Our Farm Next Door: Amanda Clive and Kids Season 2 Episode 3
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00:00This is the beginning of wintertime.
00:17We're not at the bleakest point yet.
00:21But it's now that really you have to take extra care.
00:26Give the animals just that little bit more.
00:30Come on, come on.
00:34You know, you've always got something to contend with.
00:40And pretty much now, their well-being is in our hands.
00:48You know, there are some places which are a bit kinder,
00:51where through the wintertime,
00:53you can literally rely on just the grass and grazing,
00:56but here it's a different kettle of fish altogether.
01:01Here we've got the roll now, look.
01:04There you go.
01:05Oh, that's so nice.
01:06Bit of itchy-scratchy. Lovely.
01:11Now, when she gets up, she should shake.
01:14If it gets up and it doesn't shake,
01:16it means it's got colic, it's got bellyache.
01:19Another pointless piece of information.
01:23Here we go.
01:26Come on, lassus!
01:28Oh, you're booking my legs.
01:37Well, it's just over a year since we started this build
01:41and it's been a struggle.
01:43But anyway, the roof's now on.
01:45The scaffolding's down.
01:47So we're looking at a house now, which is lovely.
01:51With windows in,
01:57chimneys built.
01:59See, it's been a big old job.
02:02Looking back at it, you think,
02:04well, maybe we shouldn't have started in the first place.
02:09There's so many things still need doing.
02:11You can see water in bottom line.
02:13I can see it run out of the clay at this side.
02:17It's that list of tasks and jobs
02:19that all need to fall into place.
02:21Dead easy.
02:23I nearly dropped it on my foot.
02:25Over this Christmas,
02:27I figure we're actually going to spend a fair bit of time
02:29at Auntie John's.
02:31Whoa!
02:33Hey, look at this!
02:35Look at this!
02:37That's a pretty cool picture.
02:39You can't move on to the next stage
02:41until you've finished this one.
02:45Could you ever imagine
02:47we'd have our feet up again in the fire
02:49this time last year?
02:51Yeah.
02:53We're going to see the clients.
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03:27They are so cute.
03:29Go out and go on, will you?
03:31Yeah.
03:32They're bloody things.
03:33You like them.
03:34I know you do.
03:35I can tell.
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03:43It's pretty much hands-on from now
03:45until about mid-time, really.
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03:48And, of course, with it turning cold,
03:50there's less to eat.
03:51So, it's feeding the cows.
03:53You know about it,
03:54because they're always mooing in the morning.
03:55Using up those bales and mucking out.
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04:02Yeah, it's just about sort of keeping a watch
04:04on your stock and stuff.
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04:12Oh, yeah.
04:13A little bit of food.
04:16Once you get over towards Dyed Stans,
04:20which is straight out there,
04:21you're into Cumbria.
04:22And if you go that way,
04:23you've got County Durham.
04:24So, you're right on the very top of Swaledale.
04:27Cowboy country.
04:29That's it.
04:30Hmm?
04:31People a long time ago,
04:33they were much smarter than us.
04:34They just used to come here in the summer.
04:36So, it's recorded back here in...
04:38in 1301.
04:40There was someone daft enough to be here.
04:42And that's why there's so much history with the place.
04:45Isn't it?
04:46Huh?
04:47That's what I love about it.
04:50MUSIC PLAYS
04:51I definitely think with a place like this,
04:56it kind of moulds you.
04:58You don't come here and mould it.
05:00Over 20 years of living here and rearing a family.
05:10We have repopulated ravenseed, you know?
05:15I've always liked the idea of nature and the countryside
05:20and having a sort of natural upbringing.
05:24Tea time!
05:25And, you know, we think back to the big ones.
05:28They'll go live.
05:29To Reuben and Raven's childhood.
05:32Just in the course of 20 years,
05:35to how the little ones now,
05:37what their childhood is like.
05:39Doing a good job.
05:41Is this the one that would suck?
05:43Yeah.
05:44And, really speaking,
05:47not much has changed.
05:49We still hold the same values.
05:53We still want to see them taking on challenges.
