So many things are making me happy
right now, especially at that dancing,
please don't stop that!
It is 8pm on Friday night,
we are live in South Yorkshire for our
final show of the series and we are ending
ending the week with our summer
picnic
picnic in
picnic in the paddock! We are
pulling
pulling out all the stops tonight
with
with live
with live music from Backchat Brass.
The
The Maurice dancers and all the
friends
friends and family at the farm. All
right?
right? Yes! They have been
practising that all week. Did I get
that
that nearly right? You were great. A
massive
massive thank you to the farm staff,
the
the guests from the Yorkshire
catlike
catlike vet and the Nicholson family
for
for another amazing week and the
most
most important guests of all, you
guys.
guys. It
guys. It has been a busy week, we
have
have had
have had one berth and there is
Henry
Henry the
Henry the calf, and the 48 hours
old.
old. Oh,
old. Oh, down he goes! It is
absently
absently fine, looking fabulous.
Still
Still waiting for news on Rainbow
the
the Shetland pony, still hasn't
given
given birth, but it could be any
second.
second. No foal yet, but keep an eye
on
on that
on that pony. Always so much to do
around
around here, I think everybody on
the
the farm
the farm should get a raise. Raise
the
the roof?
the roof? -- raise for wreath and
Farmer
Farmer Kate and definitely Tim? I
have
have a
have a heart murmur! Pigs might fly!
I
I think
I think we should get on with the
show!
show! Welcome to Summer on the Farm
life!
--
-- live.
Hello
Hello and
Hello and welcome to Summer on the
Farm
Farm Live. We are here with the
Maurice
Maurice dancers and also, pretty
cool
cool again, Maurice dancing. You are
distracting because you want to get
involved.
involved. Don't you worry, he will
be
be later
be later on. They said, would you be
willing
willing to do anything on the show
and
and I
and I said, anything except dancing,
and
and guess
and guess what I am doing tonight!
Thank
Thank you
Thank you for joining in this week,
we
we appreciate your photos and
messages,
messages, you have been amazing.
Fantastic, now, it is time for us to
meet
meet again the Ant and Dec of the
agricultural world. Dave and Rob.
Rob
Rob and
Rob and Dave. Can I say, look at
that.
that. It
that. It is miles! What is wrong
with
with that? Well done, Dave. It is a
big
big night
big night because this is the final,
the
the combination of Robb versus Dave
in
in the
in the Yorkshire games, a rematch of
last
last year's tug-of-war, look at me,
I
I am
I am in
I am in the sunshine! A rematch of
last
last year's tug-of-war, this is a
reminder.
reminder. Who won last time? Let's
have
have a
have a look. I don't want to talk
about
about it.
about it. Look at that! The vets
were
were all
were all over the place. We don't
like
like to
like to go on about it, Dave. There
has
has been
has been a what's that going all
year,
year, they keep replaying it. --
Mecca
Mecca WhatsApp. We have had 12
months
months of
months of hurt, Helen. It may or may
not
not be
not be rectified tonight. We are
joined
joined by
joined by the team of the Yorkshire
Vet.
Vet. Are
Vet. Are you feeling strong, ready
for
for the
for the rematch? We don't talk to
the
the opposition. We mean business. No
messing
messing about this time. We don't
take
take it
take it seriously at all! People
might
might say
might say you need a strong
character
character on your team. Matt is not
here
here what
here what have you done with him?
Matt
Matt sabotaged our attempt last year
so
so we
so we have made sure he was
unavailable this evening. Why does
that
that scare me a little bit when you
say
say that?
say that? It is fine, don't worry.
Matt
Matt is
Matt is just fine, he's just not
here.
here. Again, definitely scaring.
Catch
Catch up
Catch up with you guys later. Next,
one
one of
one of the most prestigious country
shows
shows of
shows of the year, the Great
Yorkshire
Yorkshire Show, and when you are
entering
entering a prize ewe alongside your
Mum,
Mum, the
Mum, the stakes are even higher.
Mum, the stakes are even higher. The
Great
Great Yorkshire Show where, for
three
three days each summer, the best of
the
the best
the best livestock handlers slug it
out
out for
out for the top prizes. Handlers
like
like Charlotte Ellis, part of the
team
team here
team here at the farm. Competitor,
too.
too. Girls! We have got Biscuits.
Biscuits!
Biscuits! She will be going all out
at
at the
at the great Yorkshire. Before then,
she
she has
she has to put her top animals
through
through their paces at a
competition. Mum Julie is helping
get
get them
get them show ready. We show
get them show ready. We show both
the
the Ryelands, they are lovely and
not
not too
not too big a breed, which is great
for
for me
for me and Mum because we are a bit
smaller.
smaller. Has to be teamwork, they
are
are long
are long days and you have to work
together.
together. Sometimes picking the ones
to
to go
to go to
to go to the show, we have different
opinions
opinions over and who is showing who
if
if we
if we have a particularly naughty
one,
one, that
one, that can lead to disagreements.
