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00:01Have you done this before? Smooth right? That was a fluke. Yeah so do it again for me.
00:10That's better than me. I like it.
00:45The stunning River Tweed. I know and this river is very famous for its salmon fishing.
00:51People travel from all over to try and catch the king of the fish. And Sammy this is a place
00:55that's
00:56very close to your heart isn't it? It's very close to my heart. I was brought up really close to
01:00here.
01:01Honestly you are so fortunate to grow up in a landscape like this but from the traditions
01:05and the livelihoods to the health of the river itself we are here on the eve of the new salmon
01:11fishing season to see how the local community around here prepares for the year ahead.
01:20Straddling the border between Northumberland and the Scottish borders,
01:24the River Tweed's tributaries flow through the towns of Kelso and Hoyk.
01:31With the new salmon season just days away we're spending time with the people that depend on the
01:36river seeing how it shapes everyday life here. Hey it's good footage isn't it? That was a salmon
01:42it's got a forked tail. There's a mischievous creature here the otter loves to come through the fish pass.
01:52There's a wee bit scruffy in it. Yeah we are. It's okay you can see it's a wee bit scruffy.
01:56You can catch the biggest fish on the scruffy flan. We'll see.
02:01Press on the two green buttons there and we'll see how it weaves.
02:13And away from the river Tweed, Tom investigates a surge in illegal hair coursing.
02:20That's left farmers in some areas fearing for their own safety. The danger is there's going to be a road
02:26accident or a farmer is going to approach these hair courses possibly outnumbered and end up being
02:32beaten up or in hospital or worse.
02:47The beautiful bonnie borders where I was brought up. These banks and these rivers hold such a special place in
02:55my heart.
02:56So many childhood memories of having picnics on the banks and playing in the river on them.
03:02A couple of hot days every year. Going in getting my toes wet and holding my dad's hand.
03:08Yeah it's memories that I'm really really fond of. It's super peaceful. You just want to sit down
03:14and read a book. The noise of the river. It's all very calming.
03:22But beneath the surface it's a very different pace of life. Soon these waters will fill up with
03:28Atlantic salmon making their hundred mile journey upstream from the open ocean to the protected
03:34waters of the River Tweed. As Atlantic salmon move from the sea to the river to spawn hormones
03:42trigger a colour change from silver to darker reds and greens signalling a readiness to mate.
03:49While some of these salmon will die after reproducing others will make their way back
03:54to the ocean before returning to the river to spawn again. It's this annual migration that brings people
04:01back to the Tweed year after year shaping life here over generations.
04:07I can't say that I know a lot about salmon fishing but I do know that the River Tweed and
04:13the salmon
04:13that come here to spawn are a vital part of life here.
04:18And what better time than now for me to learn about fly fishing in this, the river I grew up
04:24beside.
04:30The Tweed is best known for its salmon but over the last 40 years numbers have fallen right across the
04:36UK
04:37and the Tweed is no exception.
04:41To help protect the species most net fisheries on the river were shut down in the late 80s.
04:48And these days anyone fishing here must follow a strict catch and release policy
04:52with salmon numbers monitored closely.
04:55I'm at Galla Water, one of the Tweed's tributaries.
04:59For more than 25 years, James Hunt, senior biologist at the Tweed Foundation,
05:04has taken on the near impossible task of counting the salmon.
05:08James, how are you? Nice to see you.
05:11By tracking how many young fish leave the river and how many return,
05:15James can gauge the health of the river and the salmon's habitat.
05:18And with just days to go until the spring salmon arrive, there's maintenance to be done.
05:29Right, so here's the fish counter.
05:31Oh, okay.
05:32This is where...
05:32Yeah, up to 5,000 fish in a year will pass through that narrow gap.
05:38Yeah.
05:39All you can see there is a light tunnel, stainless steel,
05:42where we've got the fish counter and we've got the camera,
05:44and then we can look in to see the fish that are coming through.
05:49How does it actually count them?
05:49Well, what we've got down there is an infrared scanner.
05:52Ooh.
05:53So a series of infrared beams invisible to the eye because it's infrared.
05:57And as the fish goes through, it creates a shadow as it goes through and blocks the infrared beams.
06:03Right.
06:03And then it gives you a shape of the fish.
06:06We rely on the technology, but there's still a human element where every single recording has to be checked.
06:13Is it a fish?
06:14Is it a twig?
06:15Is it turbulence?
06:16We can look at that.
06:17That is a big task, Ben.
06:20And now we're going to go in there and we're going to clean the glass on this side,
06:24and then there's a white wall on the back.
06:26And I can actually watch live on my phone to check that you're doing it properly.
06:31Oh, that's a good idea.
06:33Okay.
06:34So I'm going to tell you if you've missed a bit or not.
06:37You can see your scrubbing brush in there.
06:40There we are.
06:40So you're cleaning the glass there.
06:42It's amazing actually how responsive it is.
06:44How responsive.
06:45Yeah, there's no lag on that at all.
06:47So I think you've done a pretty good job on the glass.
06:50Now you need to turn around on the white board on the back.
06:52On the back.
06:55So the key to the back plate is that it gives you a good clean image and a nice silhouette.
06:59In summer, the algae grows up on it.
07:02That is pretty good.
07:03I will give you a job.
07:05I'll do your boots while I'm at it.
07:06There you go.
07:07Get the weirders.
07:10Teeth.
07:12Believe it or not, we are looking for an assistant biologist.
07:15So if you want summer work or indeed a permanent job, submit your CV please.
07:21There you go.
07:22Excellent.
07:23So that's ready then for the counting.
07:24That's ready for the season now.
07:25And then the data is recorded.
07:28Back to the office.
07:29So through here we'll get around 5,000 fish.
07:33The next part of being an assistant biologist is learning how to differentiate salmon.
07:39So here we are.
07:40Hey, it's good footage isn't it?
07:41That was a salmon.
07:43It's got a forked tail.
07:44Now that's a male fish.
07:47Cock salmon is called.
07:48It's got a kite.
07:49It's got its colour.
07:50It's ready to spawn.
07:51Right.
07:52And obviously if you've got cameras on here that's capturing all sorts of things.
07:56What other species do you get swimming through here?
07:58There's a mischievous creature here and if we just look on this video here the otter loves to come through
08:04the fish pass.
08:05I think this particular video is playing with a stick in here but you'll see the otter chasing the fish
08:11backwards and forwards.
08:12We've got videos of families of otters coming through here.
08:15Wow.
08:15When the salmon are leaving the river the otter knows that they're passing down through this fish pass.
