"Our Yorkshire Farm" Autumn

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,400 NARRATOR Hill shepherds Amanda and Clive Owen live 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,680 on one of the most remote farms in the country, where they're raising nine children. 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,080 AMANDA You know, you have one, then it's two, it's 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:12,080 like double trouble. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,560 Three, it's just a bit more pressure. 6 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,120 Four, yeah, it's a bit extra. 7 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:16,840 Five, it doesn't matter any more. 8 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,640 NARRATOR We're following them across four seasons, 9 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,640 over a year of the most extraordinary and extreme weather that country's ever faced. 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,120 AMANDA Oh, it can hardly breathe. 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,480 NARRATOR From battling the beast from the east... 12 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,440 AMANDA The worse the weather, the worse the deer, 13 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,040 the more the sheep need the shepherd. 14 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,320 NARRATOR To enduring the most severe summer on record... 15 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,120 AMANDA It's been so hot, it's burnt all the grass 16 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:40,120 away. 17 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,120 People knackered. 18 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,360 NARRATOR And discovering how this unique family copes 19 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,920 with the challenges of their remarkable life by working together. 20 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:47,920 RUBEN Not happy. 21 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,400 AMANDA No, it's not happy. 22 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,600 AMANDA Raven helps look after the little ones. 23 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,960 Ruben, he's always tinkering with something. 24 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:57,920 RUBEN Miles really loves farming. 25 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,840 Edith, she's really good with sheep. 26 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,760 Then there's Violet, just such a tomboy. 27 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,080 Sydney, he's cute. 28 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,360 Then we've got Annis, Clemmie and Nancy. 29 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,480 NARRATOR This week, it's make or break time, as the 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,680 family tries to sell off their flock. 31 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,680 RYAN Stressful. 32 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,400 It's Ellie's stressful. 33 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,480 NARRATOR Amanda hits the autumn sales with toddlers 34 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,480 in tow. 35 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,320 AMANDA So far, we haven't bought any sheep, accidentally. 36 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:30,840 NARRATOR All nine kids attempt to bake off for the 37 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:31,840 village show. 38 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,320 AMANDA No, you can't eat the entries. 39 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:37,080 NARRATOR Six-year-old Sydney throws himself into the 40 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,720 cross-country race. 41 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,000 NARRATOR Two-year-old Nancy and three-year-old Clemmie 42 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,560 beautify the show sheep. 43 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,840 CLIVE That's the way we'll sell him done in no time. 44 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,640 NARRATOR And after a challenging year, Clive tries 45 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,040 to win big at auction. 46 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,240 CLIVE It's a very, very cruel place to be in that ring with all them hundreds and hundreds 47 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,240 of people all stood around. 48 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,240 AMANDA I feel sick. 49 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,240 CLIVE That means a harmless price, Raymond. 50 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,760 It's a harmless price. 51 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,600 NARRATOR Raven Seat Farm sits in the north of the Yorkshire 52 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,600 Dales. 53 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:16,240 At 1,800 feet above sea level, the family's farm is surrounded by 2,000 acres of wild, 54 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,440 steep and rugged moorland. 55 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:25,840 NARRATOR It's the start of September and the last weekend 56 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:31,440 of the summer holidays, but before the children go back to school, they're off on a mission. 57 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,440 AMANDA Oh, no, no, no, whoo! 58 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,440 AMANDA You've found it, boy! 59 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,440 AMANDA How's it look? 60 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Is it all right stuff? 61 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,440 AMANDA It's dry. 62 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,440 AMANDA I think it'll be all right, like. 63 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,440 AMANDA That's good. 64 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,240 CLIVE I think this is quite a dark kind of peat. 65 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,240 AMANDA Raven, why are we collecting the peat? 66 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,240 CLIVE We're collecting the peat to rub on the sheep 67 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,240 to make the white stand out more on the face. 68 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,240 Dad's very particular about the colour of peat. 69 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,240 NARRATOR The farming year so far has been tough on 70 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,240 both the family and their flock, so the kids are helping their parents get ready for the 71 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,240 autumn sales. 72 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:18,040 AMANDA We must be at least a hundred lambs down 73 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,040 on the previous year, because it was such a bad spring. 74 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,040 They didn't have as many multiple lambs, there just weren't as many lambs. 75 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,040 Also, through the snowstorm, a few of the ones we'd already had scanned lost their lambs 76 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,040 before they'd even been born, so we're definitely down on numbers. 77 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,040 NARRATOR Over the next eight weeks, the family will 78 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:41,040 show the pick of their flock and sell off 750 sheep. 79 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:43,840 CLIVE That'll do, that'll do me. 80 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,840 NARRATOR It's the culmination of a year's hard work 81 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,840 and their livelihood depends on success at the sales. 82 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,840 So Clive uses a traditional method to make his pedigree stock stand out. 83 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,840 CLIVE We're out in the heather, in the peat hags, 84 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,840 sheep like to rub in the peat and to scratch the backs. 85 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,840 AMANDA I'm guessing that one day, ages and ages 86 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,840 ago, someone thought, hey, that sheep looks grand, it's got a bit of colour in its fleece. 87 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,640 And since then, that's what everyone does, yeah, we can do that. 88 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:19,640 I mean, it looks a bit of a horrible, sort of a muddy colour at the moment, 89 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,640 but when that dries on, it just alters the shade of his fleece a little bit 90 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:29,640 and makes the white on his nose and his eyes and his legs stand out with that little bit more. 91 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,640 Oh, good lass, Clem, he's helping. 92 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,640 CLIVE Good lass, Clem. 93 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,640 NARRATOR Not wanting to make the long walk home with 94 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,440 the wrong stuff, the kids try a quick sample. 95 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,440 AMANDA We're testing the peat colour to see how good 96 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,440 it looks on Chalky. 97 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,440 CLIVE You're a good dog, aren't you, Chalky? 98 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,440 That's how to peat a dog. 99 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,440 AMANDA Loosy chatty! 100 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,440 AMANDA Fire! 101 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,440 I threw it at Sid! 102 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,440 NARRATOR During their six-week summer holidays, 103 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,440 the children have roamed free over these open dales. 104 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:12,440 But the remote farm can be a dangerous place for the hill sheep that live here. 105 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:17,440 The whole family helps keep them safe, even three-year-old Clemmy. 106 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Oh, thank you, Clemmy. 107 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Do you remember getting this lamb out of the river? 