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00:00Here we go. It's not just any pasty, it's a personal pasty.
00:03Look at that!
00:05There's 500 grams of pasty. Don't mess about round here.
00:30It's Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
00:40We are in Cadge with one of the most spectacular sights along the Cornish coast.
00:45Especially at Christmas time, we're led to believe.
00:48Yes, and my countryfile Christmas wish is that we have fish, pasties, singing and lights.
00:55Did you say Christmas wish or Christmas fish?
00:57Because that is guaranteed. You are not going to be disappointed.
01:05The traditional fishing village of Cadge with sits on the eastern side of the Lizard Peninsula in South Cornwall.
01:12Cadge with Cove is all about its community.
01:15And at Christmas, the people who live here all come together to create something pretty magical.
01:22This is proper graft, this is!
01:25Look at that! Amazing!
01:28Ta-da! Brilliant!
01:29Well done!
01:31Right, Matt, you've got to do some work.
01:33That's the first pair of oil skins I've bought in two years.
01:35Happy Christmas!
01:36Three years.
01:38That's a good job, James, but it looks a lot heavier now it's on the ground.
01:42Up she goes!
01:44Are you going in?
01:46It's like being in the living room at home, but on a grand scale.
01:52Yay!
01:54It's beginning to feel Christmassy.
02:04There's a chill in the air and everyone in the village is gearing up for festive season.
02:09Helping with a tradition that's been bringing the community together here for decades.
02:14Strung from cliff to cliff, the Christmas light display has become a real highlight in the local calendar.
02:29Leanne Joes leads the Village Lights Committee.
02:33It's thanks to her family that the lights are here today.
02:39Tell me about the tradition of the lights.
02:41When did it all begin?
02:43My grandad took my brother to see Mousel Lights.
02:47How far away are they?
02:48They're about 30-ish miles away.
02:51Okay.
02:52And they weren't on.
02:54How disappointing.
02:55I know, exactly.
02:56So my grandad said, like, don't worry, we'll have our own lights.
03:00He was the sort of man who could put his hand to everything.
03:03I think one of his friends was an electrician.
03:05And just slowly they started building up and making more and more lights.
03:09Some of which we actually still have today.
03:12They've kind of lasted pretty well.
03:14Back in the day it would have involved welding and, you know, making all the metal framework
03:19and then putting all the lights around it.
03:22So each year we've added some more and, yeah, they just keep growing really.
03:27Well, I've spotted these.
03:28Yes.
03:29This is some serious stuff.
03:31It's quite a military operation to put those up.
03:34People hanging, you know, off ropes and wires.
03:37Now, do you feel proud to be his granddaughter carrying on the tradition?
03:40Yeah, very proud.
03:41I love coming down here on a quiet night on my own and just walking around the village
03:45and just seeing it, you know, bringing a bit of light in the dark months,
03:49I think is really important to people.
03:51Room for one more?
03:52Yeah, definitely.
03:53Right.
03:54Join us.
03:55Come on, I'm here.
03:56I'm in.
03:57I've converted.
03:58Don't tell anyone in Yorkshire though.
03:59I don't know.
04:00Come on then, show me the way.
04:01Let's get stuck in.
04:03It wouldn't be possible without local volunteers lending a hand
04:07as they gear up for the Christmas lights switch on.
04:10And in true Kadjwith fashion, our first stop is a fishing boat.
04:15What do you think?
04:16Very glamorous.
04:17I mean, I am ready for Christmas.
04:20OK.
04:21It's very appropriate that we are decorating a fishing boat in this village, right?
04:25Because it's a working fishing village.
04:27That is the heartbeat of Kadjwith really.
04:29Yeah.
04:30You know, the sense of community really comes from that.
04:32Fishing has been going on here for generations.
04:34In your family as well?
04:36Yeah, in my family as well.
04:37My dad was a fisherman.
04:39My brother is a fisherman.
04:40My son would love to be a fisherman, but I'm not quite so keen.
04:45Oh really?
04:46Why is that?
04:47It's quite anxiety making.
04:48I don't think people quite realise what a tough job it is.
04:51They're weathered, you know, they're facing the elements every day.
04:54Yeah.
04:55I mean, the fishing is not going to stop.
04:56They don't.
04:57Do they go out on Christmas Day?
04:58They do take Christmas Day off, but they'll be straight back on it, you know.
05:01If the weather's fair and the tides are right, they will be out there trying to, yeah, get a catch really.
05:07Yeah, because it's how you earn your living.
05:09Yeah.
05:10It really is a way of life, you know.
05:12They work hard and they play hard.
05:14That's our fisherman.
05:15I bet.
05:16I'll find out when I go to the pub later.
05:17You will in a minute.
05:18I mean, is there something about living in a working fishing village?
05:21It means that the psyche of Cadworth is a bit different to elsewhere.
05:25I think that we're used to things being thrown at us and it probably makes us quite resilient, you know.
05:31If we don't fish ourselves, somebody very close to us does.
05:34There's been some tragedies in the cove and that brings the community together, you know, and everybody feels that loss, really.
05:43So, yeah, it is, it's just, it's just something I think that does make you stronger, maybe.
05:49This is a community that bonds together and also likes to celebrate together.
05:54Absolutely.
05:55Yes.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Right.
05:58Let's keep going.
06:01All the villagers take pride in making their patch of Cornish Coast sparkle at this time of year.
