When the National Parks were first created in 1951,
the idea was that, whatever town or city you lived in,
you'd have easy access to wonderful countryside.
There are now 15 National Parks.
I'm here in Eryri.
You may know it as Snowdonia.
Covering over 800 square miles of north Wales's mountains,
valleys, forests and coast,
Snowdonia is a land rich in community spirit, history and tradition.
(WHISTLE)
I'll be cheering on the runners in the ultimate test of man versus machine.
Come on, Jamie!
I'll be heading deep underground.
Wish me luck.
Beneath Wales's largest National Park.
How deep are we going? 480 feet.
Blimey.
And helping gather a local delicacy.
Be careful. Don't do that.
That's how I got stung. Really?
Snowdonia National Park is best known for its spectacular mountain scenery.
There are 15 peaks that are higher than 3,000 feet,
and Mount Snowdon is the tallest mountain in Wales.
It's no wonder, then, that hiking and climbing are incredibly popular around here.
But the mountains are so beautiful that it's easy to forget
they can also be treacherous.
I recently read an article
that said the Search And Rescue Dogs Association
is looking for volunteers,
people to come up into the mountains and then hide,
so that the dogs can train, come and find you.
They're looking for people who'll do that for them.
Hi! Gareth and Rob? Yeah.
I've come to give you my body for the afternoon! Lovely.
There's an offer we can't refuse!
Are these your own dogs? Yeah, they're our family pets.
We buy the dog as a pup,
and if it makes it as a search dog, it's a search dog and pet,
and if it doesn't make the grade, it's a much-loved family pet.
As far as the dogs are concerned, they're playing.
To get their toy, they need you, me and the dog to be together,
and that's the only time they'll get their toy.
Gareth, what have I got to do today?
Basically, we'd like you...to get lost.
(LAUGHS)
To lie out in the hill, and we'll send Sky to find you.
Good. Let's go.
We'll do our best. Yeah.
Sky, look at the face, and the eyes!
(LAUGHS)
Come on. Let's go.
There are nine rescue dogs in the team,
and in the peak season, they can be called out several times a week
to help people in trouble.
Run entirely by volunteers,
it's made up of local people like Rob and Gareth,
who will drop everything to help anyone who gets themselves into trouble.
This wind's whipping up a bit. Yeah.
And the cloud's coming in. This might be a real rescue.
Don't say that, Caroline.
This looks a good spot. OK.
Yeah. Perfect.
So, we'll get you hidden.
OK. Just here?
Yeah. Brilliant.
We've got a Gore-Tex bag.
This'll keep you nice and dry and relatively warm.
What am I doing? A middle-aged woman in a bag on a hill!
With a stranger.
And they don't come any stranger! Thank you.
Is it the smellier the better in this thing?
(LAUGHS) No.
It doesn't matter what I smell like? No.
Human scent is human scent.
OK. We'll leave you here. OK. Bye.
See you later. Hopefully. Yeah.
See you later.
Are we gonna go and find them? Find them, then. Good girl.
It takes two years for a dog to qualify as a mountain-rescue dog,
and Sky is halfway through her training.
There's no time pressure.
The crucial test is that Rob and Sky cover every part of the mountain.
One rescue dog can cover the same amount of ground as 12 people.
I hope they haven't forgotten me.
Wouldn't it be awful if I was here, and they were all in the pub?
It could happen, and it is getting darker.
And the cloud is getting lower.
(BARKING)
(GASPS)
(BARKING) Good girl. Show me, then.
She's found me!
(BARKING) Good girl.
(CHEERING)
Good girl! Oh, you clever girl!
You're a darling too. Give me that toy.
This is what it's all about. She likes a tug of war.
Good girl!
You can have it! (SQUEAKING)
When she came towards me,
she did a lot of to-ing and fro-ing. Is that part of her training?
Yeah, we want the dog to find you
and then come back and tell us and take me to you.
So, she'll keep running backwards and forwards,
until she's got us together,
and once we're together, she gets her game.
And that means, if it's night-time or cloudy or perhaps in a blizzard,
it's no good to us just to hear the dog barking somewhere.
It's hard to find the dog then. We've lost you and the dog.
And I know which is more serious. I understand!
If she keeps coming back and barking, then I can find you.
Thanks. I'll let Sky know she's finished.
Sky, come here.
That's job done. She's in play mode again.
Thanks to Rob, Gareth and especially Sky,
I can continue on my travels.
Snowdonia National Park
is famous for its 50 miles of narrow-gauge railways.