Yes,
Yes, mum
Yes, mum normally gets the naughty
one!
one! And
one! And this is Charlotte's secret
weapon,
weapon, Yorkshire Dragon. She is my
absolute
absolute favourite. I have had her
out
out showing every year since she
out showing every year since she was
a
a lamb
a lamb and she can be a little bit
feisty.
feisty. The first test getting any
sheep
sheep show ready is getting them
bathed.
bathed. She knows what is coming,
she
she has
she has been on here quite a few
times
times and
times and I think when she knows it
is
is not
is not the shed, it is bath-time,
unfortunately. I have shown
Yorkshire
Yorkshire Dragon since she was a
lamb
lamb and
lamb and a really successful year
was
was in
was in 2019 when she was a shearling
ewe,
ewe, she
ewe, she had three championship wins
that
that year. Champing at Peniston
show,
show, North Yorkshire County and the
Royal
Royal Cheshire Show as well. --
champion.
champion. This year, Charlotte and
Julie
Julie are
Julie are going for the big one. The
Great
Great Yorkshire Show. But that
depends
depends on this ewe overcoming a
small
small problem. You see where it is
slightly
slightly uneven? That is when they
suckle
suckle a
suckle a single lamb. I am a little
bit
bit concerned about her order and
making
making sure it evens up on time, we
are
are a
are a few
are a few weeks away from the Great
Yorkshire
Yorkshire Show and days away from
her
her first
her first show -- the udder. We
think
think she
think she will be all right and we
think
think she
think she has reached her beak as
the
the breeding ewe and it probably
will
will be
will be her last outing for showing,
but
but it
but it would be nice to get a really
good
good last
good last one in! Yorkshire mag
dragon's
dragon's prize winning legacy could
live
live on.
live on. She has a daughter, Buddy,
being
being shown for the very first time
this
this year. Buddy has already had a
bath,
bath, but
bath, but now she needs a trim and
this
this handy platform makes it easy
for
for Charlotte and Julie. Normally
very
very good
very good clients. They normally
stand
stand reasonably still. They can't
tell
tell you
tell you if you have done a rubbish
job
job either! She has got all the nice
Ryeland
Ryeland features including these
lovely
lovely dark ears. Ideally, they have
black
black or
black or dark skin in their ears and
she
she has
she has lovely straight front legs
and
and a
and a nice shaped backend as well.
If
If we
If we could come home with some
rosettes
rosettes this evening, it will be
fantastic
fantastic because it sets us up
really
really nicely for the Yorkshire and
it
it is
it is nice to see some of those
other
other sheep we might be competing
with
with there as well. Good girl. I
think
think we
think we have done now what we can
with
with them
with them both. I think we have, I
think
think they both look really good. We
just
just have
just have to see how they get on in
a
a few
a few days' time. Definitely, I'm
sure
sure they
sure they will be OK. They will. And
good
good luck, Charlotte, from all of us
here.
here. I
here. I have got to just point this
out,
out, excuse me. This is doing its
party
party trick, this little sheep is
actually
actually undoing my shoelaces. Does
it
it regularly do that? It has done
yours
yours already. In London, you get
those
those fancy fish that give you
pedicures
pedicures and here in Yorkshire, you
get
get black
get black nose sheep that undo your
laces.
laces. We
laces. We could be to an earner!
This
This one
This one with the horns does them up
again!
again! What are you taking to
Harrogate? Likely to see Charlotte
and
and her
and her Mum? Yes, we will see them,
we
we are
we are taking our Highland cattle
and
and shire
and shire horses and we will support
Charlotte
Charlotte and I wouldn't want to
take
take on,
take on, she is a formidable
competitor. Keep your eyes peeled
for
for Charlotte and her Mum, you can
catch
catch highlights from the 163rd
Great
Great Yorkshire Show next Wednesday
and
and Thursday on Channel 5. After the
break,
break, we
break, we have Maurice dancers and
Chris
Chris and
Chris and even some owls. See you in
a
a bit.
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MUSIC:
MUSIC
Good
Good work. Great work. Welcome back
to
to Summer
to Summer on the Farm s and a
massive
massive thank you to the Morris
dancer,
dancer, co-founder Melanie joins us,
how
how are
how are your new recruits Brilliant.
They
They only
They only learned it. You did that
with
with your
with your tongue out. Like kids. I
had
had to
had to think about it. I am not very
co-ordinated: You were brilliant.
What
What is
What is the joy, why do you do it?
