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Hill Shepherds, Amanda and Clive Owen live on one of the most remote farms in the country,

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where they're raising nine children.

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You know, you have one, and then it's two, it's like double trouble, three, it's just

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a bit more pressure, four, yeah, it's a bit extra, five, it doesn't matter any more.

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We're following them across four seasons, over a year of the most extraordinary and

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extreme weather that country's ever faced.

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Oh, it can hardly breathe.

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From battling the beast from the east...

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Reuben, you take these little ones back down and get them thawed out.

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... to enduring the most severe summer on record.

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It's been so hot, it's burnt all the grass away, people knackered.

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And discovering how this unique family copes with the challenges of their remarkable life

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by working together.

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Not happy.

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No, it's not happy.

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Raven helps look after the little ones.

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Reuben, he's always tinkering with something.

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Niles really loves farming.

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Edith, she's really good with the sheep.

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Then there's Violet, just such a tomboy.

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Sydney, he's cute.

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Then we've got Annis, Clemmie and Nancy.

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This week, the family takes on the challenges of spring.

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Sadly, she has loved him, but not in time.

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As hard as you can to keep them all alive, and you win some, you lose some.

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Amanda juggles family life.

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It's a logistical nightmare.

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It really is.

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Fourteen-year-old Reuben leads a rescue mission.

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Be careful and be thorough.

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Time is of the essence here.

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Come on, quick.

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Four-year-old Annie saves a baby in distress.

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Pull, pull.

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Brilliant.

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And two-year-old Clemmie faces a harsh reality.

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You can't be on a farm and shield them from everything that happens in life.

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Not happy.

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No, it's not happy.

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Not happy.

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No.

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Raven Seat Farm sits in the north of the Yorkshire Dales.

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At 1,800 feet above sea level, the family's exposed home is surrounded by wild, steep

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and rugged moorlands.

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It's late March, and lambing has just begun.

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The family's pregnant flock will deliver all of their year's lambs over the next eight

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weeks.

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Kit, come by.

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Come by.

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Come by.

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Come by.

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We've got 800 expectant yows, somewhere about there, 800, 850.

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You look forward to it.

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It's exciting.

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It's definitely exciting.

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You feel like you're really battling against higher forces, I suppose, and you don't always

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win.

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Every year brings its own troubles.

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If it rains loads, then you get troubles with hypothermia and stuff like that.

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If it gets too warm, you get more troubles with bugs.

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You have to be on hand for if it all goes wrong.

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The family and flock have endured an especially cold, wet winter.

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And at the start of the spring season, the weather shows no signs of improving.

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It's a tough place.

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It's a very tough farm.

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I've been here 30 years, but I don't think I've ever seen as late a spring.

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No, I don't.

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We're having to feed and feed and feed to try and keep these sheep going because, you

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know, there's just nothing growing, nothing to eat.

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They're losing condition all the time.

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It's certainly going to be less lambs than usual because for some reason there's been

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a bit of something wrong with them and there's quite a few aborted.

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So there's more going to go away without lambs than usual, without a doubt.

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With fewer lambs expected this year, the pressure is on to maintain their flock.

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You want to check her bag?

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Let's have a look.

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But the family has learnt to cope by sharing the workload.

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I need to replace the gate with my dad.

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Sydney, you tie up one side, I'll do the other.

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Not the other end.

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I don't need the ring.

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No, the other end.

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Oh, yeah.

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Yeah, this end.

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After school, unlike most kids, these boys aren't inside watching TV.

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Fourteen-year-old Reuben and six-year-old Sydney are making last-minute repairs to the

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lambing barn.

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Can you hold it?

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Yeah.

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Can you get tough?

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This pen is where I keep twins and triplets.

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These ones were tucked first, so they'll be lambing first.

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So we keep them here.

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The first-time mothers carrying multiple lambs often need help during labour,

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so Amanda's teaching nine-year-old Edith how to head off any problems.

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She's licking her first lamb off at the moment.

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You just need to watch for the second one.

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Usually she'll give it a right good lick and then hopefully you'd hope that the second

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one will come out nice and easy as well.

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But you just have to be careful.

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Yeah.

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Sometimes it can have the first one and some will do the second one.

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Oh, yeah.

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So you just keep watching.

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You are the eyes and ears of the place.

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If it looks like she's not going to turn around and lick it,

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or it looks like it's struggling to breathe, you know what to do.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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I've seen at least 20 lambs being born.

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There could be problems with the lambs, like they come out the wrong way,

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or like they're premature or too small,

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so you can't be afraid to get your hands dirty.

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She should have had the second one by now.

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If the sheep doesn't deliver soon, both mother and baby could die,

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so Edith calls her mum to step in.

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Edith, do you want to get the lamb?

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No.

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Then we'll have to get hold of her.

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Sss.

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Sss.

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Stand there.

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I don't want her to stand there for a minute.

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Ah, you bugger.

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Right, you can chase the rest back down here and pop them back in.

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Do you want to lamb it?

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Okay.

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Good, lass.

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Break the legs down.

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That's it.

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Good, lass.

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The head just followed?

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It's right there.

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Downwards.

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That's it.

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Good, lass.

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Give me a piece of straw.

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Get him sneezing.

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That's it.

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Good, lass.

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It is exciting to lamb the sheep.

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I can't really describe it.

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Nine-year-old Edith may enjoy helping out at lambing time,

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but dad Clive knows how precarious their way of life is,

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as the family's livelihood depends on their annual crop of lambs.

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Oh, bless you.

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Come on.

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I've always looked after sheep and they've always looked after me,

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and so they almost come first.

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It's mad, you know.

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You've just got to manage, you know.

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I mean, yeah, you just can't quit on it because then you'd have nothing,

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you know, so you just do it and it'll all come right,

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but you've just got to stick at it.

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There you are, mother.

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Marley, come here, Reuben.

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Come here.

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I want a big gang.

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With lambs arriving all over the farm,

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Clive's discovered a problem, so he's rallying his troops.

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Now, we've brought a yow that we can't find a lamb for,

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so I'm sending you lot to look for it, right?

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It's in Blackhow somewhere.

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She came out at Blackhow.

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She's got a mewly lamb, and it might be dead, it might be alive,

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but dead or alive, I want it.

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Look after Arnie.

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As the eldest son, 14-year-old Reuben is well used to looking

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after his younger siblings and will lead the search.

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Go along to that barn and then come down that hill to underneath passes.

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Shall I just let people out in place?

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Exactly.

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Right.

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See you, Dad.

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Like the sheep that roam these hills,

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the kids know this terrain like the back of their hands.

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So with instructions on the lambs' last known whereabouts,

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Reuben releases the search party.

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So walk straight through, stay off the back of the wall,

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take it slow, search all the rushes.

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Go on, then.

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Be careful and be thorough.

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A motherless lamb won't survive for long on the moors,

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as even in spring temperatures can dip to freezing,

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and Reuben knows the odds are stacked against them.

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Chances are it's got trapped in something or dropped down a hole

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or just got stuck somewhere.

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It's quite a rough, hilly field,

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and there's lots of places a lamb could get lost.

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It's easy enough, isn't it?

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You're in a rushy spot and you're dropping something,

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you can't get out.

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But let's hope we find it.

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Has everyone been through and seen nothing?

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No, I've seen nothing!

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Milo!

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Just out of here, there, there's something in that rusher.

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OK.

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It's a bucket, Reuben.

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Come this way.

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Not disheartened, Reuben's keeping everyone on track.

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Can I have the toughest ones down here, please?

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Violet, Edith and Miles, please.

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We walk up the middle,

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I reckon it'll have dropped in one of these holes.

