1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,040 This is the story of Britain, 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:11,400 but a Britain we rarely see. 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,200 Britain as an undiscovered country. 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,200 Our glorious landscape 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,200 isn't just spectacular. 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,600 It's full of secrets and surprises. 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,600 'We asked you to share your secret places.' 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,400 It's absolutely beautiful. 9 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,440 And the response was overwhelming. 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,400 'You're taking us to some remarkable sites.' 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,760 How bizarre. 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,680 - We're going to walk along there? Are you sure about this? - Yeah. 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,040 Crikey! 14 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,320 We'll just stay a little bit away from the edge. 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,520 Yeah, good idea. 16 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,280 We'll also share a few secrets of our own. 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,080 'I really enjoy discovering secret wild swimming spots.' 18 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,000 Oh, that's amazing! 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,560 'This is Britain as you have never seen it before.' 20 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,800 Oh, my word! 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,920 Ho-ho-ho-ho! 22 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,920 If you want to know a secret... 23 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,440 Then come with us. 24 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,120 Stonehenge... 25 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,280 ..Hadrian's Wall... 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,880 ..great abbeys... 27 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,800 ..and grand houses. 28 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,880 Throughout the ages we've made our mark on our land. 29 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,240 Leaving clues to long-lost secret lives. 30 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,120 As we journey around secret Britain, 31 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,360 we are following up on your suggestions. 32 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,680 We're in North Yorkshire, 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,200 England's largest county. 34 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,680 It has also been voted the most beautiful. 35 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,600 The locals call it "God's Own Country". 36 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,000 But is that an idle boast? 37 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,320 Let's find out. 38 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,440 Our heavenly patch takes in two national parks, 39 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,240 - the Yorkshire Dales - ..and the North York Moors. 40 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:36,600 With so many great sites to see in God's Own Country... 41 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,000 We need God's own view. 42 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,120 An aerial tour of the treats in store. 43 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,840 Standing proudly above the North York Moors, 44 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,440 Sutton Bank, 45 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,000 our launchpad. 46 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,400 Standing up here with Yorkshire spread out below us, 47 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,480 it feels like we could touch the sky. 48 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,320 It's funny you should say that, Ellie, 49 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,800 because the only way is up. We ain't seen nothing yet. 50 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,280 - Excited? - I think so. 51 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,880 - Good luck. - What? 52 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,200 HE LAUGHS 53 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,400 You're an idiot. 54 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,080 'But I'm not daft enough to think we can fly. 55 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:26,000 'Our pilots are the keepers of our first secret. 56 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,800 'The secret life of the Yorkshire sky.' 57 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,160 Ha! 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,600 That's incredible! 59 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:50,880 Woh! 60 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,880 My word! 61 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,720 'Once we are airborne and the towline's released, 62 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,280 'it's just us.' 63 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,160 - BEEPING - Oh. 64 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,800 Delta Zero Two releasing. 65 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,640 OK, so that's us away. 66 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,400 Unbelievable! 67 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,560 'The pilots trust their lives...' 68 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:19,880 '..and ours...' 69 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,240 '..to knowing the secrets of these big Yorkshire skies.' 70 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,760 A lot of the skill of staying in 71 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,120 the air is about reading the ground and the sky. 72 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,960 So what are you looking for, then, John? 73 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,920 Straight ahead now we've got a nice cloud. 74 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,640 Flat bottom. 75 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,120 And that's where we're aiming for. 76 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,680 Probably find some lift under this cloud. 77 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,960 'These fluffy clouds are created by hot air rising 78 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,240 'from Yorkshire's landscape. 79 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,720 'A thermal updraft we can hitch a ride on.' 80 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,000 And I'm reading the sky 81 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,240 and working out where the best lift is going to be. 82 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,840 Not all clouds produce it, 83 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,520 and they only have a life of around 20 minutes, generally speaking. 84 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,600 So we look for the ones that are just developing. 85 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,040 And then we get the strongest lift. 86 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,600 Oh, I could feel it then. 87 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,760 So we are now swirling around in a thermal. 88 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,400 Just like a bird of prey would do. 89 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,320 So, we are going up at 600 feet a minute. 90 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,360 It's only when you get in something like this you really feel it. 91 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,080 It's amazing seeing the landscape from this height. 92 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,960 All of the lives going on below you. What are people doing? 93 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,680 What are their stories? 94 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,280 'High in the heavens, North Yorkshire's 95 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,200 'laid out before us, in all its glory.' 96 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,040 We're heading now towards Rievaulx Abbey. 97 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,000 Wow, what a sight! 98 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:50,760 We should check that place out. 99 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,680 'More ancient and mysterious still, 100 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,880 'giant circles are a clue to secrets of Stone Age lives. 101 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,400 'And our journey will take us to the sea 102 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,720 'for secrets of life on the edge.' 103 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,360 'Ellie, I think we are 104 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,840 'in for an extraordinary view of North Yorkshire.' 105 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:18,000 Look on the top now. 106 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,560 And watch for the ground. 107 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,840 Oh, my word! 108 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,200 Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! 109 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,240 Hee-hee-hee! 110 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:32,880 He think's he's Top Gun. 111 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,920 How was it? 112 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,200 I absolutely loved it! 113 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,480 - Did you?! - It's incredible, how about you? - I really didn't! 114 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,680 THEY LAUGH 115 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,040 - Were you a bit scared? - I was really wibbly. 116 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,560 That sort of secret world up there is just wonderful! 117 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,960 Spiritual for you, was it? 118 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:50,960 I feel...liberated. 119 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,360 It was wonderful. 120 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,800 I've seen some gems from up there that I'm going to 121 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,920 investigate now I'm down on the ground. 122 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,240 'We've got our check list of treasures 123 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,640 'to seek out...' 124 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,120 'But we've also got your top tips for North Yorkshire's secrets. 125 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,440 'So we're taking our own paths for a while. 126 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,080 'And, as we are in God's Own Country, 127 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:15,800 'I'm starting at a holy site I spied from on high. 128 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:17,720 'One of North Yorkshire's largest 129 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,200 'and most spectacular abbeys.' 130 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,160 There it is, Rievaulx Abbey. 