It's Wednesday, 8pm and
we are here at a windy Cannon Hall
Farm in South Yorkshire. This is the wrong
outfit choice and the goats are out.
Take a look at the sunset that we were
were treated to last night.
Absolutely glorious Yorkshire
sunset.
sunset. Lovely. Now, it is all
happening
happening on the farm this week and
right
right now
right now and the last 24 are as had
been
been no
been no exception. There is always
mucking
mucking out to do, especially with
the
the pigs.
the pigs. Around 50 sows here
produce
produce 1200 piglets a year. That is
a
a lot
a lot of
a lot of mark. They are so noisy,
those
those piglets. Nothing compared to
the
the goats
the goats having a pedicure earlier.
Look
Look how
Look how relaxed she was earlier
with
with Rob
with Rob trimming away. Maybe that
is
is what
is what the goat wants. It knew he
had
had skills. We await with bated
breath
breath for the horse to go into
labour.
labour. This car might still make a
better
better Prime Minister. On Monday we
had
had stars, on Tuesday we had mice
and
and tonight we have got chainsaws.
Who
Who is
Who is responsible for that goat.
David
David is
David is responsible for that good.
It
It is
It is day
It is day three of the Yorkshire
Games
Games and
Games and everything to play for and
it
it is
it is 1-1. And he will be creating a
sculpture
sculpture just for us throughout the
show,
show, turning this lump of wood into
a
a beautiful piece of art. Wow. All
that,
that, plus Yorkshire vet Schoen and
Doctor
Doctor Amir Khan are here, and if we
are
are lucky
are lucky we may end up with a live
birth
birth right here on the show
tonight.
tonight. Andy, you better get
cracking.
cracking. Welcome to Summer On The
Farm.
Farm. Live.
Hello
Hello and
Hello and welcome back to Summer On
The
The Farm
The Farm Live, where we are joined
by
by Rob
by Rob and Dave Nicholson. You have
put
put coats
put coats on. I should have. Didn't
you
you get
you get the memo? I am Northern, I
am
am pretending it is a night out in
Newcastle. You almost had a
brand-new
brand-new pony last night. What is
going
going on?
going on? Any news of a brand-new
foal?
foal? It
foal? It might be. Good answer. The
views
views on
views on the farm this year are
literally
literally breathtaking, but we asked
you
you to
you to send in your summertime views
around
around the country and once again
you
you delivered the views. First up,
Georgie
Georgie from Cornwall. What a
gorgeous
gorgeous setting that is. Very
colourful. It is amazing. Let's look
at
at Jana
at Jana from Monmouthshire. That is
very
very inviting. Dave, you are
nodding.
nodding. A bit of fishing perhaps.
While
While swimming for me. Mike from
Yorkshire
Yorkshire has sent as this one. Look
at
at the
at the emerald green hills. Mark in
Whitby
Whitby sent us this image. I bet he
is
is trotting down the steps with fish
and
and chips. And Stephen from Cumbria.
Oh,
Oh, come
Oh, come on. That is beautiful.
God's
God's own. You know how I feel about
Cambrian
Cambrian views, definitely my
favourite. My favourite as well,
what
what a
what a lovely reflection. We want
you
you guys
you guys to get involved. It might
be
be a
be a bit
be a bit cloudy, but we are a show
for
for the
for the nation and we want to know
what
what the
what the weather is doing wherever
you
you are.
you are. If you have a glorious
sunset,
sunset, let us know. Details of how
to
to send
to send them in our on the screen
right
right now. Next up, a story that may
well
well pull
well pull on your heartstrings, so
be
be warned. You are not met our
favourites, but orchids, the Shire
horse
horse is
horse is one of my favourites. They
have
have always wanted to help you have
a
a foal,
a foal, but the process is
complicated. Shire horse Orchid is
one
one of
one of our favourite horses. She is
an
an absolute beauty, not just that,
she
she is
she is a
she is a rare animal. Shires is a
breed
breed are
breed are in danger of dying out, so
we
we have
we have been trying to get her in
foal
foal for
foal for ages without much luck.
Looking
Looking at that I would be pretty
confident
confident in saying she is not in
foal.
foal. That is a real shame. But last
year
year we
year we did it. Orchid fell pregnant
at
at last.
at last. Good girl. We were all
looking
looking forward to a new Shire foal
on
on the
on the farm. And there they go. But
things
things didn't go to plan. The birth
was
was straightforward enough. But then
we
we noticed a problem. When the foal
was
was born
was born it didn't seem to have any
idea
idea how
idea how to get onto the teet.