108 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,440 I ate this one. 109 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:29,440 You and Annis fished him out of the river when he was a new-born lamb 110 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,440 and we called him Nemo after that. 111 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,440 This one's Nemo. 112 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,440 Do you like him? 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,240 He's a bit bigger, isn't he, now? 114 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,240 Yeah. 115 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Don't they grow up fast? 116 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,240 I ask myself that frequently. 117 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,240 Why take them heads down? 118 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,240 It's just beautification. 119 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,240 Why? 120 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,240 We make the black black and the white white. 121 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,240 If you're going into the show ring, you want to be looking your best. 122 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,240 They're taking great care to prepare Nemo, 123 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,240 as in just two days' time he'll be paraded at the annual Swaledale Sheep Show 124 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,240 in the village of Mucca. 125 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,040 You know, everybody, 126 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,040 the whole everybody that breeds these things 127 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,040 would love to win Mucca. 128 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,040 He's probably one of the best of lambs we've got. 129 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,040 Yeah. 130 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,040 So, really, I'm really grateful for you rescuing my lamb. 131 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,040 And Clive has reason to be thankful. 132 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,040 With stock numbers down and the sales just around the corner, 133 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,040 they're relying on every single one of their flock. 134 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:37,840 This year, particularly, times are tough, 135 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:39,840 so prices are down. 136 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,840 It's definitely a buyer's market, not a seller's market, 137 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,840 because of the uncertainty due to Brexit. 138 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,840 There's definitely been a bit of a downturn. 139 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,840 It's worrying. 140 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:52,840 Of course, we're all worried about what the future holds, 141 00:06:52,840 --> 00:06:56,840 but we're just here to make a living and live our life, really, aren't we? 142 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,840 You need money to do that, obviously, 143 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,840 but we've seen good times, we've seen bad times, 144 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:02,840 and farming can kind of be like that. 145 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,840 It can be either great or bad, 146 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:09,840 and you just have to weather the storms when they come. 147 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:17,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 148 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,840 Shepherdess Amanda Owen and her nine children 149 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,840 are getting ready for the biggest event in the family's calendar. 150 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,840 The annual regional show in the village of Mucca. 151 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,840 I guess it's right over there with Christmas' Mucca show. 152 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,840 It's kind of like a bit of a celebration. 153 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,840 It's the end of the school holidays. 154 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,840 It's the beginning of autumn. 155 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,840 It's something we do every year and look forward to...ish. 156 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,840 A bit stressful as well. Hang on a minute. 157 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Half the ingredients have gone all over here. 158 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:51,840 Be careful, you guys. 159 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,840 This has lots to do. There's lots of preparation. 160 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,840 Messy preparation. 161 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,840 No, you haven't got your vanilla in yet, have you? 162 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,840 Oh, but hang on, do we need vanilla if we're doing chocolate? 163 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,840 From scones to oatcakes, 164 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,840 the children have ambitious plans to enter six of the baking categories. 165 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,840 These are going to end up as cookies, I hope, 166 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,840 but they could end up as anything. 167 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,840 Right, come on. Time is of the essence here. 168 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,840 This is very hard. 169 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,840 You can't taste it until it's cooked. 170 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,840 Although some of the nine children are too small to enter the competition, 171 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,840 no-one wants to miss out. 172 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,840 They'll all be involved. Put it that way. 173 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,840 Clemmie, ew! 174 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,840 The theory sounds all right. 175 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,840 Give everybody a job and everybody will be happy. 176 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Annis, what are you doing with that water? 177 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,840 No, don't drink the soapy water. 178 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,840 It's still chaos. 179 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,840 No! Just really, really wet. 180 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,840 And what's the saying? 181 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,840 Many hands make light work, 182 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,840 but then there's also, too many cooks spoil the broth. 183 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,840 Nicky, no! No, no, no! 184 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:01,840 No, no, don't do that. 185 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,840 You must not open that door. 186 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,840 Clemmie there is trying to protect Sydney with a whisk. 187 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:08,840 Ow! 188 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,840 Nancy's completely soaked from washing up. 189 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,840 Raven's eating half of the things that she's made for the show. 190 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,840 They're delicious, though. 191 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,840 Wash hand. 192 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,840 I've learnt progressively over time to lower the standards. 193 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,840 Once upon a time, I was really, really bothered, 194 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,840 but now I'm not, because, no, don't eat all the ingredients. 195 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:35,840 Come on. No, no, no. 196 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,840 And as long as it's not a total embarrassment, then it's fine. 197 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,840 I think these will win. 198 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,840 Hey, no, go! No, out! 199 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:45,840 Go, go, go, go, go, go! 200 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,840 Outside, Clive's escaped to the peace and quiet of the barn, 201 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,840 to pluck his show sheep. 202 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,840 He's going to have a lovely, lovely white eye, 203 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,840 and white on his nose, he's coming lovely. 204 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,840 He's got a big head and a lovely laid horn. 205 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,840 Yes, he's a nice lamb, he's a lovely lamb. 206 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,840 Very, what we call, tuppy. 207 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,840 The tradition of tonsing Swaledale sheep 208 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,840 is widely practised across the dales during show seasons. 209 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,840 It's a very time consuming thing. 210 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,840 People have done it for years and years. 211 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,840 They used to use the thumbnails, 212 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:22,840 but now we pinch the wife's tweezers. 213 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:23,840 Give our lamb. 214 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,840 Come on, find these eggs. 215 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,840 Meanwhile, 12-year-old Miles is hoping his hens have laid winners 216 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:33,840 for the produce show, 217 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,840 and three-year-old Clemmie and two-year-old Nancy 218 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,840 have joined his service. 219 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,840 It's not long before the crack team track down their show-stoppers. 