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00:10We've made it to World 4 Island.
00:15And here is our first wild ball.
00:20Water pipe!
00:25I've made it!
00:27I've made it!
00:28I've made it!
00:29You
01:03It's supposed to peak summertime.
01:04Yeah, it's supposed to peak summertime.
01:06The weather is certainly hard to read at the moment.
01:11We came together.
01:12Total extremes of weather.
01:13Certainly affected the grass that's growing.
01:15The next major stress, of course, is making crop.
01:20If the grass is shining and the heat is on, we need to be out in the fields making hay.
01:25It's very light, which is worrying.
01:27We also need to get our sheep sheared too.
01:30Oh, good.
01:31The bare belly.
01:32We like that.
01:33Oh my God, it's such a physical thing to do.
01:35It's a young fella's game.
01:36So I'm almost 70 now, so I've got to think.
01:40Think about what comes next.
01:41It's something the family are discussing at the moment.
01:45Where the future lies for everyone.
01:47It's nice for me to pass on my shears.
01:50I know.
01:51I know that I can say, well, it's kind of a real good thing.
01:55You're not like, oh my God, she's way off the desk.
01:58Oh my God.
01:59Goodbye.
02:00You're good.
02:01The way you are cooking.
02:02Bye bye.
02:03You're good, bye bye.
02:04Bye bye.
02:05Bye bye.
02:06Bye bye.
02:08Bye bye.
02:10Bye bye.
01:55We need to keep making progress with the house.
01:58This old plaster's going up.
02:01It's never ending.
02:03I should be reasonably fit by the end.
02:05Of this really.
02:06Plasticise.
02:10I don't think I'll be much used, but I'm willing.
02:16Hey!
02:17Get off those bagels.
02:19There is...
02:20There's absolutely heaps and heaps to do.
02:23It's like graffiti.
02:25It's that continuous pushing forward.
02:29And that's...
02:30It's just the nature of the game.
02:32What?
02:34I mean, there's lots of...
02:35There's lots of distractions.
02:38Yay!
02:39We're pulling a lot of...
02:40different directions.
02:41I've got a big family and a lot going on.
02:45Happy birthday to you.
02:48I think I forgot to...
02:50tell people my birthday's tomorrow.
02:52Make a wish!
02:54Don't actually...
02:55spit all over the cake.
02:56I wish I had this part on the...
02:57Yeah, we did.
03:00Good luck.
03:02Yeah, good luck.
03:04Good luck.
03:05I'll see you next time.
03:35I'll make peacock noises.
03:38It's not a laugh.
03:43We did have some peacock eggs.
03:47Three of them didn't...
03:48We survived.
03:49But I think she still has a baby.
03:51Come on.
03:52Let's go on and look.
03:53Where is she?
03:54Where is she?
03:58Come on.
03:59Come on.
04:01Come on.
04:02I see if I can...
04:03Hold on the track.
04:04That way.
04:06Good one.
04:08I'm not gonna blow.
04:09Come here, buddy.
04:13Okay?
04:14This is your wife's feather.
04:15Can you tell me where it is?
04:17Can you?
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06:47as a bit of a specialist over in kirby like doing the kirk lads
06:52you've taken them back to where they were it suits the area
06:57and it suits the building any other way than this and you have lots of other character
07:02old houses but i'm going to store anything else you know there's people out there
07:07no it's working on it they can tell you a story it's attached to this
07:12what it does you know you you don't get that on a new build
07:17inside you've just got to be patient
07:22just because it took your time
07:27the thing with this site is there's
07:32not being a quick job there's not been a single job we've done what you can say
07:36we're going to be able to crack up
07:37with that and it'll we'll fly through it they're going to be on with us for a week
07:42so just get that final coat on there and then hopefully the house is you know it's plastered
07:47then it's just a matter of waiting for it to dry
07:52yes it's like rest of them we don't like it when it gets too off
07:57if it's too warm today for it
08:02you
08:07Get in the puddle.
08:12Get in the puddle.
08:18Slime.
08:20Jimmy!
08:21Yeah?
08:22Yeah.
08:26Dad's dating.
08:28Don't do that!
08:29What are you listening to, David?
08:32Nothing, at least Dad's quiet.
08:37Come on then, Clem, let's go and have a look if there's anything.
08:42There's not any grass in this field.
08:46We're gonna cut.
08:47Okay, very shortly.