131 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,440 It's hardly a secret spot but that is bound to be 132 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,800 more than meets the eye in this old place. 133 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,320 Monks lived here for 400 years, 134 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,520 before Henry VIII stripped the abbey bare. 135 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,440 This picturesque valley was ideal for holy men 136 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,520 seeking solitude and quiet contemplation. 137 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,280 The first surprise? To build an abbey of such beauty, 138 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,280 the monks had to break with convention. 139 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,760 Christian churches traditionally had their altars facing east, 140 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,920 but here Rievaulx faces north, 141 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,080 allowing it to fit perfectly onto this idyllic site. 142 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,080 One of Rievaulx's most influential abbots said 143 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,840 about this place, 144 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,440 "Everywhere peace, everywhere serenity, 145 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,040 "and a marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world." 146 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,840 More than 800 years on, I think I agree with him. 147 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,960 Even if you are not religious, 148 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,240 and I'm not, 149 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,600 there is still this sense of calmness and meditation. 150 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,120 You can well imagine this place in its heyday, 151 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,680 centuries ago. If you'd come from a humble, wooden, low house 152 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,440 to here with these stone pillars 153 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,880 rising up to the sky, you could well 154 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,000 believe you were in the house of God. 155 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,320 But what has brought me here is a secret 156 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,400 that few of us get to see. 157 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,360 'For 400 years, 158 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,440 'monks poured their devotion into their abbey, 159 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,560 'building higher, nearer to God. 160 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,840 'I thought we could only imagine how it looked in its heyday. 161 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,960 'But I've heard there's a hidden location 162 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,320 'where magnificent carvings that once adorned the abbey 163 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,640 'are kept.' 164 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,400 It's a bit like a DIY store, 165 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,520 but with priceless historical artefacts on the shelves instead. 166 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,200 'These are the mysterious men of Rievaulx. 167 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,960 'I'm told they are not all they seem.' 168 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,880 - How are you doing? - I'm all right, how are you? - Yeah, good, thanks. 169 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,800 'Keeper of Rievaulx secrets is curator, Susan Harrison. 170 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,440 'She'll show me faces from the abbey the public don't see.' 171 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,200 So these aren't the monks, then? 172 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,280 No, not at all. 173 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,800 They may be modelled on the masons or other people working on the site. 174 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,480 And the masons will be given fairly free rein 175 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,880 to do their own little designs 176 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,400 on these pieces. 177 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,920 'So generations of men who crafted the abbey 178 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,480 'carve their own faces into its stone. 179 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,280 'With a little artistic licence, of course.' 180 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,120 A mixed bag! 181 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,480 They certainly are! 182 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,440 So you've got the Devil. 183 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,080 You can see a green man, 184 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,000 - so he's got foliage coming from his mouth. - Ooh, lovely(!) 185 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,560 They're all quite ugly characters, aren't they? 186 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,720 They're astonishing characters, and this fella on the end here... 187 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,080 Looks like my first boyfriend. 188 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,320 SHE LAUGHS 189 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,640 A bit of a rat boy. 190 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,240 He's got a fine set of teeth. 191 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,720 He really has. 192 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,360 'These faces were lost for centuries, hidden under rubble, 193 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,880 'until shortly after the First World War.' 194 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,320 There was literally tonnes and metres of spoil 195 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,720 covering the site. 196 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,000 A good 700 items 197 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,560 - were listed as being discovered during the 1920s. - Wow. 198 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,680 'And what's more extraordinary 199 00:11:27,680 --> 00:11:31,520 'is the story of the folk who found the lost faces.' 200 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,520 A series of excavations were started 201 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,360 and soldiers returning from the Great War 202 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,480 were employed to help clear this site. 203 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,400 Men who had recently dug for survival 204 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,520 now dug for salvation... 205 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,080 ..this heavenly spot healing the horrors of the First World War. 206 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:02,160 'Combing through the abbey's remains, 207 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,000 'these soldiers helped rediscover the stonemasons 208 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,920 'who left their lasting impressions on Rievaulx.' 209 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,520 I think what I find awe-inspiring 210 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,320 is what an incredible feat of construction this place is. 211 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:20,240 And that centuries on, we can still meet the men who built it, 212 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,120 face-to-face. 213 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,160 Ellie and I are exploring the secrets of North Yorkshire's 214 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,560 divine land. 215 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,080 And we're not the only ones. 216 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,240 Walkers flock to North Yorkshire. 217 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,400 But few ever realise... 218 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,760 ..there are hidden gems 219 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,040 buried beneath their feet. 220 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,280 For farmers like me 221 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,400 this is familiar territory. 222 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,560 But I've come to this Yorkshire farm because apparently 223 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:10,040 they've unearthed something amazing. 224 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,760 For the gardeners amongst you, I expect you've dug up 225 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,840 all sorts of interesting things over the years. 226 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,920 In the Cotswolds at home, I often pick up these 227 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,440 flint arrowheads, 228 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,680 and the last person who held these before me was probably 5,000 years ago. 229 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,880 But compared to the secrets unearthed on this Yorkshire farm, 230 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,080 these are small fry. 231 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:35,760 Go on! 232 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,920 50 years ago, when Mark Rooke was just a small boy, 233 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:44,280 he watched his dad make a discovery that was truly historic. 234 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,160 - Good to meet you. - Nice to see you. 235 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,160 Can you show me this secret that your dad unearthed all these years ago? 236 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,120 Yeah, it's just over here, 237 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:53,400 we'll have a look. 238 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,640 This is it, Adam, 239 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,320 this is the Beadlam Roman villa. 240 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:00,880 Goodness me! 241 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,560 Excavated in 1965, my father found it. 242 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,880 'A whole Roman villa, 243 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,440 '1,600 years old.' 244 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:12,360 It's quite a size, isn't it? 245 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,600 This is only a part of it, there's five acres, but this is the main part 246 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,720 they wanted to preserve. Apparently, 247 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,080 in 1965, when it was discovered 248 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,800 and unearthed, 249 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,320 it was the most northerly Roman villa in England. 250 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:25,800 Wow! 251 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,160 It must have been exciting for your dad. 252 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,600 Yes, it would be exciting but it would be a mystery to him. 253 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,320 Because he just that it was modern farm buildings 254 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:36,840 that were derelict. 