06:07Today, Doug and Alison are lending a hand, along with Leanne's mum, Nicky.
06:14Hello there.
06:15Hello.
06:16Hello, Doug.
06:17Good morning.
06:18How are you getting on up there?
06:19Very well.
06:20Very well.
06:21I see you've got a spare ladder here.
06:22We have for you.
06:23If I come and join you up there.
06:24That would be good.
06:25What are we doing today?
06:26What's coming up here?
06:28We're bringing up the, er, the lifeboat.
06:30Okay.
06:31Light.
06:32Gosh, this looks big and heavy.
06:33This is a new light.
06:34It was, er, designed by one of the local school children.
06:37We did a competition.
06:38This was the winner.
06:39Wonderful.
06:40Alright, here we go.
06:41I'll get this one in first.
06:42This is proper graft, this is.
06:44Yes, it is.
06:46It's quite heavy, isn't it?
06:49Alright.
06:50In.
06:51Right.
06:52How long have you lived in the village, Doug?
06:53Me, I've only been down here, er, about four years.
06:56Sounds like a Brummie accent.
06:58Wolverhampton.
06:59Wolverhampton.
07:00There you go.
07:01How do the locals treat you when you've arrived?
07:02They're great.
07:03Yeah.
07:04He's saying nice things.
07:05He has to.
07:07Alright, so, through there.
07:09Can you feed it through?
07:10Yeah, I will.
07:11Look at that.
07:14Is that going to hold it?
07:15That's not going to go anywhere.
07:16Look at that!
07:17Amazing!
07:18Ta-da!
07:19Brilliant!
07:20Well done.
07:21Is it a bit wonky?
07:22I can straighten it up, don't we?
07:23Alright, great.
07:24What's it like when you see another one go up?
07:27Er, relief.
07:28Relief.
07:29Relief that they're up and they're working and that hopefully it'll all work out on the
07:34switch on light.
07:35I know.
07:36There's lots more lights to put up.
07:37Shall we carry on?
07:38We should go that way.
07:39Absolutely.
07:40Our next light might seem like an unexpected addition to this tiny fishing village.
07:47So, we've just got to pop the camel one up if you're happy to help with this.
07:52Yeah, of course.
07:53Where's Kate?
07:54Last year, this design was dreamt up by local children.
07:57Are you good with cable ties?
07:58Yeah.
07:59If I hold it.
08:00She says with confidence.
08:02Whose family run a nearby camel farm, so you could argue it's authentically Cornish.
08:10And there's our camel.
08:12Ta-da!
08:13A camel in Cornwall.
08:16Perfect.
08:22The working fishing village of Kadjwith has long relied on its rich reserves of fish
08:37and shellfish to sustain its economy.
08:44Generations of local families have worked side by side for centuries.
08:51For John Truan and his son, Jamie, that tradition continues.
08:55And in the run-up to Christmas, mackerel is on the menu.
09:00Today's clear winter morning is perfect for a day's fishing.
09:04But not every trip here is plain sailing.
09:07There's no port here.
09:09Just a steep shingle beach facing straight into the wild, ever-changing weather of the English Channel.
09:16Out at sea, the tides are strong and the currents are unpredictable.
09:32But every trip ends the same way.
09:35Winching the boat back up the beach.
09:37John!
09:38How are you doing, mate?
09:39Matt, how are you all right?
09:40Good to see you.
09:41Nice to meet you at Mind & Wire.
09:42Are you all right?
09:43Nice to meet you at Mind & Wire.
09:44Are you all right?
09:45Nice to meet you at Mind & Wire.
09:46Are you all right?
09:47I tell you, it's glorious down here, isn't it?
09:48Yeah, yeah.
09:49I tell you what.
09:50It's glorious down here, isn't it?
09:51The sun all shines on the righteous.
09:52You lads down south have it easy, don't you?
09:53Oh, I love your boat.
09:54This is beautiful, isn't it?
09:55And it's great.
09:56When you get up on the beach, you can have a good look.
09:57Well, these boats are specific beach boats, isn't it?
09:58Right.
09:59They haven't got straight keel, they've got a camber.
10:00Oh, and so you've got skids on there as well, haven't you?
10:01Yeah.
10:02I mean, it's like Santa's Slay, isn't it?
10:03It's similar to Santa's Slay, yeah.
10:04Can I come on up?
10:05Yeah, come in.
10:06I'll catch you as you fall backwards.
10:07Yep.
10:08I'm up.
10:09Yep.
10:10I'm in.
10:11Oh, beautiful.
10:12You've got all sorts going on here.
10:14You've got, like, tinsel on here and that's not just for Christmas, is it?
10:32It's not just for Christmas.
10:33No, what are you hoping to catch on there?
10:36Macaral with those.
