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00:00We have sold up and moved to the country
00:02You didn't get this in Bracknell
00:06No
00:07Why isn't everybody doing this?
00:10You shut your eyes and you listen
00:11and it's everything that I wanted
00:13Since then, the world has turned upside down
00:17We're having to turn people away
00:19We've been that busy
00:20It has been relentless
00:22A lot of blood, sweat and tears
00:24and a lot of tears from me
00:25Oh Sam, this is lovely
00:28It's just amazing
00:29So I want to know
00:31Was it worth it?
00:35The last thing you said to me
00:36was that this is the best thing you'd ever done
00:39Do you still feel that way?
00:43Today, I'm catching up with the Kalils
00:46A couple who went to great lengths
00:48for a brand new start
00:49Most wives want handbags
00:52I want sheds, aviaries and tunnels
00:54Yeah
00:54After having open heart surgery
00:59not once, but twice
01:01First thing I said when I woke up
01:03I was like, I'm going to Scotland
01:04They quit the rat race
01:05and moved hundreds of miles
01:07Looking forward to the eggs
01:09Swapping Berkshire for rural Scotland
01:13Happy walk
01:14Walk
01:15So now, more than a year
01:17since I last saw them
01:19and their menagerie of animals
01:20I'm going back to see how country life
01:23is treating them
01:24Does this really epitomise
01:27what you were dreaming of
01:29back in Bracknell?
01:30Yeah
01:30Everyone's paradise is different, isn't it?
01:40Dreaming of moving to the countryside
01:42is the easy bit
01:43Actually doing it
01:44takes some courage
01:46and for Charlie and Sammy Kalil
01:48it took a life-changing
01:50no, life-threatening event
01:53for them to make the move
01:55Charlie and Sammy have long been fed up
01:59living in the busy town of Bracknell
02:01where they have not one
02:03but two busy motorways as neighbours
02:06But what's really inspired them
02:09to escape the concrete jungle?
02:12Sammy's recent open heart surgery
02:14You have a wake-up call in life
02:16and you think to yourself that
02:17you know, you've got this one life
02:19how do you want to live it?
02:20Do you want to live it doing the typical things?
02:22Or do you want to live it in adventure?
02:25Born with a heart murmur
02:26this was the second time
02:27he's been under the knife
02:29his first operation
02:30was when he was just 25
02:32When I had my valve replacement
02:35they actually resuscitated me 14 times
02:37So last year
02:39I had to have it done again
02:40and now I've got a mechanical valve
02:42A lot of people would listen to that
02:45and think
02:45oh man, I'm sorry
02:46you know
02:46this has happened to you
02:48but it was actually the best thing
02:49that ever happened to me
02:50having open heart surgery
02:51the first time
02:52It brought us closer
02:53Yeah
02:54And it made me realise
02:55the important things in life
02:57But that wasn't Sammy's only epiphany
03:00The first thing I said
03:01when I woke up out of operation
03:03when he woke me up
03:03I was like
03:04I'm going to Scotland
03:05And before you ask
03:08no, it wasn't the drugs talking
03:10he really does want to move
03:12over 500 miles away
03:14and live in what some would consider
03:16the middle of nowhere
03:17When did this kind of yearning
03:22for splendid isolation
03:24strike you both?
03:26Because you both seem
03:27quite kind of sociable
03:28and you know
03:29I mean
03:30do you really want to go
03:31and live all by yourselves?
03:33Yeah
03:33Absolutely
03:34I mean I think
03:35you know
03:35you grow up
03:36you get a job
03:37you get married
03:37you have kids
03:38you buy a house
03:39when not
03:40we did the whole
03:41grow up
03:41get a job
03:42house
03:43but we don't want to have the kids
03:44and we want to have the land
03:45the outdoors
03:46Yeah, the animals
03:47And so
03:48I mean you said
03:49you've got some family
03:50in Scotland
03:51My family's from Scotland
03:52but my mother lives in Scarborough now
03:55and all the sisters are in there
03:56so we haven't got family
03:57living in Scotland anymore
03:58But did you know Scotland quite well?
04:01Yeah, when I was a child
04:02I used to be taken to Scotland
04:03quite a lot
04:04by my grandmother
04:04and I used to just
04:06went around the hills
04:06and one of my aunties
04:07had a farm
04:08And how about you, Charlie?
04:09I've only been twice
04:10So I went for the first time
04:12last year
04:13Oh really?
04:14Oh my goodness
04:15I really do
04:15Yeah
04:16And yeah
04:16I didn't want to come home
04:17Really?
04:19Yeah
04:19Going rural
04:21and leaving all their friends
04:23and family behind
04:24is a pretty bold move
04:26but clearly
04:27these two
04:28would much rather
04:29be surrounded by nature
04:30What on earth is that?
04:32That's my rabbit's aviary
04:34How many rabbits have you got?
04:3620?
04:36Just two
04:37Seriously?
04:38They've got more space
04:39than you have
04:40In fact
04:42they've pretty much
04:43taken over the entire
04:44backyard
04:45Oh, who's this?
04:48This is Cookie
04:49She's a lionhead rabbit
04:50She's four years old
04:51Hello Cookie
04:52Oh she is gorgeous
04:54Charlie is an office administrator
04:56for an estate agency
04:58but her life plan
04:59is to work
05:00with her four-legged friends
05:02I'm doing my
05:03veterinary nursing qualification
05:04Very sensible
05:06In your spare time
05:08Oh my goodness
05:09Okay
05:10So yeah
05:10I'm hoping to get into
05:12some animal-based work
05:13whether that's veterinary work
05:14or rescue centre
05:15something like that
05:16when we move
05:16Right
05:16How long have you got
05:19until you qualify?
