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00:02Come on!
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00:07Come on!
00:12This is Keira. She was hand-reared.
00:15She was the one that used to come into the living room.
00:18She's not welcome in there anymore.
00:21Oh, yeah. She used to eat the washing off the flake.
00:25She's a big cow now.
00:27She's lovely.
00:28You can always smell her before you saw her.
00:32Everybody thinks that it's either farm animal or pet.
00:37There's actually quite a bit of a crossover.
00:39In fact, there's an enormous crossover.
00:45I think you're slightly more attached to, like, house pets
00:48rather than, like, farm animals
00:50because when you come home, they're just there
00:53and you cuddle them and everything.
00:56It's okay.
00:58We have three pygmy goats.
01:00Well, they're not pygmy anymore.
01:02They're, like, giant.
01:04No, they're not small, but...
01:06Yeah.
01:09And we have the sheep dogs.
01:11They're, like, a mixture.
01:12They stay on the farm and then go into the moors as well.
01:14And then I like the terriers.
01:16They're just sweet.
01:17They try and help.
01:19Torky, she's a bit old, but she's very nice and calm
01:23and sprouts energetic, like to chase lambs.
01:27Hmm, what else do we have?
01:30Oh, yeah, we have the horses.
01:31We have one Shen, who's called Tony, and he's mine.
01:36We have two coloured cobs, Princess, which is mine,
01:39and Josie, she's mum's.
01:43And then we have two Clydesdales.
01:47I love my horses.
01:49I came here with a horse,
01:51and I find when it comes to farmers,
01:53you're either a horse lover or a horse hater.
01:56I think Clyde's probably the latter.
01:58He does have his moments,
02:00but these horses are now a part of the family.
02:04It is really lovely when you've got animals
02:08you've got an affinity with.
02:10I prefer animals to people, so there you are.
02:12So it works out quite nicely, doesn't it, Kira?
02:17No.
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03:06They're actually useful.
03:08It's funny how their minds work, that they soon twig.
03:12They soon understand why it is you're doing.
03:16It's just a lovely relationship.
03:25Today, we've got the horses down and in
03:28because we've got the farrier coming.
03:30Come on.
03:31Your first customer, patient.
03:34Awesome, right.
03:35Shall we get some new shoes on her then?
03:37Yep.
03:40There you go, Jess.
03:43I mean, Louise is really awesome.
03:44She's great.
03:45She does seem to have a special wear with horses.
03:49I think she's quite inspiring.
03:51You know, she's working in pretty much what still is
03:54mainly a sort of male-dominated world.
03:58And she's just good at what she does.
04:02I've trimmed her feet up.
04:04As trimmed as we want to.
04:05We're not over-trimmed them because that can make them foot sore.
04:08And now I'm trying on shoes for her.
04:10So I have a basic sort of template of a horseshoe that I buy.
04:14And I'll put that in the forge and I'll alter that
04:17because every horse's foot is completely different.
04:19And I will physically burn that horseshoe on the foot
04:22to make it nice and symmetrical, nice and level, perfect fit.
04:29If you use a fully registered and qualified farrier,
04:32it shouldn't hurt the horse.
04:38A lot of these tracks that kind of go up from the dales
04:41are no longer used for cars.
04:43They were originally made for horses.
04:45That's why they're quite stony.
04:46They're not really ideal for cars, but horses can deal with it.
04:49The reason why we have so narrow roads
04:52is because we only needed two horses to pass each other.
04:56They know the footing very often
04:58when people do ride them on the moors.
05:00They do just let them sort of hold on to the buckle end
05:02and let them amble themselves
05:03because they know exactly what's safe and what's not safe.
05:06They're a very intuitive animal.
05:12It's kind of like musical horses.
05:15Right, big one out.
05:19Slightly smaller ones in.
05:22Perfect.
05:26Right, let's get some shoes on this big girl.
05:32I'm just going to grasp the edges.
05:39You must be strong.
05:40Let's see your muscles.
05:41Do this, fine.
05:42Do this.
05:44Oh, my goodness.
05:46Look at them.
05:47Look at that.
05:48What?
05:49Farrier, I tell you.
05:51The woman's a beast.