Getting
Getting that milk into the foal was
a
a tough
a tough ask. It would ring for about
30
30 seconds and give up. I have never
known
known a
known a foal like it. We ended up
having
having to
having to milk Orchid and tried to
feed
feed the
feed the foal ourselves. A moment of
truth,
truth, this is a bit of crucial
time.
time. If
time. If something does not suck,
you
you can't
you can't read it, so it is really
important. It became pretty obvious
pretty
pretty quickly that we had a serious
problem
problem on our hands. Is it drinking
or
or not?
or not? Not yet.
or not? Not yet. Because we could
not
not get
not get much milk into the foal she
started
started to go downhill and she got
slower
slower and slower. We knew without
getting
getting a
getting a good amount of milk into
it,
it, we
it, we were going to lose it.
Without
Without major intervention this foal
was
was a
was a goner. No two ways about it,
we
we had
we had to
we had to get her to a specialist
horse
horse Hospital and quickly. After we
had
had loaded the foal up into the
trailer
trailer and loaded the door I
remember
remember thinking I don't think I
will
will ever
will ever see you again. That is a
really
really upsetting thing.
We
We made
We made it in good time to Render
Equine
Equine Hospital in Bolton. Once
there,
there, the specialist vets did not
hang
hang about. They told me it is a
dummy
dummy foal syndrome, so it has got a
hormone
hormone in the womb that makes it
sleepy
sleepy and when it comes out the
hormone
hormone has not changed over, so it
is
is still
is still sleepy and it needs a bit
of
of a
of a kick-start. It needs care and
it
it fluids. You wait so long for a
foal
foal and
foal and when it starts
deteriorating, your heart sinks, it
is
is a
is a terrible thing. It is all down
to
to the
to the vet's now. All we could do
was
was wait
was wait and pray. Anybody who has
followed
followed us before will know how
important
important it is to you guys to breed
Shire
Shire horses and we know you take a
parental
parental responsibility to your
animals.
animals. How difficult was that?
Really
Really difficult, actually. I
remembered vividly when I shut that
door,
door, I
door, I thought I am never going to
see
see you
see you again and I believed that at
the
the time.
the time. Without the miracles that
Rainbow
Rainbow Hospital performed, it was
really
really heartbreaking. When animals
get
get really poorly like that I
thought
thought we would not see it. Anyway,
we
we will
we will be finding out what happened
and
and talking to the Yorkshire vet
Shona
Shona later on. But before we go we
have
have to
have to say hello to these guys
because
because they are so cute. Completely
at
at the
at the other end of the size
spectrum
spectrum to Orchid. And feeding
magnificently right there. Look at
that.
that. She
that. She is doing really well, she
is
is about
is about a week old now. What is she
call?
call? Pony M and Harriet as the
full.
full. It's got very rusty because
your
your wind
your wind thing blew off. Coming up,
we
we have
we have tips for surviving hay fever
and
and we
and we will be finding out about an
underestimated superfood. See you in
a
a minute.
Welcome
Welcome back to Summer On The Farm
Life.
Life. Look at this tent. This is
more
more like
more like it, Helen. It is very
luxurious, I feel like we could be
in
in the
in the South African plains. With
the
the Lions
the Lions prowling outside. Instead
we
we have
we have this. Still to come Phil and
Dave
Dave battle for bragging rights.
Dave battle for bragging rights. I
am
am scared. Look at those tattoos.
Look
Look at
Look at the smile. The chainsaw
sculpting
sculpting continues. We will find
out
out what
out what army has created for us
very
very soon. He can't start it. There
you
you go,
you go, it is going. He is off.
Before
Before the break, getting a bit more
serious,
serious, the fate of Shire horse
Orchid's
Orchid's foal was in the balance as
she
she struggled to feed with her life
very
very much
very much in the hands of the vets.
48
48 hours
48 hours after rushing to the horse
Hospital,
Hospital, Orchid's foal was still
getting
getting life-saving treatment. She
had
had had
had had two plasma transfusions to
boost
boost her
boost her immune system. Vet Richard
Johns
Johns was
Johns was about to give her a third.
We've
We've got
We've got to be careful with how we
get
get it,
get it, very slowly, and monitor the
first
first five or ten minutes before we
increase
increase the rate. That said, that's
about
about the
about the right rate. A lot of
things
things come into play with foals, so
many
many things can go wrong. Bit by
bit,
bit, the
bit, the little Shia filly was
improving
improving but would she latch onto
mum
mum now?
mum now? -- the little shire filly.
Good
Good girl. Yeah, she's taking some
nice
nice gulps, so she's going in the
right
right direction. Yesterday when we
tried
tried her
tried her she was quite weak and we
were
were worried but she is much
stronger
stronger today. So yeah, it's a good
sign.
sign. After two weeks apart we were
dying
dying to
dying to see Orchid and her foal. We
didn't
didn't expect the little one to pull
through.
through. There we go, hello! Eh? You
look
look better, don't you?
