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Episode 1: Water World of Wales
In this new show, Countryfile hosts Adam and Ellie explore some of the stunning hidden corners of our beautiful land which have been suggested by Countryfile's viewers, starting off in the Brecon Beacons
In this new series, Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson explore hidden corners of the UK, hunting for secrets hidden in the landscape, inspired by suggestions from Countryfile viewers. Adam and Ellie meet people living in the countryside who have extraordinary stories and stunning sights to share, while the pair also reveal some secrets of their own.
In this first episode, Ellie and Adam visit south Wales to explore the unseen water world at the heart of the Brecon Beacons. Adam discovers a completely hidden path, a magical walkway behind a glorious waterfall.
Ellie confronts her own secret fear of tight spaces as she ventures into Britain's deepest cave, a terrifying labyrinth of passages carved through solid rock by an ancient underground river. Ellie is in search of extraordinary crystal formations that few have ever seen.
The Brecon Beacons
Adam and Ellie also hunt for a forgotten 'witches' pool', a beautiful pond fed by a waterfall that conceals a terrible secret in the heart of its dark waters.
Ellie shares her passion for wild swimming as she plunges into Llyn y Fan Fach, an enchanted fairy pool concealed high in the mountains of the Brecon Beacons.
Along the way we meet a couple whose lives were transformed when they risked everything to buy a historic toll bridge over the River Wye. Can they make this 200-year-old crossing pay its way today?
The journey reaches an awe-inspiring climax with an ascent by balloon at dawn. As the sun rises over the peaks and lakes of southern Wales, this landscape - steeped in legend and mythology - is brought magically to life by a latter-day poet, who takes Adam and Ellie on an exquisite aerial tour of the secret delights of the Brecon Beacons.
Watch it here: BBC iPlayer - Secret Britain - Series 2: 1. Water World of Wales
Episode 1: Water World of Wales
In this new show, Countryfile hosts Adam and Ellie explore some of the stunning hidden corners of our beautiful land which have been suggested by Countryfile's viewers, starting off in the Brecon Beacons
In this new series, Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson explore hidden corners of the UK, hunting for secrets hidden in the landscape, inspired by suggestions from Countryfile viewers. Adam and Ellie meet people living in the countryside who have extraordinary stories and stunning sights to share, while the pair also reveal some secrets of their own.
In this first episode, Ellie and Adam visit south Wales to explore the unseen water world at the heart of the Brecon Beacons. Adam discovers a completely hidden path, a magical walkway behind a glorious waterfall.
Ellie confronts her own secret fear of tight spaces as she ventures into Britain's deepest cave, a terrifying labyrinth of passages carved through solid rock by an ancient underground river. Ellie is in search of extraordinary crystal formations that few have ever seen.
The Brecon Beacons
The Sgwd-yr-Eira ('Falling of the Snow') waterfall
Adam and Ellie also hunt for a forgotten 'witches' pool', a beautiful pond fed by a waterfall that conceals a terrible secret in the heart of its dark waters.
Ellie shares her passion for wild swimming as she plunges into Llyn y Fan Fach, an enchanted fairy pool concealed high in the mountains of the Brecon Beacons.
Along the way we meet a couple whose lives were transformed when they risked everything to buy a historic toll bridge over the River Wye. Can they make this 200-year-old crossing pay its way today?
The journey reaches an awe-inspiring climax with an ascent by balloon at dawn. As the sun rises over the peaks and lakes of southern Wales, this landscape - steeped in legend and mythology - is brought magically to life by a latter-day poet, who takes Adam and Ellie on an exquisite aerial tour of the secret delights of the Brecon Beacons.
Adam Henson with the wreckage of a Lancaster bomber which crashed during WWII
Ellie goes for a swim in Llyn y Fan Fach ("Lake of the small beacon-hill"). The lake is the setting for an old folklore involving the "Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach"
Watch it here: BBC iPlayer - Secret Britain - Series 2: 1. Water World of Wales
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Not sure on the title but I think it was Stand up guy or something like that. Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. Walken as usual was his original self. Pacino always does a good job. Good acting in that one including Alan Arkin,
The Pennine Way is a 268-mile long National Trail which stretches from the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders. The path runs along the Pennine hills, sometimes described as the "backbone of England" and, this year, it celebrates its 50th birthday.
The Pennine Way
Episode 1 (of 4)
Explorer Paul Rose swaps Antarctica and the world's deepest oceans for the Pennine Way - as Britain's first national trail celebrates its 50th birthday.
