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00:00She's Helen Skelton.
00:04He's Dan Walker.
00:06Daniel!
00:07Are we hugging today?
00:08Come on.
00:09Time to see you.
00:10We are the best of pals.
00:11Which way are you going?
00:12Come on!
00:13Oh, you little cheeky rascal.
00:15Now I'll have to catch ya.
00:16And we're back, sharing our love of the great Yorkshire countryside.
00:20Is it lovely this?
00:21Are you still there?
00:23So we're off on new adventures.
00:26Oh my lord, it is really wobbly now.
00:29Let's not break it, it's been here a while.
00:31To discover even more inspiring natural wonders.
00:34That is very impressive.
00:36Mother Nature, you are showing off.
00:37And taking the highways and byways that lead to those little hidden gems.
00:42Oh, that does not disappoint, does it?
00:44That give Yorkshire its truly special appeal.
00:47Let's eat a muffin!
00:48Buffins are great.
00:49Indeed.
00:50We'll be meeting more of the lovely folk at the heart of God's own country.
00:55I want to hug you.
00:56Oh.
00:57And we'll marvel at the majestic wonder of Yorkshire.
01:01Even when we get old, we'll still play out.
01:03Okay, deal.
01:04Great and small.
01:06That, Helen Skelton, is Yorkshire.
01:09Today I'm meeting Helen at Yorkshire's dramatic and only chalk headland.
01:24Hello!
01:25Hey, I'm glad I served my shorts for today.
01:28I've got a lot of time for those shorts.
01:30It's not really the weather for it though.
01:32Okay, Flamborough Head.
01:33This for me is the north answer to the White Cliffs of Dover.
01:42Flamborough Head in the east riding of Yorkshire is the starting point for our next walk.
01:47Heading south with the odd detour, we'll be taking in the magnificent coastline and getting a bird's eye view of some of its beautiful wildlife.
01:57We'll admire the pottery that made one town famous, discover links to one of the most well-known plots in British history, before ending up at its southernmost windswept tip.
02:11There's millions of years worth of stuff squished in there.
02:15It's like talking to a scientist.
02:17I love it though, the smell.
02:18I love the sights.
02:19I love the sounds.
02:20I love the drama.
02:22Do you want a look in a telescope?
02:24Yes, please.
02:25I've got some new trousers.
02:26Wait, wait for this.
02:27Shoo!
02:28Oh, okay.
02:29Is that meant to be a pocket?
02:31No, it's not.
02:32It's just for ventilation.
02:33Oh.
02:34There's another one here, look.
02:35You should have just worn shorts.
02:3750p, there you go.
02:38Yes, please.
02:39I can't rock a denim short though, I just look like an absolute fool.
02:42Well, so do I but I don't care.
02:44No, you don't Helen, you look great.
02:48Is that too late?
02:49Yes.
02:54There's unbelievable wildlife in this part of the world.
03:02Which eye do you look through a telescope in?
03:04Either, the one that's open.
03:06Okay.
03:07I always have to pretend that I can see stuff.
03:12Listen, we've got a good walk planned.
03:13Yes.
03:14Puffins.
03:15We've got seals and a dinosaur.
03:19I know.
03:20An actual dinosaur.
03:21Keep that brow furrowed.
03:22Come with me.
03:23Okay, furrowed brow, locked in.
03:24This stretch is one of the fastest eroding coastlines in Europe.
03:34Nearly two metres a year is lost to the sea, which puts buildings and livelihoods at risk.
03:40But those same forces have carved out this coast in sometimes surprising ways.
03:45Look at this!
03:48Love it?
03:50Or is it?
03:52Don't you think it's cool?
03:53Yeah, it's a big lump.
03:54You mentioned a dinosaur.
03:56It looks like a dinosaur.
03:57It really doesn't.
03:58It does?
03:59Does it though?
04:00It's a dinosaur.
04:01No, I'm not having that.
04:02Right, come round in and we'll have a look at the other side.
04:08This chalk headland has been weathered by the elements to form what people call the drinking dinosaur.
04:15There you go!
04:16There it is!
04:17It's a dinosaur!
04:18It is actually a dinosaur.
04:19I can see.
04:20Look, there's the head of the dinosaur.
04:21Yeah.
04:22The backy bit.
04:23Yeah.
04:24The leggy bit.
04:25And the taily bit.
04:27It's like talking to a dinosaur recto drone.
04:32No, you haven't got any trousers.
04:33What about this?
04:34My leg coat.
04:35You are a chivalrous man.
04:37Come on, that makes a difference.
04:39Do you know what though?
04:40This is what my appetite for.
04:42A bit more cliff action.
04:43Is it not hot chocolate time first?
04:45Oh, okay.
04:46Yeah, first.