255 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,720 And how old were you? 256 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,440 I was about nine years old then, eight or nine years old. 257 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,760 I remember the tractor coming 258 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,680 and it was taking all these stones back, 259 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,240 and dad playing hell about... 260 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,960 because we were trying to cultivate this land into arable, 261 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,400 into spring barley 262 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,120 and all these bloody stones... 263 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,400 ADAM LAUGHS 264 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:55,920 So people drive along the main road 265 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,520 - and have got no idea it's there. - They don't know it's here. 266 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,200 What's in this area? 267 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,520 We're actually stood in a Roman bathhouse here. 268 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,280 There was underfloor heating here which you can see. 269 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,640 These flags are the underfloor part. 270 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,040 And this is the original flue pipe. 271 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,640 When you think that goes back to 400 AD, 272 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,800 - it's still there. - Yeah, underfloor heating. 273 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,480 Yeah, underfloor heating. 274 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,800 'These Romans were rich enough to build grand houses 275 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,000 'with all the mod cons. 276 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,400 'Not just underfloor heating, 277 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,920 'elaborate mosaic floors, too.' 278 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,000 I get excited about finding a few arrowheads 279 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,920 and you have a whole Roman villa! 280 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:36,240 THEY LAUGH 281 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,920 'For centuries, this relic of Roman Britain 282 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,120 'lay undisturbed, hidden beneath Yorkshire soil. 283 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,240 'And God's Own Country continues 284 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,040 'to offer up surprising Roman secrets.' 285 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,680 One of the recent discoveries that made up here in Yorkshire 286 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,120 about these tough Romans 287 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,640 is that they were wearing socks with their sandals. 288 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,800 It's not very fashionable but I suppose it kept them warm. 289 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,920 Take heart, sock-wearing men of Britain. 290 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,160 The Romans were not just trendsetters, 291 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,960 their connections to this land cut very deep. 292 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,920 While waging war on the Scots, 293 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,800 the emperor, Septimius Severus, 294 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,960 actually lived in York... 295 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,680 ..making the city the heart of Rome's empire. 296 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,400 Wealth from the surrounding farmlands 297 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,560 funded a rich lifestyle. 298 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,080 But who was Emperor Septimius Severus? 299 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,520 I've brought some goodies to show you, actually. 300 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,640 This is what we call a head pot. 301 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,800 'Yorkshire Museum's Natalie McCall 302 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,680 'is here to share the secrets of Septimius Severus.' 303 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,960 This is an African design, 304 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,680 and it sort of makes its way and is found over here 305 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,640 in York around the time 306 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,440 that Septimius Severus comes and stays here. 307 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,920 And he is actually an African emperor. 308 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,400 Goodness me, a Roman African emperor? 309 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,640 Yep, he's the first black emperor. 310 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,120 'It's astonishing to think that this emperor, Septimius Severus, 311 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:22,000 'wasn't only Roman 312 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,400 'but African, too.' 313 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,880 Severus put Yorkshire's land to work, 314 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,840 growing crops for his legions 315 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,400 and digging local clay to fashion pots 316 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,040 in an African style. 317 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,600 'Pots which still hold a secret.' 318 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,160 And who was this, do you think? 319 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,120 We don't know who this one is, this is kind of 320 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,720 an anonymous Roman. 321 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,680 You can almost see their fingerprints inside here, can't you? 322 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,160 Yeah. This is one of my favourite pieces 323 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:54,880 that we have in the museum because 324 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,720 the link to the person who made this is just 325 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,000 right there in the clay. You can see their finger impressions, 326 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,920 you can see their fingernails. 327 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,440 It's such a tangible link to somebody 2,000 years ago. 328 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,400 It really is, isn't it? 329 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,320 Touching where they touched. 330 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,040 'You might be surprised to know 331 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,680 'I have a personal connection to these pots.' 332 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,840 I've got a little secret of my own to share. 333 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,360 When I was a teenager I was really keen on ceramics. 334 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:26,320 In fact I spent hours sitting at a potter's wheel. 335 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:30,240 'But have I got what it takes to match the skills of those African 336 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,440 'craftsmen?' 337 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,280 - Graeme, hi. - Hi! 338 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,560 'To find out, archaeological potter Graham Taylor 339 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,200 'is taking me back to Roman times.' 340 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,360 I didn't realise I was going to get to the real McCoy, the whole Roman. 341 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:46,320 - Absolutely. - Look, you've even got socks under your sandals. 342 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,840 Ha-ha! 343 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,920 I used to do a little bit when I was a teenager. 344 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,600 This is a few of my examples. What do you reckon? 345 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,360 That's not bad at all. 346 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,920 That is pretty good. You're obviously an expert. 347 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,840 HE LAUGHS I don't think so. 348 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,680 This is a model of my art teacher, he had quite a big nose. 349 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,120 - Very nice. - Tell me, what's this about? 350 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,320 Well, this is a Roman potter's wheel, 351 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,600 one of the types of wheels that the Romans used to make 352 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,560 head pots, bowls, jars, 353 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,280 all sorts of stuff. 354 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,120 How did they make things so beautiful 355 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,280 on wheel like that? 356 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,360 There's only one way to find that out. 357 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,880 Here you go, you have this one. 358 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,200 We'll get you going. Wrap that round you, 359 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,240 get it tied on. Now, this is a stick wheel. 360 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,080 The first thing, the stick. 361 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,840 - Yeah. - Right-handed? 362 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,360 I am, yeah. 363 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:32,160 - Anti-clockwise. - OK. - So off you go. - Is it going to fly off as soon as...? 364 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,200 Oh! That part nearly took your kneecaps off. 365 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,440 - I may have to duck back, that's fine. - Like that? 366 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,920 - Yeah. - Ooh! Sorry! 367 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,160 It's all right. 368 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,960 Now really the push toward the centre. 369 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,480 - It slows down quick. - It does slow down quick. 370 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,120 A bit more water this time... 371 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,160 It's a bit wobbly, this wheel, isn't it? 372 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,080 Yeah, but that's fine. The clay's centred. 373 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,800 You don't need to worry too much about the wheel. That's it. 374 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,920 Straight down the middle. Good stuff. You've done this before. 375 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,960 - Lovely. - Oh!? 376 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:59,880 Look at that, fantastic! 377 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,440 That's it, nice and wet. 378 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,120 It's a fine art piece, lovely. 