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00:00:01Four extraordinary worlds steeped in tradition
00:00:05are opening their doors
00:00:07Hopefully it's not haunted
00:00:08To four groups of young Brits
00:00:10I'm a bit nervous now
00:00:11Ready to take a giant leap out of their comfort zones
00:00:15I'm just a 24-7 princess
00:00:17What happens when a generation raised online
00:00:20All we care about is how we look
00:00:22I've really rotted my brain from TikTok
00:00:24Come face to face with regimes built on no-nonsense rules
00:00:29How long I've got to spend in silence?
00:00:31Actually more than 10 hours
00:00:33Where loyalty and principles really count
00:00:36If you had your blazer done off in my school
00:00:38He was a weirdo
00:00:39I don't want to do this anymore
00:00:40Will this unique clash of values
00:00:43Whatever I was expecting this is 50, 100% more
00:00:46Welcome to hell
00:00:47And cultures
00:00:50Lead to conflict
00:00:51Everybody can stand right here and shut the f*** up
00:00:53Or lasting change
00:00:55There comes a point where it's not fun and cool anymore
00:00:58And after each unforgettable week
00:01:00It was amazing
00:01:01We're top of the world right now
00:01:02Will either side ever be the same again?
00:01:06I think I've just found three friends
00:01:07It's been the most funniest, strangest, abnormal week of my life
00:01:13I feel like I've had an epiphany
00:01:14This time
00:01:16You cannot tell me this is not stylish
00:01:17Three shopaholics who like to splash the cash
00:01:21I am obsessed
00:01:22Step back to the 60s on a hippie commune
00:01:26Oh
00:01:27Where they always put the planet first
00:01:29I'm not emptying out the toilet
00:01:31Nooo
00:01:32No
00:01:33We're not doing that
00:01:34What type of hippie village am I at?
00:01:36Can these unashamed materialists
00:01:38Why am I going to go and wee in a ditch?
00:01:42Been the designer brands to embrace peace and love
00:01:47So you're not a cult?
00:01:48No
00:01:49Oh no, that's grim
00:01:51And when looking good meets feeling good
00:01:54Keep going
00:01:55Will everyone break new ground?
00:01:58This experience
00:01:58No, I can't quite
00:02:00Has brought so many emotions you would never think of in your life
00:02:26Do you think they've got Deliveroo?
00:02:30I need money
00:02:31Welcome to my closet
00:02:34Saffron from Essex is the ultimate blonde bombshell
00:02:37This is my buyer collection
00:02:39A Christian Dior
00:02:40Gucci
00:02:41Gucci
00:02:42Gucci
00:02:43This room is my life
00:02:44She's built an impressive hall of luxury goods
00:02:47Mostly by wrapping men around her little finger
00:02:51I am a sugar baby
00:02:53A sugar baby is basically a companion
00:02:55When I have a long term sugar daddy
00:02:57Then the items per month will be
00:02:59Like a few Chanel handbags
00:03:01Or a few Christian the boot on
00:03:03Her life revolves around two things
00:03:05Presents
00:03:06And being pampered
00:03:08The men that I've dated
00:03:09They've always looked past me
00:03:10Like I'm just a 24-7 princess
00:03:13So I don't know what life is without that
00:03:19I don't think I've really ever been in the countryside before
00:03:23This is my room
00:03:24Come on in
00:03:25I love shopping
00:03:26So I wanted to make my room look like a shop
00:03:29Criminology student Umar from Derby
00:03:31Might work for TK Maxx
00:03:33But his taste is strictly designer
00:03:35I have a really bad shopping addiction
00:03:37Something new to the collection
00:03:38It's this Versace gown
00:03:41You cannot tell me this is not stylish
00:03:43This 20 year old spares no expense on his looks
00:03:47I would describe myself as selfish
00:03:51Materialistic
00:03:52Superficial
00:03:52And I hate when people say it's a bad thing
00:03:55When it's not a bad thing
00:03:56Especially when dad is picking up the tab
00:03:58Be a good boy
00:04:00Yeah
00:04:01I don't contribute to anything to be honest
00:04:04And then when my paycheck runs out
00:04:05I would just be texting my dad
00:04:07Can you buy me this
00:04:08My sister can you buy me this
00:04:09Never say no
00:04:10He does know the value of the money
00:04:12But he doesn't know the value of my money
00:04:14Yeah
00:04:16I can't lie
00:04:17I'm really hoping it's not a farm
00:04:1922 year old Bridie from Salford
00:04:22Is a fashion student who makes no apologies
00:04:24For getting what she wants
00:04:25My dad would definitely describe me as a bit of a diva
00:04:28Maybe say I'm a bit of a brat as well
00:04:30How cute
00:04:31A Tiktok influencer with over 10,000 followers
00:04:34And a serious unboxing habit
00:04:36She rarely repeats an outfit
00:04:38Fresh back from the gym to this
00:04:43Even if it means spending money she doesn't have
00:04:46I do not live within my means
00:04:47But I'm young
00:04:49And I want to go out and have fun
00:04:50And I want to look really good while I'm doing it
00:04:52Wish me luck
00:04:53Won't need it
00:04:55Our three conspicuous consumers
00:04:58Are leaving their luxuries behind
00:04:59To live with people who see the world very differently
00:05:07The whole idea of consumerism
00:05:10Of buying things
00:05:13Involves exploiting other beings
00:05:15So we have to live differently
00:05:20The inhabitants of Cheyenne Farm
00:05:23A remote 25 acre site in Cornwall
00:05:25Live a proudly back to basics existence
00:05:28We're a very simple farm
00:05:30And everything we do is eco-friendly as possible
00:05:34It's more than a commune
00:05:36It's not drink the Kool-Aid and welcome
00:05:37It is a community
00:05:38It is like stepping back in time
00:05:41Inspired by the hippie communes of the 60s and 70s
00:05:44They reject the individualism of the modern world
00:05:47We're not designed to be isolated in little boxes
00:05:50We're designed to live together
00:05:52To solve problems together
00:05:54To play together
00:05:55That's, I think, the basis of humanity
00:05:58At Cheyenne, they've ditched the internet for inner peace
00:06:02With strict rules about living green
00:06:04And working for the common good
00:06:06We're all here to make the world better for each other
00:06:09And for ourselves
00:06:14So, I'm just packing my K
00:06:17It's going to be a huge challenge for the new arrivals
00:06:20Who love nothing more than more, more, more
00:06:24Haven't got a coat
00:06:25Yeah, I mean, there's no coats in here, is there?
00:06:28Absolutely none
00:06:28Probably no shoes either
00:06:30She's quite opinionated
00:06:32I'm not too sure how she's going to handle it
00:06:34I can't imagine her without her creature comforts
00:06:36It might be a wake-up call
00:06:38Not everything in life is about designer things and pink
00:06:41You know, there's more to life than that
00:06:42Make sure you take some warm clothes with you
00:06:44Because it could be cold
00:06:45Yeah
00:06:46You've got to give your best shot
00:06:48Although Umar is known to give up too easily
00:06:51You have to carry on and keep trying
00:06:53He still manages to get exactly what he wants
00:06:56My mum passed away like three years ago now
00:06:59I live with my dad and my two sisters
00:07:01Because they do everything for me
00:07:03It feels like I'm just living in a hotel and doing my stuff
00:07:05Whatever he asks for, he gets it
00:07:07We won't say no to him
00:07:09Because after losing his mum
00:07:11We just don't want to upset him in any way
00:07:13Maybe I'll have to take an extra case
00:07:18This week-long walk on the wild side
00:07:21Could make or break these committed shopaholics
00:07:24I don't think a lot of people fully understand what they sign up to
00:07:28When they come and live somewhere like here
00:07:31The off-grid element of it alone is quite a gnarly shock
00:07:39If I was to change something about my current life
00:07:42I'm feeling like it's a bit shallow
00:07:44And I would like to be a bit more deep
00:07:47Because I have got depth
00:07:49I might not look like it, but I do
00:07:52I've always lived in this bubble
00:07:54I've never really taken risks
00:07:55I love my home comforts
00:07:57I think I'm going to struggle for sure
00:07:59I've never had to live a life where I'm not in control
00:08:01Or it doesn't revolve around me
00:08:04I want to embrace their life
00:08:05But I reckon it only gets to a certain point
00:08:07And then you're like, oh, it's like this
00:08:11If I don't walk out and go home, I've achieved
00:08:16Still to come
00:08:17For me, it's kind of tearing my life apart
00:08:20Umar gets off to a bad start
00:08:23I have to need my iron
00:08:25And it doesn't take long for saffron to break
00:08:28I don't want to do this anymore
00:08:30Yes
00:08:37Three cereal shoppers are ditching their Dior for dreamcatchers
00:08:41To spend a week with a hippie community in Cornwall
00:08:44Hey guys
00:08:45Hey
00:08:46Welcome to Cheyenne
00:08:48I'm Brett
00:08:49I'm Ben
00:08:50I'm a fruit farmer
00:08:51And I run a circus
00:08:53And he's one of the founders of Cheyenne
00:08:55And I live here
00:08:56And I'm the community coordinator
00:08:57So yeah, welcome
00:08:58Amazing
00:08:59Do you need a hand with any of them?