05:58Being fearless, I suppose.
06:04Having kids about,
06:05it's a great thing for you keeping a level head
06:09and keeping it real.
06:11You know, this house that we're building,
06:13it ain't a retirement bungalow.
06:16It's a house that these kids
06:18are already all vying to move into.
06:27Aw, Tony.
06:28It looks well, you see, under all that fluff.
06:34Tony's a pony.
06:35He's a small pony.
06:36He was bought a few years ago on a whim.
06:39Tony, ah!
06:40But the kids saw him,
06:41fell in love with him.
06:42Stan, Stan, Stan, Stan.
06:43Clem rode him.
06:44Time to walk home.
06:45Nancy's ridden him.
06:46He's just a little star.
06:47He's a character.
06:48The kids absolutely love Tony.
06:49Because, I mean, after all,
06:50he's only the size of, like,
06:51a big dog, isn't he?
06:52What's going on, kids?
06:53What are you up to?
06:54I'm watching Tony.
06:55I'm watching Tony.
06:56Is he liking having a bath?
06:57Yeah.
06:58Yeah.
06:59Basically, he just knocks about
07:00with all the big horses,
07:01even the Clydesdales.
07:02They use him as either a flannel
07:03to wipe the faces on,
07:04or a footstool.
07:05Is Tony enjoying himself?
07:06He's having a manicure.
07:07He doesn't mind one bit, does he?
07:27He's got a good life.
07:30I think, really speaking,
07:32these have the best of both worlds because
07:33they're getting to be outside because
07:35Because they're getting to be outside and live as animals should do.
07:40But they're also getting a few luxuries as well.
07:46That's proper nice hay.
07:49And I'll go and see who else wants feeding.
07:52See if I can get back without the wheel falling off.
07:55And that's not metaphorically speaking.
07:57I mean, literally the wheel falling off.
08:05Oh, isn't it? That's why I don't feel that far.
08:28There's an hole in what? The parrot.
08:30That's where it all comes out.
08:31Exactly.
08:35Right, missus.
08:39Need an hand.
08:41Get this door on.
08:44We've got the windows in.
08:46Now we've got this posh door to fit in.
08:48This is not quite as bespoke as these, though, is it?
08:52It's going to do a job.
08:53And that job is to stop any wind and rain, etc., coming into here.
09:00You can see what we've been doing.
09:02We haven't just been having a cup of tea every day sort of thing.
09:05I know everybody thinks we probably have.
09:09The whole of the exterior of the house is about finished.
09:13Windows in, etc.
09:15We've got most of the beams and joists fitted.
09:21So, next job to do outside is to put the underground soil pipes in for all the toilets and kitchen waste.
09:29Then hopefully most of the outside digging, real messy work is done.
09:34Right, I'm going to need you to hold this for me, if you can.
09:38No problem.
09:39Just tell me when.
09:40No, on in there.
09:41On in there.
09:41There.
09:42There.
09:42Yes, I, there.
09:43And we're just looking forward to the next thing we're going to be doing, really.
09:47Let's see if she shuts.
09:48Ooh, nice and tight.
09:53Perfect.
09:54Snowproof.
09:57Might get a new battery first, though.
10:02Absolute typical.
10:03All my batteries are dead.
10:04We're just about winter now, aren't we?
10:11Windy-class winter, as.
10:13December, January, February, really.
10:16But in Swaledale, it's usually November, December, January, February.
10:19March, April.
10:22Month of spring.
10:24Month of summer.
10:25Month of autumn.
10:27Back to winter again.
10:32We had a bit of water come down the other day.
10:34Storm Burt, I think it was.
10:37And this was two inches deep in water.
10:40The issues caused by the electric coming into the building, believe it or not.
10:46When we've dug the trench from the post in the field,
10:50all that water from the top of that field is coming down that pipe,
10:55what the electric's in, which basically comes into the building here.
10:59And it is just sending water into the building.
11:02We're going to have to form some sort of drainage
11:06and redirect that water before it actually gets to the building.
11:11So we have a little problem to sort out.
11:13We seem to be getting everything wrong way around.