08:21Look at that.
08:23So with regards to the amount of fish that are coming through here.
08:27What was let's say last year's count?
08:29So last year's count 1600 salmon came through through here and that is very close to the average.
08:35So since since we put this count in it's quite remarkable that there's been no decline in the salmon on
08:41this tributary.
08:42So are you looking at this as a scientific example of what can be done in other areas to try
08:47and help that population?
08:49Exactly.
08:49So this is our monitored river.
08:51We understand every part of the life cycle and that helps us with the understanding of the rest of the
08:56catch
08:57and what we can do.
08:58Yeah.
08:58I mean what can you do in the other areas if you've got that decline?
09:02It's a challenge because the biggest factor is the numbers that are coming back from the sea.
09:06But our responsibility is when those fish come back into the river or they're spawned in the river
09:11or reared in the river.
09:12Our responsibility is to look after them as best we can.
09:15That means salmon when they come back as many of them get to the spawning ground as possible.
09:20They have the least amount of stress to get there.
09:23And then when they're there and they spawn the habitat is the best quality.
09:31When the salmon return it's all about the journey they face and the habitat waiting for them at the end
09:36of it.
09:37Project officer Jane Gibson is working further upstream closer to the tweed's source.
09:43It's headwaters.
09:45She's trying to improve the area where the salmon will spawn.
09:49Jane how are you?
09:51Hi Matt.
09:51Nice to see you.
09:52Nice to see you too.
09:53What work have you been doing around here to help the population?
09:56So here in the headwaters one of the main stressors is thermal stress.
10:01So as we've had more droughts and heat waves we've seen an increase in river temperatures.
10:07Right.
10:08So that has a negative impact on salmon.
10:10Then they struggle in the warm waters and so we need to try and keep nice cool water for them.
10:15And so we're planting trees here to provide dappled shading.
10:19And so the dappled shading is very important because it lets in just enough light and warmth
10:24for plants and the invertebrates below to thrive.
10:26Yeah.
10:27But it keeps out the heat of the sun and it means that the water temperature remains nice and cool.
10:35The hope is that by planting saplings now the landscape here should look a bit more like this in 10
10:41years time.
10:43So this is the chosen spot, is it for a few new saplings?
10:47Yep.
10:47Little whips that you've got in there.
10:49We have some alder, downy birch and goat willow.
10:53So this is a mixture of native frog leaves.
10:55And these three species, they all cook well, they thrive in damp conditions.
11:00So they grow really well near the watercourse.
11:02Yeah.
11:02This is their natural environment.
11:05Put it in.
11:06Yeah.
11:06Give it a bit of wiggle.
11:09And then whilst the spade's still in the ground, you kind of slot your plant into the gap there.
11:14Yep.
11:14And then you heel it in with your foot to make sure it's nice and snug.
11:18Great.
11:19And distance-wise to the next one?
11:20Three metres in between.
11:22So three paces should be great.
11:27Here?
11:28Yep.
11:28Brilliant.
11:31There we go.
11:32Yeah.
11:33And then we heel it in.
11:35Super.
11:36So we plant a mixture of native frog leaves and they're all different shapes and sizes.
11:41Their leaves are all different shapes and sizes as well.
11:44And how many trees have you planted then, since you started this?
11:46Do you know?
11:47So Tweed Forum have planted over one and a half million trees throughout the tree catchment
11:51over the last two decades.
11:53Wow.
11:54I'll tell you what, this valley's going to look very different, isn't it?
11:57Anywhere between five and ten years, these trees will become established.
12:01Mm-hmm.
12:01So their roots all are vetted in.
12:03They'll be casting that dappled shading.
12:05But also it'll link in with other woodlands and hedges, so it creates habitat corridors.
12:09So it's beneficial to a wide variety of local wildlife.
12:12And you think how beautiful it's going to be down here.
12:15The wildlife that's going to be here, the salmon that's going to be here.
12:17It'll be absolutely delightful.
12:19Will be.
12:29I'm ashamed to admit it, that even though I'm a local and I know about these rivers, I know very
12:35little about fishing.
12:36And even less about how to make a fishing rod.
12:42But I'm hoping Neil Fox can change that.
12:45An avid fly fisherman originally from Newcastle, Neil left his working life in the US to save
12:51a long-established family rod-making business.
12:55Now based in an old tweed mill by the river, he's busily making and repairing rods ahead of this
13:01year's new salmon fishing season.
13:05So how did you come about to do this?
13:07I was doing rod building as a hobby.
13:10And my old job, I worked offshore in the oil and gas industry and we used to fish a lot
13:14off the boats.
13:15A lot of guys would build fishing rods and we'd tie flies and make lures and weights and all that
13:21stuff.
13:21And that's how I initially got into it.
13:24Neil's hobby turned to a business when the long-established Bruce and Walker rod makers fell on hard times.
13:32That was when they were talking about closing everything up basically.
13:36Gosh, that would have been such a shame to watch a craft like that die hours.
13:40Oh, it would have been tragic.
13:42Now, Neil and his team make around 500 rods every year, with each one taking up to 10 days to
13:49make.
13:49They're made in sections.
13:51The carbon fibre blank is built first.
13:53And Neil's offered to show me how they do it.
13:56So we were originally making them with split cane and then they decided to go to fibre glass and carbon
14:03fibre.
14:04So this is the first stage of the process?
14:06Yeah, this will be the part of the rod that actually holds the sections together.
14:09And even fishermen don't really often see this part.
14:12Yeah.
14:13We're going to mark it and cut it on the guillotine, which is the next step.
14:16Okay.
14:16And that's over there.
14:17So I want to make sure that I've got it all lined up here.
14:20And then I'll just apply some pressure to this.
14:23Okay.
14:24And you'll have to give it some welly.
14:27Okay.
14:27And come down on it hard.
14:29Hard?
14:30Yep.
14:34Did I do it?
14:35No.
14:36You've got to hit it quite hard.
14:40Oh, no.
14:41I ruined the rod.
14:43That's all right.
14:43Let me cut another piece real quick.
14:45And then...
14:47Ah, you've done that before, haven't you?
14:49With the flat piece of carbon fibre cut to length, it's then rolled around a steel bar or mandrel.
14:56So now we're going to come over here.
14:57This is where we put the carbon onto the bar.
15:00Yeah, we've been using these for years.
15:01They're made out of metal and the carbon wraps around them.
15:04So you're going to line it up at that end and at this end.
15:08Okay.
15:09And you're going to stick that down.
15:12Perfect.
15:14Right.
15:19Okay.
