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00:00The noughties heralded a digital revolution. BBC Wales began to put their extensive archive online and make programmes accessible away
00:09from TV.
00:11We could watch on our computers, internet and our phones.
00:16What didn't change though was the wild and the wonderful things we reported on.
00:22In this series we'll be taking a look at some of the stories making the headlines in Wales in the
00:27early days of the 21st century.
00:32Let's have a look at what we were reporting on in 2009.
00:38A spellbinding beach from the Harry Potter movie.
00:41On show, the largest private collection of quilts in Wales.
00:46And there's a new kid on the block.
00:49I love it when I'm on a train and the trolley comes around and you can get your cup of
00:53tea and your snacks.
00:55But in 2009 they ditched the trolley and swapped it for a Michelin star chef.
01:02Haute cuisine and rail travel don't usually go hand in hand.
01:06These days most trains don't even have a dining car.
01:10But for one night only, five star food was back on the menu for these first class passengers travelling to
01:15Anglesey.
01:15Looks very civilised doesn't it?
01:17Chef James Summerin was asked to swap his Michelin star restaurant in Monmouthshire for the buffet car.
01:24Yeah, new experience.
01:25I'm going to try and find my feet at the moment.
01:27So, yeah, we're good.
01:29Find your feet.
01:31It's a one-off experience aimed at changing our ideas of train food and offering something different than microwaved burgers.
01:38With a menu consisting of crab cannelloni, loin of lamb and dark chocolate torte, it certainly took some passengers by
01:45surprise.
01:45Definitely an upgrade.
01:46They could do this on a train with a kitchen on the sides of presumably a postage step.
01:51The flavours, they complement each other and, well, they just explode on your taste buds.
01:56They are superb.
01:57Despite the challenges of preparing fine food on a moving train, this experiment seems to have worked.
02:03It may not have been the Orient Express, but the food was certainly first class.
02:08Well, from trains to bikes and cyclist Nicole Cook was still riding high in 2009 after the biggest successes of
02:16her career.
02:17But now she was taking control.
02:20Johansson of Sweden that's challenging.
02:22Cook is still at the front.
02:24Oh, Cook takes it!
02:26Last year, Nicole Cook achieved something no sportsman or woman had ever done before.
02:30She won the World and Olympic road race titles in the same year.
02:35But instead of sitting back in her saddle, the Welsh rider is taking on a new challenge by starting her
02:41own team.
02:42Vision One Racing is made up of young, mainly British, riders, and Cook will lead from the front.
02:48It's really about creating the best environment for me so I can hopefully continue to perform
02:54and be able to put the preparation in exactly as I need for the London Olympics.
03:00Cook's victory in China sparked an Olympic gold rush for Great Britain.
03:04But whilst others celebrated, she went back to training and six weeks later became world champion as well.
03:12Nicole Cook has set up her own team to give herself the best possible chance to defend her World and
03:18Olympic titles.
03:19But there is another reason.
03:21She wants to inspire a new generation of women road racers in Britain.
03:26By giving them a taste of life on the road as a professional cyclist,
03:30where everything from mealtimes to training rides is regimented.
03:34The team is everything.
03:35And where, for the likes of Gabby Day, Cook's experience and success is invaluable.
03:41When you're racing, having Nicole in the team with you, it sort of, I don't know how,
03:46but it makes you feel stronger as a rider and you feel that you're able to do more just, you
03:50know, being in her team with her.
03:51For Nicole Cook, it's about staying ahead of the chasing pack,
03:55giving herself the best chance to win at London 2012,
03:58and providing a legacy for British cycling beyond.
04:01I feel like we really watched Nicole Cook grow up during this decade.
04:06I was just wondering what she's doing now.
04:08And I can see that over the years she's become a real advocate for gender equality in the sport
04:14and for fairness in cycling too.
04:17So she's really become quite an amazing woman, hasn't she?
04:23A few years ago, my dog, Buddy, became a therapy pet
04:26and we would go into schools together and sit with children and help them with their reading.
04:32And I thought it was quite a new idea.
04:34But no, it was happening in Narbeth in 2009.
04:40It's another day at School for Charlie,
04:42the newest member of staff here at Templeton School near Narbeth.
04:45As a registered therapy animal, this Sheltie Cross has been trained to sit and listen
04:50while youngsters read to him.
04:52You want to come and sit down here on this side of him?
04:55Six-year-old Josh Flynn has an audience with him today.
05:04After several weeks of reading to Charlie and another dog called Saffron,
05:09Josh's teachers have noticed an improvement in his reading skills
05:12and Josh is enjoying it.