11:21We're doing a summer job in winter.
11:24We were doing the roof in the winter as well, weren't we?
11:29I don't think we had a summer.
11:30I think that could have been the problem.
11:32HE LAUGHS
11:33Ever since we were set out by Auntie John's,
11:51one thing that had fascinated me was its backstory, its history.
11:55We knew that there was diaries written by Anthony Clarkson
12:01way back when he was living there in the 1820s,
12:04but nobody seemed to know the whereabouts of the diaries.
12:08Have a look through there.
12:09Wow.
12:10So, with the help of my friend Derek, who's also a historian...
12:16They were here. They were sat here.
12:18It's bringing the history alive.
12:21We've actually managed to track down one of those original diaries.
12:26Is this what I think it is?
12:28This is Anthony Clarkson's original diary.
12:32The wealth of information that it has opened up to us
12:36is just incredible.
12:38We've only just scratched the surface.
12:40I'm really excited because we're over in the next valley.
12:51We're in West Storndestal, heading out on a walk.
12:55I'm meeting Derek here,
12:56and we're actually going to walk in Anthony's footsteps.
13:00It can't be so far away.
13:01There's not exactly a right lot in West Storndestal, is there?
13:05Because, basically, his family were over here,
13:08and he would have made that trip to and from Auntie John's...
13:13Well, very often, I suppose.
13:15Here he is.
13:16Hi, Derek. How are you?
13:18We've got Clem with us today.
13:20Are you all right?
13:20Nice to see you again.
13:21And you as well.
13:23Andy Clarkson, who you know all about,
13:26he used to stay with his brothers
13:28in some of the colleges, which are here in Storndestal.
13:30You're a family of nine children, aren't you?
13:34He was a family of nine as well.
13:36Really?
13:37He was, yes.
13:37It's fascinating, isn't it, finding all these similarities, Clem?
13:41We know what the plan is,
13:42but have you got the most important item with you?
13:45Yeah, we've got the original.
13:50Look at that.
13:51That's the first time Clem has actually seen the original.
13:56It's been a long time getting to, actually, this place.
13:59I feel like the connection now will be even stronger.
14:04So get it in your pocket, keep it safe.
14:06Don't drop it, don't lose it.
14:08Yes, sir.
14:10It says Ravenseed,
14:11but we're actually going to Auntie John's, aren't we?
14:13Yeah.
14:15The very only part of his diary,
14:18he regularly used to stay with his brothers,
14:20and then he would then walk across the top to Smithy Home,
14:24or Auntie John's, whichever way you want to call it.
14:26What we're hoping to do
14:29is to actually retrace some of that part of the route.
14:32Let's see if we can paint a better picture
14:34of what was actually going on at the time.
14:37There you can see where the footpath went.
14:39I like the footpath.
14:42There's not much in the way of mature trees,
14:45because I guess they would have used the wood
14:48with regards to mining and building.
14:52It was a forest at one point, wasn't it?
14:54That's right.
15:01Follow the sheep poos.
15:04Follow the sheep droppings.
15:05Derek has been looking through this diary,
15:13and I believe he's managed to transcribe some of it.
15:16I feel like this could open up
15:18so many more sort of personal elements
15:21of Anthony's life and story,
15:23and that's what I really love.
15:26So what exactly does this diary
15:28really tell us about his life here?
15:30When his father died here in 1818,
15:34things changed.
15:35That brought him back, didn't it?
15:36And it brought him back,
15:37and he spent a lot more time here.
15:39Can you imagine that?
15:40He's away, he's school teaching,
15:43and he finds out that here in Stornstall,
15:46his dad has died.
15:49I've managed to read it with a magnifying glass.
15:53So, shall we have a look at this, Clem?
15:54So, Friday the 6th of February,
15:58went up, met my nephew John.
16:01He came with the melancholy news
16:06of my father's death.
16:08He died this morning about 7 o'clock.
16:13So it obviously wasn't expected.
16:14It was a big surprise, a shock.
16:16And so, to Stornstall,
16:18so he comes here,
16:20see my father as he lay dead.