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I'll take the centre, you take that side.

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Just keep looking in this bottom.

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These are perfect for a lamb dropping.

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So many bloody holes,

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I don't think we're going to ever possible check them all.

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With no luck finding the lamb,

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the search soon turns into another type of rescue mission.

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OK, you hug Sid and I'll hug you.

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Give me your hand.

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Sid, you need to hold my hand so I can get on.

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And go!

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Oi, guys, come up the hill and stop playing on the edge.

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Right, we've been through the field, guys,

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and we've seen nothing, so...

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Edith? Yeah?

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What do you think we should do now?

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Do you know any other places that it could have gone into?

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We've really been through them, you know what I mean?

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Like, we've been through the whole thing.

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We'll see who comes tonight, or tomorrow morning,

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when we feed them.

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We'll check through there, because we'll feed them tonight,

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see who comes, just in case it has gone to another field,

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but not looking great.

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You're disappointed when you don't find it,

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because it's a little lamb, it's gone, isn't it?

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Yeah.

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It would be nice if there was a chance and it came back,

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but there's always a chance,

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but at the moment it's not looking too good.

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Come on, guys, I think we'll head back.

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There's a little lamb!

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It's the beginning of April,

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and mother-of-nine Amanda Owen is up early feeding her flock.

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This is the best place to lamb at.

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But...

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The weather, there's no grass in here.

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Quit now, it's freezing.

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Living high on the Yorkshire Dales,

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the sheep have been weakened by bad weather.

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Raven's seat's just down there, sort of hemmed in by the moor.

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This is what we call closed hills.

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This should be absolutely packed full of lambers, but not this year.

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Shepherdess Amanda is facing one of her toughest adventures,

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facing one of her toughest spring seasons yet.

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Come on! Come on, you need to do your best climbing.

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Despite the challenges, she still has to manage her huge family.

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Come on, mate! Come on, mate!

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Come over there now! Come on!

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By 6.30, all the children are up

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and it's time to get everyone ready for school.

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Way in pyjamas, Sid, are you in pyjamas?

260
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Have you cleaned your teeth?

261
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Go clear your teeth and then come and get some porridge.

262
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Have you got your dinners? Have you got your biscuits?

263
00:13:00,020 --> 00:13:02,020
Have you got your hula hoops? Have you got your sandwiches?

264
00:13:02,020 --> 00:13:04,020
Have you got your drinks?

265
00:13:04,020 --> 00:13:06,020
No, get your drink.

266
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It's a logistical nightmare. It really is.

267
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The chaos levels just kind of peak.

268
00:13:11,020 --> 00:13:13,020
You have one, then it's two, it's like double trouble.

269
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Three, it's just a bit more pressure.

270
00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:18,020
Four, yeah, it's a bit extra. Five, it doesn't matter any more.

271
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We never set out to have a big family.

272
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I don't know how we've got a big family, but...

273
00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:24,020
Yeah, you do know how we've got a big family.

274
00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:27,020
It's just happened. There's no... You can't explain it.

275
00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:28,020
It's chaos.

276
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We just watch it all unfold before us.

277
00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:35,020
I said swimming lessons, not snorkelling, you nutter.

278
00:13:35,020 --> 00:13:37,020
The bus is here. See you, Dad.

279
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Come on, then, guys, get on that bus.

280
00:13:39,020 --> 00:13:42,020
See you later. See you, Dad. Bye, Rob.

281
00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:44,020
Have you got everything, hon? Have a nice one.

282
00:13:44,020 --> 00:13:46,020
You've got your dinners and everything? Yeah.

283
00:13:46,020 --> 00:13:48,020
Well done.

284
00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:50,020
Thanks a bit, hon.

285
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The big ones are going to Richmond,

286
00:13:52,020 --> 00:13:54,020
which is just short of 30 mile away.

287
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So they're leaving now, ten past seven, so they'll be there for nine.

288
00:13:57,020 --> 00:14:00,020
There's no nursery, there's no playgroup nursery.

289
00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:02,020
They've kind of got their own playgroup, really.

290
00:14:04,020 --> 00:14:06,020
Here's a nancy.

291
00:14:06,020 --> 00:14:08,020
Don't bother with seatbelts.

292
00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:10,020
Don't be arsed with them.

293
00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:12,020
Aw, what a nurse, Dad.

294
00:14:12,020 --> 00:14:16,020
Without childcare, Clive and Amanda juggle their three under fives

295
00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:19,020
whilst running the farm, which is a full-time job.

296
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The flock is expected to produce 700 lambs,

297
00:14:23,020 --> 00:14:26,020
and they've started arriving en masse on the exposed moors,

298
00:14:26,020 --> 00:14:29,020
so the couple constantly check on the vulnerable newborns.

299
00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:34,020
I can see a cow that's lambed two lambs,

300
00:14:34,020 --> 00:14:36,020
and clearly and obviously says,

301
00:14:36,020 --> 00:14:39,020
no, I like this lamb and not that lamb.

302
00:14:39,020 --> 00:14:42,020
Without a mum to feed them, lambs won't survive,

303
00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:46,020
so Amanda and Annie must rescue any that have been rejected by their mothers.

304
00:14:46,020 --> 00:14:48,020
See that lamb over there?

305
00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:49,020
Yeah.

306
00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:50,020
One with a black face.

307
00:14:50,020 --> 00:14:51,020
This one.

308
00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,020
Yeah.

309
00:14:54,020 --> 00:14:56,020
Can I carry it back?

310
00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:57,020
Yes, you can.

311
00:14:57,020 --> 00:14:58,020
Can I carry it?

312
00:14:58,020 --> 00:14:59,020
Can I carry it?

313
00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:00,020
Yeah.

314
00:15:01,020 --> 00:15:02,020
Come on.

315
00:15:02,020 --> 00:15:03,020
There you go.

316
00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:07,020
Come on, pop it in the trailer.

317
00:15:07,020 --> 00:15:08,020
Yeah.

318
00:15:08,020 --> 00:15:12,020
The only option here is to bring him home as a pet lamb.

319
00:15:12,020 --> 00:15:14,020
You'll have to look after him in your pet pen.

320
00:15:14,020 --> 00:15:15,020
Is that all right?

321
00:15:15,020 --> 00:15:16,020
Yeah.

322
00:15:16,020 --> 00:15:17,020
Huh?

323
00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:19,020
That's my pet lamb.

324
00:15:19,020 --> 00:15:20,020
Huh?

325
00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:21,020
Well, it'll be fine.

326
00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:22,020
My pet lamb now.

327
00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:23,020
All right.

328
00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:29,020
As hundreds of lambs are arriving across as many acres,

329
00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:33,020
it's impossible for Clive and Amanda to help all of their sheep deliver.

330
00:15:40,020 --> 00:15:42,020
Hey, lie down, lie down.

331
00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:43,020
Lie down.

332
00:15:43,020 --> 00:15:45,020
Don't leave.

333
00:15:45,020 --> 00:15:47,020
He's been stuck coming.

334
00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:50,020
When we first looked over the hill, she was with it,

335
00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:53,020
and sadly, she has lambed him, but not in time.

336
00:16:00,020 --> 00:16:03,020
She'll have had a rough lambing, you know,

337
00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:06,020
but that's what we're out here looking for.

338
00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:11,020
Oh, mother.

339
00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:12,020
Oh, mother.

340
00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:14,020
I'm jealous.

341
00:16:14,020 --> 00:16:15,020
I know.

342
00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:25,020
He had a swollen head, which means that he probably

343
00:16:25,020 --> 00:16:29,020
wasn't presented right, and it means

344
00:16:29,020 --> 00:16:32,020
he's been a long time coming.