Unrecognisable! You've done a
brilliant
brilliant job. The foal looks
incredible. What they've done here
is
is mind
is mind blowing, to see it looking
so
so good.
so good. Orchid nearly treading on
me!
me! Just
me! Just like old times!
After
After a
After a night back home it was time
to
to see
to see how the little foal was
settling
settling in. I think she's going to
enjoy
enjoy trotting on the grass. First
time
time is
time is always a treat. Yeah, can't
wait
wait to
wait to see her. I feel lucky she's
alive.
alive. That's a nice site. Nothing
better.
better. To see that foal out there
living
living its best life, nibbling grass
and
and drinking milk with Orchid is a
site
site I
site I never thought I'd see. That's
magical.
magical. When the foal crashed I
never
never thought I'd see it skipping
around
around in
around in this field, enjoying the
summer
summer sunshine. It's just a great
feeling.
feeling. That foal is galloping
around,
around, absolutely going full pelt.
I
I wish
I wish I
I wish I could run half as far! I
wish
wish you
wish you could, sometimes! You keep
sending
sending me up and down. Look at
that,
that, a
that, a near mess. Wow. Now, that's
a
a wonderful site. -- a near miss.
Indeed
Indeed she's a
a wonderful site. -- a near miss. Indeed she's a
beauty and here she
is.
is. The
is. The Yorkshire vet joining us
now.
now. I
now. I don't need to ask how she's
doing.
doing. Cast your expert eye, she
looks
looks gorgeous. Fantastic. How
common
common is
common is it for something like that
to
to happen, for a newborn not to be
able
able to
able to latch on and drink milk
straightaway? More common than you'd
think
think because we imagine that
animals
animals have so much instinct that
they
they crack on with things but like
human
human babies they can have problems
and
and our
and our job in husbandry is to help
them
them out.
them out. It's a relatively common
thing,
thing, it
thing, it is spotting it early and
doing
doing something early. You told me
an
an amazing figure, how much a calf
has
has to
has to drink in the first few hours.
A
A rough
A rough guideline need at least two
litres
litres of
litres of colostrum in the first
hours
hours of
hours of birth. That's a lot. She's
in
in good
in good condition, her coat. People
might
might think it is looking patchy.
The
The summer coat is coming through,
and
and she
and she is going up. She looks
brilliant
brilliant come in great condition.
She
She doesn't like the donkey! Orchid
is
is showing off her fine form and she
looks
looks fantastic. Fabulous.
Congratulations, I can see how happy
you
you are
you are and deservedly so. We look
forward
forward to seeing
you are and deservedly so. We look forward to seeing
Rosie's progress
over
over the
over the next few years. Thanks,
guys.
guys. In
guys. In a few minutes we have
seasonal
seasonal tips for hay fever
sufferers. We don't want to get too
close
close to
close to Orchid pot bottom. First, a
mission.
mission. Agent Greeks believed...
For
For the
For the moment it was an average,
rich
rich in
rich in calcium than milk and
contains
contains more vitamin C than an
orange.
orange. Watercress. Now a hugely
popular
popular salad vegetable and one of
the
the healthiest foods we can eat. Tom
Amaury
Amaury has been immersed in this
very
very special crop for almost three
decades.
decades. Tell me what it is about
watercress that gives it its health
benefits.
benefits. The health benefits are
split
split in
split in two, one is the nutrients,
vitamins
vitamins C, iron and the other part
is
is the
is the chemicals, amazing compounds
released
released as you chewed the
watercress and when you chew it, you
get
get a
get a peppery flavour and that's the
signal
signal that you're ingesting the
health
health benefit. If I was to eat
watercress long-term, what kind of
things
things might it protect me from
developing? The chemicals have an
amazing
amazing effect, they are found in
many
many fruit and veg but the one in
watercress improves the quality of
your
your blood, improves your bones and
protects
protects your skin. It has a huge
effect
effect on
effect on our gut and protects the
colon.
colon. Can I taste some? Yeah. When
you
you start
you start chewing the watercress,
the
the peppery taste comes out.
Delicious, very different from
crass,
crass, actually. Yeah. Obviously
when
when you're growing watercress,
good,
good, clean water is essential and
that's
that's where Hampshire's Shortland
landscape
landscape with its aquifers and
clear
clear springs plays a vital role.
This
This is
This is the water in its purest
form.
form. Yeah, it's loaded with
nutrition
nutrition that we used to grow the
watercress. Can I try some? Of
course.
course. That's really delicious.