15:20And when I tell you, hit that emergency stop button.
15:22Okay.
15:22Keep going.
15:25Now.
15:25Yep.
15:27Ta-da!
15:28And that's it.
15:29It rolls it up.
15:30And that's going to be the fishing rod.
15:32That was fun.
15:34While the materials may have changed, the skills haven't.
15:37Each rod is still crafted by hand, using techniques refined over generations.
15:43I think it's quite important for people to know, you know, if they've bought one of these rods,
15:48where it's come from.
15:49I think they like the idea that they're made here in Scotland.
15:52Fishing tradition is really strong here.
15:54Fly fishing originated in Scotland.
15:57We're using local products and local people in the community that are working here.
16:01Do you have to do anything different to the rods for them to work really well in the river tweed?
16:06It has a lot to do with the size of the river.
16:09If you've got a very wide river, a very big river, usually you use a bigger rod.
16:15Because you want to be able to get across the river.
16:17And a longer rod is going to let you cast further, generally.
16:20But in sections of the tweed, it's quite wide.
16:22And you want to be able to reach the really good spots where the salmon are going to be hanging
16:26out.
16:27Each section is baked for around four hours.
16:30And a complete rod is typically made up of three or four sections.
16:35So this one's just come out of the oven?
16:37Yep.
16:37I can still feel a little bit warm. It's quite nice.
16:40How many rods on average are you making?
16:42Right now we make about 50 rods a month.
16:46It's a beautiful tradition that you want to keep alive.
16:48It is, yeah. And it's a lot of fun to do it.
16:50And you get invited to go fishing with people.
16:52And, you know, just being a part of the whole thing is really great.
16:56Once the carbon rod is removed from the mandrel,
16:59it's cooled and painted before being finished.
17:03So these have already been painted, these beautiful colours?
17:05This one's been painted.
17:06And the whippings, the thread part has been put on already.
17:10It's so intricate, isn't it?
17:13What would you say is your favourite step?
17:15I like finishing because you can see it all come together.
17:19Yeah.
17:20This is basically a varnish.
17:21Okay.
17:22It's an epoxy type varnish.
17:27Just pick some up on the brush and then just drop it on there and then flatten it out.
17:32Oh, into the middle here as well?
17:33Anywhere, yeah. All the way along.
17:35And then push down on it and flatten it.
17:38Okay.
17:38And go over a little bit more.
17:40Stop right at the edge.
17:42You're going to go back over it again.
17:44See those air bubbles that are forming?
17:46Yeah.
17:47That's actually the air that's trapped under the threads.
17:51And it's going to come through.
17:52Oh, okay.
17:53Okay.
17:53So what I'm going to do, I'm going to hit the whole thing with the heat.
17:56Not too much.
17:57And I'm going to direct the flame underneath and then the bubbles will pop.
18:02Yeah.
18:03Thank you so much for showing me this incredibly beautiful and intricate process of making a fishing rod.
18:09I've got a little cheeky request because I'm really hoping to be able to do a little bit of casting
18:15myself.
18:15And I was hoping, but I imagine I'll be better with one of your beautiful rods.
18:20So I was wondering if I could borrow one.
18:22I had a feeling you might ask that.
18:24So we just happened to have one right here.
18:26Perfect.
18:26Which you can use.
18:27Thank you so much.
18:29Ah, see, that's nice and light.
18:30I'll be, I'll be so much better with this.
18:45Now, away from the river and Tom's been investigating the illegal use of dogs to hunt hares.
18:52With reports suggesting hair coursing is spread into new areas and leaving some farmers frightened to go on their own
18:59land.
19:00A warning, you may find some of the content in his report upsetting with scenes of animal cruelty.
19:11While fields are still bare, they're at their most vulnerable.
19:14That's because open land like this with clear sight lines and almost no cover is ideal hair coursing territory.
19:25But for farmers, that means months of trespass, damage and intimidation.
19:32Hair coursing has a long history in the UK and for centuries it was considered a sport.
19:38Hounds are used to chase hares with bets often placed on how many turns a hare makes.
19:44before it is caught and brutally killed.
19:48Banned in 2005, the culture has persisted, taking place on farmers fields day or night.
19:58With hair coursers sometimes travelling large distances to carry it out.
20:06Police say that dogs can be worth thousands of pounds and it often involves organised criminal gangs
20:12who can turn violent if approached by the public.
20:15The law was tightened three years ago to introduce tougher sentencing and unlimited fines,
20:21but it seems the problem is still getting worse in some parts of the country.
20:34This footage was filmed and then posted online by hair coursers in Wiltshire just over a year ago.
20:44They're driven onto fields in multiple vehicles to chase hares.
20:48When they were spotted by the farmer and his wife, they surrounded the couple's red car.
20:53Oh, he's got some sport now, isn't he? He's got some sport now, isn't he?
20:57Which was then rammed and pelted by catapults.
21:07In the Vale of Glamorgan, Chris Edwards grows wheat on his thousand acre farm.
21:13Last October, within days of freshly sowing this field,
21:17hair coursers tore up the ground with their vehicles.
21:23Morning, Tom.
21:25It's pretty stark, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.
21:27And it's pretty deep as well and this has been a few months ago now and it's still very,
21:30very clear in the field. Yeah, and the block is three or four fields
21:33so they've been in every field chasing hares, so it's done quite a bit of damage.
21:37This wheat has been grown to feed our cattle next winter
21:40and you come out in the morning and somebody's been driving around in it.
21:43Is it just about the financial damage? No. I take pride in our work and pride in how we grow
21:48our crops.
21:49The worst part about it is the fact that somebody's actually watching you.
21:52You know, the day we clear a crop, within 24 hours they're in the field chasing hares.
21:57Chris says hair coursing in the area has become rife, leaving mangled gates,
22:02destroyed hedgerows, abandoned vehicles and even livestock attacked by the hair coursers' dogs.
22:09In the past we had a hunting dog abandoned or left overnight
22:12and he's just been picking lambs off, killing them and leaving them for dead.
22:17How many do you think you lost?
22:1820, 30. Wow. Yeah.
22:20In a bid to protect his land, Chris has placed large tree trunks in front of every gate
22:25and potential entrance to his farm. He says it's a massive inconvenience to his business
22:30and has also led some hair coursers to access fields via his main driveway.
22:37I'm out and about quite a lot. My wife and children are left at home in the house. So yeah,
22:41it is a concern that they are prepared to come close to my property, especially in the night.
22:47We don't know who they are or what they're going to do. When you do actually catch up with them,
22:52they are very abusive. A friend of mine farms not far from here, he stopped in a field gateway,
22:57noticed there's a hair coursers there and they stuck a metal bar through his picker window.