05:20Probably got about
05:20another three months left
05:21So hopefully
05:22the timing will work
05:24with the move
05:24Yeah
05:24Meanwhile
05:26Sammy has always been
05:28a bit of an adventurer
05:29A former professional wrestler
05:31He now works from home
05:34assessing and tutoring
05:36personal trainers
05:37across Britain
05:37But whenever he gets the chance
05:40he's off enjoying
05:41the great outdoors
05:42I've got really interested
05:45in bushcraft
05:46which is
05:46practising outdoors
05:48wilderness living skills
05:49and sort of like
05:50survival related skills as well
05:52and then that fell into
05:52other things around bushcraft
05:54like foraging and canoeing
05:55I felt real
05:56sense of freedom
05:57being outdoors
05:58and being
05:59you know
06:00in wild places
06:02I absolutely love it
06:03Instead
06:04Charlie and Sammy
06:05are just 34 miles
06:07from central London
06:08facing endless traffic
06:10and problems
06:11with air pollution
06:12Everyone's on top
06:14of each other
06:15and you know
06:15you've got to find
06:16parking every day
06:17and you just want
06:18that sort of
06:19peace and quiet
06:19Yeah
06:20Everyone's getting
06:21more built up
06:22more traffic
06:23An old fashioned life
06:23Yeah
06:24And now when I look
06:24at a city
06:25I just see grey
06:26and dull
06:26and you know
06:27people prioritising
06:29their own things
06:29in life
06:30looking for the
06:31healthy side of things
06:32Following Sammy's
06:34revelation of wanting
06:35to live in Scotland
06:36the Khalils have set
06:38their sights
06:38on the north
06:39of the country
06:40and more specifically
06:41rural Aberdeenshire
06:43Famous for its agriculture
06:46and rugged coastline
06:47there's no shortage
06:48of things to do
06:49for lovers
06:50of the great outdoors
06:51But it's not just
06:53cleaner and greener
06:54The average house
06:55is over 100 grand
06:57less than it is
06:58in Bracknell
06:58Just one of the many reasons
07:00Charlie and Sammy
07:02can't wait
07:03to make the move
07:04So a bit more independent
07:06more self-sufficient
07:07and you know
07:09it's free to do
07:10what we want
07:10to have a good
07:11work-life balance
07:12I love your sentiments
07:14I mean I'm so with you
07:15I did it
07:16You know
07:17Just a real old-fashioned life
07:18more like that homestead
07:19where you know
07:20we don't go to shop
07:21for the bread anymore
07:21we bake it ourselves
07:22Have you ever baked bread?
07:24Yes
07:24Have you?
07:25Once
07:25We're practicing
07:26Yeah we're practicing
07:27It turned out really well
07:28Did it?
07:29Yeah
07:29With the menu sorted
07:32Charlie's third visit
07:34to Scotland
07:34will be to the village
07:36of Clatt
07:36population
07:37just 155 people
07:40Here they've found
07:43a three-bed home
07:44that's not only bigger
07:45than the one they have now
07:46it comes with two
07:48massive outbuildings
07:49and a garden
07:50almost the size
07:51of a football field
07:53And the best bit
07:55at ÂŁ195,000
07:57it's ÂŁ115,000
08:00less
08:01than their Bracknell home
08:02So selling up
08:03means they can afford
08:04to live on one income
08:06hopefully allowing Charlie
08:07to focus on working
08:09with animals
08:09full time
08:11You want to
08:12cut your expenses
08:13but also cut your earnings
08:14Yeah
08:15But increase your animals
08:17Yeah
08:17And they do cost quite a lot
08:20Are you thinking
08:21animals for practical purposes
08:23or you thinking
08:25So they're for cuddles
08:27Yeah
08:27Definitely
08:27I have to say
08:30before I met Charlie and Sammy
08:32but knew
08:33that they had
08:34this slightly madcap plan
08:36to move all the way
08:37to Scotland
08:38where they know
08:39no one
08:40and have no connections
08:41I have my doubts
08:42But what's so lovely
08:44is that they have
08:45clearly lost
08:46their hearts
08:47to Scotland
08:48That's where they want to go
08:50and that's where
08:51they're going to end up
08:53Bonkers or not
08:55just a few weeks on
08:56the adventure
08:57of a lifetime
08:58awaits
08:59It's just this little bit
09:02is it?
09:03Yeah I think so
09:04and then yeah
09:04I load up the animals
09:05We've only lived in this once
09:07and I know that
09:08from first hand
09:08there have been
09:09the fear of
09:10you know
09:11dying on the hospital bed
09:12with my heart surgery
09:13so now
09:14I think when you go
09:16through things like that
09:17these things don't scare you
09:19We've got to give it a go
09:20otherwise we'll just be
09:20what ifing ourselves
09:21for the rest of our life
09:22and I think that's
09:22that's important
09:24And with this house
09:26about to be someone else's
09:27there's definitely
09:29no turning back
09:30This is it
09:32Emotional
09:33Locking the door
09:36for the last time
09:37Bye house
09:39Bye house
09:40All they need to do now
09:46is tackle the 10 hour drive
09:48to Aberdeenshire
09:49but it's worth
09:50every second
09:51to be surrounded
09:52by open farmland
09:54more than 300 castles
09:56and 165 miles
09:59of coastline
10:00No wonder
10:01the locals
10:02can also expect
10:03better health
10:04and a longer life
10:05than the national average
10:07Though once
10:09Charlie and Sammy
10:09finally arrive
10:11at their new home
10:11in the village of Klatt
10:13It's clear
10:17driving in the country
10:18can be just as frustrating
10:20as it is in the city
10:22Swing that way
10:23That way
10:25That's it
10:28That's it
10:29One down
10:34Next
10:37New adventure
10:38brings a whole host
10:39of new jobs
10:41My soaring station there
10:43my grinding station there
10:45The goats will have free roam
10:47and we're setting up
10:47a rabbit shed
10:48an aviary there
10:50And this is the spot
10:51where I stand and think
10:52And two years on
10:55I'm back
10:55to see how they've survived
10:57life in lockdown
10:58and two
10:59Aberdeenshire winters
11:01It was minus 21
11:02at one point
11:03and we had snow drifts
11:04and the farm was
11:05trying to clear the roads
11:06and they just couldn't
11:07because the wind
11:07was so strong
11:08Two years ago
11:17I was helping
11:18Charlie and Sammy
11:19make the move
11:19from suburban Bracknell
11:21to rural Aberdeenshire
11:22I'm sweltering there
11:24they say Scotland's cold
11:25But it isn't just
11:29the weather that looks good
11:30so does their new home
11:32It's bigger than I thought
11:34it was, isn't it?
11:35Yeah
11:35Ready for this?
11:40Ready
11:41Oh
11:42There's a little letter, eh?
11:45We've got postal ready
11:46Look at that
11:46Excellent
11:47Wow
11:50Oh wow
11:52It looks huge
11:53Look at the size of this
11:56Now if you can't get your meal
11:57Now if you can't get your meal
11:57made in here
11:58there's a problem
11:59Not only did the Kalils
12:02buy this gem
12:03for ÂŁ115,000
12:04less than they sold
12:06their Bracknell house for
12:07It has more living space
12:09and three spacious bedrooms
12:11It's quite a decent size, isn't it?
