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Vinnie Jones In The Country Season 3 Episode 6
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00:08So there's the seats from Wembley, right?
00:11Yeah.
00:12Look at the plaque.
00:13Oh, wow.
00:15That's really lovely.
00:16And these are the Wembley.
00:17They're the actual seats that my family sat on.
00:22Okay, life-changing day.
00:24I remember going to the cup final in 1985,
00:27Watford against Everton,
00:29and I had to walk about three miles
00:31because I didn't have enough money to get the train
00:33from Watford to Wembley to meet the boys.
00:35Do you know what I mean?
00:36You're in the stands watching Watford, your team and all that,
00:39and right up with the pigeons and all that,
00:40and then three years later, you're actually on the bloody pitch.
00:44Mind blown.
00:45In the FA Cup final.
00:46Mind blown.
00:46Winning it against the mightiest team on the planet at the time.
00:50Wow.
00:51Did you ever imagine that you were going to be doing that?
00:54I used to watch the England games, right?
00:56I used to go to all the England games when I was younger,
00:58and I used to wear my England kit and my England tracksuit
01:01in case one of the players didn't turn up.
01:05That's what you think in your head, don't you?
01:07That's amazing.
01:08Yeah.
01:18It's been a long, chaotic summer.
01:21Are we on?
01:23And it's not over yet.
01:25Come in there and you go,
01:26oh, bosh.
01:28The progress at Manor House is fantastic right now.
01:30Pipes, radiators, kitchens.
01:32It's my fix, if you like.
01:34With your snags in front of me.
01:36There's too much white.
01:37The Manor is on the home straight.
01:39Emma's disco lights.
01:40Come on, Patty, what do you think, Tom?
01:42Excellent.
01:42I love it.
01:43Woo-hoo!
01:44There's a floating sign going in there.
01:46Saying what?
01:47V Jones is the bollocks.
01:49Oh, dear.
01:52I'm now praying for one final thing to break my way.
01:55I need the lake house permission to come through
01:58so that I can roll everybody from the Manor House
02:01down the hill into work
02:03because what I don't want to do
02:04is start losing all the trades.
02:05We're going to do the fence in black, are we?
02:07Yeah.
02:07Well, I've only done half of it.
02:09Can you wire it up so I go, bosh?
02:11I've got the carpenters, the electricians, the painters.
02:13I've got us all busy.
02:14Keep the memento going.
02:21Good girl.
02:23Good girl.
02:25Good girl, Mama.
02:26Good girl.
02:28But the tradies up at the Manor
02:30ain't the only circus in town right now.
02:32They're just shitting machines.
02:34It's just a factory of shite.
02:37Pip's five pups are thriving up at the farm
02:39and she's not the only one who's gone full-on Mama Bear.
02:4315 days old
02:45and they're doing amazing.
02:47I've had many, many puppies in my time
02:49and this is an Emma time
02:52to have the chaos of the puppies.
02:54I'm at the Manor House.
02:55I've got to get on with this job.
02:56I just can't deal with the piss and shit.
03:00They're full on.
03:01They just go for it.
03:02It ain't my thing.
03:03I'll be at the Manor House with the lads.
03:06We've got one brown.
03:07All the girls are black.
03:09One slightly with a chocolate sheen.
03:12Who have we got here?
03:13This is Minnie because she's the smallest.
03:16She's tiny.
03:17But she's getting bigger and she's all black.
03:20She's beautiful.
03:22Hi!
03:23And then we've got our black and tan boy.
03:27He's just so gorgeous.
03:28Look at him.
03:29You're a very handsome boy, aren't you?
03:33Good girl, Mama.
03:36And here's Joy.
03:38Joy is the girl that I pulled out and revived.
03:43And she is the first one to open her eyes.
03:48She beat everyone to it.
03:51And she's doing so well.
03:53It was such a stressful time.
03:57That, um, I just thought, like, she represents Joy, really.
04:03Because against all odds, I didn't think I was going to be able to pull her out that day.
04:07I really didn't.
04:08It's a bit of a blur.
04:09Look at her.
04:10She's a complete bruiser.
04:13And she's thriving.
04:17Yes!
04:20It's hard, because I'd sort of keep them all.
04:23He is a real character, this one.
04:27Um, he is the troublemaker.
04:30He's the Vinny of the group.
04:31He just terrorises everyone.
04:34He just causes mayhem and trouble.
04:36He was the last to open his eyes.
04:38He's just the Vinny of the group.
04:40I really, I've sort of fallen in love with him.
04:45What are you doing?
04:47Hey?
04:48I mean, look at him.
04:50I mean, he's hilarious.
04:51I should really call him Vinny.
04:53I should, shouldn't I?
04:55He is, look at him.
04:56Look at his face.
04:57He is just such a little bruiser.
05:00He's like, yeah, come and have a go if you think you're hard enough.
05:03Hey?
05:04That is the crazy gang.
05:06And there we have it.
05:07The absolute crazy gang.
05:09Oh.
05:13Well, I've been running around like a blue-ass fly.
05:17Hello?
05:18I've not had time to check in on Wobbs' progress.
05:21Thought you was hiding down here.
05:23It's lovely, isn't it?
05:24It's coming on.
05:25It's coming on.
05:26We're getting there.
05:26Looks great.
05:27But we're not there yet.
05:29What I'm building here is probably, I would say, 85% of men's dream.