220 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,840 You found them, good girl. 221 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,840 You pass them to me, we'll put them in Kanem's nest. 222 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,840 One at a time. 223 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,840 Right, you give... 224 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,840 Right, Kanemie can do one. 225 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 226 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,840 Nancy, Nancy. 227 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 228 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 229 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 230 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 231 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 232 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,840 Nancy, Nancy, steady, steady. 233 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,840 No, Nancy, give... 234 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,840 Let Kanemie have a go. 235 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,840 I can't wait. 236 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,840 Right, let Kanemie get that... 237 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,840 No, no. 238 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,840 Oh, you've got to be more careful, Nancy. 239 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:22,840 OK. 240 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,840 Nancy is just chucking eggs in. 241 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:28,840 How many have gone? You've gone. 242 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,840 One, two, three, four. 243 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:31,840 One. 244 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,840 One. 245 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,840 You can do it after, Nikki. 246 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:35,840 One. 247 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:36,840 One. 248 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:37,840 Two. 249 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:38,840 Three. 250 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:39,840 Four. 251 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:40,840 Four. 252 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:41,840 Five. 253 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:42,840 Six. 254 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:43,840 Seven. 255 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:44,840 No, seven. 256 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:45,840 Eight. 257 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:46,840 Nine. 258 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:47,840 Ten. 259 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:48,840 Nine. 260 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:49,840 Eleven. 261 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Twelve. 262 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:51,840 Twelve. 263 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:52,840 Good girl. 264 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:53,840 Go. 265 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:54,840 Come on, Nick. 266 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,840 Some of these will be mucus show eggs, so we'll go sort them out. 267 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,840 Yeah, let them sort. 268 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,840 Come on, Nikki, come on, Kanemie. 269 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,840 I think we've got our six eggs. 270 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,840 I've never won with my eggs at mucus show, 271 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,840 but I think this year I have a good chance of winning. 272 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:11,840 Right, well, it looks all right, Rube. 273 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,840 You polished her up, so we need to get her fired up. 274 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,840 Let's see if we can get it going. 275 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,840 And vintage enthusiast Reuben is also hoping to bag a prize 276 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,840 for the classic tractors he's restored. 277 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:28,840 But at 14, he's not old enough to drive them to the show ring himself. 278 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,840 Get your coats on, man. Let's rock and roll. 279 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,840 So he's trusting his prized possession to Mum and Manda. 280 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,840 Mum, make sure you look after it. 281 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,840 I've driven it before. 282 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Mum, your brakes are on. 283 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:43,840 My brakes are not on. 284 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,840 She's got her brakes on. 285 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,840 It makes me kind of nervous that Mum's driving that tractor. 286 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,840 Dad loves that tractor. He's complaining about going. 287 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,840 He can't wait to drive that thing to hell. 288 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,840 It may be hard for Reuben to miss out on the fun, 289 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,840 but for Clive and Amanda, their evening joyride through the Dales 290 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,840 is a rare escape from both farming and children. 291 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,840 How's that? 292 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,840 Look there, that's where battle will commence tomorrow. 293 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,840 And we have 10 more minutes left. 294 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,840 And battle will commence tomorrow. 295 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,840 And we have champion lamb, revving seat Nemo, 296 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,840 shown by Amanda Livingston-Owen. 297 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,840 Yeah, whatever. 298 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,840 Whatever. 299 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,840 Right, ladies, we're having you. 300 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,840 The morning of the show has arrived, 301 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,840 and by 8 o'clock, Clive, Miles and Sydney have Nemo 302 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,840 and their six other prized sheep in place. 303 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,840 She's gone in. 304 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,840 That's grand, that's bloody grand. 305 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,840 There, we're in. And we're ready. 306 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,840 All these pens will be full of sheep in another half hour. 307 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,840 So let's just hope ours look as good as everybody else's. 308 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,840 Right, let's walk away, lads. 309 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,840 Bloody brilliant. 310 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,840 Amanda, Edith, Violet, Annis, Clemmie and Nancy 311 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,840 have arrived in the nick of time. 312 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,840 Right, are we going to carry some stuff? 313 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,840 All of their bakes and treats must be carefully unloaded 314 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,840 before entries close at 10 o'clock. 315 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,840 Don't drop that. 316 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Don't drop that, concentrate, Syd. 317 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,840 We'll just have to start... Right, yeah. 318 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:38,840 Can we start here? 319 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,840 Miley, you can do your eggs there. 320 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,840 The family has just 10 minutes left 321 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,840 to place everyone's efforts before the tent closes for judging. 322 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,840 Chocolate sandwich cake, boys, men only. 323 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,840 Miles, Owen. Put it down there. 324 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,840 What's next? Right, what are we doing next? 325 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,840 Buns. Sydney's buns. 326 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,840 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Which are Syd's? 327 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:03,840 That. Uh, that. 328 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,840 That. Yeah. 329 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,840 And where? That. 330 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,840 That. 331 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,840 Right, can you help get Sydney's buns out? 332 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,840 Get him in there, Syd, lad. 333 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,840 These ones are mine. 334 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,840 With so many tasty treats at eye level, 335 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:21,840 the display is a tantalising toddler's Clemmie and Nancy. 336 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,840 No, Nicky. No. 337 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,840 Nicky? No, don't poke anything. 338 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,840 None. Hey, Nicky. 339 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,840 Hey, Nicky, you haven't a touch, so eat the buns. 340 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,840 No, she's doing it too. 341 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,840 You can't eat the entries. 342 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,840 I can't believe it. It's five to ten. 343 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,840 The pressure is on. 344 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,840 Oh, my God. 345 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,840 That was my oat cake. 346 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,840 No, leave it by, leave it by. 347 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,840 Oh, it's every single bit of it smashed. 