05:52Keep on going, lass.
05:57You can stand still now.
05:59Come on.
06:00At least done many a time, my darling.
06:03Shoot one.
06:06Fantastic.
06:08She's very appreciative.
06:08She'll say she's going to sleep.
06:10She's a legend.
06:11She's just like...
06:11She's an absolute legend.
06:13Well, honestly, you've done a wonderful job.
06:15Oh, it's an absolute pleasure.
06:17Thank you so much.
06:17Look how quiet she is.
06:18She's asleep now.
06:20A cup of tea or something.
06:21A cup of tea, please.
06:24These horses are a part of the family.
06:28She's snorting in my ear.
06:29That's a sign of horse love, actually.
06:32When she breathes into my nostril
06:34and I breathe into hers.
06:35She's got a very nice, warm, hearty breath.
06:38It's a good smell.
06:39Something about it that instantly comes.
06:42Yeah.
06:43Yeah.
06:44They're good for the body and soul.
07:05I can't wait to come in here with a hoove and get rid of some of this stuff.
07:07Because at the moment, each time you come in here, when you come out, you can feel it in your
07:12hair and on your skin.
07:15And also, lifting this plastic and being able to look at the flags as well.
07:20I think that'll look incredible.
07:23Honestly, it's so exciting.
07:25Corner cupboard there.
07:26Some lighting.
07:29It's getting to be a more hands-on kind of time.
07:35When I can actually get the children to come and sort of put their ideas forward for how they see
07:41it and what they like and what they dislike.
07:43It's not like the job is coming to any sort of closure.
07:47It's just, in a way, the job has sort of spread out.
07:51There's a lot of people now involved with this next stage.
07:56The fireplace that we found rusting in the corner of Ian's shed at Haars.
08:01What do you think of that?
08:03Yeah.
08:04You've got all the components in that you're looking for, hasn't it?
08:07It's now been fettled up.
08:08It's been blacked up.
08:10And now it's actually on site.
08:12And we are in the process of putting it in.
08:15We're taking out the temporary stove that we put in and fit in something more like what would have been
08:22there in Antony Clarkson's time.
08:25So I've got Collip and Scott and Harley putting in the black Yorkshire range.
08:31It's no easy fix because, of course, there's a bit of to-ing and fro-ing and it has to
08:36be put in pieces.
08:37And we have to make it so that it works.
08:40You know, I don't just want it as just a frontispiece that just looks the part.
08:43It has to work.
08:44The biggest problem is being it's of two bits minimum.
08:51That plate there belongs to this.
08:55It doesn't belong to that.
08:56So that, I'll apply a magic wand to it and it'll go like that.
09:02It'll fit.
09:05There's a piece missing off here which I'm getting mad.
09:09What should be, see where this is cut upside.
09:13There's another piece cut up there.
09:14Everything's possible.
09:17Just getting the right way to do it and solving the problem.
09:20That's what problems is for, to solve, isn't it?
09:27I don't think you would get the same feeling about the place
09:30if you had just picked it out of a shopping catalogue.
09:35I feel like the fact that it's a mishmash.
09:38A lot of it is reclaimed, recycled, vintage or plain knackered off someone's scrappy.
09:44And I feel like that is what the house needs.
09:47It's what it deserves.
09:48It's what it wants.
09:49That's what I like.
09:52That's great.
09:53That is so good.
09:54It is a great.
09:56It is great.
09:57It's a great, great.
09:59It is a great, great.
10:00All we need is for it to draw, don't we?
10:03It should do.
10:03We're on a hill end, aren't we?
10:05What's that?
10:06Well, it'll draw.
10:07It's got a small glass opportunity.
10:09So it's a bit of a slow job, but it'll be well worth it when it's in.
10:13Is that straight?
10:16Is that straight?
10:17It's good.
10:18Or is it not straight?
10:19It's just there to get our height at the moment.
10:20Oh, OK.
10:21Because I was going to say, I mean, I'm not being fussy.
10:26It's not straight, is it?
10:30I feel like it absolutely will be the focal point of the whole house.
10:34That's where everybody will want to sit.
10:37So it's hugely important.
10:44Mind your fingers.
