1 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,040 We live in a country with some of the most diverse 2 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:15,400 and beautiful landscapes in the world. 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,800 So diverse, 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,600 very few of us know every nook and cranny. 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,160 And so beautiful, it would be a crime to miss any of them. 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,360 The British Isles are full 7 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,080 of secrets and surprises 8 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,280 just waiting to be discovered. 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,400 - HE GRUNTS - Good. - Thank you! 10 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:42,720 Wow! 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,240 Oh, my God! 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,560 Out of nowhere, they came. 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,360 'It's easy to think Britain is a crowded place, 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,560 'but, with more than 60 million acres out there, 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,480 'there's still plenty of the UK for us to discover and enjoy.' 16 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:58,760 SHE LAUGHS 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,200 The power of the elements really belittles you. 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,160 'In this series, we are going to escape the crowds 19 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,000 'and get off the beaten track.' 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,960 We are on the hunt for the unexpected... 21 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:12,200 Can you see it? Can you see it? 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,960 There we go. Whoohoo! 23 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:15,360 ..the breathtaking... 24 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,880 Oh, it's freezing! 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,920 ..the hidden. 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,880 I think we've found it. 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:22,920 CREAKING 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,800 Look at the size of this place! 29 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,280 This is the place we call home. 30 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,880 This is our secret Britain. 31 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,320 WHIRRING 32 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:42,960 - Here we go. - All right. 33 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,160 SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,600 HE LAUGHS 35 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:48,600 PLANE WHIRS 36 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,360 ENGINE WHIRS 37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,520 The Lake District is one of the last great wild places in Britain. 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,040 It's home to England's highest mountain, 39 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,080 its deepest lake. 40 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,520 And it's why so many visitors come each year. 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,360 Most of them get here via the M6, but let me tell you... 42 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,520 ..this is a fantastic way to get your first glimpse. 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,280 '16.5 million visitors come to the Lakes every year. 44 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,800 'But only a handful are lucky enough to see 45 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,040 'its staggering beauty from 14,500 feet.' 46 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:53,880 These views are incredible, they really are. 47 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,640 Sparkling lakes... 48 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,200 Windermere just down there. 49 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,880 You really take it all in when you get this high. 50 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,120 I'm so nervous. 51 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,320 My tongue is like a big... 52 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,120 furry cotton-wool ball. 53 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,920 'The Lake District is one of the most mapped parts of the country. 54 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:23,000 'And, guided by their maps, a steady stream of visitors are drawn to 55 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,480 'some of the most breathtaking views in the Lakes.' 56 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:32,360 'It would be easy to assume this place had given up all its secret. 57 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,120 'But that's where you'd be wrong.' 58 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,040 And, to find the secrets of the Lakes, 59 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,480 I need to get off the beaten path and that means... 60 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,920 getting back down to earth. 61 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,160 - OK, Mike. I'm ready. I'm ready. - OK. 62 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,800 Right, Ellie. Smile at the camera. 63 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,160 OK. Was that a smile? 64 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,000 I think it's a smile as in a grimace. 65 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,160 - Head back. - OK. 66 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,920 Feet and knees back. Stay like that. 67 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,040 WIND DROWNS SPEECH 68 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,480 The Lake District is an ancient landscape. 69 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,280 500 million years of geological changes have created 70 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,040 its dramatic scenery of glacial valleys, 71 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,280 towering mountains 72 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,600 and deep lakes and rivers, 73 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,440 which flow into the Irish Sea. 74 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,400 To explore all its secrets, 75 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,800 you've got to get your feet on the ground. 76 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,520 Landing now, Ellie. 77 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:09,480 Three, two, one and big slide. 78 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:13,880 Woo! Yeah! 79 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,840 SHE LAUGHS 80 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:17,520 That was amazing! 81 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,560 - There you go. - That was amazing! 82 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,080 - Woo! - Let's get that hat off. 83 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,480 - Oh! Mike, we're alive! - I know. 84 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,720 SHE LAUGHS 85 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,280 What an entrance to the Lake District. How about that? 86 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:29,440 HE SIGHS My goodness. 87 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,280 I think this is probably a safer way of getting here than the M6, but... 88 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:36,680 I don't know, I might take my chances on the motorway next time. 89 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,040 With its rugged, mountainous landscape, 90 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,840 the Lake District has long been a playground for the adventurous. 91 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:53,120 And jumping from a plane isn't the only adrenaline-fuelled way 92 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,360 to get a unique view of the Lakes. 93 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,280 This is Borrowdale Valley. 94 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:00,560 And, for most people like me, 95 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,960 well, it's the perfect place for a little stroll, 96 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,280 take in views and, if you're feeling really energetic, 97 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,840 I don't know, stopping off for a picnic. 98 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,120 But for others this is where the adventures begin, 99 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,720 because this...is climbing central. 100 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,880 The mountains and crags in the Lakes are the birthplace 101 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,400 of modern British rock climbing. 102 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,760 And I have it, on good authority, 103 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,160 that to discover the secrets of this valley 104 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:29,680 I've got to climb. 105 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,360 The only trouble is, I'm terrified of heights. 106 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,160 Now, when I look at a slab of rock like that, 107 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,560 I think, "How on earth am I going to be able to climb that?" 108 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,360 It looks just like a wall to me. 109 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,480 Woo! 110 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,240 But, thanks to a photographer called to Bentley Beetham, 111 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,240 who climbed Everest with Mallory in 1924, 112 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,600 I might just make it. 113 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,440 After Beetham returned from the Himalayas, 114 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 he spent the rest of his life mapping climbing routes 115 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,640 in the Lakes. 116 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,760 And his favourite spot was here in Borrowdale. 117 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,160 What a view. 118 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,080 But I'm told that just 100 metres up there, 119 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:12,400 it's even better. 120 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,240 Mouthwatering, spectacular, I've been told. 121 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,720 But that 100 metres... 122 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,960 ..is like that. 123 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,080 'I'm not stupid, though.' 124 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,360 Leo Houlding, with his dad, Mark, 125 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,440 has been climbing in this valley since he was a boy. 126 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,840 Leo is now Britain's most famous climber 127 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,160 and one of the best in the world. 128 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,560 And he and his dad have been roped in to help me out. 129 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,800 Leo, Mark, do I look a bit scared? 130 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,680 - Apprehensive. - Apprehensive? As if all the blood has gone from my face? 131 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,560 - A little bit. - Yeah, cos I do feel a bit scared. 132 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,280 To be honest, Chris, this isn't a super easy climb. 133 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,680 But it's memorable. 134 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,880 I guarantee that you will remember this day, Chris. 