16:23So, all of a sudden,
16:26he has to come back
16:27and start making decisions
16:29about what's going to happen
16:30to his father's legacy, basically.
16:32What's going to happen to the farm?
16:33So it all began with a bit of a tragedy.
16:36His dad died, he comes back,
16:38and Anthony has got
16:40what we call Auntie John's.
16:43Yes.
16:44Come on then, let's go up to Auntie John's.
16:46He's well-trodd past, Derek.
16:54Yeah?
16:59I'm hoping that you like
17:01what we've been doing, Derek.
17:03Well, I've heard a lot about it.
17:06There was still a massive oil,
17:06didn't, Ruth, when you were last here?
17:08There was, yes, you're right.
17:09Wow!
17:19Look at that.
17:19Look at that.
17:20What would Anthony have thought of that?
17:23They didn't have electricity.
17:24No electricity, Clem.
17:26Can you imagine that?
17:27I mean, for him to have written
17:28those diaries in semi-darkness...
17:31That was unbelievable.
17:32It is unbelievable.
17:35We've discovered from the diary
17:36that when Anthony actually moved in here,
17:39the place was in a state of disrepair.
17:42It seems like it was.
17:43Exactly the same to yourself.
17:44So, when doing some ore digging,
17:46we found out that Anthony actually did
17:49quite a bit of work himself on the house,
17:52whilst he was farming at the same time.
17:55It's history repeating itself, you know.
17:56Yeah, I know.
17:57So, this is 1820.
17:59What does it say on Christmas Day?
18:02Went upon the moor and carried the butter.
18:05We made the little house ready.
18:08We made the little house ready.
18:12It gets me that, because I feel like...
18:14He's very matter-of-fact, our diarist, isn't he?
18:17Yes.
18:17But I feel there's a little bit more emotion in that.
18:20Yeah.
18:21Yeah?
18:30Do you want tea?
18:31Come on.
18:32I feel like as much as we're physically putting the house
18:39back together, I feel like, in a way, you are too,
18:44because of...
18:46because you're filling in the story, the back story,
18:51the history, and its roots, really.
18:55I think it's just such a human story now, Derek.
18:58Yeah.
18:59I mean, these are just pieces that you kindly have pulled out
19:02and made sense off for me,
19:04but we're finding out that history, and I love it.
19:06So, I think there's more exciting things to come yet.
19:09I agree.
19:09Well, do you know what?
19:12We need our feet up against fire, yeah?
19:14Yes.
19:15Don't you think?
19:15Yeah.
19:15Today, we're digging a trench right round the house,
19:40and up to the doors to drain the water out
19:43as the house has been flooding inside,
19:45and this one's been the worst for it,
19:47but they've all had a bit in at some point.
19:50So, we're going to put a drain in all of them
19:52to drain them all out.
19:57Don't waste that one, Reuben.
19:59Quality.
20:00Quality.
20:00We're going to dig underneath where the electric wire
20:05goes into the house,
20:06because that's the one what's causing the real problem,
20:09and then put in channels so that we can put some pipe work in
20:13to basically take all the water away from the house,
20:17and eventually it'll end up in Whitsundale back down there.
20:22Can you see it?
20:24Yeah.
20:24This is the lowest point of the pipe coming across the field.
20:31It's just acting like a drainage channel
20:33and just bringing all the water to the outside of the building here.
20:36Oh, you can see it run out of the clay on this side.
20:39You can see how she'll just be tracking down here
20:42and stretching to the building.
20:44Well, I think we know the course.
20:48I learned quite a lot about the machinery and digging
20:53and where to dig and where not to dig.
20:57Like today, where we're not supposed to dig through
20:59that electric cable, which I just put in a few months ago,
21:03I think my mum would be very cross if that did happen.
21:09That's the right old man's tither, sweets.
21:12That's right.
21:13No.
21:15Dig your drivers, start off like you, stick thin.
21:19We always end up being about 20 stops.
21:21I can understand.
21:23All I do when I'm on the 20 doner is eat my dinner at 9 o'clock.
21:26The other purpose of digging this ditch
21:37was because of the tree roots.