23:02It's an atmosphere of fear, isn't it?
23:04A hundred percent. There's always that threat of we'll come back and burn your barns down
23:07or smash your kit up or let your stock out on the road or cut your fences.
23:11In September, NFU Cymru called on South Wales Police to provide more support to farmers.
23:17The force told us their officers had been...
23:20Engaged in a dedicated operation tackling hair coursing in the rural farmland area of the Vale of Glamorgan
23:26since July 2025.
23:31So how widespread is illegal hair coursing and what evidence is there that it's getting worse?
23:40Countryfiles submitted freedom of information requests to police forces in England and Wales.
23:45More than 30 forces responded. Overall, we found that in the last year,
23:51these police forces had seen a 36% increase in reports made to them referring to hair coursing.
23:58Some forces had seen consistent increases in those reports. Over the last three years,
24:04Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire and West Mercia had seen some of the bigger rises.
24:11And while traditional areas for hair coursing such as Cambridgeshire and Essex also saw an increase
24:17over the last three years, some forces, including hotspot Lincolnshire,
24:21saw a decrease in reports over the same period.
24:26So could an increase in reports in some areas be a result of intensive policing elsewhere.
24:41It seems that some areas within policing have decided to take a tougher approach than others.
24:46Is there an extent to which you're sort of shifting the problem elsewhere?
24:50We are seeing displacement. So we are seeing increasing in hair coursing in areas which have never used to be
24:57suffering.
24:58However, as a whole, and from my experience of working rural and wildlife crime for many years,
25:04we are winning the battle.
25:05How important is illegal hair coursing to the police?
25:09It's extremely important. It's now seen as a priority for rural crime teams up and down the country.
25:15And now we have stronger legislation, we have stronger policing powers, we can actually seize dogs,
25:22seize vehicles. We're seizing basically everything that's used in the commission of these offences.
25:28One police force that's launched a high profile effort to tackle the problem is Wiltshire.
25:34I am trying really hard to re-prioritise rural crime.
25:39Between September 2024 and August 2025, police say hair coursing and poaching here rose by nearly 22%.
25:48But the force is also arresting more offenders, thanks to night-time operations like this,
25:54which bring farmers and local police together to spot and arrest hair coursers.
25:59It's led by the local police and crime commissioner Philip Wilkinson.
26:04I have started Operation Ragwalk amongst the five police forces of the South West.
26:10That is an intelligence-coordinated operation so we can better target our scarce resources
26:17to where it can have most effect and stop this criminal activity.
26:22And why does this particularly matter to you?
26:24The real threat in Wiltshire to my farming communities is these serious organised crime gangs,
26:32who, when confronted by the farmers, they will cause any amount of harm.
26:36They are morally corrupt and they don't care who they injure.
26:41This coordinated effort includes local farmers who've been hit hard.
26:46We've had an awful lot of hair coursing in our area in the last six weeks.
26:50It's got really bad. Just over the weekend we had two different courses on our farm.
26:55What are you planning to do tonight?
26:57Well, I think the plan is for everybody to disperse into their own areas, be connected on walkie-talkies,
27:04and if we see anything that we think is suspicious, call it in, and we should have a huge response
27:10from the police force.
27:12And if there's any confrontation, armed officers are involved too.
27:17Multiple times I've dealt with poachers. Just the other day I had a vehicle four-up stop them.
27:23Again, they can put up a bit of a fight if they want to.
27:26A lot of times, with our presence, especially being farmers officers, they do comply with us.
27:31So, with everyone briefed, it's time to head out.
27:35This is a big operation. There must be four police vehicles here,
27:39and around eight or ten farmers in their own trucks.
27:42They're very keen to either catch or see some coursers,
27:46or reassure the local population that they're really on it.
27:52I'm joining Inspector Andy Lemon on patrol.
28:00And it's not long before a radio call comes in.
28:05We're off to somewhere known locally as Ram Alley.
28:08And what do we think is happening there?
28:09So, we've had a sighting of a suspicious vehicle with nails getting out of it with torches.
28:18When we arrive, there's no sign of the suspects,
28:21only clues as to why this area might attract haircoursers.
28:25You can see why they come here, lots of open ground and access to it.
28:30As you can see there, there's a hair moving around over there.
28:34Yeah, yeah.
28:34And there's evidence of previous activity.
28:37I think there are lots of tracks down here as well.
28:39Lots of tracks as well, yeah.
28:40And I mean, this is locked with a chain and a bolt. Would that mean anything to them?
28:44They will just cut straight through that. They'll have bolt croppers.
28:47They're that determined. They'll just drive through.
28:48They don't care about their vehicles.
28:51We head off and wait for further reports, but it's a quiet night.
28:56Then, as we make our way back into town,
28:59we spot a vehicle that Andy decides needs to be pulled over for a check.
29:05We're doing an operation tonight linked to haircoursing.
29:09Yeah.
29:09All right.
29:10But it turns out it belongs to an innocent local lad,
29:14who understands the threat posed by haircoursing.
29:17Most of my friends, they're farmers around the area,
29:19and the last two months they've been on it up here, haircoursers.
29:25So you're a bit surprised when you got pulled over?
29:27Yeah, no, I was, to be fair.
29:29But he told you why and you understand that?
29:31Yeah, I completely understand what they're trying to do.
29:34They're trying to do their job.
29:36The only way you're going to crack down on that, I'm afraid.
29:39Police say operations like these help reassure the public
29:43the problem is being taken seriously.
29:45And a few weeks later, in exactly the same area,
29:48two men were arrested on suspicion of haircoursing.
29:51So why does this cruel practice persist?
29:54To try to get a better picture, we looked online and found both open
29:59and closed haircoursing groups on mainstream social media.
30:05The posts here make for grim viewing, videos of dogs chasing hares across fields
30:11and trophy photos of dead animals.
30:14Some of the people posting here appear to be quite young,
30:17some hide their identities, some don't even bother to do that.
30:21We also saw references to other haircoursing groups being run on a popular messaging app,
30:29which raises questions about the role of technology in sustaining this illegal activity.
30:35What role does social media technology and gambling play?
30:39I think it fuels haircoursing.
30:42The indications are that these videos are used during betting online through closed groups.
30:48However, I am aware that there are large illegal haircoursing events that happen in the country,
30:53and these competitions can run into the tens of thousands of pounds.
30:58And the dogs that are involved in these events can be worth equally hundreds to thousands of pounds.
31:04Where are these criminals coming from?