08:49I don't think there's a lot.
08:53It's a beautiful day, eh?
08:54Isn't it lovely?
08:57Because of the drought in the sprig, it seems to have upset these...
09:02It's certainly just quite strange at the moment, the grass in the field.
09:07It should be really thick and heavy now and it certainly isn't.
09:11Now that, look at that.
09:12You're just still on that.
09:13Oh!
09:14That's a lovely thing.
09:15What is that?
09:16Is that an orchid?
09:17Something good?
09:18It's a...
09:21I think it's a...
09:23Devils...
09:25Devils!
09:26Devils but scabious.
09:27Is that right?
09:28Devils...
09:29Devils but scabious.
09:30Is that right?
09:31Clams...
09:32Devils are very interested in all things nature and all things farming.
09:34So yes, you're just a woman to have with you.
09:36And...
09:37great enthusiasm. Do you know what that one is?
09:40Oh, it's a...
09:42I think I know that, but I can't think of it.
09:44Oh, I know, I know, but I can't remember it.
09:47Edible.
09:48Edible?
09:52Edible?
09:53Edible?
09:54Edible?
09:56When I was clumsy...
09:57I spent a lot of time on a farm near to where I lived and it was a little...
10:02lovely old-fashioned farm.
10:05I can remember putting hay and loose where we...
10:07just to sweep it up to the barns and put it in by hand and with...
10:12out being baled and we used to moor just a bit of a field.
10:17I used to call them plats and I feel like this and maybe moor it in three lumps.
10:22So it was a hell of a procedure.
10:24It took all summer, where sometimes now...
10:27they can do a whole farm in an afternoon with these great machines.
10:31It's quite good, we have...
10:32the new machinery.
10:33But then I think we should have kept some of the old...
10:37things we used to have because then now we're always just on...
10:42electric and...
10:43and it's not good for the climate.
10:45So, like, using hot...
10:47glasses and stuff like that, so a CAD would be much better.
10:52you know...
10:57He likes his field being really long and full of grass.
11:02And animals, but unless it hasn't been that many, so he's not really...
11:07He's really happy about it, so he just goes on a bit and then...
11:12He's grumbled and just sits drinking a cup of tea.
11:16There's a...
11:17There's a rattle.
11:18There's a rattle.
11:19And does he rattle?
11:20Can you hear it?
11:21Yeah.
11:22The seeds are inside them little pods, aren't they?
11:24And it all dries out and then they open and the seeds fall out.
11:27And away we go.
11:28We've all...
11:32We've almost passed the time for flowers, I think, haven't we?
11:34They've almost done the thing.
11:36A flower...
11:37A flower attracts a bug and then once the bugs are here, it attracts birds and...
11:42things like that and it just carries on.
11:44Makes a long line that continues really forever.
11:47So they're very important, these meddlers.
11:49A lot of things depend upon them.
11:51Pretty much...
11:52It looks like a lifeline.
11:53It is.
11:56I'm wondering...
11:57Definitely.
11:58Because in all my years here, I've never seen the...
12:02The meadows have been like this before.
12:04I think the best thing to do would be just to try and take what there is.
12:07And see what happens after that.
12:10Well, there isn't going to be many bears...
12:12The meadows have here is the clam.
12:13Uh-uh.
12:14Oh, well, it...
12:15It's a...
12:17Pointy, but...
12:18You can't do much about it.
12:20Hmm.
12:21How's it?
12:22It looks lovely in sunshine, Clem.
12:23It does.
12:27jakieś tea?
12:28It looks lovely in the out Хотяum.
12:30Hello.
12:31Hello.
12:32Hi-ya.
12:33Hi-ya.
12:34Hi-ya.
12:35Hi-ya.
12:36Hi-ya.
12:37I'll be fine.
12:38Hi-ya.
12:39It's lovely.
12:40Hi-ya.
12:41Hi-ya.
12:42Hi-ya.
12:43Hi-ya.
12:44Hi-ya.
12:45Hi-ya.
12:46Hi-ya.
12:48Hi-ya.
12:50Hi-ya.
12:51Hi-ya.
12:53Hi-ya.
12:54...hardly little...?)
12:55Hi-ya.
12:56Hi-ya.
12:37You
12:42Let's see if anything
12:47Everybody's around
12:52Hello
12:54How are y'all?