348 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Is it nice? 349 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:52,840 No, no. 350 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,840 We're not in that one, I'm sorry. 351 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,840 I can't believe I got it all the way from Ravensea, 352 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,840 the highest hill farm in Swaledale, 353 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,840 and you dropped it about three centimetres away from the flipping table. 354 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:13,840 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 113th Grand Annual Mucus Show. 355 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:18,840 The stage is set for the world-famous Swaledale Sheep Show. 356 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,840 He's got some muck on his foot. 357 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,840 You want to make it worse? I'm not, it's just down here. 358 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,840 Amanda and Clive's very best sheep are about to make their debut. 359 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,840 This will go on all day. 360 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,840 This is a lot of sheep classes, 361 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,840 finally culminating in the bestest, bestest champion sheep 362 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:38,840 in the whole world, probably. 363 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,840 It's really a shop window, showing people what you've got, 364 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,840 what your sheep are like, what your breed's like, 365 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,840 and hopefully drumming up a bit of interest for the sales. 366 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,840 The kids start by showing off the stock in the junior handling competition. 367 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,840 Yay! Thank you. 368 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,840 And six-year-old Sydney is the first to claim a rosette for the family. 369 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,840 Yay, well done, Miley. 370 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,840 Yay! 371 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,840 14-year-old Reuben has also placed with one of his vintage tractors. 372 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:14,840 Here we go. 373 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,840 Third prize. Third. 374 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,840 Inside the baking tent, the prizes continue to roll in. 375 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,840 Miles Owen. Fantastic. 376 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:23,840 Fourth. 377 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,840 Looks like you're in charge of cooking chocolate cakes from now on. 378 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:27,840 Yep. Yep. 379 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,840 Let's go see what else we've got. 380 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,840 Sydney's buns. Third prize. 381 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,840 That's very good. Very artistic. 382 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,840 I've got first. You won. 383 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,840 I came second. That's amazing. 384 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,840 I came second. Well, you've cleaned up there, haven't you? 385 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,840 Yeah. So Sydney got a third with his buns down there, 386 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,840 and you got a first and you got a second. 387 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,840 I really want to eat one. 388 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,840 That's really good. 389 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,840 While the children have triumphed in baking, 390 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,840 Clive and Amanda are dreaming of winning best in show. 391 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,840 We've had a few admiring glances for Nina, 392 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,840 so he might actually be our secret weapon. 393 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,840 What do you reckon? 394 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,840 Well, I think it's our strongest suit. 395 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,840 Yep. It's our strongest suit, yeah. 396 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,840 As Nemo is their best chance at the title, 397 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,840 the couple can't afford for anything to go wrong. 398 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,840 You see, if I take him out and he doesn't win, 399 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,840 you're going to blame me, aren't you? 400 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:22,840 Yeah. Huh? 401 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,840 I am my darling. 402 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,840 Only one of them can take Nemo into the ring, 403 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,840 so it's down to Clive to pull out a show-stopping performance. 404 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,840 He says I'm really not very good at showing sheep because I'm big, 405 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,840 which is not what any woman wants to hear, really. 406 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,840 But what he means is, I'm tall, I make the sheep look small. 407 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,840 Good. 408 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,840 Following weeks of preparation, 409 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,840 the judges will decide if the couple's hard work has paid off. 410 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,840 I can't say it too loud. 411 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,840 I think we look like our sheep aren't quite as big as everybody else's. 412 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,840 But that's because of where they come from, you see. 413 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,840 They're born late. They're not born till the middle of April. 414 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,840 This is tense. 415 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,840 Oh, no, that's... 416 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,840 After half an hour of intense inspection, 417 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,840 the judges are getting closer to announcing their final decision. 418 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,840 Oh, Rosette, here we go. Come on. 419 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,840 First, number 11. 420 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,840 Second, number 25. 421 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,840 Number 28. 422 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,840 For the family, winning Best in Show will have to wait for another year. 423 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,840 It's a tough choice for the judges. 424 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,840 That's milka for you. It's very difficult to get a ticket. 425 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,840 But there you are, that's how it is. 426 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,840 Yeah, we'll try again with something else. We will. 427 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,840 Though Clive's dreams of victory have been crushed, 428 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:06,840 there's no time to dwell. 429 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,840 With an afternoon of competition still to play for, 430 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,840 Amanda needs to gather her flock. 431 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,840 Where's the bloke with the microphone? 432 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,840 Can you give out a message to all the Owen children 433 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,840 to come back to the Land Rover because they want them to run the race? 434 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,840 Ladies and gentlemen, can all of the Owen children 435 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,840 please come back to the Land Rover? 436 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,840 Come back to the Land Rover, they'll know which one, 437 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,840 because they are required to run the race. 438 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,840 Now, that's all the Owen children, that means all of you. 439 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,840 Come back to the Land Rover. Thank you. 440 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,840 On your marks, get set, go! 441 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,840 The children have entered the junior fell race. 442 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,840 Go on! Go on, Abe! Go on, boy! Go on, Seth! 443 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,840 God diddle her! 444 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,840 It's a daunting cross-country course, 445 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,840 but Sidney, aged just six, is throwing himself in. 446 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,840 Oh, my God! 447 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,840 Keep watching. You'll see them in a minute, 448 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,840 if they're just going up the track. 449 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,840 Can you see Sidney? 450 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,840 He's running! 451 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,840 Even the 500-foot climb doesn't faze little Sid. 452 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,840 They're on the home straight now. Can you see? 453 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Look, they've turned. They've turned. 454 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,840 He's going! He's going! 