All language subtitles for Escape to the Chateau DIY S01E10.720p.CBC.WEB-DL.DD2.0.H.264-BTN.English

I'm Dick Strawbridge and along
with my wife Angel and our two

children, we left the U.K. for
a whole new life in France

and bought this
magnificent chateau.

We haven't ever regretted what
we've done.

It is so worth it.

We've gradually been
making it into our home,

as well as running it
as a business.

[banging]

That's a long way up.

Dick: But it turns out we're not
alone, as dozens of Brits are

doing exactly the same thing.

♪ ♪

[child yelling]

Sometimes you have to pinch
yourself to think,

"I own that."

Dick: In this series, Angel and
I will reveal more about our

journey as chateau owners--

Quite a lot of scrap here.

It's worth money.

Might be able to pay you this
time.

Dick:--and guide these daring
Brits where we can.

That's a solid old bridge,
matey.

Dick: As they renovate--

Man: This is looking good.

I'm quite happy with this.

Dick:--repair--

Man: I've never done this before
so it should be all right.

Dick:--and struggle to transform
these buildings into their homes

and businesses.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Absolutely magnificent!

Man: This is the glamorous
chateau life that everyone

thinks I lead.

Trying to avoid getting my face
near toilet here.

This is not the way to make
money.

Dick: But however hard the going
gets, these plucky Brits can

always say they're kings and
queens of their very own

castles.

- Cheers.
- Chin chin.

♪ ♪

Dick: Today, I continue my
search for a sunken hoard of

armour in one chateau's lake.

Oh my God!

[detector beeps]

Oh my God!

[detector beeps]

Dick: I can hear it!

I can hear it through your
earphones!

Dick: Then battle to get access
to the lake side.

[whirring]

Dick: But when we start digging,
there's plenty that gets us

excited.

What is that?

What is that?

Dick: When one chateau couple
rush to get their whole attic

renovated for the holiday
season, they need furniture.

Tim: Would you let me have a rug
as well and round it to £200?

I've only got £200 with me,
that's why.

Dick: And they need help.

Tim: Hopefully Ben's going to
fly back here and give us a hand

a couple of days before we open.

I've never agreed to that.

I've never agreed to come back
and do more work.

Dick: And my mother-in-law and I
get our hands full making

salamis.

[laughter]

Sausage always makes me laugh.

There's not a thing about making
sausage that I don't find

humorous.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: Walk up and the chickens
will roost on it.

I'm Dick Strawbridge, engineer
and former Lieutenant Colonel in

the British Army and with my
wife Angela, we've been

renovating our chateau into a
home and business.

This is my calling in life.

Dick: It's not been easy.

I think I'm a bit too old for
this.

Dick: So my heart goes out to
anyone else insane enough to

take on a chateau restoration.

♪ ♪

Dick: Take Chateau Monteil, for
example.

It's owned by couple Tim and
Krys, who live there with their

newborn son, Owen.

The day that you went into
labour was--might be because you

were up a ladder, painting
windows.

[laughing]

Yeah.

♪ ♪

Dick: Located in the Dordogne,
they bought this place back in

2013 for just £380,000 after
falling in love with it.

It was kind of like Sleeping
Beauty's castle, the fairy tale

castle, that was covered in
ivy and rambling thorns.

Dick: After two solid years of
renovations, they opened as a

boutique B&B in August, 2015,
with two double rooms and two

suites.

But they've barely broken even
and with the arrival of Baby

Owen, they need to make more
money.

We want to be able to earn
enough income hopefully, just to

get by.

Dick: So they're opening some
new accommodation.

Our main tasks at the moment are
completely renovating the attic

space to create a new family
suite.

Dick: It needs to be ready for
its first booking in four-weeks'

time.

So the pressure is on to get it
finished.

We really have got to get the
attic finished.

It's our main priority.

Loads to do.

Loads to do.

♪ ♪

Dick: So they called in the
cavalry from England,

Tim's little brother Ben.

Hello.

Dick: He spent a whole day
helping Tim lay down the new

patio.

But he didn't just come here to
work.

I was planning on going canoeing
and seeing my nephew whilst I

was here.

Dick: So after helping lay the
patio, Tim's decided to give him

a day off.

- Bye, Ben!
- See you.

Dick: So while they wait for him
to return and help fix up the

attic, Tim and Krys can catch up
on some of the other important

chores.

One thing they need to do is
check up on their garden.

To help save the pennies, they
grow their own produce but

there's been a bit of a disaster
with the vegetables they planted

four weeks ago.

We got the whole veggie plot
pretty much planted up but last

week, we had two nights of
really, really heavy frost,

didn't we?

- Yeah.
- Just totally random.

Krys: It was unexpected.

Just bizarre, just totally
bizarre and most things have

died.

These are the tomatoes that we
put in last month and amazingly,

they're the only thing still
standing, really.

♪ ♪

Tim: Touch wood, we should still
have tomatoes, at least.

The guests will have to have
shop-bought veggies instead of

wonderful homegrown vegetables.

Dick: It may have been better to
start these crops off in the

greenhouse and then move them
outside after the last frost.

But nature does what it wants.

This is the whole point behind
doing this is so that we can

offer evening meals and turn
some sort of a profit on it

because there's not much room
for making a profit if you buy

it all from the market.

Dick: Every penny counts for Tim
and Krys so after removing the

dead plants, he's starting
again.

I'll water them and give them a
week and see if anything grows

back.

♪ ♪

Dick: Yup, for those looking to
live the chateau dream, be

warned.

The weather here can be just as
unpredictable as back home.

♪ ♪

[rain falling]

Dick: And it's quickly turned
again.