We
We love
We love folk music, we love dancing,
getting
getting together as a group, it is
one
one big
one big family, really, it feeds the
soul
soul and
soul and we like party together as
well.
well. It
well. It is all over your face, each
and
and every
and every one of you is smiling, so
thanks
thanks for joining us, we will have
more
more later on from you. Still to
come
come tonight. Tim is going to be
cooking
cooking up party treats for us and
talking
talking of party treat, you can't
have
have a
have a feasting without crisp, straw
poll,
poll, what is your favourite
flavours?
flavours? Who is in for some cheese
and
and onion? No, no. Salted. But they
have
have to
have to be strong enough to pick up
of
of your
of your home-made hummus, darling.
He
He is
He is from down south don't you
know.
know. We
know. We will enjoy hummus where you
can
can watch
can watch JB Gill. An incredible six
billion
billion bags of crisps are eaten in
the
the UK
the UK every year. It is an industry
which
which results in a lot of single-use
plastic
plastic waste.
I
I am
I am here
I am here to meet two Herefordshire
farmers
farmers who are doing something
about
about it.
Sean
Sean Mason and Mark Green hatched a
plan
plan to
plan to make their own crisps in a
factory
factory that runs entirely on potato
power.
Hey,
Hey, Mark, hey Sean. Good to meet
you.
you. What
you. What are you doing? We are
looking
looking at the potato, digging them
up
up and
up and checking the quality and make
sure
sure they
sure they are going to make good
crisps.
crisps. We are really pleased. How
did
did this
did this begin. We have been friends
for
for a
for a long time. We had a vision of
producing
producing our own crisp, the main
part
part of
part of it is about sustainability.
How
How do
How do you keep the business
sustainable? Over here we have our
digester
digester which is our giant
mechanical cow, so we are taking all
the
the waste
the waste within crisp production
and
and we
and we are making gas, which we take
to
to an
to an engine and it makes electric
and
and that
and that supplies the farm and the
factory
factory with all the energy it
needs.
needs. Amazing. In 20 ache fielder
produces
produces 350 tonnes of potatoes,
which
which will make 2.5 million pacts --
packets
packets of crisps. And that process
starts
starts with the potatoes getting a
good
good wash.
How
How many
How many potatoes are going through
this
this machine? This machine is
capable
capable of doing ten tonnes and hour
which
which would make 75,000 packets of
crisp.
crisp. Amazing.
Next
Next the
Next the potatoes are graded and
this
this is
this is done by hand. I need to keep
my
my eyes
my eyes sharp, to spot which spuds
are
are duds.
are duds. Was that good? That is not
good.
good. That will have to come out.
Drop
Drop that
Drop that in there. We are looking
for
for anything that won't make good
quality
quality crisps. And that is a no?
That
That will
That will go back into the plant and
make
make the
make the energy to run the factory.
Wow.
The
The good
The good potatoes continue their
journey,
journey, being peeled... Sliced and
fried.
All
All be
All be machinery running on potato
power.
power. Even the flavouring is part
of
of Sean
of Sean and Mark's drive towards low
food
food miles.
Today
Today we
Today we are making cheese and
onion,
onion, we
onion, we use a fantastic cheese
from
from a
from a local producer, Hereford hop
cheese
cheese and it makes our beautiful
flavoured
flavoured crisps. It is really
sustainable.
Finally
Finally the crisps are packed and it
is
is here
is here the most significant work is
being
being done to minimise environmental
damage
damage with a plant based
alternative to plastic.
I
I mean
I mean it
I mean it feels like plastic, what
is
is so
is so special about these? This is
cellulose
cellulose film, so it's a resin
extracted
extracted from plant, it is plastic
free
free and
free and compostable. We see the
effects
effects of litter, all round us,
people
people throwing out crisp packets,
lying
lying in
lying in hedges for decade, if this
ends
ends up
ends up in a hedge or in the sea, it
whon't
whon't be
whon't be there in 35 weeks' time it
will
will will
will will have decomposed. It's a
hugely
hugely impressive effort to make
every
every aspect of production
sustainable. But before I give the
crisps
crisps the JB seal of approval I
need
need to
need to taste them.
So.
So. So
So. So these are the crisps. Here we
go.
go. That
go. That is the Hereford hop cheese
anden
anden I
anden I don't know gaifr. Very
flavour
flavour some. That is garlic and
mushroom.
mushroom. They are really nice.
Guilt
Guilt free crisps from a farm with a
potato
potato as
potato as king.