05:14He gives you something to, like, look at while you're reading.
05:20So it's actually quite nice.
05:22They both, like, look at you in a special way.
05:26It just makes it less intimidating for a child to read out loud.
05:30So you enjoy reading to the dogs then?
05:32Yeah.
05:33The very act of stroking a pet like Charlie can relax children,
05:36lower blood pressure and make them more confident.
05:40Reading education assistance dogs have proved popular in America
05:43and Sarah Ellis was keen to try it here.
05:46It takes away the problem of reading with large classes,
05:50where children might be slightly scared of reading out to the whole class.
05:54Here, all they're doing is they're reading to Charlie.
05:56And Charlie doesn't laugh, judge or criticise.
05:59And he's just interested in the story.
06:01And therefore, it gives them confidence.
06:04With dogged determination, Josh and Charlie hope they'll read all the stories on these shelves.
06:09And Sarah is hounding more schools to follow the lead of Templeton.
06:13Now, forget petrol or diesel, there was a new biofuel in town in 2009.
06:19How do you fancy filling up the tank with a bit of this?
06:24This may look like bamboo, but it's actually Asian elephant grass.
06:28And scientists here in Aberystwyth believe that in a few years' time,
06:31you could be driving a car with fuel made from this.
06:33Although it's a tropical plant, miscanthus grows well in Wales,
06:38reaching a height of four metres.
06:40Its high sugar content makes it valuable as a biofuel for cars.
06:44Sugar can be converted into ethanol, a green fuel.
06:47But it also has potential for use in power stations.
06:50It helps in terms of actually production of actually carbon-neutral fuels,
06:55so that we're actually producing fuels from biomass,
06:59whether that's biomass going into power stations or liquid fuels for use in cars.
07:05It also helps in that the carbon's been taken out of the atmosphere.
07:09Scientists at Aberystwyth's Biology Institute are aiming to double the yield of elephant grass per hectare,
07:15as well as speeding up its growth.
07:17They're also looking for ways of extracting as much of the sugar as possible to make ethanol.
07:22Playing such a big role in this government project
07:24puts the university at the forefront of green technology.
07:28Our researchers are addressing the important questions,
07:31the global challenges, if you like, facing us today,
07:34climate change, food and water security.
07:37And in this particular case,
07:39the underlying thread of ensuring energy sources which are sustainable.
07:46The biggest collection of miscanthus varieties outside Asia
07:49has been gathered by the Institute to help with the cross-breeding programme.
07:54Scientists here believe this humble garden plant
07:56could be the green fuel of the future.
07:59Well, it hasn't quite taken off at the pumps just yet, has it?
08:02But I can see that research is still going on.
08:05So, one day.
08:09Now, shall we have a bit of magic on a spellbinding Welsh beach?
08:14J.K. Rowling fans should recognise this.
08:17Shell Cottage, the Weasley seaside hideaway.
08:20It features in the final Harry Potter film,
08:23which begins shooting in the next few weeks.
08:26In the book, this house is in Cornwall,
08:29but the filmmakers opted for Pembrokeshire instead.
08:33I would live in that house.
08:35A link with such a massive film is impressive enough,
08:38but it doesn't end there.
08:40A month after the Harry Potter film,
08:42Freshwater West is welcoming Russell Crowe
08:45in the new film version of Robin Hood.
08:47But two films back-to-back on this beach
08:50will mean some disruption.
08:52Although it will remain open,
08:54roads will be closed,
08:55and some say it's been hard getting information.
08:58It's a very special place,
09:00but it's also special for the film crews.
09:02You know, that's why they chose this place,
09:03because it is so unspoiled, so undeveloped.
09:06And hopefully, when we finish with the development
09:08that we've got here,
09:09that will be back to a sand dune
09:10and you won't be able to tell it was there.
09:11Movie makers also had the option of filming
09:14at Valleywood Studios,
09:16and this year, the stars were out in force.
09:19Words of energy, three, two, one, action!
09:23It's the set of Ironclad,
09:25an action film based on King John's siege
09:28of Rochester Castle in the year 1215.
09:31As the biggest independent film shot in the UK this year,
09:34the movie has attracted a star-studded cast,
09:37and it's the very first film to be made
09:40at Valleywood Studios.
09:42It's nice to do a film back in the UK
09:45that is all UK-produced, you know,
09:48and there are very few and far between,
09:49especially period films, you know.