05:35But we'd all love a man cave.
05:37We do.
05:38It's a man thing.
05:38We all love a shed at the bottom of the garden.
05:41Yeah, yeah.
05:41Be careful.
05:41They're not doing that, are they?
05:43Or is that optical illusion?
05:44It's optical, mate.
05:44Might be nice at both corners, mightn't it?
05:46Yeah, well, if you want to, we can.
05:48There and there, I think.
05:49Because...
05:49Well, we could.
05:50But, I mean, that's butting.
05:50If you want me to, I can.
05:52I think it would be nice.
05:53OK, mate.
05:54The older you get, the more time you spend in your shed.
05:57But with him, he can't sit still for five minutes.
05:59So I can't see that he's going to get any benefit out of it.
06:02That's wrong, because that's fucking above that.
06:05Hey, don't you?
06:06No, it will drive me mad, Wobbs.
06:07You know it will.
06:08It won't be.
06:09Wobbs, I'm not here to drive you mad.
06:11We'll just do a distraction dance.
06:13Yeah, that's it, darling.
06:13We'll just, you know.
06:14Yeah, that's it, yeah.
06:14Just look at that.
06:15No, they're only little...
06:17Listen, on every job, there's little snaggings.
06:20Yeah.
06:20And he is the snag master.
06:22I am the snag master.
06:23I'd like to say, let's finish, and then we'll have a snag.
06:26How's the diet going?
06:29Can you see me?
06:30Look.
06:31Oh, wow.
06:32Emma, can you see me?
06:34Can you see me?
06:35Are you nailed on?
06:37Are you, like, so aggressive with it?
06:40Or are you easing up with it?
06:41No, I'm...
06:41Yeah, I'm pretty full on with it.
06:44You seem better in yourself for it, I think.
06:46You've got to feel right about yourself.
06:50Before everything else.
06:51Because if you don't, you don't care.
06:52That's what I found.
06:53Yeah.
06:54You know what I mean?
06:54You ain't bothered.
06:55You ain't bothered what you look like.
06:56But if you start to feel good about yourself again, it all helps.
06:59There you go.
07:00And that is why, that is why, you seem better.
07:03Yeah, I am.
07:03I think you're better in your head.
07:05The other thing is as well, you've got to deal with today.
07:08Because yesterday is gone, and tomorrow, you'll deal with what comes along tomorrow.
07:13Life is today.
07:14You're in life now.
07:15100%.
07:15Not tomorrow, not yet.
07:16Yesterday is done.
07:17100%.
07:17100%.
07:18So just live today.
07:20And just stick with it.
07:20You know what I mean?
07:21Because you can...
07:21The first thing, you see it in your face, and then you go, oh, fucking hell, he's lost it there.
07:25Yeah, 100%.
07:26Well done, Wobbs.
07:28I think Wobbly's done brilliant.
07:29I think he's coming to terms with things.
07:33He's coming to a place where he can get up in the morning and start functioning.
07:39And watch that level, it's...
07:40You've got me at it now.
07:41Piss off.
07:42Oi, levels are not lying bastards.
07:44They tell the truth.
07:45Yeah.
07:53Hon?
07:54Yeah?
07:56Come and have one of these apples.
08:00Hon, I've got the planning fruit for the lake house.
08:02What?
08:03Yes.
08:04You're joking.
08:05I ain't.
08:06Look.
08:06What, all of it?
08:07All done.
08:09It's done.
08:12It's only taken three years.
08:14Wow.
08:15Are we going to call him a reinforcement?
08:17I'm actually shaking.
08:18Finally, we've pressed the button on the lake house.
08:21I couldn't sleep easier right now, knowing I've got two years' worth of work in front of me.
08:26Here's an apple.
08:28From the tree.
08:32They're called Juju's.
08:37This is going to be a huge project.
08:40I mean, absolutely huge.
08:43He is going to be very excited.
08:46I've done everything by the book, and I've got a smile on me face.
08:49Rock and roll.
08:50Rock and roll.
08:52They're going to stop us now.
09:05Get in the green light on the lake house is like having Christmas come early.
09:10Whatever you're doing with your lorries and diggers, I need you out of here.
09:14Just the boost I need to get the manor over the line and move on.
09:18Let's go, let's go, let's go.
09:20Timing is everything.
09:22Crack that whip.
09:23I'm trying to make everything run smooth like clockwork.
09:29Winter doubles your money, doubles your time, doubles your frustration.
09:33So I want to get in there and get a good move on before October comes.
09:37How much longer have we got on these, mate?
09:39Yeah, we've got to really push on now.
09:40This has been a project of his for the last three years.
09:45He must have been dying to get started on it.
09:47So won't be tired of anyone who stands in his way now, because he's going to go mad at it,
09:52I'm sure.
09:52I'm just winding the lads up now.
09:54Plenty to do.
09:55Short time to do it in.
09:56That's normal, Grant.
09:57You know what I mean?
09:57It's almost like you've unleashed the dragon.
10:00We're waiting on Russ again, are we?
10:02Fucking hell, Russ.
10:03But thankfully, rising star Glenn...
10:05Son never sets on Glenn.
10:07That's right.
10:07And his digger has shown he can take whatever I throw at him.
10:11It's a long snagging list of little bits that have been started, not finished, that we have to do in
10:16order.
10:16So we're just working through them now.