12:56Y'all looking lovely
12:57Thank you
12:59Look who's here
13:01Look who's here
13:02Happy birthday
13:04Happy birthday
13:05Oh I love the birthday outfit
13:06I especially love
13:07Today it's Nancy's birthday
13:10So me and my boyfriend Tom
13:12That we come up and spend the day here with her
13:14Oh my god look who's here
13:17Yeah
13:18How are you doing?
13:19My friends are meeting you guys
13:21Yeah
13:22Special day
13:22Of course it's a special day
13:24It is nice to have everyone actually gathered together
13:27Otherwise I feel like sometimes it's only Christmas
13:29That you actually see everybody in the same room
13:31And it's
13:32It's nice to see her just so excited about her birthday
13:35I miss her when I don't see her
13:37All the time
13:38I miss all of them
13:39It is just nice to make a bit of a fuss
13:41Here we go
13:42Look what we've got
13:43Happy birthday
13:44All new
13:45Happy birthday
13:47Happy birthday to you
13:49Happy birthday dear
13:52Nancy
13:54Happy birthday to you
13:56Happy birthday to you
13:57What'd you do?
13:58Make a wish
13:59Make a wish
14:02Don't actually spit all over the cake
14:03I wish you had a spat on the cake
14:04It really did
14:05It really did
14:06It really did
14:07I'm really happy because
14:09It's nice to have relatives there to
14:12Just help you blow out those candles
14:15How old are you today, Nancy?
14:17How actually old are you?
14:19Nine
14:20Nine
14:21Well I thought she was either four or five
14:22Four or five
14:23There's nine can not
14:24Can you imagine?
14:25She's actually the little one
14:26She's the small
14:27She's now nine
14:28Yeah
14:29In one year from now
14:30Mum's going to have no one under single digits
14:32Children-wise
14:33That's a bit of a scary fart, isn't it?
14:37The children are growing up
14:39Here we are
14:41And I suppose
14:42As they're growing up
14:44They're
14:45They're
14:46Small
14:47More
14:48Independent
14:49And more
14:50Outgoing
14:51For sure
14:52Right
14:53Get some cake
14:54Get some cake
14:55You want to stay with your family for
14:57Forever
14:58But you want to turn more independent
15:02Free life
15:03So yeah
15:04It's nice
15:07Being one step older
15:09Being one step older
15:12Thank you, Nancy
15:13Hope you have the best day ever
15:15Thank you, Nancy
15:16Hope you have the best day ever
15:17Make it dance
15:19Yeah
15:20Cool
15:21Fun
15:22It's easier to ride a normal bike than this
15:27When you're older
15:28When you're older
15:29You can just remember that day
15:30When everyone was here
15:31No one was busy
15:32They made time
15:33To be there for you
15:35They made time
15:36To be there for you
15:37I think I forgot
15:41I think I forgot
15:42To tell people
15:43My birthday's tomorrow
15:44Not today
15:45Not today
15:46Not today
15:47Um
15:48Yeah
15:49Um
15:50Yeah
15:51Ah
15:52Oh
15:53All the gifts
15:54All the cake
15:55All the cake
15:56All the cake
15:57All the cake
15:57good I think I need more practice
16:02I think I need more practice
16:07Right, that's as ready.
16:27We're here at the middle of July, it's a busy time for us now.
16:32We have grass to cut and the other big thing we've got to do is shear shape.
16:37That'll do.
16:39Everything that has to happen this month is totally dependent.
16:44You'd expect July to be settled and fine most of that.
16:49We've had it baking hot for a few days and now we've had three really...
16:54wet days.
16:55How are you, Nelly?
16:56How are you?
16:59We're at that place where if we can't do one, we do the other.
17:02So, we're just beginning to shear shape.
17:07I think Amanda's going to shear and maybe mile a bit later.
17:12And I'm not even about it.
17:14Hello.
17:15Hello.
17:16I sometimes have an extension of Nelly...
17:20our dog.
17:21I'm just not quite as responsive.
17:23Mmm.
17:24Mmm.
17:25How nice to sit again.
17:26Had it?
17:27Had it nice.
17:28Had it nice to sit again.
17:29It was a joke.
17:31It was a joke.
17:34Right.
17:35We and Amanda, for some crazy reason...
17:38it's worked alright.
17:39We're not together but we can keep things going to suit everything.
17:43and that's what we intend to do.
17:47Do you want a coffee?
17:49I made you a drink.
17:50Well...
