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Andrew Price travels to Monmouth to meet Kate Mobbs-Morgan and her working horses. Andrew finds out more about the traditional methods of working with the Ardenne horses.
Carl Edwards visits the Bodnant Estate in the Conwy Valley. He takes a tour around the grounds with Estate Manager Stephen Dixon and visits the new National Beekeeping visitors' centre.
Nicola Hendy goes in search of signs of spring with ecologist Laura Plenty along the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal.
Andrew Price travels North to Nantmor to visit a family run business specialising in growing mushrooms. Ruth Wignall and her family begin their mission to find some of the best days out in Wales and Nicola Hendy continues her quest to find signs of spring.
Andrew Price travels to Waterfall Country.
He finds out more about the industrial heritage of the area and taking a look at the natural beauty of the waterfalls and wildlife.
Carl Edwards is in Denbighshire visiting the Rhug Estate and meets owner Lord Newborough.
Carl also gets busy in the butchery and has a go at clay pigeon shooting.
Nicola Hendy heads to the North Wales coastline in Aberdyfi.
She meets kite buggying champion Karen Cartlidge before learning to kite buggy in tricky conditions.
Andrew Price visits Carreg Cennen Castle and Farm in Carmarthenshire, voted one of the top ten must see castles in Europe. Ruth Wignall and her family attempt the muddiest assault course in Wales and Hannah Thomas finds out how the lambing season is progressing.
Andrew Price travels to North Wales and discovers all about the brewing process at the Purple Moose Brewery.
Hannah Thomas is at the National Plant Phenomics Centre and Ruth Wignall and her family witness a Red Kite feeding frenzy during a trip to the Brecon Beacons.
Andrew Price is cycling the Mawddach Trail.
Nicola Hendy is looking at the plight of the red squirrel in Mid Wales and the efforts to revive their fortunes.
Carl Edwards is at Glanusk Estate where he meets Harry Legge-Bourke to find out more about its history.
Andrew meets ospreys Monty and Glesni at Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve and takes a tour around the new 360 observatory.
Hannah visits a farmer who has been using Glastir, a Welsh Government Scheme that offers farmers subsidies in exchange for completing work that benefits the environment.
Nicola discovers all about the pioneering work done by the Glyncorrwg Ponds Co-operative.
She also meets Welsh Youth Fly Fishing Champions Grant Davies and Lewis Rumble and has a go at fly fishing herself.
Andrew meets Jonathan from The Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company and they forage along Freshwater West Beach.
Ruth and her family visit Llandudno. They go skiing and sno-tubing and take a ride on the Great Orme Tramway.
Nicola investigates wildfires in the Rhondda Valleys and plans to curb their devastating impacts in the future.
Andrew travels to the Royal Welsh feature county of Radnorshire. He visits the National Cycle Collection in Llandrindod Wells, meets landscape historian Stewart Fry and tries his hand at dry stone walling!
Ruth meets two inspirational female farmers, including this year’s Royal Welsh Lady president Rhian Duggan.
Nicky visits the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh to meet Welsh Judge Tim Pritchard and the Tibbey family from Bala, competing with their Welsh ponies.
In this episode: Hannah brings us all the action from the Hill Radnor sheep competition and Ruth is looking at the best of the Welsh food produce at the show and Andrew visits the forestry section.
The Llyndy Isaf scholarship is a partnership between National Trust Eryri and Wales YFC, which awards a YFC member the unique opportunity to become a farm manager for the year.
Carl was at the winner’s announcement and chats to this year’s recipient. Finally, Andrew and Nicky go head to head in an epic Royal Welsh challenge.
The Coast & Country team bring you all the highlights from across the show ground at this year's Royal Welsh Show.
Andrew visits Skokholm Island, where he learns about the wildlife and history of this fascinating island. Hannah Thomas is in Swansea Bay investigating proposals to build a tidal lagoon. The £800 million project could provide electricity for thousands of homes, but is it right for the local environment? And Ruth Wignall meets a farmer concerned about the price he gets for his cattle, versus how much we're paying for our beef.
Carl Edwards begins his tour of the canals of Wales, starting on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.Carl learns how to drive a narrowboat on the stretch between Pencelli and Llangynidr.
Andrew continues his visit to the fascinating Island of Skokholm. He hears how the island's buildings were saved by a group of determined volunteers from the Friends of Skokholm and Skomer society.
Wardens and sea bird experts, Richard Brown and Giselle Eagle, take Andrew on a tour of the island's wildlife.