345
00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:35,020
So take her home.

346
00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:38,020
Give her another.

347
00:16:38,020 --> 00:16:39,020
Oh, mother.

348
00:16:43,020 --> 00:16:44,020
You've got to keep doing it.

349
00:16:44,020 --> 00:16:48,020
Keep trying and fight as hard as you can to keep them all alive,

350
00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:50,020
and you win some, you lose some.

351
00:16:54,020 --> 00:16:56,020
Well, that's it.

352
00:16:56,020 --> 00:16:58,020
You can get hard and too half a poise,

353
00:16:58,020 --> 00:17:01,020
and that doesn't mean you don't feel sorry for them.

354
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:08,020
It just means that it's part of nature and helping where you can.

355
00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:10,020
WHISTLING

356
00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:26,020
In the barn, a new mother of twins is refusing to feed her smaller lamb.

357
00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:29,020
His mummy doesn't like him very much.

358
00:17:29,020 --> 00:17:31,020
That one's got an empty tummy.

359
00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:32,020
Empty tummy.

360
00:17:32,020 --> 00:17:34,020
What does he need?

361
00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,020
Milk.

362
00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:36,020
Milk?

363
00:17:36,020 --> 00:17:38,020
Despite only being two,

364
00:17:38,020 --> 00:17:42,020
Clemmie is already learning how to hand-rear a rejected lamb.

365
00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:44,020
Hello.

366
00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:45,020
Hello.

367
00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:46,020
Her day.

368
00:17:46,020 --> 00:17:49,020
She likes being out and about, she's incredibly tough,

369
00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:51,020
but you see, she spent a lot of time together with me,

370
00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:53,020
out and about on the farm.

371
00:17:53,020 --> 00:17:55,020
OK, it's nice and warm.

372
00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:56,020
Nice and warm?

373
00:17:56,020 --> 00:17:57,020
Yeah.

374
00:17:57,020 --> 00:17:58,020
A button?

375
00:17:58,020 --> 00:17:59,020
Yep. OK.

376
00:17:59,020 --> 00:18:00,020
I can feed them.

377
00:18:00,020 --> 00:18:01,020
You are, then.

378
00:18:01,020 --> 00:18:03,020
So now you're his mum for the minute,

379
00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:05,020
until we find him another one, OK?

380
00:18:05,020 --> 00:18:06,020
Yeah.

381
00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:07,020
Really hungry.

382
00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:09,020
Yep, really hungry.

383
00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:11,020
Yeah, I really like that.

384
00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:12,020
Look, it's stuck him.

385
00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:22,020
Clive's returned from the moors with his dead lamb

386
00:18:22,020 --> 00:18:25,020
and plans to skin it in the hope he can persuade its bereaved mother

387
00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:28,020
to adopt one of the many needy orphans.

388
00:18:28,020 --> 00:18:31,020
Clem, come on, let's give her a new lamb, yeah?

389
00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:32,020
Yeah.

390
00:18:32,020 --> 00:18:33,020
Are you hungry?

391
00:18:33,020 --> 00:18:35,020
Yeah, you go and have a look.

392
00:18:36,020 --> 00:18:41,020
It's a grisly job, but tough little Clemmy isn't scared to get involved.

393
00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:43,020
I can hold him.

394
00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:44,020
No, I'll hold him.

395
00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:46,020
I'll hold him, thank you.

396
00:18:46,020 --> 00:18:48,020
His dad, you see, he's been stuck.

397
00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:51,020
Look, can you see how his head's all swollen up?

398
00:18:51,020 --> 00:18:53,020
No, not happy.

399
00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:54,020
No, it's not happy?

400
00:18:54,020 --> 00:18:56,020
Not happy.

401
00:18:56,020 --> 00:18:57,020
No.

402
00:18:57,020 --> 00:18:59,020
The new lamb will be happy there, won't it?

403
00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:01,020
What do you think?

404
00:19:01,020 --> 00:19:02,020
Huh?

405
00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:04,020
Little fleecy cut.

406
00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:08,020
It takes a skilled hand to keep the skin intact

407
00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:10,020
and everyone's curious to see if it'll work.

408
00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:15,020
When you have livestock, you have dead stock.

409
00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:20,020
You can't be on a farm and shield them from everything that happens in life.

410
00:19:23,020 --> 00:19:27,020
Life, death, I think it's good life lessons, really.

411
00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:30,020
Do you want to give us a hand?

412
00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:31,020
I'll give it a pull.

413
00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:33,020
Yeah, we'll get his feet through again.

414
00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:34,020
Huh?

415
00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:35,020
No, his head's in.

416
00:19:35,020 --> 00:19:36,020
Yeah, his head's in.

417
00:19:36,020 --> 00:19:38,020
Get his foot through the foot holes.

418
00:19:38,020 --> 00:19:39,020
Perfect.

419
00:19:40,020 --> 00:19:42,020
Just a bit too big for him.

420
00:19:43,020 --> 00:19:45,020
Look, he's all dangly on him.

421
00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:46,020
Hi.

422
00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:48,020
I'm getting a new mummy.

423
00:19:50,020 --> 00:19:51,020
Hey, look.

424
00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:53,020
Hey.

425
00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:58,020
He doesn't have to keep this on for very long.

426
00:19:58,020 --> 00:20:01,020
Once she has accepted and talked to that lamb,

427
00:20:01,020 --> 00:20:06,020
the bond can't be broken and she thinks that that lamb is hers.

428
00:20:06,020 --> 00:20:11,020
So, out of a little mini tragedy, we've made something good happen.

429
00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:18,020
Meanwhile, four-year-old Annie has been watching the pregnant ewes

430
00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:21,020
and thinks someone may need her mum's help.

431
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,020
Hey, oh, what can we see?

432
00:20:24,020 --> 00:20:27,020
Annie has spotted a sheep struggling to deliver her twins.

433
00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:31,020
I can see its head.

434
00:20:31,020 --> 00:20:34,020
Sometimes if they're coming as just the head and there's no legs,

435
00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:38,020
then they're what is called hung and they get stuck.

436
00:20:40,020 --> 00:20:44,020
If left alone, the lamb's head will start to swell and it'll suffocate.

437
00:20:44,020 --> 00:20:45,020
Time is of the essence here.

438
00:20:45,020 --> 00:20:46,020
Come on, quick.

439
00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:50,020
His head.

440
00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:51,020
You don't want him to be hung?

441
00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:52,020
Come on, get his feet.

442
00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:53,020
Straighten his feet out.

443
00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,020
Pull.

444
00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:57,020
Pull.

445
00:20:58,020 --> 00:20:59,020
Pull.

446
00:20:59,020 --> 00:21:00,020
Brilliant.

447
00:21:00,020 --> 00:21:01,020
Right, lay him down.

448
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:04,020
Get a piece of straw and poke it up his nose.

449
00:21:04,020 --> 00:21:05,020
Quickly.

450
00:21:05,020 --> 00:21:07,020
Come on, poke it up his nose.

451
00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:08,020
Then he'll sneeze.

452
00:21:08,020 --> 00:21:09,020
Go on.

453
00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:11,020
That's it.

454
00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,020
Look.

455
00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:13,020
There you go.

456
00:21:13,020 --> 00:21:15,020
You could just see his head, couldn't you?

457
00:21:15,020 --> 00:21:16,020
And his feet.

458
00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:18,020
So I pulled it out.

459
00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:19,020
So you pulled it out.

460
00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:20,020
So you lamb'd her.

461
00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,020
Yes.

462
00:21:21,020 --> 00:21:22,020
That was brilliant.

463
00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:23,020
Huh?