It's
It's coming from 60 metres down, it
is
is crammed into a confined aquifer
and
and is
and is bursting out here so it could
have
have been
have been there for 60 years plus.
60
60 years?
60 years? Wow. Traditionally
watercress was cut by hand with
teams
teams of
teams of workers grafting away up to
their
their ankles in spring water. We
used
used to
used to do this day in, day out and
do
do put
do put it
do put it on the railway line in
Ulster
Ulster to
Ulster to send it to London, to
Covent
Covent Garden. It is Labour some,
backbreaking. Is that why you giving
me
me this?
me this? You're going to grab some
watercress and try and get it so you
can
can start
can start to trim without cutting
your
your finger. Yep. You've got to be
fairly
fairly bold with your bunch making.
How's
How's that? Absolutely perfect.
Great.
Great. The process is mechanised now
and
and I'm
and I'm not going to Pass up the
opportunity to drive this fabulous
contraption. Ready? Ready! Let's go.
6-7000
6-7000 kilos of watercress is
harvested
harvested almost everyday. To
preserve
preserve freshness and the vital
nutrients
nutrients it is picked, packed and
place
place on
place on the supermarket shelf in
less
less than
less than 36 hours. So, there you
have
have it.
have it. How incredible that such a
small
small plant can help in such a
significant way and it's so
versatile, from soups to smoothies
to
to the
to the summertime favourites, the
salad.
salad. And Doctor Ami adjoins us
now.
now. More
now. More importantly he comes
bearing
bearing edible gifts. Absolutely, I
never
never come without edible gifts!
Last
Last time
Last time you were talking about
eating
eating an
eating an onion every day. I upped
my
my game
my game this time. Should you have
been
been drinking that water? Can I tell
you
you a
you a story? I was at a temple in
India
India with my best mate and the
priest
priest put some water in my hands
and
and I
and I thought, what do I do with it?
I
I drank
I drank it and he said, why are you
drinking
drinking it? He said, put it on your
head!
head! I
head! I imagine you were very ill
after
after that? Amazingly, I didn't, so
I
I was
I was being looked after. There you
go.
go. Drinking that water, was it OK?
Every
Every now
Every now and again I forget -- I
feel
feel like
feel like you forget we're on telly!
Are
Are we?
Are we? The pollen count is very
high,
high, can
high, can watercress help? It has
been
been used
been used for centuries as a
treatment
treatment for respiratory symptoms
and
and the
and the agent healers had the right
idea
idea because watercress can reduce
histamine
histamine levels by 60%. Wow. Go for
the
the watercress, it is a nutrient
dense
dense food and might help with hay
fever.
fever. Better than those pills and
things
things that make you feel drowsy.
And
And they
And they are full of vitamins C.
Covid
Covid symptoms and hay fever
sentence
sentence are quite similar. How can
you
you make
you make sure one is in the other?
They
They overlap, hay fever is usually
seasonal,
seasonal, caused by grass and tree
pollen
pollen rather than flower pollen for
most
most people. In terms of whether you
can
can tell
can tell the difference, yes, there
are
are similarities but with Covid you
generally
generally have a fever and you feel
unwell
unwell which you don't get with hay
fever.
fever. How common is it? How many
people
people suffer with hay fever in the
UK?
UK? Very
UK? Very common, one in four, 16
million
million people in the UK and you can
get
get it
get it at
get it at any age. You can develop
it
it at
it at any
it at any age. Some lucky people
will
will grow
will grow out of it but for most
people
people you'll get it at some point
in
in the
in the year. Let's do some myth
busting
busting because many myths around
hay
hay fever. Different ideas about how
to
to treat
to treat hay fever but true or
false,
false, eating local honey from local
bees
bees is
bees is going to help? I've heard it
many
many times and it is false! Is it? I
thought
thought it was true. Theoretically,
you
you get
you get used to the pollen from the
local
local flowers around you and your
immune
immune system gets used to it so you
don't
don't over respond. Studies have
shown
shown that is in the case. Enjoy
honey,
honey, it
honey, it is dating beautiful but
doesn't
doesn't cure hay fever. What about
the
the one
the one where you dry your clothes
in
in the
in the house? That's true. If you
put
put your
put your clothes out to wash, often
pollen
pollen is
pollen is going to stick to it, you
put
put it
put it on
put it on and then get symptoms. If
you
you dry
you dry indoors, less pollen on your
clothes.
clothes. But they smell nicer when
you
you dry
you dry them outside. Unless you're
cooking.
cooking. You're on telly! I've lost
myself
myself come here. Onions and capers
can
can help?
can help? Yes, they have natural
antihistamine, especially onions,
really
really good. It's a balancing act
because
because they will make you cry while
you
you cut
you cut them up, which is a symptom
of
of hay
of hay fever! What about the one
about
about shuffling the Vaselines up
your
your nose? It is true! If you put
some
some Vaseline up your nostril,
pollen
pollen is
pollen is going to stick to it. And
what
what a
what a great look that is,
Look
Look at
Look at this. We are in a field, we
are
are on
are on telly, we've got treats, what
is
is not
is not to
is not to love? Welcome back to
Summer
Summer On
Summer On The Farm Live at the
Nicolson
Nicolson family farm in Yorkshire.