21:40So you can see the size of some of these tree roots,
21:42what are going into the house.
21:44And all them have got in there.
21:47And you can see how many there is.
21:48There's absolutely loads of them.
21:50It's sort of like a moat or such round the house.
21:55And that moat's taking water away
21:57and stopping tree roots getting through.
22:00And hopefully that's just going to protect this building
22:03and stop it getting any kind of damage to its fabric.
22:08We're going to head for his dinner, I think.
22:09Well, I mean, we're coming up towards Christmas.
22:29The kids have only got another week at school.
22:32It's very, very still today.
22:35There is not a breath of air and it is so cold.
22:41With regards to the farm,
22:43the flock should hopefully be in lamb now.
22:49So it is a busy time,
22:52but we kind of like try at this point to get some order
22:57and to make things sort of, well, simple.
23:02All the while, get ready for Christmas.
23:13Don't shove a Larry.
23:16Put it under, put it under, put it under.
23:20Come on.
23:23Right, go on, go down there.
23:25Get it in the ditch at the bottom.
23:27We have, on the tractor,
23:32Mr Ken Whitehead.
23:34The shovels, Reuben Owen.
23:37The youngster, on the barra, Harry Hammond.
23:41In the ditch, my missus, Kelly.
23:45Last but not least,
23:47David Hammond on the stones.
23:50Well, I'm obviously here,
23:52because I'm in front of the camera, you see.
23:53Today, we're going to be doing all the drainage system along this gable end
24:02and along the front of the house.
24:04Basically, to try and get away all the water, what's coming into the house.
24:08Go on.
24:12Get further.
24:17By the end of the day, hopefully, we've got all the pipes in.
24:22Water flowing down the field.
24:23I'm imagining, in my mind, I'm on a beach in Barbados,
24:29just paddling in the sea.
24:31It's lovely.
24:32In fact, do you know what?
24:33Sun's out.
24:35Take coat off, then I really feel like it.
24:41Hat off.
24:42Ooh, get on.
24:43Get a suntan.
24:44Paddling in mudflap somewhere.
24:46Tate measure, Harry.
24:57Mark me a 62.
24:58I'll give you a penny now.
25:02Put that end where it needs to be.
25:04Harry, you have to get down to the trench level.
25:06Get down to the trench level.
25:08I only qualify for a little spade.
25:23I've not been promoted to a big one yet.
25:28That went really well, actually.
25:30It went really well.
25:31We've got done exactly what we thought we'd get done today.
25:34She's all in, buried, to a certain degree.
25:38And got the biggest mess we could possibly want.
25:42To get all the drains in, it feels really good to get this,
25:45because hopefully now we can go in there
25:47after a torrential downpour, like what we're going to get tomorrow,
25:51and it'll be nice and dry.
25:53Fingers crossed.
25:54Winter days here can, well, be very short for a start.
26:19There are plenty of days when it doesn't seem to get light at all.
26:21So it can be a bit, what can I say, monotonous.
26:28It can definitely feel quite gloomy and grey.
26:34You know, you'll have good days and bad days.
26:37Yeah, I like to come in and retreat and sit against the fire,
26:43but somehow there's always something pulling you back outside again.
26:48And, you know, I want to instil in the children that sort of resilience,
26:52that facing up to the weather.
26:55Thankfully, the children have all got their own things that they like doing.
27:09And Violet is actually a really talented cook.
27:11I don't have to ask her twice, ever,
27:15to start crafting and creating something for tea or a dessert.
27:19Bread, cakes, buns, you name it.
27:23And she's a natural.
27:25She's got a real talent.
27:26She's very creative.
27:28I'm making Chelsea buns today.
27:30Once I roll this out,
27:32I'm going to coat it with butter
27:34and then put in some currants, raisins and anything, really.
27:44I always have to do the birthday cake making.
27:47The only one I don't have to do is my very own.
27:49And Mum's always grateful when I make a birthday cake.
27:52And it always means I get to have my favourite
27:54because I get to make it.
27:57Miles always has his favourites.
27:58He always wants me to make brownies or millionaire shortbread.