17:54Things are good.
17:55And I think being busy plays a huge part.
17:58in keeping everybody's focus.
18:02You're...
18:03Brought me a right packet here to do.
18:07Oh good.
18:08Bare belly.
18:09We like that.
18:10This is the first time these sheep have been clipped.
18:12They're shearing...
18:13Virgins.
18:14So...
18:15They're more wriggly.
18:16They're more woolly.
18:18Because basically they wonder what's happening.
18:23two weeks ago...
18:24Luke,
18:25I was wondering if it's it's bezered.
18:28But again,
18:29if you can explain anything else.
18:30This is a joke.
18:31I can admit,
18:31it's a good David.
18:33This looks really different.
18:34I had a happy reiteration.
18:36You can track it on Sunday through Saturday.
18:37That was what I put in a few weeks.
18:38There was a nice even when I closed.
18:40I could explain how there was a big change.
18:42You can just come home.
18:44Yeah.
18:45Next time Hannah,
18:46Don't tell me liking.
18:51I love shearing.
18:53They always wanted to be able to do every aspect.
18:56Of being a shepherd, traditionally, it wouldn't have been, obviously, a woman's job.
19:00You'd have been...
19:01...wrapping the wool rather than actually clipping and shearing.
19:04So I kind of like that.
19:06I don't feel like I'm sort of, like, just taking the good bits that I'll get...
19:11...my hands dirty and do the hard bits.
19:15But I just like the challenge...
19:16...and people say, oh, my God, it's such a physical thing to do.
19:21And isn't it brutal?
19:23No, it's not brutal.
19:24No sheep were harmed in...
19:26...the clipping of these sheep.
19:27There's not a single cut on them.
19:28Yeah, they might have done a bit of yoga, a few stretches...
19:31...but you know what?
19:32I'm doing yoga and a few stretches in order to do it.
19:36And if you've ever seen a sheep that's got maggots, that's...
19:41...is brutal.
19:42So this is what it's about.
19:43It's about preventing that.
19:44You know, they do not naturally...
19:46...shed their wool.
19:47If you leave them, they will just get woolier and woolier...
19:49...and woolier and woolier.
19:50So it's...
19:51...if it's a welfare thing, the wool has to come off.
19:56I mean, the wool used to be a very important thing.
20:01When I was sheared in a lot of sheep, back in the midst of time...
20:06...we were sheared in 20 pence.
20:08We're clipping on a good day too.
20:11200...
20:12...that I thought it was a fortune.
20:14Absolute fortune.
20:15Guys...
20:16...we're getting 20 quid a week on farm work at that point.
20:19So we were rolling in here.
20:21Oh, smoking cigars.
20:25Drinking and cutting...
20:26...you know.
20:27So yeah, it was great fun.
20:28We had a great time.
20:31Wool was a valuable commodity.
20:35Wool was a valuable commodity.
20:36And it still should be.
20:37And it still should be.
20:38Because it's a natural product.
20:39It's environmentally friendly.
20:41It ticks all the green boxes.
20:45But unfortunately...
20:46...it's fallen out of favour because it also requires a bit more effort.
20:50And...
20:51...and more work.
20:52To actually look after it.
20:56So much better than the world we are down here.
20:59So much better than the world we are down here.
21:00Yeah.
21:01We brought you some ties that are in the fridge.
21:10Yeah.
21:22How are you doing, lads?
21:23I know, Clivey, mate.
21:24How's it doing, all right?
21:25If I eventually...
21:26Oh, yes.
21:30Well, anyways, I'm really...
21:31I'm really pleased that you fellas have turned up.
21:32Can you see again and all that?
21:37It's all moving on.
21:40Finally, these walls are almost finished.
21:42The final cut of plaster's going on.
21:47Well, my old mate, Clivey, is here.
21:50He knows and understands this...
21:52I suppose you call it an art very well.
21:56This must be a partner in crime.
21:57Yeah, that's right.
21:59It's weird.
22:02We used to have a bit of...
22:05Ah, we had some bloody luck.
22:07It's lovely to have a catch-up with him
22:09because back in the day,
22:10me and him used to shear together.
22:12I don't think I'll be much used,
22:15but I'm willing.
22:17Right.
22:17I don't know whether I'm able,
22:19but, yes, I can carry water and so on.
22:21Clivey, as long as you...
22:22You can sign a check, you're of some...
22:24Yeah, yeah.