Still
Still to
Still to come, farmer Ruth gets a
rare
rare day
rare day off to go and replenish her
toolkit.
toolkit. There will be foals all
over
over the
over the place if she is here. And
we
we try
we try a
we try a bit of tossing the caber
Yorkshire
Yorkshire star. Before that, more
and
and more
and more people are beginning to
take
take up
take up beekeeping on their farms or
even
even in
even in their back gardens. They
certainly
certainly are and here to tell us
more
more is
more is beekeeper and honey expert
Emily
Emily Abbott. Good evening. And
Doctor
Doctor Emyr and Rob and Dave are
here
here and
here and we are doing some serious
honey
honey tasting. You sort of bowed at
Emily.
Emily. Gentlemen, I understand you
have
have your
have your own bees here? We
certainly
certainly do. We have got quite a
few
few hives
few hives in the Word and we have
got
got the
got the British black B and they are
doing
doing well and producing a lot of
honey.
honey. Have you been stung yet? No,
but
but there
but there is a first time for
everything. Do you look after the
bees?
bees? No.
bees? No. Emily, why are there so
many
many different types of honey?
Different
Different colours, shades and
textures?
textures? It is all to do with the
flowers
flowers that the bees go to. In a
jar
jar of
jar of honey about that size there
are
are over
are over 1 million visits to
flowers,
flowers, so the combinations of how
the
the honey
the honey can taste is endless. Look
at
at them.
at them. How many can you keep?
Technically, just as many as you are
comfortable with, stinging bees,
50,000.
50,000. I
50,000. I have brought the Sunnis,
so
so they
so they will show you how different
they
they can
they can be. This first one you will
try
try is
try is June with bees kept in the
back
back garden in Wiltshire and it is
taken
taken in
taken in June. Really floral. Quite
sweet.
sweet. God, that is lovely. This one
is
is from
is from the same bees but taken
three
three weeks later in July. Just
three
three weeks later? And it has a
totally
totally different texture, different
flavour.
flavour. It is a lot thicker. A lot
more
more thicker, a bit more caramel and
a
a bit
a bit of
a bit of brioche. Oh, brioche,
darling.
darling. Could it be lime blossom
that
that is
that is giving it that taste? It is
very
very citrusy. You might get lime in
there.
there. We
there. We heard that honey is not
very
very good
very good for hay fever, but is it
good
good medically? It has got
antibiotic properties, so, yes, it
has
has natural antibiotic properties,
so
so it
so it is
so it is full of sugar and calories
and
and you
and you have to be careful about how
much
much you
much you eat. I don't know about you
two.
two. Sam
two. Sam honey is so expensive. It
sounds
sounds ridiculous to say, but I have
seen some
seen some for £1200. £1200? I am not
making
making that up. You can see them
advertise
advertise online, really smart,
beautifully packaged high-end honey.
But
But you
But you don't need to pay that. You
can
can come
can come down quite a lot and get a
decent
decent honey. That is lovely as
well,
well, what is this one? That one
smells
smells totally different to the way
it
it taste.
it taste. It smells almost of wet
dog.
dog. Cheesy. And it tastes cheesier
as
as well.
as well. Honey much easier. I have
got
got the
got the Cannon Hall. That is from
bees
bees in
bees in the back garden as well.
This
This is
This is from cannon Hall? The last
one
one is
one is from cannon Hall. Leave the
best
best till
best till last. That is the heather
honey
honey which the bees have taken out
of
of the
of the heather. Really, really
lovely.
lovely. That is really nice. It
melts
melts in
melts in your mouth. It is a bit
like
like toffee. That is the Rolls-Royce
of
of honey.
of honey. So the heather honey is
the
the Rolls-Royce of honey from cannon
Hall
Hall farm. It is delicious. Thank
you
you so
you so much, it is delicious. A
pleasure.
pleasure. As anybody who works on a
farm
farm will
farm will tell you, one of the most
important
important tools of the trade is
these.
these. This is mine. A penknife.