10:40get some we've got some fish to sort out so you've got a better put them on
10:43because otherwise you'll get wet wellies and everything right okay
10:45that's the first pair of oil skins i bought in two years happy christmas three years
10:52well they're size of these beauties they're not mackerel they're horse mackerel right we call them
10:56scads right and how would that differ then from mackerel are they worth they're a lot less money
11:04how typical is this catch at this time of year john it's a very small amount of fish
11:09back in the 70s there was a big mackerel fishery they used to catch tons of big factory ships came
11:16here and the fishery was over exploited and the mackerel fishery went away then there's nowhere
11:22near as mackerel there was back then i get it and you've got another box here then is that full as
11:26well that's oh gosh so that is mackerel and you can tell by the back then yeah it's stripy all right
11:35matt i've given you a job great so you take the mackerel out of the horse back on got you so that's
11:41the horse mackerel without the sort of stripey back yeah yeah and then you want all those in there
11:46got one there's a mackerel there this one yeah yeah whoa the blueness on the back's incredible
11:55people have these don't they on the tree like a tin version yeah we do down here we have a set of
11:59bubbles i absolutely love mackerel patty on toast beautiful yeah nice bit of bread i think i might
12:08be there lads i think you're there ain't you can't see anymore tell me there's probably one more in
12:12there somewhere kicking around oh there's one there's one there's one yes yeah good spot oh that is
12:19gorgeous and how does what you're catching now compared to the rest of the year normally we've just
12:26finished on the height of the crab season but because seasonal changes or whatever weather
12:32climate change perhaps a bit of over fishing as well the crab our crab fisheries have gone
12:42crab numbers are falling for another reason too
12:46next boat's in next boat's in who's that mark williams even fishing down here for 50 years
12:54with the rise in sea temperature a new predator has moved in attracted to the abundance of food
13:01available in these once shellfish rich waters you got octopus you got octopus wow look at the size of
13:09that yeah yeah yeah got it let's gonna have a look at mark's octopus they weigh an absolute ton yeah
13:17they do yeah they're really heavy creatures oh my word look at that here we go just lift like this
13:26yeah perfect whoa there's some weight in there what a big one beautiful creature so where are these
13:34coming from well these are coming from the mediterranean the climate is changing temperature's
13:38gone up they've migrated north come north wow that's what our fishery's been this year we're
13:44catching you know a lot a lot a lot of them yeah a lot of them and where do they go to be processed well
13:50we're catching their portuguese mediterranean octopus and we're selling them back to them now
13:55nobody eats them in this country they're all exported thousands of tons of we caught this year
14:02wow that's the only thing that's kept us solvent this year you must be incredibly grateful yeah we are
14:05you know crab fishing's down yeah yeah if the octopus don't turn up next year we are we don't
14:12know what we're going to do i guess the plus side is that actually you can be nimble yeah yeah we can
14:16we can we can too much money into technology yeah that's right we can change you've got to be
14:21now you've got to be versatile how does that make you feel jeremy is your aim to following your dad's
14:26sort of wake you see like all the older people here doing it and you're looking up and you just sort
14:32of want to do it you've got to be adaptable you've got to be able to change and yeah exactly yeah
14:37exactly that like be adapting to targeting new species of fish just basically being out on the
14:43water trying some days will be good and then some days won't be so good so when days like this come
14:50you've got to make the most of it really the hard work doesn't stop as jimmy and john need to get
14:56their fresh catch off to the wholesalers i've just noticed your merry christmas on the wall there
15:13very nice matt very appropriate isn't it beautiful anybody think it's coming up for christmas
15:18do you love it when they put the lights up yeah i do actually yeah right across the bay as well yeah
15:23amazing do you remember i bet you remember that ever since you were allowed to yeah it was one of
15:27those yeah one of those really exciting evenings normally it gets so dark down here in the winter
15:32yeah so when all the lights come on and they're cold cold months it's yeah it's stunning
15:36beautiful
15:50in cadgwith it's not just the streets that get a touch of sparkle the community works together to fill
15:57every corner of the village with christmas cheer including this little haven welcome to st mary's
16:04church this humble tin tabernacle church now glows with christmas warmth brought to life by local
16:13volunteers among them kate phillips and reverend deirdre mccrill i believe it was built in 1895
16:22and there aren't very many of them left it cost about seven hundred and something pounds i mean just
16:28crazy the money was raised by the community and actually that's something that's continued hasn't
16:34it yeah we're all really good at fundraising you might think the sleepy village at the end of the
16:40lizard peninsula is quiet no there's never a dull moment there's always something going on
16:45st mary's always looks stunning at christmas it's very much a joint effort from people from the village
16:51and they do a splendid job it's always fun to put the decorations up just to make it look festive jolly
16:59and welcoming so people are passing by they can take some time to sit down and pray and just have some
17:04quiet time it's my opportunity my privilege to bring the message of christmas to this community
17:21the community's festive spirit doesn't stop in the village for some brave folk from the kajwith
17:29swimming club it's tradition to take a plunge in the sea especially at christmas nikki joe's who i
17:36met earlier leads the group of intrepid swimmers swimming to me is a little bit of everything i
17:46learned to swim here when i was about four on this beach it's just lovely to be amongst like-minded
17:54people who really enjoy the cold water experience when you actually go for the swim you just get such
18:02a high it is well not necessarily when you're in there but when you come out and it it's just a