Built to transport Welsh slate to the coastal ports,
these days, they're a picturesque way to enjoy the stunning scenery.
But every August, the trains are put through their paces.
This is Tywyn Station.
It's the starting point of something called Race The Train.
The idea is that people run along
and try to get back to the station before the train gets here.
(WHISTLE)
Wherever you like.
The race is now almost 30 years old,
and every year attracts nearly 2,000 runners of all shapes and sizes.
Hello. Hello.
What the devil is going on here?
You've got a giraffe with you. Yes.
Can you see this?
It's adorable. Did you make it? Yes.
So, basically, you'll be running like this. Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
That's pretty good going.
Good luck, everybody. I'll see you during and after.
It's not too late to enter.
Really? Oh. (LAUGHTER)
(WHISTLE)
There are four races of different distances.
I'll be following the ten-K race,
which starts at the top of the valley
and runs back down into Tywyn.
All the competitors are given a lift to the top of the line.
How many times have you done it? Never.
It's your first time? Yes, yes.
Oh, Nicky, I'm gonna be shouting for you? Are you nervous?
I'm worried about falling over.
At my age, you don't fall over - you have a fall.
You have a fall!
Do you know each other? I know of Jamie. He's famous.
Is he famous? He wins all the races.
Do you? Are you fiercely competitive? Yeah.
You look so quiet, but actually... Wait till he gets into those hills.
Really? Is it worth me putting a few quid on you?
Yeah, I think so (!) No.
Is there any gambling done on this race? Oh, yes.
Is there? Is it too late to place a bet? I think I've found my man here.
This railway line was the world's first preserved railway,
and its influence stretches way beyond this part of Wales.
I read to my boy, when he was little, Thomas The Tank Engine books,
the Reverend Awdry's books,
and I've just found out that those books were based on this railway.
I'll tell Will when I get home - I've actually been on the real Thomas.
Good luck, everyone.
Jamie, I've got money on you.
The railway is run by an army of 400 volunteers,
who, rather than go on holiday, come here and work on the line.
Today it's up to Sam and Terry
to make sure the train makes it back to Tywyn before the runners.
How many years have you been involved with this? 41 years.
41? I've been coming here since the early '70s, when I was 16.
I came up through the grades, and now I'm a driver.
I'm guessing you haven't been alive 41 years yet.
No. I started when I was 16 as well, but that was in 2004,
so only eight years so far.
Do you reckon anyone's going to beat the train?
There's a young man called Jamie, who I've met,
and I reckon he's gonna do it today.
We'll try our best to beat them.
Oh, look! He's waving a board. It's like The Railway Children.
I'm about to start the ten-K race.
Ten seconds.
MAN: Five, four, three, two, one. Whistle.
(WHISTLE)
Well done.
(CHEERING)
Oh, wow! Look at that.
The race is fast becoming one of Snowdonia National Park's best-known attractions.
It regularly features in lists of the UK's most beautiful races.
Keep going. You're doing brilliantly, and you've got fabulous legs!
As you'd expect, the train's route is straight and direct,
but Snowdonia is renowned for its hills,
so the poor runners follow a route that's far more arduous.
Jamie's coming!
Come on, Jamie!
(WHISTLE)
After ten gruelling kilometres, the train enters Tywyn town,
with only the fastest runners able to beat the train.
Jamie, how did you get on? Really good, thank you.
Where did you come? Top ten, I think. 43:50.
Top ten? Did you beat the train? Yeah.
Yes! Well done. He beat the train!
How did it go? I almost got beaten by a giraffe!
(LAUGHS) Well done, darling! Well done.
Even Christine and her giraffe have successfully completed the course.
Well done.
The last runners are just coming in.
Some people did beat the train,
and it's been an awesome event.
It's said there are more castles per head in Wales
than anywhere else in the world,
and 13 of them are within Snowdonia National Park.
Conwy Castle is the centrepiece of one of the best-preserved Mediaeval towns in Britain.
700 years ago,
under a bit of pressure from his French wife Eleanor,
English Prince Edward I
allowed the townspeople to come inside the town walls
and sell their honey.
And so was born the Conwy Honey Fair.
And it still continues to this day.
Every 13 September, people come here
to sell their honey.
Producing honey and bee-keeping
is still really popular here in the National Park.
Holly and Jill are newcomers to the world of apiculture,
or, as I like to call it, bee-keeping.
Today's a big day for them.
It's the first time they've ever moved a beehive.
We're trying to be gentle with them,
so we don't get loads of bees flying out.
We want all of them to go.