28:01Each of them has their favourite thing I can make.
28:11My mum and dad always say that I should have my own bakery,
28:13but I'm not too sure.
28:15It'll probably be one of my options.
28:19It'll be pretty cool that we have our own house now, though,
28:22one we've built.
28:26I'm actually quite excited.
28:27I want to see what the rooms are going to turn out
28:29and who's going to get it.
28:31I might hope that I could get my room in it.
28:45Hey, up.
28:47It's warmer in here than it is out there.
28:49My nose is running.
28:51How are you?
28:52I'm grand.
28:53I'm sitting with fire.
28:54Do you know, I have got so much that I need to do.
28:59Because, you know, the kids are breaking up.
29:02Yeah, well, that's right.
29:03Christmas is coming.
29:04I figure we're actually going to spend a fair bit of time over that side
29:07because the kids are enthusiastic.
29:09Kids are very excited about their thing.
29:11We should decorate Andy John.
29:13Yeah, well, they also still remember that conversation that we had last year,
29:22which is, we're aiming to be able to light the fire next Christmas, kids.
29:26Yeah.
29:27Do you remember that?
29:27Yeah.
29:28Well, is that doable?
29:29It's very near, isn't it?
29:30It might be doable.
29:32And what about, are you going to put some Christmas lights up, did somebody say?
29:35Did I hear?
29:36Yeah.
29:36Cool, I think it'd be cool to see smoke going up as people passed.
29:42I think kids would absolutely love that.
29:44I'm so used to Full House and I'm so used to people being about.
29:49And I think, really speaking, that's pretty much how Christmases were back then.
29:53People, chat, drink, rubbish, feeling about.
29:58I don't know that they did karaoke, that we did last year.
30:01No.
30:01It was bad.
30:02I've got it on video.
30:02That's right.
30:03You did Frank Sinatra.
30:05Yeah.
30:06And you can guess which number you did.
30:09In my way.
30:09Yes, you did.
30:11Yes, you did.
30:12It was very good too, I thought.
30:14It was bad.
30:25Hi, bye.
30:26You all good.
30:27Bing, bing.
30:29Is it ready to be slept?
30:31Wow.
30:31It is.
30:32Oh, that looks amazing.
30:35See, would you put some on the firebake ring?
30:39Yes, ma'am.
30:39There's nothing sweet.
30:40When I tip this up, right, these here will open.
30:57Just push it in, all right?
30:59David's put his Christmas order in.
31:08To be honest with you, at least you know where you're at with a Christmas order.
31:11Yeah.
31:12Because the kids are kind of like, well, there's nothing we really need.
31:18I'm like, was there anything you really want?
31:19Well, no, not really.
31:22They're kind of like surprises.
31:25David's adamant it's rigger boots.
31:27I love a useful present.
31:28Yeah, that's all.
31:29No, he's asked for a scannier truck and some rigger boots.
31:33It's your turn to do decorations this year.
31:38Oh, well, it's not going to be anything that impressive, I'll tell you.
31:41You know what I'm like.
31:42Yeah, but we've got electric now.
31:44We've got electric.
31:52David!
31:54David!
31:54David!
31:57Ooh!
31:58Goodness me, what move!
32:22It's a little bit muddy underfoot, but...
32:24It's muddy everywhere, isn't it?
32:26Look at all what I can see.
32:28You've been putting your drains in.
32:30Drains are in.
32:31Huh?
32:32We knew it was going to make a mess, putting the drains in, but...
32:35Yeah.
32:36There's no other way for it, is there?
32:40Hey, up!
32:41Boss lady!
32:43First thing is, I've got the door!
32:46Hello.
32:47You've got a new door.
32:48I've got a new door.
32:49I've managed to do all this, what we were talking about.
32:53Get the water away.
32:54Get the water away.
32:56So we've done the same here.
32:57We've put in, you can see...
32:59Well, we've gone down, haven't we?
33:00A little snake of drainage pipe.
33:02So that's a bit of good news, because, I mean, obviously we've got a bit of muck and dirt,
33:06but we had to do this, didn't we?