22:25Oh, that's where you are.
22:27Right, come on.
22:29Let's go.
22:30Ah, let's have a look.
22:31See you.
22:32By doing the old lime plaster,
22:35all the curves and the bends in the walls
22:37and the windows...
22:37There's no square angles at all
22:40and so I think it looks absolutely lovely.
22:42It's perfectly fitting for this old place.
22:46Right.
22:47I'll go in.
22:47I'll go in, I'll pay you.
22:51You don't think, Clive...
22:52Yeah, we're gonna handle this stuff.
22:56Butters the shovel.
22:57Good lad.
22:58Good lad.
23:00Right.
23:00Right.
23:01They let me have a little go.
23:02Well, where do you want me to start?
23:05Anywhere.
23:06And so I just want to be down.
23:07Just force that here.
23:10That is that all?
23:11Well, I've not done ever.
23:12Right, put that bit more.
23:12Yeah, right on.
23:13That's it.
23:14Right, dude.
23:15That's it.
23:16Huh?
23:17It can dry too quickly.
23:22It can dry too slow.
23:22And it has to...
23:23One coat has to be finished
23:25before the next one
23:26at a certain moisture.
23:27And so it's a really, really
23:29complicated thing to do.
23:32Not amazing.
23:36Take, take.
23:37That's what I mean.
23:38You got it drunk.
23:40That's it.
23:42Ah, look at that.
23:42You need a good eye, likely.
23:47How's that?
23:48Say, Clyde,
23:49those have been practising this,
23:50haven't you?
23:51I've never done that before, lad.
23:52I've never skimmed.
23:54Last time he did that,
23:55he was waddling dope like we kill muck.
23:57It's a good atmosphere
24:00and it's a pleasure to be here.
24:02It just makes you realise
24:03how lucky you are
24:05to be in this wonderful place.
24:07Good.
24:07that bit, didn't he?
24:09I wasn't afraid of that bit.
24:10Just put a glass on.
24:12Clyde was a...
24:12To think how this was
24:17when we started.
24:17And how lovely now.
24:20Yeah.
24:20Marvellous, really.
24:21Marvellous.
24:21I couldn't be more pleased.
24:22Marvellous, really.
24:42What's going on now, Clyde?
24:47So, Miley, when he's ready, there's only two sheep left to clip, two hogs.
24:52Right, so I'll go and get the tyre, yeah, and then it's back and then you can unload that, yeah?
24:56Yeah.
24:57Right, okay, yeah.
24:58I think that's the way forward.
25:00Okay, cool.
25:01Come on, Nelly.
25:02Come on.
25:03Come on, Nelly.
25:04Come on.
25:05Come on.
25:06Right, Miley, it's getting a bit more...
25:11Okay, neighbour, it's fine.
25:12Just clip them last ones, please.
25:14Yeah, we do.
25:16Now, you've never clipped with one of these.
25:18Nope.
25:19A flexible one.
25:20I've not.
25:21But, uh, please just have a way to stop.
25:24Okay.
25:24Okay.
25:25Okay.
25:26Okay.
25:27Bye.
25:28Bye.
25:29Bye.
25:32Change of summer.
25:33I started learning a couple weeks ago, and, uh...
25:36I haven't done that many, but I'm getting the hang of it.
25:38Just get to that backbone.
25:41Well done, that's really good.
25:46I mean, if I do another hundred, I might be a bit sick of it this year, but I'll be faster
25:50than mum and dad.
25:51I didn't know time.
25:53Perfect.
25:54Right.
25:55Hello, Miley.
25:56By the time I was eight, I was going to be a farmer.
25:59That was it.
26:00You know.
26:01And nowadays, young fellas, it's changed because there's so much going on.
26:06There's so many options.
26:08There's nothing nicer than this.
26:09If it...
26:10If it...
26:11If it...
26:11If it's in your heart, you know.
26:14A bit rough, quite a while.
26:16Right.
26:17Do I get this other?
26:18Yeah?
26:19Yep.
26:20This is your yow, so hopefully it'll be easier.
26:21I'm the eldest here now.
26:25I'm the eldest here now.
26:26I was on the farm, so I know a lot of the...
26:29A lot of the pressure now is on...
26:31Is it on me, you could say, but, you know, it's just one of them things.
26:35I haven't thought about it in a while.
26:36Into the future of what I'd want to do that far yet, but...