00:09:01Oh, you can take mine
00:09:02Thank you very much
00:09:03Cheers
00:09:03How long are you staying for?
00:09:05I'm moving in, babe
00:09:09The things that come to mind when I think of eco-community are
00:09:12Chaining yourself to a tree
00:09:14Shouting
00:09:14Probably at me for all the consumerism that I do
00:09:20I feel like
00:09:22Everything I say
00:09:23You guys are going to be like
00:09:24You don't know what hard life is, Gil
00:09:26That's how I feel
00:09:27Well, there's different flavours of different hard, isn't there?
00:09:30I wasn't really sure what I was expecting
00:09:33But I think whatever I was expecting
00:09:35This is about 50, 100% more than what I was expecting
00:09:38Do you know what I mean?
00:09:39So it'll be exciting to see how they go on through the week
00:09:42I did not bring appropriate attire for the week
00:09:44I would rather be cold and look really stylish
00:09:47This is the bee orchard
00:09:49Bee aware
00:09:51I think that hippies, they're a bit cavemen-like
00:09:54I think we're from completely different worlds
00:09:56So there's no similarities there whatsoever
00:10:00I didn't know there'd be kids here, hello
00:10:02How are we all living here?
00:10:03We're like a village
00:10:04These people, who are all very city-based
00:10:08Probably don't know a lot of things that they're going to experience here
00:10:12And I think a lot of the experience will be very challenging
00:10:15We're going to introduce you to Babu and Susannah
00:10:18Who are going to show you where you're staying
00:10:20Hi!
00:10:20Hi!
00:10:21Hello
00:10:22I'm Susannah
00:10:23Do you hug?
00:10:24Yeah, yeah
00:10:24OK, amazing, I'm sad
00:10:26You alright?
00:10:26I'm Uma
00:10:27Hi, Uma
00:10:28Welcome here
00:10:29This is the bathhouse
00:10:31In this community, chemicals are out and natural is in
00:10:36So we use natural products in here
00:10:38Because all the waste water goes into that pond there
00:10:42We've got three showers
00:10:44Look at the mosaic
00:10:45To be honest, my idea of hippies is very unhygienic people
00:10:50And though it's called a bathhouse, our shoppers aren't actually allowed to have one
00:10:55Best not taking a bath because that zaps all the hot water
00:10:58But there's always water for the showers
00:10:59OK
00:11:00I think I will struggle most with washing my hair extensions
00:11:03This is a really, really real one
00:11:05I don't know how I'm going to style my extensions without a curling tongue
00:11:08And electronics
00:11:09And how am I going to dry my hair?
00:11:11I'm getting stressed
00:11:13While there are strict rules about the products
00:11:15The rest of the bathhouse vibe is more liberal
00:11:19The whole community uses this
00:11:21So if someone's having a shower
00:11:22Someone else will come in and use another shower as well
00:11:24Because it's a community
00:11:26Yeah
00:11:27Wow
00:11:28I think that's shocking
00:11:31I'm not happy about in the bath
00:11:33And I like to have one every night
00:11:34So I don't want anyone disturbing me
00:11:36I've just got here
00:11:38And I don't really understand their choices and reasons and whatever
00:11:41But to me already I'm like, oh
00:11:43It just, it feels uncomfortable
00:11:49And these are the compost toilets
00:11:51So there's no flushing water
00:11:52You're doing your business
00:11:54And then when you're finished
00:11:55You throw some handful of sawdust in after you
00:11:59Right
00:12:00You'll get the use to it
00:12:01Like at a festival?
00:12:02Yeah
00:12:02It's like a festival toilet
00:12:03I've never been to a festival
00:12:04I've never been to a festival
00:12:06Oh, come on, guys
00:12:08Don't know about
00:12:09You know, we'll see everyone's turds
00:12:10Do not know about that one
00:12:12But I'm just trying to be open
00:12:13And it's not the end of the world
00:12:15Pooing in a hole
00:12:17There's no flush
00:12:19There's no flush
00:12:19Yeah, because we're really conscious of water here
00:12:22Right
00:12:23When you've got to go for a poo in the middle of the night
00:12:25And it's dark
00:12:27They'll be moving into nature
00:12:29And they'll enjoy it or they won't
00:12:33I'm just going to have one minute and then I'll join ya
00:12:37Less than an hour in and Saffron's already hit her limit
00:12:41I hate the wilderness so much that I used to live with a balcony
00:12:46And the insects and the grass freaked me out so much
00:12:49I had to swap and get places out of a balcony
00:12:51The reality of her new home is sinking in fast
00:12:56Oh, my God
00:12:58Oh, my God
00:12:59In for the middle of the steps
00:13:00Oh, my God
00:13:01Oh, my God
00:13:02Wait, wait, wait, wait
00:13:04I can't fucking do this
00:13:06Come on
00:13:07You got this
00:13:08Come on
00:13:08You got this
00:13:10Just like
00:13:11I don't like any of it
00:13:12There you go
00:13:16I don't want to do this anymore
00:13:20No, I really don't want to do this anymore
00:13:25No, I really don't want to do this anymore
00:13:27It's too much, I can't
00:13:29What's too much, babe?
00:13:31Just all of it, like the bees
00:13:32The walking, the climbing
00:13:36We have had people that came here
00:13:39And before they even got out of the car
00:13:40They were, you know, in shock
00:13:43And they didn't even stay the night, they left
00:13:45So it's not for everybody
00:13:46I'm not used to quiet at all
00:13:49Well, you don't get used to it, I'm sure
00:13:50You got this, mate
00:13:52Yeah
00:13:52You really have
00:13:53She's coming into an environment that's way out of her comfort zone
00:13:57I hope she'd last the week
00:13:58Saffron decides to stay
00:14:00At least for now
00:14:02We're here to support you in any way we can
00:14:04Thank you
00:14:05Come on, then
00:14:06Come on
00:14:10Come on
00:14:10While her shopaholic sidekick is struggling to face commune life
00:14:14Bridie seems up for the challenge
00:14:16Oh my gosh
00:14:18I love it
00:14:19Why does it kind of smell like a greenhouse?
00:14:22I'd really like to be more sustainable
00:14:24I'm hoping that this is really going to open my eyes and be like, hang on a minute
00:14:27All this stuff I take for granted
00:14:28I think there's going to be some tears
00:14:31But, I mean, you can't grow without tears, so
00:14:36Oh
00:14:36Oh, is that the wardrobe?
00:14:38Er, there's not really a wardrobe, no
00:14:41Image-obsessed Umar is seriously unimpressed with the lack of mod cons
00:14:46Do you have an iron?
00:14:48Erm
00:14:49I don't think so
00:14:51Can I not get anything?
00:14:53Er, you can
00:14:54Well, the thing is, it takes up a lot of electricity
00:14:56But, we can ask, OK?
00:14:58Thank you
00:14:59That's OK, see you later
00:15:00See you, bye
00:15:01Bye
00:15:05It's a fucking joke
00:15:07It seemed to be a complete shock for them to come here
00:15:11And to see how different life is here to theirs
00:15:17Creased clothes or not, all three guests are summoned to one of Cheyenne's regular community meetings
00:15:23To find out the grand plan for the week
00:15:27Our visitors are quite extreme
00:15:28Oh, that's exciting
00:15:29They're a little bit different from what we used to do
00:15:31But when I say a little bit, I mean, wow
00:15:36Cheyenne's rules and all its decisions are made collectively
00:15:39By the fifteen adults and seven kids who live here
00:15:44So all of us here have other jobs than working on the farm
00:15:47So you're not a cult?
00:15:49No
00:15:50We're not a cult
00:15:51And the three new arrivals will be expected to get in line
00:15:55So this week is the most important week in our year
00:16:00It's apple season and on Sunday it's apple fair
00:16:03Which is our annual celebration of everything that is Cheyenne
00:16:06You're going to be helping us juice apples, bottle apple juice
00:16:09You're coming to the market with us on Saturday
00:16:11So we'll see how much juice you can sell
00:16:13I think I'm going to be so good at that
00:16:15Oh yeah?
00:16:16I do
00:16:16Do you think we should make it into a little competition?
00:16:18You should
00:16:19You three will be meeting us two after yoga tomorrow morning
00:16:23To start on farm tasks
00:16:25I have some concerns about some of the activities
00:16:28Some of the more farmy bits getting down and dirty
00:16:30Might be a bit harder for them, but we'll see
00:16:32Thank you very much for all of your time
00:16:36And let's have dinner
00:16:37Welcome the guys, thank you
00:16:39Thank you
00:16:43Cheers big ears
00:16:45Do the nails have to stay on?