10:45Lemons are going to the back.
10:47Looking good.
10:48Fetch your toast.
10:49Shhh.
10:49Yeah.
10:50That's drawn right through the back.
10:52And that's not even closed in.
10:54No.
10:54So once it gets closed in...
10:56Yeah, exactly.
10:57It's going to be really good.
10:58Honestly.
11:00You're doing a great job.
11:01Here you go.
11:02Yeah, well impressed.
11:03Another milestone.
11:05Yeah?
11:06Magic.
11:22I've got gloves on.
11:24Very good idea.
11:26Right.
11:26Clem, go through there and get Nelly.
11:32There she is.
11:35Well, the girls are on holiday from school, which is good, because, you know, we always like
11:41them at home and I like them with me.
11:42So, you know, it's good fun when they're here and they help you as well.
11:48So, and they're learning.
11:51Oh, she likes me.
11:54Come on then.
11:55Harry.
11:57Well, we're going to go off and get some sheep in.
12:00They're their sheep, the spotties.
12:02We're going to have a roundup and bring them into the yard.
12:05I think the thing about the spotties is the girls liked them when they first saw them, and
12:11so they've got them.
12:13Will you take 350?
12:14That sounds like a good plan.
12:17Thank you very much.
12:21And there's no mistaking that they're theirs.
12:24They don't look like mine.
12:26They're a completely different breed, and that's good.
12:29I think we started with two, and now we've 14 or so much, so they'll soon have more than
12:35me if I'm not careful.
12:37Nelly!
12:38Come on, Nelly!
12:40It's cold, lassies.
12:42Yeah.
12:46You don't just sit inside and do nothing.
12:48It's a bit of a challenge.
12:50You get new stuff, like catching sheep and stuff.
12:53Howie!
12:54WHISTLE BLOWS
12:55WHISTLE BLOWS
12:57There's nothing better than a good dog at your side.
12:59WHISTLE BLOWS
13:00Howie!
13:02Come on!
13:02There's nothing a nicer thing to have a dog that knows what it's doing with you, because
13:08that's the loyalty and companionship.
13:10Yeah, they're wonderful things, the sheepdogs.
13:13Nelly!
13:15Howie!
13:16They're vitally important dogs to a farm like this.
13:19Without dogs, you just couldn't do it.
13:21Simple as that, really.
13:23It's out of them.
13:24Come on!
13:25Howie!
13:27You know, them sheep, our sheep now mostly, out on that moor, and without dogs, you couldn't
13:32bring them down and do anything with them.
13:34So, no, dogs are absolutely vital.
13:36WHISTLE BLOWS
13:37Get him!
13:38Get him!
13:39And there have been since men started to shepherd sheep.
13:44Lie down.
13:46Hurry up.
13:47Hurry up.
13:48Lie down.
13:50She's keen and raring to go.
13:54We've had Nelly from a pup, and it's made it, I think, more of a character, because, well,
13:59it is a pet as well, you know what I mean?
14:02Right, who's going to run dog?
14:04And the girls like to have a little play with Nelly and see if they can make her do the
14:10job.
14:12Lie down.
14:13Right, you ready?
14:14Right, come here.
14:16Right, Tilly, away.
14:17Away!
14:18Get out!
14:21WHISTLE BLOWS
14:23Away.
14:24Away!
14:25Away!
14:26Away!
14:26Away!
14:27Away!
14:28Away!
14:29Away!
14:30WHISTLE BLOWS
14:31WHISTLE BLOWS
14:32Lie down.
14:33Lie down.
14:35Lie down!
14:36Lie down!
14:36Lie down!
14:37Away!
14:42I've had some wonderful dogs through my life.
14:44Nell is very, very, very good, but I think the most thing about Nell is that she's a bitch.
14:51Lie down!
14:52Lie down!
14:53Come by!
14:54If ever I went to pick a pup, I'd always pick a dog pup.
14:57I always thought they were a bit stronger and a bit braver.
15:00Nellie?
15:00Lie down!
15:02But no, I've got to eat my words because Nellie is as brave as a lion, you know?
15:07She doesn't lack in courage at all.
15:10Come by!