04:47Hot chocolate and then cliffs.
04:48How far can I get in the leg coat?
04:49You go for it.
04:50The good news is you look great.
04:53It's just...
05:02Thankfully, a cuppa is never far away in Yorkshire, and at least on a day like this, we didn't
05:08have to queue.
05:09Oh, cheers.
05:10I needed that.
05:11Sometimes, you do just need a hot drink, or in the absence of a hot portion of chips,
05:16hot chocolate will do the job.
05:17Yes.
05:18Ooh.
05:19Toposcope.
05:20You love these.
05:21I do.
05:22Here fought the British and American ships in 1779.
05:24Just down there.
05:25So a toposcope is just basically a list of Edinburgh's 176 miles away, for example.
05:30Don't play a little game.
05:31Don't look.
05:32Okay.
05:33How far away is Copenhagen in Denmark?
05:35700 miles.
05:36Close.
05:37515.
05:38Ooh, go on.
05:39One more.
05:40Okay.
05:41London, England is?
05:42As the crow flies.
05:43Yep.
05:44From this exact point, 172 miles.
05:49Did you look at my toposcope?
05:51I did.
05:52You cheated at my incredibly fun toposcope game.
05:57The great thing about a day like today.
06:00What is it?
06:01We've got the toposcope all to ourselves.
06:02There's no queue for the toilets.
06:04Hmm.
06:05You can have the cliffs to yourself, and I'm done.
06:09Toilets, cliffs, I've thought one other thing.
06:13You know we've had this lighthouse.
06:15Yes.
06:16Do you know there's an old lighthouse just down here, which may or may not be near a golf course.
06:20Can we go?
06:21Can we go?
06:22Can we go?
06:23He's like a homing pigeon.
06:24Golf course.
06:25Golf course.
06:26This is perfect weather for golf.
06:27Let's go to golf course.
06:29Just have a moment and enjoy the golf course.
06:34Breathe it in, Daniel.
06:35Breathe it in.
06:36Yes, it's next to a golf course.
06:39But this cliff top landmark was here first.
06:42The aptly named old lighthouse was built in 1669 and is made from white chalk, making it easy to spot when at sea.
06:51This.
06:52Hold on a sec.
06:53I'm just going to come down here because I feel the dynamics.
06:56Oh, that.
06:57Yeah, hello.
06:58That's what your face looks like.
06:59I'm using the natural slope here.
07:01There you go.
07:02Are you going to spit some facts at me?
07:03This is an old lighthouse that has never been used.
07:06Never been lit.
07:07Not a light then, like a fire?
07:08It's never been lit.
07:09Oh, right.
07:10Why?
07:11Because they built it and then they sort of ran out of funding.
07:13So it's more of now just a visual aid.
07:15So people do use it as a landmark on the horizon.
07:20Built by Sir John Clayton and George Blake, passing ships were meant to pay taxes to use its light.
07:27But the tax was voluntary.
07:29So the penny pinching mariners didn't pay and Clayton went bust.
07:33No one is even sure if the structure ever actually functioned as a lighthouse.
07:38It is quite a little bit from the coastline, isn't it?
07:41That is another good observation because we're a good sort of two drivers and an eight-iron away from the city.
07:47For you?
07:48Yeah.
07:49There can't be many golf courses that have a lighthouse on them.
07:52Least of all, allegedly the oldest lighthouse in England.
07:55You're absolutely full of facts.
07:58I know you like Flamborough Heads. I know you like the lighthouse.
08:01Do you want to see something else that's cliffy?
08:03What, can we fit just a couple of holes in everything?
08:06No, not today.
08:07Really?
08:08The only birdie you're seeing is a beaked kind. Come on.
08:10OK, you can have that for the gag.
08:17Coming up, Helen is blown away by all the wildlife at Benton Cliffs.
08:21I've seen a puffin!
08:23Buffins are great.
08:24Indeed.
08:25Dan gets crafty in the East Yorkshire town, famous for its pottery.
08:30I've made a beautiful mug so far.
08:32You've seen that.
08:33Yep.
08:34Did you hear that?
08:35And I take to the water.
08:36And I take to the water to seriously stretch my yoga skills.
08:40Oh, you're right. It's really challenging.
08:44Helen and I are walking along a stunning stretch of the Yorkshire coast.
09:02And now the sun's coming out, it's even better.
09:05Oh, this is lovely now.
09:06Look at the colour of the sea as well.
09:08We've left Flamborough Head to take a little detour, five miles up the coast to the magnificent
09:18cliffs at Benton.
09:20For me, this is one of the most exciting things that you can see in this part of the world.
09:29Name me a big, big bird.
09:32Penguin?
09:33No.
09:34Puffin?
09:35Yes.