00:16:47Listen, if one comes off, it comes off
00:16:50As the shoppers sit down for their first community meal
00:16:54Host Susannah wastes no time digging into saffron's
00:16:57Slightly unusual career
00:16:58Is it your sugar?
00:17:01Basically
00:17:02Basically I am a sugar baby
00:17:03So I have like guys that just fund my life
00:17:07I will meet a married guy
00:17:09Yes, they're always married, don't freak out
00:17:11And he will just need to let off some steam
00:17:14Now it's easy to think that more is happening than I'm saying
00:17:16But this is where you'd be very wrong
00:17:19It's nothing intimate
00:17:20Yeah, it's conversational
00:17:22It's getting glam on a night out and making them feel good
00:17:26I also have pay pigs too
00:17:28Which are men who basically want to be humiliated and I will humiliate them and they will gift me items
00:17:34and money
00:17:34So do you just work at night then?
00:17:36Mm-hmm
00:17:36I'm like a little entrepreneur girl
00:17:38I do many things
00:17:40Coat hanger man is mine and my best friend's favourite customer
00:17:44We meet him in a hotel but this is all above board, okay, there's nothing weird going on
00:17:48The only weird bit is that he likes to be hung up inside the closet on a hanger
00:17:53And then we're on the bed ordering room service like with his cards
00:17:56Drinking bottles of champagne like rinsing his card out laugh at him
00:18:00And then when that the time's finished we get him out of the wardrobe and then we go home
00:18:05You'd be so surprised how many people seek it out, yeah
00:18:08There just seemed to be a big gap between their lifestyle and this type of lifestyle especially for saffron
00:18:15So it's just financial
00:18:17Yeah, yeah
00:18:19My ambition is to actually find what I'm supposed to do in life and I really haven't found it and
00:18:24I'm hopeful that I will find it one day
00:18:26Thanks very much you guys for coming down
00:18:29I will be knocking on your door to take you to yoga with Brett then we'll be at work from
00:18:33ten
00:18:34I'd recommend an early night. Let's have a great week
00:18:36Woohoo!
00:18:46Used to starting their day at 3pm, our night owl shoppers now have to rise with the sun at Cheyenne
00:18:53Oh lovely
00:18:54Let me show you the toilet because I don't even think you've actually seen it properly
00:18:59You lift the lid
00:19:01And it's the ground
00:19:05I actually fell asleep fine but Uma next door snores like my grandad
00:19:11It was so cold here
00:19:13I don't know how people do it like I'm literally sleeping outside
00:19:17But look how I never wake up this early and right now I look like a mess and I feel
00:19:22like a mess
00:19:23I feel like they're going to start sleeping around me
00:19:28Oh shit
00:19:30This morning I woke up and I just want to run away again
00:19:32I've only been here one day and I'm so grateful for my actual life
00:19:36Morning
00:19:38Morning
00:19:38Morning
00:19:39Hello mate
00:19:40Hello
00:19:41Come on out, you ready for some yoga?
00:19:42Yeah
00:19:43You can leave your phone behind Uma
00:19:44There won't be an opportunity to look at it
00:19:47And the doom scrolling detox starts now for our trio
00:19:51We're about people finding themselves
00:19:53You know because you can't really live a full life without knowing yourself inside
00:19:59And to do that you need to have some space and some calm
00:20:03To show that fulfilment doesn't always come with a price tag
00:20:07Ben and Brett kick off a week of mindful activities with a sunrise yoga class
00:20:17For Bridie, this enforced phone break comes after two years of non-stop content creation
00:20:23My attention span is non-existent
00:20:25I've really rotted my brain from TikTok
00:20:27And I've tried to meditate
00:20:29And I just can't seem to and then I get frustrated with myself
00:20:32But it's because of the phones
00:20:34Take your head down a little bit
00:20:39Breathing out
00:20:42Open those lungs
00:20:44Open the chest
00:20:46I'm breathing out
00:20:48Stop it
00:20:49It's alright
00:20:50Good
00:20:50Let the laughter out
00:20:51Hug your knees in this position
00:20:54We're just going to roll on the back
00:20:56My bum might explode in the middle
00:20:59Any sort of sports I've ever done in my life
00:21:01Because I'm just crap at it
00:21:02It becomes sort of a mindset thing
00:21:04Of like oh well I just won't bother then
00:21:05And I think I've done that a lot in my life as well
00:21:08Which is a downfall I think
00:21:09It's important that we allow ourselves
00:21:12To experience things without judgement
00:21:16Just gently have a go
00:21:18Do it as best you can
00:21:19No one's judging round here
00:21:21It's fine
00:21:21So just hold the leg wherever you can
00:21:25And see if you can balance on that leg
00:21:28Breathing in
00:21:30And breathing out
00:21:32Bridie seems to be the only one properly embracing the stretch
00:21:36I kind of thought that that was going to be a bit silly
00:21:39But it actually wasn't
00:21:40Just feeling like really relaxed
00:21:42Very zen
00:21:44Namaste
00:21:49Okay
00:21:49So Umar do you not cook at height?
00:21:51I've never cooked in my life
00:21:53One time when I tried to make a pot noodle
00:21:54It got ruined
00:21:56I just can't believe I've met someone worse than me
00:21:58Yeah
00:21:58Like I don't cook but I could probably do a pot noodle
00:22:02Well sir
00:22:02Thank you
00:22:03As they all took into breakfast
00:22:05Umar's mind is on more pressing matters
00:22:09I need an iron
00:22:10You need an iron?
00:22:11Yeah I need an iron
00:22:12I've got an iron
00:22:13Can I borrow it?
00:22:14Shall we talk about what you can do for me first?
00:22:16Yeah
00:22:16It depends
00:22:18No no all of you
00:22:19So we've all got to work for his iron?
00:22:21I've got to work for my iron
00:22:23Well
00:22:23Ben wants Umar and the others to learn the hard way
00:22:27At Cheyenne the group always comes first
00:22:30We're going to do a little task this morning
00:22:32That everyone who comes to join us here at Cheyenne
00:22:35Has to do at some point
00:22:37It's the least pleasant task of living here
00:22:39Oh no
00:22:41No I'm not going to
00:22:42I'm not emptying out the toilet
00:22:44No I'm not doing it either babe
00:22:45No
00:22:45We're not doing that
00:22:46So when we finish with the compost loo
00:22:49We close it down
00:22:51And it stays for a few months
00:22:52Just closed
00:22:55One of the main things you need in community
00:22:57Is you need a sense of joined up purpose
00:23:01People have to be happy to help other people
00:23:04Which is a big ask often
00:23:06And when you open it up
00:23:08Inside it's the soil
00:23:10At the moment we ask for five hours a week
00:23:13You might do apple pressing
00:23:15Or cleaning
00:23:16Or building
00:23:18Lots and lots of jobs
00:23:19So we're going to dig a hole
00:23:20Then we're going to fill it up
00:23:21With the contents of a loo
00:23:23The job has to be done
00:23:27Still to come
00:23:28Wow
00:23:29Smell it
00:23:30It doesn't smell
00:23:30Honestly
00:23:31We're going to say no to that
00:23:32There's a close encounter of the turd kind
00:23:35Oh no that's grim
00:23:36Look at that
00:23:37That is that mouldy diarrhoea
00:23:39And Bridie starts to question her lifestyle choices
00:23:42Sorry I don't know why I'm going to cry
00:23:52Guys
00:23:53Oh my days
00:23:55Look at that
00:23:56Down in Cornwall our unrepentant shopaholics are trying to come to terms with commune life
00:24:02This is a look
00:24:03Trust me
00:24:04Girls are going to be walking around with their hair next on after this
00:24:09They may never think about what they throw away at home
00:24:12But here the reality of waste is inescapable
00:24:16Here's going to be a hole
00:24:17Yeah
00:24:18And then we're going to put the contents of that in the hole
00:24:21And then we're going to put the soil over the top of it
00:24:24And forget about it for about three years
00:24:27Compost loos may be green but they come with one very real responsibility
00:24:32Sharing the load
00:24:34I've not had like a proper labouring kind of job in like two years
00:24:40I've been making TikToks
00:24:41So the most manual labour I'm doing is tidying my bedroom
00:24:45So Bridie and Umar get in there a little bit and then
00:24:49Oh
00:24:49Saffron
00:24:50Sorry
00:24:52See everyone's doing it
00:24:55Umar's also unfamiliar with hard labour
00:24:58Though he works part-time in retail
00:25:00He believes he's destined for greater things
00:25:04I've always had this thing that
00:25:06I'm not meant to work
00:25:08There was just something inside of me that was like
00:25:10No, there's something else meant for you
00:25:11So I think in my brain I'm just like
00:25:13Why am I working when I already know
00:25:15It's not something I'm going to do forever
00:25:18Has anyone ever left after doing this?