We don't want to leave a few behind.
Are you OK? Yes, yes, yes.
Following a very wet summer, the hive is being moved to a hillside,
where the queen will be able to breed with other Welsh honey bees.
Sorry, girls. Bit of a noise.
I'm meeting Holly and Jill at what's to become the bees' new home.
I'm very excited about my day with the bees.
I think they're excited to meet you too.All the girls.
Yes, all the girls together.
And where are we going to find them?
They're in the car. OK. Weird.
And are they in something (?) (LAUGHS)
Not sitting in the back with a seatbelt on? No.
Oh, there it is.
And you've driven about with a beehive in your motor? Yes.
Is that usual? Yes, that's quite normal.
It is a bit scary.
You know that, if anything went wrong, you could have a car full of bees?
Yes, and I talked to them while I was driving, to keep them calm.
Am I going to get stung today? No, not if we dress you properly.
OK. You're being very brave, standing there without a suit!Yeah!
So, that's your suit. What have you got on your feet?
Wellies. Is that right?
Yeah. I haven't been stung through my wellies yet.
Can you tell if they're in a stinging mood? Yeah.
They will search out any tiny hole that they can find.
Seriously? Yeah.
Just bend over, please, sir.
God, they've had something to eat. They weigh a ton.
Well done. That's gonna go over the top.
Make sure it's on the bottom box.
Oh, isn't it...? Yeah.
That makes me feel nervous that it's gonna fall out. It won't, will it?
No.
Left a bit.Careful.
A single hive can contain over 50,000 bees.
No wonder it's so heavy.
Is this safe, this box? Yes.
(GASPS) It's all right. Got it.
It's a very pretty wood, this, isn't it?
Quite a steep wood.
A bee's sense of direction is so acute, that if you relocate a hive,
you have to move it at least three miles away.
Otherwise, they'll simply return to their previous home.
They've brought a queen with them? Yeah, there's a queen in the hive.
We're bringing them up here cos it's a really good area.
Surrounded by Snowdonia's wild flowers and bracken,
the hilltop is the perfect spot for a beehive,
and one colony is already successfully established here.
This is the other hive. Yeah, with some flying bees.
I think we should stop and put our lids on.
Tell me what you want me to do.
Be careful. Don't do that.
That's how I got stung. Really?
And we're about to release a swarm of angry bees,
who have been trapped in a box for the last few hours.
Open their front door.
Hello, ladies. Hello...
Sorry for bashing you around so much. Welcome to your new home.
Lovely. Yeah, they are coming out now.
While the latest arrivals get used to their new home,
it's a good chance for Holly and Jill
to check out how the first hive is getting on.
Oh, hello. Hello, everybody.
Right. Are you ready, girls? Yeah, they're ready.
Hello, ladies. See all that honey?
That's beautiful, isn't it?
They've got a lot of stores. That's really good. Ooh.
Just a gentle brush.
Like this? Yeah, that's it.
Lovely.
Do you want to pick this one out? Yeah.
I'm not going to say it's not slightly frightening,
but actually,
it's absolutely riveting. It's a whole other universe.
Bring it this way, and then up? Yeah.
Great. Ah, we've got some brood here.
So, here - this is baby bees,
and this is the honey that's been capped over.
In a good year, a beehive like this could provide 30 jars of honey.
But since these are being used for breeding, we'll leave the honey untouched.
In a tea room at the bottom of the hill,
Holly's brought a spare frame to show me how honey is collected.
And you've done nothing to it except bring it here? Yeah.
And we got the bees out. That's quite important!
First remove your bees.
Holly starts by unpicking the layer of wax that keeps the honey in place.
Can you smell it? Yes. It's divine, isn't it?
It's quite embarrassing, but my mouth's watering.
Oh!
Look at that! That's a miracle.
Down in there.
A lifetime's work for one bee
will produce just one teaspoon of honey.
OK. Would you like to spin? Yes, I really would.
Ready for your first one this year? Yeah.
Good luck, everybody.
And it's number 16!
The third appearance this year.
God, it's really heavy! What heavy honey!
Let's have a look.
OK. Shall we see if it's done enough?
There you go. So, they're empty now.Yeah.
(Now give me some honey.) (LAUGHS)
Like Winnie-the-Pooh!
Bits of wax. And little bubbles.
It's like potted sunshine, isn't it?
You should taste it first. No, you go ahead.
Good. I was hoping you'd say that.
Is it good? Oh, it's delightful.Excellent.
It's delightful, and I should let you taste it now.
