

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It's anybody's game now. You get stuck into it but it's making the final is the hard part.

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But not every competition at the Royal Welsh is as strenuous.

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And in her much quieter, quaint little caravan,

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flower arranger extraordinaire Gloria Davies is practising her art.

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I love it. I think it's a brilliant,

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brilliant way of expressing an artistic flair.

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Tomorrow, she will be competing in the biggest flower competition

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that Wales has to offer. And the caravan?

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Well, it's an oasis of peace and tranquillity before the big day.

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The caravan is so useful.

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There's no clutter, there's no panic.

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You just unwind

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and I might have a glass of wine to help me relax.

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For Gloria, who's a six-time champion at the show,

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the preparation for the Royal Welsh began weeks ago,

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back home on her farm in Ammanford.

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So come on, Gloria, how do you do it?

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Well, when the Royal Welsh schedule arrives

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and the titles are in front of you,

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I come out into my garden and I'll sit and I'll design my work.

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Gloria is entering four displays this year

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but the one category that has captured her imagination

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is the Private Passion.

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My passion is flower arranging,

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-but what's my private passion?

-Easy, Gloria!

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-Something that is really personal to me, that the world doesn't really know about.

-Careful!

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-And I think that is definitely...

-Gloria, no!

-..diamonds.

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-It's got to be, hasn't it? Wow.

-Oh, phew.

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And if, if... Ha-ha!

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If the judge, whoever she may be, is on my wave-length,

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Wow. I'm onto a winner, but we shall see.

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SHE LAUGHS

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Oh, yeah!

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Royal Welsh.

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Brilliant.

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SHE LAUGHS

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It's Sunday night,

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the eve of their competition at the Royal Welsh

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and Pic and Helena decide to settle their nerves

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with a quick home-brew night-cap.

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It's nice to come back now and relax and have a nice glass of wine,

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ready for tomorrow, for a busy day tomorrow again.

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Very busy day on Monday.

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It's the busiest day because of judging and everything

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and so forth and we've got to make everything right.

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Everything's got to be spot on.

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We've got to get up early and get the birds right.

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Pic will go over all the birds tomorrow now to check them

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all over and give them a bit of pedicure.

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Put a bit of lipstick on them!

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And then once that's done

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and the judging starts, that's half the battle.

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Iechyd da!

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But the punch can't convince Pic that this year he's done enough

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and having checked out the opposition

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he's uneasy about the competition.

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I'll win one or two classes. I know now I am well beaten in one.

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Well beaten.

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One glass of punch and then early to bed and early to rise.

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As he tucks his head under his wing, Pic goes to bed

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tormented by the knowledge that he thinks he's seen a better bird.

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But for tonight, he's keeping the identity of the mystery chicken

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a secret.

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MUSIC: "Crazy In Love" by Beyonce

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For one group of girls from Carmarthen,

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the annual trip to the show

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has been a massive part of their lives since aged 16.

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This year, they're 18.

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Look out Builth Wells, the Frizzballs are coming!

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This summer's important to us really.

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It's our last holiday before we all go to unis, different ways.

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Making the most of it together and having a laugh

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and socialising like we do best.

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The plan today is to buy some paint to be able to revamp the caravan

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for the Royal Welsh in a few weeks' time.

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Just bright and girly, so we're just going with that really

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and getting any paints,

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different colours, to make it look bright and happy!

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First things first,

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Ffion and the girls have to get rid of last year's residue.

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Oh, this is disgusting.

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This is disgusting!

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You mucky puppies!

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The caravan for us has provided a lot of memories,

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laughters and random stories. Good events.

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Just a good time really.

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Yeah, girls, just one quick question, why Frizzballs?

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Betsan had frizzy hair or something

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so they decided to name the caravan Frizzball.

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You're saying I had frizzy hair, it was Mirain. Not me.

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Oh, it was Mirain. Whoops.

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I don't think we'd ever go up to the Royal Welsh without a caravan.

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I don't think it would be the same ever.

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All of us girls have been going since we were younger,

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going with our parents and things and thought we might as well

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take up on the chance of going up for the week and having a laugh together.