379 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:07,080 Hey, get in there. 380 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,280 That's it. 381 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,200 It'll fly off... I can tell. 382 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,160 Ah, it's looking good. 383 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,080 These guys must have been very skilful craftsman, 384 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,960 - mustn't they? - Well, they were. 385 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,440 There would have been a long 386 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,840 learning period to get up to the skill level that you need 387 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,920 to manufacture the sort of pots they did. 388 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,200 I can feel the Roman roots coming from the Earth... 389 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,320 Absolutely! 390 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,840 - ..up into the guts of my clay. - Absolutely! 391 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,200 A fabulous job. 392 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,560 Excellent. 393 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,000 Da-nah! 394 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,000 'It's remarkable to find Roman potters 395 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,880 'once worked this land to their will.' 396 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,480 Yorkshire clay, torn from the Earth 397 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,520 to fashion African and Roman faces 398 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,440 that reveal the secret lives of ancient Britain. 399 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,960 We're on a quest to uncover secret stories 400 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,440 you have put us onto. 401 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,960 As we explore North Yorkshire... 402 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,320 ..your next tip-off is taking us to the striking Malham Cove. 403 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,640 And it's not just places like this that are astounding us. 404 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,640 It's the people, too. 405 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,840 We heard from a young lad whose passion for the Dales 406 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,760 leapt out at us. 407 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,080 15-year-old Jack Depledge 408 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,120 is a would-be gamekeeper in the traditional mould. 409 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:43,920 I'm definitely a countryman. 410 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,360 I'm out all the time. 411 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,640 Love the countryside. 412 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,360 The wildlife you get out here and 413 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,840 all the different variety of habitat. 414 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,000 I mean, the views you get from up here, they are just fantastic. 415 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,360 I have two Cocker Spaniels, Monkey and Finn. 416 00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:04,880 And five ducks and two geese. 417 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,960 So these are my ferrets. 418 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,400 This is a female, my sister has named her Minty. 419 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,320 She's my main worker. I'll take her to some of my favourite spots 420 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:15,880 today, and we'll leave 421 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,600 him at home because he's still in training, he still quite young. 422 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,240 Ferreting is the traditional way of controlling rabbit population. 423 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,160 I mainly do ferreting 424 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,480 for the local gamekeepers and farmers. 425 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,120 Some of the places that I come ferreting, 426 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,440 it's places that not a lot of people get to go. 427 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,960 As I go off the beaten track looking for the rabbits, 428 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,080 looking for the signs of the warrens, 429 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,200 the fresh droppings of the rabbits, 430 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,720 the runs in the grass where the grass is flattened. 431 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,240 This is the first hole we're going to net. 432 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,440 I'm going to use my purse net, 433 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,640 which is the net that we use for trapping the rabbits in. 434 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,560 We tuck the bottom in the hole 435 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,320 and then lift the net over and just make sure it's covering 436 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,120 all of the hole. 437 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,120 We'll put her down the main hole 438 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:21,000 and hopefully we'll get the rabbit bolting out of the bolt holes. 439 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,720 And she's away. 440 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,880 Then we just sit and wait. 441 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,560 It is viewed as cruel and it is said that it's cruel, 442 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,440 but it's not. 443 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,440 It's done to manage the land. 444 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,760 Rabbits are a huge number. 445 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,040 It's a quick way of despatching them when you do 446 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,760 and you only ferret them when necessary. 447 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,640 No, I don't think there's much doing in here. 448 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,440 What do you think? 449 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,680 Being outside, looking at the views, looking at the wildlife 450 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,160 and the countryside 451 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,640 is what it is all about. 452 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,560 I'm dying for this. 453 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,600 I usually come here and sit for lunch. 454 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,800 Well, look at the view down the valley up at Pen-y-ghent. 455 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,880 The passion that I have for the countryside is the fact that 456 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,080 it is all worked, it is down to farmers, 457 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,960 landowners, gamekeepers, 458 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,600 that make it what it is. 459 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:33,080 Jack got in touch to share his love of Yorkshire with us. 460 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,160 As we search out more secrets from God's Own Country... 461 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,120 ..we're about to head back in time. 462 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:42,280 Thousands of years back in time. 463 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,000 All over Britain our ancient ancestors loved building big. 464 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,200 We all know Stonehenge. 465 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,280 But there are other henge monuments, too. 466 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,600 The most impressive but least known are here 467 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,440 in Yorkshire. 468 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,600 Thornborough Henges. 469 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,000 Three great circular earth banks 470 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,200 built 5,000 years ago. 471 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,520 So, Adam, this is one of the Thornborough Henges, 472 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,280 this giant circle here. 473 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,280 That's pretty impressive. 474 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,720 When I think of henges, I think of Stonehenge 475 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,440 and those massive rocks, 476 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,000 but there is not that here. 477 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,600 "Henge" is an archaeological term 478 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,800 for a big, circular earth and bank and ditch 479 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,920 and there is one at Stonehenge but it is just that the stones are so big 480 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,600 they are what catches the eye. 481 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,800 Looking down, you can see it is quite hollow here. 482 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,280 - They've obviously moved a lot of earth up this bank. - Yeah. 483 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,960 It's not small, this one. 484 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,280 'Over 5,000 years, the earth banks 485 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,360 'have eroded, 486 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,920 'but they were once 15-feet tall, 487 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,680 'built in a perfect circle. 488 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,640 'They're still stunning from the air, 489 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:25,280 'but it's from the ground their secrets are revealed. 490 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:30,640 'They give an interrupted view of the heavenly skies.' 491 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,600 As you see those, we get closer and closer to the centre. 492 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,200 The features outside the circle disappear, 493 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,440 the landmarks and all the visual cues 494 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:40,760 from outside have gone. 495 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,960 So when you stand here you have a clear line of sight 496 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,000 to the heavens above, like an outdoor cathedral. 497 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,880 I can see it, it's all sky. 498 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,200 'Having one henge is impressive enough, Ellie, 499 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,480 'but Thornborough has three.' 500 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,400 There is a theory that the three line up 501 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,920 and match the three stars of Orion's Belt in the sky above. 502 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,400 They'd have come here on a spiritual pilgrimage. 