09:36There's loads of puffins down here.
09:39So there's no way we're going to see nothing rather than a puffin.
09:43Come on.
09:45Oh, my word.
09:47Do you like that one?
09:50During the summer, Bempton cliffs come alive with all kinds of seabirds.
09:55Among them, more than 3,000 puffins who come here to breed on the chalk cliffs, making Bempton
10:01one of the largest colonies of the species in the UK.
10:05Poppy Rummery from the RSPB is going to help us get the best view.
10:10Poppy.
10:11Hello.
10:12This is Dan.
10:13Hello, nice to meet you.
10:14Good to see you.
10:15You too.
10:16What are you doing today?
10:17You look poised with clipboards.
10:18I've got some clipboards ready to kind of give you a bit of a taste.
10:21Have you got a worksheet?
10:22Yes.
10:23Yes.
10:24Well, he likes a worksheet.
10:25Me, I'm less of a fan of a worksheet, but I'm massive fan of a puffin.
10:29Do you know what a baby puffin's called?
10:31Oh, this is good.
10:32This is really cute.
10:33A puffling.
10:34I mean, come on.
10:35Can I get one?
10:36Um, no.
10:37We have got pin badgers.
10:38I can't take a puffin home with you.
10:39Come on.
10:40I want to find a puffin.
10:43The puffin breeding season is nearly at an end and the birds will be leaving the cliffs
10:51to head back out to sea.
10:53The good news is there are still plenty of stragglers to look out for.
10:56I've never seen a puffin.
10:57I'm so thrilled.
10:58Do the puffins tend to stay in those little cracks in the rock?
11:00Yes.
11:01These puffins tend to stay in those little cracks in the rock?
11:16Yes.
11:17These puffins tend to use all the little crevices and holes and gaps in the cliffs that have been
11:22created by erosion and all sorts, and that's the burrow that they will stick to.
11:27And they will come back to the same bit of cliff every year.
11:30Because they can stay out at sea an awfully long time, can't they?
11:33They can.
11:34So once they leave here, kind of mid to end of July, they'll head out to sea and they'll
11:40come back again sort of end of March, early April next year.
11:44So they spend all of that time away from here at sea.
11:49They've got that colourful beak, those orange legs.
11:52They look a bit funny when they're waddling around.
11:54They just look like they want to cuddle.
11:56They do.
11:57Yeah.
11:58And I think everyone knows what a puffin is.
12:00Yeah.
12:01They're instantly recognisable, aren't they?
12:02They are.
12:03Yeah.
12:04You look at them and you smile and they make you happy.
12:07Yeah.
12:08You can't be in a huff, can you?
12:10With a puffin.
12:11I knew.
12:12I knew.
12:13I knew.
12:14I've been thinking about that.
12:15And I've never seen anybody quite as excited about puffins as where I've been today.
12:19It's not often that I don't say a lot.
12:21And I've got very little to say.
12:23I just want to look at them.
12:25What's great is that she thinks she's not been talking much.
12:29I've hardly said anything for me.
12:31What do you like about puffins?
12:32How many puffins are there?
12:33Where do you get puffins?
12:34Who's that guy?
12:35Who's making that noise?
12:36I'm hardly talking at all.
12:38Puffins are great.
12:41Indeed.
12:42Sharing these rugged cliffs with the puffins are gannets, guillemots and one of our most
12:55endangered seabirds, the kittywig, whose numbers nationally have almost halved since
13:00the beginning of the century.
13:02Dependent on sand eels for their food, they are an indicator species.
13:07So if they're doing well, other species will be doing well too.
13:11So what do we actually have to do?
13:13We want to know how successful kitty wakes are each year.
13:18So ideally, in order to maintain a stable population of kitty wakes, we want them to
13:23be fledging at least one chick per pair.
13:30I can see four.
13:34I can see loads more than four.
13:36Am I looking at the same cliff?
13:38This is going to be the worst survey in history.
13:42Perhaps just as well that proper recent surveys have shown that kitty wake numbers at Benton
13:47are holding fast, but Poppy and the other volunteers will maintain a close watch on them.
13:52Poppy, I'm glad there's a lot of people who are giving up their time to come and do this
13:58because it's for all of our benefit, isn't it?
14:00What a privilege to see puffins.
14:02It's been lovely.
14:03Puffins are great.
14:04Puffins are great.
14:05Yeah.
14:06Thank you, Poppy.
14:07Thank you very much.
14:08See you soon.
14:09See you later.
14:13Do you know what?
14:14I'm genuinely thrilled to have seen puffins though.
14:17I can tell.
14:18I've got all the peas.
14:19We've had Poppy, done Puffins, I'm off to do some pottery.
14:22I'm off to see horses.
14:24Oh.
14:25Pony!