09:51Jason Fleming plays a mercenary in the film,
09:54and it's a far cry from his last role,
09:57playing opposite Brad Pitt
09:58in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
10:01But he's certainly getting into character,
10:03and even the Welsh weather hasn't dampened his spirits.
10:07They're all moaning and groaning.
10:08I'm like, it's Wales, and it's November.
10:11What did you expect?
10:12And look, perfectly reasonable for November.
10:16No chill planes.
10:17No, I think this is fantastic.
10:18I think we've done brilliantly here.
10:20Ironclad is billed as a medieval version
10:22of The Magnificent Seven,
10:24a boy's own adventure.
10:25Derek Jacoby.
10:26It's a change of pace for Mackenzie Crook,
10:28who plays an archer and all-round action hero,
10:31miles apart from his role as Gareth in The Office.
10:35I've done a lot of reading
10:36about the medieval Longo men
10:38and their extraordinary upper-body strength,
10:41which is obviously why I was chosen for this role.
10:44There's no doubting the scale and ambition of this film,
10:47and it's a much-needed boost for Valleywood.
10:51Unfortunately, the movie wasn't quite received
10:53as the greatest of all time,
10:55but there was a new goat,
10:57greatest of all time,
10:58see what I did there,
10:59at the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
11:01So let's meet the new kid on the block.
11:04Just five months old
11:06and already a star,
11:07Billy the new regimental goat,
11:09until today part of the herd of Kashmir goats,
11:12which roam wild on Llandidno's Great Orm,
11:15now signed up.
11:16And one of the perks of his military service,
11:19a daily cigarette ration.
11:20Two a day from the battalion orderly officer.
11:23Obviously, when he's a bit older as well,
11:25he gives a Guinness.
11:26Just to keep the eye on him.
11:28He doesn't sound too pleased about his diet, does he?
11:31Eat the cigarettes, not smoke them.
11:39Like his predecessors,
11:40Billy can look forward to ceremonial occasions.
11:43No one's quite sure where the tradition
11:45of having a regimental goat comes from.
11:47We think the tradition goes further back than that,
11:50probably to about 1750.
11:51But the actual origins of the goat
11:53we're not entirely clear of.
11:55What we do know is,
11:56about 1850,
11:57Queen Victoria presented us
11:59with our first royal goat from the royal herd,
12:02which is based at Whipsnade,
12:03but at the same time,
12:04she gave some goats to the people of Llandidno,
12:06and that's the descendants you see here
12:08on the Great Orm today.
12:09Well, there he is,
12:10Fusilier 25142301,
12:13William Windsor,
12:14also known as Billy the Goat.
12:16He'll now start a period of training,
12:18and by the time the battalion gets back
12:20from Afghanistan early next year,
12:22he should be ready to lead the Welcome Home Parade.
12:25I love how he's got a proper soldier number.
12:28And Billy had better get used to the attention,
12:30but watch out for military discipline as well.
12:39One former regimental goat,
12:41also by tradition called Billy,
12:42had a somewhat checkered army career.
12:44He was once demoted to the ranks
12:46for refusing an order.
12:47Oh, the shame of it.
12:49But I wonder what the order was.
12:50All that's to come for the new Billy,
12:52there's basic training to look forward to first.
12:55He sounds terrified at the prospect.
12:57Like, don't do it, Billy.
13:04I cannot believe that this next clip
13:07is coming out of the archive.
13:09Right, all I'm going to say is
13:11three teams of presenters from BBC Wales
13:15doing their best strictly for children in need.
13:19Derek and Claire.
13:20So they were representing Wales today.
13:22Jamie and Louise.
13:24For Radio Wales.
13:24Lucy and Rodri.
13:27For X-Ray.
13:28That was so funny.
13:30When I put my leg out like that,
13:31I literally thought it was up by my ear.
13:34It really is a massive challenge.
13:36Hello.
13:37What we're worried about is if the judges say
13:39there's no chemistry between the two of them.
13:41In that case, we've got something hugely wrong.
13:43Lucy and Rodri, no-one likes teacher's pets.
13:47It's so funny.
13:48My life.
13:49When good to good.
13:51I'm fairly confident.
13:53I think we're going to do better than Jamie and Louise.
13:55Derek will look like a man who's been electrocuted.
13:57And I think that really takes care of the competition.
14:00I think me and Claire would just, would just, just win.
14:03It'd be close.
14:06Tonight, live, the challenge ends.
14:09I'm going to be utterly terrified.
14:11I mean, seriously.
14:12And I really was.
14:14Da, da, da.