This
This is
This is mine, I have had it for
years
years and
years and years and it is always in
my
my pocket
my pocket the whole time. Why do you
make
make me
make me nervous? Ruth decided it was
time
time to
time to get herself a shiny new
penknife
penknife and headed down to the road
to
to the
to the steel capital of Britain,
Sheffield. Ruth is taking time off
from
from the
from the farm and hitting the city
today
today on
today on the lookout for a vital bit
of
of kit
of kit no
of kit no self-respecting farmer
would
would be
would be without. The good pocket
knife.
knife. Steel-making put Sheffield on
the
the map.
the map. The process, honed over
centuries, involves mixing carbon
and
and iron
and iron and heating it to around
1500
1500 Celsius. Throw in a little
chromium
chromium and you get stainless
steel,
steel, perfect for cutlery and
pocket
pocket knives. One of the last of
Sheffield's knife makers is the firm
of
of A
of A right and son. I am Michael.
Hello
Hello Ruth. This workshop is
amazing.
amazing. Can you tell me a bit about
what
what happens here? As you will find
out,
out, we
out, we make pain and pocket knives
for
for the
for the cutlery industry and the
farming
farming industry, gardeners, you
name
name it,
name it, and everyone else. I am
happy
happy to
happy to show you what we do. That
is
is brilliant because I need a new
pocket
pocket knife. Bloom at the end of
the
the day
the day you will go home with a new
pocket
pocket knife. Michael Harrison is a
third-generation knife maker. He has
been
been in
been in the business 43 years, so he
knows
knows a
knows a thing or two about it.
knows a thing or two about it. I am
intrigued
intrigued by this one, Michael. It
looks
looks a
looks a bit weird. No, it is fine,
it
it is
it is hand powered. Traditional
machinery? Yes, just like being down
on
on the
on the farm. There is a magnificent
piece
piece of
piece of kit for every part of the
process.
process. This takes the unworked
Blades,
Blades, called blanks, and punches
those
those grooves that help you open the
night.
night. Basically just brute force.
Brute
Brute force, like you are swinging a
Shire
Shire horse! A Shire horse.
Fantastic. It is not as easy as it
looks.
looks. There is a box of 500, so I
will
will see
will see you in an hour. Gee,
thanks.
thanks. Let's get on with this. Ruth
uses
uses her
uses her knife every day for all
sorts
sorts of
sorts of tasks. Chopping up twine
and
and string and cutting into bales of
straw
straw when it is feeding time for
the
the animals.
I
I have
I have seen worse. This is a band
saw.
saw. Oh,
saw. Oh, my word, you are not
letting
letting me loose on that. No, for
health
health and safety I will be showing
you
you how
you how this is done.
you how this is done. There you are.
Wire.
Wire. It
Wire. It is starting to look like a
knife.
knife. I
knife. I can see the knife, yes. I
know
know obviously I have taken ages at
doing
doing this. How long would it take
you
you to
you to do
you to do it? A little bit faster
than
than you.
than you. With the handle in place,
all
all that
all that is needed is the blade,
finished
finished using methods that have not
changed
changed in centuries. How important
is
is it
is it to
is it to keep this traditional
alive?
alive? We
alive? We are coming to the end of
the
the industry and in the city I don't
think
think there are more than a dozen of
us
us left
us left after out of possibly
thousands. God, that is awful.
Beautiful
Beautiful job. One more thing I have
not
not told
not told you about this knife. This
is
is called
is called a sheep's foot knife and
it
it is
it is also called a farmer's nI.
Wire,
Wire, is
Wire, is it? I hope you have enjoyed
it.
it. I
it. I will make sure I will use
this.
this. Excellent, thank you very
much.
Fantastic. Come on, Ruth, let's show
each
each other. You have got one as
well.
well. I
well. I have got one exactly the
same
same as
same as yours and I have had it for
ages
ages and
ages and I didn't realise it was
made
made in
made in the same workshop. I hope my
last
last as
last as long, it is brand-new. Yours
is
is a
is a bit
is a bit more shiny, but I have had
this
this for
this for ages. It is fascinating
because
because that is where this was made.
Local
Local as
Local as well. It is wonderful that
this
this keeps going, this tradition.
When
When am
When am I
When am I allowed a knife. Go on,
show
show us,
show us, Ruth. It works. It does
that
that knife thing of cutting. Always
good
good to
good to see you, Ruth. See you later
in
in the
in the week. Throughout the show a
man
man with
man with a chainsaw has been hacking
away
away at
away at a
away at a lump of wood making a lot
of
of noise.
of noise. Now we can reveal that he
has
has almost finished. Hang on, not
yet.
yet. Before the big reveal, here is
what
what he
what he started with earlier today.