135 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,160 Yeah, I bet I will. Hopefully for the right reasons. 136 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:02,560 Is it getting up, 137 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,480 or is it what's up there that excites you? 138 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:07,200 It's not really about the destination. 139 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,560 It's more about the journey. And the process you go to get that. 140 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,600 However, up there, it's a really spectacular view 141 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,600 and it's a really unique little place 142 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,440 that you got to be a climber to get there. 143 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,240 There's no way of walking there. 144 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,960 'So, channelling the spirit of Bentley Beetham, 145 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,160 'our task is to reach Troutdale Pinnacle, 146 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,880 'a terrifying rocky outcrop.' 147 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,240 Try to think about your feet all the time. 148 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,360 Think, where am I going to put my feet? 149 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,480 'It's been a 30-minute uphill hike to base here 150 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,600 'and that's the easy bit!' 151 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,320 - You've checked that, have you? - Yeah. - CHRIS LAUGHS 152 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,320 'And now, to get to the Pinnacle, 153 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,360 'it's about a 300-foot climb.' 154 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,600 And which one...? Which one do I never undo? 155 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:48,720 Neither of them. 156 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,240 CLINKING 157 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,160 I know absolutely nothing about rock climbing. 158 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,240 We've gone through the safety drills. 159 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,000 They seem a nice bunch. 160 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 - HE WHISPERS: - But I'm absolutely petrified. 161 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,560 So, up here, Chris... 162 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:12,280 - Yeah? - ..go all the way along the ledge to the tree 163 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,720 and then go up behind the tree. 164 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,960 OK? 165 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,040 So the tree is on my left? 166 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,240 - You'll see. There's only one. - OK. 167 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,720 - HE WHISPERS: - Quite bossy, isn't he? - Uh-huh. 168 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,080 - OK. - OK, Chris. Climb when you're ready. 169 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,800 - It's not a race, yeah? - OK. 170 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,400 - I saw him put his feet in there. - Yeah. 171 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,080 - And get a wedge in there. - Yeah. 172 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:42,600 Right. 173 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,640 Talking of wedged in, is that wedged in? 174 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,560 A tricky move and then it gets easy again. 175 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,760 - Oh! - Right, so, Chris, you want to be thinking about 176 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,120 - doing that swap of the gear. - Yeah. - You know, get your knot above. 177 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:55,880 So I have got to get that... 178 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,320 ..underneath that? Correct? 179 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,040 Yeah. 180 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,120 It's a good job it's not a race... 181 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,520 - LAUGHTER - ..cos I would be taking forever. 182 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,160 You have to smile like you did on Strictly all the time. 183 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:16,360 CHRIS LAUGHS 184 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,400 A big grin. 185 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,680 This is quite steep. 186 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,360 Can you get your foot quite high? 187 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,400 Oh, my God! 188 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,680 - CHRIS SIGHS - You're doing really well, Chris. 189 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,120 Loving it. 190 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,600 It hadn't come to my mind, Mark, loving it. 191 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,280 LAUGHTER 192 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,080 - More of... - Well, let it. 193 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,920 Oh, my God. 194 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,080 - Dealing with it. - Dealing with it. 195 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,080 One down. Five to go. 196 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,560 Oh! 197 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:47,840 God! 198 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,000 If hanging off a rock face by your fingertips isn't your cup of tea, 199 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,720 then seeking out the secret nooks and crannies 200 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,800 that were the inspiration for Arthur Ransome's classic children's story, 201 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,880 Swallows and Amazons, may well be. 202 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,440 Swallows and Amazons is one of those books 203 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,320 that many of us think we've read, 204 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,040 but we actually haven't. 205 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,760 It's the story of childhood fantasy, 206 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,680 full of imagination and play, 207 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:19,760 with a great sense of freedom. 208 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,840 All set against this wonderful backdrop. 209 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,320 Ransome wrote the book when he was here on holiday 210 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,160 on the shores of the breathtaking Coniston Water. 211 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,640 It tells the story of the five Walker children 212 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,120 on their summer holiday in the Lake District. 213 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,560 They set off on an adventure in their boat, the Swallow, 214 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:43,600 and discover a secret island. 215 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,360 It's here they come across a pair of sisters, the Amazons, 216 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,480 who believe the island is their secret place 217 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,280 and an almighty battle ensues. 218 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,320 Swallows and Amazons is one of the best-known 219 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,320 children's books of modern times. 220 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,880 So where, you might be asking, is the secret? 221 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,120 The inspiration for the story were a real family - 222 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,880 Roger Altounyan and his older siblings. 223 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,120 Roger passed on his passion for the area to his son, Peter, 224 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,880 who has had a lifetime of adventures on the lake. 225 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,520 Talk me through this map here. 226 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,840 So, as you know, my father was Roger, from the book. 227 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,480 And he brought us here when we were children. 228 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,240 And we used to stay at various places around the lake. 229 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,280 And our destination was always Wild Cat Island or Peel Island, 230 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:40,920 - as it's really called. - Right, OK. 231 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,680 'Following the map from the book, we are sailing over to Peel Island. 232 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,280 'The only trouble is, 233 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,880 'I don't know how to sail!' 234 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,760 - So ready about. - Yep. 235 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,880 - Push it away from you. - Yeah. - That's it. 236 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,640 And was it...? Not tally-ho. 237 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,040 - Lee-ho. - Lee-ho! - Lee-ho. 238 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,040 - Yep. - That's it. Keep going right the way round. 239 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,400 And the sail should cross over, so just mind your head. 240 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,760 - Yep. - It's just got caught round there. 241 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,080 That's it. That's better. 242 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,240 - Aim for further round. - I'm going to aim for...? 243 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,760 - Aim for sort of... That's it. - Is that all right? - Yep, perfect. 244 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,720 Ooh, that was a bit nerve-racking. 245 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:19,760 LAUGHTER 246 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,760 - You did it. - I thought it was going to tip us over. 247 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,000 - We've gone a bit further up wind. - Shall I push it away? 248 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,600 Yep. So aim for, say... 249 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,840 - The trees? Those trees? - Those two trees, yeah. - Yeah. 250 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,720 - Ooh, we are gaining some speed now. - We're going nicely, aren't we? 251 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,040 It's actually a perfect day for sailing. 252 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,800 So you say you bring your grandchildren out here as well? 253 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,520 Yes, yes. 254 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,960 So it's nice that you're keeping the tradition going. 255 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,640 Well, I followed in my father's tradition 256 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,600 and our children followed in our tradition 257 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,160 and, now, their children are following in the same tradition. 258 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,360 We've always done the same things and... 259 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,400 I hope we continue to do the same things. 