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The atmosphere up there is brilliant.

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LAUGHTER

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Oh, this looks cool.

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Oh, lush.

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Yeah, it's looking good. Fair play.

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I suppose it's one of us.

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Oh, lush.

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I'm happy with it. It looks funky.

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Oh, wow!

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We'll be able to spot it from miles.

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No, I think it's cool, definitely.

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Well, if it rains it will all drip down!

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Fair do's, girls. That'll look great when it's finished.

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Two weeks later the girls unveil the Frizzball in the Young People's Village.

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Oh, I see, it WAS finished.

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# I'm coming out

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# So you'd better get this party started... #

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Here a caravan isn't a home from home,

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but rather a place simply to lay your head after hours

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and hours of partying.

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As a result, the standard of accommodation suffers.

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A lot.

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LAUGHTER

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We'll better look to see if we've got pegs.

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Tara!

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Tara!

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After Dad's dropped the Frizzballs off,

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it's time to get the awning up.

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But there's a problem.

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I don't remember how to do this.

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Nor me, I haven't got a clue.

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That's the inside, so put that through there.

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Yeah, it's inside out.

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OK. Start again!

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If only they'd spent more time practising

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and less time partially decorating a caravan!

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We should be drinking now instead of putting this thing up!

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LAUGHTER

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Better put it up, someone might have to sleep here tonight. We'll see now.

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At last, it's done

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and the girls can get the advertising up for their party.

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# Right now! #

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-ANNOUNCER:

-The invited teams this year are all Welsh teams anyway...

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For hundreds of traders from all over Wales,

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the week at the Royal Welsh

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is a fantastic opportunity to sell their produce,

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but whether they can really cash in depends on the plot they're given.

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After years on the outskirts of the trade area,

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entrepreneur Phil Bowen has finally managed to secure a prime spot

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in the middle of the showground.

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It's his big chance to make an impact and get the tills ringing

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and he knows that the key to a good day's business is...

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..a small pork-based breakfast

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This is my 10th year caravanning in the Royal Welsh.

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It's better than anything, any holiday abroad.

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You get to meet your friends. It's fantastic.

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This is the sales office, hotel room,

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a cafe, a restaurant.

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It's everything all in one now, the caravan.

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Don't worry, he's got his five a day in his lunchbox.

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Every year, Phil makes the 70-mile trip from his home in Llanelli

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to the Royal Welsh show.

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The Royal Welsh is the highlight of our year actually.

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It's a very important part,

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servicing existing customers, creating new customers.

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It's fantastic every year, year in, year out.

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It's... the Royal Welsh is, well,

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the strength of the business really.

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Over the past decade this tycoon, a quarryman by trade,

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has built a very successful business

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and is a market leader in his specialist field.

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So, come on, any ideas what his product is?

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He's a quarryman. Think!

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That's right, aloe-vera shampoo. For horses.

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When I did it back in 1995, people said, you're crazy, you're mad.

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Well, I'm not denying that,

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but the fact is that a couple of years later then

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they were putting aloe-vera into washing up powder,

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toilet paper and various other products

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and it's become more or less a household name now.

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With a trade stand on his new spot costing over £400 in pitch fees,

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it's crucial for Phil to capitalise

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on as much business as possible to make sure

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that he gets the profits that he's hoping for.

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Well, it's only early doors.

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-ANNOUNCER:

-The invited teams this year are all Welsh teams anyway,

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so it will be an all-Welsh challenge here at the Royal Welsh Show.

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Every day at the Royal Welsh, 50,000 people stream through the gates

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expecting to see the very best in agricultural competition.

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Even the young farmers are on display,

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contributing in their own unique way.

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Look! It's Frizzball Ffion!

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Minutes before, she humiliated herself at It's A Knockout.

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Meanwhile, back at the caravan,

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Eleri and Gwenan are on the hunt for party guests.

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-Tara!

-Tara! So long.

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We're going to round up some people now to come to our party.

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Hey, Carwyn! do you want to come to our party?

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Hey, guys, will you come to our party?

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-Yes.