10:18We've got to shorten the list, not keep adding to it.
10:21Every time I come up here, you find something else, something else, something else.
10:25And as soon as we get that done, get me to the lake house.
10:28But he already wants me there this week, but that's not going to happen.
10:31Come on, let's go, baby.
10:36And I'm not the only one raring to go.
10:39Come on, then.
10:40Ooh, the old tail's wagging.
10:42We've now got Pip back.
10:44Shapes coming back on.
10:46Up, up, up, up.
10:47Good girl.
10:48Woo, woo, woo.
10:50First time out.
10:51Back with your dad.
10:52Eh?
10:53She's shaking.
10:54She's shaking like with adrenaline.
10:56Just like me on the old football field when I used to come out of the dressing room.
10:59Eh, Pip?
11:00Ready?
11:00Ready?
11:01She's back.
11:02She's out.
11:04She's snatched back, got her figure back.
11:06She is beside herself.
11:09If she cannot be out with Vinny, diggers, action, constant chaos.
11:15If she can't be out there with him doing that, then she's just depressed.
11:21I'm celebrating with a cup of coffee.
11:23Now she's back.
11:24It's great.
11:25We've got me wingman back, girl.
11:28I'm going to share the old flapjack.
11:32The first call of duty.
11:34Here he is, look.
11:35Here he is.
11:35Checking out the manor's new custom-built gates.
11:38All right, goat.
11:39And delivered this morning by blacksmith goat.
11:49I'm going to put the posts in now.
11:50I'm going to stand them there.
11:51I'm going to put the gates over there.
11:53His work is magnificent.
11:55It's unbelievable.
11:56I think you've hit it in a sweet spot.
11:58Well done, mate.
11:59I really do.
12:00Yeah.
12:01You don't want great big massive things.
12:03It's still got to blend in.
12:04It's not Wentworth.
12:05Do you know what I mean?
12:06Exactly.
12:06Is it Buckingham Palace, mate?
12:08Is it Clarence House?
12:10I'd lift that when I was younger.
12:12Yeah.
12:15I think that's got to be a bit more of an angle, you know?
12:18No, she's about right.
12:19Look, that's higher than that, though, goat, isn't it?
12:21No, it's not.
12:22It's illusion.
12:23Is it?
12:24Yeah.
12:25Just an illusion.
12:29Mate, I think they look good.
12:35Having lit a fire under everyone else's arses,
12:38I need to put my money where my mouth is
12:40and sort my own snack list out.
12:43And one thing I need to get squared away before summer's out
12:46is the beach I built for when the grandkids visit next.
12:50I love lakes swimming.
12:52The excitement of going down there in the mornings,
12:55you don't want to do it, but you do it,
12:57and once you're in, it really lifts your whole spirits.
13:00It's amazing.
13:02I put the entire job on hold
13:04after me bodge job with the builder's sand.
13:06But now Colesie's joined Emma's little paddling posse,
13:10something tells me I'm on borrowed time to get it sorted.
13:14I know it's the wrong stuff.
13:15It's on the list.
13:17And I will go back to it.
13:20Oh!
13:20Ah!
13:23Ah!
13:23Ah!
13:24Ah!
13:25Ah!
13:25Oh, it's quicksand!
13:27Ah!
13:28He's got the wrong sound, hasn't he?
13:29Ah!
13:30And quicksand!
13:33That's a fucking surprise!
13:35Fucking help!
13:36I will take a little digger down there,
13:37take some out,
13:39use that as me bedding,
13:40and put me quartz on top.
13:43That's me next plan.
13:46Do you feel like you're connected
13:49to your body, like your breath?
13:58Oh, this is lovely.
14:00Because it's meant to be good for ADHD.
14:02Well, you sound like you're struggling a bit,
14:04and I feel quite cool.
14:05I think when anybody sort of comes to the countryside from more of a townie situation,
14:13they're a bit apprehensive, maybe, of the quietness from it.
14:17But I think Colsey, it's really fun to watch him sort of come to life.
14:25Seeing him enjoy the swimming is just lovely.
14:29Shall I try and walk out where the beach was?
14:32Yeah, up there.
14:32Right?
14:33You're David Hasselhoff, Ives.
14:35And I'm Pam, OK?
14:37Right, I've got weeds.
14:38Here we go.
14:39You are the horse!
14:42Oh, you...
14:44Yes!
14:45She can't get up here.
14:47OK, take two.
14:48That was a test.
14:50Yes!
14:51Go!
14:52Oh!
14:53You can hear it, yes.
14:54Oh!
14:55Yep.
14:56That is stunning.
14:57Love your work.
14:59David Hasselhoff, eat you higher.
15:02I feel like Mr fucking Blobby.
15:04Ah!
15:08I ain't throwing the towel in on me beach just yet.
15:11I'll add the fix to young Glenn's ever-expanding snag list.
15:16With Lake House planning finally in me pocket,
15:19the beach ain't the only thing that needs a good clear-out.
15:22You never know what's behind there, do you?
15:24Come on.
15:25Yeah, perfect.
15:26And the barn on the edge of the property
15:29seems a good place to start.
15:31These are all from the lady I brought them off.
15:33They must have stored them all here and never took them.
15:36When you see an old lady in an armchair
15:40and you're sitting on her bed in the living room
15:43and she tells you the struggle it was to keep the farm going
15:48and she was terrified of losing her legacy.