26:39Definitely something with agriculture.
26:41But there's a lot more agriculture in the world than just little old hill farms.
26:47Keep going up there.
26:48Right, that's lovely.
26:49That's lovely.
26:50So now...
26:51Yeah, across now, isn't it?
26:53And you get this leg cleaned out.
26:55Perfectly.
26:56Perfect.
26:58This year, you can stay and do your own sheep or you can do some...
27:01You can even, you know, get qualifications to go abroad and...
27:06Share on a massive scale and open up a lot of job opportunities all over the world.
27:10It's the same.
27:11With a lot of the traditional skills about farming.
27:13So, yeah, it's just a gateway to more, I guess.
27:16I think whatever you do in life, you've got to want to do it.
27:19You've got to love it.
27:20And if you don't...
27:21It's not working for you, is it?
27:24What the future holds?
27:26I guess you can never quite be sure.
27:30So, yeah.
27:31It's something the family are discussing at the moment and to see where the future lies.
27:36It's nice for everyone.
27:41It's nice to me.
27:43I mean, it's nice to see.
27:44So, hold it.
27:46You
27:51You
27:56You
28:01You
28:06You
28:08Don't realize there's such a big drop below here, do you?
28:11No, yeah
28:14The road up to auntie John's is
28:16Problematic at the best of times because it is steep it is rocky it is literally
28:21Carved into the hillside
28:24It has its issues but
28:26Things have taken rather a turn for the worse because about a third of the way up the track on the
28:31Left-hand side
28:32There's been a bit of a collapse
28:36I mean look how wobbly it is through there
28:40The weather
28:41Has a big part to play with this as well because it was so dry at lambing time
28:46And the ground dried out
28:48And then there's been an absolute down
28:51The ground par has basically meant that some foundations have become
28:56Unstable
28:57Yeah
28:58Because you can see all the water that's gone down now
29:01It is absolutely vital that we get it repaired
29:06Because of course we have traffic that needs to get up
29:11To auntie John's
29:12And the very, very, very last thing that we want
29:15Is
29:16To
29:17To
29:18To
29:19To
29:20To
29:21To
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29:45around the place makes everything so much better it makes
29:50everything so much easier everybody is
29:55growing up at a rate of knots and everybody is taking on more responsibility
30:00with the track being so narrow and the bridge being unstable
30:05we're going to bring one of the smaller vintage tractors up today
30:10we're putting them road plates on top of the bridge so it's trying to
30:15spread the weight of all the vehicles on the bridge
30:20basically we need this one at that side and this big one kind of lapped over
30:24ever so slightly
30:25right
30:30so you just shuffle them over there just shuffle them do you know how many
30:33they are
30:35you
30:40We probably got first into like an old machinery and stuff like that when
30:45we were in Barty's first classic tractor and I just started liking it.
30:50I like messing around with machinery and doing farm work.
30:55A hobby and a job really, they don't work.
31:00All right.
31:05Yeah.
31:06Yeah.
31:11Sydney is definitely following in Reuben's footsteps.
31:13And you know what?
31:15I love that.
31:18Don't we try this bar, Reuben?
31:20Oh, you've got it moving there, Sonny.
31:25I'd say it's got a good old dirt.
31:30To be honest.
31:31It doesn't look too bad, does it, really?
31:32I mean, you're not going to go speeding over it, are you?
31:34You're going to take it...
31:35Steady.
31:36Oh, that's really great, so thank you.
31:38We'll see you later, all.
31:45Sometimes just keeping things simple and functional is where it's at.
31:50It's a tractor.
31:51It doesn't have much in the way of any sort...
31:54Well, it hasn't got...
31:55It's got any electronics on it, has it?
31:56Or anything like that?
31:57I'll put an air horn on it.
31:58You'll put an air horn on it, of course.
32:00You have to see it.
32:01It's the rural version of the boy racer.
32:05You know, he wants to have something that impresses his friends.
32:10Maybe even the girls.
32:11Who knows?
32:12See if they work now.
32:15The fact that it comes in the form of a frauds and major...
32:20I think he's good.
32:21You know, once upon a time it would have been a Capri, wouldn't it?
32:24All right.
32:25Oh, some little sort of like hot hatch.
32:30This is very motivational, Sid, but I don't think you're just feeling it, are you?
32:33I am.
32:34Yes.
32:35Do you prefer a sausage roll?
32:36Yeah.