15:11Lie down!
15:12Lie down!
15:13Lie down!
15:14Lie down!
15:14Come by!
15:16To run a sheepdog, to make it do what you want it to do, there's like, you know, a set
15:22of basic commands, really.
15:24You have a go, Clem.
15:26Come by!
15:27Come by!
15:29So, yeah, it's all to learn and all to get into the heads and it is a really marvellous
15:34thing and it just shows how clever these dogs are.
15:37Lie down!
15:39Wait!
15:42Come by!
15:44Come by!
15:45Lie down!
15:46Lie down!
15:48Right, so shall we take them in, guys?
15:55Well, they look well here, spot is, don't they?
15:59Lie down!
16:01That'll do!
16:01That'll do!
16:02That'll do!
16:03Go on, lasses, lie down.
16:29This last couple of weeks, it's been quite fraught, I suppose.
16:32It's been quite emotional because Chalkit is fading away.
16:38She's slowed down hugely.
16:42I think on the quiet that her time is nigh.
16:47She's nearly at her end.
16:50Urgh!
16:55She's fallen in the river.
16:57It's because she's...
17:00It's because she's on her last legs, and she's not in any pain, but she's soon going
17:07to be going to the big kennel in the sky.
17:11Chalky?
17:12I almost said they called you.
17:14Generally, she has been a very happy and very sprightly little dog.
17:18Right, let's go get Chalky a treat before she...
17:21Before she thinks she's even forgotten.
17:24Yeah.
17:25And is the most fickle dog you could ever have wished to have ever come across with no
17:29loyalty in her whatsoever, but absolutely a real character.
17:35And to see her going downhill has been quite hard.
17:41My dream is for her to go to sleep in her little dog bed and just not wake up.
17:46Her dream is to go on a last big adventure.
17:53It's been a question of a lot of TLC.
17:56So there's been a lot of cuddles and a lot of hand feeding.
18:00She's pretty much gorged herself on sausages and worth a thin hand.
18:08So we're just looking after her and hopefully she'll just fall asleep in her bed and not
18:13wake up.
18:37The house is in a way split in two.
18:40Basically the house end is listed.
18:42The barn end is not listed.
18:46So the main house needs to be done with blind plaster.
18:51But the barn end, we can just plasterboard and skim it.
18:56It's a faster, quicker, easier, cheaper job.
19:00So that's all happening.
19:04There's been a real shift now in where we're at with the whole building project.
19:08We're now at a stage where it is about the interiors and basically how you're going to style it.
19:18I've come up to Antijohns.
19:19It's a half decent sort of a day, but I've got somebody called Simon who is a lighting consultant.
19:25You can come and instruct me and guide me how to basically make this place look bright and beautiful.
19:37Oh, hello?
19:39Is there anybody here?
19:41Hello?
19:42Hello?
19:43Hello?
19:45I'm just over this way.
19:47I was going to say, I can't exactly say it's too dark to be able to see you.
19:50And if it was, you'd be able to Ramanda sort it, wouldn't you?
19:53How are you doing?
19:54Yes, very well, thanks.
19:54How are you?
19:55Well, I brought pendant fittings along with me, Ramanda, and I just wanted to show you
19:59them in this room, which I believe is going to be the master bedroom.
20:02It is.
20:03It's like the big bedroom, the main bedroom.
20:05Right.
20:05I wasn't quite sure what you might like.
20:07I'm not quite sure what I like.
20:09Oh, right.
20:09Well, we're to a good start then, aren't we?
20:11So, it's worth a punt, so...
20:12I'm going to have to let him sort of take the lead and steer me.
20:16Because, you know, I'm pretty much a light bulb kind of person.
20:21So, this is a whole new territory, but I know that actually having the right lights can
20:26make all the difference.
20:28Well, you see what you think, because that's where it would hang.
20:31Yeah.
20:34And, in keeping with the beams that are on show as well, you've got this curved wood
20:38effect.
20:38Mm-hm.
20:39Very nice, very unique as well in its appearance.
20:44Let's have a look.
20:49Erm...
20:50It's...
20:52modern.
20:53I like...
20:53I like...
20:54I like the card.