15:51She didn't want people coming in and splitting it up.
15:54When she said to me, she called me in,
15:56she said, would you buy this place and keep it as is?
15:59I was like, eh?
16:00Because there was a lot of people who wanted this place.
16:01I can imagine, yeah.
16:02She said, I'll only sell it to you.
16:04She said, I said, all right.
16:05So anyway, we came to a deal and everything
16:07and she said, the other part of the deal is...
16:09Because you bought it while she was still in the property, didn't you?
16:11Yeah, still alive.
16:12Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:13And I said, she can live here until the day she dies.
16:16That is a side of Vincent that not a lot of people see.
16:20He has got a very kind side.
16:22You know, he was very good to me when I was down.
16:24He kind of resonates with people that are in a bad stage in their life.
16:27He just tries to give them a bit of a pat on the back, really.
16:30Part of the deal was, her mum, there's a little field down there
16:33called Mum's Field, they call it.
16:35Her mum is buried down there.
16:37And I put the ashes down there with her mum.
16:40With her mum. Lovely.
16:41And that's called Mum's Field.
16:42She's the kind of old girl that would be sitting on top of that oak tree
16:46on a big branch looking down and going,
16:48ha, ha, ha, go on, Vin.
16:50Someone's life, innit? Someone's memories.
16:52That's where I get kind of a bit emotional about it all.
16:54Yeah, I know, yeah.
16:55This lady had amassed what she'd amassed around her in her lifetime
16:58and it was all just left in a pile.
17:01That's somebody's life.
17:03Years ago, that would have meant something to somebody.
17:05Yeah, look at that, that's nice.
17:06Give that to Simon. He'll make me a nice stick out of that.
17:08He would do, wouldn't he?
17:10And it got me thinking, and I'm thinking,
17:12is that what life's all about?
17:14Do you go through life collecting all this stuff
17:19for it to mean nothing?
17:20Vinny picked a stick up
17:22and it looked to me as though it resonated with him.
17:25You never know what you're going to throw in.
17:26That'll clean up nice.
17:28I like to think that I will carry on her legacy.
17:30We're the keepers.
17:32All we are is the lock keepers for her.
17:35Whatever we do down there,
17:37it will always be Celeste's house.
17:39The old Celeste stick.
17:41That'd be nice, wouldn't it?
17:49It's the most ridiculous idea I've ever, ever heard.
18:00You can't let people on this.
18:01This is too dangerous.
18:03And also, it's covered in goose shit now.
18:05So I don't think there'll be sunbathing on this.
18:07It's not sand tropey, it's building sand.
18:10El Rongo.
18:11Look at this shit everywhere.
18:21Another day.
18:22Morning, boys.
18:23Morning, mate.
18:23You OK?
18:24Yeah, good.
18:25Another round in the ring.
18:27No, it can't be fucking done.
18:29Keeping the pressure on.
18:30We'll get that done, that done.
18:31We'll get the table in.
18:33Some few chairs.
18:33Because before the bell rings for the main event at the lake house...
18:37Who's that leaving?
18:39What time do you call this?
18:40I've got a few more bouts lined up over on this side of the hill.
18:44Straightforward.
18:45Just lift the front.
18:46That's it.
18:47There you go.
18:48That is the absolute nuts.
18:50Look how big it is.
18:51Ha-ha!
18:57One job I've got to stop dancing around is the beach by the jetty.
19:01Right, Pip.
19:02Come on in.
19:03It's been hanging over me all summer.
19:05We need a beach open sign, don't we?
19:08Yeah, that's it.
19:09Yeah.
19:09Right, that's spooky.
19:10And with the right sand finally in hand...
19:13It'll be Costa del VJ come sundown.
19:16That's a pop of beach sand, isn't it?
19:18Absolutely.
19:18But look, build a castle out of that, mate.
19:21Look.
19:22That's it.
19:22Come on, Zachy, let's get it in.
19:23Moment of truth, then.
19:30It's not as white as I thought it would be.
19:32Is that as white as it comes?
19:34Yeah.
19:35Perfect.
19:35Here we go, look.
19:36Taking all the glory, Glenn.
19:38No, no.
19:38Take it.
19:39Taking all the glory.
19:40It's there to be taken.
19:46Sometimes I take 10 steps forward and 15 back, but then I'll take another 10 forward.
19:54But this is what I envisage.
19:55Maybe we should start an interior design company.
19:58I'd love it.
19:59I'm good at that.
20:00You have got vision, haven't you?
20:02Just that everybody's not on the same...
20:04No.
20:06Well, the trouble is, everybody's got to do your vision.
20:08I'm going too fast for you fucking lot.
20:13When he first suggested it at a beach, I thought you nah.
20:16You know what?
20:16As did I.
20:17Mr. Richie's got two of them, mate.
20:19Oh, there you go.
20:20That'll come.
20:20There'll be three here, then.
20:21That'll come.
20:22There'll be three.
20:23You're going to love that.
20:25Yeah.
20:25I know you've got enough to do, but if you can just come and rake it every morning before
20:29you start work.
20:29I'll put that on my list, yeah.
20:30Is that all right?
20:31Yeah.
20:31I'll leave that hour earlier.
20:33Yeah, stick that on your list, if you don't mind.
20:34I'll de-shit it first and then...
20:40Sand swapped out and the beach finally squared away.