260 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,320 - It looks like... - You're going to go about again. - Yeah. - Ready to go? 261 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,960 - So, ready about? - Ready about, yes. 262 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,400 - Lee-ho. - Lee-ho. - Lee-ho. 263 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,280 - CLANGING - Oh, Hang on. Wrong way. - Wrong way? 264 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:21,520 - Wrong way? - Yeah. - Oh, dear. 265 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,960 - It's all right. That's it. - CREAKING 266 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,240 'It might not have been the smoothest crossing...' 267 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:30,840 That's it, Denise. Very good. 268 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,400 '..but with Peter's help, we've made it to this special island.' 269 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,600 - So this is the secret harbour. - Yeah. 270 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,600 That's fine. 271 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,080 - Welcome to Peel Island. - Thank you. 272 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,800 Do you want me to...? 273 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:46,840 There we go. 274 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,120 Put this down there. 275 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,840 - Oh, sorry. Was that your fingers? - It was. - Sorry! - OK. - All right? 276 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,760 - Here we go. - OK. 277 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,560 Hope we've gone the right way. 278 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,880 - SHE LAUGHS - But never mind. We'll get there. 279 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,760 Are you taking me the adventurous way? 280 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,440 Oh, yeah. Just mind this branch. 281 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:10,680 It's... 282 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,640 - I can already imagine my children here. - Yeah. 283 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,840 That great sense of wonder, 284 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,160 - just charging through here. - They would love it, yeah. 285 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,600 And also knowing that they can't really get lost. 286 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,360 Aye, aye. 287 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,960 It's got a bit of everything, this island. 288 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,760 - You know, they'd be just charging off. - Yeah. 289 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,440 - Climbing the tree. - Just look at the view. Straight up the lake. 290 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,120 - Wow. - Yep. And, course, this is the area 291 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,720 - where they had the lookout in the book. - OK. 292 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,280 Where Titty kept a lookout for the Amazons coming. 293 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,400 But now you can see right up to Coniston. 294 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,000 It's about four miles. 295 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,440 It's a great place for swimming and fishing 296 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,280 - and harbouring your boat. - Yeah. 297 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,400 Mind your head. Going round here. 298 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,760 This is actually where we learnt to swim. 299 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,400 - Oh, OK. - So, once we could swim this bit, 300 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,800 swim from the island to the shore, we were allowed to do stuff. 301 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,160 So your father actually made you swim this? 302 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,800 - Yeah. - This was the test for you? 303 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,320 It's actually written in the book. 304 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,360 - "Better drowned than duffers". - SHE LAUGHS 305 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,080 If not, duffers won't drown. 306 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,320 This was before life jackets and all that kind of thing. 307 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,840 So what happened if you didn't make it? 308 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,840 If not, duffers won't drown, so... 309 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,480 - Tough love. - Sink or swim. - Yeah, tough love. 310 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,800 Being here, you really get an essence of the place, 311 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,200 the magic and the mystery, 312 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,120 of what it must really feel like to be a child here. 313 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,360 I mean, it's just the perfect size 314 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,760 and the imagination can just run wild. 315 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,160 I want to bring my children here. I think they'd love it. 316 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,400 'Today, Peel Island has become a bit of a pilgrimage site 317 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,360 'for Swallows and Amazons devotees.' 318 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,720 You want to hide? 319 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:04,960 - Want to go and get it? - Yes! 320 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,000 'But, when the island gets too busy, 321 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,040 'Peter and his family know the way 322 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,840 'to a nearby secret beach.' 323 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,240 Obviously, swimming is a big thing in the family. 324 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,600 - And I've heard some stories from your dad... - I'm not... 325 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,440 ..about, you know, the test. 326 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,320 The case of sink or swim along that middle stretch over there. 327 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,040 You're not going to be doing that with Otis, are you? 328 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,640 SHE LAUGHS Erm...er... 329 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,400 - Stop it! - "Stop it"! 330 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:32,520 Well... 331 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,320 what do you think, Otis? 332 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,680 - Stop it! - "Stop it." - "Stop it." 333 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,280 No, Mummy wouldn't do that. 334 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,120 What I love about the island is just the... 335 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:46,040 the scale. It's so compact. 336 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,560 And, I guess, you know, 337 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,280 for a child, that's just perfect. 338 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,600 It is. Yeah, it is perfect. 339 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,320 It's funny, actually, I think, when I was smaller, 340 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,440 it did seem a hell of a lot bigger. 341 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,680 But now, yeah, you go on it and it really is quite small, 342 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,040 but it's got so many things. 343 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,320 It's got the rocks you can climb on, 344 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,440 rocks that we used to play hide and seek for hours on it. 345 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,200 - You can never be bored. - Yeah. Yeah. 346 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:12,280 And I think it's just right for imagination, I think. 347 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,800 You can see why Ransome fell in love with it. 348 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,160 And you can see why he based a lot on going to an island 349 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,120 - and making it a special place. - Mm. 350 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,240 - CHRIS: - 'Swallows And Amazons is a story set at a time 351 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,840 'when children had the freedom to run wild 352 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,080 'with barely a nod to health and safety.' 353 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,120 CHRIS GRUNTS 354 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,600 'Right now, I'm feeling that a little health and safety 355 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,920 'might not be a bad idea.' 356 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:40,960 CHRIS SIGHS 357 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,040 OK, then down onto this nice little ledge. 358 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,000 CHRIS HUMS 359 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,880 - Nice little ledge? - LEO LAUGHS 360 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,480 Nice little ledge?! Are you kidding me? 361 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,000 - This is the worst bit. This is... - You have to concentrate. 362 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,240 I honestly have to say this is terri... This bit is terrifying. 363 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,000 - I don't even want to look there. - LEO LAUGHS 364 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,560 - It's cos you're thinking about it. - No! No! I... 365 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,720 No, it's just terrifying. 366 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,440 - CLINKING - Look. 367 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,680 It's a staircase. 368 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,680 Just the steps are a little bit hidden. 369 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,720 CLINKING 370 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:27,400 OK, so we're going to go down a little bit here. 371 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,600 CLINKING 372 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,680 CHRIS SNIFFS 373 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,120 Ooh! 374 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,600 It's actually not as steep as it looks. 375 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,280 OK. 376 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,680 - CHRIS SIGHS HEAVILY - Dear, oh, Lo... 377 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,040 - Come on! - MARK CLAPS 378 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,600 Take your time, Chris. 379 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,000 When you're ready, Chris. 380 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,720 CHRIS SIGHS HEAVILY 381 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,320 Right, concentrate now. 382 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,000 - HE WHISPERS: - Concentrate. Concentrate. Concentrate. 383 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,880 CHRIS SIGHS HEAVILY 384 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,080 There you go. Gets face-on to the rock. That's it. 385 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,240 CHRIS SIGHS HEAVILY 386 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,920 - Right. - You can take that one off, please, 387 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,440 and put it on your harness. 388 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:14,800 LEO LAUGHS 389 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,040 That...that other one, hanging on the green rope... 390 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,640 Yeah, I know. I know which one. 391 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,600 - OK. - LEO LAUGHS 392 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,840 - I need that like a hole in the head right now. - Well done, Chris. 