20:55I like the light bulb.
20:57Right, so everything in between is not quite to your liking.
21:00That's just a bit too modern for me.
21:02OK.
21:03I kind of usually know what I don't like, but don't actually know what I do like.
21:07Because, usually, what I do like is something more unique, different, downright odd.
21:15Just keep an open mind about this next one.
21:18Keep an open mind?
21:19Yeah.
21:20Because it looks completely different off to how it does when it's on.
21:23OK.
21:28It's a tempered glass.
21:31Like, almost like a blown glass effect.
21:33Really?
21:33Like a Christmas barbell?
21:35Mm.
21:35Yeah.
21:36You could put it like that.
21:37So, kind of holding it in place there.
21:40As you walk round the room, it just throws a completely different reflection back at you.
21:44Well, I wouldn't be...
21:45Literally, that is such a weird sense.
21:48Doesn't that make you feel slightly seasick?
21:51I've never looked at it like that, no.
21:54I'll tell you something.
21:55It's incredibly interesting.
21:58It's a very, er, unique piece.
22:00But I feel like that is far too much out there for this place.
22:06Mm.
22:08There's a bit more, sort of, onus and pressure on me to, kind of, make decisions.
22:12And that's really hard.
22:15Interesting.
22:15I would imagine it would work in a lot of more modern houses, that.
22:20I don't quite know what I'm doing.
22:22So, what I'm doing is relying on other people to come up with suggestions whilst I say no.
22:29And then, hopefully, at some point, Simon will say something that I say yes to.
22:34OK, on to the next one.
22:36This is perhaps a more simplistic design.
22:40Now, oh, that's looking a bit more promising.
22:43Is it?
22:43Is it?
22:44The kind of thing I can bang my head on and it's not going to break.
22:47Well, we'd put it up high enough, as well.
22:53You're definitely going in the right direction.
22:56Right.
22:56It won an award, this particular pendant, the Pendant of the Year 2023, I believe it was.
23:03Pendant of the Year.
23:04Pendant of the Year, yes.
23:06I just like the fact there's an award for Pendant of the Year.
23:09There is, there is.
23:09What's nice about it is just its simplicity.
23:12Yeah.
23:13Fantastic.
23:14That's exactly what I want to hear.
23:37I'm taking the horses out today, I'm going to make the most of this beautiful day.
23:43I mean, times like this are so few and far between that I really have to make the most of
23:48it.
23:51It's a good sort.
23:53She's a gypsy vanner.
23:55And she's just, she's just a good one.
23:58A bit like Anthony Clarkson, loved his horse.
24:00He had a grey mare.
24:01That's what it says.
24:04When he writes in the diaries about Galloway, this is the type of horse.
24:08Like a farm work horse, like a heavy set horse.
24:11You know, nothing fine bred.
24:12Just a proper ride and drive work horse really.
24:17That they could use as a mode of transport.
24:20And to a certain degree work in the fields and all.
24:29There we go.
24:30Good lass.
24:32Hee hee.
24:38Huh?
24:39Come on.
24:40Walk on.
24:43Get on.
24:44Come on.
24:45Yeah.
24:46Good lass.
24:48Horses have always played a part in the landscape around here.
24:53And also, as you go back in time, of course, because the advent of the tractor changed everything.
25:03Get on.
25:04Why are you being smurfy?
25:05Come on.
25:06Get on.
25:17JSON
25:17So, is that, like Princess?
25:19If you watch her, she's on higher alert because these guys can do whatever they want.
25:23So they can come and bite her arse if they want.
25:26Hang on.
25:27Don't even think about it.
25:29Don't even think about it.
25:33She's like, why am I being bossed around when those two guys aren't?
25:42This is where people used to cross.
25:45This is the old Ford, look.
25:48That's why there's a gate down here.
25:50This used to take them directly to the mine.
26:00I've always loved my horses and I suppose in a way it's given me a new way of looking at
26:07what actually surrounds me.
26:09Because now when I'm out on the horses, I'm picturing Anthony setting out on his journeys on horseback as well.
26:25Are you going to go through? Come on.
26:29Because you get this pitch, don't you, that in times gone by, you know, animals were maybe more valued and
26:34prized.