20:44I know my grandkids will be made up with my efforts next time they come and stay.
20:50Harry!
20:52Hey!
20:53How are you doing, mate?
20:55Good.
20:56Eddie!
20:57Right, mate?
20:58I've been doing it.
20:59Where's your tooth gone?
21:01It fell out a few weeks ago.
21:03Yeah?
21:04The tooth fairy gave me a whole profile.
21:08Oh!
21:09Guess what I've got.
21:11Oh!
21:14Oh, my God!
21:17Look at his nose!
21:20Yeah.
21:20We'll put her back, shall we?
21:24They don't seem so distant because you can just video call them, but there's nothing
21:29better than to have them here and give them a cuddle.
21:31Harry's straightening his leg, grandad.
21:34Have you?
21:34Let's have a look.
21:36Oh, well done.
21:38Are you walking without the crutches now?
21:39Yeah.
21:40My grandson had cancer of the leg.
21:43I mean, he's clear, but he's not out of the woods yet.
21:46He's had a lot of physio.
21:47He's doing really well.
21:48Well, that's good news, Harry.
21:49Well done.
21:50Keep going.
21:50Keep strong.
21:52I've been building a beach for you down the lake.
21:55Have you?
21:55Very nice.
21:56It's all known of yours.
21:58All there it is.
21:59Yeah.
21:59All white sand.
22:00Lovely white sand.
22:02The weather the way it's been when we have gone over, I would get attacked.
22:06Yeah.
22:07Shame you didn't get over this time, but we'll get over later.
22:10We'll get over later on.
22:11Talk to you next week on your birthday, Harry.
22:15All right?
22:15Okay.
22:16Ed, give us a kiss and I'll see you later.
22:19You got a kiss for granddad.
22:22Eddie.
22:23Eddie.
22:26You little farter.
22:27See you later.
22:28See you, Harry.
22:29Bye.
22:31Those kids remind me of what I've got to be thankful for in this life.
22:36But knowing not everyone's as fortunate, today I'm given a little helping hand to a charity
22:41that hits close to home.
22:43So the Magic Taxi send not only Terminal kids to Disneyland, also their siblings that don't
22:50really get as much attention at this time.
22:53Obviously, because all the attention goes on to the child that's very, very ill.
22:58So the cabboys take them to Disneyland.
23:01They drive them there.
23:03And to help raise funds for the volunteers next trip.
23:06Bring that round to here, girls.
23:08Pull it up to here and we'll serve from here.
23:10I've auctioned off a day's clay shooting and invited the cabboys along for the ride.
23:20My connection is my grandson had cancer of the leg.
23:24And obviously, you know, it's brought it all home to me, you know, Harry's fight and these
23:30other kids' fights.
23:31So, it's very close to the heart.
23:38So, today is all about the children with us and the children that are not.
23:44That's what today is all about.
23:46And it's great that you've all given your time.
23:49All my lot have given their time to support you guys, to show you our respect.
23:54It's all about fun today and it's all about such a fantastic cause.
24:01All right, let the games commence, boys.
24:07Pull, pull.
24:08Pull.
24:11We nearly made it.
24:13Early.
24:13Straight at it.
24:15Oh, my God.
24:16Conservation shot.
24:18We'll be all right this year, Mick.
24:19We'd better put another day in.
24:21Pull.
24:24Straight at the rabbit.
24:26Yes.
24:27There you go.
24:29Brilliant, mate.
24:29Brilliant.
24:30That's what it's all about.
24:31Fun.
24:32How many did he get?
24:33One.
24:34Great.
24:35Absolutely great.
24:36It really is.
24:36So, walking around, there's a lot of people smiling and laughing.
24:39We'll do our bit.
24:40Yeah, no, it is absolutely fantastic.
24:42You know, as we always said, all got their stories, haven't they?
24:45Every front door's got a story.
24:46It really has.
24:49It's not just those affected by cancer that support this charity.
24:53Jim's been sponsoring a taxi since he lost his lad in an accident four years ago.
24:58How old was Alfie?
24:5924.
25:01It's hard to come to terms with.
25:03A loss like that.
25:05Every day of the week, we go to the grave.
25:07Do you?
25:07Yeah.
25:07Change of flowers.
25:09Sometimes we go there at 11 o'clock at night.
25:10I know, because you'll feel guilty.
25:12Yeah.
25:13And I lost your wife.
25:15It's a process, mate, and it takes time.
25:18Everything eaps on very early as well, but you start coping with it.
25:22You should get up in the morning and do the first task of the day, do it properly.
25:27And then you can do the next one a bit better, you know?
25:29And then, finally, all these hundreds of pieces will slowly, slowly come back together.
25:36You know what I mean?
25:38At the moment, your task is you're going to the grave every day.
25:41You know, you have got a task.
25:42It takes a long time, mate, and you've got to process it.
25:45Well, you think four years on, it would get a little bit easier, wouldn't you?
25:49But it seems to be harder for me.
25:50I don't know.
25:52You're around that three, four.
25:53Every time I think about it, I break down.
25:55I don't know.
25:56On national TV, I had the same chat and burst into it on Piers Morgan.
26:00But I got it out there.
26:01I helped other blokes.
26:03I said, yeah, it's all right to fucking talk.
26:05It's all right to fucking cry and show our emotions.
26:07Why not?
26:09What I do is help, mate, I've been there.