455 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,840 Down him! Can you see? Yes! 456 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,840 See Sidney! Do it! Do it! 457 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,840 Do it! Do it! Come on, Sid! 458 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,840 Come on, Sid! Go on, Sid! 459 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,840 Go on, Sid! 460 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,840 Go on, Sid! 461 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,840 Go on, Sid! 462 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Yay! Sidney! 463 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,840 Go on, Sid! 464 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,840 And three pounds is his very well-earned reward 465 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,840 for making it back to the finish line. 466 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,840 There you are. You are soaked, my friend. 467 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:13,840 I slipped over in the river. You fell in the river? 468 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,840 Yeah. That's great. 469 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,840 Muka Shoah is drawing to a close. 470 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,840 It's been a day of ups and downs, 471 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,840 with mixed results for the family. 472 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,840 We always knew it was going to be tough when we came here. 473 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,840 I know, but I thought Nemo might have done a bit better. 474 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,840 I'm just very glad that you took him out in the class, 475 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,840 because then you might have blamed me. 476 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,840 Go on, tell me, never mind the sheep. 477 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,840 What about you, love? 478 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:38,840 The kids did all right. 479 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,840 They were placed in all the things. 480 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:42,840 First, second, third, tickets. 481 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:43,840 So they're good. 482 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,840 It sounds to me as if this flock hasn't done that well. 483 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,840 But your flock sounds as if they've done really good. 484 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,840 Yeah, they have. They've done all right. 485 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,840 They've had a really good day. 486 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,840 The next thing about flocks is gathering up. 487 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,840 I would imagine they've probably all bounced out by now. 488 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,840 Oh, no, the bouncy castle is still... 489 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,840 Still rocking. Still rocking. 490 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,840 I'll let you help me extract them off the bouncy castle. 491 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,840 Yeah, we'll gather them up. Mm-hm. 492 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,840 Having failed to secure a top prize for their sheep, 493 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,840 the family heads for home, 494 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,840 uncertain of their prospects at the sails in just a few weeks' time. 495 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:30,840 I'm going after you, Finn. 496 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:31,840 Oh, dear. 497 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,840 I'm off after you, Vi. 498 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,840 The children have spent their summer at home, 499 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,840 helping Clive and Amanda around the farm, 500 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,840 but today marks the dreaded return to school for most of the nine kids. 501 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,840 I'm not really very happy about going back to school. 502 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,840 I'm not happy about going to school either. 503 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,840 As the secondary school starts tomorrow, 504 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:57,840 the teenagers have an extra day's holiday, 505 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,840 much to the annoyance of the four younger children. 506 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,840 Sid, are you excited that you're going back to school? 507 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:04,840 No. 508 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:06,840 Why not, Sid? 509 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,840 How are we going to manage without you today? 510 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,840 New shoes, let's have a look. 511 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,840 Brand-new, first day on, yeah? 512 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,840 Ooh, look, and you polished your socks as well, so that's really good. 513 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,840 We tried to turn out looking smart, 514 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,840 but if you can imagine how expensive it would be 515 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,840 to buy a new uniform for each one of them, it's not happening. 516 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,840 And so, you know, trousers, shirts, jumpers, 517 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,840 they've all belonged to the other ones, 518 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,840 so I just kind of, when it comes to putting the names in it, 519 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,840 I don't put the first name, I just put Owen. 520 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,840 Still the best coming down the road! 521 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:41,840 Stop! 522 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,840 Still the best coming down the road! 523 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,840 Check arms, my old friend. Where's your bag? 524 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:50,840 Oh, I'm... 525 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,840 I don't know, go off at half-clock, mate. 526 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:53,840 See you in a bit. 527 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:54,840 Bye, Mum. 528 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:55,840 See you, Mum, let's go! 529 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:56,840 Bye. 530 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,840 See you, guys. 531 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840 Wave bye-bye, Nancy. 532 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:05,840 Come on! 533 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:06,840 Oh! 534 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,840 It's a 12-mile journey on windy country roads 535 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,840 for the children who have over an hour's ride to the school gate. 536 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,840 It's part of life, isn't it? 537 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,840 Sometimes you've got to do things you don't want to do, 538 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,840 and going to schools will end, but they'll be fine. 539 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:24,840 It's to do, you know? 540 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,840 It's not their favourite thing, they'd rather have stayed at home, 541 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:28,840 but it's fine. 542 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:29,840 I mean, I like having them at home. 543 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,840 It's good during summer when they're all here. 544 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,840 Lots of stuff gets done and, you know, it's fun, 545 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:36,840 but this is it. 546 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,840 It's nose back to the grindstone now. 547 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,840 With most of the children at school, 548 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Amanda's taking the chance to sell some sheep at market. 549 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,840 You like them to oxen, don't you? 550 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:50,840 Yeah. 551 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,840 Youngest kids, three-year-old Clem and two-year-old Nancy 552 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,840 always accompany Amanda on this job. 553 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,840 We're going to sell some lambs. 554 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,840 They've got some mules to sell, all right? 555 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:01,840 Yeah. 556 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:02,840 OK. 557 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:03,840 Yeah? 558 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:04,840 Uh-huh. 559 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,840 Every Tuesday in autumn, they make this two-hour round trip 560 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,840 to the auction mart in the town of Hawes. 561 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,840 It's a time-consuming but essential journey, 562 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,840 as selling sheep for meat is the family's bread and butter. 563 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,840 You've got six fat lambs. 564 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,840 The lambs that you sell, sell fat, 565 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,840 are going into the food chain pretty soon. 566 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,840 We're down a bit on lambs. 567 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,840 Of course there was a bad spring. 568 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,840 It was very difficult. 569 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,840 So not as many to sell, 570 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,840 so obviously not quite as much money. 571 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,840 It's quarter past ten, and as they're late for the sale, 572 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,840 auctioneer Raymond already has the bidding well under way. 573 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:50,840 Come here. 574 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:51,840 No. 575 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,840 And two-year-old Nancy's keen to get straight in. 576 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,840 No, no, no, no, Mummy. 