503 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,000 Yeah, I'm getting it. 504 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,200 I can sort of feel it. Amazing to think that 5,000 years ago 505 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,360 people were gathering here as a meeting point 506 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:38,480 in almost like a religious ceremony. 507 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,040 It's incredible, isn't it, to think 508 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,560 that people went to such a big effort to create 509 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,320 these places that were so special to them. 510 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,120 I'm glad you like it. 511 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:04,320 The days of creating mighty earth monuments have long gone. 512 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,520 Lately, the locals have been busy building in stone and brick. 513 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:17,320 It's in the valleys that people gather together now. 514 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,160 The Peaks remain a rugged backdrop. 515 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,560 Up here folk are few and far between. 516 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,120 'But that doesn't mean that the tops don't conceal a secret 517 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:30,160 'that I'm seeking out.' 518 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,400 To me, it's the sort of terrain 519 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,680 that is crying out for a two-wheel safari. 520 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,000 Yes, this is too gorgeous. 521 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,720 Amazing. 522 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,000 'As I climb, it feels like leaving 523 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,080 'the Dales and its people behind.' 524 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,440 It's glorious. 525 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,640 There's not a soul here. 526 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,400 'Just an endless road. 527 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,240 'But a road to where?' 528 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,200 # We're on the road to nowhere 529 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,960 # Come on inside 530 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,000 # We're on a ride to nowhere 531 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,720 # I'll take that ride... # 532 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,440 'This is classic Cathy and Heathcliff 533 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,280 'Yorkshire moorland. 534 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,360 'Bleak, desolate... 535 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,800 'unforgiving. 536 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,400 'Then, out of nowhere, 537 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,680 'and quite unexpected, 538 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,240 'a sign of life.' 539 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,400 An old pub, and right by itself! 540 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,640 That is bound to have a secret or two, surely. 541 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,560 Welcome to the inn atop Tan Hill, 542 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:14,960 Britain's highest pub. 543 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,760 They've been pulling pints here for nearly 300 years. 544 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,640 Surprising, given that it's miles from the nearest customers. 545 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:27,840 'Imagine getting stuck up here.' 546 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,280 Oh, my. It's cosy. 547 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,640 'What's it like in winter, though? 548 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,400 'A question for landlady Tracy Daly.' 549 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,840 People do get snowed in. 550 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,280 They think they're going to get snowed in for a day or two. 551 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,880 It's normally at least three or four days. 552 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,320 Really? 553 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,640 The famous New Year lock-in - 554 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,080 64 people here. 555 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,880 And we had the Snowcat that year, collecting customers. 556 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,840 And then the following day, New Year's Day, 557 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,480 30 of them walked out because they had snow boots 558 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,880 and the other 30 had to stay here for another two days. 559 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,800 We had to get a committee together - 560 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,680 who was going to do the washing up, 561 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,680 who was going to do the cooking, who was going to do the cleaning. 562 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,640 That's good. Get them doing the work. 563 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,160 We're in the middle of nowhere, 564 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:26,360 which begs the question why was this pub built here in the first place? 565 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,760 Well, some people think that the secret lies out there, 566 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,080 buried in the moor. 567 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,400 Perhaps this old map of the moor offers a clue. 568 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,160 Are those mineshafts? 569 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,160 'And if they hold the secret, 570 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,240 'where are they?' 571 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,760 I've got no idea what I'm looking for. 572 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,480 'This moorland doesn't give up its secrets easily.' 573 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,560 How will I crack the mystery of the Tan Hill Inn? 574 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,680 While you ponder that, Ellie, 575 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,760 I'm on my own hunt for secrets 576 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,720 in what the locals call God's Own Country. 577 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,360 Following a lead, I'm heading to the North York Moors 578 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:20,800 and the Rosedale Valley. 579 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,400 I'm walking in the footsteps of forgotten craftsmen, 580 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,400 skilled workers who apparently 581 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,960 tramped over these hills centuries ago. 582 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,960 And I'm told they made glass out here. 583 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:42,880 Look, there's loads of it. 584 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,840 Here we are. Glass. 585 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,520 And that's not from some broken beer bottle. 586 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,560 That looks ancient. 587 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,400 There's loads of it. 588 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,680 Goodness me. 589 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,640 It seems an unlikely spot for glass-making, 590 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,520 but the locals stumbled across a stone structure 591 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,800 hundreds of years old. 592 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:10,680 What they found were the remains of an old glass furnace and it had been 593 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:14,080 completely buried in heather and bracken 594 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:18,880 and when they discovered it, it lifted the lid on some 595 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:24,000 remarkable secret lives, lived out here on the moor. 596 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,520 To honour those craftsmen of old, the archaeologists left a plaque. 597 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,040 Yeah, this is it. 598 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,680 "This marks the site of a long-lost industry. 599 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:41,400 "Skilled craft workers operating a glass furnace here to produce 600 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,280 "objects of great beauty." 601 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,280 Who were those craftsmen? 602 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,960 And why were they working in secret, up here? 603 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,960 The foundations of their furnace have been moved to Ryedale Folk Museum. 604 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,120 The clay ovens to make glass stood on the stone base. 605 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:12,200 Robin Butler helped shift the stone foundation of that furnace here 606 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,840 and now, he's sitting on it. 607 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,360 - Robin, hi. - Hello. - I'm Adam. Good to see you. - Yeah, nice to see you. 608 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,200 This is remarkable! So, how did it work, then? 609 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,800 So, this was the main furnace. 610 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,760 The prevailing wind was blowing through here. 611 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,000 - So, this was like a funnel to bring the flames... - That's right. 612 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,400 The flames in, yeah. These would have big domes on them 613 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,040 and each corner was for cooling it down. 614 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,040 We found quite a lot of bits of glass. 615 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:49,360 It's really quite fine, isn't it? Ornate. These were skilled men. 616 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,000 What were these people doing, hidden away, up on the moor? 617 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,040 Well, I don't really know for certain but they were Huguenots, 618 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:01,280 from Northern France, I think that's where they came from. 619 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,880 - Incredible, isn't it? - Yeah. 620 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,320 'Robin could be on to something. 621 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:11,080 'He mentioned the Huguenots, a group of French artisans, 622 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:17,160 'famous for making fine glassware, such as goblets and vases. 623 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,200 'But what were they doing so far from home?' 624 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:28,400 Frenchmen? Up here? On the North York Moors? Making glass?! Really? 