464
00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,020
You should be well proud.

465
00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:26,020
Tuck.

466
00:21:26,020 --> 00:21:28,020
That was really, really good.

467
00:21:32,020 --> 00:21:34,020
And what does she need now?

468
00:21:34,020 --> 00:21:35,020
Oh, water.

469
00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:37,020
What's the most important thing she needs when she's just lambed?

470
00:21:37,020 --> 00:21:38,020
Oh, water.

471
00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:39,020
Yeah, she needs a bucket of water.

472
00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:40,020
Shall I get the water?

473
00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:41,020
Oh, good, lads.

474
00:21:41,020 --> 00:21:42,020
Well done.

475
00:21:42,020 --> 00:21:44,020
They need lots of water.

476
00:21:46,020 --> 00:21:47,020
I am proud of them.

477
00:21:47,020 --> 00:21:50,020
There's nothing they like more than to come out here.

478
00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:51,020
Helping.

479
00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:56,020
So whether it's mucking pens out or shifting sheep or whatever,

480
00:21:56,020 --> 00:22:00,020
it's kind of a lot of lessons all rolled into one.

481
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,020
That's a full lamb now.

482
00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:03,020
Look.

483
00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:05,020
Huh?

484
00:22:05,020 --> 00:22:07,020
I think he's going to sleep now.

485
00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:08,020
Bye.

486
00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:09,020
Bye.

487
00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:10,020
Bye.

488
00:22:21,020 --> 00:22:24,020
Spring is marching on, and by late April,

489
00:22:24,020 --> 00:22:28,020
the family has passed the halfway point in their lambing season.

490
00:22:30,020 --> 00:22:31,020
Here we go.

491
00:22:32,020 --> 00:22:33,020
One scoop.

492
00:22:33,020 --> 00:22:35,020
That's a lot of milk powder, isn't it?

493
00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,020
Okay.

494
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:40,020
The motherless newborns are getting through their weight in powdered milk

495
00:22:40,020 --> 00:22:44,020
and rely on the family to keep them fed round the clock.

496
00:22:44,020 --> 00:22:45,020
That one's hungry.

497
00:22:45,020 --> 00:22:47,020
That one's hungry.

498
00:22:48,020 --> 00:22:51,020
And that one, look, that one is definitely hungry.

499
00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:53,020
They are hard work.

500
00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:59,020
They're expensive and can create quite a bit of trouble along the way.

501
00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:02,020
A bit like children, actually, but you just have to go with it.

502
00:23:02,020 --> 00:23:06,020
What do they say from small acorns, mighty oaks grow?

503
00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:07,020
Kiss.

504
00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:10,020
That was a bit pathetic.

505
00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:12,020
Huh?

506
00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:16,020
I'm opening the flock.

507
00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:18,020
No, you're not. You're going in the back.

508
00:23:18,020 --> 00:23:19,020
Oh.

509
00:23:19,020 --> 00:23:21,020
With the flock increasing by the day,

510
00:23:21,020 --> 00:23:24,020
Amanda needs to replenish their supplies,

511
00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:28,020
so she's making the 40-minute drive to the nearest farm shop.

512
00:23:29,020 --> 00:23:33,020
It requires so much organising to get out and about

513
00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:38,020
and go and pick up supplies that don't do it really that often.

514
00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:42,020
The thought of, I don't know, just popping out,

515
00:23:42,020 --> 00:23:45,020
just nipping out because you've forgotten something

516
00:23:45,020 --> 00:23:50,020
or because you just fancy something, that sounds quite good.

517
00:23:51,020 --> 00:23:53,020
I think I quite like that.

518
00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:56,020
I've got a list of things that I need.

519
00:23:56,020 --> 00:24:00,020
Some lamb milk, some shavings, some dog food.

520
00:24:01,020 --> 00:24:03,020
BABBLING

521
00:24:03,020 --> 00:24:04,020
Pardon?

522
00:24:04,020 --> 00:24:06,020
BABBLING

523
00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:11,020
But Amanda's three youngest have some other staples in mind.

524
00:24:11,020 --> 00:24:13,020
Do you remember what we're getting?

525
00:24:13,020 --> 00:24:14,020
Er, tips.

526
00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,020
Tipped.

527
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,020
Tipped.

528
00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:18,020
Crisps?

529
00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:19,020
Yeah.

530
00:24:19,020 --> 00:24:20,020
Yeah.

531
00:24:25,020 --> 00:24:26,020
Come on.

532
00:24:26,020 --> 00:24:27,020
Yeah!

533
00:24:27,020 --> 00:24:28,020
Yay!

534
00:24:28,020 --> 00:24:29,020
One, two, three.

535
00:24:29,020 --> 00:24:30,020
One, two, three.

536
00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:31,020
One, two, three.

537
00:24:31,020 --> 00:24:33,020
God, look at the state of you.

538
00:24:33,020 --> 00:24:34,020
Never mind.

539
00:24:34,020 --> 00:24:36,020
You can see we've dressed up for the occasion.

540
00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:38,020
Come on.

541
00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:39,020
Come on.

542
00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:41,020
Look, there's all sorts of stuff.

543
00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:44,020
The bright aisles are stacked with temptation.

544
00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:48,020
I want that one and that one and that one.

545
00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:50,020
I'm sure you do. You can have that one.

546
00:24:50,020 --> 00:24:52,020
Where's Nancy gone?

547
00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:56,020
And one-year-old Nancy in particular loves to explore.

548
00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:57,020
Hello, your eyes.

549
00:24:57,020 --> 00:24:58,020
Hiya.

550
00:24:58,020 --> 00:24:59,020
Now, what do I need?

551
00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:00,020
What do we need, kids?

552
00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:01,020
Land milk.

553
00:25:01,020 --> 00:25:02,020
Land milk.

554
00:25:02,020 --> 00:25:03,020
Yeah.

555
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:04,020
Dog food.

556
00:25:04,020 --> 00:25:05,020
Dog food.

557
00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:06,020
Whatever I usually get.

558
00:25:06,020 --> 00:25:07,020
What are you doing?

559
00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:08,020
Oh, the trashing on display.

560
00:25:08,020 --> 00:25:11,020
You can see this is why we don't go shopping so often.

561
00:25:11,020 --> 00:25:12,020
Shavings.

562
00:25:12,020 --> 00:25:13,020
Shavings.

563
00:25:13,020 --> 00:25:14,020
Bail of shavings.

564
00:25:14,020 --> 00:25:15,020
Yeah.

565
00:25:15,020 --> 00:25:17,020
Nancy, come here, you.

566
00:25:17,020 --> 00:25:21,020
I sometimes think that I should bring the sheep dog with me.

567
00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,020
Come on.

568
00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,020
It says staff only.

569
00:25:24,020 --> 00:25:25,020
Come on.

570
00:25:25,020 --> 00:25:26,020
Flipping heck.

571
00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:29,020
Right, Kwan, I'm going to keep hold of you.

572
00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:30,020
Hen food.

573
00:25:30,020 --> 00:25:31,020
Hen mash.

574
00:25:31,020 --> 00:25:33,020
You get the layers mash, don't you?

575
00:25:33,020 --> 00:25:34,020
Yeah, layers mash.

576
00:25:34,020 --> 00:25:36,020
I think we'd better go before we make a mess of anything else.

577
00:25:36,020 --> 00:25:37,020
OK.

578
00:25:37,020 --> 00:25:40,020
See, wherever we go, we'll leave a trail of destruction.

579
00:25:40,020 --> 00:25:41,020
Bye.

580
00:25:41,020 --> 00:25:42,020
Come on.