31:06Haircoursing is very generational. It's been passed down through the families,
31:11and we have had everyone from professional footballers right the way through to people
31:17that have their own businesses. They basically will be from all walks of life.
31:22So with lots of money at stake, an entrenched culture reinforced by social media,
31:27and police powers to seize dogs, confrontations with haircoursers continue to pose a serious risk.
31:35We always advocate to make sure you're in a place of safety before you contact the police,
31:41because we do not know what the individuals' intents are, and we do not know what they're capable of.
31:47The danger is there's going to be a road accident when the haircourses are leaving at speed,
31:52because they're being chased, or the farmer is going to approach these haircourses,
31:56possibly outnumbered, and end up being beaten up or in hospital or worse.
32:09Back in the Scottish borders, Sammy and I are on the River Tweed.
32:15Now to be out in the elements today, I have got my waterproofs on, but traditionally for those
32:20working on the river, there's only one material to wear.
32:27For generations, tweed has been worn by those who work the land.
32:32Here, beside a tributary of the River Tweed, Lovett Mill has been weaving the fabric for more
32:37than 140 years. And with the new salmon season approaching, managing director James Fleming is
32:44preparing this year's tweeds. James, how are you going?
32:48Matt, all good, how are you doing?
32:49Nice to meet you. Look at the part. Look at you.
32:51Thanks very much.
32:52And this tweed is what? What's this?
32:54This is a game feather tweed, and this is part of our 200-year celebrations of tweed.
32:58So let's go back to when it was named tweed and where all of that started from.
33:02So the word tweed actually dates back to 1826.
33:05Woven woolen fabrics were being obviously woven in this region, and they were known as tweeds,
33:09the Scots word for twill. And it was a bale of these tweeds that were sent down to Lox Merchant
33:13in London.
33:14Yeah.
33:14People knew of the river up here. They were starting to travel, hunting, shooting, fishing up here,
33:18and the reorder went through. Rather than tweed, they misread the name as tweed.
33:24It was a typo, was it?
33:25It was a typo, an early typo. And I guess that aspect is a lovely mistake.
33:29And then from there, obviously, tweed has grown as a product.
33:32Yeah. Well, will you show me around?
33:33Absolutely. I'd love to.
33:34God, look at these. Beautiful colours, aren't they?
33:39You can see all the colours of the yarns that we start to develop our tweeds from.
33:44Yeah. Some brighter ones down there.
33:46I mean, you would think, wouldn't you, that tweed, you wear it to sort of blend into the landscape,
33:50very earthy tones, but there's some beautiful colours here.
33:54Yeah. And what's important about tweed is the depth of colour mixture.
33:57So a yarn like this looks like a brown, but the actual colours that go into that,
34:02is this exact blend of colour here that you can see that is blended together to create a yarn.
34:08So in various lights, that changes colour and times of day and gives the tweed a real depth.
34:14And that's really what defines tweed.
34:16And as far as the wool is concerned, the fleece,
34:19what breed of sheep would you go for traditionally?
34:22So these are Victorian colour mixtures and these yarns are traditional cheviot wool.
34:27And that was the breed of this region and down to Northumberland as well.
34:31So they were bred for their wool and we still weave cheviot tweeds.
34:34Great wool.
34:35And obviously we've got some fantastic designers who can bring that together.
34:38So you should really meet those guys.
34:40Show me to the design department.
34:42Meet Ruth this way.
34:46Ruth Duff is the lead designer.
34:48She's woven a 14-year career in textiles,
34:51and one of those responsible for creating the tweeds worn for this season.
34:57What a room this is. It's so cosy in here, isn't it?
35:00It is, isn't it? It's so inspirational as well.
35:02Yeah.
35:03All of it is woven here on site.
35:05You can go through archive right to the past, back to the 1890s, 1900s.
35:10Is that what these books are?
35:11Yeah, so these are...
35:13Can I touch them?
35:13Absolutely, yeah.
35:15Some people would keep these behind glass,
35:17but actually they're such a valuable tool that we use for designing every day.
35:22In the 1890s, they would be done with wooden pegs.
35:24They're now done on a computer in the loom.
35:27But the principle of lifting and laying threads to create a pattern remains the same,
35:33and we use these day in, day out.
35:35How precious.
35:38The archive is full of ideas about place and identity,
35:42and it's got me thinking about how a tweed might reflect Sammy's roots.
35:46And if she's going to take salmon fishing seriously, she needs to look the part.
35:52So if we're going to try and create a tweed for Sammy, where do we start with the design?
35:57You want to think of the weight of the cloth, the performance of the cloth,
36:01what Sammy might use it for.
36:02I don't think she'll wear it when she's racing.
36:05So it doesn't have to be aerodynamic.
36:08No, it doesn't.
36:08It doesn't when she's racing.
36:09Yeah, exactly.
36:10I think maybe something to sort of relax, but maybe that reflects, you know, where she's from,
36:15the local area, obviously the hills, the river.
36:18Absolutely.
36:19Gold medals.
36:20I mean, you know, the list goes on.
36:21That sort of a green there would be nice, wouldn't it, for sort of the hills, if you like.
36:25I'm looking at this sort of golden yellow as well.
36:28Good.
36:28Do you know what I mean?
36:29That's very Sammy, I think, don't you?
36:30It is.
36:30This one will appear quite bright as it is.
36:33Yeah.
36:33So what would be a nice idea would be to combine a brighter and a softer one,
36:37and you'll see when the tweed comes together that that just lets it sit in to the design a bit.
36:45The first stage in producing Sammy's special tweed is known as twisting the yarn.
36:51Multiple yarns are bound together to make a stronger, durable thread.
36:55This forms the vertical warp pattern, which is then loaded into the weaving loom.
37:00We'll look for the next part of the process.
37:03See all of the threads lined up here.
37:06So how many threads are along there?
37:07So there's over 2,000 threads here making up our warp.
37:10So that's all of the vertical threads.
37:12And they're now coming up into the loom and going through all of the various systems
37:17to be woven at the front.
37:18And that's when the weft is going to interlace and create the fabric.
37:21The weft colours that we've chosen are all up here on the bank.
37:25Yeah.
37:25They all come through the accumulators and individually into selectors.
37:31And then the loom is set up to bring those yarns in as required.
37:35I'm looking at a big button here.
37:36Do I press something to get it going?
37:38I reckon if we walk around the front, this looks a bit more like the cloth.
37:42Yeah.
37:42And then there are two buttons you can press to get this machine going and make some noise.
37:46Come on then.
37:46Let's get pressing.