12:13Yeah
12:14Oh wow, that looks bigger
12:15I thought this was more narrow
12:17Yeah
12:18They've also acquired
12:20two large outbuildings
12:21which means they now have
12:23over twice
12:24the square footage
12:25Wow
12:28Look at that
12:30Big enough?
12:32Okay
12:32This is where the magic happens
12:34I'm thinking
12:37my sawing station there
12:39my grinding station there
12:41my drilling station here
12:43and this is the spot
12:44where I stand and think
12:45Meanwhile
12:49Charlie has big plans
12:50for the other building
12:51and
12:52spoiler alert
12:53it involves buying
12:54more animals
12:56This is massive
12:57Yeah
12:59This is going to be my goat shed
13:00This is going to be a goat shed
13:01Yeah
13:01It's bigger than I remember
13:02Wow
13:03I thought it was half the size of this
13:05We're also going to say
13:05we're going to store some wood here
13:07for the fire
13:07No, that can go in your one
13:09No
13:09Though before they can make the most
13:13of their new home
13:14or enjoy the acre
13:16upon acre
13:17of surrounding countryside
13:18there's a shed load to do
13:20Come on
13:21There you go
13:23And we have a bed
13:29It's now been four months
13:38since I first met the Kalils
13:40and clearly
13:41their lives have changed dramatically
13:43The last time I visited Sammy and Charlie
13:46it was a spring day
13:47and I was walking through a housing estate
13:49in Bracknell
13:50Now
13:51it's autumn
13:52and I'm in rural Aberdeenshire
13:54and this
13:55is the road to their house
13:57No traffic or suburban sprawl here
14:00and with their outgoing slashed
14:02Charlie's been able to give up her job
14:05in admin
14:05Hello you two
14:08It's been ages
14:11How's it going?
14:13Good
14:14Find the place okay?
14:15It's a bit different from Bracknell isn't it?
14:19There's also more than an acre of land to play with
14:22so animal loving Charlie has big plans to expand her brood
14:26Wow this is great isn't it?
14:29Yeah
14:29It's lovely
14:29Oh it's perfect
14:31Yeah
14:31So this is your land as well up here?
14:33Yeah
14:33So this paddock here
14:35What are you going to do out here?
14:37This will be purely animals this side
14:38and then that side will be our garden
14:40Yeah
14:40The goats will have free roam
14:42and then we're setting up a rabbit shed
14:44an aviary there
14:45Yeah
14:45and they will have a bit of our garden here as well
14:48If we go through a tunnel
14:49where they can go into the garden
14:50and back out like that
14:51So yeah
14:52And as far
14:54you said that you've got a shed
14:55that might work for the goats
14:56where's that?
14:57Oh so
14:58is this out building here?
15:00Perfect
15:01Yeah
15:01We'll be taking this door out
15:03in a
15:03New door in
15:04Goats here
15:06rabbits yonder
15:07there's also talk of chickens
15:09and how many are you thinking of having?
15:12Probably start with three
15:13We've bought a house for 12 though
15:14just to be on the safe side
15:15Oh
15:17It's exciting
15:19Yeah
15:19It's exciting
15:21Lots of work to do
15:22Lots of work
15:23And that's just the start
15:25Charlie's beloved rabbits
15:26are getting a massive upgrade
15:28on their home as well
15:29Some people have bunny hutches
15:32where we're going to have
15:33Bunny mansion
15:34Entire mansion
15:35and then we're going to have
15:36an aviary there
15:37and then there's going to be
15:38access to the garden here
15:40so we need this out the way
15:41Charlie and Sammy
15:43have ambitious plans
15:44but with their friends
15:45and family
15:46over 500 miles away
15:48they'll be doing
15:49all this work
15:50on their own
15:50Do you ever feel
15:54kind of
15:55that you have
15:56taken on more
15:57than
15:57you can cope with?
15:59I think when we first
16:00turned up
16:01yeah
16:01we were like
16:01wow there's so much
16:02that needs doing
16:03and we're quite glad
16:04that we haven't got
16:05more land now
16:05but yeah we're kind of
16:07just trying to get
16:07the house finished
16:08so we can
16:08get out here
16:09and crack on with it
16:10yeah
16:10As far as Sammy
16:12is concerned
16:12because obviously
16:13he had that
16:14really scary
16:16health issue
16:17do you think
16:18this is really good
16:19for him being here?
16:20Yeah it's a lot more relaxed
16:21and obviously
16:22I'm not working
16:23at the moment
16:23so that takes
16:24some pressure
16:25of sort of
16:25household chores
16:26whereas if we were
16:27both working
16:28then we'd both
16:28have to sort out
16:30the house
16:30and all the land
16:31it's a lot
16:32to sort of
16:32take on
16:33yeah
16:33oh it's
16:34after all these months
16:37of kind of
16:38the stress
16:39of doing it
16:40it's worth it
16:41it is worth it
16:42Even so
16:43I can't help
16:44but worry
16:45Charlie and Sammy
16:46might be taking on
16:47more than they
16:48can cope with
16:49Who's brought up
16:50for you?
16:50No
16:51Get your own
16:51Get my own?
16:54I am a little
16:55bit worried
16:56that they are
16:57so far away
16:59from their home
17:00from everything
17:01they know
17:02and living
17:03in rural Scotland
17:04very very different
17:06from living
17:07in the tight
17:07community
17:08they had in Bracknell
17:09particularly
17:09with the onset
17:10of winter coming
17:11but I wonder
17:13if they might
17:14actually feel
17:15very cut off
17:16and a little
17:18bit lonely
17:18But the couple
17:20are adamant
17:21that teamwork
17:22makes the dream work
17:23so it's full steam
17:24ahead with Charlie's
17:26plans to keep
17:26goats, hens
17:27and possibly
17:28a few more rabbits
17:30Most wives
17:30wants handbags
17:31I want sheds
17:33aviaries
17:33and tunnels
17:34Yeah
17:34But the project
17:36taking precedence
17:38the bunny mansion
17:39Since Kate was
17:42last here
17:42we've been
17:43trying to
17:44find an opportunity
17:45to build a shed
17:45for the bunnies
17:47This is the biggest
17:48bunny hut
17:49you can ever find
17:49People are becoming
17:51more aware
17:52that they do need
17:52more room now
17:53maybe not quite
17:54as much room
17:54as this
17:55but it's nice
17:56because they're
17:56going to make
17:57some different
17:57levels inside
17:58and they've got
17:59a nice warm
18:00area
18:01for when the
18:02weather is bad
18:02in the winter
18:03so they've still
18:03got room to
18:04move around
18:04The challenge
18:07now is making
18:08their flat pack
18:09shed
18:09100% waterproof
18:11All right
18:13is that going
18:13through that place
18:14Yeah
18:14We're good there
18:16now that should
18:16hold
18:16Do you want
18:17to do something?