But I'm afraid I can't let you do that!
It's been so delightful. Thank you. It's been absolutely great.
(LAUGHS) But I have done most of the work.
What about the bees? Mmm.
While the bees settle into their new home,
I'm off to explore another side to this National Park.
In the heart of Snowdonia is the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
This area was transformed in the early 1800s,
with the discovery of a rich seam of slate underground.
At its peak, there were over 17,000 men employed in the mines,
and Blaenau Ffestiniog became known as 'the town that roofed the world'.
Nowadays, the underground mines are closed,
but at Llechwedd, visitors can still go deep into the bowels of the earth,
with tour guides like Shane, an ex-miner.
It must be OK, cos people have been going down there for centuries.
Yes. My father worked in the slate mine.
My granddad. My great-granddad.
I'm slightly nervous, actually. How deep is it?
You go down about 480 feet.
Oh, OK.
Just follow me this way.
There you go.
Wish me luck.
(BELL)
Are you OK? Yeah, I'm OK.
Quite fast, isn't it?
There we go. We're just following the slate now.
This is steep, Shane. How steep is this?
It's about one in two. One in two?
That's steep for a railway.
It's the steepest in Britain.
The steepest railway in Britain.
There you go. Just mind your head.
All right.
On the right here, you can see the old wooden stairs.
No hand rails in those days.
- That looks so frail. - Yeah.
So, how many men would come clumping down those stairs?
300 or 400 people.
What, every day to work? Yes.
But not just men.
Children in those days, as well. Some as young as eight.
Amazing, isn't it?
There's a network of more than 25 miles of tunnels,
and the mine originally spread over 16 levels.
We're now inside what is known as a chamber.
Quite cathedral-like.
A chamber this size would take over 20 years to dig out,
and by just two men.
You'd have one rock man, on the rock face,
and he'd be drilling the holes and blasting the slate block onto the chamber floor.
Now, the other rock man's work was to get these large blocks of slate
down to more manageable sizes.
Did they live very long?
A Victorian miner -
an average working life was about 35, 40.
Constantly working in the slate dust, by 35, 40, they'd be finished.
The quarry men had to pay for all their supplies, including candles,
and in a bad month, they might have to work in almost complete darkness.
I can't help thinking about being a 12-year-old boy,
who perhaps hadn't earned enough money that month
and couldn't afford a candle.
So, you're glad to be back on the surface?
Yeah, it's nice to be above ground!
So, we're now in the slate mill.
Once the slate was above ground, the splitters would cut it into shape.
A good splitter could produce a thousand identical roof tiles every day.
Now, this gets done exactly the same as 150 years ago.
Just cross your legs. Like that?
Now, for every inch, you should get eight pieces.
Yeah, OK!
So, there? How hard do I have to hit it?
Not that hard. Ready?OK.
And again.
There we go. And again.
Tap it slowly now.
It's amazing how it shears away and leaves a perfect surface.
Just tap it.
And roof tiles are still made in exactly the same way.
(GASPS) OK.
There we are. A perfect roof slate, made by Quenty.
Underground mining no longer goes on at Llechwedd,
but the mine has been given a new lease of life.
The slate men have been replaced by tourists,
and you can even hire the chambers for your wedding.
I think it's fabulous, with the lake and everything.
Jane and Alan have come for a final check of the venue,
before their special day.
What a fantastic place to get married! Yeah!
But quite odd. Slightly unusual, yeah.
Why have you gone for this? Well...
It's because we've both been married before, in registry offices,
and we wanted somewhere unusual,
and this seemed to fit the bill.
And are lots of people going to come to share your wedding with you?
Yeah, about 60 guests.
There are gonna be chairs here.
Red carpet down the middle.
Are you taking part, Ariadne? I'm a bridesmaid.
Oh, fantastic.
Jane, normally, people wear a tiara and a veil.
Are you going to wear a hard hat?
Hopefully, a tiara, because, although everybody else has to wear a helmet,
they said it would be a very brave man
to ask a bride on her wedding day to wear a helmet,so yeah.
And will there be music? It's a little bit unusual.
What is it?
It's actually a Metallica song. (LAUGHS)
It's a rock wedding, in so many ways.
For Metallica, it's as quiet as you get, and it is acoustic,
and it's recorded with an orchestra, as well.
- Do your family think you're insane? - Yes!
I think there's an element of that!
Rather bizarrely, and it's odd to say it,
but it's very atmospheric and rather peaceful.
I wonder what the slate miners of the 1860s would make of you
getting wed in their work place.