14:15A host of stars took part at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
14:19Ooh, sorry about that.
14:20But the evening's highlight was the Strictly-styled dance-off
14:22among BBC Wales presenters.
14:25I'd completely forgotten that!
14:28Wales Today's Claire and Derek were beaten by Team X-ray Lucy and Rodri Owen.
14:33So how they decided who won was by the level of noise from the crowd.
14:38And the only reason that we clinched it was because the entire X-ray team had come down
14:43to support us en masse and were yelling at the tops of their voices.
14:48It was nothing to do with our dancing.
14:52They were reaching for the stars in Powys in 2009 through the donation of a giant telescope.
15:00At 13 feet long and more than 20 feet high, simply lifting the giant telescope...
15:05Ooh, it is a whopper!
15:06...at the Institute of Astronomy was a major engineering feat, one that's never been tried before.
15:12Painstakingly, it was inched through the observation slit in the dome
15:16and carefully lowered onto the back of a lorry for the long trip to Knighton in Powys.
15:21Seven and a half tonnes all up.
15:25Moving it's not a problem.
15:26Getting it out of that dome over there is a real problem.
15:29But we've got a really good team.
15:31We've been working on this for a few months now.
15:33With a little bit of jiggling and wiggling, no problem.
15:37Cambridge's observatory is being redeveloped
15:39and the Institute decided to decommission the 50-year-old telescope,
15:43worth half a million pounds at today's prices.
15:45But instead of scrapping it, Space Guard was offered the equipment and eagerly accepted.
15:51The technology hasn't moved on at all.
15:53Telescopes are telescopes.
15:55You know, it's a tube with a mirror at one end and a lens at the other.
15:58That's not different.
16:00The control systems are different and the detector, the camera, we're going to use.
16:04But apart from that, this is a perfectly serviceable half a million pounds worth of telescope.
16:10This is like ultimate recycling for telescopes, isn't it?
16:13...of near-Earth objects, like asteroids and comets, which could hit the Earth.
16:18It's already developed a robotic system to track threatening objects.
16:22The new telescope will allow it to search a much wider area of space.
16:26Now all the centre has to do is to raise £70,000 to rebuild its observation dome
16:31to make room for what will be the biggest telescope in Wales.
16:35I absolutely love the Welsh tradition of quilting.
16:39I've got books on it at home.
16:41I've been to St Fagans to see the collection there, which is amazing.
16:45Never actually tried it myself.
16:46So I cannot wait to see the biggest private collection of Welsh quilts
16:52that went on display in 2009.
16:56Once everyday objects, now works of art.
17:00On show, the world's best private collection of Welsh quilts.
17:05This one was made by Sarah Lewis in Aberdeer in 1875.
17:09I can't believe how modern...
17:11Well, I know. I mean, it's incredible.
17:14And they are now compared to modern art.
17:17And, I mean, the starkness of some of these flannels with the strong geometric designs.
17:24I mean, that one over there, for instance.
17:26I mean, people have actually compared that to a Rothko painting.
17:30The old town hall in Lampeter has been converted into a centre for the Welsh quilts.
17:35There will be a shop downstairs selling reproductions.
17:41And upstairs, an exhibition of the originals.
17:45Jen Jones first began collecting quilts in 1971.
17:49Back then, they weren't...
17:50I want to start collecting quilts now.
17:52I found them on tractors and sick animals and lagging tanks and on vegetable patches.
17:59And I saw quite a few being burned.
18:01She's rescued them.
18:0237 pieces will be on display out of a collection of more than 300.
18:07All of them have a story woven within.
18:10Most of them were made by one person.
18:12And usually, they had an apprentice that worked with them.
18:15But, yes, it was a solo occupation.
18:19And what do they represent, some of the patterns?
18:21Well, this is a long life for eternity, the spiral.
18:24Then they took lots of patterns from nature.
18:27They took lots of patterns from churches.
18:32Jen Jones now hopes this will become a centre of excellence,
18:36bringing this once-fading skill back into full public view.
18:41Next up, a tug-of-war team.
18:44And these girls mean business.
18:46They're training to compete for Wales in the World Championships.
18:50Just outside Sandrin Dodd-Wales, cars line up in a lay-by.
18:54Passers-by may think they belong to birdwatchers or walkers.
18:58But behind this hedge, you may just be surprised.
19:02Meet the Ivan Valley ladies' tug-of-war side.
19:05Twice a week, they come here to train, and they're pretty hard to beat.
19:09We're all good mates, and have a laugh as well.