26:35Come on, Rosal.
26:38But in a different kind of a way. In other words, if you had a horse, it was your transport.
26:43It didn't mean you thought any less of it.
26:50So, yeah, there's plenty of references in the diary to the journeys that he made on horseback.
26:57And, of course, the whole name of Smithy home relates to the fact that that is where the horses were
27:03shod.
27:03You know, because there would be, you think to yourself, well, there couldn't really have been need for it.
27:07But at this end of the day, absolutely there was. Not with the lead mines and the coal mining.
27:12Yeah, Mum.
27:15And the constant to and froing of people.
27:18Yeah, they'd need the horses shooing.
27:21You know, you know.
27:23For me, it's like a little step out of the norm, it's a little breathing space.
27:27It's just, you know, it's just a little bit of my time.
27:35Yeah, they're good for the body and soul.
27:38Come on.
27:41Get on. Get on.
27:54Right, how many boys is there?
27:57Eh?
27:58Oh, we're four.
27:59OK, let's have them.
28:01Up this alley.
28:02Do you know which they are, Clem?
28:04Yeah.
28:08That's one?
28:09The more the merrier on a job like this.
28:12And, you know, as they get bigger, they take on more responsibility.
28:14And I'm all for that.
28:18So that's Pluto.
28:20That is Pluto.
28:21That's one of them.
28:23It takes a lifetime to learn these things.
28:28It's a boy.
28:32Knowledge is passed from one to the next.
28:35And you don't realise you're doing it at the time.
28:38But that's what's happening all the time.
28:40Right, we want to give them some of this.
28:42This is like multivitamin.
28:45This makes the hair curl.
28:48We're going to, what we call, dose them.
28:50One is like a multivitamin that just keeps them in good order.
28:54Right, medicine.
28:56Who's doing it?
28:57And the other one is like a wormer.
28:59Because when they graze, they tend to pick up worms.
29:02And occasionally they have to be dozed and just everything,
29:05just to keep them healthy and in good order.
29:09Put it in there.
29:11Now this one.
29:14Press it round in.
29:19Not in.
29:22That's it.
29:25Well, the girls have done well.
29:27They always do.
29:28Bring them back this way.
29:32They niggle and argue and carry on with each other.
29:35But, yeah, we always get the job done.
29:39a little bit of a big one.
29:46Now that's that little mission doing well done.
29:49Come on.
29:52Do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
30:32It was really clear and obvious that Chalky was fading away.
30:40When the children came running out the house door saying that Chalky had passed away, they were absolutely bereft.
30:51And they knew it was coming, and I knew it was coming, but still, just to see her laid there
30:57as peaceful as anything and still warm, it pulled at your heartstrings.
31:07Oh, no, she's had a good life.
31:11I think it's fair to say there was not one bit of her that was trimmed in any way.
31:17And she didn't like having her hair brushed.
31:19She liked cheese.
31:21Didn't like normal dog food, not a chance.
31:24Bolognese, cheese, yep.
31:25That's all she'd eat.
31:26Yeah, happy days, yeah.
31:32You don't get over a dog like that, but I guess you kind of, when you think of her, you
31:38smile rather than feel sort of that initial sorrow.
31:45Just before they found Chalky, Anis said, oh, my goodness, you won't believe what we've just seen.
31:50I was like, what?
31:51She said, oh, it was this massive owl.
31:53And it was sat outside the door.
31:55And as we came down in the darkness and the light shone on it, this owl opened its wings up
32:02and flew off.
32:05Now, if I was more of a spiritual person, then you could say that that was Chalky's spirit.
32:19Or it was just a bloody grey owl sitting outside the door that just so happened to be there at
32:24that moment.
32:26But you've got to glean whatever you can.
32:39Right, let's decorate it.
32:41Do a big Chalky.
32:44L
32:46Ker
32:47Yeah.
32:49You're going to miss Chalky.
32:51You're going to miss Chalky.
32:54She's had her for 14 years.
32:56That's a long time.
32:57That's a good inning.
32:59I'm going to miss Chalky because she's been there all of our life.
33:03And if you cuddle her, she's just so cute and she just falls asleep in your lap.