37:47Let's go.
37:52Oh.
37:53And here's the tweed.
37:55Oh, yes.
37:56Look at it.
37:57It's gorgeous, isn't it?
37:59Press on the two green buttons there.
38:01All set.
38:01All good.
38:04Oh, there we go.
38:06Wow.
38:08Look at it.
38:09You can see all of the weft heads coming in now.
38:11Yeah.
38:12It's been created in front of your eyes.
38:15It's amazing to watch that pattern.
38:17It's quite mesmerising just to set and watch.
38:26The mill operates 24 hours a day, producing 5,000 metres a week.
38:31And it's all quality controlled by darners like Angela Fletcher.
38:37How do you check for imperfections?
38:39Well, rubber hands, find anything like knots or broken or anything.
38:45Even like threads out of place would weave it in my hand with your needle.
38:49This is beautiful.
38:51Oh, fun or not.
38:52What's happened is it's burst, it's broken when it's been getting woven or when it's on the cone.
38:57And you're just pulling it up just like that.
38:59Mm-hmm.
39:00Because when it goes to finishing it, the fibres get woven in.
39:04At this stage of what we call greasy cloth, so unfinished fabric, will come onto the table
39:09for its last quality control checks before it goes off for finishing.
39:13Happy?
39:13Yeah.
39:14Checks complete?
39:15Yes, checks complete.
39:16Excellent.
39:17And would you like to take a bit away to show Sammy?
39:18I would love to.
39:24Oh, that's perfect.
39:25She's going to love it.
39:26I think that's incredible.
39:28You are.
39:28I really do.
39:29Beautiful.
39:30I mean, what an effort.
39:31You guys are brilliant at what you do, honestly.
39:34And congratulations for keeping it all going.
39:36Sammy's going to be overwhelmed with this, I'm sure.
39:45The river Tweed runs through so many aspects of life here.
39:49And as the salmon season approaches, it's about more than fishing.
39:53It starts with the river itself taking centre stage.
39:57But before a single line is cast, there is one tradition to experience.
40:03One that brings the whole community together.
40:05It's the annual blessing of the river.
40:19My name's Rob Kelsey.
40:20I'm the Vicar of Norum.
40:22I'm going to lead a service of blessing for the river Tweed
40:25and the new salmon fishing season.
40:31The ceremony goes back a long time to at least Victorian times.
40:35And then the ceremony kind of died out as the net fishing died out.
40:40And then it was revived, I would say, about between 10 and 15 years ago.
40:47When I was putting the service together,
40:49I sort of went back to what they used to do in the past.
40:53We include a Bible reading now.
40:56We also have a little bit of singing.
40:58There's a prayer for the people who make their living from the river.
41:02There's also a prayer for the river itself and for all the animals and birds and insects
41:09that live in, on or beside the river.
41:14There's part of the ceremony which could be described as pagan.
41:18It involves pouring a little bit of whiskey into the river,
41:21which you could interpret as an offering to the river god.
41:25For me, I don't turn a blind eye to it.
41:28I do embrace it, but I must admit it happens and I don't try to explain it too much.
41:36I think symbols speak for themselves.
41:40I enjoy this ceremony a lot.
41:42It takes place at eight o'clock in the morning, so it's an early start.
41:46It's usually quite cold.
41:49Sometimes there's ice on the river and I wade in with my welly boots.
41:53When I'm walking home, by the time I get home, the bottom of my cassock is iced up,
41:59so it's kind of swishing around me.
42:02It's great to meet other people and everybody enjoys it.
42:07People like seeing the first line cast on the river and there's always that kind of hope.
42:14Will they catch a fish?
42:17Rather like, will I catch the lottery?
42:19And in all my time, in 15 years as vicar, I've not seen a salmon caught with the first line.
42:30I think ceremonies like this are important because people like to feel that what they're
42:35doing is being acknowledged in some way.
42:37And it marks the beginning of a salmon fishing season.
42:40People work hard on the river and I think they like to know that,
42:44in a sense, they've got God's blessing for want of a better phrase.
42:49I walk down to the Tweed every morning.
42:53And it's always the same in a way because it's always there.
42:58But it's also always different because the river levels change.
43:03You can tell by the colour of the water where the rain's been falling further upstream.
43:09You never know what animals and birds you're going to see.
43:12And it does a lot of good for me, I think.
43:15And my hope is that it might do a lot of good for other people as well.
43:19I hope this ceremony plays a small part in encouraging people to take care of the river
43:25and make sure that it's still there in good health for future generations.
43:32We'll see Reverend Rob perform this year's blessing of the river a little later.
43:46While conditions are looking a little grey and overcast at the moment,
43:49but the question is what has the weather got in store for those planning on casting a rod
43:54and the rest of us?
43:55Let's find out with the Countryfile forecast for the week ahead.
44:05Hello there. I'm sure most of us are glad to see the back of meteorological winter.
44:09We seem to get stuck in a rut.
44:12Rain was the main story, of course.
44:13It wasn't record-breaking rain, but big differences across the UK,
44:17as you can see from this chart here.
44:19The dark blue showing where it was much wetter than normal,
44:21southern England, eastern Scotland.
44:23The brown showing where it was drier than normal, western Scotland.
44:26But the rain continued into February, so did the dull weather as well.
44:32We only had about half the usual rain, sunshine during February across the UK.
44:38And with all that cloud around, particularly across southern parts of England,
44:41it kept it really mild for the first time in 12 years.
44:44There was no frost at all at Heathrow Airport.
44:46There's not going to be any frost over the week ahead across southern parts of England.
44:50We've seen a mild south-to-southwesterly wind bringing in a lot of cloud, rain,
44:54most of it on that weather front across western parts of the UK this evening,
44:58where it'll be windy for a while through the Irish Sea.
45:00But the rain will tend to ease off as it moves very slowly eastwards,
45:04turning drier across Northern Ireland.
45:06Most of England and Wales will be dry with some breaks in the cloud later on.
45:09Pretty mild out there overnight.
45:10Minimum temperatures will be seven to nine degrees.
45:14Now, this band of rain will become lighter and more patchy.
45:17It moves very slowly eastwards.
45:19It means it lingers longer across eastern Scotland, western Scotland,
45:22Northern Ireland seeing some sunshine before we get some late showers.
45:25But ahead of that, a band of cloud and rain, the Midlands and eastern England having a lovely day.
45:30Much more sunshine than today.
45:32The winds will be lighter.
45:33It's going to feel warmer.
45:34Temperatures will be 15 or 16 degrees.