19:13If it was all serious, I don't think we'd enjoy it as much.
19:15But we do go out and have a good time as well.
19:17And this is what all the hard work is for, competition days.
19:21Last month, the girls battled for the right to represent Wales
19:24in the UK Championships in the 520 kilos weight.
19:28They won, and they'll compete in Scotland this weekend.
19:31The land where the girls train next to the river is owned by Glyn.
19:36He also coaches them, and as a former champion himself,
19:40knows just what it takes.
19:41He was even keen for me to try.
19:44You would start with your right foot in front of the other.
19:46OK.
19:47Put your heel like that.
19:48Claire Summers is right out of her comfort zone here.
19:50And you'll push it.
19:52Right, so pick up the rope, take the strain.
19:54You're there already.
19:55See how long your arms will stand this.
19:57Back down we go.
19:59Oh, my goodness.
20:00It's exhausting.
20:01Come on, Claire.
20:02Put your back into it.
20:03You're not winning in your mind up here.
20:05And look at the person opposite you and the other team
20:08and think, well, I'm better than them anyway.
20:10And this is the first time I think I've seen Claire Summers
20:12without her high heels on.
20:13Well, the rest of your life, actually.
20:17Well, I was shattered.
20:18There was no let-up for the girls.
20:20Training is intense.
20:22Tug of War in Wales is taking big strides,
20:25mainly because these girls really pull together.
20:29So far, we've had a goat, a therapy dog,
20:34and now we've got another little cutie for you.
20:39He may look quite innocent in his cage,
20:41but this skunk from Tadiga's caused quite a stir,
20:44not to mention a pretty bad stink.
20:46He was found early this morning in Castle Street in the town
20:49and transferred to a vet's in Cardiff.
20:51Staff were careful not to scare him into letting rip
20:54with his, well, nasty smell,
20:56but alas, he's already made his presence felt.
21:00Unfortunately, yes, not directly.
21:02A colleague of mine, Faye,
21:04bore the brunt last night when she collected him in the early hours,
21:06but so far my uniform's not been squirted.
21:09But, yes, I'm afraid his scent glands did evacuate
21:13when we were transferring him into the kennel,
21:14and, yeah, it's not a smell I shall forget and hurry.
21:17It's a light way of putting it.
21:18The smell aside, this little guy is very far from home.
21:21Skunks usually live in the wild...
21:23Look at that little face.
21:24...of Southeast Asia.
21:26Back in Tadiga today,
21:27no-one we spoke to knew anyone who'd lost one.
21:30A live skunk.
21:32I haven't heard of that.
21:34Do you know of anyone who's lost one?
21:37No, if it was mink, it'd probably be as valuable, wouldn't it?
21:40I think it's quite a laugh,
21:42but I wouldn't want to meet him, thank you.
21:45No, I don't think it should be kept as a pet, any of you.
21:48What do you think about it?
21:50Well, I'm glad I didn't meet it.
21:52They smelled, aren't they?
21:54Officers say this little critter was probably abandoned,
21:57so the RSPCA wants his owner to hold up their hands and claim him.
22:01They may have to hold their noses, too.
22:03In 2009, there was an historic find, a rare coin,
22:08and there ended up being a bit of a battle over it.
22:15This gold noble coin first saw the light of day
22:18during a turbulent time in Welsh history.
22:21Henry IV was king,
22:22while closer to home, Oang Lindur's rebellion was well underway.
22:26Experts at the National Museum say it's a rare and potentially valuable find.
22:31Nobles of Henry IV are really quite rare for several reasons.
22:36One is that the numbers that were produced were not enormous.
22:40And the second is that in 1412,
22:42the standard of the coinage was changed
22:44and the weight of the gold was reduced.
22:47And what seems to have happened is that almost immediately,
22:50most of the issue was melted down and recoined at the lower weight.
22:54But Sean Bufton, the man who found it, isn't happy.
22:57He was working on a new water pipe when he spotted the coin.
23:01He handed it over to the archaeologists on site
23:04after they gave him a written promise to return it,
23:06but he's not seen it since.
23:08I want it to be returned.
23:10It's my coin in my eyes.
23:11We've done a bit of research
23:14saying it's a single find
23:16and it really should belong to me.
23:18The Cloyd Powers Archaeological Trust
23:20have now said it made a mistake in not...
23:22He really does want his find back.
23:24...passed to the company which owns the site,
23:26who in turn handed it to the National Museum
23:28while deciding what to do next.
23:30Mr Bufton's solicitor says a single coin's not treasure trove,
23:34so it's difficult to say who owns it.