In this episode of Coast & Country Andrew Price visits Flat Holm island off the Cardiff coast, Carl Edwards is on the Montgomery canal with his dog Teggy and Ruth Wignall is at the Welsh National Sheep Dog Trials near Oswestry.
Andrew concludes his tour of Welsh Islands with a visit to Bardsey Island, known for its spiritual past and ancient history. Carl’s final canal adventure sees him pay a visit to Llangollen Canal and Nicky is in Pembrokeshire at the Seafair Haven Festival in Milford Haven and takes to the sea onboard the Earl of Pembroke tall ship.
In this episode (last of the summer series): Andrew is in Cardigan getting to grips with Seine net fishing, a traditional way of fishing.
He also goes foraging with local wild food expert Jade Mellor, and cooks on Poppit Sands beach just over the border in Pembrokeshire.
Ruth visits a Blaenavon Cheddar company to prepare their Pwll Mawr cheese.
And this week we also have a guest presenter - Rob Shelley learns about the history of steam trains near Porthmadog
Andrew takes a look back at the winter storms of 2013/2014 that caused widespread damage across Wales and visits Aberystwyth and Pembrokeshire.
Carl is testing out a new meditation technique that’s made its way across the pond from the celebrities of America, to North Wales.
Nicola joins Cardiff Bat Group as they complete some trapping and monitoring in the city and attempt to track down the rare Nathusius Pipistrelle bat.
Andrew travels to Pandy near Monmouth to help 'Master Farrier' Nigel Brown with his work. After working up an appetite Andrew meets with Head Chef Simon King from Restaurant 1861 near Abergavenny to collect local wild ingredients before cooking up a tasty dish from their foraged finds.
Ruth delves inside a fascinating historical house with essences of Downton Abbey, the beautiful Erddig Hall near Wrexham, where the servants lives were recorded in poems and paintings.
Also tonight, Hannah Thomas looks at both sides of the argument regarding controversial plans to build a relief road south of the current M4.
Andrew Price explores Roman and Victorian gold mines in Carmarthenshire, Ruth Wignall is on Anglesey to delve behind the restoration of Wales’ only working windmill while Carl Edwards wings his way to Pembrokeshire to meet some beautiful birds of prey in the grounds of a 13th century castle.
If you'd like more information regarding Dolaucothi Gold Mines and their re-opening dates please visit their website here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dolaucothi-gold-mines
During the programme Carl Edwards spent a day with Pembrokeshire Falconry. The hawk walk took place at Picton Castle and you can find out more regarding the castle and its grounds here www.pictoncastle.co.uk
Andrew Price is in north Wales discovering how an underground power station helps to keep the lights on across the UK.
Ruth Wignall looks at a major revamp that’s taking place at the National History Museum of Wales on the outskirts of Cardiff and Nicola Hendy goes on a treasure hunt with a difference in Pembrokeshire.
Andrew Price joins South Wales Caving Club to venture into the deepest cave in the UK. He squeezes through some gaps in the rock and crawls through tunnels on his journey through Ogof Ffynnon Ddu in the Swansea Valley.
For more information on caving you can visit the British Caving Associations website at trycaving.org.uk while further information on the South Wales Caving Club can be found at www.swcc.org.uk
For many farmers, working the land is in their blood, its traditionally been a job passed down from generation to generation. But what happens when family members no longer want to run the family farm? Hannah Thomas visits a 150-year-old family farm near Oswestry to explore an innovative way of attracting a new generation of farmers into the industry.
Also on the programme Nicola Hendy investigates the effects of a killer disease that has wiped out many of Wales' Larch trees. Phytophthora ramorum has led to the felling of nearly 2 million trees since it was first spotted in Wales in 2010. Nicky finds out exactly what the disease is and what makes it so deadly.
She visits Cwmcarn Forest, who will be felling around 150,000 diseased trees over the next few years. She also visits nearby Wentwood Forest, Wales' largest remaining ancient woodland, which suffered greatly from the disease in 2013 but is now on the road to recovery
On this week's programme Andrew Price faces a winter mountain challenge.
He's in the Snowdonia National Park with mountaineering instructor Dave Rudkin from The National Mountain Sports Centre.
Dave puts Andrew through his paces on the mountain with handy hints and tips regarding map reading through to spotting the signs of hypothermia.
Andrew Price is on Gower finding out how to grow the perfect Christmas tree and feeds one of the largest reindeer herds in Wales.
Carl Edwards explores a magical mansion with a Christmas tree in all 52 rooms while Hannah Thomas is at a turkey farm run by three generations of the same family gearing up for an important festive period.