26:12Please don't apologise for me.
26:13But I look to see how proud I'm making her now.
26:17I just keep thinking this.
26:19Everyone says, God only takes the good first.
26:21Well, he definitely took the good with my boy.
26:23There you go.
26:23There you go.
26:24And take that with you and embrace that.
26:26I talk to the grave every day.
26:28Yeah, you will.
26:28You will.
26:29You'll be driving along and having a chat.
26:31I do try to enjoy myself, but I do think about him.
26:35Don't feel guilty about that.
26:36I used to feel that.
26:37Feel guilty about enjoying yourself.
26:39He's going to smile at that.
26:41Boy loves you.
26:42And, you know, he wants you to be happy, mate.
26:49I think about him.
26:49This is lovely today.
26:50And I'm walking around.
26:51There's people who have got smiles on their face.
26:53Yes.
26:53You know, and I think what a lot of people have gone through is what Vinny's been through,
26:57I've been through, what they're going through.
26:59It's very, very difficult when you're going through grief to talk about it.
27:03Very hard.
27:04Very, very hard.
27:05so what he's done today is great I've been through a lot of grief one way or
27:12another my wife and my mum in the last few years and people look and say he's
27:17been through this he knows what we're talking about we trust him and that's a
27:20massive word the trust word
27:29after today I need to take a moment to myself and have a breather
27:39that's it they just sat there didn't know that was there
27:48this is where the rope the rope I can come and stand here look
27:59it's a nice deer down there
28:05it's my little spot I do like this little spot here
28:18God that isn't just there look good looking boy isn't he
28:24that's your typical English ring neck that isn't it
28:30being alone with nature
28:31helps me through the tough days it gives peace
28:35to reflect on the hard times
28:38talking to Jim it just flooded back so many memories
28:41you know it's devastating and the only way I can sit and listen and that is
28:46because I've been there and done it I've been for it he's going for it and I'm
28:51still going for it and I always will for the rest of my life go for it
28:55losing me mum it's something that's very personal it's a massive massive blow
29:05that I'm still holding in I think we're we're we're a couple of months on now it worries me a
29:12little bit there's been no breakdown it does worry me a little bit I don't think you can control grief
29:19it's uncontrollable and with me mum I'm trying to keep keep it up keep it away whether that's the right
29:28or wrong thing I don't know but it's it's it's painful it's hard you know
29:36you've got to keep busy
29:39you've got to keep busy or you'll crumple and I ain't gonna crumple
29:46it is the fear of crumpling that keeps me going
29:50nothing maybe I'm keeping myself too busy right now I'm a little bit worried that if I slow down a
29:58little bit it might all of a sudden fall out the sky and be like a massive weight on me
30:03but I'm just hoping that won't happen
30:15at the manor while I keep an eye on snags indoors what the fuck is that old glenny boys a
30:22man on a mission
30:23that's it making good the surrounding acreage churned up by my army of diggers condition touches
30:29tarmac topsoiling final dressing in seed it done
30:33so as long as no one interferes with our freshly laid topsoil then no hiccups out of the manor house
30:40Friday into the lake house Monday finally everything's getting tied off proper
30:46come on she's just in her element she has spent more time on a building site than I have
30:52look he's here goat the great man himself oh wow goat they are lovely aren't they do you like the
31:00weight
31:00the girth of them oh I was going to mention that I'm feeling the mighty hand of goat yes that's
31:06it
31:06took us two weeks to do all the scrolls no what's he doing no no who's that he is not
31:14going to get
31:15across that mud what is he doing he will not get over the top of that mud that's all seeded
31:23cross yeah
31:24couldn't wait five minutes it was all going far too well and someone has just driven over our freshly
31:36seeded topsoil we were getting through the list at a rate of knots but behavior like that obviously sets
31:43us back which now I need to correct so I'll add that back on the list whilst work motors along
31:51at
31:51the manor house and the summer starts to draw to a close over at the farm we got a big
31:57decision to make
31:58go careful because they chase you and your feet you don't want to stand on one come on then oh
32:04and
32:06since moving to the outdoor pen the pups are giving blondie the runaround 100 they've got it from Pip Pip
32:13is an outdoor doggy she never wants to be indoors and and her pups are the same so it seems
32:20I do like the black and tan look oh the time has come and I've told her we need to
32:28decide which one
32:29we're going to keep the biggest problem we're going to have is Emma's going to want to keep all the
32:33puppies this is joy that's the one she's gorgeous she is gorgeous this tiny that's mini mini it's
32:44basically very difficult having to choose between five beautiful amazing little pups how do I how do
32:52I do this this is heartbreak hotel so I am trying to persuade Vinnie potentially could we keep more
32:59than one we are keeping one not two not five we're keeping one I'm having sleepless nights about it
33:09because how do you choose should I tell you just look the size of like a little polar bear like
33:26a
33:26little seal he didn't have ankles for the longest time because he was too fat he had cankles only a
33:34mother could love he's massive he's like a little chewbacca isn't he yeah look I would put you under
33:46the cosh now what would be your choice I just can't cope I would honestly take joy the one you
33:53save but I
33:54do love Buster as well because he reminds me of you is he that intelligent he's a bruiser and he's
34:02a very
34:02naughty boy I wouldn't go for a boy so maybe it's joy then I mean that is the only one
34:08I've properly named I think it's a
34:11no-brainer so the decision has been made we're keeping joy and I think she's got what it takes to
34:18join the rest of this
34:20crazy gang she looks nuts welcome to the family joy you'll fit right in