18:18Yeah
18:18Because Aberdeenshire
18:20lovely as it is
18:21has more than
18:2230 inches
18:23of rainfall
18:24a year
18:24Oh
18:31little bunnies
18:32Sammy's going to
18:34build a little ledge
18:35so they've got
18:36like a little
18:36lookout tower
18:37so they can see
18:38when I'm coming
18:39with their breakfast
18:39in the morning
18:40aren't you?
18:44I'm building
18:45whatever you need
18:45Watch that ladder
18:50I'm watching it
18:52Good
18:53Last nail
18:58going in
18:59and that is
19:02our double run
19:02roof finish
19:03Look at that
19:04Do you want to
19:04jump down?
19:06Let's have a look
19:06at this
19:07That's better
19:09isn't it?
19:09Looks a bit more
19:10like a shed
19:11Yeah
19:11Put the windows
19:13and then
19:13insulate it
19:15and then they'll be
19:16ready to move in
19:17Fit the electrics
19:17and gas
19:18and all that
19:18Can't sleep in
19:20By winter
19:25Charlie and Sammy
19:26have lost none of
19:27their enthusiasm
19:28for country life
19:29Big first step
19:31for our homestead
19:31today
19:32Yeah totally
19:32And today
19:33marks another
19:34milestone
19:35They're about to
19:36become the proud
19:37owners of four
19:38shaver brown hens
19:39We've been preparing
19:40this for this
19:41for some time
19:41now haven't we
19:42and you know
19:43you've been
19:43building the
19:44old home
19:44for them
19:45It took me
19:45six days
19:46to build
19:46the chicken
19:47run
19:47on my own
19:48from scratch
19:49I'm just
19:49looking forward
19:50to the eggs
19:50Their investment
19:53of four hens
19:54at a tenner
19:55each
19:55should give
19:56them over
19:57300 free
19:58range eggs
19:59a year
20:00In you go
20:01You're going
20:07to be trouble
20:07that one
20:08That's it
20:08I can tell
20:09Mind you
20:10any potential
20:11profits
20:11have pretty much
20:12been spent
20:13in advance
20:14Oh listen to them
20:15Right
20:16They've landed
20:17on their feet
20:18Haven't they
20:19Wait till you
20:19get home
20:20As Charlie
20:22has used
20:22the last week
20:23to build
20:24the mother
20:24of all
20:25chicken coops
20:26It's a bit more
20:27out the wind
20:27there isn't it
20:28Better isn't it
20:29So while your
20:32average hen
20:32requires at least
20:33three square feet
20:34of living space
20:35these four
20:36will have an
20:37impressive
20:3732 square feet
20:39each
20:40Go on
20:41There we go
20:43Come and have
20:43a peck about
20:44Yeah I can see
20:46this is starting
20:47with four
20:47In a year's time
20:49it'll be 40
20:50In ten years time
20:52it'll be 400
20:52and it'll be
20:53chicken breeders
20:54And they're also
20:57baking their own
20:58bread
20:59Sammy has
21:00sent me
21:00the evidence
21:01What are you
21:04doing?
21:05Baking bread
21:06Oh
21:07To go with
21:08our nice
21:09free range
21:09eggs
21:10Yeah
21:10Well I am
21:12officially
21:13impressed
21:14Next
21:17the Khalils
21:18put a country
21:19spin on
21:20date night
21:20There you go
21:22Let me even
21:23put your cup
21:24Oh thanks
21:25And while
21:26Sammy's living
21:26the dream
21:27Charlie finds
21:29herself in
21:29at the deep
21:30end
21:30There it is
21:32And that's
21:34left in for
21:34a minute
21:36Two years ago
21:46I was helping
21:47Charlie and
21:47Sammy adjust
21:48to a new
21:49life in
21:49rural Scotland
21:50And with
21:52Charlie's
21:53collection of
21:53animals rapidly
21:54expanding
21:55next on the
21:56list
21:56goats
21:57which brought
21:59us to
21:59Hilbury Farm
22:00in Stonehaven
22:01I thought
22:03it would be
22:04really useful
22:04for Charlie
22:05to meet
22:05another local
22:06smallholder
22:07who has a
22:08passion for
22:09these very
22:10cheeky animals
22:10Are you
22:11gorgeous?
22:12While there's
22:13potential to
22:14make money
22:14with goat's
22:15milk and
22:16cheese now
22:16in huge demand
22:18or the
22:18mohair of
22:19angora goats
22:20selling for
22:21around three
22:21quid a kilo
22:22the Khalils
22:23are instead
22:24joining the
22:25thousands of
22:25others who
22:26keep goats
22:27as pets
22:28Hello
22:30How does
22:34this look?
22:35I thought
22:37you'd like
22:38it
22:38Well I did
22:39think when I
22:40last saw you
22:40and you were
22:41talking about
22:41keeping goats
22:42I thought I
22:43might bring you
22:44to meet somebody
22:45and just give
22:46you a bit of
22:46hands-on
22:47experience
22:48What do you
22:48think?