Congratulations. Thank you. Have a lovely time.
Two months later, and the big day has arrived.
How are you feeling? I'm fine.
(BELL)
Deep underground, 60 of Alan and Jane's family and friends
gather for this very special occasion.
# METALLICA: Nothing Else Matters
You are here to witness the joining in matrimony
of David Alan Lomax to Jane Freeman.
I, Alan Lomax, take you, Jane Freeman, to be my wedded wife.
I, Jane Freeman, take you, Alan Lomax, to be my wedded husband.
It now gives me great pleasure to announce you are husband and wife.
And you may now kiss your bride.
(APPLAUSE)
For such a remarkable wedding, I think I've got the perfect gift.
It's a bit of a surprise. Oh...!
Oh, that's fantastic. That's brilliant.Thank you.
Brilliant.
I'm visiting some of our best-loved National Parks,
and this week I'm in Snowdonia.
It's not only blessed with a dramatic mountain range,
but also 40 miles of stunning coastline.
This is Cardigan Bay, which stretches down the west coast of Wales.
It's a special area of conservation, because
here you can find ten-foot basking sharks,
20 miles of reef,
and the biggest population of bottle-nosed dolphins in the UK.
Sadly, dolphins occasionally get stranded,
leading to desperate rescue efforts and sometimes unhappy outcomes.
Phil Lewis, from the RSPCA,
runs a training programme for volunteers,
on how to rescue a stranded dolphin.
They do come in sometimes in bad weather,
and sometimes it could be through injury,
or it could be being caught out with the tide.
OK. One, two, three. Up.
Fortunately, this isn't a real dolphin,
but a life-size training model,
which makes the exercise feel as real as possible.
We do need to get them back in the water quickly,
but in the correct way.
You risk injury to the animal if you drag the animal backwards.
A stranded dolphin can survive out of water for up to five hours,
but only if the correct help is given.
With your hands, go under here.
First, a space must be dug beneath the ribcage,
to remove pressure on its chest and fins.
Make sure the flipper is into the body.
If you stood on any of these, you'd break one.
It's vital to keep the dolphin's skin hydrated,
but since it can't breathe underwater,
this must be done very carefully.
We're covering the blow-hole, because, if a lot of water goes in there,
the animal will drown.
So, one, two, three. Lift.
Once in the water, the dolphin is supported,
until it's strong enough to swim away.
Come in gently. Rock back and forth.
After seeing the animal struggling on the beach to breathe...
that you can then do something about it
and have this magnificent animal back in the water
and back out where it belongs,
well, words can't describe it.
It's fantastic.
Thanks to Phil and his team,
increasing numbers of dolphins are being saved.
But I'm keen to see one of these magical creatures in their natural habitat,
and have been invited to join Seawatch,
a group tracking the number of dolphins in Cardigan Bay.
Hello. I'm looking for Daphna. Hello. I'm here.
Hello. I'm hoping to see some dolphins. So am I. Come on board.
Thank you very much.
Three years ago, Daphna moved from Israel to Wales,
in order to study these incredible creatures.
What are you looking to monitor?
Well, we're going on a predetermined track line,
and when we see a group of dolphins, we note that down,
and we note all the information we can get from that sighting.
Where are we gonna go today?
We have a few hot spots that the dolphins like to hang around,
so we're going to try and visit a few of those
and see if we can spot any dolphins.
Just like the human voice, every dolphin has a unique sound,
which is how they recognise each other.
Here on the boat,
Katie has a system that she hopes will pick up some dolphin conversations.
I'm trying to see if their vocalisations vary within the different groups.
Do they have a different way of speaking when they're young?
Yeah, they develop as they grow.
So, it could be that teenage dolphins have a squeaky voice! Yeah!
And babies have very high-pitched voices.
They seem to chirp.
What's the range of that microphone? 100 metres.
So it should pick up quite a lot.
Anything, Katie?
Nothing.
It's thought there are almost 300 dolphins here in Cardigan Bay,
and the best time of year to spot them should be from April to September.
Well...
No dolphins.
I've got to be honest. I'm so disappointed.
I can't pretend that I'm not.
I've been scouring the waters for hours, and there's no sign of them.
Never mind.
But just as we're about to give up, something extraordinary happens.
There it is!
Can you see? Can you see?
That boat's heading for them now.
Here, here, here.
Can you see? Here.
There. Do you see it?
They're coming here!
Amazing.
Oh, my god. They're amazing.
(SHOUTS) So, I have two with me.
So, we have four adults here.