Just
Just look
Just look at that lump of wood. Are
you
you ready
you ready now? This is where we are
now.
now. That
now. That is amazing. There is still
a
a bit
a bit to
a bit to do, to be fair. You get a
big
big chunk
big chunk of wood and you have a big
piece
piece of
piece of kit, so how do you do
something
something so intricate and delicate?
This
This is
This is over the chainsaw and I am
applying
applying the finishing touches with
a
a pencil
a pencil sander, and it gets the
fine
fine details on the clause and the
face
face and
face and the beak and I use another
tool
tool for
tool for the eyes. It is amazing
that
that you
that you have seen the seed of
sculpture
sculpture in a block of wood. You
have
have only
have only got one go at the stop, so
if
if you
if you make the wrong cut earlier
on,
on, you
on, you can ruin the sculpture.
Measure
Measure twice but once, as they say
and
and be
and be careful. Presumably you don't
start
start with something like this? What
do
do you
do you start with? In terms of the
block
block of
block of wood? Normally I get images
sent
sent by
sent by people who want me to copy
something
something for them and I can scale
it
it onto
it onto the block and try and
replicate
replicate something smaller or
bigger.
bigger. Let's talk about scale
because
because you have got some other
object
object over here. How long did it
take
take you
take you to make this? This is a
huge
huge oak
huge oak bench. The two uprights are
one
one piece
one piece of wood divided into two.
This
This will
This will take several days. It is
the
the chainsaw, it is very heavy. The
piece
piece of
piece of wood weighed about half a
tonne
tonne to
tonne to start with. My friend Angus
is
is always
is always that accidents with chain
saws
saws are
saws are sell but trivial. You have
to
to be
to be careful. Yes, you do, I wear a
full
full facemask to protect my lungs,
gloves,
gloves, and suddenly to protect your
boots,
boots, yes, you have got to be
careful.
careful. These are absolutely
fabulous.
fabulous. What is that bird of prey?
This
This is
This is a
This is a buzzard. These two are
both
both from
both from Cedar and I basically use
oak
oak or
oak or cedar. Something like this
has
has had
has had a
has had a very light acrylic spray
paint
paint and
paint and it has jumped from the one
you
you have
you have just seen which is with the
end
end result, the fine tuning and the
burning
burning with a torch. Great to see
you
you at
you at work. You do love sculpting
your
your big
your big Bird and we enjoyed what
you
you do
you do it. Thank you very much.
After
After the
After the break we have got party
punch
punch and
punch and it is Rob versus a Dave
We
We are
We are Anthony Barr -- we are at the
bar
bar in
bar in the field. We've made it into
a
a summer
a summer fete and a celebration of
fun.
fun. And
fun. And it hasn't rained. Yet! We
have
have reached day three of Rob
against
against Dave's Yorkshire games. Last
night,
night, knives were thrown and
tonight
tonight we are tossing the caber and
they
they will
they will be judged by this guy. I
love
love Mark. He's brilliant, look at
that!
that! Before that we are joined for
the
the second time this week by the
Yorkshire
Yorkshire bartender, Callum Houston.
What
What have
What have you got for us? Some
cocktail
cocktail punches. Before we get
stuck
stuck in,
stuck in, and by the way
congratulations on your funky shirt.
Thank
Thank you
Thank you very much. A tropical
flavour.
flavour. Underestimating it now! I
just
just want
just want to say, this is life,
anything
anything can happen and as we were
on
on air,
on air, the goats escaped and they
were
were mucking things up. David spent
ten
ten minutes trying to get involved,
the
the lovely security men tried to
catch
catch them. Several other men were
involved,
involved, chasing around the goats.
Ruth
Ruth just
Ruth just wandered over, caught
them,
them, lifted it over the fence.
Dave,
Dave, how
Dave, how long had you been trying
to
to catch
to catch that goat? Two minutes,
tops!
tops! Anyway, to Ruth, for catching
the
the goat!
the goat! What have we got, Callum?
To
To start
To start we have a watermelon kiss.
It
It is
It is strawberries, cucumber,
cranberry
cranberry juice, a watermelon
liqueur
liqueur and a bit of vodka. Have a
try.
try. You
try. You can throw these into a jar,
the
the recipes on social media as
usual.
usual. Very fresh and so easy for
your
your garden party. Why are they
called
called punches? Punch comes from an
Indian
Indian term meaning five and they
typically
typically contain five ingredients.
Punch!
Punch! Good knowledge, thank you. I
thought
thought it is because people drank
too
too much
too much and they punched. You're
from
from Yorkshire two I'm from Cumbria.
This
This is
This is like a Mergea towbar it is
from
from Yorkshire, you have
elderflower, lime, gin and a bit of
soda.
soda. You
soda. You can make this nonalcoholic
so
so you
so you don't have to add gin. Quite
sour,
sour, isn't it? It is sharp. I love
that,
that, really nice. Yeah? We've got a
bit
bit of
bit of an
bit of an end of show party on
Friday.