34:32looks like hiding in the woods has done wonders for wobbly's progress in more ways than one I mean
34:39this is basically the final sort of clear up now a little bit of touching up to do with the
34:43paint and
34:44then I'm out of here it's been probably one of the most enjoyable jobs I've done down here done for
34:49him over the years to be honest with you because he's basically just said to me build me a cabin
34:53and
34:54left left me to it which is great hopefully he likes it but um I'm pleased with the way it's
34:59turned
34:59out I'll put it this way that was down the bottom of my garden I'd be delighted I'd love it
35:04down the bottom
35:04of my garden there I really would it's nearly as big as my house where I live so it's the
35:12greatest
35:12thing for me this year I have been alone down here a lot just to get on with it which
35:17obviously gives
35:17you a lot more time and so I've been able to focus a little bit more on myself and get
35:21back to where I
35:22need to be and I feel a lot a lot happier than I have been in the past but it's
35:26years I've been here
35:27now and yeah I was in the dark places at some points and you know just being here keeping me
35:33busy
35:33keeping me going it helped you know I have sort of woke up now and realized that you know it's
35:40I've got to start looking after myself a bit more got my ladders away my paint away and I am
35:47out of here
35:51I think the man cave is absolutely magnificent we can go down there me and Patty or Colsey whatever
35:57let's go down there chill out no one about lovely views
36:01oh my god someone I can't see where I'm going anyway it's gonna be kind of me Yellowstone cabin
36:08now I've got it looking the business what's that like Colsey yeah that spot it's the perfect spot
36:13to kick back with the oldest muckers I know tell you what I'm not being funny Wobby's done a bloody
36:19good job he has to be fair and take stock of the last few months here we are yeah another
36:27day
36:27another dollar putty's moved out of Watford he's down here now living up the road five months ago I
36:34was living in Southend never had a pot to piss in now I'm living down here my fucking tooth fell
36:39out I've
36:39got enough money to buy a new tooth and I'm driving about the BMW all because all because of this
36:44man
36:44what I found you behoving with the difference between maybe us the normal fellas is that when
36:49you get a chance you grab it with both hands yeah yeah I'll wrap myself around it yeah when would
36:54you ever think as a kid you'd become an actor he's been fucking acting all his life when I was
37:02nine or
37:02ten years old we went we were at butlins as kids like and I was fucking I was up there
37:08when I on the
37:08old stage giving it all the old bollocks did you ever see him dance he's fucking shocking mate I was
37:14the bollocks then when we used that Rolls-Royce I was the bollocks cause I used to take the floor
37:21at Rolls-Royce every Friday night the thing no one could keep no one to be on the dance floor
37:25up he
37:26goes fucking Peter Gordino giving it the first to do the old shuffle it was terrible then was I looking
37:34at things in your life would you ever think that you'd be the fellow that people would look up to
37:38for
37:38mental health and things like that I ain't just started doing it I've been doing it all my life
37:42you know that he's like an ambassador for mental health yeah I love that side you know I'm taking
37:46it on I think I'm in a position to be able to talk about it yeah you know I've lost
37:50my wife and your
37:52mum all I can express to people is how I've dealt with it and what it's done to me yeah
37:58and if that
37:59helps any of them then so be it but I do believe when I could stay keep swinging and all
38:05that yeah it's
38:06what I'm trying to say is keep yourself occupied keep yourself busy do you think of anything further
38:13than the next day or do you just take one day at a time put it this way I know
38:18what I'm doing tomorrow
38:19and I start having panic attacks when I've got nothing planned for me I'm still filling up tomorrow
38:28to be able to sleep tonight but I mean we've all come a long way this year we've all repaired
38:34myself
38:35included I feel that I've come on a long way in the last year but like to think that we
38:42sitting
38:42here like this you know I mean like got three old men like you've been so we're getting old you've
38:46got a new set of teeth my teeth are falling out and things have gone bald
38:51apart from that we're all right
38:53yeah
39:13so wobbly there you are
39:15right what I'll be look guess what
39:19fucking down and I finish I'm done you'll like it and I'll see you
39:23well done mate no good yeah so uh yeah I'm there finished
39:27looks like I worked you hard this year
39:29well yeah it's been that uh but yeah no it's been great it's been great
39:36it's been an emotional journey some and uh on that note um yeah I do want to
39:41I'd like to say thank you to you mate really to be honest with you yeah that's
39:45be good I've got something for you not the last bill is it no I'll tell you
39:49what it is I'll give you that with pleasure I won't get upset giving you that what do
39:53you get a man who's got everything when you can go and buy a Bentley on a whim
39:57or you can go and buy two farms down the road because you can
40:01I guess life has got a different meaning so I think when someone gives him the
40:05little trinkets the little um I suppose stuff from the heart there's a bit it
40:11probably means something a little bit more than just going to buy something
40:15because you can so I've been with you now four or four odd years now and I
40:20didn't know what the heck to buy you but I don't know if you remember we went down
40:24to the lake house and me and you had a little walk about and we was talking about uh legacies
40:30you just lost your mum I'd lost me dad what was left behind right you know I mean
40:36people just leave stuff behind don't they and uh you picked a stick up well I picked it up
40:42I don't know uh if you remember but we called this the celeste stick and I took it to our
40:48mate
40:48Simon oh mate I thought get you one with a little trout on it right hopefully this will remind