18:09wonderful feeling it is so addictive it forms a lovely bond we are very lucky here that we have
18:17a very strong community spirit we do do some evening swims and we love at christmas time when the lights
18:24are on and the tide is right to have a swim under the light all the colors reflecting on the sea it just
18:31dances it's wonderful my daughter and i we're going to have a swim on christmas day obviously go to the
18:39pub for a pint afterwards and home for christmas lunch
18:45and for wild swimming fans jean trimble and allison goldsack this is their favorite time of year to take
18:52the plunge with the water around 12 degrees celsius they limit their swims to 10 minutes the reason i do
19:04the swimming is for my own personal well-being now i'm retired i can please myself and do what i want to
19:13do and i've always been on this beach brought up on this speech as a young child and i just love the sea
19:21my family are a fishing family and so it's just almost normal for us to come down onto the beach
19:28and go for a swim regardless of the tide or the weather and you get a real buzz when you get out
19:35and you have your hot chocolate or your hot drink and usually a little bit of cake as well and the
19:41chit chat with the other girls that's really so wonderfully uplifting and social
19:47i used to be one of these swimmers that stood on the edge dithering for ages and ages it would
19:55take me a long long time to get in but now i've sort of changed really and i kind of embrace the
20:01cold if you like and then i'm always really pleased that i've done it
20:05i'm lucky enough just to live five minutes walk up the hill originally i came from the midlands but
20:11apparently i was six weeks old when i was first brought here um and there's a funny story
20:16actually because my parents were staying in a cottage just a few meters up the hill and anyway
20:21they packed up at the end of the day and got back to the cottage and then somebody said oh well where's
20:26the baby and apparently i'd been left here in my carry cot so my mum said i was always destined to come back
20:32so this beach has a special place in my heart
20:38Cadrewith at christmas is magical christmas lights switch on night is always really really lovely
20:46i'm on the lights committee so i'm involved with organizing all of that that's going to be really
20:50exciting and for me personally it's lovely because we've got three daughters they all come home and
20:57stay yeah just a really really lovely community spirit there they are hello oh brilliant go team
21:09now we're talking did you make them oh this is my first mince pie of the year
21:21did you say cream cheese on the top yeah what a great idea it was nikki's dad raymond skews who brought
21:29the cadrewith community together with the christmas lights what would he think of it now
21:34he would be absolutely delighted he was so much community based everything he did he always had
21:42the community at heart i mean what a legacy to leave behind you know and here we are celebrating him
21:49and what he's done what do you think he'd make of that he was not one for the limelight he would run
21:54away yeah you just go back and do what he had to do and i don't know he would be amazed how does it
22:00make you feel i'm i'm very proud of it yeah and i'm i'm proud that leanne has carried it on as well
22:07it's a beautiful thing it's what christmas is all about
22:14so
22:28ten miles up the road from cadgewith adam is on a festive mission of his own
22:32i've made my way to tregominion farm where one family has been working the land for around 500
22:44years plenty of time to pick up a few christmas traditions while their herds of red ruby devons
22:52and crossbred cattle are still very much at the heart of the farm they've also branched out into a
22:58distinctively festive crop christmas trees
23:06alongside their livestock james and sarah richards run what's believed to be england's most southerly
23:12christmas tree farm and every year they bring a touch of festive magic to catch with
23:18delivering a giant tree to take pride of place in the village
23:22not a bad way to bring a bit of holiday cheer to their farm and to the local community
23:35all right sarah hi james don't look very festive thank you can i help you can certainly we've got
23:40some bunting we need to put up over here if that's all right
23:42and it's on this part of the farm that james's diversification into christmas trees first took
23:51root these are the first trees i ever planted when i was 17 years old so i had a bag of trees 600
23:58trees and a shovel and practically no idea what i was doing we've now planted about 1200 a year
24:04something like that they're like a crop just like you're growing a wheat or your rapeseed it's just
24:08on a slightly longer rotation so as long as you keep planting more every year you know you'll have
24:12a crop in six or seven years it's a special thing isn't it the christmas tree is the centerpiece in
24:17most people's houses got to get that right well this is the thing it does add a little bit of
24:21pressure sometimes that you think that people have got to be happy with it everyone's got a different
24:25idea of their perfect tree sarah and i we're always falling out about what difference she said oh
24:29this one this one's beautiful and i think it's absolutely horrendous i spend hours choosing more
24:33often than not people take the first one that they find that they like they always come back to that
24:37first one again well it's all very lovely can we leave you putting the bunting up and go look at
24:41some trees sarah no problem come on ella we need to select two trees today one for the pub and one for
24:52the seafront we've got lots of different varieties these are actually called norway spruces yeah these
24:58are the more traditional victorian type probably something that you had when you were younger where
25:03you'd have ended up with a carpet full of needles at the end they smell delicious they need a lot of
25:08care or is it just a case of popping one in the ground and watching it grow sadly not it's not that
25:12easy they can have a few issues so you can see there's a little bit of brown here this is actually from
25:16the drought that we had this summer and recently in cornwall we've had a lot of deer they seem to
25:20prefer these norways purely because they're a little bit more spiky and i think they scratch their heads
25:25and enjoy it yeah goodness me and a damaged tree like this would anybody buy it there is no accounting for