00:25:21No
00:25:22Oh
00:25:22You might get a first today
00:25:25I don't really understand how cleaning the loo makes me at one with the loo
00:25:29It's because we feel better knowing that our turds aren't floating out into Falmouth Bay
00:25:36We're in like a pressure cooker with everything in life
00:25:40So to then add this into it
00:25:42Why am I going to go and wee in a ditch when my life's already hard?
00:25:47I think we're good for the hole now
00:25:49The next part is move the soil
00:25:53Oh shit
00:25:54Oh shit
00:25:56It's not shit
00:25:57What's that?
00:25:58It just looks like soil with sawdust in it to be honest
00:26:01Come here, come here
00:26:02I'm good
00:26:02No, come see it
00:26:03I'm real good
00:26:06Ben's message isn't exactly sinking in for Saffron and Umar
00:26:10I don't know why they have these toilets
00:26:12Like why are you doing that?
00:26:13Like 20 people really aren't going to make that much of a difference
00:26:15So it's not really helping the environment is it?
00:26:19You're basically torturing yourself
00:26:20It's weird
00:26:21A couple of shovels
00:26:24But yet again Bridie is the one getting stuck in
00:26:28This is actually so minor
00:26:29I can't lie
00:26:30Oh good on you Bridie
00:26:32There's no chunks of poo like
00:26:34There's no poo in there
00:26:36That's just all broken down into soil
00:26:39How can you?
00:26:40Oh wow
00:26:41It doesn't smell
00:26:42So we can just say no to that
00:26:44Right guys, who's going next?
00:26:46I can pull the wheelbarrow
00:26:47Yeah, do that
00:26:48Yay
00:26:48Oh no, that's grim
00:26:50Look at that
00:26:51That is that mouldy diarrhoea
00:26:53Ben, I'd better be getting my iron for this
00:26:55I'd better be getting my iron
00:26:57When you move the wheelbarrow
00:26:58You're one step closer to the iron, yeah?
00:27:01Eventually the lure of borrowing Ben's iron
00:27:04Means Umar grudgingly gets his hands dirty
00:27:07Was that as bad as you thought? Yes or no?
00:27:10No
00:27:12Hey, there you go
00:27:13So saffron, now it's your turn
00:27:14I'm just going to respectfully decline
00:27:16Because I want to be able to like eat later
00:27:18And like sit in my bed and not feel dirty
00:27:20I thought it was going to be like log, log, log
00:27:26Piss
00:27:27All flooding towards me
00:27:29And the fact I was just stood there like
00:27:32Yeah, let's go with it
00:27:33Is actually a bit baffling
00:27:35But I'm really glad that I did
00:27:37There we go
00:27:39I really needed that iron so bad
00:27:41So I'm okay with getting my hands dirty for it
00:27:43As long as I never had to pick it up with my own hands
00:27:45I'm fine
00:27:47Surprise!
00:27:48Yes
00:27:49You kept your promise?
00:27:50Thanks
00:27:50I'll keep mine
00:27:52So happy with this
00:27:54And I'll be putting it to you straight away
00:27:57It's not a spectator sport being at Cheyenne
00:27:59It's a full contact sport
00:28:01People either get that or run away screaming
00:28:09Even with a perfectly pressed outfit
00:28:11Umar is still not happy
00:28:14Can't lie, I am in the slump right now
00:28:16It feels like human torture
00:28:18Every day I wake up and I remind myself
00:28:20Okay, four days left
00:28:21Three days left
00:28:22Two days left
00:28:22I can't wait until the day where it's like no days left
00:28:26Hi!
00:28:27Ben, Tash and their daughter Lola
00:28:29Have lived at Cheyenne for almost two years
00:28:32In a customised old American school bus
00:28:34But Umar doesn't get the appeal
00:28:38I'm really intrigued though
00:28:39Like did you guys always want to live the simple life?
00:28:42We used to live in London
00:28:43You worked in advertising
00:28:45I worked as a dancer in the city
00:28:47We went and got a house
00:28:49And then came lockdown
00:28:50Ben lost his job
00:28:52We couldn't pay the mortgage
00:28:53And we had to do something
00:28:54We had to change our lives
00:28:55So we ended up buying the bus
00:28:56That was really cool
00:28:59Tash runs the year-round allotments
00:29:01And she's on a mission to show our shoppers
00:29:03That not everything worth having comes ready-made
00:29:07I probably get about two to three takeaways a day
00:29:09As a single person
00:29:11To buy your own food shopping
00:29:13It costs you more money
00:29:15And you guys are just going to fill up
00:29:17Scoop it up
00:29:18Pop it on
00:29:19And pass it down
00:29:20Why would I cook when I can just Uber everything in?
00:29:23I don't really save that much by cooking
00:29:25And I also waste my energy
00:29:26So yeah
00:29:27Thank God for Uber Eats
00:29:30Tash wants to persuade her novice gardeners
00:29:32That good food comes from the soil
00:29:34Not a delivery app
00:29:36So part of the wonderful thing about living at Cheyenne
00:29:39Is that we can pick them fresh
00:29:42And they're not treated with chemicals
00:29:44So they do go off quickly
00:29:45But you've grown them
00:29:47And you eat what you can
00:29:48And you share out
00:29:49Yeah, yeah
00:29:50So there's no waste
00:29:50Just popping it under the soil a little bit
00:29:53One per square?
00:29:54One per square
00:29:55I like to be busy
00:29:56They're boring to me
00:29:58This whole life is very still
00:30:00And that doesn't pump me of anything
00:30:04It doesn't make me feel like
00:30:05Yes, I love this
00:30:06It's the opposite for me
00:30:07Busy makes me feel like
00:30:09Yes, I love this
00:30:10Well done
00:30:11Your first baby plants
00:30:12Aw
00:30:13Thank you
00:30:22Well done
00:30:30Job done
00:30:31Tash wants to know
00:30:32Do you feel like
00:30:33Going out and sitting on the grass
00:30:34Or maybe looking at the stars a bit more?
00:30:37I think no
00:30:38I don't think so
00:30:39I love this for you guys
00:30:41I think it's beautiful
00:30:42But I don't see this working for me
00:30:45We're doing this lifestyle
00:30:47Not just because we enjoy it
00:30:49But because it's sustainable for the planet
00:30:51When I'm not here anymore
00:30:52I'd like there to be somewhere nice for other people to live
00:30:55That's the complete opposite of me
00:30:56Mm
00:30:56Yeah
00:30:58In what way?
00:30:59I do live life for myself only
00:31:01But it's my own life
00:31:03Who else am I going to live it for?
00:31:04Do you know what I mean?