393 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:25,880 Right... 394 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:30,360 HE GRUNTS 395 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,280 - Good technique. Very good technique. - Oh! 396 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,920 Do go down for a couple of moves 397 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,400 and then you should see some chalk on the holds. 398 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,760 Oh, my God. 399 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,000 CHRIS SIGHS HEAVILY 400 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,720 Keep breathing. 401 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,440 We've got you, Chris. You're safe. Don't worry. 402 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,360 CHRIS SIGHS 403 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,160 Can you see where you want to go? 404 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,000 Up. 405 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,960 - Ooh, no. Ooh, no. Ooh, no. - HE GRUNTS 406 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,160 I've got you, Chris. Don't worry. 407 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,760 Oh, God. Don't look down. 408 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,080 Oh! Ooh, no! 409 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,120 - Oh, my! - Have a little rest. 410 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:15,480 I'm going to. 411 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:16,680 Oh! 412 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,480 I can't even rest here. I've got myself into a pickle. 413 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,720 Right, steady now. 414 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,640 HE SIGHS 415 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,760 It's just this first bit. 416 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,920 - Yes, yes, yes, yes! - CHRIS GRUNTS 417 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:32,280 I've got you, don't worry. 418 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,280 CHRIS GRUNTS 419 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,560 - Good. - Well done. - Thank you! - Keep going. 420 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,280 Oh, that was tough, that bit. 421 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,160 Cor, Mummy! 422 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,000 CHRIS GRUNTS 423 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,160 He's got it. 424 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,360 - LEO GRUNTS: - Go on! 425 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,360 Powering through like a commando. 426 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,680 Well done. 427 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,560 CHRIS GRUNTS 428 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,440 CHRIS GRUNTS 429 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,400 I imagined a nice little platform here. 430 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,800 This is a nice little platform. 431 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:11,960 This is it?! 432 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,880 This is it. This is Troutdale Pinnacle! 433 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,480 LAUGHTER 434 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,120 Tell you what, why don't you sit there? 435 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,440 - That side? - That's comfortable, yeah. 436 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:22,960 Do I look really happy 437 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,600 - and delighted to be here? - LAUGHTER 438 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,560 No, you don't, actually. 439 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,280 You look, er... 440 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,240 you look decidedly nervous, so... 441 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,720 Right, shall we have a look at the view then? 442 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,720 A secret little bit of Britain, this. 443 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,640 That is amazing, mate, actually. 444 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,960 Gives you a different perspective, eh? 445 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,200 CHRIS GRUNTS 446 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:02,720 - Yay! - Yeah! - CHRIS LAUGHS 447 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:05,880 Mark... 448 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,360 - It's a pleasure. - ..Leo. 449 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,320 - Group hug. - ALL: - Group hug. 450 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,640 You survived. 451 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,560 That's probably one of the most mentally testing things 452 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,040 I've ever done in my entire life. 453 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,280 Looking down, but not really looking down. 454 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,000 Looking up, 455 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,320 holding on for dear life. 456 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,280 And pretending to enjoy the views. 457 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,080 I can now... 458 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,560 enjoy this view. 459 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:34,600 HE SIGHS HEAVILY 460 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,200 The Lakes may be the go-to destination 461 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,640 for British climbers and thrill-seekers, 462 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,840 but it's poetry that made the area world-famous. 463 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,840 Wordsworth was inspired by this magnificent landscape 464 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,880 and in the 19th century, he wandered lonely as a cloud here 465 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,280 and composed one of the most famous poems ever written. 466 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,080 But you might be surprised to learn 467 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,200 that Wordsworth didn't just write poetry. 468 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,800 He also wrote one of the first-ever guidebooks to the Lakes, 469 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:18,560 sharing the secrets of the place he called home. 470 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,560 200 years later, there are now 471 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,840 more than 6,000 guidebooks and maps available 472 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,360 to direct visitors to the best walks, climbs 473 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,120 and viewpoints in the Lake District. 474 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,880 But you know what? 475 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,960 The local maps and guides don't really know everything, 476 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,400 because, all across the Lake District, 477 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,520 there is a network of ancient pathways, 478 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,080 known only to a handful of local passionate walkers. 479 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,480 Three years ago, Alan Cleaver, 480 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,920 inspired by his passion for the Lakes' history and myths... 481 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,720 ..stumbled across the secret of the lonnings. 482 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,160 It all started, because I was researching a local legend 483 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,400 of the lady of the manor being killed by a wolf 484 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,920 and that happened in a lonning at Beckermet. 485 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,000 And somebody said, "Oh, Rakes Lonning still exists". 486 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,960 So I did what anybody does these days 487 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,040 and got onto Google and Google said 488 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,320 "no matches found". You know? No such thing. 489 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:19,720 And I thought, well, that's odd. 490 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,440 They don't know lonnings in Silicon Valley, do they? 491 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,040 So this is a lonning we are on now? 492 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,760 This is a lonning we are on now. 493 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,480 And a lonning was a... 494 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,080 well, is, a very beautiful country lane. 495 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,240 Just short, never more than half a mile, usually. 496 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,080 And I think the name comes from "loan", 497 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,520 which was the quiet place by the farm. 498 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,000 There is a dialect word in Cumbria, 499 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,640 which is "slare" - S-L-A-R-E - 500 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,520 which is to amble, to walk very slowly. 501 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,920 - Like this? - A bit like this, yeah. - A gentle pace. 502 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,880 And, you know, to appreciate lonnings and the nature 503 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,560 and the wildlife, you need to do it at a very slow pace. 504 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,080 And we started this Slare Bears Club, where a group of us 505 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,720 go walking down the lonning. 506 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,920 So we said, right, if somebody starts going too fast, 507 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,240 we will just get out... 508 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,760 - SHE LAUGHS - ..a yellow card. 509 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,000 And warn them to slow down. 510 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 How dare you get your heart rate up! Come back. 511 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,120 And then we said, well, 512 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,720 whoever gets back to the car first has obviously gone too fast. 513 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,520 So we've got a red card 514 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,960 to sort of disqualify them for a week. 515 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,880 - Fell runners not allowed then? - No, no. 516 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,000 - Only the slow may apply. - Good grief, no. 517 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,520 - That's a view down here. - Yes. Gorgeous, isn't it? - Wow! Yeah! 518 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,080 Of all the hobbies you could have had, 519 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,720 you're mapping all of these lonnings. 520 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,200 I mean, what a mission. 521 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,640 Yes. There's probably about 250 so far. 522 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:46,720 Crumbs! 523 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,360 I suspect there will be a lot more by the time we finish this project. 524 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:52,280 These are the ones you've discovered so far? 525 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,480 Yes. And... 526 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,160 the names are just fantastic. 