581
00:25:42,020 --> 00:25:43,020
Come on.

582
00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:44,020
Jump in.

583
00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:46,020
Seat belts on.

584
00:25:46,020 --> 00:25:51,020
With everything paid on account, it's time to enjoy the best supply of all before they

585
00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:53,020
start the long journey home.

586
00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:54,020
There you go.

587
00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,020
A little treat.

588
00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,020
Yeah.

589
00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:10,020
It's a pain having to go a long way to get the stuff you need, but that's nothing compared

590
00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:16,020
with what it's like if you're in dire straits and you need help.

591
00:26:16,020 --> 00:26:21,020
Shepherdess Amanda Owen and the three youngest of her nine children are heading back from

592
00:26:21,020 --> 00:26:25,020
the shops to their remote farm in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales.

593
00:26:25,020 --> 00:26:30,020
It makes you realise how far it is when you need to get to the hospital.

594
00:26:32,020 --> 00:26:36,020
We've had meningitis scares and all sorts of stuff.

595
00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:43,020
We've had people taken ill and taken sick at Ravenseat and, of course, having babies.

596
00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:44,020
I'm not dead.

597
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,020
I'm not dead!

598
00:26:46,020 --> 00:26:51,020
I actually managed to have two at the hospital because I don't get much warning.

599
00:26:51,020 --> 00:26:53,020
Quick labours.

600
00:26:53,020 --> 00:26:56,020
Clive usually tells me when I'm in labour before I know it.

601
00:26:56,020 --> 00:26:58,020
I mean, where are we coming past now?

602
00:26:58,020 --> 00:27:00,020
Just here.

603
00:27:00,020 --> 00:27:03,020
This is where Alice was born.

604
00:27:03,020 --> 00:27:07,020
So it only took two cattle grids for you to drop out.

605
00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:11,020
We've had a few sides of the road.

606
00:27:11,020 --> 00:27:14,020
One, I didn't bother setting off at all, actually.

607
00:27:14,020 --> 00:27:15,020
And me?

608
00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:17,020
We didn't go anywhere with you.

609
00:27:17,020 --> 00:27:19,020
You stayed at home.

610
00:27:19,020 --> 00:27:21,020
She was born near the fire.

611
00:27:21,020 --> 00:27:24,020
She was born next to the fire and I was on my own.

612
00:27:24,020 --> 00:27:26,020
That was grand.

613
00:27:26,020 --> 00:27:29,020
No fuss, apart from everyone who fussed afterwards.

614
00:27:29,020 --> 00:27:33,020
But that was grand.

615
00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:35,020
Just relaxed and quiet.

616
00:27:42,020 --> 00:27:45,020
70 miles from the nearest hospital,

617
00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:49,020
Amanda made the unorthodox decision to have her eighth baby alone at home

618
00:27:49,020 --> 00:27:51,020
without medical help.

619
00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:57,020
I've got to be truthful. I was a little bit nervous.

620
00:27:57,020 --> 00:28:00,020
And I had in my mind what could go wrong and what to look for

621
00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:03,020
and what the signs were and everything seemed good.

622
00:28:03,020 --> 00:28:06,020
I knew that Cammy was facing the right way.

623
00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:08,020
She was ready to be born.

624
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,020
So I thought, this is it, it's decision time.

625
00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:14,020
I can either ring up the hospital,

626
00:28:14,020 --> 00:28:17,020
they'll call an ambulance, wake up Clive

627
00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:21,020
and it'll just be panic stations or I can just see it through.

628
00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:24,020
So I thought, yep, that's what I'm going to do.

629
00:28:24,020 --> 00:28:27,020
So I got myself prepared, I got my towels

630
00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:30,020
and I got my cushion and my cup of tea.

631
00:28:33,020 --> 00:28:36,020
So I stoked the fire up, chucked a bit more coal and wood on.

632
00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:40,020
I was born. You were born right there, where you're sitting.

633
00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:42,020
Yeah. Yeah, weren't you? Yeah.

634
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:45,020
And Pippin was here too, weren't you?

635
00:28:45,020 --> 00:28:47,020
Yeah, you were here, yes.

636
00:28:47,020 --> 00:28:49,020
Pippin was here, Pippin was my brother's partner.

637
00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:51,020
Everyone else was asleep.

638
00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:55,020
This was the middle of the night. No.

639
00:28:55,020 --> 00:28:59,020
I decided that this time I was just going to stay at home.

640
00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:01,020
You didn't.

641
00:29:01,020 --> 00:29:04,020
I did. And do it by myself.

642
00:29:04,020 --> 00:29:06,020
Why? Why?

643
00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:09,020
Because you were ready to pop out, just like a lamb.

644
00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:11,020
Why? You don't remember, do you?

645
00:29:11,020 --> 00:29:13,020
No. No?

646
00:29:13,020 --> 00:29:14,020
Hm?

647
00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:19,020
It was like a sort of emotional overload.

648
00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:24,020
It was just me in the dark, in the firelight with Pippin

649
00:29:24,020 --> 00:29:26,020
and my new baby.

650
00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:28,020
I felt quite proud of myself, yeah.

651
00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:33,020
Winter conditions have lasted well into the spring season,

652
00:29:33,020 --> 00:29:37,020
but as May arrives, the weather has finally started to improve.

653
00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,020
Put it in. Put that in.

654
00:29:41,020 --> 00:29:45,020
Now a few weeks old, the family's pet lambs are growing fat.

655
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,020
They're too heavy.

656
00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:53,020
They're too heavy.

657
00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:58,020
So far, since we've had them as a pet lamb,

658
00:29:58,020 --> 00:30:01,020
they've been inside their pen.

659
00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:05,020
It's a lovely day, so we thought it was just nice to bring them out.

660
00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:10,020
Violet, Clemmie, Annie, Edith and Nancy

661
00:30:10,020 --> 00:30:13,020
are all keen to give the orphans their breakfast.

662
00:30:16,020 --> 00:30:18,020
So Edith takes her to bed.

663
00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:22,020
And her eager assistants are standing by with two bottles to choose from.

664
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:23,020
Thanks.

665
00:30:24,020 --> 00:30:26,020
Can you hold the bottle, Clem?

666
00:30:27,020 --> 00:30:29,020
Can you hold the bottle?

667
00:30:30,020 --> 00:30:32,020
Can you hold the bottle for it?

668
00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:36,020
With a bit of persistence, two-year-old Clemmie's muscled her way in.

669
00:30:36,020 --> 00:30:39,020
Can you hold him? Hold him nicely on your lap.

670
00:30:39,020 --> 00:30:40,020
Lap.

671
00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:43,020
But it's not the same.

672
00:30:43,020 --> 00:30:46,020
Can you hold him? Hold him nicely on your lap.

673
00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:51,020
But one-year-old Nancy isn't happy she's been pipped to the post.

674
00:30:55,020 --> 00:31:00,020
Nancy is getting in a mood because she wants to do it.

675
00:31:01,020 --> 00:31:03,020
Look, Nancy, sit down.

676
00:31:03,020 --> 00:31:05,020
Look, Nancy, sit down. Good girl.

677
00:31:05,020 --> 00:31:09,020
Do you want to sit on the floor and cuddle that one?

678
00:31:09,020 --> 00:31:11,020
Luckily, 14-year-old Reuben's around

679
00:31:11,020 --> 00:31:15,020
to help his very littlest sister get in on the action.

680
00:31:15,020 --> 00:31:17,020
I need a lamp for Nancy to feed.

681
00:31:17,020 --> 00:31:19,020
Ed, who's the best sucker?

682
00:31:19,020 --> 00:31:21,020
Stephen. Stephen might be full.