Cheers
Cheers JB. Cheese and onion are very
good.
good. Thank you. We are joined in
the
the paddock, by... Yorkshire vet,
team
team from
team from The Yorkshire Vet. We are
going
going to
going to get tips about how to look
after
after your imagines in the hot wet,
we
we have
we have a
we have a heat wave pending. We are
saying
saying it
saying it is hands on deck, the farm
is
is busy,
is busy, you never know what is
going
going to
going to happen and that was
literally
literally the case last night. After
the
the show
the show the crew wrapped up, packed
away,
away, headed off home, 20 minutes up
the
the road
the road our director and our
colleagues came across an emergency,
they
they had
they had to call out Rob to help. I
didn't
didn't expect to be doing on
Thursday
Thursday night... This little calf
decided
decided it was going to explore some
new
new territory, home is where the
Harte
Harte is,
Harte is, we have got it back in
with
with mum,
with mum, she is thrilled. The calf
is
is thrilled. We can go back home and
get
get tea.
get tea. Well done boy, and girls.
Well
Well done
Well done them isn't that amazing?
Seriously, if the general public
should
should come across something like
that,
that, a
that, a calf on the road, what
should
should you do? It is tricky. It can
be
be really
be really tricky the priority would
be
be to
be to get
be to get the farmer or the owner
involved,
involved, it is their animal, they
will
will know
will know what is best, so that
would
would be
would be the first step. Sorry,
sorry,
sorry, go
sorry, go on, after you. How careful
should
should you be? When they running
round
round on
round on the road type of thing?
Yeah,
Yeah, it
Yeah, it is difficult to catch
animals
animals on the road. I think you did
really
really well managing to get hold of
the
the calf.
the calf. They run very fast, they
are
are scared and you could easily end
up
up chasing them into car, if they
are
are on
are on the road, trying to stop the
traffic
traffic is the best thing and get
help.
help. But
help. But you have to be careful
when
when it
when it is calf and mum. Yes the
mums
mums can
mums can be aggressive. She was
really
really agitated. Stop eating! If
there
there is
there is any doubt, if you don't
know
know who
know who the farmer would be, you
could
could contact the local vet practise
and
and they
and they can give you more
information, but, just probably not
to
to put
to put yourself or the animals at
risk,
risk, it
risk, it is a tricky judgment call.
Can
Can I
Can I ask
Can I ask you something, we know
there
there is
there is a heat wave coming, that
will
will be
will be tough for you with farm
animal,
animal, can keep with their own
animal,
animal, pets and so on, what
precaution should you take now A
really
really important one is not to walk
dog,
dog, in
dog, in the middle of the day
certainly, to avoid that. When
people
people walk them on a hot pavement,
with
with tarmac, it is worth having a
feel
feel of
feel of that, and if that is feeling
too
too hot
too hot don't let your dog walk on
it.
it. What
it. What about your bigger animal,
horse,
horse, cows? The other thing that
doesn't
doesn't get talked about as much.
There
There is
There is more insects round, so with
horse,
horse, they can be more prone to
getting
getting an itch, an allergic
reaction
reaction to midge, likewise with
sheep,
sheep, cattle, you have to be aware
there
there is
there is a bigger risk of fly strike
and
and doing
and doing what you can to prevent
that.
that. Listen, we will catch you
later
later in
later in the tug-of-war, I would say
good
good luck
good luck but I don't really mean
it.
it. In
it. In a
it. In a few minute we will be
joined
joined by
joined by the wisest of all birds so
they
they say,
they say, these beautiful owl, the
plan
plan is
plan is they will take flight above
the
the farm,
the farm, we will see if that works
or
or not.
or not. First Rob and Dave have
prided
prided themselves on creating a
haven
haven for
haven for wildlife here on the farm.
Recently
Recently they set about making a
brand-new
brand-new home for birds. Look at
the
the vets,
the vets, see an animal they can't
help
help but
help but cuddle it.
Keeping
Keeping the livestock fed is a big
part
part of
part of farming. But we want to make
sure
sure that
sure that our local bug, birds and
beasties
beasties also have a well stocked
larder.
larder. So we are creating a wild
flower
flower meadow on a two acre field
that
that was
that was poor for farming.
We
We are
We are hoping it as has a new lease
of
of life
of life providing food and habitat
for
for rare
for rare bird species that have been
in
in decline. Today Poppy Rummery from
the
the RSPB
the RSPB has dropped by to see if we
are
are on
are on the right track. So this
Poppy
Poppy is
Poppy is hopefully going to be our
wild
wild flower meadow. This is amazing.