14:26Ponies, all the peas!
14:27Puffins, Poppy, Pottery, Pony.
14:29I will see you in a bit then.
14:30Have a pleasant time.
14:31Enjoy your horses.
14:33Shall I let it go now?
14:35Perhaps.
14:36I'm leaving Helen for now to take a little detour on my own.
14:5121 miles south of Bempton Cliffs, and bang on the coast, lies the town of Hornsea.
14:58Oh.
15:00It's a bit snazzy.
15:01It's a typical seaside resort, but with a major claim to fame.
15:09The celebrated Hornsea pottery was produced here from 1949, right up until 2000, when the factory closed.
15:18Hello, Paul.
15:20Paul Bickerdike worked for Hornsea, managing production for 30 years.
15:25Have you heard of Hornsea pottery before?
15:27I have, actually.
15:28It's so distinctive, isn't it?
15:29I'm sure I remember my mum and dad having, you know, the tea, the coffee and the sugar set.
15:35My grandmother had a teapot as well.
15:40It's thought there was a time that every home in the UK had a piece of this iconic pottery.
15:46I'm looking forward to having a good nosy.
15:49You're welcome. Come and have a look.
15:50And there's an example of nearly every single style they ever made here at the museum.
15:57Oh, proper treasure trove, Paul.
16:00The far cabinet there is, as you can see by the date above, 49, which is when the two brothers Desmond and Colin Rawson founded the company.
16:10Then we've progressed to more useful items that can be used around the home.
16:17Not just ornaments and fancies, but actual plant pots, butter dishes, salt and peppers.
16:22Of all the Hornsea patterns, it's this one, heirloom, that is perhaps the most famous.
16:30Designed by John Clapperson in 1966, it was the first full tableware range that Hornsea produced.
16:38And it's one I'm very familiar with.
16:39Oh, now, Paul, this is what I remember. I'm sure my mum and dad had that.
16:47Yeah, yeah.
16:49Kitchen brown.
16:51I'm sure that was my grandmother's teapot, that one.
16:54Yeah.
16:56Before I leave Paul, there's one last thing he wants to show me.
17:00Oh, now, hold on.
17:02An original pair of cufflinks, only two pairs were ever made.
17:05They were designed and produced by Paul Bickerdike.
17:09Yeah.
17:11Paul normally oversaw the production of the main pottery ranges,
17:14but the cufflinks were his own little flight of artistic fancy.
17:19So there's one pair, where's the other pair?
17:21Oh.
17:23For special occasions.
17:24Yeah, in the safe.
17:26Oh, and by the way, I'm open for bidders.
17:29Right, okay.
17:30I'll let Helen know.
17:36Seeing them has given me an idea, and just a stone's throw from the museum
17:41is a place where I can release my inner artist.
17:45Hello.
17:47Hi.
17:48Is it Caroline?
17:49Yes, nice to meet you.
17:51Very nice to meet you. This place looks amazing.
17:53Oh, thank you very much.
17:55Caroline Granville owns and runs the Potteries,
17:59a crafty place where she's going to help me make something special for Helen.
18:03I'll pop you on the end there.
18:06Is this your artist in residence? Hello.
18:07I wouldn't quite call me that, but please come and see.
18:10What's your name? It is Claire.
18:11Hello, Claire.
18:12Hello there.
18:13Right.
18:15I'm ready for you.
18:16So?
18:19I know that Helen likes the colour red,
18:22so shall I choose, shall I go for a bit of red?
18:24Brilliant.
18:26So just go full beans with everything?
18:27Yeah, go for it.
18:28Go for it.
18:29I'm off.
18:31I think Helen will very much enjoy this.
18:33Exactly.
18:36It's Haunsey inspired, but ultimately it's your design.
18:40There is never going to be another piece like this.
18:43That is safe to say.
18:44So now I need my circular bits, yeah?
18:50About there?
18:51Yeah.
18:52Here we go.
18:54Caroline said, just dab away.
18:57I came in thinking I was going to do something completely different.
19:01Hopefully in a positive way.
19:02It's going to look nothing like I planned.
19:04I've made a beautiful mug so far.
19:10You've said I have.
19:11Let's be honest.
19:12That's really smooth.
19:13That's really good.
19:14Did you hear that?
19:16Are you going to try and write a name on it?
19:19Oh, no, you know it.
19:20On the bottom?
19:21I could do that on the bottom.
19:22You can write it on the bottom or on the handle.
19:25Do you want me to hold this by you?
19:26Yes.
19:27That would be great.
19:28OK.
19:29This is a big moment.
19:30Let's not get this wrong.
19:31What should I put?
19:33Haunsey Helen.
19:34Yeah?
19:35I love that.
19:36Haunsey.