683
00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:23,020
Get Stephen!

684
00:31:23,020 --> 00:31:25,020
Stephen's never full. He's a greedy little bugger.

685
00:31:25,020 --> 00:31:28,020
Oh, my God, Stephen is nearly popped.

686
00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:30,020
There's Stephen.

687
00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:32,020
He's a heavy lamb.

688
00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:33,020
Hold up.

689
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:37,020
Hold up.

690
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:38,020
Hold up.

691
00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:39,020
Hold up like this.

692
00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:42,020
Hold it, Nancy. You hold it.

693
00:31:44,020 --> 00:31:45,020
Go on, Nick.

694
00:31:48,020 --> 00:31:49,020
Go on, hold it.

695
00:31:51,020 --> 00:31:52,020
Nancy loves lambs.

696
00:31:53,020 --> 00:31:56,020
She hasn't quite grasped the idea of feeding them.

697
00:31:58,020 --> 00:32:00,020
Why don't we give you a smaller lamb?

698
00:32:00,020 --> 00:32:01,020
Yeah.

699
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:05,020
The point is it goes in the lamb's mouth.

700
00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:06,020
Nancy, stand up.

701
00:32:08,020 --> 00:32:09,020
I'm just...

702
00:32:09,020 --> 00:32:11,020
Right, you can do this one.

703
00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:12,020
Go on, Em.

704
00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:13,020
Yeah.

705
00:32:13,020 --> 00:32:14,020
I'll help you.

706
00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:16,020
Look, you've eaten them.

707
00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:18,020
You've eaten them.

708
00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:20,020
Thanks to Reuben,

709
00:32:20,020 --> 00:32:22,020
Nancy's finally got the hang of things

710
00:32:22,020 --> 00:32:24,020
and everyone's been fed.

711
00:32:24,020 --> 00:32:26,020
The big ones help look after the little ones.

712
00:32:26,020 --> 00:32:29,020
It is a more kind of old-fashioned way of living

713
00:32:29,020 --> 00:32:30,020
and how things used to be.

714
00:32:30,020 --> 00:32:32,020
I think it's good for them.

715
00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:34,020
Sorry, lamb, you've got milk all over your face.

716
00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:35,020
Sorry.

717
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:39,020
I'd rather them be out doing things and amusing themselves.

718
00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:43,020
When they aren't enjoying the freedom of their big backyard,

719
00:32:43,020 --> 00:32:47,020
the kids hang out in the three bedrooms they share between them.

720
00:32:47,020 --> 00:32:51,020
And 16-year-old Raven is the eldest of the nine children.

721
00:32:52,020 --> 00:32:54,020
The worst thing about being in a big family

722
00:32:54,020 --> 00:32:56,020
is that you don't really have much peace,

723
00:32:56,020 --> 00:33:01,020
but then the best thing is there's always somebody to talk to,

724
00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,020
practise doing people's hair.

725
00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:05,020
It's fun when you open up someone's drawer

726
00:33:05,020 --> 00:33:06,020
and you get all the clothes out

727
00:33:06,020 --> 00:33:09,020
and then you style outfits on all of your siblings.

728
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:12,020
I've had Reuben in a dress before and it's been great.

729
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:13,020
Put your paper on the floor.

730
00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:15,020
Raven's about to turn 17

731
00:33:15,020 --> 00:33:18,020
and will be the first of the nine children to fledge the nest.

732
00:33:18,020 --> 00:33:20,020
She helps look after the little ones.

733
00:33:20,020 --> 00:33:22,020
She knocks about on the farm.

734
00:33:22,020 --> 00:33:25,020
She's looking forward to heading out over the hill,

735
00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:29,020
going and seeing something different, I guess.

736
00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:32,020
I've started to think about what it's going to be,

737
00:33:32,020 --> 00:33:36,020
what I'm going to do when I move out and go to university,

738
00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:38,020
and I'm excited for some aspects of it.

739
00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:40,020
But actually living by yourself,

740
00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:43,020
when you've had eight siblings growing up,

741
00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:45,020
it would be different because...

742
00:33:45,020 --> 00:33:48,020
Well, you're just used to it always being loud

743
00:33:48,020 --> 00:33:50,020
and running into someone everywhere you go,

744
00:33:50,020 --> 00:33:54,020
so to live by yourself somewhere, it would be strange, new.

745
00:33:56,020 --> 00:34:00,020
Before Raven can leave home, she needs to learn to drive,

746
00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:04,020
and Dad Clive thinks she's ready to take this step towards independence.

747
00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:07,020
She's driven tracks and stuff before,

748
00:34:07,020 --> 00:34:10,020
so she's driven to the road end a few times,

749
00:34:10,020 --> 00:34:14,020
but what I'd be most nervous about is when she, you know,

750
00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:16,020
comes to other traffic.

751
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:19,020
Around here, you know, she's driven on empty roads,

752
00:34:19,020 --> 00:34:22,020
so when she begins to get into traffic,

753
00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:24,020
then we'll have to be a bit careful.

754
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:29,020
But she's not far off, been ready to go a little bit further.

755
00:34:31,020 --> 00:34:34,020
It's the morning of Raven's 17th birthday,

756
00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:38,020
and with driving lessons as a present, Clive's letting her practise.

757
00:34:38,020 --> 00:34:41,020
And like most dads, he's a little bit nervous.

758
00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:43,020
I'm terrified.

759
00:34:43,020 --> 00:34:44,020
So am I.

760
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:46,020
No, we'll be good.

761
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:52,020
There may be 2,000 open acres to practise on,

762
00:34:52,020 --> 00:34:55,020
but on the farm, there are other obstacles to worry about.

763
00:34:55,020 --> 00:34:57,020
Hit the sheep or not hit the sheep?

764
00:34:57,020 --> 00:34:59,020
No, take the sheep out.

765
00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:01,020
Tell him where they came from.

766
00:35:02,020 --> 00:35:05,020
And what we're going to do, we're going to do a three-point turn.

767
00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:06,020
There's children everywhere.

768
00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:08,020
Violet is behind the car.

769
00:35:08,020 --> 00:35:09,020
Come on, you're fine.

770
00:35:09,020 --> 00:35:10,020
Violet's behind the...

771
00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:11,020
All right, she's gone.

772
00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:12,020
Go a little bit forward.

773
00:35:12,020 --> 00:35:13,020
That way?

774
00:35:13,020 --> 00:35:14,020
Yeah, like that.

775
00:35:14,020 --> 00:35:16,020
Pippin's there. Pippin's right there.

776
00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:17,020
Pippin will get out of the way.

777
00:35:17,020 --> 00:35:19,020
If I run into Pippin, I'm going to cry.

778
00:35:19,020 --> 00:35:21,020
Now, ever so gently down that clutch.

779
00:35:21,020 --> 00:35:22,020
Oh, you.

780
00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:24,020
Go and turn that way.

781
00:35:25,020 --> 00:35:26,020
Just a little bit, just a yard or two.

782
00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:28,020
I don't think I can stop.

783
00:35:28,020 --> 00:35:29,020
Whoa, that's perfect.

784
00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:30,020
Right, now, in reverse.

785
00:35:30,020 --> 00:35:32,020
Everything gently.

786
00:35:32,020 --> 00:35:33,020
Right, stop.

787
00:35:33,020 --> 00:35:34,020
Smooth on that clutch.

788
00:35:34,020 --> 00:35:36,020
I don't like it.

789
00:35:37,020 --> 00:35:39,020
Smooth on that clutch.

790
00:35:39,020 --> 00:35:40,020
Oh, we're off.

791
00:35:40,020 --> 00:35:41,020
Uh-oh.