527 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,160 You've got Gallows Lonning, 528 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,680 - Fat and Thin Lonning, - SHE LAUGHS 529 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,040 Dirty Lonning. 530 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,960 Erm, Tatie Pot Lonning is... 531 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:10,000 - Tatie Pot is a Cumbrian delicacy of meat and potato pie. - Ah! 532 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,720 And at the end of that lonning was a bakery that made those. 533 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,080 Here's Wine Lonning, 534 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,240 where they used to smuggle wine down to the Solway Estuary. 535 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,040 I imagine there'll be... How many more do you think you'll find? 536 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,880 Well... I don't know. I keep thinking I must have run out by now. 537 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,800 But I'm still getting people, very locally, coming up to me 538 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,760 and saying, "Oh, you've missed out Dog Lonning or Badger Lonning", 539 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,200 or whatever else, so I think it will just keep going on and on for ever. 540 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,520 'At a slare's pace, 541 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:42,080 'this project really is a lifetime's work for Alan.' 542 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,800 I see what you mean. You do get to absorb a lot more. 543 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,000 - See a lot more of what is going on. - Yeah. 544 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,040 But, blimey, it's such a slow pace that it's sedate for me. 545 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,080 I've got a reputation to maintain as an adrenaline junkie! 546 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,280 I'm stepping up the pace. 547 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,680 Ooh, I don't know. That's definitely a yellow card. 548 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,400 Aw! Alan! 549 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,920 'The lonnings are from a time almost before maps, 550 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,880 'when locals knew the secret paths and routes across the lakes 551 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,400 'like the back of their hands. 552 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,560 'In a hidden valley in the north-west Lakes, 553 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,640 'there is a family who have turned their backs 554 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,600 'on the lifestyle most of us take for granted. 555 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:23,080 'They've moved off the beaten track and back to the good life. 556 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,880 'And, what's more, if you wait till nightfall, 557 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,760 'their valley might reveal its greatest secret.' 558 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,760 CHICKENS CLUCK 559 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,840 ROOSTER CALLS 560 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,200 I'm off to meet a family 561 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,400 who live in one of the remotest valleys in the Lake District. 562 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,520 The nearest main road is 2½ miles away. 563 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,280 Now, for a city boy like me, 564 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,520 who is used to having everything on his doorstep, 565 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,720 like supermarkets or coffee shops... 566 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,200 I just can't imagine living in the middle of nowhere. 567 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,640 But Ellen and Walter Cloete have chosen to raise their family 568 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,120 in the back of beyond, here in the Ennerdale Valley.' 569 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,080 THEY LAUGH 570 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,400 'Seriously, there's nothing here. 571 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,920 'No street lights, no traffic, no mobile phone signal.' 572 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,920 You want to climb on the other tree? 573 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,160 'Ellen grew up here and had to persuade her husband, Walter, 574 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,600 'to move away from the bright city lights.' 575 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,920 THEY LAUGH 576 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,720 - Cos you're from South Africa, right? - Yes. 577 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,720 So you're quite used to that out-and=about lifestyle? 578 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,280 That's correct, yes. Then what happened was actually 579 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,360 when she said... When I said I grew up quite in the wild, she was like, 580 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,800 - "Well, top this". - LAUGHTER 581 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,280 And I didn't...I didn't believe that anything like that, 582 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,400 like this, exists, you know, in Britain. 583 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,320 'Over an hour's walk from the nearest main road, 584 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:54,960 'the Cloetes live off-grid, 585 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,880 'with their own hydroelectric power system.' 586 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,160 Come on, Charlie! 587 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,520 I mean, the idea. I've got a 17-month-old. 588 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,840 If I woke up without any central heating, 589 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,520 or any water, oh, my goodness! 590 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,280 I think they treat it as an adventure as much as we do 591 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,080 when they know that they're not always going to have electric, 592 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:18,120 they know that they're not always going to be wrapped up warm and cosy 593 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,400 and that they might have to work for it a bit. 594 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,680 They seem to take it on the chin, I think. 595 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,640 Being so remote makes the Ennerdale Valley 596 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,560 a tough place to live sometimes. 597 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,520 But it's this isolation 598 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,400 that also keeps the valley's most special secret. 599 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:41,800 So, tell me, cos I live in London and it never gets that dark, 600 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,960 how dark does it get here? 601 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,600 If you don't have a light on it goes completely pitch-black. 602 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,240 You can't see a thing? 603 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,920 You can't see the field, but you can just see the stars. 604 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,480 And the moon, it's like you have a lamp on. 605 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,920 - Really? - Yeah. 606 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,040 Because it's miles away from the night lights of towns and cities, 607 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,840 Ennerdale is one of the very few places in the UK 608 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,840 with designated Dark Sky status. 609 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,400 What have you seen? What's the best thing you've ever seen? 610 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,800 My best thing is meteorites, 611 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,200 shooting stars or planets. 612 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,400 Do you stand here at night looking at all the stars? 613 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,400 - Contains. - Sometimes, when Joe's supposed to go to sleep, 614 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,880 he just puts the blind down and looks at the stars. 615 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,960 Sometimes we just move all the sofas around the skylight 616 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,520 over on that side and then we just watch out the skylight all night. 617 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:35,840 Who needs television? 618 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,080 Now all we have to do is to wait for it to get really dark 619 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,800 and hope it's a clear night. 620 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,520 It's not only in Ennerdale that nightfall reveals a 621 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,840 secret side to the Lakes. 622 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,760 Once a week on the shores of Lake Windermere, 623 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,960 a group of friends gather to enjoy the splendour of the lakes 624 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,440 from a completely different point of view. 625 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,600 The experience is led by outdoor adventure guide, Pete Kelly. 626 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,000 The idea of night swimming, for me, conjures up the idea 627 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,160 of sangria, after dinner on holiday, 628 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,480 but not in the Lake District. 629 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,240 - We can arrange that for you if you like. - I wouldn't mind! 630 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,000 Where did you get the idea of going out and doing it at night? 631 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,960 Well, you know, if you're going for a walk in the woods, or 632 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,120 something like that during the day, then you go back and do it at night, 633 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,920 it's a different experience altogether. 634 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,680 It's exactly the same with swimming. 635 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,000 Swimming itself is quite a sensuous experience 636 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,240 but to do it at night, it highlights everything you're feeling. 637 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,080 So, there'll be a group I can hang back with 638 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,720 and do my lady's breaststroke with? 639 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,360 Absolutely, yes, we've got a couple who specialise in breaststroke. 640 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,080 And there's some front-crawlers, I can see. Keen as mustard. 641 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,200 We don't need to worry about them. You will have company, don't worry. 642 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,560 Excellent. 643 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,160 So, is everybody really up for this? Is it a good night for it? 644 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,680 Have you been bribed by Pete to come down here? 645 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,760 - Yup. - Fish and chips were promised. 646 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,360 He promised us chips for afterwards. 