This
This land
This land wasn't very productive so
we
we are
we are rote visited it I stone
picked
picked and hopefully got a good seed
bed
bed for
bed for the plants to grow. We have
a
a wild
a wild flower mix, we are not
expert,
expert, we know it has cost a small
fortune
fortune to buy the seed, I did This
is
is amazing. This land wasn't very
productive so we are rote visited it
I
I stone
I stone picked and hopefully got a
good
good seed
good seed bed for the plants to
grow.
grow. We
grow. We have a wild flower mix, we
are
are not
are not expert, we know it has cost
a
a small
a small fortune to buy the seed, I
did
did the
did the Yorkshire war cry "How
much?"
much?" I
much?" I thought if we are going to
do
do it
do it we
do it we would do it right. We hope
they
they will
they will provide food for birds,
bees
bees and
bees and insects is. We have also
added
added plants with an abundant crop
of
of seeds
of seeds that will keep birds fed
and
and attract different faeces. The
wild
wild flowers provide that food
source
source four the bees and insects,
and
and if
and if the birds are feeding to feed
on
on insects, you have tae constant
food
food supply, really, which is
exactly
exactly what they need in the
winter.
winter. We have a few variety of
birds,
birds, letter spotted woodpecker,
goldcrest, the sparrowhawks.
Goldfinches. Will Will it bring any
new
new to
new to the area? Birds like
Lynettes,
Lynettes, corn bunting, there is so
much
much potential here a variety of
birds.
birds. While we have got Poppy on
hand
hand we
hand we want to show her some the
other
other imments we have made. The The
first
first of
first of the ponds is down here on
the
the left.
the left. We created this, about
five
five or
five or six years ago, I think. It
took
took a
took a while to bed in but it is
like
like it
like it has been there forever,
really.
really. It is a real haven for
insect,
insect, and birds and... And right
on
on cue
on cue one of our most spectacular
visitors
visitors of. There is a buzzard.
Awesome.
Awesome. It is coming in. I often
see
see there
see there is a pair round here, I
bet
bet there
bet there is a nest. They are
floating
floating round. Looking for their
next
next meal. Especially if you have
had
had a
had a pair they will look the feed
their
their chicks. Yes, a pair. Do you
think
think if
think if we look after the wild
flower
flower meadow, the ponds, this
habitat,
habitat, the specie at the top of
the
the tree
the tree gravitate here? Definitely,
and
and like
and like the fact you may already
have
have them
have them nesting here is a good
start,
start, so
start, so you can only be on the up
from
from here.
Eagle
Eagle eyed Dave spots a bird that
has
has made
has made its home on the pond
itself.
itself. Is that a coot or a moor
hen.
hen. A
hen. A moor hen. That is the value
of
of this
of this pond, we find we get
ducklings
ducklings on it. Moor hen, coots I
have
have seen
have seen a kingfisher down here,
that
that was
that was a real thrill. How
fantastic. Poppy seems to like what
we
we are
we are doing in providing a broad
range
range of
range of habitat for bird life on
the
the farm.
the farm. Bird life, which after
all,
all, enhances our experience of
being
being farmers. So are you seeing
lots
lots of
lots of different Spies Is up by the
farm?
farm? Definitely, we are lucky you
have
have a
have a colony of curlews that come
back
back every year to nest. And the
swallow,
swallow, you know summer is here
when
when the
when the first one arrives. Once
your
your meadow establish, you never
know
know what
know what you will get here. I am
looking
looking forward to seeing what turns
up.
up. It
up. It will be an exciting next few
years
years I
years I reckon.
Can
Can I
Can I say
Can I say thank you gentlemen, that
is
is massive investment, yet I am
certain,
certain, you have made the
environment wildlife will come. It
always
always does, thank you. You're
welcome.
welcome. We are joined by Kerry and
David.
David. You have brought along some
friends,
friends, talk us through who we have
got.
got. Rob
got. Rob suits an owl. We have
Barley,
Barley, she is a British barn owl,
very
very popular bird known for its
heart
heart shaped face, they are known by
a
a number
a number of nickname, the sunny owl
and
and the
and the ghost owl. How many Spies
species
species of native owl do we have?
Five,
Five, the
Five, the little own and the barn
owl.
owl. You
owl. You are a fan of the owl. I
love
love barn
love barn owl, second only to
curlews
curlews and we have them breeding
locally.
locally. You guys are doing plenty
to
to support birds but other farmers
are
are doing
are doing it. Most farmers love to
see
see wildlife on the farm, the great
news
news is
news is the Government is putting
hard
hard cash
hard cash behind measures that will
see
see hedgerows replanted, and crops
that
that will
that will encourage wildlife, so it
is
is all
is all looking good. Dave you have a
fettered
fettered friend on your arm. This is
Sprout,
Sprout, she is our little owl we
have
have had
have had since he was three weeks
old.
old. We
old. We have got little owls in this
very
very ditch. And our neighbour, when
I
I go
I go into
I go into his farm yard there is one
sat
sat on
sat on the building. You see them on
telegraph
telegraph poles. I will have a rant
now.
now. Little owls are an invasive
species,
species, they were all let go, but
we
we don't
we don't mind them, because look how
beautiful
beautiful they are. If you are
beautiful
beautiful you can get away with
anything,
anything, can't you Helen. It's lost
a
a question. That is a loaded
question.
question. You will be out and about.