Friday. Our punch recipe is going to
be
be on
be on the
be on the social media site so if
you
you want
you want to get involved, you can
join
join in
join in from home and we'll do it on
the
the telly. What's next? Paradise in
Yorkshire, Mango vodka, passion
fruit,
fruit, pomegranate and apple. That's
very
very sweet. Not for you, no? It's a
bit
bit boozy. I love this. I love the
name,
name, Callum. Did you make them up?
Just
Just for
Just for tonight! Beautiful names.
Thank
Thank you, your recipes are only
social
social media sites on the screen
now.
now. Note
now. Note them down and get involved
and
and join
and join us for a party on Friday. I
liked
liked your first one. I like this
nonalcoholic one. This one for me.
I'm
I'm mixing mine! I've got my sporran
wet,
wet, I'm
wet, I'm too upset! Our time is
almost
almost upset but round three of the
Rob
Rob against Dave competition,
Yorkshire
Yorkshire twist on classic tossing
the
the caber, which is called that's
got
got a
got a reet grand log. Got it? Let's
look
look ahead to tomorrow. This is
clearly
clearly a
clearly a feeding station. They feed
on
on fruit
on fruit but not any old food, they
love
love rotting fruit. This is quite a
delicate
delicate process. It's speedy, so
less
less talking, more working! If you
get
get nervous, keep paddling, keep
calm
calm and
calm and carry on.
calm and carry on. Wahey! That's so
nice.
nice. Oh,
nice. Oh, I almost got away with it.
She's
She's had
She's had this on all night, keeping
herself
herself warm! You cheat! So much
still
still to
still to look forward to tomorrow
but
but tonight show is not over yet. It
is
is time
is time for the Rob against Dave
Yorkshire
Yorkshire games. What? So far this
week
week we've had a knife throwing, hay
bale
bale flipping and it is Nak and
neck.
neck. How
neck. How are you feeling, boys?
Hungary
Hungary come actually. I need my
strength.
strength. -- hungry, actually. It is
a
a Yorkshire twist on a classic
Highland
Highland games competition, tossing
the
the caber, called that's got a reet
grand
grand log. Play is going to be
judged
judged by
judged by Highland games expert and
two
two time
two time Guinness World Record
holder,
holder, Mark Anglesey. I'd recommend
that
that you
that you don't upset him, guys.
Welcome
Welcome to the show, Mark. He's too
smiley
smiley to
smiley to be mean! ! Tell us,
tossing
tossing the caber, it's quite a fine
art,
art, isn't it? Quite sophisticated.
The
The right
The right angle. Lifting position,
and
and when
and when the weight of the caber is
moving
moving forward, you are using your
weight
weight to
weight to toss the caber. People
think
think it's associated with the
Highland
Highland games but it is done
elsewhere. It originated from
Scotland,
Scotland, the person could prove
themselves, but in Yorkshire we use
there
there the
there the Highland games and it's
become
become popular all over the country.
The
The Yorkshire version is a slightly
smaller
smaller cable, isn't it? Yes, it is.
--
-- slightly smaller caber. It is as
heavy.
heavy. Go
heavy. Go on, Mark, do your thing.
Poke
Poke the
Poke the boys through their
technique
technique because I don't want them
to
to put
to put their back out. What do you
do.
do. Right, lads, as you balance it
on
on your
on your shoulder you step forward,
pressed
pressed forward and flip. And you
go,
go, lads,
go, lads, quick. I don't want to do
masculine
masculine to you, but yours aren't
quite
quite as... Mark is going to judge
it.
it. Our
it. Our wee doing it together? No!
One
One at
One at a
One at a time. -- are we doing it
together.
together. Oh, nice. Good, nice.
Next.
Next. Go
Next. Go on, Dave. Whoever goes
furthest
furthest will take the third. Have
it!
it! Yes!
it! Yes! Wow. Well done,
congratulations. Mark? Definitely
green.
green. A
green. A victory for Dave. Were you
impressed? Very impressed. One more
than
than the
than the other, I suspect. The
winner
winner is
winner is David, we're going to put
you
you on
you on the board there. Blimey, all
to
to play
to play for. Congratulations, Dave,
that's
that's just about it for tonight
show.
show. We're back tomorrow at 8pm
don't
don't forget to join in at 7pm for
our
our great
our great Yorkshire life featuring
Friends
Friends of the Earth show. A massive
thank
thank you
thank you to our guests. And we'll
look
look forward to seeing you all
tomorrow
tomorrow night on the Yorkshire
farm,
farm, live. Bye!