19:40Oh, no.
19:41Looks a bit like Haunsey Helen.
19:42LAUGHTER
19:49I want to warm that off.
19:52Remove all evidence.
19:54LAUGHTER
19:56So I'll wait for this to dry for a moment.
19:57Just for a moment, yeah.
20:00Cheers, Helen.
20:01Helen.
20:02You can always put a little cross.
20:06Aw, look at that.
20:07That's nice, isn't it?
20:08Yeah.
20:10Perfect.
20:12A few hours in the kiln to fire the glaze,
20:14and this cup will be transformed.
20:17I think Helen is going to be impressed.
20:19Nice that signature, isn't it?
20:21Well, we'll see.
20:22Coming up, we make a splash at one of East Yorkshire's best-kept secrets.
20:33And go.
20:37Wow, you are fast.
20:38I can't even give up.
20:40And I pay a visit to a beautiful church with a dark history.
20:44What an amazing building.
20:45Oh, that's your wow factor there, Gene, isn't it?
20:46That is gorgeous.
20:47We're on the Yorkshire coast, walking the spectacular stretch from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point.
20:49After his jaunt on the coast, he's walking the spectacular stretch from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point.
20:50After his jaunt to Hornsey,
20:52Tim is walking the spectacular stretch from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point.
20:57We're on the Yorkshire coast, walking the spectacular stretch from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point.
21:16After his jaunt to Hornsey, Dan's joining me in the traditional seaside resort of Withensee, home to a remarkable structure.
21:27Hello there.
21:28Look, I'm dressed like a stick of rock.
21:30You look, it's got a bit of lemon sherbet going on there.
21:33This is perfection, isn't it?
21:34Yes.
21:35Everything you want from a British seaside town.
21:37Slot machines, whippy ice creams, fish and chip shops, a bit of a pebbly beach, you don't need to stress about the sand.
21:43It's all in.
21:44This used to be a pier, so you would have been able to go out there and have a lovely time, but so many boats crashed it, they had to take it down.
21:49I had a lovely time in Hornsey, by the way.
21:51I have made you a mug, which I will give you at the end of the walk.
21:54Why can't I have it down?
21:55Well, it's a bit special.
21:57All right.
21:58Right.
21:59Have we got time for a two-ball screwball before we go anywhere next?
22:01On the way, we can get a two-ball screwball, but we're going kayaking.
22:05Not sea kayaking, don't panic.
22:07Although, look at the blue out there, that'll be wonderful.
22:09Okay.
22:10I'll take you by a couple of turrets on the way.
22:12Have a look at these.
22:13Yes.
22:14Well, I'll turret me up.
22:16This has to be the grandest entrance to a beach anywhere in the country.
22:20Aren't these impressive?
22:22I like castle-y bits.
22:24Well, they're all that's left of the pier.
22:26So, the pier used to go out there, and I think it was a coal barge that hit into it.
22:30This is encouraging us to have a picture.
22:32Yes.
22:33Not everybody's got a wingspan like you, Dan.
22:35Okay.
22:36So, some people need a selfie pass.
22:37I'll give you five seconds to prepare yourself.
22:39Ready?
22:40Big smiles.
22:43It's a really weird crouch.
22:44What am I doing that for?
22:45You're coming down to my level.
22:46I need to stand up straight.
22:47These are cool.
22:48Imagine the views you get from me.
22:49Beautiful.
22:50Oh, fun fair.
22:54What's your favourite fun fair ride?
22:55A cup and saucer.
22:57Keep it simple.
22:58Keep it clean.
22:59Too much spinning for me.
23:10A few miles north of Withensea is the kind of blow the cobwebs away place I can't get enough of.
23:16Fraisthorpe Beach.
23:18There's nowhere better to feel the thrill of pounding hooves as they crash through the surf.
23:23This is how it usually is.
23:25Me on the ground.
23:27Lauren on the horse.
23:29Helen Milner and her daughter Lauren run a livery yard not far from the beach, but are down here every chance they get.
23:40We love riding on the beach.
23:41We love riding on the beach.
23:42We love coming down here with the horses.
23:45It just lightens the spirit.
23:48Stunning, isn't it?
23:49It's a stunning setting.
23:52For us, it's a stone's throw to be able to come down here and ride on this amazing beach.
23:58We're so fortunate to have such a fantastic beach on our doorstep.
24:05I'd always liked the idea of mum and daughter riding out together.
24:10For me, it was a dream come true.
24:20It's like home from home coming down here.
24:23Being able to just have such a vast open space of freedom is amazing.
24:28And, yeah, there's just no feeling like it.
24:41Nearly 30 miles south of Fraysport Beach, and well off the beaten track, is a little oasis of fun.
24:48It's where Dan and I are going to dip our toes and have a look at the latest waterborne trays.