22:49Come and meet
22:50Agnes then
22:51Not only has
22:54Agnes Aitken
22:55kept goats
22:55for the last
22:5626 years
22:57she's also
22:58the treasurer
22:58of the
22:59Scottish Goat
23:00Keepers
23:00Federation
23:01Hello
23:01Nice to
23:02meet you
23:02Nice to
23:03meet you
23:04Thank you for
23:04having me
23:05Yeah you're
23:06welcome
23:06I believe
23:07we've got
23:07goats in
23:08common
23:09Yep
23:09So well
23:11this is sort
23:12of a goat's
23:12paradise here
23:13if you're
23:14interested in
23:14goats because
23:15we've got all
23:15shapes and
23:16sizes and
23:17colours here
23:17Charlie's dream
23:20is to own
23:20pygmy goats
23:21These are a
23:22miniature breed
23:23often kept
23:24as pets
23:25They're very
23:27affectionate
23:28creatures too
23:29That's what
23:30you love
23:31isn't it
23:31She is a
23:32total softie
23:33I have to
23:33tell you
23:34Well you
23:35will adore
23:36goats then
23:37and they in
23:38return will
23:39adore you
23:39They just
23:40love humans
23:41company
23:41Have you ever
23:42handled a goat
23:43or done anything
23:44with a goat
23:44Strokes and
23:45goats when we
23:46have gone to
23:46petting zoos
23:47I'm like a
23:47little child
23:48when we go
23:48to a petting
23:49zoo
23:49Now this
23:50could be
23:51something special
23:52for you
23:52Would you
23:53like to
23:53handle
23:54these
23:54While Charlie
23:57is all about
23:58the cuddles
23:58if she did
23:59ever want to
24:00breed pygmy
24:01goats she
24:01would have
24:02no problem
24:03selling the
24:03kids
24:04They do
24:05need a
24:05certain amount
24:06of routine
24:06care like
24:07hoof trimming
24:08every four to
24:09six weeks
24:10So if you
24:12just run your
24:13hand down
24:13and when you
24:14get to the
24:14knee lift up
24:15her foot and
24:16with your
24:17secateurs take
24:18off the
24:19growth that
24:20you can see
24:21on the
24:21hoof there
24:22and snip
24:23take little
24:23snips instead
24:24of one great
24:26big chunk
24:27Charlie's a
24:29natural
24:29That's just
24:31smoothed her
24:32off nicely
24:32Tell her she's
24:33done well
24:34That's it
24:36But now
24:38her skills as
24:39a trainee
24:39veterinary nurse
24:40assistant can
24:41really come to
24:42the fore
24:42The way you
24:44take a goat's
24:45temperature is
24:46you have the
24:47thermometer and
24:48push it up
24:49into her bottom
24:49So we want to
24:51try that
24:52and see if you're
24:53confident to
24:54do that because
24:55it is something
24:56that you know
24:57you will have
24:58to do as a
24:59goat keeper
24:59So if I just
25:01turn her round
25:02No
25:04No I can't
25:05Just there
25:06There
25:07There it is
25:08Yeah
25:08Okay so that's it
25:12And that's left
25:13in for a minute
25:15For purposes of
25:16this that's
25:17probably
25:17Yeah
25:18Fortunately
25:19Jilly's a healthy
25:21temperature
25:21and it seems
25:22Charlie's goats
25:23will be in
25:24very capable
25:25hands
25:25A definite goat
25:28keeper
25:28I would see
25:30What do you think
25:31Yeah
25:31Yeah
25:32Ready
25:32Do you think
25:33you're ready
25:33Yeah
25:34Maybe next time
25:36I see you
25:37you'll have goats
25:38skipping around
25:38your field
25:39Agnes thank you
25:40so much for all
25:41your help
25:41You're welcome
25:42Jilly you've been
25:43fantastic
25:44Now I have to say
25:49that I was a little
25:50bit worried about
25:51Charlie keeping animals
25:53because she's so
25:54soppy
25:54and so soft
25:56but
25:57I was proud
25:58of her today
25:59I think she's
26:00going to make
26:00an excellent
26:01goat keeper
26:01and she's going
26:02to have very
26:03happy goats
26:03that's for sure
26:05Now the only
26:14breadwinner
26:15and with work
26:15to be done
26:16it's not all
26:17fun for Sammy
26:18Looking from
26:19home
26:19you know
26:22from here
26:22it is a bit
26:23slow with the
26:23internet
26:24however
26:24it hasn't
26:25changed anything
26:26I can get
26:27my job done
26:28Occasionally
26:29Charlie might
26:30walk in
26:30while I'm on
26:30the phone
26:31to someone
26:31but other
26:32than that
26:32that's
26:33a small
26:34thing
26:34I just
26:34put a sign
26:35on the door
26:35saying
26:35do not
26:36disturb
26:36and sometimes
26:38I just
26:38put that on
26:39there
26:39when I'm
26:39extremely
26:40busy
26:40yeah
26:41But at
26:42the end
26:43of the day
26:43and with
26:43a whole
26:44different
26:44world
26:45now on
26:45his doorstep
26:46Charlie's
26:47not the
26:47only one
26:48able to
26:48explore
26:49her love
26:49of nature
26:50with almost
26:5180,000 miles
26:53of streams
26:53and rivers
26:54in Aberdeenshire
26:55Sammy can
26:56now truly
26:56indulge
26:57his love
26:58of water
26:58a far
26:59cry
27:00from the
27:00canals
27:01near
27:01Bracknell
27:01Today
27:05he's trying
27:06a local
27:07canoe club
27:07for size
27:08and heading
27:09out onto
27:09the water
27:10with the
27:11club's
27:11founder
27:11Jonathan
27:12Kitching
27:13So
27:16Sammy
27:16we have
27:16a canoe
27:17not a
27:18kayak
27:18big difference
27:20a canoe
27:20is something
27:21you tend
27:21not always
27:22tend to
27:23kneel in
27:23and use
27:24a paddle
27:24with one
27:25blade
27:25a kayak
27:26you sit
27:27in
27:27and use
27:28a paddle
27:28with two
27:28blades
27:29the back
27:30seat
27:30person
27:30sits
27:30there
27:31and steers
27:31principally
27:32the front
27:33person
27:33sits
27:33there
27:34and is
27:34the motor
27:35at the
27:35front
27:35your job
27:36today
27:36is the
27:36motor
27:37at the
27:37front
27:37my job
27:38is to
27:38be a bit
27:38of a motor
27:39and to
27:40steer
27:40as well
27:40next stop
27:41the river
27:42D
27:42world
27:49world
27:49famous
27:50for
27:50outstanding
27:51scenery
27:51and of
27:52course
27:53it's
27:53fresh
27:53Scottish
27:54salmon
27:54that's
27:56something
27:56else
27:56isn't it
27:57much
27:58different
27:58to what
27:58I've
27:58been
27:58paddling
27:59on
27:59which
27:59is
27:59a
27:59little
27:59canal
28:00you know
28:00with lots
28:01of people
28:01and dog
28:02walkers
28:03etc