33:09The miles I will have done, I had to go to Middlesbrough to get her once.
33:13She's stowed away in a burger van.
33:16She went to a party.
33:17I got a phone call for someone who said that she was in the company of a Labrador in a
33:23hot tub.
33:24I remember when she once went to one of our friends' house and started jumping on the trampoline.
33:32Buddy, come here.
33:33Come here.
33:34Come here.
33:34Spuddy.
33:35Okay, good dog.
33:36Good doggy.
33:37Good doggy.
33:40Oh, my God.
33:42Aw!
33:44I want her teeny paws off.
33:48Aw.
33:53Alright, you always have a place in our hearts and we love you, Chalky.
34:00Let's back up, okay?
34:01Come on.
34:18Bless him.
34:21Come on, my darling.
34:24Here we are.
34:26Poor old Chalky.
34:29Have you got your poem?
34:31Go on, then.
34:34May the sunshine warm upon your face,
34:37the rains fall soft upon your fields.
34:41And until we meet again,
34:43may God hold you in the palm of his hand.
34:47Well done, lasses.
34:50Poor old Chalky, she's gone but not forgotten.
34:53She's lived a great life
34:55and she's been a great friend to us all.
35:00There she'll be
35:01and we'll remember her there, won't we?
35:07I think Ruben's going to make her
35:10a little headstone.
35:11There you are.
35:13Well, she couldn't have had to find a burial, could she?
35:16No, I know.
35:17She could not.
35:19Did she ever win the dog show?
35:21Are you kidding me?
35:22She racked me up bills, wandered off everywhere
35:26and generally was a Lauren to herself.
35:29A party animal.
35:29She was indeed.
35:33That's it.
35:34Well done, guys.
35:35Eat it.
35:38Well done.
35:39Are we going to fill it in?
35:43Well, what a grand final resting place.
35:47What a life she's had.
35:49Right, Miles.
35:50Just gently stand it in.
35:57Give me that.
35:58All right.
35:59You all right?
36:01You did a really good job looking after her though, didn't you?
36:04Again, squishing in just a bit.
36:07There, that's grand.
36:08Right.
36:10Up you go.
36:12There.
36:12Perfect.
36:13Perfect.
36:15We'll always remember where she is.
36:18Grand.
36:21Right.
36:22We're going to have a bit of funeral tea now.
36:24Funeral tea?
36:26You're only in a good state.
36:39Hi.
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37:41They have smaller flocks and they've all been matched up with the tuck.
37:47Just after finding the tuck, you'd have said he would be hungry today though, wouldn't you?
37:58So you can see here that yellow bottoms, they've already been tucked.
38:03So they're, in theory, our lamb, and they will lamb first.
38:08Now we're going on to green.
38:10So anybody with a green bottom will lamb next.
38:14See? It gives you a timeline.
38:17You're looking well, girls.
38:19Oh, you haven't knocked my rudder over.
38:25I've got a green dog.
38:28That is not...
38:30That is not how it was supposed to be.
38:35Lie down.
38:47This is the first time it's not,
38:50which makes life that little bit more difficult.
38:53But nothing stops this thing.
39:00I hope the sheep are here. That'll do.
39:05Come in, Nelly. Come in.
39:08That should have been, Sid.
39:11Should have been.
39:12Grand.
39:15Get you, bloody fellow!
39:20We've got a lot of farm stuffings all over and done, but here we have to wait because you don't
39:25want a lot of lambs till spring's finally here and spring doesn't come here till late, so we wait.
39:32Right, game rudders.
39:34Right under.
39:35Get it right underneath.
39:45Get it right underneath.
40:00Get it right under.
40:01Come in, this.
40:02So we take it, it's quite a precise science.
40:08Lie down.
40:11We know who's going to land when, and we're going to know who the daddy is.
40:15So that's the aim.
40:17Lie down.
40:18Now they're gone.
40:31Come on. He must be hungry.
40:34Come on.
40:36Oh, he should come here. He should come for his food.
40:38It's really strange, but he should be hungry.
40:41He's not doing what he's supposed to.
40:46Hold on.
40:53It's just a somewhat spooking in big time.