32:37It will do the job temporarily until we...
32:40get someone in who can basically reinstate the bridge and put it back to how it was.
32:45We've transported stone and sand and cement and goodness knows what...
32:50up there on tractors.
32:51There is boogers tight.
32:53There is boogers tight.
32:55Don...
32:56Silverman.
33:02Go.
33:00be honest it isn't over yet we've got a lot of timber we've got floor bars
33:05we've got a lot of materials still to get up there so it's really
33:10important that we obviously have safe access
33:15perfect well that's exactly what we wanted
33:20it to be
33:25you
33:52Well, today we're bailing hay.
33:55I've been strowing out on my little tractor and just to keep turning it over.
34:00Keep it moving.
34:01Keep the sun on it.
34:38You know, we've made it.
34:39We're a little bit late.
34:40We're 10 days later than we should be.
34:42So, by tonight, if nothing breaks, it will be.
34:47over.
34:53Hey, Nikki.
34:54Hey.
34:55Hey.
34:56Get off those bales.
34:57Hey.
34:58You need to help me.
34:59Dad wants us to spray these.
35:02so he knows where they came from.
35:03So, we're going to put hilltop on it because that's the field that they've come from.
35:07So, you can do some of these, but you just do, that's just so he knows.
35:12Which field it's come from.
35:13Some give that a grasp.
35:14And others, H2.
35:15Can you do that?
35:16Mm-hmm.
35:17When you come home.
35:22You are given jobs pretty much immediately as you walk through the door.
35:26And it's just nice.
35:27It's nice to get stuck back in again.
35:28Well done.
35:29Let's go.
35:32We need to do all of these things.
35:36Every single one of these things.
35:37Absolutely no one of these.
35:50Okay, sorry.
35:57Okay.
36:01The other thing, the crops, was almost...
36:06...just half of what they normally should be.
36:11People that haven't enough crop to feed the cattle and sheep in winter...
36:16...to buy.
36:17There isn't a lot out there to buy, so it's going to be incredibly dear.
36:21You have to feed your animals when you swim it.
36:26It hasn't been the easiest of so much, but...
36:31...finally, we've been around, we've sheared the sheep, we've made the hair...
36:36...so yeah, there's a chance that we'll survive another winter.
37:07Hey Dad.
37:08Then let's go and jump in the wall.
37:09Come and jump in the wall.
37:10Yeah!
37:11You want to jump in some wall?
37:12No.
37:13Haha!
37:16You can't be a shepherd if you've never jumped the wall.
37:18In that case, go on, get jumpy.
37:21It's nice to go in the wall with that.
37:26Sometimes.
37:27Because...
37:28Get him out!
37:29And Dad was little, like a young boy.
37:31The young shepherd, he didn't have much wool and it was very valuable.
37:36It's just like life's changed a bit.
37:38No!
37:39Normally, he's always...
37:41...about the hill somewhere.
37:42So it's really nice to just have the moments where you're not...
37:46...in a rush and you can do your own thing.
37:51I don't particularly take time out to entertain them.
37:54They entertain me.
37:55No!
37:56I'm not going to do it.
37:57No!
38:00Right, Lushies.
38:01I want to say a nice double, triple, so much...
38:04Oh!
38:05Oh!
38:06Just do it.
38:07What?
38:08My mask!
38:09Good luck.
38:10My mask!
38:11What are you saying, Clem?
38:12Nancy's very good at doing flips and stuff like that because she's in ballet.
38:15But...
38:16I'm not as good.
38:17Come on, Clem.
38:18Come on, Clem.
38:19Come here, Lushies!
38:20Come here, Lushies!
38:22Clem is better at catching sheep and shearing.
38:25Come on, Clem.
38:26Look at his muscles.
38:27And then look at his...
38:28Look at his...
38:29Look at his...
38:30Look at his...
38:31See, he's like...
38:33Yay!
38:34Ooh...
38:35Hi!
38:36As long as I can hear them laughing and not crying, we're fine.
38:40I did it!
38:41I really love my dad and it's nice to spend time with him.
38:46And you're just doing something that you both want to do.
38:51And it's just nice to be with your family.
38:56Good luck.
38:58It's Aspen time with dad.
39:01Because they normally, they don't really get any days off.
39:06Well done.
39:08Just like little moments.
39:10It's kind of bonding.
39:11One last time and I want you to do a flip-overs.