647 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,720 Fish and chips? Good! First round's on Pete's, then. 648 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,160 I'm going to delay the inevitable 649 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,840 and going to get this on now like I really mean it. 650 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,360 Yeah, it's action time. 651 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,600 There is only one word to describe this, if you're a Wurzel like me, 652 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,480 and that is lush. 653 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,160 It's absolutely amazing. 654 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,520 The trouble is, 655 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,520 rather than doing sensible swimming like the rest of the group, 656 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,480 I just feel massively inclined to muck about and swivel round. 657 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:07,920 That's amazing. 658 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,680 I've swam in so many places ever since I was really little, 659 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,280 but never anything like this. 660 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,480 It's absolutely flat-calm, really quite warm 661 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,600 and when you knock off all your senses, 662 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,280 when you knock off the light, everything else really zings. 663 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,000 You know, you can feel the water through your fingers, 664 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,520 you can feel... Well, you can hear every last splash of the water 665 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,840 and any sounds coming from the shore. 666 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,760 You feel completely alone. 667 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:53,000 And actually, it's a really awesome feeling. 668 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,240 I feel very present in the moment, very alive. 669 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,960 It's amazing. 670 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,800 Well, the boys were right. 671 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,360 It's absolutely pitch-black out here, you can't see a thing... 672 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,360 until you look up into the sky... 673 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,200 and you see the most incredible show. 674 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,560 I've never seen the stars... 675 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,560 burn so brightly. 676 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,640 The rugged landscape of the Lakes can sometimes be 677 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,880 seen in the very people who live here. 678 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:10,720 Toughness, it seems, is part of Cumbrian DNA. 679 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,400 And for some locals, it's this characteristic that makes 680 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,560 the Lake District even more special. 681 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,960 Great job. 682 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:25,000 Millions of people come each year to sample the beauties of the area, 683 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,200 but they miss one of the hidden secrets, 684 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,960 which is Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling. 685 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,560 My name is Roger Robson. 686 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,720 I took up wrestling when I was ten years of age 687 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,040 and finished wrestling when I was 45. 688 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,920 My grandsons wrestle now and I'm very proud of them. 689 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:52,320 And also my granddaughter, Gemma, has made a very successful start 690 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,480 to a wrestling career. 691 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,080 'My name's Gemma and I'm 12 years old 692 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,560 'and last year, with my wrestling winnings 693 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,360 'I bought my cow Lily for £300. 694 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:09,920 'She was an orphan and she grew up on my grandad's farm 695 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,880 'and I took over loving and caring for her. 696 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,440 'I go to about 50 shows in a whole year. 697 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,960 'I get to the shows by my grandparents 698 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,040 'because my granny and grandad, they always go to the shows 699 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,040 'and they're very involved with it. 700 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:34,800 'They've probably drove me about 1,000 miles in one summer.' 701 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,680 APPLAUSE 702 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:51,400 Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is the simplest sport that I know. 703 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,640 You shake hands to show you're sort of friends, 704 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:58,120 then you put your right arm under the opponent's left armpit 705 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,880 and take a grip round the back. 706 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,720 The chin goes on his right shoulder, you move your legs as far away 707 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:06,840 from them as possible, so that you can't be tripped. 708 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,480 The referee then says, "On your guard," 709 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,400 and he sees that everything is fair and even and 710 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,480 then he says, "Wrestle." 711 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,600 After that, the first person to touch the ground with anything 712 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,440 but the soles of their feet is the loser. 713 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,520 The other way you can lose a bout is if you break hold too early. 714 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:33,240 The traditional wrestling strip is really very simple, 715 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:37,520 with a white vest, white long johns and a coloured centrepiece. 716 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,840 But recently the youngsters seem to have been personalising them 717 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,960 much more, so they express their interests and their hobbies 718 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,440 and the areas that they live in 719 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,280 what they put on their vests and the centrepiece. 720 00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:56,640 My name's Abi, 721 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:02,120 I'm 15 years old and I think my biggest competition will be Gemma. 722 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,640 APPLAUSE 723 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,680 APPLAUSE 724 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,640 Well done, lass, that was really good. 725 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,000 You stuck at it. 726 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,040 Just the final now, I think, yeah. 727 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,280 It was good. 728 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,520 She's ended up bleeding, so it must have been tough. 729 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,080 I'm feeling a bit gutted, 730 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,680 but I suppose that's just how it went today. 731 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:51,480 I'm going to be in the final and... 732 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:52,880 I might win, I might not. 733 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,280 APPLAUSE 734 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:26,040 Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling has gone from strength to strength 735 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,640 over the last 200 years. 736 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,200 But there's another tradition that, as far as we know, 737 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,480 has all but died out. 738 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:38,760 Today, the Lakes is all about clean-living, outdoor pursuits, 739 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,080 literary inspiration and mint cake. 740 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,840 But one of the best kept secrets about this stunning 741 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,800 National Park is that it has an illicit, dark, illegal past. 742 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,920 Back in the day, the spectacular fells and valleys of the Lakes 743 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,840 were home to secret smuggling routes 744 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:02,400 for locally and illegally made whisky. 745 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,160 Have you heard of Lanty Slee? 746 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:08,280 Lanty, short for Lancelot, well, he was a smuggler 747 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,880 that lived here in Little Langdale in the 19th century. 748 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,320 To avoid getting caught, Lanty worked at night 749 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,040 to make his moonshine whisky in caves dotted around 750 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,560 the Western Lakes' Langdale valley. 751 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,160 The mystery of where these caves are 752 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,920 has captured walkers' imaginations for years. 753 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,920 I've got my hands on one of their maps 754 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,720 and who better to help me try and track one down than 755 00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:40,120 Lanty's great-great-granddaughter Helen Slee. 756 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,240 So, one of the walkers said... 757 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:49,080 that this path here... 758 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,920 and Lanty's cave is in that direction. 759 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:54,240 That's right. 760 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:55,840 - So, we'll go that way. - Yeah. 761 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,920 I mean, this is pretty... 762 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,920 challenging terrain, isn't it? 763 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:13,720 Yes, I suppose even worse if you're carrying illicit moonshine. 764 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:15,440 DENISE LAUGHS 765 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,400 I just can't imagine how he did it. 766 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,960 I would maybe think that with the help of a horse or a small cart. 767 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,920 He must have been pretty fit. 768 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,400 Yeah, cos it wouldn't have been just once a month, 769 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,480 it would have been constantly to come and check 770 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,960 - and probably to make sure nobody was stealing it. - Yeah. 771 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,440 That's why they were so hidden, so the locals couldn't find his stills. 