-Yes. Tara.

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The girls have decided

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seeing as they are hosting the A List of the Young People's Village

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they'd better give the caravan a once over.

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Oh, I've stepped on something.

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Stinking. Absolutely stinking.

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Mam would be a bit ashamed if she saw me living like this.

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-Oh, gosh. Don't.

-She would be ashamed.

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But what about those party guests, girls?

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We've found about four people, I'd say.

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We should go here. There's a good crowd here.

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-Yeah.

-Don't forget, a party always ends up in the kitchen.

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Four sounds about right!

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At the Fur and Feather Pavilion, competition is underway.

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For Pic and Helena, the big moment has arrived.

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Here at last. This year.

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So we're looking forward now to see end of the day results

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and what Pic will have.

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There's nothing more Pic can do to prepare his chickens.

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It's now over to the men in the white coats

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and their expert poultry knowledge.

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Pic has confidence in the majority of the birds that he's entered,

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but as he sips his tea, he knows, that in one category,

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his worst fears have come home to roost.

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I know one or two.

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He knows they're weathered and the feathers are not correct,

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but I'm sure he'll do all right.

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But for Helena, it remains a mystery

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and it's only the judges who, in time,

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will be able to reveal the identity of Pic's chicken nemesis.

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There's a show offer on now, I don't know if you do any showing?

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Business has been good so far for Phil Bowen.

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Give it a good shampoo. Whatever it takes to get the horses clean.

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It's lunch time and he's got himself, presumably pork noodles.

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The success of the morning has got him thinking.

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I'll treat myself to something new this year

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and I'm going to go for gold and buy a nice tweed jacket.

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I've always fancied a tweed jacket and if it's a good show, I'm going to treat myself.

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And so with his sights set on the precious,

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the wheeling and dealing continues.

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First there's a free product demonstration at the stables.

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Does he kick now, Steve?

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No, only people he don't like!

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You've supplied the market. It's the customers.

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Then it's a high-powered business meeting in the boardroom.

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I think it's a win-win situation all round.

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Then, what better way to celebrate a long day selling beauty products

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to horses than 40 winks in the penthouse suite!

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The doors are shut at the Flower Arranging tent,

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as the fate of those who have exhibited is decided upon.

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The judges inspect Gloria's private passion,

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her diamond-inspired display.

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I'm feeling quite excited and the anticipation is just amazing.

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I've done my best. I'm thrilled with what I've done,

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but it's the final decision of the judge,

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so I sit here and wait and I think.

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Oooh! (GIGGLES) I am excited. I'm really excited.

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I've been through this hour before those doors open for a number of years,

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and when you're actually walking down you look to see

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if there are those winning cards on your arrangements.

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This year the competition is tougher than ever.

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Has she done enough to secure the coveted red card?

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Giddy aunt!

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No.

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Commended. So, that's fifth.

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Oh, it isn't Gloria's year.

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I've had a commended, yes.

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It's the red card I love, I must admit, but not to be this year.

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Isn't that a shame?

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I suppose I'm disappointed, but when you look around and see the quality

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of the arranging here, she's chosen the ones that she really likes.

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But I was quite pleased with what I had done.

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There's always next time.

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And you're not the only one with an emotional challenge today.

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ANNOUNCER: The power from the Gower. Nicky Beynon!

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CHEERING

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It's the final.

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For Nicky "the Power from the Gower" Beynon, it's time to defend his good name.

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And the pressure is made worse by the shearer next to him.

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Go!

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The Pocket Rocket Richard Jones.

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# I've got the power. #

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It's a tense final, and Nicky has to work hard to stay in the game.

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But the youngsters around him steam ahead and The Power falls behind.

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# I got the power. #

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He finishes fourth behind the winner Gareth Daniel,

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but on the upside, he retains his nickname bragging rights

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by finishing above the Pocket Rocket.

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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.

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It went well at the start, but I ran out of puff halfway.

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It's a job to keep it going at that speed.

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Despite his disappointment, Nicky will be back next year

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with the best nickname in the business.

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The Power from the Gower will shear on.