00:31:05Former convenience queen Bridie
00:31:07Is starting to see the light
00:31:09I think it's quite inspirational
00:31:11What you guys have got going here
00:31:13I am worried about like
00:31:15Sorry, I don't know why I'm going to cry
00:31:17It's okay
00:31:18It's deep things
00:31:19It's emotional
00:31:19It's funny yourself
00:31:20If you feel it
00:31:21You feel it
00:31:23I often feel like guilty
00:31:24Like
00:31:26Getting like
00:31:28Parcels
00:31:28Like
00:31:29PR
00:31:30It gets sent to me
00:31:30I wear it for a video
00:31:31I chuck it in the bin
00:31:33Packaging
00:31:33Packaging
00:31:34Packaging
00:31:34The amount of rubbish
00:31:36Makes me feel like shit
00:31:37But it's
00:31:38My job
00:31:40Initially you're like
00:31:41Yeah, parcels
00:31:41And then you unbox them
00:31:43And that
00:31:44Tiny
00:31:44Five seconds of dopamine
00:31:46That you get
00:31:46Is over
00:31:47I've got all this packaging
00:31:49That's
00:31:50Kind of disgusting
00:31:51Yeah, I
00:31:51When I worked in events
00:31:53You know
00:31:53It was
00:31:54You know
00:31:54We put on a multi-million pound event
00:31:56And half it would go in the bin
00:31:58Because it was just for one thing
00:31:59And that's one of the other reasons
00:32:00That we thought we'd leave that
00:32:01I feel your pain
00:32:02But it's learning to be kind to yourself
00:32:04Because it's not just our individual choices
00:32:06We haven't made the society
00:32:08It's like
00:32:08I feel it
00:32:09I feel it
00:32:10I wanna come and squeeze it
00:32:11Because
00:32:13It's
00:32:13It's how we're living
00:32:14Go and give her a hug
00:32:16Go and give her a hug
00:32:16So cute
00:32:18I just felt this like
00:32:20Urge to cry
00:32:21And like
00:32:21I'm really not a crybaby
00:32:22I don't cry like that
00:32:23There comes a point
00:32:25Where it's not
00:32:25Fun and cool anymore
00:32:27I mean
00:32:27I don't think it aligns with
00:32:28What my values are
00:32:39The outfit today is so good
00:32:42I'm really enjoying being here
00:32:43I had a bit of a moment yesterday
00:32:45Where I cried
00:32:46The others
00:32:47It's kind of reaffirmed
00:32:48How much they love their life
00:32:49And I think for me
00:32:50It's kind of
00:32:52Tearing my life apart
00:32:53And I'm kind of
00:32:54Figuring out what I want
00:32:55And stuff
00:32:58Cheyenne's survival
00:32:59Literally grows on trees
00:33:01There's over 650 of them
00:33:03Bearing apples
00:33:04Waiting to be turned into
00:33:06Juice and vinegar
00:33:07To keep the whole community afloat
00:33:10Apple juice production
00:33:11Is our main source of income
00:33:12We mix these together
00:33:14To make a blend of Cornish apple juice
00:33:16Which we sell
00:33:17First call is always washing
00:33:19It's apple fair week
00:33:21Cheyenne's biggest chance
00:33:22To turn apple products into cash
00:33:24So they need stock ready in bulk
00:33:28Roll up your sleeves
00:33:29Muddy right
00:33:29Yeah it's muddy
00:33:30But we're cleaning the mud off
00:33:31It's important
00:33:32Do you not put any like
00:33:33Chemicals in there to wash it
00:33:34It's an organic farm
00:33:36Just like the rest of
00:33:37Cheyenne's residents
00:33:38Ben expects Bridie
00:33:40Umar and Saffron
00:33:41To put in an unpaid shift
00:33:43To help with the business
00:33:44We're at the seven dwarfs
00:33:47Something Umar still
00:33:48Can't wrap his head around
00:33:50Better than working at TK Maxx
00:33:52It's better TK Maxx
00:33:53Because I get paid
00:33:53And I don't have to do like
00:33:55A lot of work
00:33:55Yeah but this is our job
00:33:57Yeah but do you get paid for it?
00:33:59Well we get to live here
00:34:00But you don't get like
00:34:00Minimum wage
00:34:01The way the community works
00:34:02Is we don't see the money
00:34:04We don't have to pay rent
00:34:05Because it goes back in
00:34:06Yeah so it's like you living at TK Maxx
00:34:08Right
00:34:08Yeah you live upstairs
00:34:10They don't give you any wages
00:34:11You live in a cupboard upstairs
00:34:12So you work to live here then?
00:34:14Yeah
00:34:14I don't really understand
00:34:15What they're trying to do
00:34:16Because like
00:34:17Yeah you're living here
00:34:18And you have to work to live here
00:34:20I don't work to live at my house
00:34:22Do you know what I mean?
00:34:23Imagine doing this like
00:34:24Twice a week
00:34:25No that's an absolute joke
00:34:27Get me out of here
00:34:29Yeah that's it
00:34:30Keep going
00:34:31Come on we got her
00:34:32I think we're there aren't we?
00:34:35Though unimpressed with the compost loo or gardening
00:34:37Put a pile of apples in front of Saffron
00:34:40And watch her go
00:34:41Right
00:34:41Go on then you two off you go
00:34:44Alright mum
00:34:45Uma give me a crate
00:34:46And get a crate for yourself
00:34:48Put these there
00:34:49Stack that on there
00:34:51This is the first time I've seen Saf get into something
00:34:53And kind of have her thing
00:34:54Do that one babe
00:34:55She was kind of like bossing Uma around
00:34:58He was like her little assistant
00:34:59And I think she quite likes that
00:35:01I think she likes bossing men around
00:35:04You're loving it
00:35:05Why so much?
00:35:06I think because I found that I could be a leader in this
00:35:09And that's my natural habitat to lead
00:35:11You and I shouldn't work together
00:35:13No no no
00:35:13Because we're both alpha
00:35:14So we'd clash
00:35:15Yeah
00:35:16We could still be friends
00:35:17When we was in there
00:35:18I was just thinking
00:35:19These guys actually want to sell these products
00:35:22Like this is a real thing that they really do
00:35:23So let's actually help
00:35:25Because they're accommodating us
00:35:27So we can do it back
00:35:31Oh it's quick
00:35:32I thought this was like a whole long process
00:35:34No
00:35:35Do you know what surprises me Babu?
00:35:38The fact that you all do this just for the sake of living here
00:35:42The community
00:35:43Yeah
00:35:44Rather than it be
00:35:45Because I'm only used to seeing people doing things for a profit
00:35:47Yeah
00:35:48Have you ever had no money?
00:35:49Yes I grew up with no money
00:35:51Okay
00:35:51Dire
00:35:52Like really bad
00:35:53And some months I'm in a real bad situation myself
00:35:56Yeah
00:35:57Which is why I have a lot of assets
00:35:58Like things that I can sell
00:36:00So if it gets that bad
00:36:01It's always on your mind and you're aware of it
00:36:03Yeah
00:36:03Every single month I am constantly thinking about how do I get this money
00:36:07I think I enjoy buying very expensive things because and this is the real truth
00:36:11Because I was brought up with nothing and so being able to provide for myself is quite astonishing
00:36:18Sometimes things would get bad like we'd have to have water with our cereal because there was no milk that
00:36:22day or that week
00:36:23And I saw my mum struggle but I also saw my mum being such a strong power unit
00:36:28And so I took that, span it a little bit and now here I am
00:36:33And what bits of the lifestyle that you've got that don't resonate with you?
00:36:36I'm asexual and celibate
00:36:39Oh babe
00:36:39That's cool
00:36:40Yeah which is but the whole job is extremely sexualised
00:36:44Yeah
00:36:44So then I have to put on this constant persona of something that I don't even believe in
00:36:48You're selling your soul girl
00:36:49Oh babe I know
00:36:50I know
00:36:51And it is for finance and it is for money but it also is the only thing that I've ever
00:36:55known how to do really
00:36:56God bless you babe
00:36:57When I was at school I really wanted to be a journalist and I still stand by that I think
00:37:01I would be a fabulous journalist
00:37:04But that just never worked out for me I needed money and I needed money fast
00:37:07You need to look after yourself first and foremost
00:37:10Have strong boundaries
00:37:11Yeah
00:37:12Definitely
00:37:13And you're a beautiful soul you've got it
00:37:15From the moment I got here Babu we gravitated towards each other
00:37:19And I think that's because he just strikes me as someone who's had a complicated life as well
00:37:24Who has overcome it and I think he sees I am not the overcome yet
00:37:28And he wants to try and get me there which I really deeply appreciate
00:37:31But he's also got a really like soft understanding patient energy and that's something that I need
00:37:38Well done we've made 162 bottles of beer
00:37:42Wow that's it
00:37:43If we sold all that you'd be over the moon
00:37:47Okay that's a challenge
00:37:48Thank you very much guys well done
00:37:50Still to come
00:37:51I feel like something's been lifted off me
00:37:54Umar is still not at one with nature
00:37:56I'm not an animal I don't deserve to have a spider on me when I'm in the shower
00:38:01And what starts as a fun trip to the circus ends in tears
00:38:05This experience has brought so many emotions you would never think of in your life to the surface
00:38:19Three compulsive consumers have given up shopping sprees to try living with less for a week
00:38:25My body clock's not used to this life
00:38:27The sun the bright daylight I'm like meh
00:38:30After getting their hands dirty Bridie and Umar brave the communal bathhouse
00:38:37Wow look at that
00:38:39Oh and they've put a little bit of incense on for me
00:38:41Definitely gonna be super relaxing
00:38:44And Bridie's starting to see the upside of going back to basics
00:38:48Shower complete
00:38:49Sorry look at that in the back
00:38:51I'm loving all this scenery honestly
00:38:53It's literally magical hair I've not even dried myself properly
00:38:57It's because of the walk in fresh air
00:39:00Just wearing towels
00:39:02Erm
00:39:03I'll let nature dry me
00:39:05But for city boy Umar
00:39:07The great outdoors has officially gone too far
00:39:10The most traumatic thing happened to me
00:39:14I was having a shower outside like I'm an animal
00:39:17And an actual insect like a massive spider came and landed on me
00:39:21Once I was like
00:39:21I'm washing my hair
00:39:23Oh it was gross
00:39:24So I quickly smacked it out
00:39:26I don't even know if it's dead
00:39:27So now it's probably like bad luck for me for eight years
00:39:30It's a joke
00:39:31I'm not an animal
00:39:32I don't deserve to have a spider on me
00:39:34Once I'm in the shower
00:39:39Money is always a bit of a juggling act at Cheyenne
00:39:43Wow
00:39:44That'll be you in a minute babe
00:39:46Yeah
00:39:46So alongside the apple farm
00:39:48They fundraise with the summer circus
00:39:50As well as teaching acrobatics and aerial skills all year round
00:39:55The circus and the farm pick up the slack from each other
00:39:58The more strings to your bow you have
00:40:00The more likely you are to survive in this cost of living crisis world that we live in
00:40:06After a long day's work
00:40:08Umar, Saffron and Bridie are heading even further out of their comfort zones
00:40:13Hello, welcome guys
00:40:14This is where we have all of our shows
00:40:17And today we're going to do an aerial workshop
00:40:21Former dancer Tash and pro-acrobat Rachel
00:40:24Want our image-obsessed trio to ditch the mirrors
00:40:27And discover a whole new way to express themselves
00:40:31So, first of all thumbs around the bar
00:40:34And then you tuck into a little ball and flex your feet so they come underneath the bar
00:40:40And hocks your knees on
00:40:41I can't do this
00:40:43So this is called hocks
00:40:45You then try and let go and see if you can hang by your knees
00:40:49I need to get my foot up a little bit
00:40:51Okay, who wants to do the first hocks?