25:33so we've had various different sizes and shapes that james and i have both thought we'll never
25:38sell that and then someone comes along and says that's my perfect tree so we keep everything in
25:42the field and even this lovely little tree here we'll get a home one day
25:53so what variety is this one so this one here's a nordmann fur which is the sort of non-drop they call it
25:58yeah that's the sort of tree i'd probably have at home they do drop their needles eventually if you
26:02don't look after them trees that are cut straight away and then put in a house can go into thermal
26:07shock a lot easier so sometimes it's better to buy a tree that's been cut a week before
26:12and how do you feel about having all these trees i love it i love looking out over this sea of trees
26:17growing all different heights now and it it's a real timeline of my life with james there's a
26:23row of trees not far away that he was planting as i went into labor with our son oh so there's this
26:29is a real family history around here when the trees feel this personal and with almost a thousand
26:38to choose from finding the one is no small feat have you found one sarah we have we're thinking
26:46this one's definitely a contender there i'm sure james said to me earlier that the tree you look at
26:51first that's the one you want isn't it he's gone wandering off looking for something better he won't
26:56find one this is perfect let's just chop it down and have it done by the time he gets back this is the
27:01one isn't it one all yours hey there we are that'll be one happy pub now we need a real showstopper
27:14something the whole village can gather around which way sarah just head straight on the path that
27:21we've trampled so this is the fine piece the ribbon marks the tree yeah
27:27that's a good job james but it looks a lot heavier now it's on the ground i've done my job i'm leaving
27:43up to you thankfully james's dad has come along to lend a bit of muscle
27:48right time to head for the village i think they'll be very happy with this
28:01so what are your plans for christmas my plans for christmas are mostly feeding cows
28:06and what about yourselves what will you be eating beef or turkey by that point we've delivered a lot
28:11of christmas beef and so actually i think turkey is a bit of a new thing for us isn't it a nice change
28:18that's beautiful
28:27before the tree can be raised we need to add its crowning glory that's beautiful
28:32the star that will make the village sparkle so this light doesn't look like much now but at night it
28:38looks absolutely stunning and shines out across the cove gorgeous right watch the star
28:49up she goes you're going in amazing it's looking upright it's vertical it could come towards adam and
28:59will slightly like being in the living room at home but on a grand scale so is it in the right spot
29:06we're all happy are we i think it's looking beautiful okay we're going to let go this is the moment of truth
29:12step away from the tree what well congratulations i think that's really lovely oh well done to you
29:21well i've just done what i've told really but one last job for you you can take that up to the pub
29:28if you want i've got some cows to feed no problem at all
29:44wow that looks an handsome tree here we go put it in the corner please
29:49look at that made to measure
29:58i think that looks lovely spot on here's my little christmas decoration contribution
30:06i like james i better head home look after my animals merry christmas everyone
30:11the tree will be dressed and looking perfect in time for the big festive knees up later on
30:25this small community is bursting with festive spirit and everyone is getting involved in
30:31preparations but for many people in catchwith work continues through the christmas period
30:37on this prime seafront location in this beautiful colorful shed a traditional skill is being kept alive
30:46hello can i come in come on in
30:51local artist and fisherman nigel leg has been sailing cadjwith's water since the 1950s
30:58and spends his winters as his forefathers did making traditional lobster pots out of willow
31:03this is almost finished is it almost finished i just left the piece for you years ago when we went
31:11fishing you had to make these pots whilst you didn't go to sea fishing because you couldn't buy pots off
31:17the shelf and how does it work then as a lobster pot lobster in there lobster in there um it's enticed in
31:23with with bait if i was starving i could come along to a hedgerow cut enough willies make a pot in the day
31:32put it in the sea that evening and i could have if i was lucky lobster for breakfast in the morning
31:38all free so yeah that's just a nice thing to do yeah well will you show me how you do this then this
31:44wonderful craft well i'll try um so obviously we're going around in ever decreasing circles yes i'll put
31:51my glasses on so i can see closely what you're up to yeah okay so you want to add a few more withies
31:59withies you call these yeah withies but you just put your hand in here lift that up up and over up
32:06and over up and over it's like horses going over a race course really so and where do you get this
32:12from is this willow i do cut a bit of my willow locally yeah i'll just do one more and you go
32:21but most of my stuff comes from summer's heck
32:26the centuries-old craft of making withy or willow pots was the traditional winter job of cornish
32:31fishermen when they couldn't get out to sea but willow is relatively weak and needed constant repairs
32:37rarely lasting more than a season
32:41so when tougher plastic and wire pots arrived in the 60s the old designs quickly became redundant
32:50what do people use these for if they're not fishing well this day and age most of them are made for
32:57decoration and um people put them in the gardens and of course i make a lot for period drama films
33:04i made them all for poldark orange express that's amazing so it's what i do in the winter really
33:11it's an amazing kind of even just like as a piece of art like as a as a sculpture i mean it's incredible
33:17isn't it yeah well people use them for lampshades and uh underneath coffee tables and the glass tops on
33:23them and all that sort of yeah have you ever made any christmas decoration versions yeah i have
33:29down at fanmouth maritime museum they bought 30 odd and for two years running they've made their
33:37christmas tree of them oh get the speed up now good teacher you see
33:47you get that tea on the go in a minute as well oh look i like the way there's a lobster on the uh