28:03asking me
28:04what I'm
28:04doing
28:04and yeah
28:05a bit
28:06different
28:06to an
28:07inflatable
28:07boat
28:07that I
28:08have
28:08so yeah
28:09so I'm
28:09now doing
28:10a real
28:10thing
28:11yeah
28:11really
28:11exciting
28:12so yeah
28:12going up
28:13in the
28:13world
28:13while
28:15adventure
28:15tourism
28:16is an
28:16industry
28:17Sammy
28:17would
28:18perhaps
28:18love
28:18to work
28:19in
28:19one
28:19day
28:19for now
28:20he's
28:21just
28:21along
28:21for the
28:22ride
28:22so it's
28:24pull out
28:25over that
28:25bank
28:25pull out
28:27onto that
28:27bank
28:28stop
28:29or if I've
28:30lost my
28:30paddle
28:31and come
28:32over to
28:32here
28:33because
28:33we need
28:34to have
28:34a chat
28:34about
28:34something
28:35experiencing
28:39the roller
28:39coaster
28:40rapids
28:40of this
28:41great
28:41river
28:41is just
28:42one
28:42of the
28:43reasons
28:43Aberdeenshire
28:44attracts
28:44more than
28:451.3
28:46million
28:46visitors
28:47a year
28:48a bit of
28:48water might
28:49come over
28:49the bowels
28:50here
28:50so we'll
28:51remind him
28:52of recently
28:52these are
28:53called
28:53water sports
28:54they tend
28:55to get wet
28:55during water
28:56sports
28:56the region
28:59the region
28:59also boasts
29:00eight award
29:01winning beaches
29:02four of the
29:03UK's tallest
29:04mountains
29:05and when you're
29:06done exploring
29:07nature
29:07there's also
29:08more whiskey
29:09distilleries than
29:09anywhere else
29:10in Scotland
29:11even better
29:16it's now
29:17all on
29:18Sammy's doorstep
29:19yeah
29:20really like
29:20that
29:20it's kind of
29:21putting in
29:22perspective
29:22of why we
29:23moved here
29:23in the first
29:23place
29:24you know
29:24just having
29:25that freedom
29:25and real
29:26rivers
29:26and you know
29:27adventures
29:28and I think
29:30Scotland offers
29:30that
29:30that's for sure
29:32speaking of which
29:36this evening
29:37Sammy and Charlie
29:38have one more
29:39adventure in the
29:39diary
29:40a date night
29:41with a difference
29:42just a few
29:52minutes from
29:52their home
29:53this romantic
29:54setting is the
29:55Korean Hills
29:56more than
29:571400 hectares
29:59of forest
30:00and Heather
30:00moorland
30:01there you go
30:03you can put
30:04your cup
30:04oh thanks
30:05how was your
30:07canoeing today
30:08yeah that was
30:08awesome
30:09that was
30:09I'm definitely
30:11going to join
30:11the club
30:11you know
30:12while moving
30:14hundreds of miles
30:15away from the
30:16life they knew
30:17was a risk
30:18it does seem
30:19to be paying off
30:20do you have
30:21any sort of
30:22like any regrets
30:23at all
30:23no
30:24no I thought
30:25it would
30:26and when we
30:26first moved here
30:27I was a bit
30:27like what have
30:28we done
30:28no no regrets
30:31no I'm glad
30:31we did it
30:32yeah no for sure
30:32I'm well happy
30:33about it
30:34don't you love
30:35it when a plan
30:36comes together
30:37here's to a new
30:38life
30:39cheers
30:41next
30:4519 months on
30:47and I'm back
30:48in the village
30:49of Clat
30:49you didn't get
30:51this in Bracknell
30:51no
30:52isn't this amazing
30:55to see how Charlie
30:58Sammy and their
30:59fabulous animals
31:00are finding
31:00country life
31:01honestly you can't
31:03have stopped
31:04building and painting
31:06I feel that's all I've done
31:07for Sammy and Charlie
31:17moving to the country
31:18meant realizing
31:19a lifelong dream
31:20to escape the rat race
31:22to lead a simpler life
31:24and we have a bed
31:26having packed up
31:27and left Bracknell
31:28in 2019
31:29they found a new home
31:32500 miles away
31:33in rural Aberdeenshire
31:35where they've been
31:36hard at work
31:37ever since
31:38huge aren't they
31:39it's the goats
31:41can't reach these ones
31:42inside they've painted
31:46and decorated
31:46throughout
31:47transforming the
31:48once tired
31:49three bed bungalow
31:51into a cosy
31:52country pad
31:52and even more
31:55impressive
31:55is the grafting
31:56they've done outside
31:57building a sprawling
31:59animal sanctuary
32:00in their one acre
32:01garden
32:01including a brand
32:04new 24 foot shed
32:05for some very special
32:07new residents
32:08since I've last
32:09seen them
32:09there's been
32:10a very important
32:12development
32:12so it's a very
32:13exciting day today
32:15we are off to pick up
32:16our little baby goats
32:18piggy goats
32:20Yogi and Alfie
32:22have been settling
32:22in very well
32:24to their new life
32:25not surprising
32:26when they have
32:27their own obstacle course
32:28they're yet to use
32:30the swing
32:30and trampoline
32:32of course
32:33it's 19 months
32:34since I last
32:35saw them
32:35so I want to find out
32:37how the humans
32:38are getting on
32:38hello
32:40hello
32:40is that goats
32:42I see
32:42of course I'm excited
32:43about seeing you
32:44but I'm more excited
32:46I want to see them more
32:47look at this
32:49oh my goodness
32:50Charlie
32:51it's grown a bit
32:51hasn't it
32:52you've done so much
32:54so when I was last here
32:55you'd just done
32:56the bunny shed
32:57haven't you I think
32:58the bunny shed
32:58yeah
32:58and then since
32:59we've built the aviary
33:00they've got an underground tunnel
33:01which goes to their garden
33:02and then all of this
33:05yes all of this as well
33:06so Sammy helped me
33:07put the posts in
33:08for the goat barn
33:09just so we could get them
33:09all level
33:10and then yeah
33:11I built the rest
33:11all on my own
33:12you are amazing
33:13you are amazing
33:16and armed with her new
33:19DIY skills
33:20Charlie's been able
33:21to create an incredible
33:22space for her beloved animals
33:24including a 16 foot
33:26chicken run
33:27for hens
33:28chilli
33:28tuppence
33:29eb and morag
33:30and while the animals
33:33are clearly thriving
33:34sadly Charlie's missing
33:35a few of the original gang
33:38we lost both of our bunnies
33:39since we've moved up
33:40right
33:41so we lost one
33:42we got another friend
33:43to bond with the one