00:40:54I will
00:40:54You're wearing?
00:40:57Yes
00:40:58Boom
00:40:58And then knees on
00:41:00And see if you can let go
00:41:01Ah, this hurts
00:41:02It does hurt
00:41:04Well done
00:41:05Woo
00:41:08So, um, if you sink down, so you've got straight arms
00:41:10He's got this
00:41:11He's so nervous
00:41:12Now see if you can get one foot to the bar
00:41:14That's it
00:41:15Yes
00:41:18Well, I'm not even going to try, babe
00:41:20So
00:41:21You're going to try?
00:41:22Oh, I'm not going to
00:41:23I love it
00:41:24I watch it
00:41:25True to form, Bridie jumps right in
00:41:28Yes
00:41:28Yes
00:41:28Woo
00:41:30And at last, Umar's discovered an activity he seems genuinely enthusiastic about
00:41:37Umar's absolutely killing it
00:41:40And I'm loving seeing this, like, really confident side of him come out
00:41:45It's really nice to see
00:41:46The morning was a big struggle for me
00:41:49I was ready to pack my bags and go home
00:41:50But coming here, this has probably been the most fun I've had
00:41:54Meanwhile, Saffron is hanging back
00:41:57Do you want to have a go?
00:41:58No thanks, babe
00:41:59A little go?
00:42:00I'm alright, thank you, honey
00:42:00No worries
00:42:01Being around children reminds her of her unhappy school days
00:42:06When I was growing up, I was extremely bullied
00:42:08To the point of, I had no friends, I wouldn't leave the house
00:42:12I was literally her, Mia, and my family were very concerned about me
00:42:15I've never even done a roly-poly in my life, let alone all these
00:42:19I think that's probably a lot of, like, missing a lot of school
00:42:23But, because you do all them kind of, you know, that hands-down roly-poly
00:42:26Yeah, that's where I learned gymnastics
00:42:27I think that's what this is
00:42:28Yeah
00:42:29Are you going to go again?
00:42:31It frightens me, honey
00:42:33So, I love watching you, I think you're brilliant
00:42:36But it really, really frightens me
00:42:38Yeah
00:42:40It's the weirdest thing, because going into this I thought that this would be fun
00:42:45I knew I was going to be terrible at it and that would have been banter
00:42:48But I think what I quickly realised is that tiny things like roly-poly and hands-down
00:42:53You're, like, taught that in school and you're taught that amongst friends
00:42:56And I think because, I don't know why this is getting me sad
00:42:59Because I don't even care anymore
00:43:01But because I was so, so atrociously bullied
00:43:05And, like, every lunch I'd sit in the bathroom on my own
00:43:09Like, I never had that opportunity to, like, play and learn these things
00:43:15I think I started crying at how good you was
00:43:17Oh, really?
00:43:18A lot of my life has just been me being an adult
00:43:21And so when I get into these very, like, playful situations
00:43:25I don't know how to cope
00:43:26It's just made me upset and I didn't want to get upset in front of the kids
00:43:29So I just took myself away
00:43:31I really, really hope that you carry on with this
00:43:33Because you're so good
00:43:35You really are
00:43:36And you look so pretty in your dress
00:43:38This experience has brought so many emotions to the surface
00:43:42Because I've just suppressed everything
00:43:45And now I'm like a boiling kettle
00:43:57With the apple fair only days away
00:44:00Ben and Brett need help with constructing one of the big tops
00:44:03But one of the shoppers is a no-show
00:44:05What's happened to Saffron?
00:44:07She's taken the morning off?
00:44:09We're just giving her a bit of space
00:44:10And hopefully she'll be back with us later
00:44:12I think I could do with that
00:44:14Don't leave us
00:44:15So yeah, look, here you go
00:44:16This is one of our big tops
00:44:17She's called Sunshine
00:44:19And I'm going to teach you how to hit a tent pegging
00:44:22Umar and Bridie lend a hand
00:44:24That's it, that's the swing
00:44:26It's heavy, isn't it?
00:44:35But after last night's circus class brought up unexpected emotions
00:44:39Saffron steps away from the commune to reflect on the direction her life has taken
00:44:45I know that I need to do work on myself for sure
00:44:52Their work done, Bridie and Umar are about to get mystical
00:44:56Because at Cheyenne, it's not about stuff, it's about spirit
00:45:01The place where my yurt is, it's just got such a magical energy
00:45:05You can just feel it, it's supercharged and it's otherworldly
00:45:09Susannah, the resident shaman, has decided they are ready
00:45:14For some feather smudging and aura cleansing
00:45:18Have you worked much with energy before?
00:45:20I'm dipping my toe into the spiritual world
00:45:22Are you, yeah?
00:45:23But I'm very much a beginner
00:45:26TikToker Bridie's time at Cheyenne is reminding her
00:45:28That life didn't always revolve around likes and followers
00:45:31I could feel it from you
00:45:33Did you?
00:45:34Yeah, when I first met you, you have really good energy
00:45:36Good aura
00:45:36She may have thousands of fans
00:45:39But somewhere along the way, she's lost touch with herself
00:45:42I would absolutely love to meditate
00:45:44I definitely have time for it
00:45:46I just need to put my phone down
00:45:47I bet you
00:45:48Yeah, I believe in God
00:45:50Okay
00:45:51So this is different
00:45:51So as a shamanic practitioner, I help to shift energy through the body
00:45:57If you'd like to stand there, Bridie
00:46:01Put your arms out
00:46:03So it's the smoke that helps to cleanse your auric field
00:46:07And then we use this tool too to move the smoke and move the energy around
00:46:12So just around your head and then down your centre
00:46:15If it's all right, I'm just going to go outside for one second
00:46:18UK, yeah?
00:46:19Yeah, yeah
00:46:19Okay
00:46:21While Bridie continues to embrace her smudging, Umar's spiritual spring clean is over
00:46:28When she lit the stage up, I got like this tightening in my chest
00:46:32So it was like something was telling me that that's not the environment for me
00:46:37How does that feel?
00:46:38Yeah, I feel like quite calm
00:46:40Yeah, oh good
00:46:41I feel like, I don't know, something's been lifted off me
00:46:45Yeah
00:46:45Yeah
00:46:45Yeah
00:46:46Oh good
00:46:50Bridie's not the only one thinking about her life choices
00:46:53Umar's circus class has reconnected him with what really makes him happy
00:46:58When I was younger, I was always into art, fashion, acting
00:47:02So it was all really different
00:47:04Since his mum died three years ago, he started studying criminology
00:47:09But Cheyenne has him wondering if he's really on the right path
00:47:13My mum wanted me to go to university and get a degree
00:47:15I never really wanted to go to university
00:47:18What?
00:47:19It's like her last wish that I want to fulfil
00:47:21I know that she's up and down on me, I just want to do it for her
00:47:24But would I rather focus on the creative side of things?
00:47:28Babu wants to give him another chance to scratch his creative itch
00:47:32By introducing him to Rick
00:47:34A musician who handcrafts Native American instruments
00:47:40Hey
00:47:40Hey, come on in
00:47:41Thank you
00:47:46I'm going to play some flute
00:47:47And then you guys just sort of come in and accompany me
00:47:50If you just pick that one up from me and you match me
00:47:55And play what I'm playing
00:48:01How's that feel?
00:48:04Yeah
00:48:04Got that?
00:48:07I'm going to play to what you're playing, so don't even worry about me
00:48:11You just keep that solid
00:48:12You just keep that solid
00:48:41Right
00:48:41You come join me
00:48:43Yeah, for sure
00:48:44Yeah?