40:55you a of me and b of your lake house yeah and that is the actual stick it's come back
41:04to life
41:04thanks mate the stick's beautiful you know so it's another one for my collection it's a fish it's the
41:11first fish I've had brown trout yeah it's lovely it's got celeste in it it's got her dna you know
41:19she is a big part of this and she always will be and the good thing is because it's a
41:23two-piece one
41:24you can put it in your suitcase take it to America take it to America and it'll always remind you
41:28of
41:28the lake house you like it yeah and I thought the trout is you ain't got one with trout I
41:32got a fish
41:33one you've helped me through some tough times mate and I mean that I really do as well I really
41:37do
41:38yeah we've helped each other when we first when we first met I was in a dark place and so
41:41was you
41:43um but as you say you kept me swinging mate you kept me punching and I'm in a lot better
41:46place now
41:47thanks to you I feel like I've kind of I'm getting better yeah you know I mean my journey starting
41:54to
41:55you know you're doing this I'm feeling great in yourself and everything thank you so uh thanks
42:00for this mate I'll treasure it and uh and I'll tell you what that's that's from my heart mate I
42:05mean that
42:05thank you mate it really does I didn't know what I could get you I think I really don't all
42:08right
42:09all the back for the future and I hope the uh I hope this lake house and manor house
42:14you appreciate I thank you for all the work but I can't get it's too much for me now mate
42:18all that
42:18your train's a little bit too quick for me now it's not a train it's a rocket world exactly but
42:23hopefully you'll have something for me next summer yep you know where I am give me a ring
42:26give you a ring yeah give you a ring but thank you beautiful well done mate all right cheers
42:31thank you thank you all right yeah see you later see you well take care he bought me a knife
42:37and every time you look at it it reminds me of Vincent sometimes I want to throw it out the
42:42fucking window but in general I think of that moment that he gave it to me and I think of
42:47the
42:48it sounds crass and silly but I think hopefully the love that he was given it was a lovely gift
42:55it meant a lot to me so hopefully this stick will do the same for him thanks well I'll tick
43:00the wobbly
43:01box this year because I think wobbly's in a much much better place and it's been a good season for
43:07for repair hey by the way I ain't paid Simon for it so you might want to go and see
43:14him
43:14all right you bastard see ya wobs
43:24friendship can't buy it
43:35now the manor house is done I can finally say my plans come together that's a bit of vision
43:42wasn't it huh look at that yeah I mean that is stunning and that's what it deserved that's our
43:48legacy there yeah that'll be good for another 50 years that lo and behold four or five months you've
43:54just restored this area not only the house but this whole area the barn everything blondie spot on
44:02from the beach to the log cabins all the lads have stepped up this summer
44:10whilst here at the manor the grounds are landscaped to perfection with an entrance and a helipad that
44:17means business no stone unturned really have you sometimes it like the emotion it like makes you
44:23want to cry that you've actually achieved that look at that what a joint effort look at that
44:28I always looked up at my dad he had his own albeit a small building company I was always going
44:34to be my
44:35own boss did I think I was going to be a professional footballer did I think I was going to
44:38be an actor
44:39no but I'd have ended up with either me own building firm or something saying that I have I have
44:45all I do is build farms
44:49and I'm getting quite good at them there you go hon
44:57the manor house has come up shining
45:02with every mortal detail just how I imagined plus a party barn that's fit for purpose
45:12great I like the color scheme beautiful and you've done such a great job should have been an interior
45:19designer oh my god when the manor house came up really it was too good an opportunity to let go
45:25it borders the farmhouse and the lake house so it joins up I can walk around it all now for
45:31the rest of
45:32my life when the boys come in or people come over they can stay there as well and the views
45:36are out of
45:37this world they're some of the best views in West Sussex this is a beautiful little small holding
45:41anywhere but that just sets it off well it's the peacefulness up yeah but that view is just
45:47that's what I mean it's the tranquility here isn't it what I couldn't understand is you from down there
45:53you look up and it's magnificent why you would paint your house gray that's what I couldn't get over
45:58you know it's the white house it's up on the hill the white works actually I was concerned
46:03I know you was all concerned but I don't know why I know you want to be in charge of
46:06everything but
46:07it is a collaboration sometimes the collaborations do me in the mirror huh I have a board meeting with
46:14me and the mirror and away I go yes I know but can I be more involved in the lake
46:19house because that
46:20is the one that we've been waiting let's go then let's go and have a look what what you want
46:23to get
46:23involved with success for me is to complete something that you set out to do and then you
46:33go after the next thing it's no good sitting there winning the FA Cup final and saying that's that now
46:44what I do I go yeah I've enjoyed that then I'm looking at now what am I gonna do what's
46:49the next one
46:49let's go baby like I have to ask after a summer of hard graft it doesn't end with the manor
46:58now my vision for this little corner of West Sussex is well and truly locked in the only thing to
47:04do
47:04now get the diggers out down the hill straight to the lake house we're gonna get started
47:28let's go boys let's do it two and a half years
47:38let's go Glenn let's go let's get in the shit and muck and go again and I'll see when it
47:44stops
47:45when it stops
47:51can I go now
47:53can I go now
48:22you
48:24you
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