23:36But he may take the archaeological trust to court
23:38if he doesn't get it back.
23:40It's a matter of concern that it hasn't been returned to him
23:43and it's only through the BBC's efforts
23:45that we've now discovered where it's eventually ended up.
23:49While Sean Bufton says the coin
23:50should eventually go on display locally,
23:52it may be down to the courts to decide
23:55where this unusual piece of Welsh history ends up.
23:59Now, there's nothing worse than getting court short
24:01if you're out shopping.
24:02But luckily, in 2009,
24:04the Victorian losing Cardiff City Centre
24:07had a major revamp
24:09and Cardiff Council was flushed with success.
24:12Couldn't resist, sorry.
24:15Cardiff's city centre skyline has changed quite a bit lately,
24:18but in the midst of the redevelopment
24:20stands a lovingly restored monument to Victorian engineering.
24:24I officially open them.
24:26There we are.
24:27Ooh, an official opening as well.
24:29These were Cardiff's first public conveniences,
24:32built in 1898.
24:34But the years hadn't been altogether kind to these toilets,
24:38so it was time for a facelift.
24:40We didn't have any blueprints for the design of the building.
24:43We started from square one,
24:45so what we had to do was we retained
24:48all the natural features of the marble,
24:50we did all the restoration,
24:52we installed the original Thomas Crappers,
24:55the Victorian toilets.
24:57Guest of honour at today's unveiling was Rodney Perkins,
25:00who has an unusual family connection with these toilets.
25:03Well, my great-grandfather, Joseph Ramsdell,
25:08opened the lavatories for the turn of the last century,
25:13which I have duly inherited the key to the lavatories.
25:18The Grade II listed public toilets
25:20have survived a century of city redevelopment.
25:23So what do the public think of the public conveniences?
25:26Well, I'm just amazed.
25:27I dreaded that it was going to be all full stainless steel.
25:30I think the new toilets themselves look lovely,
25:32and I like the little touches with the new pull handles.
25:35At a restoration cost of £160,000,
25:39a lot of money's been spent so we can spend a penny.
25:42But one thing's for sure,
25:44there's nothing bog-standard about these toilets.
25:47Bog-standard.
25:48Oh, these jokes are worse than mine.
25:59Ooh, that looks wild.
26:01It's good that the Welsh weather is perfect for some sports.
26:04The windier the better for Karen Cartlidge
26:06and her husband Andy,
26:07who started kite bugging five years ago.
26:10Based in Kinmel Bay, they usually practice in Pristatid,
26:13but the greatest gusts are at Rossnager on Anglesey.
26:16The feeling you get is my head yoga.
26:18I can't really explain it,
26:21but there's just nothing really that compares to the feeling
26:24after a really good session.
26:26It's just the adrenaline, being away from everything.
26:30It's brilliant.
26:31Karen is about to enter her first competition
26:33since becoming national freestyle champion.
26:36Racing buggies can reach speeds of 80 kilometres an hour,
26:39but Karen prefers to perform stunts and jumps
26:41at a more manageable 35 kilometres per hour.
26:44She suggested that organisers of the men's competition
26:47hold a women's event.
26:48With the wind in her sails,
26:50she roped in friends and rivals,
26:51coming first in the championship recently held in Blackpool.
26:55It was really nice to go in it,
26:57but I think I was most proud of the fact
27:00that we had done this for the first time
27:02anywhere across the globe,
27:05and all the girls did so well.
27:07At this year's championships,
27:08Karen had to race around the UK
27:10trying to find people to compete against.
27:12Hopefully next year it won't be such a difficult search
27:15now that more people are getting the kiting bug.
27:18Like me, you'll have seen wonderful Welsh actress
27:21Reiki Iola in lots of dramas over the years,
27:24but I'd forgotten that she has
27:26the most incredible singing voice as well.
27:29Have a listen to this.
27:31But I'm so hard to handle
27:34You see, I'm selfish and I'm sad
27:36I've gone and lost the best baby
27:38that I ever had
27:40I wish I had a river
27:43I could skate away on
27:49Oh, I wish I had a river so long
27:54And I would teach my feet to fly
28:04Oh
28:09I wish I had a river to skate away on
28:25Wow, you really feel
28:27She's totally immersed in that song
28:29Every word sung from the heart
28:32Well, that was the first ten years
28:35of the 21st century on Welsh TV
28:37And I hope you've enjoyed this trip down memory lane
28:41as much as I have
29:09I wish I had a river to skate away on
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