24:53I like a barrel sauna. I'd quite like one.
24:57Yeah, I'm not sure I'm ready to sauna with you just yet.
25:00No, that wasn't an invitation. I meant, like, I want a sauna in my garden.
25:03Kelsey Lakes are former gravel pits that now provide all kinds of recreational activities.
25:10Ian Hannington is the man in charge.
25:15Ian!
25:17Good morning.
25:18This is Dan.
25:19How are you doing?
25:20Hello, Ian. Good to see you.
25:21Thanks for having us.
25:22You're more than welcome.
25:23What a place.
25:24Isn't it gorgeous?
25:25Come on, let's get to the water.
25:28You guys have done this before?
25:29Yeah.
25:30She's canoed the Amazon, but she doesn't like to talk about it.
25:32But if you want to mention it, I can talk you to exactly what happened day by day on the 42 day expedition.
25:36No? Okay.
25:37Let's do it.
25:44Reverse, reverse. There you go.
25:45Okay, let's do some kayaking.
25:48Okay.
25:50Right.
25:51Ready?
25:53Are you switching sides? I like that.
25:58Oh my word. Do you get now why I love the water?
26:01There's something beautiful about being on the water in there.
26:04You're doing a wonderful job, Dan.
26:08I'll give you a bit of full pace, ready?
26:10I'm a feminist.
26:11Like dragon boat racing.
26:12Okay.
26:13Come on.
26:14Stick to one side and see how fast we go.
26:15Ready?
26:16Okay.
26:17Okay.
26:18And go.
26:19Wow, you are fast.
26:20I can't even give up.
26:21I can't give up.
26:22I can't give up.
26:23I can't give up.
26:24I can't give up.
26:25Okay.
26:26You're doing a wonderful job, Dan.
26:27I'll give you a bit of full pace, ready?
26:28I'm a feminist.
26:29Like dragon boat racing.
26:30Okay.
26:31Come on.
26:32Stick to one side and see how fast we go.
26:33Ready?
26:34Okay.
26:35Let's go.
26:36Let's go.
26:37Let's go.
26:38Let's go.
26:39Let's go.
26:40Wow.
26:41You are fast.
26:42I can't even give up.
26:47We are going at some speed towards the yoga group.
26:52Paddleboard yoga is less than 30 years old, but is growing rapidly in popularity with people
26:58all over the country regularly participating.
27:02Hello, ladies and gents.
27:04Hello.
27:05Hello.
27:06Sorry to interrupt.
27:07Can we come and join your class?
27:08Sure.
27:09Yeah.
27:10Talk me through.
27:11I mean, I can see what's happening, but talk me through the idea.
27:12Why do yoga on water?
27:14You are so concentrating on the pose, the esana, that you're not actually thinking about anything
27:20else.
27:21Yoga, obviously, is very good for your joints, your mobility, especially as we get older.
27:27It's very relaxing.
27:28It's good for the mind.
27:29Does it almost feel a bit like extreme yoga, like you have to work harder?
27:33You have to work harder, yeah.
27:35Every single muscle in your body is switched on, more so than when you're on a stable surface
27:40like land.
27:41You're balancing everything.
27:42You're balancing everything.
27:43So all the tiny little muscles that never really work get a really good workout all the
27:48time.
27:49It's an activity all ages, all abilities, and all levels of expertise can do.
27:55And I'm dying to try it out.
27:58I really want to get in the middle.
28:00I mean...
28:01Go on, you get in there.
28:02I'll keep you secure.
28:03I'll keep you balanced on my side.
28:04Don't worry.
28:05I'm sorry.
28:06I'm really sorry, Mike.
28:07It's not graceful, but I just do a handstand in the middle.
28:09I don't know if I can do a handstand.
28:11Can I do a yoga, don't you?
28:13That's one of this.
28:14No, I'm not really a yogist.
28:15Treat me.
28:16Oh, you're right.
28:17It's really challenging.
28:22You have to really think about your foot placement.
28:23Oh, yeah.
28:24And you get a little wobble on.
28:25Yeah.
28:26When you're on a big board, don't forget.
28:27Yeah!
28:28Look at that.
28:29I haven't been here two minutes.
28:30She's like, that's not even proper.
28:31And she's got two false hips.
28:32All right, I'll get off back in your box, Ellen.
28:33Right, we'll let you get on.
28:35Enjoy.
28:51I could stay here all day, but I think we should head in.
28:58If we must.
29:00It's a good feeling though, isn't it?
29:02Yeah.
29:03I don't feel like I can move for a while. We've had a lovely time, but I'm all right about us having a little half hour apart.
29:12Okay, that's all right. I've got a lady in a church I've got to see, not too far from here. You spend a bit of time with your watery friends, and I'll see you in a bit.