792
00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:43,020
Sleeping river.

793
00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:47,020
That's what you do with mine, these sheep.

794
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:48,020
Aim at the chicken.

795
00:35:48,020 --> 00:35:49,020
I'm not aiming at the chicken.

796
00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:50,020
Aim at the chicken.

797
00:35:50,020 --> 00:35:51,020
I'm not aiming.

798
00:35:51,020 --> 00:35:52,020
Aim at the chicken.

799
00:35:52,020 --> 00:35:53,020
I'm not aiming at the chicken.

800
00:35:53,020 --> 00:35:54,020
Aim at the chicken.

801
00:35:54,020 --> 00:35:55,020
It's moving.

802
00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,020
CHICKENS CLUCK

803
00:36:00,020 --> 00:36:04,020
For Raven's birthday, 11-year-old Miles has plans to bake a surprise.

804
00:36:06,020 --> 00:36:10,020
So he's taking Violet and Sydney on a hunt for an essential ingredient.

805
00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:13,020
Take those off you there, Vi.

806
00:36:14,020 --> 00:36:15,020
There's another.

807
00:36:16,020 --> 00:36:17,020
Six eggs.

808
00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,020
Perfect.

809
00:36:18,020 --> 00:36:20,020
Just right for Raven's cake.

810
00:36:21,020 --> 00:36:23,020
Right, that'll do us.

811
00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:24,020
That's good.

812
00:36:25,020 --> 00:36:28,020
Each day, Miles feeds his ex-battery hens,

813
00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:30,020
which he rescued from a farm down the dale.

814
00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:33,020
And they're grateful for more than their breakfast.

815
00:36:34,020 --> 00:36:36,020
They were going to be made into chicken pies

816
00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:38,020
and they said we could have as many as we want,

817
00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:39,020
so we took quite a few.

818
00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:43,020
I started getting hens and cockrels about four years ago

819
00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:45,020
and I'm just getting more every year.

820
00:36:46,020 --> 00:36:49,020
I've made a few cakes before, but they weren't the best,

821
00:36:49,020 --> 00:36:52,020
so this is where Edith, Vi and Sid come in.

822
00:36:56,020 --> 00:36:59,020
In the kitchen, Violet and Edith are cracking on

823
00:36:59,020 --> 00:37:01,020
with the birthday baking challenge

824
00:37:01,020 --> 00:37:03,020
and they're using an old-fashioned mixer,

825
00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:05,020
plenty of elbow grease.

826
00:37:05,020 --> 00:37:06,020
It's very hard.

827
00:37:08,020 --> 00:37:09,020
Ugh!

828
00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:11,020
It's so hard!

829
00:37:11,020 --> 00:37:12,020
Done?

830
00:37:12,020 --> 00:37:13,020
Yeah. Done.

831
00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:17,020
Ah!

832
00:37:17,020 --> 00:37:18,020
Do another loop.

833
00:37:18,020 --> 00:37:20,020
That's pretty good. Go on.

834
00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:21,020
Go down.

835
00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:24,020
Outside, Dad Clive's keeping an eye out

836
00:37:24,020 --> 00:37:27,020
and Dad Clive's keeping the driving lesson on course.

837
00:37:27,020 --> 00:37:29,020
Right, stop, which means both pedals are perfect.

838
00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:30,020
Right, handbrake on.

839
00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:34,020
But he has a manoeuvre in mind

840
00:37:34,020 --> 00:37:36,020
to really test daughter Raven's skills.

841
00:37:37,020 --> 00:37:38,020
Right, we're going to try a hill start.

842
00:37:38,020 --> 00:37:39,020
Hopefully not before.

843
00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:41,020
Because I'll tell you why.

844
00:37:41,020 --> 00:37:43,020
Because when you live in the hills,

845
00:37:43,020 --> 00:37:45,020
you need to be able to start on them.

846
00:37:45,020 --> 00:37:46,020
It's dead easy.

847
00:37:46,020 --> 00:37:47,020
Is it, though?

848
00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:49,020
Let's do it. Come on, first gear.

849
00:37:49,020 --> 00:37:50,020
I don't like it.

850
00:37:50,020 --> 00:37:52,020
I feel like we're going to go backwards.

851
00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:54,020
Ah! I don't like it.

852
00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:55,020
No, don't be shy, Uncle.

853
00:37:55,020 --> 00:37:56,020
It should be the throttle.

854
00:37:56,020 --> 00:37:57,020
A bit more rev.

855
00:37:57,020 --> 00:37:58,020
It's not biting.

856
00:37:58,020 --> 00:37:59,020
Steady. No.

857
00:37:59,020 --> 00:38:00,020
It's not.

858
00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:02,020
I can't do it from this bit.

859
00:38:03,020 --> 00:38:07,020
No, you need to just keep the old brain in gear.

860
00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:08,020
This was too much.

861
00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:10,020
I'm not going to do it.

862
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:12,020
Right, handbrake off.

863
00:38:12,020 --> 00:38:13,020
Handbrake off.

864
00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:14,020
Wow, perfect.

865
00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:16,020
Perfect hill start.

866
00:38:16,020 --> 00:38:18,020
That's the first one I've actually done right.

867
00:38:18,020 --> 00:38:19,020
Right, perfect.

868
00:38:20,020 --> 00:38:22,020
Well, that's a job well done.

869
00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:23,020
You've done really well there.

870
00:38:23,020 --> 00:38:25,020
I'm quite impressed.

871
00:38:25,020 --> 00:38:26,020
There you are, man.

872
00:38:26,020 --> 00:38:28,020
No dinch in my pick-up.

873
00:38:28,020 --> 00:38:29,020
That's good.

874
00:38:33,020 --> 00:38:35,020
Whoa, guys.

875
00:38:35,020 --> 00:38:39,020
It's time to see if Raven's birthday bake is up to scratch.

876
00:38:39,020 --> 00:38:40,020
What a gift.

877
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:42,020
It's a huge cake.

878
00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,020
I have to make a huge cake.

879
00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:44,020
I've got a huge family.

880
00:38:44,020 --> 00:38:46,020
Have we got everybody?

881
00:38:46,020 --> 00:38:47,020
Mm-hm.

882
00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:48,020
We have.

883
00:38:48,020 --> 00:38:49,020
Is it good?

884
00:38:49,020 --> 00:38:50,020
Is it good, Nancy?

885
00:38:50,020 --> 00:38:51,020
Yeah.

886
00:38:51,020 --> 00:38:52,020
Mm.

887
00:38:52,020 --> 00:38:53,020
Good cake.

888
00:38:53,020 --> 00:38:54,020
Happy birthday, Raven.

889
00:38:54,020 --> 00:38:56,020
Thank you, Edith, and Violet, for making my cake.

890
00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:57,020
You did really, really well.

891
00:38:57,020 --> 00:38:59,020
Thanks for the eggs, buddy.

892
00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:00,020
Right, Mum.

893
00:39:00,020 --> 00:39:01,020
Does anyone want some more?

894
00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:02,020
No.

895
00:39:03,020 --> 00:39:05,020
The girls' cake has gone down a treat

896
00:39:05,020 --> 00:39:08,020
and with everybody tucking in, is polished off in no time.

897
00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,020
Come on to me.

898
00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:23,020
By mid-May, lambing has come to an end.

899
00:39:23,020 --> 00:39:26,020
Now all the lambs must be gathered in to be marked

900
00:39:26,020 --> 00:39:29,020
before they're turned out to fresh pastures for the summer.

901
00:39:29,020 --> 00:39:30,020
Daddy!

902
00:39:31,020 --> 00:39:34,020
We mark a lot of lambs now for the next three weeks or so.