577 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,840 Hey, hey, hey, now, come on, don't be naughty. 578 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:01,840 You'll fall off. 579 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:07,840 Raymond will get caught. 580 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,840 Sometimes get shouted at if they accidentally 581 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,840 are waving their arms about winners, people didn't. 582 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,840 Apart from that, so far we haven't bought any sheep accidentally. 583 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,840 The auction works on a first-come, first-served basis, 584 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,840 so Amanda and the girls are stuck by the pens 585 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,840 until their sheep are called. 586 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,840 How long till we're here, you? 587 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:26,840 Where are we at now? 588 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:31,840 Please. 589 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:36,840 I'm not panicking. 590 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,840 I'm just getting fed up. 591 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:39,840 Huh? 592 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:40,840 And they're getting fed up. 593 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,840 It's been over an hour, 594 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,840 so Amanda tries to keep the toddlers sweet. 595 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:51,840 It's our time has come. 596 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,840 Come on, off we go, thank you, thank you. 597 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:54,840 Come on. 598 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:55,840 Straight to the ring. 599 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,840 Straight to the ring. 600 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:57,840 Have you done your drinks? 601 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:58,840 Come on, come on, come away. 602 00:27:58,840 --> 00:27:59,840 Come on, Mum. 603 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:00,840 Thank you. 604 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:01,840 Come on. 605 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,840 Right, are you going to give him your bit of paper? 606 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Go on through there. 607 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,840 Go on in there. 608 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:11,840 Go on up there. 609 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,840 Come on, go and sell your sheep. 610 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:14,840 Come on. 611 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:15,840 Come on, you. 612 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,840 They love playing in the sawdust, don't you? 613 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:19,840 Come on. 614 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:20,840 Come on. 615 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:21,840 Come on. 616 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:22,840 Come on. 617 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:23,840 Hiya, how are you? 618 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:49,840 Thank you very much. 619 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:52,840 Thank you. 620 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:53,840 Thank you. 621 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:54,840 Come on, you. 622 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,840 Amanda's managed to sell all six sheep 623 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,840 and is happy with the price received for each lamb. 624 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,840 £62. 625 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:02,840 That's really good. 626 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,840 I'm quite pleased with that. 627 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:05,840 Just stop it. 628 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,840 Stop, stop, stop, stop. 629 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:08,840 Stop. 630 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,840 I think tempers are getting a bit froth. 631 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,840 I think it's home time. 632 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:15,840 Come on. 633 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,840 Bit windy, isn't it? 634 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,840 It's getting in my eyes. 635 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,840 The autumn season is rolling on. 636 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,840 It's now mid-October and little by little, 637 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,840 Clive and Amanda have been selling off their stock. 638 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:36,840 Put that gate till. 639 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,840 Mind your fingers. 640 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,840 The market for sheep this year has been unpredictable. 641 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,840 So they're selling a job lot of 77 ewes for £80 a head. 642 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,840 It is a little bit of a gamble because, of course, 643 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,840 if you take them into the auction, 644 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,840 they might have made more money, basically. 645 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,840 There was one year that we were selling drafts 646 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,840 and we had a pen of really good ones 647 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,840 and they were £400 each. 648 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,840 The Owens' drafts are their veteran females, 649 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,840 valuable for their breeding potential. 650 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,840 Every year we sell older ones to better farms 651 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,840 where there's more grass for them, 652 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,840 where older sheep can thrive. 653 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:13,840 They're good-looking. 654 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:14,840 They're going to a good farm 655 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:15,840 and they're going... 656 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,840 They'll have an easier life than they've had 657 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,840 and they'll do a great job for the next man. 658 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:20,840 They'll do a great job. 659 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,840 They'll have loads and loads of lambs 660 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,840 and everybody will be happy. 661 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,840 There's some faces in here that you can't... 662 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,840 You can, you know. 663 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,840 They've spent four or five years here 664 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,840 and they know they were around. 665 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,840 So, you know, it is a little bit solemn 666 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,840 that they're going to a new home. 667 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,840 They've had three crops of lambs for us 668 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,840 and you get to know them and know things about them. 669 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,840 Just have to hope they don't escape out of his fields 670 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,840 because they might come home. 671 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:11,840 Nearly all the autumn sheep have been sold. 672 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,840 But the very biggest sale of the year is just 48 hours away. 673 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,840 We're fighting, you know, you don't want that. 674 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,840 In the barn, tensions are running high 675 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,840 between Clive's prized rams, known as tups. 676 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,840 They're mating seasons here 677 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,840 and it makes tups and deer and everything males fight. 678 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,840 You know, these tups are friends 679 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,840 but if you introduced any females 680 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,840 they'd be sworn enemies 681 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,840 and they would try to kill each other. 682 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,840 You don't want to get two days off sale 683 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,840 and then disaster strike. 684 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,840 Every October, Clive takes his pedigree male sheep 685 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,840 to the annual tup sales, hoping to make serious money. 686 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,840 The record for a Swaledale tup... 687 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,840 ..I think is 101,000. 688 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,840 But, I mean, it all sounds pretty mad, really, 689 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:08,840 but you must understand that at the top of this game 690 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,840 where fellas are breeding them, 691 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,840 they're breeding almost like the breeding race horses. 692 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,840 You know, that's what they do. 693 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,840 They'll invest a lot of money in a ram 694 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,840 but they'll expect to sell lots of sons by him 695 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,840 and recoup the investment. 