00:48:44Yeah
00:48:44I feel like coming here has definitely made me tap into my creative side again
00:48:51And I definitely want to try and pursue a little bit more
00:48:58With saffron still missing in action, Babu invites Bridie and Umar to trade chores for a Cheyenne style night out
00:49:06on the beach
00:49:08We're going to have a fire and share some cacao around the fire
00:49:11And they've stopped passing this round
00:49:15This isn't your average hot chocolate
00:49:17Drinking cacao is a sacred Mayan and Aztec ritual said to open the heart
00:49:24I'm going to have a hug first
00:49:29Love and connection and being to us all
00:49:33Do I just pass it?
00:49:35Say something in your mind or out loud
00:49:37Okay, love and light
00:49:38Love and light
00:49:40The less sacred ritual of the silent disco has its roots in the 90s rave scene
00:49:45And DJ Babu is the man to kick off the party
00:49:50Dancing on the beach
00:49:57The music's really good
00:49:59Good innit?
00:49:59Yeah
00:50:00How often have you done silent disco on the beach?
00:50:02Never
00:50:04Go on
00:50:06Good music innit?
00:50:08Yeah
00:50:08It's a good beat though
00:50:10Hopefully they'll embrace it and enjoy
00:50:12Just let the music move them
00:50:14Do you want to get in the water?
00:50:20We're going to get panoony off
00:50:23It takes a little warming up
00:50:25But the Cheyenne effect is kicking in
00:50:27And Umar and Bridie are getting into the rhythm of it
00:50:31Oh, it's beyond freeing
00:50:33I really love it here
00:50:34You feel really grounded
00:50:36This is so good
00:50:37I know that it is an aphrodisiac
00:50:38So it does make you feel those, like, love emotions
00:50:42But I'm definitely feeling it
00:50:44Different to anything I've done before
00:50:46I do like it
00:50:50Feels like there's no judgement
00:50:51And you can kind of just, like, do what you want
00:50:53I'm enjoying it
00:51:00Still to come
00:51:02Saffron is welcomed back into the fold
00:51:04It's an emotional experience here
00:51:06I needed to sort of take a minute
00:51:08And now I'm ready to come back
00:51:09And the super shoppers get a chance to put their retail skills to the test
00:51:14Do you like it?
00:51:15We worked really hard for it
00:51:16No, I'm all good at it
00:51:17It is
00:51:17Alright, that sounded a bit desperate
00:51:26The peace and quiet of the Cornish countryside has given Saffron a chance to reflect
00:51:31Did you have a good rest?
00:51:33I did, I had a really lovely rest and I kind of needed it
00:51:36I know, I saw that
00:51:38Yeah, it's an emotional experience here
00:51:40I needed to sort of take a minute
00:51:43And now I'm ready to come back
00:51:44That's beautiful
00:51:45It's time for a heart-to-heart with her favourite Cheyenne resident, Babu
00:51:49So we all had some cacao, haven't you?
00:51:52Okay
00:51:52I'd like to share some with you
00:51:53Yeah, I'm scared
00:51:54Don't be scared, it's just hot chocolate
00:51:57Okay
00:51:57Who seems to be able to see into her soul
00:52:02I think your energy is so calm, so real, you know
00:52:06I've got some health problems and being stressed doesn't help any of them
00:52:10I'm sorry
00:52:11Yeah, that's scary, it's part of life, isn't it?
00:52:13We all carry these bits of luggage with us
00:52:15Luggage?
00:52:16You can either wear it on your arm or just get on with it
00:52:19I used to be self-sabotaging all the time without even realising it, you know
00:52:23Sometimes I can be that way too
00:52:25Even with this experience, I think that I'm self-sabotaging
00:52:29You are a bit
00:52:30Yes
00:52:31Yes
00:52:31I think that Babu is probably just the most purest soul
00:52:35Like he makes you speak and he makes you talk and he makes you think about things
00:52:40I keep repeating patterns
00:52:42So in my actual life I have like this character, this role that I'm very good at playing
00:52:47And I was hoping to come here and shed that person entirely
00:52:52But I keep going back to it because it's where I feel safe
00:52:55Yeah, it's one step at a time
00:52:58Yeah, we're all here to help you, even after this
00:53:03Oh
00:53:03I mean that
00:53:04I believe, I felt that one in my soul, I did
00:53:08I see you, not you, I see you in there
00:53:11I know, I know
00:53:12There's so much more to you than what you portray
00:53:16Thank you
00:53:16You know, you said, at one point you said, this is all I know and it's not
00:53:20I think the lines get blurred when I say, oh I'm being this character, I was hoping that that was
00:53:26a facade
00:53:27The suitcases you came with, that's like a year's supply, that's probably all my clothes
00:53:33And then I kind of wanted to run away from the experience because I was a bit disappointed, which would
00:53:39have been self-sabotaging, but now I'm back, so
00:53:43It's probably about like 1% of my wardrobe
00:53:48Probably, I go with a couple of carrier bags
00:53:52Saturday is market day, Umar, Saffron and Bridie have been tasked with trying to flog Cheyenne's apple juice and cider
00:53:59vinegar to locals at a farmer's market
00:54:02We're here to try and sell as much as we can to as many of the people who are here
00:54:06Finally, it's their natural habitat, a chance for our trio to dust off their retail know-how and put it
00:54:12to work
00:54:14Would you like a try of the apple juice?
00:54:17We made it ourselves
00:54:18Do you like that?
00:54:19Yeah, I do
00:54:20I'll have a small one
00:54:21Amazing
00:54:22Ben's thrown down the gauntlet, outsell last week's £120 takings, so let the competition begin
00:54:29And it's organic, 100%
00:54:32While Bridie mans the stall, Saffron takes charge of the mobile sales team
00:54:37Does anyone want to try some apple juice?
00:54:39Right now we've got a very good deal on, so this bottle here is only £3
00:54:45All the stockbroker customers always say to me, you should work for us
00:54:48I guess my skill set is getting things out of people
00:54:51She's even managed to whip the normally work-shy Umar into shape
00:54:55I want to go shopping though, I don't want to keep selling stuff
00:54:59No, you can't stop lonely now, Umar, it's not the time
00:55:03£4.50 for the big bottle
00:55:04Excellent, I'll buy the bigger one
00:55:06We worked really hard for it, so
00:55:09I'm all good actually
00:55:10Alright, that sounded a bit desperate, don't do that
00:55:13Well I am desperate
00:55:15Well you could just buy it right here
00:55:16And you do take cash
00:55:17Enjoy, bye
00:55:19Bye
00:55:21With sales going well, Saffron tries her hand at the art of the deal
00:55:26Right, we've got a proposal, so we'll swap here a small bottle
00:55:30And then in return, how much are these little tiny things?
00:55:33So the masolines, you can have three of those
00:55:35Let's do that, and then there's one each medium wider here
00:55:38Yeah
00:55:38That's what market's about, isn't it?
00:55:41I mean, we all do need a break
00:55:43Me and you have been working really hard
00:55:45We've done it for about one minute
00:55:47That's a lot more than I do at my other job
00:55:50Cheers
00:55:50Cheers to working hard
00:55:54Hi, we got you one of these
00:55:56Oh
00:55:57Well we've done a trade
00:55:58Okay
00:55:59So we gave them a bottle of apple juice for three cakes
00:56:02Is it lemon?
00:56:02Yeah, it's so good
00:56:03What's going on here?
00:56:0425 minutes in and you need to sit down?
00:56:06We've had a trade for trade
00:56:08Oh, what did you trade?
00:56:09I traded one of your small apple juices
00:56:11That cost £3
00:56:12Yeah
00:56:12For three snacks that cost £3.75
00:56:15So I actually got a 75p
00:56:19For who?
00:56:20For me, Umar and Brian
00:56:22Well, I'm sharing mine with you
00:56:24I like the philosophy, but now one of you needs to pay
00:56:28I'll give you the money back, Ben
00:56:29I'm going back to work now, guys
00:56:32After literally eating into Ben's profits
00:56:35Saffron and Umar head back out to sell more juice
00:56:38Would you like to try some apple juice?
00:56:41This is organic and I made it myself
00:56:44Half an hour on, they're back with the takings
00:56:47Profits well and truly squeezed
00:56:49Ben!
00:56:51Do you know what this means?
00:56:52What does it mean?
00:56:53We've just gone over last week's total, congratulations
00:56:56Yay!
00:56:56But it's still not high fives all round
00:56:59One of you owes me £3 still
00:57:01Who's paying for that juice yet?
00:57:03Umar is
00:57:03Oh, come on, Umar
00:57:04I can't believe you're making him pay
00:57:06I know, I can't believe that
00:57:06I can't believe you're giving away my juice for free
00:57:10Yes, but it's not your juice to give
00:57:13We've been very unfairly treated today
00:57:15You think you've been unfairly treated?