33:08I was thinking about how to make it more comfortable for you up here.
33:13I know.
33:14Go on.
33:15Bottle of brandy, case of Foster's, and fire.
33:17The last one.
33:20Voila.
33:21So the sooner we can get a stove in, get it hooked up, get a kettle going.
33:26No, you're on my thinking there, yeah.
33:28Lovely.
33:29Because I did say to the kids that we'd have a fire lit by this Christmas.
33:32We'll have a fire lit.
33:33Sort of.
33:34Don't worry.
33:34I don't think this is what they were envisaging, but...
33:38You will never get David out of this room if there's a fire lit in here.
33:42You won't get me out of this room if I were to you, don't you?
33:44He'll want a set in.
33:46Oh.
33:48We've got one.
33:49No, I've got one.
33:50We've got two.
33:51Get some.
33:52Living room it is.
33:54Ha!
34:08Do you like her?
34:15Ah, she's bang on.
34:16She's got a bit of weight about her.
34:18So, I hope you're feeling fit, because I've got nobody else here.
34:21Right, OK, you want to lift it into there?
34:23Yeah.
34:25Right.
34:25Hang on.
34:26Say when.
34:27Let's see.
34:28Have you done it?
34:29Yeah.
34:30Oh, come on.
34:31Dead easy.
34:33I nearly dropped it on my foot.
34:35That's because of my gloves.
34:36Straight up and on?
34:38Yeah.
34:41I've got him.
34:43Oh, that's not too bad.
34:45Is that...
34:46Yeah, that's not a bad fit, actually.
34:48What I want to do is put it onto Flexi-Flow first.
34:51So, if you can grab one of this...
34:52Yeah, right, yours.
34:53So, I've got one.
34:55Oh, it fits like a glove.
34:57Exactly.
34:58There you go.
35:00This literally is about the first of our home comforts, all right?
35:05And also, it's about fulfilling a promise.
35:08In a kind of a way, we've just blocked up the chimney, because there's a certain fella
35:11got to come down there, isn't there?
35:13He's going to have...
35:14There's another chimney.
35:15We're all right.
35:16Oh, OK.
35:16All right, then.
35:17That's fine.
35:19What would you do without me?
35:21You all right?
35:22Yeah, you're going backwards.
35:24Hang on.
35:24About there.
35:31About there.
35:32Just so your feet don't quite touch it.
35:35Yeah.
35:37It's the start of the old home comforts, isn't it?
35:40Let's hope so.
35:42Right, that's me, Ron.
35:43I'll see you later, man.
35:44I'm actually going to start off with easy.
35:52Whew!
35:53Well, if I've actually managed to get the nativity here, without there being any sort of animal-related
36:02injuries, I'll have done all right.
36:05Hmm?
36:05I think this will be my favourite bit, actually.
36:10They seem to be remarkably intact, which is a miracle.
36:15A Christmas miracle.
36:17A Christmas miracle.
36:19I'm not actually very good at Christmas decorations.
36:23At all.
36:25Oh, my God.
36:27She's only got one hand.
36:28I don't suppose it matters.
36:30Hmm?
36:30There you go.
36:31Well, I also feel like this is probably how Christmas used to be.
36:39In the diaries, Anthony describes Christmas quite beautifully.
36:43A lot of it involved going to chapel and prayers, but it sounds like there was also quite a bit
36:48of drinking and card playing and sort of merriment.
36:58Friday, 25th of December.
37:00I got up, got some ale and gin, got tea and some, went to church this day in the afternoon,
37:10came back, got dinner, and mapped some of the little moor, came home, made our little
37:17house ready.
37:19This day was fine and frosty.
37:21Oops.
37:22This is definitely not Kirsty's home at Christmas, is it?
37:34Right.
37:35Well, that's a good start.
37:39Right, where am I going now?
37:43There.
37:43Yeah, I'm quite happy with that, actually.
37:50What do you think?
37:52This time last year...
37:56..the wind was rattling through...
38:00..and the rain was coming in.
38:03And now it feels...
38:06..it feels homely, I think.