45:37Could be some showers during the evening across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
45:40Those will have gone by Tuesday.
45:42And by then that weather front is stuck across the southeast of the UK.
45:46So a change of fortunes.
45:47Much more cloud around here and could be a little bit misty and murky in the morning.
45:51The cloud thick enough to give a few spots of drizzle.
45:55Further north though, it's looking dry.
45:56There'll be more sunshine around here.
45:59Temperatures typically 10 or 11 degrees.
46:01But there's still some mild air in place across the far southeast of England.
46:05Moving quickly into Wednesday.
46:07We could start with a little more mist and fog across England and Wales.
46:10It'll lift to low cloud as the southerly breeze picks up.
46:13And that will push that cloud into southern Scotland and Northern Ireland.
46:17And break the cloud to give us some sunshine in the afternoon across southern England.
46:20And that will give the temperatures a boost once again.
46:23Back up to 15 or 16 degrees.
46:26There is some warmer air trying to push northwards across the UK as we head into Thursday.
46:31But that comes ahead of the next weather front that's moving in again very slowly from the Atlantic.
46:37And that is going to bring with it some rain to western parts of the UK ahead of the main
46:42rain.
46:42Got to watch out for a few heavy, possibly even thundery showers breaking out.
46:47But it's still dry for eastern parts of the UK.
46:49The best of the sunshine in eastern England.
46:51And that warmth will be a little bit further north.
46:53So widely here temperatures 14 to 16 degrees.
46:57The rain across western areas could be a bit heavy for a while.
47:00It may become a bit lighter as it pushes eastwards during the night.
47:04And again coming to rest across some southeastern parts of the UK on Friday.
47:08So more cloud here by then.
47:10Bit of rain from time to time.
47:12Elsewhere though I think we will see some sunshine away from some showers coming into western Scotland.
47:16On the whole by Friday temperatures may be a little bit lower.
47:20But over the week ahead generally it's going to be on the mild side.
47:23Little or no frost around at all.
47:25There'll be some sunshine from time to time.
47:27There is some rain in the forecast.
47:29Not a great deal.
47:30Probably most of that is going to be on Thursday.
47:43We're on the River Tweed on the eve of the new salmon fishing season.
47:47This is home turf for me.
47:49I grew up on a farm about 15 minutes down the road.
47:52But salmon fishing is new to me.
47:55So today I'm learning the basics.
47:58The river runs through the heart of the community here.
48:02And today it's carrying me back to an old friend.
48:06He was actually the first person that helped me get my first ever sponsor.
48:10That helped me compete at three Paralympic Games.
48:17Gavin Brown raised money for me.
48:19By selling raffle tickets and even auctioning a signed cricket bat.
48:23It was a huge help in my early career.
48:25I'm hoping he can help me again.
48:28This time with fly fishing.
48:31Gavin's a professional fishing guide.
48:33Known as a boatman.
48:34With 37 years of knowledge.
48:36Of reading the river.
48:38And understanding fish behaviour.
48:40He's also a dab hand at fly tying.
48:43The art of creating the flies that entice the salmon.
48:47Morning.
48:47Hello.
48:48How are you?
48:49I've been listening for ages.
48:52What have you been doing?
48:54Gosh, been pretty full on probably.
48:55Since last time I've done three Paralympic Games.
48:58I've won seven Paralympic medals.
49:01Yeah.
49:01Which is pretty, probably pretty crazy.
49:04Yeah.
49:04Well done.
49:05But I know absolutely nothing about fly tying or any of that.
49:09It's an easy enough process to learn.
49:12We get a lot of beginners.
49:13So it doesn't phase us anymore.
49:15So you're ready to teach a beginner?
49:17Yeah, yeah.
49:17I'm really ready for that.
49:18Right.
49:19Okay, let's go then.
49:27Wow.
49:28Okay, so what have we all got here then?
49:30Well, we've got some fly tying material here.
49:32So you can tie a fly to fish with.
49:35Right, where do we get started?
49:36This is your thread.
49:38This is a wee bit stronger than the stuff I'm going to use.
49:41So is there any purpose for like the colours that you're choosing?
49:43And clarity of the water.
49:45When it's really dirty like today,
49:46then you need maybe something really bright and flashy.
49:49Oh, right.
49:50Okay.
49:50And then when you go to the summer,
49:52where it's nice and low and it's gin clear,
49:54then you'll probably go a bit duller,
49:56maybe a dark fly and just a little bit of colour in it.
49:59All right, okay.
49:59If you take your thread,
50:00so you've got it like that,
50:01put it over the top and then just go,
50:06wind it around two or three times,
50:08sort of going back towards the cone.
50:10That's it, right up against that cone.
50:14You've got over a bit then.
50:16So intricate, isn't it?
50:17It is.
50:17So what does your job as boatman require?
50:20Our clients, they'll arrive first thing in the morning.
50:24We'll set up the rods when they come,
50:26advise them what lines to put on.
50:29Quite a lot to it.
50:29It's not just like taking people out to catch a fish.
50:33There's...
50:33No, you've got to learn the river.
50:35You've got to know what's the speed of the water
50:38and how to get that fly down or on the top.
50:40You've got to think, well,
50:41try and think like a fish, I suppose.
50:44Take your thread and wind over that piece of feather
50:50two, three times.
50:52That you're making that look a lot easier than it is.
50:55And pull it in and drag it this way.
50:58In front or behind the...
51:01In, sorry, no.
51:02Bind this.
51:03Bind up.
51:04In front of the cone.
51:06That's it.
51:07So you've got your hair like this.
51:09So you offer it up to the fly.
51:12So you've got to...
51:13On top?
51:14Yeah, that's it.
51:14So you've got to pick the length that you want for the wing to be.
51:18Okay, so you've got to do that up and over the wing.
51:25Okay.
51:26Right, if you let go now, it should stay there.
51:31A wee bit scruffy.
51:32It's a wee bit scruffy in it.
51:33No.
51:35There we are.
51:35It's okay, you can see it's a wee bit scruffy.
51:38Catch the biggest fish on the scruffy flies.
51:40Well, we'll see.
51:42So what would you say is your favourite part of your job?
51:46Catching beginners fish.
51:47Yeah?
51:48Yeah, because it is great to see.
51:50With a smile on their face.
51:52Just push from the back, push it off.
51:54Off the pin.
51:58Okay, how does it look?
52:00Oh, well done.
52:01Yeah, that's all right.
52:02Yeah, catch a salmon with that.
52:06For now, my fly will have to stay tucked away
52:09until the salmon season officially opens.
52:12But there's still one last skill I can work on.