625 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,520 'It feels like all this time this landscape's been trying to 626 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,240 'tell us a story. If only we knew where to look. 627 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:42,720 'Digging into the past, you tend to look to churches. 628 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,920 'There are no graves of Frenchmen to be seen, but there are records.' 629 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:53,320 In the 1500s, there was definitely an influx of newcomers to the region. 630 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,720 This is a copy of some of the burial records from the local church. 631 00:35:56,720 --> 00:36:01,600 There's some names here listed 1574, Cout or Coute. 632 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,320 Another one here, Rathrome. And they definitely weren't Yorkshiremen. 633 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,520 'What is it about this landscape that would bring French craftsmen 634 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,400 'to North Yorkshire? 635 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,000 'Perhaps local glass-makers Kate Jones and Steve Gillies 636 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,760 'know their secret.' 637 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,240 The moors seems like a pretty unlikely place to be making glass. 638 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,840 Why did they choose it? 639 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,080 It does, but it had all the raw materials that the 640 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,640 glass-makers would have needed. There was the bracken for the potash 641 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:46,160 and then there was the sand that they would need for the silica, 642 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:47,920 - for the glass. - Yes. 643 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,760 And then, they also had clay in the ground, which they 644 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,640 needed to make the crucibles, where the glass would then sit. 645 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,840 And this area, it's not so wooded now today, it would have been 646 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,840 full of oak trees, which they would have used to fire the furnace. 647 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,800 So, all the raw materials were all around them, 648 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,840 - perfect for making glass. - Yeah, perfect location. 649 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:14,080 'The Huguenots had fled France to escape religious persecution. 650 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:18,920 'The moors offered sanctuary and vital materials for their craft.' 651 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,840 Well, having been down to the museum, they very kindly lent me some glass. 652 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,560 - Have a look at that. - Oh, yeah, that looks like the top of a bottle. 653 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,680 - Amazing! Wow! It's incredible! - Yeah. 654 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,640 They would have been highly prized drinking vessels. 655 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,560 - Highly skilled as well. - It's a remarkable secret. - Yeah. 656 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,720 'Kate and Steve are keeping alive those traditional skills, 657 00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:53,240 'first practised in secret in the Rosedale Valley, some 450 years ago.' 658 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:57,280 And it's just nice that 50 minutes from where we work, there was 659 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,960 glass-making such a long time ago. 660 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,640 'Their skills are timeless. 661 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,240 'Here in Yorkshire, those exiled Frenchmen found refuge 662 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:11,960 'and the means to practise their craft, far from home.' 663 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:21,200 But there's a moorland puzzle still perplexing me, 664 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,440 here at Britain's pub, atop Tan Hill. 665 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,760 I want to know the secret of why this inn, 666 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,120 so far from potential punters, was ever built. 667 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:47,560 Clues inside have sent me outside, looking for old mine workings. 668 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,360 I know that there's evidence of mining out here, 669 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,920 but all I can see is...acres and acres of moorland. 670 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:04,920 'Then, as if by magic, just when I need one, up pops an expert.' 671 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,320 - Hi, Ellie. - Hi, Rob. How are you doing? 672 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,080 'Local historian Robert White.' 673 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,280 Don't step back too far cos the hole's behind you. 674 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,480 - That's the mineshaft, there. - That's the shaft. - Can I have a quick look? 675 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,360 - Yeah. - That's a pretty deep hole, right? 676 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,160 Well, there's lots of these, dotted around the landscape. 677 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:21,960 You can see them a lot better from the air. 678 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,640 If you look at the aerial photograph, these are the shafts... 679 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,800 Oh, I see. And there's the connecting railways. 680 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,800 And there's a straight track between them. 681 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,080 It's quite clear, now you've pointed it out. 682 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,880 It's quite sort of alien, isn't it? 683 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,480 A bit crop circley when you see it from that angle. 684 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,000 This is Tan Hill coalfield, which is one of the largest 685 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,560 and longest lasting coalfields in England. 686 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,840 This is a peat bog. 687 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,400 It was a lot easier to take your ponies or carts across a hard 688 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,840 surface, so they created these tracks. 689 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,480 'These moors have been mined since the 14th century. 690 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,440 'Generations of men, digging out coal, far from anywhere. 691 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,640 'This building was actually their lodgings 692 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,640 'and its owners had an interesting sideline.' 693 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,680 The cart is coming up to take their coal away. 694 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,840 They've had a thirsty journey coming up here, 695 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,640 - so you try and sell them some of your home-brew. - Fantastic. 696 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,880 How very British that it's maintained its pub status all 697 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:28,240 these years, in spite of there being no neighbours around. 698 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,360 'But to survive, it's had to reinvent itself. 699 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,600 'Remarkably, Tan Hill Inn has become one of Britain's coolest 700 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,840 and most windswept gig venues. 701 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,600 'Everyone from Arctic Monkeys to British Sea Power has 702 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,160 'played on the moor.' 703 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,800 # Sometimes, I wonder 704 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,880 # Thinking 'bout you... # 705 00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,960 'And it's not just the famous who've entertained folk here. 706 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,520 'I'm told the Tan Hill tradition is people just turn up and play. 707 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,480 'Interesting.' 708 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:18,600 APPLAUSE 709 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,400 Well, this feels like the appropriate time to reveal 710 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,120 a secret of my own. 711 00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,760 A fair while ago, I used to be in an acoustic band and since I'm at the 712 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,560 Tan Hill, I've dragged my buddy Gav all the way up the Dales to come 713 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,000 and play with me, in front of the fire. 714 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,200 How are you doing, Gav? 715 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,000 - Fine, thank you. - Are you all right? Shall we do it? 716 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,280 # Love is a burning thing 717 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,840 # And it makes a fiery ring 718 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:04,720 # Bound by wild desire 719 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:10,240 # I fell into a ring of fire 720 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:15,640 # I fell in to a burning ring of fire 721 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,880 # I went down, down, down 722 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,840 # And the flames went higher 723 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,320 # And it burns, burns, burns 724 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,240 # The ring of fire 725 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:30,680 # The ring of fire. # 726 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,400 APPLAUSE 727 00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:51,080 Wide open, spectacular space. 728 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,640 That's what North Yorkshire's famous for. 729 00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,320 God's Own Country stretches all the way out to the sea. 730 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,200 It's a land grand enough to build on a big scale. 731 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:16,040 Earlier, Ellie, you showed me these massive circular earth banks. 732 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,800 The Thornborough Henges. 733 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:23,120 But for me, those henges would have been even better with stones. 734 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:26,880 And thanks to our viewers' secret suggestions, 735 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:32,000 hidden in these trees, I reckon I've got the real deal for you, Ellie. 736 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,600 But it's smaller than you might imagine. 