38:09And especially when we get that stove lit.
38:17I think I'm going to have to say, job done.
38:21Can't wait for the kids to see it.
38:39Every Christmas brings similar things.
38:46Weirdly, it would appear that we seem to spend more time outside...
38:52..just sort of pootling on it.
38:54It must be something about the time of year.
38:56How are we here?
38:58Rocket out!
39:00Pick up or go!
39:03Pick up or go!
39:05Things that they enjoy most...
39:06..are the things that couldn't possibly be planned.
39:08The things that you do, I suppose, are off the cuff.
39:11Come on, go.
39:13No, don't eat it!
39:15Don't eat it!
39:16What are they eating?
39:17Eating the Christmas tree.
39:19Why are these things in here?
39:21We're putting our coats on.
39:23That is one chill go.
39:25Well, not chill go.
39:26That is one wine go.
39:28You're on my hand!
39:29You're on my hand!
39:30You're on my hand!
39:31You're on my hand!
39:32You're on my hand!
39:33Christmas isn't complete without a goat in the living room.
39:34I can do the best goat impression.
39:35A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.
39:36Well, it's boxing day, and it's surprisingly sunny and warm, actually.
40:01And Rave is back.
40:05Yeah.
40:06Do you feel yourself falling?
40:10Sit down if you don't want to go in.
40:12Well, I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
40:16An icicle tan and a pair of platforms?
40:20I feel like having all the children keeps that youthful element going in me.
40:28I'm not allowed to get old and cantankerous because I kinda like to know what's going on
40:34and be involved and be a part of it.
40:36So there, I'm quite young at heart.
40:38are you feeling christmasy anyway let's go let's go off
41:01where are we going yeah we're heading up to auntie john's um to have a little
41:12look in the house because i've been busy
41:17and i'm not going to tell you what i know but i'm hoping that when you see it that you're surprised
41:25it is a bit dingy isn't it a bit a bit all right it's a lot dingy
41:33wow they're so far you've got your home comforts
41:52that's made it feel christmasy i'm hoping yeah are you gonna like the fire
41:57yeah come on then let's see what we've got where's the chainsaw where's the chainsaw
42:04nancy how old are you it's quite a skill line of fire isn't it do you remember us being here
42:12this time last year yeah and looking up and what could you see when you looked up at this time last
42:18hall hall sky so we have made um a fair bit of progress wouldn't you say yeah
42:27have you seen the nativity which farm animals have you got dog key and a cow yep the three wise men
42:36smoke means fire right let's shut it up and see what happens now yes i want it to burn slow
42:53so it catches rather than
42:55hey look at this look at this
43:03that's a pretty cool picture i could actually sleep here would you yeah as long as someone's with me
43:13no tidings we bring to you and your king we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year
43:23now bring us a freaky potty now bring us a freaky potty now bring us a freaky potty
43:31i'll grow a good cheer
43:53anthony clarkson he was a diarist and here i am writing my own diary about what my life is like and i suppose
44:05drawing comparisons and really looking at the similarities of which there are far more than i
44:13could ever have dreamed of really
44:19we're coming into new year such a lot has happened over the space of 12 months
44:27i've seen the children actually sitting
44:30on sort of like the busted up sofa putting their feet up against the wood burning stove
44:36it was a bit of a reminder really of where we've come over these last 12 months here she comes the last
44:42one
44:44on
44:45whoa
44:45whoa
44:47whoa
44:50hope she knows watch your fingers
44:54all of this has just made me hyper aware of the passing of time
44:58i feel old
45:03welcome to the world little lamb
45:06and looking at the children and how they grow
45:09and how they change it's incredible really those are the most stubborn sheep you'll ever meet
45:19i think pressure's going to ramp up because everything that we've done up until now has
45:26literally been non-negotiable do you want a roof yes do you want a door floor yes
45:31but now this is i suppose when your character shines through as to how you envisage the living arrangements
45:44it's getting this part right
45:48wow this was not here last time i was here
45:53that will lead to good things later in the future
46:01it's like you can't see where the drifts are oh are we gonna go are we gonna get stuck