29:31Enjoy.
29:32Okay.
29:33See you later, lady of the lake.
29:34All right, then.
29:36All right.
29:37See you later, the deadened people.
29:46The way of the lake is in the inner house.
29:49Heating away from Kelsey Lakes, you're out into the flat, open landscape, typical of Yorkshire's east riding.
29:55riding. It is great walking country and just over 10 miles southeast of here is the tiny
30:03village of Wellick, famed for the part it played in one of British history's greatest
30:08intrigues. Hello Jean. Hello Don. Lovely to see you. Pleased to meet you. Well, I'm looking
30:16forward to looking inside here. St Mary's is a grade one listed church with secrets
30:23to share. Warden Jean Wilkin is about to let me in on them. Jean, it's beautiful. Come
30:30in. What an amazing building. It's a lot bigger when you're inside than it feels like from
30:41the outside. It is, yes, yeah. It's a lovely space. Yeah. When does it go back to? It was
30:47first mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086. Oh, that's actually a wow factor there, Jean,
30:55isn't it? It's our stained glass window, yeah. That is gorgeous. It faces east, so in the
31:03morning the sun shining through is lovely. So whoever built this church was obviously thinking
31:08about that. There are also fine carvings, impressive tombs and beautiful gothic arches. But what's
31:17really fascinating is St Mary's link to the gunpowder plot. The family at Clowlands Farm were related
31:26to Christopher and John Wright. And they're two of the plotters, one with some of the names
31:31we might remember, like Guy Fawkes, Kate Spee. Yes. Yeah. They met Guy Fawkes at school in York at St
31:38Peter's School and became part of his plot. In a quiet corner of the church is a direct link to the
31:48gunpowder plotters, the Wright family tomb. So this is the mother and the father of the two boys.
31:55They were obviously a very important family, you know, a couple of centuries ago. What is the
32:01interest now? People are quite amazed when they realise we have so much history and we have so
32:06much connection with something as important. Yeah. The gunpowder plotters may have failed in
32:12their aims, but we still mark every November the 5th, more than 400 years later. Wellick has its own
32:19unique commemoration, a statue that sits just a few hundred yards from the church, which features John
32:25and Christopher Wright, the two plotters born in the village. I could go on about it for ages,
32:31because it's actually what I studied at university. I wrote my dissertation about an obscure Catholic
32:35priest and his role in gunpowder plots. I won't bore you about that either, but I'm very interested
32:41in looking at this statue. Ah, here we go. The Wright brothers, there are four of them though, gunpowder,
32:55treason and plot. The statues represent Guy Fawkes, one of the most well-known plotters, Robert Cakesby,
33:01who was the leader, and John and Christopher Wright, brothers who lived near this site at Ploughlands
33:07Farm. Very impressive, isn't it? And whatever you think of the gunpowder plot, they've got an amazing view.
33:17Coming up, we meet the artists taking inspiration from Yorkshire's very own Land's End. It's quiet, it's peaceful,
33:32peaceful. So I spent quite a lot of time down here. And we hit the heights for the ultimate coastal view.
33:39Mind you, Ed. Only for action. Oh my word, this is impressive, isn't it? It's impressive, it's also very hot.
33:47I'm going to put this out there. This is the best view we've had on the Ultimate Mall. Oh wow, that's,
33:53that's quite some. But look at that!
34:13Our walk down the Yorkshire coast is nearly at its end, but there's one last rendezvous.
34:18I'm on my way to catch up with Helen at perhaps the most spectacular stretch of all, Spurn Point.
34:29I'm behind you. Hello. That is like a Dan Walker picnic bench, it's so tall. It is quite sturdy,
34:38isn't it? Nice to see you. Another lighthouse. This is a bit special. This is our second lighthouse
34:43on this walk. Well, we'll be experts by the time we get in there. Yeah. What a beautiful day though,
34:47to explore this part of the world. Absolutely perfect. Blue sky. Lighthouse. Okay company.
34:53I knew you were going to say that!
35:02Spurn Point is a really unique little part of the world. It's like the North Ancer to Land's End,
35:08isn't it? It is. It's three and a half miles long. But teeny tiny narrow at some point. Presumably this
35:14lighthouse was guiding ships in and out of hull. Yeah. There have been lighthouses on Spurn since
35:21the early 1400s. This one is more recent, built in 1895. Its light guided ships along this coast,
35:30until it was decommissioned 40 years ago. Look at that! Isn't she cool? I know it's not working
35:39anymore, but it's like a piece of art, isn't it? You know, it worked for over 90 years. And it's still
35:46there. I know it's not going strong as in working, but it still looks beautiful.
35:49I've always wanted to live in a lighthouse. Maybe you could live here? Look!