40:56Wait.
40:57Just, I'm not quite sure quite why.
41:04It just won't stay still quite long enough.
41:10I don't, I think we're going to fail here.
41:14It's like the scarlet bleeding pimper now.
41:18I'm not quite happy with this.
41:21So, let's go.
41:26Do you ever get the feeling that it really is not your day?
41:35That I am probably in the most inaccessible and stupid place in the corner of a field surrounded by cliffs
41:43and rivers with a sheep that is being totally not as stupid and awkward.
41:48And all I want to do is just walk away, have a cup of tea and gather up my farts.
41:59The picture is complete.
42:03I bet you any money when I get over the top of that hill that tub will stick its head
42:06up just to really, really, really finish off my crummy morning.
42:13It's sheep one, me nil.
42:21This is what is known in the business as the walk of shame.
42:25The thing where you walk back with just your dog and no vehicle.
42:28It's not a problem.
42:42Honestly, it's been a great year.
42:44I mean, there's just been so much going on.
42:46I've got him.
42:50You've got him!
42:50Get him!
42:51Get him!
42:51Get him!
42:52Yes, Claire!
42:54Remy!
42:55Are you all right, darling?
42:56Yeah.
42:57Oh, my goodness.
42:58What are you doing in the bin?
43:00That is so cool.
43:01Have you just made that?
43:02Yeah.
43:04God, look who's here!
43:06Claire?
43:09First we had a digging job, but Mandy shouts loudest, so...
43:13Where are you?
43:14Yeah.
43:15House looks lovely in sunshine, Claire.
43:17It does.
43:19What's the head in these?
43:20That's so timey.
43:24What are you listening to, David?
43:26Definitely stay as quiet.
43:30You can't be a shepherd if you've never jumped the wall.
43:33In that case, go on, get jumping.
43:35Get him out!
43:39It's really good that we have lakes and things around here.
43:42And it's really, really fun, because you can splash about and crawl off.
43:46So, how long were you an only child?
43:49Three of the best years of my life.
43:51It would have been the good days.
43:52They actually cared about you that time.
43:55Let's get some grub.
43:56Mine's raw.
44:01Happy birthday to you!
44:03I think I forgot to tell people my birthday's tomorrow.
44:07Make a wish!
44:11Nancy did a love hat in the plastering, and she's tried to cover it, but it's failed.
44:15Pretty bad.
44:16In the plaster?
44:17Yeah.
44:17Yeah.
44:18Look.
44:19And it says, I love you.
44:21I love you, Dad.
44:23Well, isn't that lovely?
44:26Also, this year, I've learned a heck of a lot about what goes into a house and a home.
44:34You could have cleaned trailer out.
44:36Get on.
44:38We've gone from a structure to kind of now more of a home, albeit empty.
44:44It has taken far longer than we ever thought it would, but it's moved forward hugely.
44:51Let's go!
44:52We've got a watertight, windproof building.
44:59Perfecto.
45:00Beautiful.
45:01We've had underfloor heating.
45:03It's already at one bar.
45:05Stop!
45:06And we've got plaster, which has taken forever to dry out.
45:11Ah, look at that, lad.
45:14So, the next day, it's timber work.
45:16It's the oak flower bards, it's the partitions, and there's a little bit of decorating.
45:22Yeah, it does look like it's kind of soaked in, doesn't it?
45:25Mm-hmm.
45:25It's all about actually putting in things that are going to make it into a proper home.
45:31If you look, you've got your oven, and if you move them, that's your flues.
45:37That's it.
45:38Can you see?
45:39Go on, girls.
45:41Look at the toilet.
45:42There's water in there!
45:44Of course there is.
45:45It is exciting, but also, it's a bit nerve-wracking.
45:50Oh, Jesus, that must be so heavy.
45:52With the farm and the house, there is so much to do.
45:57But we're all in it together, we're all working together.
46:01Having a team and family that are on board and all willing to get their hands dirty and get stuck
46:09in, is everything.
46:14Don't you stop.
46:17You're all in it!
46:18Oh, my God!
46:19No!
46:19Ah!
46:21No!
46:22No!
46:41Ah!
46:42Ah!
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