00:57:17Not how you treat your stuff at all
00:57:18This is a product that we've made, right?
00:57:20We made
00:57:22No, we have collectively made
00:57:25Okay, so how did you make it without my apples?
00:57:28It was a trade
00:57:29So you have traded our juice for a cake for you
00:57:34But this was ours, we made it
00:57:36No, you did
00:57:36No, no, no, no
00:57:37You are mistaken
00:57:39You've taken £3 from the Cheyenne community
00:57:42And used it to get cake for yourself
00:57:43I didn't think you cared about money, Ben
00:57:45No, you're misunderstanding
00:57:46You're misunderstanding
00:57:47We do care about money
00:57:48We care about the money that we need to keep our community upright and working
00:57:52Sorry, I don't agree
00:57:53I'm sorry
00:57:54You don't understand?
00:57:55Do you understand?
00:57:56I understand
00:57:57Unlike Saffron and Umar, Bridie's now got both her feet inside the Cheyenne camp
00:58:02You can't trade someone else's thing and then expect to be praised
00:58:06I think it's ridiculous and maybe a bit immature that they can't see that it's not theirs
00:58:11So I do not feel a part of this community, so I'm going to quit my job right here, right
00:58:15now
00:58:16Let's go, Saff
00:58:17We're quitting too
00:58:18I've quit as well
00:58:20I don't think they're quite understanding the community vibe
00:58:24I don't know whether deep inside they knew that they had done wrong
00:58:27And they were trying to be defensive
00:58:29Or whether they didn't understand
00:58:31But yeah, we can't be having that
00:58:34Still to come
00:58:35The Apple Fair is on the way
00:58:37She looks like a queen
00:58:39And Umar is ready for his drumming debut
00:58:42I would very much like to invite Umar and Babu to come up here and join me
00:58:58The final day of our shopaholics week in a Cornish commune culminates in a celebration of all things Apple
00:59:04The devil works fast, I work faster
00:59:08Away from the preparations, Umar has asked to speak to Ben alone to clear the air after the bus stop
00:59:14at the market
00:59:15I think there might have been a bit of change during the week
00:59:18Do you think, you know, how are you feeling?
00:59:21Coming here has made me realise that time is money, like
00:59:24Yeah
00:59:25A piece of paper is just not money, like, multiple things can be money
00:59:28Yeah, yeah
00:59:29So it kind of opened my eyes to that
00:59:31Do you ever, like, miss your old life?
00:59:33Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't
00:59:34I do think I'm a better person for having given that lifestyle up
00:59:38And I feel more able to help people
00:59:41Which is what I've found that I like doing more than being successful
00:59:45Right
00:59:46So the fact that you're saying that you're taking positive things away from living our lifestyle
00:59:50Is, like, amazing for me
00:59:53Yeah, that's like me dropping, like, a grand on shopping
00:59:55Yeah, so, do you think maybe you might be able to replace that feeling
00:59:59Of, you know, happiness with stuff that's just good about you, not just stuff that you're having to buy?
01:00:06I'd like to think so, because when I buy something, that happiness only lasts a good ten minutes
01:00:10You remember the beginning of the week when we were talking about finding, you know, more of your inner self
01:00:14and your inner happiness
01:00:15Do you think you've found any of that?
01:00:17Yeah, I think so
01:00:18Well, I pushed away, like, my creative side
01:00:20I think being here, not having my phone and actually getting to explore more of that
01:00:25It's been really fun, and I just realised that I still have that in me
01:00:30Meeting the new people has been quite life-affirming
01:00:34I hadn't really quite appreciated how much change there would be
01:00:37To actually affect other people and to help them along their journey is quite empowering and it's quite deep
01:00:47Visitors are beginning to arrive to the Apple Fair, so it's all hands on deck
01:00:51Hi, yeah, you all right? You here for the Apple Fair?
01:00:55Great, thank you
01:00:56Thank you
01:00:56And there's your wristband, and if you would like to just drive down that way
01:01:00It hasn't all been smooth sailing, but avid TikToker Bridie's found that the real connections she's made at Cheyenne are
01:01:07better than anything online
01:01:10Picture of an apple
01:01:11Okay
01:01:12And then Cheyenne apple fair
01:01:15It's harder than it looks
01:01:17Is the dots making it look mouldy?
01:01:20The thing I'm going to miss the most from being here is if you ever just want to talk to
01:01:24someone, you can go talk to someone and it's a real conversation
01:01:26They look into your eyes, they hear you, they feel you, they embrace you, no judgement whatsoever, I'm going to
01:01:34really miss that
01:01:36Straight down the middle like that, just get your fingers in here and pull this out
01:01:40For label junkie Umar, time at Cheyenne has been a bit of a personal rebrand
01:01:45How's this week been for you?
01:01:47It's not as easy as you think, is it?
01:01:52This week has been one of the most craziest experiences of my life
01:01:57When I first came to Cheyenne I was like, what type of hippie village am I at?
01:02:02And I thought that this week would be hell for me, it would be torture, but it really wasn't
01:02:06But you challenged yourself, you know, you could have left
01:02:10Yeah, I wanted to leave
01:02:12I saw that
01:02:13But you didn't
01:02:14I didn't
01:02:15I didn't, yeah
01:02:16It's all the stuff that you've done here, hopefully, I'm helping you move forward in life
01:02:21And for pampered Princess Saffron, a week away from her home comforts, has given her time to think
01:02:27You're just going to snip that, there
01:02:31Beautiful
01:02:32I think it's just quieter here, and the slower pace of life brings up more
01:02:37Now we need about... That's the tiara
01:02:3950
01:02:4050
01:02:4050
01:02:41The biggest challenge of this week has been the whole bloody week
01:02:47I know that everyone thought I was going to leave day one, myself included
01:02:52But no, I stayed the week
01:02:54We're just going to start gently bending it between our hands so it curves round
01:02:59We're trying to avoid completely snapping it, but just get a bit of movement, innit?
01:03:04I'm not proud of myself this week, no, I'm going to be real
01:03:07I think there's a lot more I could have tried, but there was so much emotion that kept coming over
01:03:13me every time
01:03:14In every single activity, I was finding bits of myself that I'd hidden for so long
01:03:19Yeah, she looks like a queen
01:03:21With the prep out of the way, it's time to stop working and start enjoying
01:03:26The fun of the fair can begin
01:03:36They've grown, I feel they've all grown
01:03:38The things that they've taken from here, I hope they take into their own life
01:03:41They won't even know that they're there, these things that they've taken
01:03:45To make a slightly different choice
01:03:47I hope that Saffron, Bridie and Umar take from this that there is another way of life
01:03:53There is a way of life that has less impact on the planet, that is about community
01:04:02Umar has been keeping his creative talents under wraps
01:04:05But it's finally his chance to shine
01:04:08Never?
01:04:10Never
01:04:10Look at you, you're breaking it
01:04:13I would very much like to invite Umar and Babu to come up here and join me
01:04:27Thank you
01:04:32Before coming in here, I used to think that money is everything
01:04:35And I used to be like, money can buy happiness
01:04:37I don't think it can, because when I was here, I wasn't even thinking about money
01:04:41I was thinking about my family, so
01:04:43There's definitely more important things than money
01:04:51Woooo!
01:04:53Woooo!
01:04:55Amazing
01:04:57Yeah! Go on, Umar!
01:05:00Three deers
01:05:01Three deers
01:05:02Yeah, I think I've just found three friends
01:05:07To be honest, yeah, they're all lovely in their own ways
01:05:11Yeah, when's the next show, guys?
01:05:14Underneath all the masks and everything, they're just like the rest of us, just muddling our way through best we
01:05:20can
01:05:20Yeah, let me put your hat back on
01:05:22Cheers
01:05:23We've crowned the Cheyenne King
01:05:27I'm feeling quite sad
01:05:32I just feel really grateful
01:05:34It's really put things into perspective for me
01:05:37I think when I get back, there's going to be a few changes, I'm going to be more sustainable
01:05:42I'm going to try and sit outside with my bare feet in the grass, to feel grounded
01:05:47I'm going to try and meditate
01:05:49And I'm definitely going to keep in touch with these lot
01:05:53Just being seen
01:05:55I think that's what they've all missed
01:05:57Is just being seen for who they truly are
01:06:00I really do feel like I did find myself at Cheyenne and I'm really grateful
01:06:05Guys, I'm loving it here
01:06:06Should we all stay?
01:06:08You can't stay
01:06:08Fuck that
01:06:14Next time
01:06:15I never thought I would be going back for anything
01:06:17Three young people who thought school wasn't worth the bother
01:06:20I don't want to do something, just then do it
01:06:22Bed down in a posh private boarding school, which believes in getting results
01:06:27You do have to stick by all of our rules
01:06:30That's crazy
01:07:00These are the things that you would possibly can do
01:07:00To be honest
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