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At the Fur and Feathers, the final moments of judging have arrived,

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and Helena's nerves for Pic are obvious.

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One by one they're coming in, so everybody's on the look-out

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to see what's coming in, but we don't know whose birds is which.

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I think he's nervous, but I hope he'll get one or two and he'll be quite happy.

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However, from the moment Pic dropped his birds off,

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he's had a feeling he was well-beaten in one category.

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And with the final decisions moments away,

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he nervously looks to see if his prediction has come true.

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Can he finally reveal the identity of the mystery chicken?

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My wife's bird has beaten me and she'll be over the moon.

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The caravan will be shaking tonight again!

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Today you've won the champion cock in the Barred Rock class

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and you've actually beaten Pic, who's come in to second place.

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-Never!

-You have!

-Never!

-You have!

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-I can't believe it!

-You're the champion today.

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-Yes, you are.

-Yeah. And Pic is second.

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I can't believe it! No. You must be joking!

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-Congratulations, Helena.

-Thank you. I can't believe it!

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-Here he is.

-There he is.

-It's a wonderful bird.

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Well, I can't believe it.

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-But he's your bird.

-My bird. He's my bird.

-He's your bird.

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Whoaaa!

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We must celebrate tonight. I must say. We'll have more punch tonight.

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-Let loose tonight.

-Are we all invited?

-You're all invited.

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Oh, look out.

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The show is also drawing to a close for Phil Bowen,

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and in the caravan he's taking stock of his week.

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I've counted up now and I'm going to have the jacket. May as well.

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I'm only going to be here once so I may as well have a little treat.

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Why not Phil, boy? Why not?

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-Hello, hello.

-This jacket. I've had a good week. What can you do for me?

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Back at Gloria's caravan and she's decided to treat herself too,

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with a delicious supper to help get over the disappointment.

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You can't win all the time, possibly, but I love having that red card.

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I've had so many in the past. And white.

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I don't know if I like that very much but there we are.

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Another day to come. Next year. July. Royal Welsh.

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And it's party time at the Frizzballs.

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It's hair-sprayed, eyes done, sherry opened, time to welcome the guests.

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We've changed and started getting ready.

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Everybody's coming over slowly now.

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People will be coming now in and out through the night

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and after the party later on. First time eight of us are all there,

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and the beds are breaking, but we're OK. We're managing.

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We knew it would happen. It's a laugh and we're coping fine.

0:26:460:26:50

It's really good having a laugh and partying and "joio"!

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At Nicky's, time to get ready for a night out to drown his sorrows.

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But he doesn't seem to be able to shave as well as he can shear.

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I never cut the sheep.

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just cut myself a bit every now and again.

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What about that nickname, though?

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I don't know about the Power from the Gower any more,

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it may be time to retire and just enjoy the show a bit more.

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But it's been good. It's been good.

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-That's a nice colour, isn't it?

-I like that.

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I think it'd bring out your eyes.

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Without the caravan I'd never of done it. I've been open by 7 every morning

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and I haven't closed till 9:00 at night.

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We'll be back next year, and hopefully in the same pitch,

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same caravan, same everything!

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In all fairness, I wouldn't change anything.

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Nothing, of course, apart form the tweed.

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As long as he can make his mind up.

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Which one would you go for? Colour wise.

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-WOMAN:

-That one. Definitely.

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And at Pic and Helena's caravan, it's celebration time,

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as the special guest of honour arrives for the party.

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Oh, look at him! He's my beautiful little bird.

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Good boy for coming down for my party.

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The best thing of all, the wife beat me,

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and not only that, she has changed her mind.

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She's happy in the caravan tonight!

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Are you a good boy? Yes, you're talking to me.

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Yes, yes. You're talking to me.

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-Cheers, everybody.

-Cheers.

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And that's that.

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And as we leave a woman standing in a field talking to a chicken,

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the curtain falls on the National Show and the caravans leave for home.

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Many will go into storage, some will sit on a farm,

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and others, like the Frizzballs, will be neglected.

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But one thing's for certain, in July next year

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they'll all be back for another four days at the Royal Welsh Show.

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