737 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,680 - So, where are you taking me too, then? - You'll have to wait and see. 738 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,320 It's a secret! 739 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,080 - You have to look for signs. - Oh, really? - Big rocks. 740 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,000 - There's one. - It's not big enough. 741 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,720 - What about that one? - No, that's no good. 742 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,760 - Wow! That's awesome! - That's not it. 743 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,960 That's quite impressive, but it's better than that. 744 00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,600 Better than that! 745 00:44:03,720 --> 00:44:07,840 - What do you reckon? - Oh, my goodness! Look at this! 746 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,760 How weird, in the middle of the woods, to have this! 747 00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:14,280 - It's like a mini Stonehenge. - It is. Come down here. We'll go inside. 748 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,960 Wow! 749 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,800 What a bizarre place! 750 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,880 Look at these enormous stones. 751 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,920 It's brilliant, isn't it? 752 00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,080 It's extraordinary! 753 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,840 - I could sacrifice you on here, look. - Or an old goat! 754 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,680 Yeah. What's this big worship stone? 755 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,680 I like it. 756 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,320 'So how come these ancient standing stones are here?' 757 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,960 'Aha! That's the secret! They're not ancient.' 758 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:53,520 'They're not ancient?' 759 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,760 So, what's it all about? Who built it? 760 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,120 This guy called William Danby went off across the continent, 761 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,480 saw a temple similar to this 762 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,880 and thought, right, well, I want one on my estate. 763 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,120 I'm going to get one built. In the 1820s. 764 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,640 It was not based on Stonehenge, not built by the Druids? 765 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:10,880 No, it's not 5,000 years old, sorry. 766 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,000 But really, I mean, what a great idea, 767 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,760 - his little secret folly on his own farm. - Yeah. - Great place for a party. 768 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:22,200 - You should get one your garden. - The wine glasses will fall off this. - THEY LAUGH 769 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,560 Look at this, I can hide out in one of these little places. 770 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,640 - Through there. - You look good in there. 771 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,160 Why did he do it? 772 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,600 Well, there was lots of unemployment locally 773 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,840 and he wanted to give the guys work, 774 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,080 so he said, you know, build these things. 775 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,480 - I mean, pretty bizarre, isn't it? - It's really bizarre. 776 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,320 Do you know what? 777 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,160 I really like this place, because I love it 778 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,040 when filthy rich people do interesting things with their money. 779 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,560 Danby had this place built and it's going to last forever. 780 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,000 Times were tough in the early 1800s, when this folly was built. 781 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,960 TRAIN ENGINE WHISTLES 782 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:04,560 But prosperity was about to power into this part of North Yorkshire. 783 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,280 That wealth was hewn from local rock, 784 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:14,520 iron ore stripped from the land and carried away by rail. 785 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,960 'Nowadays, this historic steam train still runs to the coast, 786 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,680 'carrying tourists like me.' 787 00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,840 How come I don't get to ride on the train? 788 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:34,560 I'd really enjoy that. 789 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,040 Ah. Very nice. 790 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,000 This is perfectly civilised. 791 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,240 The train rattles through God's Own Country... 792 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:07,880 ..steaming across the North York Moors, out to the coast at Whitby. 793 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:18,200 That's where I've arrived, Adam, in search of a secret, of course. 794 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,080 Mind the gap. 795 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:21,720 Next stop, 796 00:47:21,720 --> 00:47:23,920 the mysterious Whitby Yards. 797 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:29,120 A secret world lost within this coastal town. 798 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,040 That's what I'm here to discover. 799 00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:35,960 I don't know about you, 800 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,760 but whenever I get to a new place I love the idea of being able to see 801 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,720 behind the scenes, 802 00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:44,320 through the doors, or down the stairwells, 803 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:46,960 but obviously far too polite to ask. 804 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,920 Well, today, I've got a licence to be nosy! 805 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,600 Hello, you. 806 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,200 Hello, old friend. 807 00:47:56,320 --> 00:48:00,240 Just off the high street, hidden from prying eyes, 808 00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:02,280 tiers of back-to-back houses 809 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,720 were built into Whitby's steep cliffs, 810 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,720 to house fishing families. 811 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,600 'Passages known to locals as The Yards, 812 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,720 'Whitby's best kept secret.' 813 00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,920 Wow. 814 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,320 - Hey, Joyce. - Hello. - It's a secret hidden world down here. 815 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,080 I know, it's lovely, isn't it? 816 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,360 Joyce Stango lives in Linskill Square. 817 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:32,880 She's letting me in on the secret lives of Whitby's once crowded yard. 818 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,480 There were 17 listed accommodations here. 819 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,960 There was reputed to have been one family of 14 820 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,440 that lived in number one at one time. My God. 821 00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:45,640 You can see why the yard would've become an extension of the home, if you had 14 people in there. 822 00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:48,960 There used to be baths, tin baths, hung outside the houses, 823 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,480 so the kids would virtually bath outside sometimes 824 00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:54,440 - and then just tip the water down the drain. - Remarkable. 825 00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:59,000 - So there could possibly have been 200, maybe more, just in this little area here. - Oh, easily. 826 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:00,120 Back then, 827 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,960 Whitby was one of Britain's most important whaling ports. 828 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:08,600 Streets were packed with fishermen, whose lifeblood was the sea. 829 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,960 It must have been quite noisy and smelly with so many people. 830 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,280 Oh, it would've been very smelly at one time, 831 00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,320 particularly when the whaling industry was in full swing, 832 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,440 because they were boiling the blubber 833 00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,520 and the smell must have been horrendous 834 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:24,680 and you can imagine it 835 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,640 with all the coal fires and the soot being produced. 836 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:32,080 Life in The Yards was tough, insanitary, poor. 837 00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:35,760 'But one thing these communities did have...each other.' 838 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,280 I had a neighbour that lived in number 8 for over 50 years 839 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:44,280 and she showed me a photograph of the yard, celebrating VE Day. 840 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,760 And that shows the amount of people that you can fit in to one yard. 841 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:49,560 - Yikes! - It's absolutely amazing. 842 00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:51,960 They've even managed to squeeze in a table. 843 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,040 Well, this was a celebration day. 844 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,240 There's never enough biscuits to go around. 845 00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:57,600 - THEY LAUGH - I know! 846 00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:59,920 Would've been nice to have been there. 847 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:03,880 'So, what became of those back-to-back houses? 848 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,880 'These days, the yards are transformed. 849 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:09,200 'Say goodbye to the slums.' 850 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,480 Hello! Hi. 851 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:16,600 In Clarks Yard, Joy Peach is one of the lucky few to have a garden. 852 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,360 - Hi, Joy. - Hello, Ellie. Good to see you. - You too! 853 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,640 I was not expecting gardens in the yards! 