Off The Beaten Track With Kate Humble
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In West Wales, Kate meets the last Master Thatcher based in Wales, starting in Newport Pembs, she helps with the harvesting of water reeds, an invasive, thick grass-like plant now used on 80 per cent of thatched roofs in the UK; she then travels to Merthyr Mawr to learn that protected, historical buildings are thatched wit... 28:54 Expired
In South Wales, Kate and Teg set a mountain alight and experience the heat of a controlled burn at an area with the highest incidence of wild fires in the whole of the UK. Kate gets the creative juices flowing, by lending a hand to the creation of an epic land art piece - a 30ft mandala, made entirely with natural material... 28:58 Expired
In mid-Wales, Kate and Teg have a taste of Stone Age life, mucking in with a farmer and an archaeologist who are building a medieval settlement to bring to life the past in order to understand how we used to live. Next, they explore the potential death traps of our historical legacies, at an old lead mine, where the South ... 28:53 Expired
This episode kicks off with Kate Humble and her Welsh Sheepdog Teg exploring remote North Wales. Kate reaches for the sky, amidst a storm with 50 mph winds, as she attempts to climb the tallest man-made structure in Wales, the Arfon Transmission Tower, to fix some loose cables.Season 1
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Kate Humble and her Welsh sheepdog Teg conclude their journey across the remote Welsh countryside by exploring Carmarthenshire, herding and milking goats in the Cothi Valley and trying her hand at trotting in Capel Iwan. In Cwm Elfed, she meets an Englishman keeping Welsh weaving tradition alive, and sees how beavers are t... 28:59 Expired
Kate Humble, accompanied by Welsh sheepdog Teg, continues her journey across the remote Welsh countryside by exploring mid-Wales. In Ponterwyd, the duo herd sheep for the market, and Kate sees first-hand the price disparity between what farmers get for their sheep and what consumers pay. At the Teifi Pools she discovers th... 28:59 Expired
Kate Humble and her Welsh sheepdog Teg travel from southern Snowdonia to one of the least populated areas in the UK, deep in the Cambrian Mountains. Along the way, Kate experiences a deer cull, loses a herd of cattle on Cadair Idris mountain, meets a family relying on the weather to run its mod-cons, tastes the Dyfi Valley... 28:40 Expired
Kate Humble and her Welsh sheepdog Teg travel from the most northerly farm on mainland Wales, just outside Llandudno, across to the sleepy hamlet of Nantmor in Snowdonia. Along the way they experience the comeback of old-style shepherding, learn how canine power is saving lives on the mountains and see a forest through the...