People
People will be putting on displayers
it
it is
it is a
it is a great opportunity for people
to
to get
to get up
to get up close and person Allawi
means
means they can appreciate them. It
is
is s
is s we
is s we are lucky to have the
wildlife
wildlife we have in the UK, birds of
prey,
prey, our
prey, our favourite really, but,
yeah,
yeah, it
yeah, it is great to let kids and
adults
adults and everybody learn and
really
really appreciate what we have in
the
the UK,
the UK, and ours fantastic birds,
they
they fly
they fly daily and have the chance
to
to free
to free roam and fly round and see
them
them do
them do what they should be doing
best.
This
This is
This is our lovely Bear, a stunning
long
long eared owl, one of the more
elusive
elusive species. His eyes are just
fantastic, do they stay that colour
throughout their life? That is it,
that
that lovely amber coloration
normally
normally indicating they are a dawn
and
and dusk
and dusk hunter. Bear? The plumage
is
is amazing. David, we are hoping to
see
see Bear
see Bear in flight. If anybody
recognises David's mannerisms, he is
a
a nephew
a nephew of Peter Wright, a very
good
good friend of the show. A long
eared
eared owl, the feathers, they are
not
not ears?
not ears? They are tops of feather,
the
the ears
the ears are on the side of the head
asymmetrically set and we use them
as
as mood
as mood indicators and hopefully
when
when they
when they are stuck up, it means she
is
is happy
is happy and content in her
surroundings. If not, she could be a
little
little unsure. Hopefully, that is a
good
good sign. You told me she is
normally
normally a bit of a tinker. At home,
she
she is
she is very naughty, a bit of a
madam
madam at
madam at times. Great, I have the
naughty
naughty one! OK, come. Come on,
Bear.
Bear. Oh,
Bear. Oh, she wasn't naughty at all!
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for
that.
that. Marvellous display. Bear, I
think
think you
think you and I go well together, we
should
should hang out more often. We will
be
be back
be back in
BRASS BAND PLAYS
APPLAUSE
Welcome
Welcome back to Summer on the Farm
Live
Live here
Live here at the family farm in
South
South Yorkshire where we are having
a
a cheeky
a cheeky little picnic in the
paddock.
paddock. Fantastic! Still to come. I
think
think they are half cut, there was
light,
light, it
light, it is Friday night! Still to
come,
come, cocktails and a legendary
tug-of-war. There is lots of hungry
faces,
faces, Tim, what are you cooking up
tonight?
tonight? I am making some super pie
food.
food. You
food. You will have to make lots of
it.
it. We
it. We do
it. We do puddings first and before
we
we crack
we crack on with these puddings, we
need
need another slice of you with your
sexy
sexy voice kitchen video. Time for
dessert,
dessert, guys, you're welcome!
Today,
Today, I'm doing the ultimate,
using,
using, baked Alaska. Chocolate.
Crack.
Crack. Whisk.
Crack. Whisk. Pour. Scoop.
Crack. Whisk. Pour. Scoop. Ladle.
Bake.
Bake. Now, the meringue.
Press.
Press. Scoop.
Bake
Bake again.
Bake again. Ready.
Absolutely perfect.
Tim
Tim has
Tim has to go to Manchester for a
paid
paid now
paid now because he gets so much
ribbing!
ribbing! That is so true! I have
spent
spent a
spent a lot of time with you and I
know
know you
know you can speak full sentences,
but
but we
but we make you just go, press. Rob.
Anyway,
Anyway, baked Alaska. Tim, these are
works
works of
works of art, they absolutely are.
Let's
Let's give them a try. It is not a
normal
normal baked Alaska, it has a
chocolate
chocolate pudding. It is chocolate
funding
funding with chocolate -- chocolate
fondant
fondant with chocolate ice cream on
top
top and
top and we put meringue outside. I
have
have to
have to ask are putting ice cream
into
into the
into the oven, how long does it go
in,
in, why
in, why doesn't it melt? Really hot
oven
oven for
oven for about two to three minutes
and
and it
and it touches the meringue. It is
the
the meringue that protects the ice
cream
cream and
cream and stops it melting. Are you
a
a fan,
a fan, Ruth customer very big fan,
that
that is
that is very nice. Baked Alaska
feels
feels like a 1980s classic to me.
Absolutely, and they are not hard to
do,
do, and
do, and you can set them on fire as
well.
well. With a bit of brandy and poor
that
that over
that over the top. We had better
stop
stop and
stop and talk about, that is lovely.