696 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:23,840 That's the name of the game. 697 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,840 With so much at stake, 698 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,840 Clive painstakingly preens each one of his four tups. 699 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:37,840 We put, you know, thousands of hours into things, I guess. 700 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,840 If you have a success, then it's worthwhile 701 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,840 and sometimes if you don't have any success, 702 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,840 you think, my God, that was a waste of time. 703 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,840 Let me get you some, Pete. 704 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,840 And so you can do a bit. 705 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,840 After many long, lonely hours working on his own, 706 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,840 two-year-old Nancy and three-year-old Clemmie 707 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,840 step in to help apply the finishing touches. 708 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,840 That's the way we'll serve him done in no time. 709 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,840 It's good for kids to be part of something. 710 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,840 Us guys, you know, we work at home, 711 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,840 we've got our kids with us, so it's possible. 712 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:16,840 They have to learn where they fit in life, I think. 713 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,840 It's good to know where you fit. 714 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,840 Do it, do it. Exactly. 715 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,840 We're peating today, not washing, Nicky. 716 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,840 Though Clive could win big, 717 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,840 there's also a chance he'll come home 718 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,840 from the sails empty-handed. 719 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,840 But at 64, he's still just as determined 720 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,840 to breed a champion tup 721 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,840 as when he dreamt of becoming a sheep farmer as a boy. 722 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:47,840 I used to go to these massive, famous tup sails 723 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,840 and at dinnertime I'd nick off school and go and watch. 724 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,840 And saw this amazing thing going on 725 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,840 where these famous farms and famous fellas 726 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,840 that were at the top of this game, 727 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,840 and sit there in awe of these guys, 728 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,840 and dreamt that one day I'll do that. 729 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,840 In 2010, Clive was crowned champion 730 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,840 with his tup Glory, which sold for £28,000. 731 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,840 I bred a champion and that was probably as good as it gets. 732 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,840 It does give you a sense of achievement 733 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,840 and a sense that you want to go on and do it again. 734 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,840 It's 6.30 on the morning of the top sails. 735 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,840 These are my four tups I'm going to sell today. 736 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,840 Man is at home with kids, getting all them ready for school 737 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,840 and on the way, and then I think she's coming later on. 738 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,840 Over the next hour, Clive will be joined by hundreds of farmers, 739 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,840 all vying to sell their pedigree rounds 740 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,840 to his family and friends. 741 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,840 It's been a long journey, 742 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,840 and it's been a long journey, 743 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,840 hundreds of farmers all vying to sell their pedigree rounds 744 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:56,840 for huge sums of money. 745 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,840 But before the bidding starts, one will be crowned champion. 746 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,840 This is countryman. I'm very pleased with him. 747 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,840 It's nice to think we could get a ticket on him, 748 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,840 but there'll be a lot of fellas trying. 749 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,840 As champion Swaledales sell for tens of thousands of pounds, 750 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,840 Clive is desperate for a win. 751 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,840 It's stressful. It's helly stressful. 752 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,840 There you are. 753 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,840 Right, we're off. Time's come now. 754 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,840 It makes you uptight and you're worried. 755 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,840 You're going out into company and showing people 756 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,840 what you consider to be the best that you have. 757 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,840 So, yeah, it's stressful. 758 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,840 Nobody likes to be humiliated. 759 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,840 I mean, you've got to remember that for, I don't know, 760 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,840 90% of people going to the sales with big dreams, 761 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:54,840 they're going to get them squashed 762 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,840 and get their bums kicked today. 763 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,840 Out of 50 on show, 764 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,840 Clive's best top countryman has made it into the final 12 765 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,840 and will now face the scrutiny of the judges. 766 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,840 Do you want him to do it? 767 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,840 I don't know whether I bloody can. 768 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,840 HE CHUCKLES 769 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,840 First, 580. 770 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:31,840 Yes. 771 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,840 Can we go? 772 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,840 After an hour of intense deliberation, 773 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,840 Clive concedes defeat. 774 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,840 Despite all of his hard work, 775 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,840 the chance of getting high prices for his rams 776 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:46,840 is now slim. 777 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,840 Oh, it's a hell of a thing to just get everything to fall into place. 778 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,840 The next thing is to go in and see if we can make some money. 779 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:56,840 That's the next thing. 780 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:05,840 Come on, hold hands. 781 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:06,840 I've got cars today. 782 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:08,840 Let's go and see if we can find Dad. 783 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:09,840 Come on. 784 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,840 It's midday and Amanda's finally arrived 785 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,840 at Swaledale's annual ram sales. 786 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:16,840 Come on, missus. 787 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,840 With toddlers Clem and Nancy in tow. 788 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,840 With the auction now in full swing, 789 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,840 she's eager to know how Clive's getting on. 790 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:28,840 How's it gone? 791 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,840 No. No, I don't know what's going to happen. 792 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,840 No, what's going to happen? Really? 793 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,840 I think we're just heading for a disaster. 794 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,840 They're very hard to sell in there. 795 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:39,840 Odd ones. 796 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,840 I mean, I've just come in now and there's some big prices, 797 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:42,840 but that's just... 798 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,840 There's 9,000 now and I think it was about 4,000 or 5,000. 799 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,840 I don't know who it was. 800 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,840 Even though Clive's top didn't win the recognition of the judges, 801 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,840 there's a chance he could get lucky at auction. 802 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,840 The testing time of when he goes into the rig, 803 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,840 they seem to have a bit of trouble shifting them. 804 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,840 There seems to be a lot just sticking, you know, 100 pounds, 805 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,840 a couple of hundred pounds, 806 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,840 and then every so often you'll have one get away, 9,000. 