772 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,360 Wow, look at this view. 773 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,480 - It's fantastic, isn't it? - Ooh. 774 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,440 - Town down there. - Yeah. 775 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:52,760 Just spectacular. 776 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:54,880 Oh. 777 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:57,240 Could this be it? 778 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,560 It looks cave-like. 779 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,760 - Oh. - Definitely. 780 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,120 I think we've found it. 781 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,320 Wow. 782 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,800 Although, he did blow them all up, 783 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,880 so nobody would really know, would they? 784 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,680 Can you feel the temperature change? 785 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,480 It's dark and dingy. 786 00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,320 - Definitely! And wet. - And wet. 787 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,480 I wouldn't fancy being in here too long. 788 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,400 No, me neither. 789 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,040 I won't follow in his footsteps. 790 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,320 Definitely not. 791 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:36,120 This whole mountainside is riddled with old quarries and caves 792 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,520 that would have made brilliant hiding places 793 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,200 for Lanty's illegal whisky stills. 794 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,680 But to make money from his moonshine, 795 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,240 he had to get it to the coast. 796 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,120 Lanty's cave was here and he had to get the moonshine 797 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,720 across to the coast, which is here, which is about 11 miles or so. 798 00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:56,760 Which doesn't seem too bad 799 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,400 if he didn't have to navigate these hideous hills. 800 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:08,960 Most people come to Hardknott Pass in search of the perfect view. 801 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,680 And even in a car, that's a struggle. 802 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,600 With a gradient of one in three, it shares the title 803 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,480 of the steepest road in England, 804 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,480 with just one other in Yorkshire. 805 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:29,280 Sue Paterson's idea of a good time is cycling up the same pass 806 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:33,200 Lanty climbed when he was smuggling his contraband whisky to the coast. 807 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,840 I suppose it's closer to Lanty's experience 808 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,440 than whizzing up in a convertible. 809 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:43,120 Sue, when I told a friend of mine that I was actually cycling up 810 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:44,760 Hardknott Pass, they just laughed 811 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,760 and I'm talking proper bellyache laugh. 812 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,720 They said it's difficult. 813 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,320 So, how difficult is it? 814 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,520 It is one of the toughest passes in Cumbria, so... 815 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,960 But I'm sure you'll be fine, the athlete that you are, 816 00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,040 you'll have no problem. 817 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,760 No pressure, no pressure(!) 818 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:01,920 Let's do this. 819 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,640 Aaaaiiiiyaa! Not a good start, Sue! 820 00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:10,440 It's hard to get clicked in once you're pedalling along, I'm afraid. 821 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,680 'Extreme passes like Hardknott take your breath away. 822 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,120 'In this case, quite literally.' 823 00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,000 COW MOOS 824 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,040 SUE LAUGHS 825 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,160 That's it, run along. 826 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:33,640 We're coming up to the first kick, Denise. 827 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:40,320 - You've got to go for it up here. - So go for it up here? 828 00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,320 DENISE PANTS 829 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,400 SHE SCREAMS 830 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:02,400 Flipping heck! 831 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:03,680 SUE LAUGHS 832 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:06,120 THIS IS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE! 833 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,760 'For me, the worst-case scenario 834 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,880 'if I don't get up the hill is a dent to my ego. 835 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:18,800 'For Lanty, it would have been a crippling fine or even jail.' 836 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,520 You got on well! 837 00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,800 No problem about strength. 838 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,800 I just can't imagine... someone coming up here... 839 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,160 Probably the roads were much more uneven than this... 840 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,520 Yeah, they wouldn't have had the tarmac 841 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:36,760 and, for sure, on foot it must be even harder climbing up there. 842 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:39,320 Really steep. I'd much rather be on the bike. 843 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:44,320 I'd much rather take a taxi.... at this point. 844 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:46,920 Right... 845 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,600 - Onwards and upwards. - Excellent. 846 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,400 We need to get going on this bit. 847 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:02,000 Well done. 848 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:04,080 Good going. 849 00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,920 Come on! Come on, you basket! 850 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,520 Yeah! 851 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,200 That's it, I'm in. 852 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:15,960 Ohhh! 853 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,000 - Ohhh! - Well done! 854 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:25,160 - Oh, my goodness, Sue! - Fantastic! Great effort. 855 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:26,600 Come and look at the view. 856 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:37,600 DENISE PANTS 857 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,400 SUE LAUGHS 858 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,440 - The view's worth it! - Good! 859 00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:42,800 SUE LAUGHS 860 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:46,720 - Well done. - Definitely going to need a bath tonight. - Excellent. 861 00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:49,040 Well done, partner. Thank you for that. 862 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:57,040 ELLIE: The dramatic landscape of the Lake District created challenges 863 00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,920 and opportunities for men like Lanty, but it's the magnetic 864 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,080 beauty of this place that's the draw for most visitors. 865 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,080 I'm no different from most of the people that visit 866 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:11,480 the Lake District every year, in one hand armed with a map, 867 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,560 and in the other a camera or, at the very least, a phone. 868 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,760 This spectacular corner of England has long inspired 869 00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:24,440 artists like Turner and Constable. 870 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:32,800 And this little grotto tucked away in the corner of the grounds 871 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,640 of Rydal Hall was built with an artistic purpose in mind. 872 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:42,120 Oh, my word! That's so beautiful! Wow! 873 00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:44,480 I wasn't expecting that. 874 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,720 How glorious is that?! 875 00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:49,720 I haven't got an artistic bone in my body, 876 00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:52,040 but it makes me want to daub on paper. 877 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:53,280 Or go for a dip. 878 00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:56,280 A room with a view. 879 00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:02,080 It was built in the 17th century precisely for this purpose, 880 00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,400 a handy hidy-hole for visiting artists so they could paint 881 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,760 while sheltered from the elements. 882 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,760 There you go. That's not bad. 883 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,600 But this is Secret Britain, after all, and I haven't worked really 884 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,000 hard enough got nearly wet enough to earn this view. 885 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:27,720 Some artists will go to any lengths to find the perfect vantage 886 00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:29,600 point for the picture. 887 00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,320 A 21st-century Turner is as likely 888 00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,400 to be a photographer as an oil painter. 889 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:41,280 Nick Landells has spent years wandering the lakes seeking out 890 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:46,080 the path less travelled to capture this landscape's secret corners. 891 00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,440 I cannot believe that in the Lake District, 892 00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:53,560 with all the people who come here, there are any secret places left. 893 00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,160 I think there's still one or two 894 00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:57,360 if you're prepared to put the legwork in. 895 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,320 You're the man to show me, though, 896 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,240 because you must have spent a while out in these hills, haven't you? 897 00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:05,000 I've been walking the hills since I was a boy. 898 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,040 Some 30 years or so, probably. 