At 268 miles long, the Pennine Way stretches from the Peak District in Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders. Paul discovers how much has changed along the route in the last half century - and finds out how the Pennine Way owes its existence to the right to roam movement in the 1930s. Paul hears about ghostly sightings of Roman legionaries and strange lights along the trail and also meets actor and director Barrie Rutter to explore the literary roots of the south Pennines.
Watch it here: BBC iPlayer - The Pennine Way - Episode 1
The Pennine Way, which stretches almost 270 miles from the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders, turns 50 years old this year
Sightings of ghostly Roman legionaries and strange lights have been seen on some parts of the trail over the years
Secrets of Great British Castles
Episode 2
The Tower of London
In episode two, historian Dan Jones visits Britain's most famous castle
Built by William the Conqueror, the Tower of London has been a military fortress, a palace, a royal mint, a prison (the first prisoner held there was Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, in 1100 for extortion, and the last were the Kray twins in 1952 for failing to report for national service) a zoo and a place of execution, a silent witness to some of the most momentous events in our history. Dan Jones reveals some of its secrets and tells the stories of the traitors, rebels and royalty who met their end inside its imposing walls.
Watch it here: The Tower of London | Secrets of Great British Castles | Channel 5
The Pennine Way
Episode 1 (of 4)
Explorer Paul Rose swaps Antarctica and the world's deepest oceans for the Pennine Way - as Britain's first national trail celebrates its 50th birthday.
At 268 miles long, the Pennine Way stretches from the Peak District in Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders. Paul discovers how much has changed along the route in the last half century - and finds out how the Pennine Way owes its existence to the right to roam movement in the 1930s. Paul hears about ghostly sightings of Roman legionaries and strange lights along the trail and also meets actor and director Barrie Rutter to explore the literary roots of the south Pennines.
Watch it here: BBC iPlayer - The Pennine Way - Episode 1
The Pennine Way, which stretches almost 270 miles from the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders, turns 50 years old this year
Sightings of ghostly Roman legionaries and strange lights have been seen on some parts of the trail over the years
Secrets of Great British Castles
Episode 2
The Tower of London
In episode two, historian Dan Jones visits Britain's most famous castle
Built by William the Conqueror, the Tower of London has been a military fortress, a palace, a royal mint, a prison (the first prisoner held there was Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, in 1100 for extortion, and the last were the Kray twins in 1952 for failing to report for national service) a zoo and a place of execution, a silent witness to some of the most momentous events in our history. Dan Jones reveals some of its secrets and tells the stories of the traitors, rebels and royalty who met their end inside its imposing walls.
Watch it here: The Tower of London | Secrets of Great British Castles | Channel 5
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Angelas Ashes. The story about an Irish families struggles with poverty and their dad who wasn't worth a damn.
Maybe one of the best movies I've seen. My image of Ireland has always been one of green rolling hills with winding dirt roads and rock fences along the way. And happy people playing stringed instruments , singing and laughing. But in this movie, there was poverty and cruelty in a dreary, gloomy place where the crumbs that fell off the table were all one could expect at times. I guess I've seen Ireland from both sides now and maybe it's like this in most of everything. Good movie.
And Ireland has all that. And it has the grinding poverty, cruelty, and savagery shown in Angela's Ashes, and far beyond that.
I visit Ireland regularly. They are wonderful people. But they are, nonetheless, people.
You're fortunate. I've always wanted to travel to Ireland before it's time for my dirt nap.
I hope you get the chance. If it's a short trip, I recommend renting a car, immediately getting on the M7 out to Kerry, then working your way up the west coast through Clare, Galway, and Mayo to Achill Island. That's the real Ireland.
I have this image,,maybe from watching the old film "The Quiet Man" with John Wayne. Probably embellished in the movie but I was attracted to that type of landscape.
Yep, that's the West (an idealized version, to be sure). A lot of it's still like that. Cool part is you never know if around the next bend you'll find a 500-year-old castle, a 1500-year-old church, a 3000-year-old ringfort, or a 7000-year-old dolmen.
words on a fvckin computer screen
Watching the movie "Rudy". The story of a young man with limited capabilities and stature attempt to make the University of Notre Dame football team. I've seen the movie several times but what the hell,,,like Norman Thayer said my mind is going so it'll be all new to me.
Watching the movie "Rudy". The story of a young man with limited capabilities and stature attempt to make the University of Notre Dame football team. I've seen the movie several times but what the hell,,,like Norman Thayer said my mind is going so it'll be all new to me.
it's been years since I read the book but the name evokes sadness and despair...but it was really good
my computer can't handle this page...it keeps crashing...
Yes overcoming having a piece of S*** for a father ain't no small feat. He didn't use it as an excuse for failure. That is a good moral of that story for sure.