We
We have
We have our guest here, the crew are
hungry
hungry and everybody wants fees,
what
what have
what have you got? We have a
fabulous
fabulous summer salad.
fabulous summer salad. Lettuce,
spinach,
spinach, rocket, tomatoes, onions
and
and I
and I have crumbled Feta cheese over
the
the top.
the top. Can you dress that, Rob? A
salad
salad is
salad is all about the dressing.
This
This has
This has got lime, green chili,
garlic,
garlic, honey, it is absolutely
tremendous. Garlic, lime, honey.
Olive
Olive oil
Olive oil and a bit of cider
vinegar.
vinegar. That makes a bit of spinach
and
and tomato a bit more interesting,
doesn't
doesn't it? Yes. Wow! Drizzled! What
about
about the
about the pasta? Can you do stress
that
that a
that a little bit, Helen? Steady on,
man
man --
man -- Rob, nobody wants a coronary!
Pasta,
Pasta, cucumber, peas and cherry
tomatoes
tomatoes and there is a little creme
fraiche
fraiche to add creaminess and a
lovely
lovely pesto. OK, and this is going
to
to go,
to go, the good thing about a pasta
salad,
salad, you can put it out on the
salad,
salad, you don't worry about the
right
right temperature and all the rest
of
of it.
of it. Absolutely not. And last but
not
not least. You have got to have
potatoes.
potatoes. The best ever potato salad
you
you will
you will ever taste. What I have
done
done with
done with yours, you have crispy
onions
onions on
onions on top. Crispy onions, let's
have
have a
have a go. That is yours, Martin. O.
A
A lot
A lot of
A lot of people use mayonnaise in
potato
potato salad, I use yoghurt. It just
takes
takes that acidity up another level
and
and it
and it just sings to you summer.
That
That is
That is lovely, so nice. Then we get
some
some bacon and we put bacon down so
it
it is
it is nice and crispy and we save
the
the fat
the fat and we fry it in some
breadcrumbs in the bacon fat. Both
Ruth
Ruth and
Ruth and Dave saw the bacon and
went,
went, oh!
went, oh! It is still good! Thank
you,
you, as
you, as always, the recipes will be
on
on our
on our social media channels.
Something
Something tells me this is going to
be
be gone
be gone in seconds. Cheers, Tim. I
know
know you
know you want loads of food, we are
bringing
bringing it over in a second! After
the
the break, it is time for drink
Welcome
Welcome back to Summer on the Farm
where
where we
where we are having a cheeky
pickness
pickness nick in the paddock, we
have
have loads of our favourite people
here,
here, we
here, we have friends and family,
look
look at
look at the crowd there. Good to CEO
guys.
guys. Good of you to take some time
out
out of
out of your schedule. Still to come
the
the Grand
the Grand Final of Rob versus Dave
in
in our
in our Yorkshire games, you feeling
up
up for
up for it? Definitely. Now the vet's
team
team are
team are Rob, me, Helen and Callum.
I
I said
I said that wrong, haven't I? Get
back
back to
back to your... He has already
started.
started. I will just drink these
things.
things. You have made some
cocktails. I have. So in, when you
go
go on
go on holiday you normally come
across
across cocktails like this, that
these
these are
these are fruity, sweet, lots of
food
food colouring, I have your three
cocktails
cocktails you can make at home and a
twist
twist on
twist on classics, so the first up.
We
We have
We have brought our pudding. This is
too
too good
too good the waste. This is a
variation
variation of Margarita, this is a
sparkling
sparkling sorbet so you have
tequila,
tequila, grapefruit and else were
flower.
flower. That has got a kick. If you
think
think that has a kick, the next one
does,
does, this is a banana daquiri. We
have
have made
have made it with banana peel syrup.
We
We have
We have made it into a Bakare. It
has
has a
has a kick to it. I didn't like
that.
that. It
that. It was liked me sin. We used
to
to do
to do that at school. Scrape it off,
put
put it
put it in
put it in a book and turn it into
tobacco
tobacco and turn it into cigarettes.
Did
Did you
Did you do that. I didn't like that
one.
one. Not
one. Not for you? How row got that
banana
banana extract out of there. The
chef
chef likes it. It grows on you. I
like
like that, I like that. It is
interesting. Can we get to the third
one.
one. So
one. So this one is a variation on a
spritz,
spritz, so this is elder flower,
lime,
lime, mint soda and Prosecco, it is
fresh
fresh on
fresh on a day like today. OK.
Lovely.
Lovely. Now that I like. The mint
does
does it.
does it. That extra mint. ? Ruth,
you
you are
you are loving that aren't you. Yes!