52:15Casting.
52:16With Gavin's friend and fly fishing instructor, Anne Woodcock.
52:23Hello, Sammy.
52:25Hello, thank you for having me.
52:27I have my rod here.
52:29I've learnt how to tie a fly and I heard that you're the person
52:32that's going to teach me how to cast it.
52:33Well, thank you.
52:34Yes, we're going to teach you how to cast a double-handed rod
52:37on the River Tweed.
52:39So come on, let's go and have a cast.
52:41I'm really looking forward.
52:43Gavin is on hand, helping us steer the boat
52:45while Anne teaches me.
52:47Okay, hold tight.
52:53Is there a reason why we're fishing from a boat?
52:56On the Tweed, it actually is better to be fishing from a boat
53:00because you're able to be in the middle of the river
53:02and also cover those stretches of the water
53:05where there's a chance of an Atlantic salmon.
53:07Look the part?
53:08You do look the part.
53:10Perfect.
53:11And the rod that we're using, double-handed rod,
53:14your left hand is going to be at the bottom.
53:15Okay.
53:15And your right hand at the top.
53:18We are going to be doing a roll cast today,
53:21just to get the line out onto the water.
53:24Yep.
53:24Holding the rod, shoulder-width apart.
53:27Okay.
53:27Okay, so we're going to bring it high,
53:30bring the rod in front of me,
53:33push, and a pull.
53:35Okay.
53:35Okay, so we're going to push with the top hand,
53:37pull with the bottom hand.
53:40And stop high.
53:42Okay.
53:43I love the way you're smiling on that.
53:45It's because you make it look really nice,
53:47and I know I'm not going to make it look like that.
53:52As the season hasn't started yet,
53:54we can't use a hook or bait,
53:56so Anne's weighted the line with a ball of wool
53:58in place of the fishing fly.
54:01Okay.
54:02Like this?
54:02Yeah.
54:03And then a tap forward.
54:05Have you done this before?
54:06Smooth, right?
54:09That was a fluke.
54:10That was a hundred percent of fluke.
54:11Not at all.
54:12And then you pull it back in?
54:13Yeah, so do it again for me.
54:16And then again now?
54:17Yeah.
54:20That's better than me.
54:21Hey, that's fun.
54:22So how long have you been doing this for then?
54:24I started salmon fishing back in 2008.
54:28Oh wow.
54:28Because there's not many ladies going out fishing.
54:31Okay.
54:31I started ladies days and the demand for them.
54:35Really?
54:35Yeah.
54:35You can just see their faces, the relaxation.
54:38Yeah.
54:39That they've enjoyed themselves that morning.
54:41Yeah.
54:41And then obviously the stories of the one that got away.
54:44Of course, I'm sure there's always stories of one that got away.
54:47It was that big.
54:48Yeah.
54:48Who holds the record?
54:50Georgina Ballantyne.
54:51Okay.
54:521922.
54:5364 pound salmon on the River Tay.
54:56We don't think those records are ever going to be beaten.
54:59Really?
54:59Seriously.
55:00Well, try.
55:01Do you enjoy being part of this community?
55:03The Angling community is such a great community to be part of.
55:08And living in the Scottish borders.
55:10Could you actually live anywhere better?
55:12And it would be like this as well, isn't it?
55:14I know.
55:14You brought the sunshine.
55:16I know.
55:16It's beautiful, isn't it?
55:18How do you help the health of the river?
55:20Well, we've got biologists who actually monitor the river.
55:25The anglers that come and fish the tweed, they catch and release.
55:28They're very mindful of the fish as well.
55:31So our team are there on the habitat, the biological side, caring for the fish.
55:40And you've also got the boatmen and the gillies as well.
55:43So everybody is just trying their best.
55:46And see, you've learned.
55:48I'm learning.
55:49So how have I done today then?
55:51You have done brilliantly.
55:53Fantastic for a beginner.
55:55It's been really fun.
55:56And your enthusiasm is intoxicating.
55:59Oh, thank you.
56:00Thank you for taking some time to show me how to do it.
56:01And then hopefully I'll be able to come back when the season opens.
56:19What's it been like being back at home?
56:20Oh, it's been wonderful and I've had some really good home-cooked meals.
56:25Oh, you can't beat that, can you?
56:27And look, we've got the quiet power of the tweed behind us, all of that expectation.
56:31What's the season going to bring?
56:33Hopefully there's some big fish under the surface.
56:35Yeah, fingers crossed.
56:36Well, talking of bringing something, I come bearing gifts.
56:39Oh, gosh.
56:41Oh, my goodness.
56:42This is your very own tweed.
56:44Is it really?
56:45Designed especially for you.
56:47Look, you've got the green of the hills, the blue of the river and the gold.
56:52Oh, my gosh.
56:53That's so nice.
56:54For Paralympic World and European golds.
56:57You might make me cry.
56:59Oh, that's amazing.
57:00Do you know what?
57:00It's incredible because somehow the character of that matches your character just beautifully.
57:05It really does.
57:06I love the colours.
57:07Well, what a way to end the programme.
57:09Next week, Charlotte and Vic are going to be heading to the flatlands of the east
57:14to get stuck into a bit of sugar beet farming.
57:17Most of the other crops on here failed, but the sugar beet grows all right.
57:22Thank you very much.
57:23It's all I've ever wanted.
57:27It's a slick procedure.
57:29It's choreography.
57:30It is, yeah.
57:30It's all coming together.
57:32It's quite mesmerising to watch.
57:34It is, yeah.
57:37So, how long will this last you?
57:39This factory will slice about 19,000 tonnes a day.
57:42So, about two and a half days-ish when it's absolutely full.
57:47That's next week on BBC One.
57:49We hope you can join us then.
57:51Bye-bye.
57:53And just a few days after our filming, the salmon fishing season officially opened on the Tweed,
57:59thanks to Reverend Rob.
58:02Welcome to this service of blessing for the River Tweed and the new salmon fishing season.
58:08Simon Peter said to them, I'm going fishing.
58:11They said to him, we will go with you.
58:16Whoo-hoo!
58:17That's as far as I'm going.
58:23Let us ask a blessing for all who fish on this river.
58:43Noses from Amazon, t-shirts and homeware from TK Maxx and Homesense.
58:48Visit bbc.co.uk forward slash red nose day for more.
58:52Pretty good at this.
58:54Bye-bye.
58:55Bye-bye.
58:55Bye-bye.
59:07Bye-bye.
59:08Bye-bye.
59:09Bye-bye.
59:10Bye-bye.
59:10Bye-bye.
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