854 00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:27,280 Right, well, there are only two yards which have gardens. 855 00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:31,040 And we have gardens because, originally, there was 856 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:33,520 a three-storey terrace of cottages here. 857 00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,400 It would have been a dark, dismal yard, 858 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:38,880 just this wide with three storeys each side. 859 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,960 It would have been dreadful. 860 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,160 But, fortunately, they were all knocked down in the slum clearance 861 00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:47,160 in the '20s, '30s, whatever. 862 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:48,760 So we're each left with a garden. 863 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:52,440 You've made full use of it, as well. It's like a Chelsea Best In Show. 864 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,240 It's heaven, basically. Heaven. 865 00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,000 GULL CAWS 866 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:57,720 Heaven on earth. 867 00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:04,320 Whitby's secret maze of alleyways are a real revelation. 868 00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:08,640 - And I've heard there's still more treasure tucked away. - Hey, Ellie! 869 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:09,720 - Are you all right? - Yes. 870 00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:11,320 'Chris Darby's kindly pointing me 871 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,160 'to a special view of Whitby the yards reveal.' 872 00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:18,440 If you go to the top of the steps, but don't run... 873 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,600 Oh, I really won't be, I can assure you of that! 874 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,720 You can then look down on this side of Church Street 875 00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:27,160 and see how amazing the yards are. 876 00:51:27,160 --> 00:51:30,640 There's a yard behind that house, there's a yard behind my house, 877 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:32,000 and so they go on here. 878 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,320 So, all the way up here. Thanks, Chris. See you later. 879 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,640 I've been to Whitby loads of times but I had no idea that, 880 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,360 away from all this hustle and bustle of the harbour-side 881 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:55,200 were all these alleyways, leading to stories of the past. 882 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,040 Now, THAT is a view! 883 00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:02,800 Thank goodness some of them have remained 884 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,360 to tell us about their secret lives. 885 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:25,800 Seeking out the secrets of North Yorkshire, 886 00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:29,240 Ellie and I are discovering they all draw us back to the land. 887 00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,480 The stark, yet spectacular moorland. 888 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:49,840 Its deep valleys 889 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:53,400 and lush, green dales. 890 00:52:56,640 --> 00:53:00,600 But then, there are secret spots only the locals know. 891 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,360 I've been told about a lovely lake down here somewhere 892 00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:08,280 that's little-known, so I really wanted to see if I could find it, 893 00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,320 but at the moment, I can't see the water for the woods! 894 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,960 Lake Gormire is lost in a thick ring of trees. 895 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,600 Few know the watery delights waiting deep within the interior. 896 00:53:29,240 --> 00:53:35,160 Gormire Lake has been hidden away here since the Ice Age. 897 00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,760 And it's deeply mysterious. 898 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:46,960 Its secret is that no-one knows where the water flows in or out. 899 00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,920 And because of that, myths and legends have been built up around it. 900 00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:57,720 And there's one folklore, 901 00:53:57,720 --> 00:54:00,160 that a witch was being chased across the moor 902 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:03,640 and she takes a jump for freedom from the top of the cliffs up there, 903 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:08,160 and lands in the bottomless lake, and is gone for ever. 904 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:18,120 Gormire Lake's not the only overlooked gem around here. 905 00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:22,760 Those towering cliffs reveal a secret, too. 906 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,160 The writer of the James Herriot books, Alf Wight, 907 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,960 reckoned he'd found England's finest view here. 908 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:35,400 But climber Franco Cookson disagrees. 909 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,760 He believes there is a finer prospect by far, 910 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:40,880 here on Garbutt Wood Nature Reserve. 911 00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,480 And he's keen to share it with us. 912 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,480 But getting there may be a problem. 913 00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:51,840 - Ha-ha-ha! - Oh, no! Are you serious? 914 00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,040 Oh, I don't like that! Oh-ho! 915 00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,680 - Do you do much climbing? - No! What about you? - No. 916 00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:03,760 Up and down the stairs. That's about it. Franco, what's this all about? 917 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:05,880 Well, this is Whitestone Cliff. 918 00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,800 It's probably the most dramatic cliff in the North York Moors. 919 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,000 There's supposed to be a sign around here that it was 920 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:12,960 the James Herriot author's favourite view. 921 00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:16,000 Yeah, it points you that way but I think the best view's from the top here. 922 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:17,840 - So, you disagree with him? - Yeah, I reckon. 923 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,920 To enjoy Franco's favourite view... 924 00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:24,840 We've got to become rock climbers?! 925 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,760 Right, go on, then, Ellie. You're first. Ladies first. 926 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,280 - What a gent! - What a gent(!) 927 00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,240 - Good luck, Ellie. - Yeah, thanks, man! 928 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:38,000 'We've been given special access to these cliffs.' 929 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,400 Hang on, hang on! 930 00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:40,560 'Now I wish we hadn't!' 931 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:43,280 SHE SIGHS 932 00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,400 Definitely feeling at one with the landscape. 933 00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,960 I've never been so intimate with a rock, in all my life. 934 00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:54,760 Which way now? 935 00:55:58,520 --> 00:55:59,560 Ooh, my word. 936 00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:02,880 HE PANTS 937 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,640 It's seriously difficult. 938 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:07,960 And pretty scary! 939 00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:12,880 We're a long way up here. 940 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:15,040 And I'm struggling. 941 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:18,080 HE EXHALES 942 00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,520 Just having a little quiet moment here. 943 00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:33,200 Gathering my strength for the last bit. Haven't seen the view. 944 00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,920 Going to treat myself to it when I get there. 945 00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,400 OK, last big push. 946 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,960 Oh, my legs are shaking! 947 00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:42,720 It's just...unbelievable. 948 00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:46,480 HEARTBEAT QUICKENING 949 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,640 I've never climbed anything this high in my life. 950 00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:54,680 And I've still got quite a long way to go. 951 00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:00,880 Not there yet. Another few feet. Oh! 952 00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:04,000 HE PANTS 953 00:57:05,120 --> 00:57:06,560 HE GASPS 954 00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:11,680 - Nearly there! - Brilliant! - Oh, man, I'm shaky! 955 00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,840 I feel like kissing the ground. I'm going to! Mwah! 956 00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,440 Oh, my goodness! 957 00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:19,760 I didn't dare look at that! 958 00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:21,480 Oh, shaky, shaky. 959 00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,360 Oh! 960 00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:30,080 Wow! It's incredible! 961 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,520 THAT is a huge view! 962 00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:37,760 Feel like you can see the whole of the country. 963 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:42,680 To get to the top, and see that view - oh! 964 00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:52,720 North Yorkshire's been truly wonderful. 965 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,560 We've discovered the secret life of stonemasons. 966 00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:03,080 Uncovered the mysteries of ancient ancestors. 967 00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:08,040 I made time for a pint in Britain's highest pub. 968 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,680 And sang for your supper above a moorland mine. 969 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:18,960 We've met some incredible people and seen some stunning scenery. 970 00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,320 And you and I are quite far away from home here, 971 00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:24,600 but I think if you come to a place and really seek out its stories 972 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,160 with an open heart, you can really get a sense of its secret lives.