33:43we had left
33:44and then tragically
33:45she passed away
33:46so then we had to get
33:48another one to bond
33:49with the new one
33:49of course she did
33:50so two new bunnies
33:52two new bunnies
33:52and no surprise
33:54Buddy and Beanie
33:55have the run of the place
33:57oh they are lovely
33:59I mean
33:59if this isn't bunny heaven
34:01yes
34:01I don't know what is
34:03meanwhile Pygmy Goats
34:06Yogi and Alfie
34:07are proving themselves
34:09to be the perfect pets
34:10good boys
34:11and just like the ones
34:13we met on Hillbury Farm
34:15all those months ago
34:16these little guys
34:17just love a play
34:19and a cuddle
34:19obviously
34:20I can't resist
34:22look at these two
34:25this is Yogi
34:26he's tiny
34:28he's absolutely adorable
34:29and who's this
34:30this is Alfie
34:31I mean you've waited
34:32a long time
34:34to get these goats
34:35have they lived up
34:37to expectations
34:38they have
34:39they're very noisy
34:40they're more noisy
34:41than I thought they would be
34:42sort of if we're in the house
34:43and they see we're in the house
34:44they'll come and scream
34:45at the window
34:45but yeah
34:46they do like a lot of attention
34:48yeah
34:48though since these little guys
34:51were born in spring
34:52they're still to experience
34:53their first Aberdeenshire winter
34:55unlike Charlie and Sammy
34:58who've now seen two
34:59and survived
35:01to tell the tale
35:02did you have any idea
35:11how brutal the winters
35:12were going to be
35:12no
35:12and especially last winter
35:14we had
35:14it was minus 21
35:15at one point
35:16and we had snow drifts
35:18and the farmers
35:18were trying to clear the roads
35:19and they just couldn't
35:20because the wind was so strong
35:21it was just
35:22so they literally
35:23I think just had to give up
35:24and we were snowed in
35:25so you weren't sort of
35:26hankering after the nice
35:27benign weather of the southeast
35:29no
35:30it was lovely
35:31though it's not been
35:36all beer and skittles
35:37so the goat barn's
35:39not even been up a year
35:39and this is the second roof
35:41which did nearly reduce me to tears
35:43after building it
35:44and I hadn't even lived in it
35:45third chicken roof
35:47well they did move
35:50to the windiest country in Europe
35:52it's all reinforced now
35:53we are sort of putting
35:54some windbreak netting
35:55around as well
35:56so hopefully
35:57as the winters go on
35:58get a bit more prepared
35:59undeterred by the harsher climate
36:02they've also achieved
36:03another one of their
36:04long-term goals
36:05greater self-sufficiency
36:07this polytunnel
36:08constructed over 18 months
36:10after moving in
36:11now houses part
36:12of a thriving
36:13fruit and veg garden
36:14so what crops
36:16have you been growing
36:16in there
36:17so we've had
36:17some broccoli
36:18some carrots
36:19strawberries
36:19cucumbers
36:20tomatoes
36:21you've done quite well
36:23tropical veg
36:24in Aberdeenshire
36:26creating a more
36:29sustainable life
36:30was always part
36:31of their plan
36:31so while it's still
36:33early days
36:33for the allotment
36:34the long-term goal
36:35is for 50%
36:36of the fruit and veg
36:38they eat
36:38to come from the garden
36:40but it doesn't end there
36:43thanks to their four hens
36:45who are laying up
36:45to four eggs a day
36:46they now have the luxury
36:48of fresh eggs
36:49and so do their neighbours
36:52as thanks to the egg
36:53honesty box
36:54outside their house
36:55they're selling up
36:56to four boxes a week
36:58nice
36:58a few pennies in there
37:01pay for their food
37:03pay for a holiday
37:06honestly you can't have
37:11stopped
37:12building and painting
37:14I feel that's all
37:14I've done
37:15lately
37:16Charlie has also
37:19completed her veterinary
37:20nursing assistant
37:21training
37:21which for her
37:23was a lifelong dream
37:25and knowing Charlie
37:26it will be put
37:27to very good use
37:28and while buying
37:29the house
37:30and reducing
37:30their mortgage
37:31by over a hundred
37:32grand
37:33allowed Charlie
37:34to give up full-time work
37:35she's recently started
37:37a part-time admin job
37:38to bring in
37:39some extra income
37:40meanwhile
37:41Sammy is still working
37:42remotely as an online tutor
37:44but even with a full-time job
37:46the slower pace of life
37:48in the country
37:49means he has more time
37:50to dedicate to Charlie
37:52and his other love
37:53the great outdoors
37:55is that a spider
38:00no
38:01what was it
38:02nothing
38:03two years on
38:06there's one activity
38:08that he's still
38:09completely swept away with
38:11quite literally
38:12and when he's not
38:17riding the rapids
38:18of the river spay
38:19which by the way
38:20he's managing to do
38:21twice a month
38:22you might find him
38:25here
38:25in this sprawling
38:27outbuilding
38:27that's been converted
38:28into his very own
38:30workshop
38:31and let's just say
38:33he's been a very
38:34busy man
38:35hello hello
38:38hello
38:38how are you
38:40I'm very well
38:41good to see you
38:42I knew you were
38:43into canoeing
38:43yeah
38:44so have you been
38:45restoring or are you
38:46just doing maintenance
38:47no
38:47I've built this
38:48from scratch
38:49you haven't
38:50yeah
38:50oh my goodness
38:52Sammy
38:52it is beautiful
38:53taking me ages
38:54something I've always
38:55wanted to do
38:55I was going to buy
38:56a canoe
38:56but I thought
38:57you know
38:57what would be better
38:57than just a builder
38:58with my own hands
38:59and take that
38:59on the water
39:00and for a man
39:01who was until
39:02two years ago
39:03using an inflatable
39:04canoe on a canal
39:05in Basingstoke
39:06country life
39:08has certainly honed
39:09his practical skills
39:10and his adventurous
39:11spirit
39:12so you have actually
39:13had some time
39:14to go paddling
39:15as well
39:15have you
39:16camping out
39:16as I go along
39:17been adventurous
39:18since we've been here
39:19oh well that was
39:20the whole point
39:21though wasn't it