36:03These days the lighthouse is run as a visitor centre. And if you can manage the 143 steps to the top,
36:10you're in for a spectacular view. As a child, I grew up down here practically. I'm from the next
36:28village, just behind me, called Kilsey. Having Spurn Point on my doorstep was just such a beautiful
36:35place to come and draw. It's quiet. It's peaceful. For internationally renowned artist Emma Stothard,
36:43this is home. Her inspiration, the land that shaped her. She's exhibited all over the world,
36:51but it's to the wild windswept landscapes of Spurn Point she always returns. It's called a shifting
36:58peninsula. Over the years, it's actually moving. It builds up the sand on the Humber side. It washes it
37:05away from the North Sea side. Just on here, it's literally 50 metres either side. From the Humber to the
37:13beach side. There's inspiration everywhere. Everywhere you look down here at Spurn, it's just beautiful.
37:27I tend to draw nature, but you can't not notice this ship that's going by. I like the way it's just
37:39floating past the top of the end of Spurn Point.
38:00Drawing is where I started. Drawing was my sort of foundation really for my sculptures,
38:05and I really want to bring some more drawing back into my work.
38:21This landscape has left its mark on Emma, but she's left a mark of her own too.
38:26This is the green hair street butterfly. It colonises down here at Spurn. So I just wanted to celebrate
38:32that and do an enlarged version of it. To get the characteristic green colouring,
38:38she hit upon the idea of using copper wire. You can see how the weather here has changed the patina,
38:46it's changing the surface of the wire and giving it this lovely sort of verdigree colour.
38:51Nature is creating, finishing off what I've started.
38:59Really proud to have a piece down here. It meant such a lot. Special place,
39:03Spurn Point. To be able to actually have a permanent piece of work down here is wonderful.
39:08We've nearly made it to the top of Spurn Lighthouse, and I think we're in for a treat.
39:23Do you do one at a time or two at a time? Just one? I can't do two at a time. Two at a time would be like that.
39:28Yeah. Ow. Mind your head. Ready for action.
39:34Oh my word, this is impressive, isn't it? It's impressive. It's also very hot.
39:45Why are you wearing a fleece? I've committed to it now. I'm just going to give a little.
39:54So often we go places and go, what a view. I'm going to put this out there. This is the best view
39:59we've had on Yorkshire Way and Small. Oh wow, that's that's quite some. But look at that. Yeah.
40:06I just like that we're literally on the pointy end of a finger of land.
40:11North Sea's over there, Humber's over there. We're just like in the middle. You're very hot, aren't you?
40:16I've got a bit of a dab on. I've got some chest or sweat. I'm now going to cover up with a fleece.
40:20I bet all you're thinking about right now is a hot cup of tea. I mean, it's lovely, but it is so
40:31sweaty up here. Let's go to the end. Fleece was a bad choice for today.
40:37Wardrobe mishaps aside, this has been the perfect place to end a perfect walk.
40:42Look at that. Well, that is what you like to see at the end of a long walk, isn't it?
40:52It was a bit too hot at the top. That was the only problem. Well, it's...
40:55I was feeling the spurn burn at the top there. We basically had the opposite climate to what we
41:00had when we went to Bempton and Flamborough. What about Poppy and the Puffins, yeah?
41:04Oh. Poppy and the Puffins. Love Poppy, love the Puffins.
41:08Um... And I heard you had some pottery for me. Well, this is the big moment.
41:13So, here is a flask of tea. Okay. Ooh, it's warm. Now, this is...
41:20This is the... Why is it funny? Have a look at that, Bjorn. I love that!
41:25Why is there, like, black underneath my name? Yeah, this is the problem. So, I was trying to write
41:31Hornsey Helen on the bottom and... You didn't miss the S. I wrote Horny Helen.
41:38It is not often that I am lost for words.
41:45Oh, that's a good strong thing, isn't it? Yeah, here we go. Ready? Right, you know that
41:48Chinese tea where they go from just... I'm glad to. Oi!
41:56Oh, risky. Spread out that. If you spill a bit. There you go. Third degree burns.
42:02Thanks very much. All right. Cheers. I couldn't. To Helen.
42:09Wow. How hot is that tea? Is that, like, a kryptonite flask?
42:13Yes. It's been in there for hours. Oh.
42:16Oh. What a great walk. Brilliant to end it at Spurn Point. Cheers.
42:27Next time, we're in West Yorkshire, where the walking is certainly bracing. Free facelift.
42:33That's really strong, isn't it? And we try our hands at some old school haymaking.
42:43Concentrate. Come on. Everyone else is working hard.
42:45That's an high pile. Come on. Stop.
42:49I'll see it until you catch it.
42:50Yes.
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