33:51on the cup yeah we can put him in here in a minute that's the posh cup oh really only comes out for
33:57visitors does it in the trade map the old man would call that a coffee table oh really you weren't doing
34:06bad see if it works what's the story with that boat there that boat there is that a special one
34:19uh that's old man's boat oh your dad's boy yeah that's the frida and how old were you when you first
34:24went out on that boat on that boat i was probably five or six i've never been sick but i remember i
34:31used to get tired and go and curl up beside the engine and go sleep yeah what kind of a life have
34:38you have you had on the water nigel i used to go the old man and then i remember standing in the winch
34:46house one winter thinking there must be more to life than just here so i went to falmouth on the bus
34:55and managed to get on a fleet auxiliary tanker what with the navy yeah well we were refueling the navy
35:01it's merchant navy it's a royal fleet auxiliary so we was refueling the navy at sea right we um
35:08worked mental world several times and um singapore on all those places i always remember we left
35:17here just after christmas and came back just before christmas so i was away 11 and a half months
35:23and i was on the bridge coming back and the third mate said you're from cornwall he said where
35:29you from i said i'm from lizard he said oh yeah he said he said well keep looking keep looking there
35:35and i was looking and looking and looking i saw what what was that he said that's lizard
35:45that's home
35:46you were home you were home wow what a feeling
35:59shall we get to the final stress gotta get on with it
36:04they tell me it's pretty fun down the pub here pub yeah it's good pub i used to go in there with the
36:09old man and he used to sit me in the corner you don't remember a time in your life without it
36:14no no not in there no yeah no so it's worth a look in then because i hear there's a bit of a
36:20knees up going on later on might get a bit of singing you never know oh
36:28you tell me when we're done there nigel are you happy with this yeah you're doing a good job did you
36:32ever have a job as a hairdresser now he's looking right that's right i'd probably just stick my hand
36:40in there and push that down a little bit yeah straighten things up there are sold gonna buy that
36:47right on i love it thank you very much indeed i've thoroughly enjoyed that and you uh you show
36:54me how you make these beautiful things what a creation the big question is does the pot fit
37:01through the door see you later on yep all the best you get out fishing good luck well the conditions
37:19are looking pretty good for fishing boats today but what about sleighs let's find out what the
37:23weather has in store for santa and the rest of us in the christmas week ahead
37:36hi again good evening well it was misty murky plenty of low cloud around for the winter solstice today
37:43shortest day of the year sunset just before three o'clock now in shetland a quarter past four though
37:50in plymouth now the air is still mild for this point in the year marked in the yellow here on
37:54the air mass chart you can see that we're starting to tap into some much colder air marked in blue
38:00as we head towards christmas eve and then christmas day itself some very brisk winds too
38:04towards the south so in general then christmas is looking cold and frosty there'll be brisk
38:10easterly winds particularly towards the southern half of the uk also some sunshine the very small chance
38:16of a few flakes of snow i'll come with that in just a moment but it's certainly not looking dry
38:21overnight tonight we're all in for a bit of rain that's pushing in from the south towards scotland
38:25northern ireland by tomorrow morning of course it is a frost-free start to the day temperatures
38:30to between six and nine degrees celsius into monday morning now low pressure still close by
38:36on monday here's our weather front across scotland and northern ireland that's still going to be
38:40bringing some outbreaks of rain i think through the morning and then it will start to clear away
38:44now monday's quite a quiet day of weather we're drawing in the south easterly wind so the air is
38:49still mild and there'll be a mixture of cloud with some sunny spells perhaps some of the best
38:54of that sunshine developing across parts of northwest england generally to the northwest of
38:58the higher ground now monday into tuesday you can see this area of high pressure out towards the
39:04east over scandinavia that's going to be building in so we draw in more of an easterly wind that's
39:08going to feed in a lot of low cloud from the north sea and it's going to be tricky to see that
39:13lift and break but there could be some brighter skies perhaps out towards western areas maybe on
39:18tuesday all in all a rather gray looking day you can see the temperatures start to drop off too
39:22towards the south and there could be a little bit of rain perhaps moving in from the north sea at times
39:27too wednesday's christmas eve here comes our area of high pressure the winds start to pick up towards
39:32the south but here with the air being mixed up we should see a little bit more perhaps in the way of
39:37sunshine but again the best of the breaks in the cloud will tend to be out towards the west should be
39:42largely dry temperatures slightly higher towards the northern half of the uk whereas further south
39:49they're starting to slip now here is wednesday into thursday which is christmas day tight squeeze on the
39:56isobars here towards the south in fact we could be looking at gusts of around 50 miles an hour perhaps
40:00towards the south coast low pressure towards the south of us that could start to edge up a little bit
40:06of moisture perhaps towards the south coast across parts of devon and cornwall on thursday and it will be
40:10cold enough to snow but still in a lot of doubt of course some cloud again could produce one or two
40:14snowflakes for eastern scotland i think further south while it is cold and there will be plenty
40:20of added wind chill then there should be quite a lot of sunshine around as well so friday is boxing day
40:26again it looks dry some cloud across eastern areas of scotland also towards channel coast as well but for
40:33many of us there's a lot of sunshine and the winds will be slightly lighter so it won't be feeling
40:37quite as cold temperatures five to seven degrees celsius and i'll just show you quickly what's going