39:22I mean that's what
39:23you were so missing
39:24when you were in
39:25Bracknell
39:25was that opportunity
39:26to just go
39:27from your doorstep
39:29out into the wild
39:30that's right
39:31yeah
39:31while I've no doubt
39:34that Aberdeenshire
39:35offers the dream
39:36country location
39:37Sammy and Charlie
39:39also saw huge potential
39:40in the property
39:41from the get-go
39:42and having spent
39:44just 400 pounds
39:45to convert both
39:46outbuildings
39:47into practical spaces
39:48they've also been
39:49super savvy too
39:51this is my workshop
39:52and this is a bench
39:53that I built
39:54to store my tools
39:56and I can do all my projects
39:57I do level work
39:58knife making
39:59for the bushcrafts
40:00and stuff
40:00just a bit of a hobby
40:01you know
40:01there's even more
40:03next door
40:03what was once
40:04an old pigsty
40:05has been transformed
40:06into a home gym
40:08for ex-pro wrestler
40:09Sammy
40:10do you look back
40:12on the house
40:13in Bracknell
40:13and now think
40:15how on earth
40:16did we live
40:17in that place
40:18yeah
40:19absolutely
40:19we've got so much
40:20space now
40:21you know
40:21and so much freedom
40:22to do what we want
40:23and no one's going to bother us
40:24you know
40:24just get on with it
40:25yeah
40:26oh it's brilliant
40:27yeah
40:27this is probably
40:28one of the first things
40:29we built
40:29because you know
40:30it's obviously part
40:31of my health
40:31so I'm just
40:32trying to find my
40:33passion for fitness
40:34again you know
40:35yeah
40:35which reminds me
40:38of the huge life event
40:39that kickstarted
40:40this process
40:41back in 2018
40:43lots of people
40:45dream of doing
40:46what you've done
40:47I mean it was
40:48your health really
40:49Sammy
40:49that was the big
40:50impetus for you
40:51to make this move
40:52wasn't it
40:53that's right
40:53yeah you've got
40:54to do things now
40:55rather than just
40:56dreaming about
40:57you've got to
40:57take the action
40:58and it's always
40:59going to be scary
40:59but now we've done it
41:01you know
41:02not only have they
41:03done what they
41:04set out to do
41:05but having moved
41:06in August 2019
41:07they also faced
41:09a challenge
41:09that no one
41:10saw coming
41:11and obviously
41:12you've gone through
41:13a lockdown
41:14several lockdowns
41:16since you've moved here
41:17have you felt
41:18sort of more
41:19isolated
41:20I think Covid
41:21has probably been
41:22the only impact
41:22that makes you
41:23wish you were
41:23down south sometimes
41:24my uncle
41:25he passed away as well
41:26so I couldn't be there
41:27for my uncle's funeral
41:28and that was really hard
41:29because I had to
41:30watch that remotely
41:31but that's because of Covid
41:33that's nothing to do
41:34with being in the country
41:35yeah we were kind of
41:35in our own little bubble here
41:37when the pandemic hit
41:38weren't we
41:39yeah
41:39we just didn't really
41:41go out anyway
41:41because we were
41:42getting stuff done
41:43and it was winter
41:43so
41:44and in the 19 months
41:47since I last saw them
41:48I can't believe
41:49how much they've achieved
41:50as for the future
41:52well they already
41:53have plans
41:54to add decking
41:55and a hot tub
41:56to the garden
41:57next summer
41:57an outdoor space
41:59that's just
42:00for the humans
42:01and you
42:02I know Sammy
42:03were frustrated
42:04when you were living
42:05in Bracknell
42:06that you didn't have
42:07enough kind of
42:08wild space
42:09around you
42:10and you didn't have
42:12the time
42:13work-wise
42:13to enjoy it
42:14have you found
42:16a better work-life
42:17balance
42:17since you've been here
42:19yeah I mean
42:19if I get stressed
42:20at work or anything
42:21I literally can walk
42:22five minutes down the road
42:23or drive five minutes
42:24down the road
42:24and just get amazing views
42:25yeah
42:26and that'll diffuse me
42:27yeah
42:27was it the first
42:28sort of I think
42:29few months we were here
42:30I came in I said
42:30I feel really content
42:32you could see things
42:32coming together
42:33and all my animals
42:35starting to move in
42:36they're not dreams anymore
42:37yeah
42:37a lot of people
42:38they always say
42:39you know
42:39I'd love to do that
42:40and that was us
42:41we were like
42:42I'd love to do that
42:42I'd love to do this
42:43you know
42:43now just doing it
42:45it's like yeah
42:45it is absolutely amazing
42:47it's hard work though
42:49yeah
42:49but the blood sweat
42:51and tears
42:52to get to this point
42:53have paid off
42:54while they may have
42:56lost their heart
42:56to Scotland
42:57in doing so
42:58they've found
42:59the adventure
43:00they've been longing for
43:01you didn't get this
43:05in Bracknell
43:06no
43:06isn't this amazing
43:10yeah
43:10yeah
43:11oh
43:11does this really
43:13epitomise
43:14what you were dreaming
43:16of back in Bracknell
43:17yeah
43:17everyone's paradise
43:19is different
43:19isn't it
43:20that's right
43:20once you create
43:21that paradise of your own
43:22it's
43:22yeah
43:23you find ways to escape
43:25and this is
43:25yeah
43:26it's not actually
43:27escaping anymore
43:27it's just being
43:28a being
43:28it's being part of it
43:29yeah
43:29but it takes
43:31real wisdom
43:32I think
43:32and self-awareness
43:34to know exactly
43:35what you want
43:36yeah
43:37and then
43:37the courage
43:38to go out and find it
43:39yeah
43:40go after it
43:41yeah
43:41are you proud of yourself
43:43oh absolutely
43:43yeah
43:44you should be
43:46it was a brave move
43:52for Sammy and Charlie
43:53to up sticks
43:54to a part of the country
43:56that neither of them
43:57really knew
43:58500 miles
44:00from their home
44:01but two years on
44:03I think it's
44:03absolutely obvious
44:04that they are
44:05completely thriving
44:07they found
44:08exactly what
44:09they were looking for
44:10a bit more space
44:11peace
44:12a good community
44:14a really good life
44:16and they got
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