807 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,840 I don't know what the top price has been so far. 808 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,840 I mean, there will have been some big prices. 809 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,840 I'm sure there might have been some 20,000, 30,000. 810 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,840 We're going into the ring now. 811 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,840 We're going into the ring now. 812 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,840 Good luck. 813 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,840 It's a very, very cruel place to be in that ring 814 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,840 with all them hundreds and hundreds of people all stood around. 815 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:29,840 It's all very stressful. 816 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,840 I mean, I'm not a stressed person, not at all, 817 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,840 but it does get to you. 818 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:42,840 He's in the ring. He's in the ring. 819 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,840 Listen. Can you see Dad? Look at Dad. 820 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,840 After nurturing these four tops for 18 months, 821 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,840 they now represent the very finest of the Owens flock. 822 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:05,840 With prices ranging from 100,000 pounds to as little as 100 quid, 823 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,840 when the bidding stalls, Clive's worst fears are realised. 824 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,840 Fenny, Fenny, Fenny, no, God. 825 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,840 No, no, Fenny. 826 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,840 No, no, God. 827 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:24,840 Excuse me. 828 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:27,840 No, no, God. 829 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,840 No, let him run out. 830 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,840 No, no, let him go. 831 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,840 He's coming home, hasn't sold it. 832 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,840 I feel sick, very stressful. 833 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,840 With such a poor market for his tops, 834 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,840 Clive's frustration builds. 835 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,840 No, I'm going, I can use this, I can use this. 836 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,840 The price starts to rise, 837 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,840 but the auctioneer knows the bids won't go any higher. 838 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,840 Despite Clive's protests, the hammer falls 839 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,840 and someone gets a steal for 300 pounds. 840 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,840 Finally, it's Clive's best top 841 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,840 who narrowly missed out on winning a rosette. 842 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,840 But even he fails to attract big bidders. 843 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,840 That means a harmless price, Raymond, a harmless price. 844 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,840 I can't keep them all. 845 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,840 The best of Clive's boys goes for just 150 quid. 846 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,840 It looks like a miss this year. 847 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,840 Some years you're all right, some years you're not. 848 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:52,840 Hello. 849 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:54,840 I thought you'd have done better than that. 850 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,840 That was bad. Hellfire. 851 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,840 Let's sit on this wall and reflect. 852 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,840 I knew we weren't going to have hell of a deal, 853 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,840 but I thought we'd be, you know, 1,000 quid or something. 854 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,840 We're looking at top price of 300. 855 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:09,840 Terrible. 856 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:10,840 There was no bonanza. 857 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:12,840 But that's what happens in there today. 858 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,840 You either go or you don't. 859 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,840 Hey, listen, this year is a very, very hard year to sell. 860 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,840 If you bring sheep to sell at an auction mart, 861 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,840 whether they're ewes or fat lambs, 862 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,840 then there's a predictability. 863 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,840 You know, you weigh them and you get what they're worth. 864 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,840 But with this game, you need two fellas 865 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,840 and if you haven't got them, you haven't got them. 866 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:33,840 But all that matters is, 867 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,840 I think you've just about got enough 868 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,840 for a cup of tea and a Kit Kat. 869 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,840 Huh? All right. 870 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,840 I think we need to be back into them hills. 871 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,840 It's the start of November, 872 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,840 and although Clive and Amanda haven't cashed in big at the tuck sales, 873 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,840 the endless demands of the farming calendar roll on. 874 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,840 It's the breeding season, 875 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,840 so we need to get all our female sheep, all our yows gathered up 876 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,840 in preparation for them to go in with the tuck. 877 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:11,840 And then five months, less four days, baby lambs. 878 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:14,840 Ready? 879 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:15,840 Wait. 880 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,840 Put them through there if it'll happen. 881 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:21,840 Ready? 882 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,840 On their remote farm, there's always a mountain of work to do. 883 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:26,840 At the close of autumn, 884 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,840 Clive's strengthening their defences for the long winter ahead. 885 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,840 One of the reasons we're building this wall 886 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,840 is because there's quite a lot of water comes down this gully here 887 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,840 and it tends to come through the fence and towards our house, 888 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,840 and I thought a wall would be the perfect answer 889 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,840 to make it go on its merry way to the river and gone. 890 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,840 The challenges of the changing seasons come and go, 891 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:55,840 but this resilient family get through by always pulling together. 892 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,840 It's autumn, and another year gone. 893 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,840 Looking back on it, it's had its moments, hasn't it? 894 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,840 Oh, God, yeah, it's been a year of absolute extremes, hasn't it? 895 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,840 It's been a hard winter. 896 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,840 We've had snow up to its waist down above. 897 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,840 Terrible spring, wasn't it? Really, really late spring. 898 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,840 Not the best lambing time we've ever had, far from it. 899 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,840 And then, once spring came... 900 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:21,840 We just burst into summer, didn't we? 901 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:22,840 And it was wonderful. 902 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,840 Our barns are full of beautiful hay. 903 00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,840 And that's an insurance policy for this next winter. 904 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,840 And so we're all set to do it all again. 905 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,840 You just have to try harder and look forward to next year, don't you? 906 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,840 Exactly. We just keep doing what we do, 907 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,840 and some years are better than others. 908 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:43,840 As long as we can keep going, pay our bills and keep well. 909 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,840 The kids have had a great time and they're in great form, 910 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,840 and they're growing and they're happy. 911 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:50,840 Things aren't looking so bad. 912 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,840 With the four seasons coming to an end 913 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,840 and Christmas just around the corner, 914 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:04,840 the family are ready to do it all over again next year. 915 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,840 For more information, visit our website. 916 00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,840 For more information, visit our website. 917 00:44:43,305 --> 00:45:43,334 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=-