Do
Do groi
Do groi what I think, you need to
give
give Ruth
give Ruth more time off. Stop it. I
will
will source it for you Ruth. That is
delicious. That is absolutely
lovely.
lovely. Callum we will sub you into
the
the tug-of-war. I having been
looking
looking forward to it. Callum hasn't
been
been drinking any of the alcohol in
preparation. All of the recipes are
on
on the
on the social media channel, try
them
them and
them and send us a picture, if you
have
have one
have one in the garden, cheers you
enjoy
enjoy your summer, now I think we
should
should have a revisit of week we
have
have had
have had so far, because it has been
a
a belter.
Welcome
Welcome to Summer on the Farm live!
Come
Come on
Come on Ted, behave lad. Behave.
This
This one
This one is called lamb's wool. This
will
will have
will have you running for the
toilet.
toilet. Oh, wow! Wow! Look at that.
Near
Near miss. Wow. So that is so nice.
Who
Who dressed him? I'm ice cool
actually.
actually. Yes! Will is a box of 500
so
so see
so see you in about an hour. Thanks!
This
This is
This is a
This is a feeding -- fiendish
station.
station. There is nothing like new
life
life and
life and think baby ponies are as
good
good as
good as they get. You are a
magnificent creature. Not you.
Strawberries and cream perfect for
summer.
If
If you
If you can find a way to muddle
through,
through, the sun always comes out in
the
the end.
What
What a
What a week we have had, thank you
so
so much
so much to everybody here, at the
farm,
farm, you
farm, you have made us so welcome
once
once again, appreciated it. Thank
you.
you. Very
you. Very much indeed. They are
currently
currently neck and neck in the game,
two
two all,
two all, ideal, so it is all to play
for
for and
for and it has all come down to this
very
very moment. The final of Rob versus
Dave
Dave in
Dave in a
Dave in a tug-of-war rematch.
Dave in a tug-of-war rematch. When
he
he gets
he gets it right he looks at me. I
done
done it
done it right! Brilliant. You are a
joy.
joy. Tonight we are playing for the
much
much coveted gold pitchfork. Look at
that.
that. The
that. The golden pitchfork. This is
what
what is
what is up for grabs guys. How you
feeling?
feeling? Are you excited, nervous? I
am
am pretty
am pretty confident because we have
Callum.
Callum. He is a big fella. Look at
him.
him. Last
him. Last year we had JB on our team
and
and jewel, JB is away working, jewel
Jules
Jules is
Jules is working. You have nothing
on
on your
on your hooves. That is how we do
it.
it. You
it. You Rob have got the team from
The
The Yorkshire Vet, how you feeling?
I
I could
I could not be feeling with the -- I
could
could not
could not be happier with the team.
That
That is
That is not what you were saying
earlier
earlier when you saw we had Callum.
He
He is
He is massive, and not a presenter.
Stuart
Stuart Bell talk us through. We have
the
the two
the two team, the rope, so, it is
Stuart Bell talk us through. We have the two team, the rope, so, it is
just
just clean pull no cheating. I will
be
be watching. And I will give you
commands,
commands, pick up the rope, take the
strain
strain and pull. How do you cheat?
What
What would count as cheating?
Anything
Anything else, possibly better than
bare
bare feet. You might have an
advantage. There is splinters there.
I
I can
I can handle splinter, I laugh in
the
the face
the face of splinters. Right, you
guy,
guy, you
guy, you are cheering us on, we need
toe
toe do
toe do this. Yorkshire vet Yorkshire
vet,
vet, Yorkshire vet! Right, pick up
the
the rope.
the rope. Take the strain. Come on
Helen.
Helen. Pull.
CHEERING
Pull!
Pull! Pull! We did it.
Well
Well done, well done. I think it was
Callum,
Callum, I
Callum, I think he might have... It
was
was Callum. And you of course. Never
mind
mind it
mind it is only a game. Well done
Callum.
Let
Let us
Let us relive the moment when Dave
has
has taken
has taken the final game in, it is a
close
close one, was it close? Did they
look
look like
look like were in it? Not at all.
Can
Can I
Can I say
Can I say David has Moyes ricer on
his
his hand
his hand and it slipped right
through.
through. Thanks to whoefsh has taken
part
part especially Rob and Dave and all
of
of the
of the team. Massive thanks
part especially Rob and Dave and all of the team. Massive thanks
to you
Martin
Martin you have been a joy. It has
been
been a
been a joy. Join Jules next
Wednesday
Wednesday for highlight of the Great
Yorkshire
Yorkshire Show. Thank you for having
me,
me, I've
me, I've had a ball. Have a lovely
summer.
MUSIC
And
And Dave
And Dave and all
MUSIC
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"I want to Want to Dance With Someone".