40:43to be happening next weekend we think the area of high pressure will drift out towards the northwest
40:47of the uk consequently we'll be drawing down more of a northerly wind so again a lot of dry weather on
40:53offer but it will be feeling rather chilly here's the outlet you can check the full forecast where you
40:58live on the bbc weather app i'll hand you back to matt and anita
41:15we're celebrating christmas in the cornish village of cadgwith and with the christmas tree now taking
41:21pride of place in the cove the village is ready to add the festive magic joined by local art gallery owner
41:28sally and ellis being here about 46 years it's just a lovely place the children absolutely love it
41:38it's great fun
41:42the community and everything that goes on here the fishing and the sea
41:47i feel very blessed i'm not about to miss out on any of the fun
41:53hello oh come on can i help i love decorating trees isn't it fab right
42:00toots has grown up with these festive traditions
42:04so to tell me about you are you a cadgwith resident have you lived here your whole life
42:09yes i don't live in cadg i live just up the road in ruin but i've lived here my whole life and
42:14most of my family too so yeah born and bred born and bred so what does this tradition mean to you
42:21everything it's lush it's really good every year's kids just come down watch it all best memories
42:29wonderful well let's look back have a look at the it is absolutely beautiful tasteful as well
42:35isn't it gorgeous what a beautiful thing to do you know it's normally like the joy of doing it in your
42:41own home but there's something extra special about doing it for your whole village larger scale yeah
42:49where do you get giant baubles from these i just don't know years old
42:57toots's dad martin ellis is a local fisherman and artist who's lived in the village all his life
43:031972 i started fishing i got bored indoors he's also fondly known as nutty noah for venturing out into
43:13rough seas back in 1999 just before christmas i caught quite a lot of pilchers in my little boat and then
43:23i decided to go bigger and this particular night i kept aboard a few more than what i should have done
43:33thousands and thousands of fish the boat went over on her side so i pulled my life jacket and i jumped
43:41into the water scrabble through the net and got into the life raft hundreds and hundreds of seagulls
43:48feeding off all the pilchers because there's thousands of pilchers all over the place
43:52the lifeboat arrived just in time nutty was saved but his boat penrose was sadly lost to the sea
44:05soon as i came home and realized that was a close shave i picked up paintbrush and decided to do some
44:14paintings of the incidents of the penrose and a lot of fish in the water and it helped to bring out all
44:23those emotions i think confronting his fear and anxiety from the accident he found strength through art
44:33i just finished my recent one a row of children coming down to sit on father christmas's knee and be
44:41given a present it's a nice little community to be brought up and to live in switching all of the
44:49lights and um the barbecues and the singing we have here i'm really fortunate i've had a good place to
44:57live on my life yeah tree decorated it's time to test the lights fingers crossed
45:14wonderful ah absolute magic it does make you feel like a kid again beautiful
45:27it does make you feel like a kid
45:37after all of the hard work preparing for their cadju with christmas the locals have worked up an
45:43appetite and what better way to feed the soul and lift the spirits than a cornish pasty
45:48north of cadju with sits the kitchen hq of the much-loved local favorite hands pasties
45:59founder ann and her son fergus are proudly preserving their generation's old family recipe
46:04of the traditional cornish pasty but this one's got a festive twist
46:08well christmas is coming as is the christmas pasty um and i'm guessing these are all the ingredients
46:18yeah we've got the turnip and onion uh seasoned we've got the turkey with rodders butter and stock
46:25sausage stuffing with cranberries and some chestnuts and then some potato and onions go on top and that
46:31all goes in the same pasty i know i mean you don't need to roast a roast a meal at christmas now you
46:37just get one of these and just a few brussels sprouts on the side excellent let's get filling
46:45don't want to go too much because obviously we've got i get all these layers in
46:50oh i mean that is the taste of christmas isn't it yeah yeah i mean literally everything you could
46:55think of the turkey is from pear tree farm i could walk there it's about a mile and a half away and
47:00the sausage meat is from dale's and he's also within the town so we could try to keep it as local
47:05as we possibly can how's this gonna close i'm getting worried myself
47:13i'm scared about crimping i can't believe this is my first time crimping
47:19edges up over the top yeah and press them together
47:22mine doesn't fit i'll put a bit too much in there just make a ridge
47:29don't even think it just make a ridge yeah that's right and then you can really stuff them once you
47:33get them half full like that get everything off the bench and keep packing them oh that's looking
47:38great it's like a dinosaur i love it we've got to do the fastening crimpy thing now crimpy thing
47:45and i'm just pulling and tucking yeah that's it one prepares it and the other finger does the
47:53crimping so when did you get on board fergus well i've been crimping since i was about three
47:58i worked with mum and then went off to university and then for 13 years i've been back in the firm
48:04and obviously growing growing growing so it's turned from what was like you making them at home
48:08yes that's right yes a little out building at the lizard and i did get very busy there but fergus
48:14has taken it to a huge level
48:21my technique may need a little polish but there's no time to waste we've got an order to fulfill for
48:27the catch with volunteers chestnuts yeah perfect fairy on the top of the christmas tree at this
48:37time of year there's a real magic to catch with oh yeah christmas lights and all that well it brings
48:42a community together you know through through the winter months it's just magical and do you stock
48:46everyone with pasties down there as well yeah we've helped out the last few years keeping them well fed
48:51whilst they do their magic with the lights can't think of anything better can you christmas lights on