899 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,240 And judging by this request for a helmet and that rope 900 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:14,480 in your bag, we're not going to be strolling along a flat path, are we? 901 00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:21,360 'Nick's taking me to the highest waterfall in the Lake District.' 902 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,200 Just round this track. 903 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:26,520 'Before I can even get a glimpse of the falls, it's a 904 00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:28,640 'hard two-hour uphill hike.' 905 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,800 Definitely off the beaten track, isn't it, this? 906 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:35,560 Nearly there. 907 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,720 It's just around the corner there. 908 00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:42,800 'Viewing them from afar is one thing, 909 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,680 'but with Nick's dogged pursuit of the perfect shot, 910 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,120 'he's promised to show me something 911 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,720 'most people don't get to experience.' 912 00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,600 It's super slippy! Crikey! 913 00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:01,200 - It's probably easier coming round this way, Ellie. - Is it? 914 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,120 If you put your left foot on that boulder there and then... 915 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,680 Strewth! 916 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,000 Oh! 917 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,640 Wow, this feels really wild. 918 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:12,560 Not many tourists up here. 919 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,680 WATER ROARS 920 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:22,080 - Are you all right? - Yeah! - Come on up! - Awesome. 921 00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:26,560 This place really lives up to its name - Scale Force. 922 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:30,680 It's absolutely massive. And even from here I can feel the spray. 923 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,800 The energy from this thing is absolutely immense. 924 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:38,440 I am quite keen, though, to see if I can get just that little bit closer. 925 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:40,520 Going to push our luck a little bit. 926 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:45,680 Right. Now, just... Just be careful of the green. 927 00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,880 It's better to get your feet wet than keep them dry on this. 928 00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,520 It's really slippery. 929 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:54,280 - The green is the bit to watch out for, right? - Yeah. 930 00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,880 - Don't trust the green. - Or black. 931 00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:00,840 - Keep your feet on the sharp bits. - Yeah. - It's a bit of a ledge. 932 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,800 No slime on there, so your boots will get a good grip on them. 933 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,400 Whoo! It's yet more powerful! 934 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:13,160 I can feel that already! Oh, it's blooming cold, isn't it? 935 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,960 - Yeah! - Can I get over there? Thank you. And even up here? 936 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,360 Yeah, just as far as you like. 937 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,640 Woohoo! That's chilly! 938 00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:26,080 That is chilly. 939 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,240 Oh, my goodness! The force of that! 940 00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:32,920 Whoa! 941 00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:36,440 Oh-ha-ha! 942 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,320 Yeah! Have some of that! 943 00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:41,600 Woohoo! 944 00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:42,680 Now I'm wet. 945 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,320 There we go! Soaking wet! 946 00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:52,520 It feels like you're in a thunderstorm, actually. 947 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,760 Ha-ha! The power of the elements really belittles you 948 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,560 and it's a great feeling. 949 00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,840 Yeah! 950 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,760 Right, I'm coming out, I'm cold. 951 00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:04,760 SHE CHUCKLES 952 00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,520 Brrrrr! 953 00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,400 BIRDSONG 954 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:13,160 It's a challenge finding a secret spot in the Lake District. 955 00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:16,680 So much of it has already been explored and mapped. 956 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,240 If there is one name above all others that associated with 957 00:53:20,240 --> 00:53:24,320 the mapping of the Lakeland fells, it's Alfred Wainwright. 958 00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:28,360 Back in 1955, Alfred Wainwright began to map walking 959 00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:34,600 routes along all the 214 Lakeland fells, and this is the very first 960 00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:39,920 route he ever mapped, and it's going to lead me all the way to Dove Crag. 961 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,320 Dove Crag is one of the Lake District's 962 00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,640 most impressive landscapes. 963 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:50,360 It rises up over 2,500ft 964 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,000 and is topped by sandstone crags 965 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:57,480 which Wainwright described as its "scarred and rugged face". 966 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,720 Now, I have been told, off this well-trodden path, 967 00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:07,080 there's a secret cave, a priest hole, and every hardcore 968 00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:12,600 hiker or climber has to stay the night as a rite of passage. 969 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,920 Sounds pretty scary to me, but there is a reward, apparently. 970 00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,040 The view at breakfast is spectacular. 971 00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:25,200 I have to confess, when I was a child, 972 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,320 my family holidays were more a beach in the Med than camping 973 00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:34,280 in the north of England, so this really is a rite of passage for me. 974 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,680 The route may be well trodden but it's not easy. 975 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:42,120 A two-hour uphill climb. 976 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:46,040 Just as well I've got this beautiful scenery to distract me. 977 00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,720 It's supposed to be around this corner. 978 00:54:55,320 --> 00:54:57,480 - HE PANTS - It better be! 979 00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:03,560 Wainwright does mention Priest's Hole, 980 00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:08,080 but he says it's hard to locate and hard to reach. 981 00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:09,960 And he wasn't kidding. 982 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,880 Ah! Thank goodness! 983 00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:21,600 Phew! 984 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:27,160 Wow! 985 00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,000 Not much, but it's home. 986 00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,680 This little cave is called Priest's Hole 987 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,640 because it was used as exactly that - 988 00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:44,560 a hiding place for a 16th-century priest. 989 00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:48,480 Now, in Elizabethan times, practising the wrong religion 990 00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,560 could be fatal, and legend has it, a local Catholic 991 00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:56,160 family hid a priest up here and he used to say Mass in this cave. 992 00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:00,160 That was until he was caught, tried for treason 993 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:03,240 and then later hanged, drawn and quartered. 994 00:56:03,240 --> 00:56:06,360 Now, personally, I don't believe in ghosts. 995 00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:12,440 I'm just hoping I don't get a visit from a priest this evening. 996 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,200 RUSTLING AND GRUNTING 997 00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,640 HE GRUNTS 998 00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:53,520 I won't lie to you, that wasn't a comfortable night's sleep. 999 00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,000 Phew. Freezing cold as well. 1000 00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:04,560 But when you wake up to this... 1001 00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,880 ..it was all worthwhile, 1002 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,280 and I'd do it again tonight without even thinking. 1003 00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:17,160 I've been up since, what, about five o'clock, 1004 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,200 waiting for that sun to rise. 1005 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:22,680 And now it is. Just look at it! 1006 00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,920 You can see, like, seas of mist 1007 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:28,120 and they're slowly but surely burning away now. 1008 00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:33,120 You don't see that in London. 1009 00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:48,040 We've cycled, hiked... 1010 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:53,240 ..swum... 1011 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:58,160 and even jumped, in search of the Lake District's hidden treasures. 1012 00:57:58,160 --> 00:58:00,440 We've discovered, while there are thousands of maps 1013 00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:01,880 and guidebooks to help us 1014 00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:05,360 get around, if you put in a bit of effort 1015 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,920 and maybe put up with a bit of discomfort, 1016 00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:12,520 there are still secrets to be found in the Lake District. 1017 00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:20,000 Wow! 1018 00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,240 My God! The wind turbines go on and on into the distance! 1019 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:30,880 Whoo! I haven't done this since I was at school. 1020 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,960 After all those tunnels, I didn't know what to expect, but this... 1021 00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:40,040 Look at the size of this place!