903
00:39:34,020 --> 00:39:38,020
So this is the first lot, the crossbred lambs.

904
00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:41,020
They go to a farm down near Kirby Stephen

905
00:39:41,020 --> 00:39:43,020
where there's lots of grass.

906
00:39:43,020 --> 00:39:45,020
And hopefully get good and fat.

907
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:49,020
The purebred lambs always go to the moors,

908
00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:52,020
but these 50 crossbreeds aren't hardy enough

909
00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:54,020
to live on the wild hills.

910
00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:58,020
It's been a very tough few weeks

911
00:39:58,020 --> 00:40:01,020
and Clive hasn't had a chance to fix the trailer he needs

912
00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:04,020
to transport this small flock to the lowland farm.

913
00:40:09,020 --> 00:40:11,020
We're dashing out to mountain it.

914
00:40:11,020 --> 00:40:14,020
We're dashing out to open it, Dad.

915
00:40:14,020 --> 00:40:15,020
What, what?

916
00:40:15,020 --> 00:40:17,020
We're dashing out to open it.

917
00:40:18,020 --> 00:40:21,020
Six-year-old Sydney has turned up to lend a hand.

918
00:40:21,020 --> 00:40:23,020
No, now you've got it, Dad.

919
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:25,020
No, it's in my right.

920
00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:27,020
I must have that wrong.

921
00:40:27,020 --> 00:40:28,020
I'm still not good.

922
00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:30,020
Yeah, that's it, Dad.

923
00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:32,020
No, it's from these.

924
00:40:32,020 --> 00:40:34,020
I think we're right too.

925
00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:38,020
Although these sheep are destined to summer on a farm with good grazing,

926
00:40:38,020 --> 00:40:40,020
they're all reluctant to leave home.

927
00:40:42,020 --> 00:40:43,020
Get on!

928
00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:50,020
Stop on them. It's all them kids' faces.

929
00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:52,020
No, you'll have to hide, guys.

930
00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:54,020
They're not going to come.

931
00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:58,020
We'll do. Keep coming.

932
00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:02,020
One more. Just one. It's coming.

933
00:41:02,020 --> 00:41:04,020
That'll do.

934
00:41:04,020 --> 00:41:06,020
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

935
00:41:06,020 --> 00:41:08,020
WHISTLING

936
00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:12,020
Get in there, lasses.

937
00:41:15,020 --> 00:41:18,020
The family has worked tirelessly over spring

938
00:41:18,020 --> 00:41:20,020
to see in their new crop of sheep.

939
00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:22,020
Good lass.

940
00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:26,020
They may have lost lambs along the way,

941
00:41:26,020 --> 00:41:29,020
but by pulling together, they've maintained the flock.

942
00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:35,020
This morning, Edith and her sisters are checking on an adopted lamb.

943
00:41:36,020 --> 00:41:40,020
This sheep and this lamb tend to be getting on quite well

944
00:41:40,020 --> 00:41:43,020
because the yow's been quite protective

945
00:41:43,020 --> 00:41:46,020
and she's been letting it suck.

946
00:41:47,020 --> 00:41:49,020
She's took it now and she loves it.

947
00:41:52,020 --> 00:41:54,020
This is going to be really smelly.

948
00:41:54,020 --> 00:41:57,020
In the barn, Amanda is working on another adoption.

949
00:41:57,020 --> 00:42:01,020
The skin is ready to come off this fostered lamb.

950
00:42:01,020 --> 00:42:03,020
It's quite a tight fit.

951
00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:05,020
My dad's like me, taking my Spanx off.

952
00:42:05,020 --> 00:42:07,020
He can let it all hang out now.

953
00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:11,020
He says, I'm actually size 14, aren't you?

954
00:42:11,020 --> 00:42:14,020
So that's the adoption process over with

955
00:42:14,020 --> 00:42:18,020
and, hopefully, I give lamb back

956
00:42:18,020 --> 00:42:20,020
and she still loves him.

957
00:42:21,020 --> 00:42:23,020
She's done well.

958
00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:26,020
She's taken the lamb. What more can you ask for?

959
00:42:27,020 --> 00:42:31,020
The lambs in the barn will join the rest of the flock on the hills.

960
00:42:31,020 --> 00:42:35,020
They have to go to the moor to learn their hoof,

961
00:42:35,020 --> 00:42:37,020
to learn where they live.

962
00:42:37,020 --> 00:42:39,020
It gets that instinct.

963
00:42:39,020 --> 00:42:43,020
It's taught that by its mother.

964
00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:47,020
I'll go grab those.

965
00:42:47,020 --> 00:42:50,020
The Owen kids are also learning from their parents

966
00:42:50,020 --> 00:42:52,020
and are helping send the lambs on their way.

967
00:42:52,020 --> 00:42:55,020
We give them multivitamin to keep them well.

968
00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:59,020
The last job is marking them up with Ravenseat's unique stamp

969
00:42:59,020 --> 00:43:02,020
so wherever they roam, they can always come home.

970
00:43:02,020 --> 00:43:06,020
Our mark is a black pop in the shoulder.

971
00:43:06,020 --> 00:43:09,020
Wherever it ends up, they will know that it was born here.

972
00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:11,020
Let them out, Ruth.

973
00:43:13,020 --> 00:43:16,020
It's been a really, really tough spring.

974
00:43:16,020 --> 00:43:19,020
It's been quite tough on the animals, tough on the stock.

975
00:43:19,020 --> 00:43:20,020
There's nothing better.

976
00:43:20,020 --> 00:43:23,020
It kind of lifts your spirits to be taking them back to the moor

977
00:43:23,020 --> 00:43:27,020
because it means you're kind of morphing into the next season, aren't you?

978
00:43:27,020 --> 00:43:30,020
Thinking about hair time and summer.

979
00:43:30,020 --> 00:43:33,020
That's lovely. Goodbye, girls. Shut that gate.

980
00:43:35,020 --> 00:43:38,020
It's a land of plenty in June and so these sheep out there,

981
00:43:38,020 --> 00:43:42,020
if the weather's nice, then they'll thrive and do really well.

982
00:43:42,020 --> 00:43:44,020
And sheep on this farm are pretty tough.

983
00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:47,020
You've got to be tough to leave a Ravenseat.

984
00:43:48,020 --> 00:43:52,020
With the weather warming up, the kids are enjoying the sunshine,

985
00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:54,020
hopeful for a long summer ahead.

986
00:43:57,020 --> 00:43:59,020
CHILDREN GIGGLE

987
00:44:06,020 --> 00:44:09,020
Next time, the family takes on a summer heatwave.

988
00:44:09,020 --> 00:44:12,020
It's been so hot, it's burnt all the grass away.

989
00:44:12,020 --> 00:44:13,020
People knackered.

990
00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:16,020
Amanda manages nine kids during the holidays.

991
00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:20,020
Looking after these, as well as juggling what needs doing on the farm.

992
00:44:20,020 --> 00:44:21,020
That's quite a tough ask.

993
00:44:21,020 --> 00:44:23,020
Eight-year-old Violet clips the flock.

994
00:44:23,020 --> 00:44:25,020
Does it hurt when they kick you?

995
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:27,020
Yeah. They can even bite.

996
00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:30,020
And six-year-old Sydney takes on the farmyard pests.

997
00:44:30,020 --> 00:44:32,020
Why do we touch the moles?

998
00:44:32,020 --> 00:44:36,020
It's either sheep or moles and moles have to go.

999
00:44:55,020 --> 00:44:57,020
CHILDREN GIGGLE

1000
00:44:58,305 --> 00:45:58,520
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