39:14His dad jokes aren't that good.
39:16Good, good.
39:19Well done, lasses.
40:24See how strong she is.
40:42That's it.
40:43No.
40:43No.
40:44No.
40:45No.
40:46No.
40:47No, no, no.
40:48They can really immerse themselves in...
40:47what the living arrangements would have been like through there
40:52around down and off do you know what i like
40:57that you're all sitting here chatting whilst you're doing that and that
41:02is how it would have been you wouldn't have been on socials you wouldn't have been tick tocking
41:07hey guys how you doing this is my snooze oh my god
41:12and subscribe because of
41:17the sort of place that we're at now with the restoration of Auntie John's.
41:22I feel like there's actually things that I can glean from this place.
41:27Of course, it's giving me a bit of inspiration and hopefully pointing me in.
41:32In the right direction with some of the fixtures and fittings.
41:37In our garage, we've got quite a lot of these bits and pieces.
41:42I've got this mind of information within the diary.
41:47But I want to be able to visualise it.
41:49So anything that helps bring the place to life.
41:52It gives me ideas and inspires me.
41:54It's got to be good.
41:55We're a fireplace fill-up.
41:57Yeah, all right.
42:01Now then, this is...
42:02This is definitely what we've been looking for here, isn't it?
42:05Yeah.
42:07This is all about taking out the temporary stove that we put...
42:12in the fireplace and fit in something more like...
42:17what would have been there originally.
42:20Got this bit?
42:21Yes.
42:22Half of this bit coming out from the other side, but we need to...
42:27reassemble, reassemble the ridge.
42:29It's made up of components, isn't it?
42:31It is, yeah.
42:32And we need to find the components.
42:33I'm not even bothered whether it matches.
42:37I was reckoning we only had the room to put an oven and then a...
42:42decent-sized gray, but looking at this, it doesn't...
42:47size-wise...
42:49It's very deceiving just what's gone in there, actually.
42:52I want...
42:52I want it, obviously, to look the part, but really, really...
42:57it has to work, it has to actually function for me.
43:01I mean, that...
43:02that's your boiler, so that's where your water goes.
43:06When I talk to someone who...
43:07lived at Ravensea back in the 20s, he remembered opening the window...
43:10of a cylinder boiler with snow.
43:12When it comes to doing something somewhere like Auntie John's, it's...
43:17because it's not an off-the-shelf kind of a place, a lot of what we're doing is seeing
43:21what you can...
43:22financing what you can put together, because it's a unique place.
43:26You can...
43:27cover everything, can't you?
43:28Absolutely.
43:29You've got your hot water, you can cook, you can...
43:30fry.
43:32So, really speaking, this is sort of the next challenge ahead.
43:37After the plaster work is done, it's to get that fireplace working and looking good.
43:43I want to see the cow's face.
43:45I want to sit on my stool.
43:47I want to sit on my stool.
43:49Come on, you lot!
43:51It's time for a...
43:52just to get ourselves back to the farm.
43:57like cleaning stove, it's time for a meal.
43:58I want to sit on your stool...
43:59It's time for gentleman.
44:00A
44:33I think that is incredible.
44:38I've already gone from derelict ruin to house.
44:43I feel like we're just on the cusp of actually becoming home.
44:47Home.
44:48I feel like we're just on the cusp of actually becoming home.
44:52I feel like we're just on the cusp of actually becoming home.
44:53The people that I've had on plastering, the builders call up Richard.
44:58They've done a fantastic job because they understand it.
45:02They haven't...
45:03They haven't tried to straighten things out.
45:06Look at it!
45:07Look at that!
45:09Look at that!
45:12This epitomizes everything.
45:17This epitomizes everything that we as a family are about.
45:20It can withstand storms.
45:22It can stand the test of time.
45:24And hopefully it's here for posterity for the kids.
45:27If you think of what I...
45:32What it actually was in the beginning.
45:33It was literally a complete ruin.
45:37I mean, you could see the sky from here.
45:42But look at it.
45:44It is far above.
45:47Any expectations that I had.
45:50I mean, here I have actually gone.
45:52But the reminder of where we began.
45:55So this beautiful painting...
45:57actually is of Auntie John's in its original state.
46:01It was painted by...
46:02a local artist.
46:03And it's going to take pride of place...
46:05here at the house.
46:07He he he he.
46:08He and Laura Sidney
46:14I can feel it.
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