We'll throw the fish in there. They're feeding.
Oh, they're just wonderful, aren't they?
I've never seen anything like this before.
And they're so erm...
Oh, they're so wild,
and so...
..beautiful.
Wow!
Flipping backwards!
See all the notches on the fin?
That's Bod. That's the dolphin we call Bod.
Each fin is unique. It's like a fingerprint.
This is how I can actually identify one dolphin from the next.
We take photos of the dorsal fin,
and then I go back to my catalogue
and try to match the fins I see in the field
to the fins I have in the catalogue.
This catalogue runs back to the late '80s.
OK. And I still see dolphins from the late '80s until today.
How extraordinary.
Oh, I'm thrilled.
We were about to give up and go home, and we'd sort of called it a day,
and now we've been rewarded with this fantastic show
of these four beautiful dolphins.
I'm thrilled! I can't pretend not to be absolutely delighted.
I am chuffed to bits with this.
This is a real, special treat.
It's said that Wales is the land of song,
and singing, particularly in choirs,
remains an important part of the Welsh culture.
(CHOIR SINGING IN WELSH)
I've come to the southern part of Snowdonia,
to a town called Dolgellau.
I'm coming to the end of my time in Wales, and to round off my trip,
I'm going to do something very Welsh indeed.
I'm going to sing with a choir.
I love singing. It's good for the soul.
Iwan Parry is a vet by day,
and by night the choirmaster for Cor Bro Meirion.
Hello, Iwan. Hello. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Iwan has offered to give me a quick rehearsal before the choir arrive.
Is it too much of a cliche to say that
Wales is a land of song?
What we have in Wales is a lot of enthusiasm.
We also have a natural singing voice.
Why is that?
Well, our vowels are quite open.
It's a sound that is quite natural to be a biggish sound, and
combined with our language,
which, I think, does offer you the opportunity of singing
in a very natural singing voice.
Iwan and the choir's first language is Welsh,
just like two-thirds of Snowdonia's population.
I'm a bit nervous about this.
No, no, it's gonna be fun. Really?
I've prepared this.
This is the words, and this is the phonetical way of saying it.
So, I'll say it how it is in Welsh, written.
Holl amrantau'r ser ddywedant.
If you put emphasis on the vowels,
and think open vowels, like in 'Italia'...
Holl amrantau'r ser ddywedant.
Spot on.
What does it mean? Well, you shouldn't ask that.
'Amrant' are eyelids, actually.
Oh, OK. Amrant.
- You've got very nice amrant! Thanks very much! - Thank you!
You be careful!
'Ser' are stars. Ser.
'Holl' is 'all'.
So, 'all the eyelashes of the stars'.
Oh, that's beautiful. I like that!
My bardic talent...
But I love the idea of the stars opening their eyes up.
'All through the night.'
(PLAYS PIANO) # Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant
Oh, I can't do that, but I love it.
(PIANO)
# Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant
# Ar hyd y nos
The choir has 60 regular members,
and they meet to rehearse every Friday night.
(IN WELSH)
As you come in, can I introduce Caroline?
Hello. Good evening! Caroline Quentin.
(IN WELSH)
Caroline is really looking forward to meeting you,
to hearing your beautiful sound...
(LAUGHTER)
I told you they'd laugh at that. You did!
Right. We'll go for Hosanna.
(IN WELSH)
(PIANO)
(IN WELSH)
Welsh is Europe's oldest living language,
and there are 17 Welsh-language choirs
based in Snowdonia National Park.
(SINGING FINISHES)
What a wonderful piece of music!
And how beautifully sung.
I'm not singing with you. (LAUGHTER)
Right, Caroline. It's time to do some work.Good.
And it's Ar Hyd Y Nos, like we discussed earlier.
I'll keep this copy. (You can have this one.)
The phonetic one. Thank you very much!
And you head in that direction - the sopranos.
It makes no difference, cos I'm gonna be miming!
(LAUGHTER)
Can I come in here? Yes.
So, we'll now try and put everything we've worked together.
The main thing is the legato line - support, smile.
# Holl amrantau'r ser ddywedant
# Ar hyd y nos
# Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant
# Ar hyd y nos
# Golau arall yw tywyllwch
# I arddangos
# Gwir brydferthwch
# Ar hyd y nos #
What's interesting is that
everything about Snowdonia is epic.
The scenery, the mythology, the coastline.
But that is not what's most impressed me.
What's most impressed me is the people,
and singing with that choir in there
is something that's gonna stay with me, for the rest of my life.
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