48:55the course with a pasty you don't find any celebration in cornwall without pasties being part of it
49:01this pasty needs a special finishing touch here for an eater perfect
49:14how's that look blended well we'll bang that in the oven then i hope she likes it
49:18are we going to see you down at the lights later oh definitely yeah i can't wait
49:21yeah come loaded with pasties yeah everyone's best friend
49:29baked and ready to feed these hungry mouths oh it's like christmas eve
49:37ho ho ho who's hungry i come bearing gifts
49:42it's it's so good open it up see if you like it here we go it's not just any pasty it's a personal
49:48pasty oh look at that there you go i put that on with my fair hands the 500 grams of pasty don't mess
49:57about around here that pastry is amazing thank you they don't call him baker for nothing that's
50:06very good absolutely delicious yeah and thank you for making another one of my christmas wishes come
50:11true matt you know me what a mate sanders little helper i know there's a whole village to feed come and get
50:17them guys they're nice and warm come on nikki come and have a pasty hello nikki was swimming in the
50:23sea this morning oh you're one of those are you come on down you want two yeah there you go merry
50:30christmas some pasties right through can i do those you can indeed there's some hungry seagulls over
50:37there watch out i'll join you in a bit see you in the poll see you later pasty anybody who'd like a pasty
50:48the lights are glowing the trees dressed now it's time to celebrate christmas in true cajworth style
50:57and there's a new family at the helm of this village hub landlord gary and daughter summer
51:03are preparing for santa's arrival and mom victoria is in charge of decorations
51:10how are you doing nice to see you getting the decorations up yes yes come in i've got a job for
51:15you oh the fire's on here is the tree which looks a bit bare at the moment yes it's going to be
51:22decorated so we've got that's our job you can help me oh yeah i can see you've got one on here already
51:28this was from adam wasn't it with the christmas tree on there absolutely perfect what a beauty
51:34so when did you take over the problem we took over in september um so it's all very fresh and new
51:42my dad yeah um is a local fisherman this is dad at the end here um i think they're pulling up one of
51:48the fishing boats down in the cove so spent many a time in here as a child sure grown up really with
51:55the pub and the chance came for us to run it so we jumped at the opportunity it must mean a great
52:02deal to everybody here that you know with you growing up in the area and you've taken the reins
52:06and yeah it's so important it means so much i always think it's like um everybody's front room that's
52:13how i see it them all coming together and join celebrations as one big family that's what the
52:19community is like here it's stuff as well that you've got in here and the paintings and all the
52:24deck and the ropes what are these what what's the story there's there's two sort of uh theories one is
52:31when the fishermen would come in from sea they'd still have their sea legs so they'd be a bit also
52:36they need to hang on so they it would help them find their land legs and steady them so they've been
52:42up a while these have they yeah yeah probably the last hundred years or so others think it's when it
52:47gets a bit busy in here and if the beer is flowing that helps as well to steady everybody yeah
52:57and i wish you a very happy christmas i'll be honest with you victoria in the few minutes that
53:03we've spent together putting this tree up this pub is in good hands i mean it really feels like it is
53:08yeah it really does that's what we're hoping for yeah definitely
53:12what can we get you mad oh i'll have a pint of the finest please so you've got the country
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54:43in the pub a crowd is gathered and fisherman john truand is out of his oil skins and into his best
54:50christmas jumper
55:02so john who are who are all the friends that you've brought with you well these are all my friends i
55:06sing with them every friday night and we sing sea shanties and we sing about cormel great and it's a
55:13small part of cornish heritage and culture that we keep going at the cage of coven well i'm really
55:19really looking forward to this i'm hoping you do some christmas songs as well oh we will you will
55:24great well listen i'll stand back and um i can't wait over to you john
55:40oh
55:51oh
55:53oh
56:01oh
56:03And glory shone around
56:06And glory shone around
56:12Oh, perfect timing.
56:17That was beautiful.
56:19So emotional.
56:21What a special place this is.
56:22Absolutely hits you in your heart.
56:24Thank you, everybody, for your warm welcome.
56:26Thank you, honestly, Victoria.
56:28And John smashed it in.
56:29Yes, over here, Leanne, Doug.
56:31Thank you, the Christmas lights.
56:33Absolutely magical.
56:34The whole day, the whole experience.
56:35Have you finished your pasty, by the way?
56:37I am so full of pasty that I can't actually move,
56:40so you have to leave me here.
56:41Oh, is that all right?
56:41I'm staying.
56:43All right, great.
56:44All right, I'm sticking around.
56:45How's about I pick you up at New Year's?
56:47All right, perfect.
56:48Yeah, sounds good.
56:49Well, that is almost it from our Christmas in Cornwall.
56:52It's been a cracker.
56:53Hasn't it just?
56:54Hey!
56:56It's a nice way to wrap things up.
56:58Hey!
56:59Keep it up coming.
57:00Next week, Hamza is in the north of Scotland.
57:03Oh, there you go.
57:11I think that's a mom and calf.
57:16I'm like a little kid at a candy store wanting the candy.
57:20Give me the candy.
57:20Give me the dolphins.
57:25Oh, there's actually a squeak.
57:28So make sure you join us then.
57:35But for now, from all of us here...
57:37That's Cornish for a happy Christmas to you.
57:42We wish you a merry Christmas.
57:46We wish you a merry Christmas.
57:48We wish you a merry Christmas.
57:51And a happy new year.
57:54Yay!
57:56Happy Christmas!
57:59We can't leave without the final Christmas message from the whole village.
58:04Take it away, Couchworth.
58:05One, two, three, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
58:15And have a lovely evening, and Merry Christmas!
58:28Merry Christmas!
58:30Give it!
58:32Hooray!
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58:33Hooray!
58:34Give it!
58:35Hooray!
58:35Hooray!
58:36Hooray!
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59:07To be continued...
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