But that gives Tim and Krys the
perfect excuse to do some

furniture shopping for the
attic suite.

It's a miserable day outside so
we're popping off to see if we

can get some nice second-hand
antique furniture.

Yay, we're going to go shopping.

[laughing]

Tim: We're hoping we might find
a few gems.

Sometimes we go and we come home
with way more than we ever

expected to get.

Sometimes we don't find
anything.

[Owen crying]

Tim: All right, let's take you
for a drive.

♪ ♪

Dick: Tim and Krys are always on
the lookout for a bargain and

they've heard a fellow expat
chateau owner is selling off

some traditional French
furniture that might suit the

new family suite when it's
finished.

Woman: So the rugs.

Tim: How much do you want for
the rugs?

- 30 euros.
- Okay.

I've got a few other things in
here.

Tim: Pictures...

Woman: Pictures I wanted 20
euros for these two.

Tim: Okay.

Woman: They're quite nicely
done.

Tim: I think, like, in the
dining room or somewhere we

could use those, couldn't we?

I mean, they're that kind of
nice French--

Woman: Yes.

What about your corner?

Woman: Corner unit.

That is quite old.

Nice and old.

- How much do you want?
- About 40 euros for that.

- I quite like the table.
- Okay.

- I like the dresser.
- Okay.

- I like that.
- Okay.

I think we like the pictures.

And you wanted that light
fixture--five euros for these.

And 10 euros for that one.

Tim: Yeah, I think we'd like
them.

That would be perfect for us.

♪ ♪

Dick: Money is tight so Tim has
developed his own special

technique when it comes to
bartering.

Tim: Would you let me have a rug
as well and round it to 200

euros?

Um...

Tim: I've only got 200 euros
with me.

- That's why.
- Dick: Clever.

[Tim laughing]

Woman: 210 euros?

Tim: 2, 3...

I can do 203.

[laughing]

That's where I'm at.

Fine, have it.

Tim: Bag it up, I'll take it.

[laughing]

I will do.

♪ ♪

That's great, thank you.

♪ ♪

[trunk closes]

Perfect, perfect.

Made to measure.

Tim: I think that's most of the
furniture for the attic suite

sorted now.

[rain falling]

Well, thank you for your time.

You're welcome.

Look us up online and see your
furniture in its new home and if

you're ever passing, pop in for
a cup of tea.

- Yes, we will.
- Sounds good.

You've got our address, door's
always open.

Thank you.

Tim: Thank you very much.

See you soon, bye-bye.

We've got what we came for.

We've got a few nice little bits
and bobs.

They will just all fill the
rooms and give everyone a bit

more furniture.

And it's always great to pop out
and you meet nice people and you

see a bit more of the country
that you haven't seen before.

It's always well worth it.

[Owen crying]

Tim: It's all right, mate.

We're off home.

Krys: We're going now.

Dick: But before they can fill
the suite with the new

purchases, Tim needs to finish
it.

And with his brother Ben to
help, things aren't going quite

to plan.

Tim: We're about 30 centimetres
short of pipes.

Ben: Why haven't you got enough
pipe?

'Cause you've cut far too much
off.

[laughing]

♪ ♪

Dick: Tucked away in the lush
rolling hills of central

Normandy is the ancient Vieux
Chateau.

♪ ♪

Dick: The oldest part dates back
more than 1,000 years.

And it's this wing that's being
run as a bed and breakfast by

retired vet, Donna McDougall.

I'm constantly on the move here.

Changing beds, cooking,
cleaning.

But it's good because it means
that I can eat a little more

cheese because I burn off
energy.

You do not need to go to the gym
when you live in a chateau

that's based on five floors.

♪ ♪

Dick: As a British owner of this
magnificent place, she's in

esteemed company.

There have only been two English
owners of this chateau in its

entire 1,100-year history.

One being Henry the First of
England, who sacked it in the

12th century, and me.

Dick: It's located in the heart
of historic Normandy, a region

known not only for its rich
medieval history but for its

role in the Second World War and
Donna's chateau bears physical

reminders of when the Germans
occupied this part of France.

The Germans were in the chateau
during the war for four years

and while they were here, they
left some graffiti on my

fireplace.

And we think it says, "Where
strength or power is released or

set free, bad humans must fear
the majesty of the Fuhrer,"

and you can see the furor pretty
clearly.

F-u-h-r-e-r.

♪ ♪

Dick: Donna thinks there's even
more history here too.

She's been told that during the
war, the chateau's owners

stashed a hoard of medieval
armour in the lake to prevent it

being stolen by the Nazi
occupiers.

- We're moving!
- We are!

- Dick: We're at sea!
- Whoo!

Treasure's here!

So I'm helping her look
for it with my trusty little

boat and my metal detector.

♪ ♪

Oh my God!

[detector beeps]

Oh my God!

[laughing]

Dick: I can hear it!

I can hear it through your
earphones!

Listen.

Dick: The metal detector is
indicating something in the

deepest part of the lake.

So now, I want to try something.

Dick: We got a really strong
signal by that stick.

I'm going to put the magnet
in--see if we can get in here.

♪ ♪

Dick: This is where the
strongest signal's been.

Hmm.

Bit of metal.

There's a bit of metal there,
definitely.

♪ ♪

Dick: Bah!

It's just a rusty old nail but
the signal from under water is

still strong.

Dick: I think we're going to
have to dig, Donna.

I think this is--we're
definitely getting strong

signals here.

I need to find us a digger.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

Dick: Whatever is here is
sitting below a 4-foot layer of

silt and the trees make this
part of the lake tricky to

access.

This is going to be challenging.

I think it's here.

I really do think it's here.

Dick: I think I agree with you,
actually.

- Do you?
- I really do.

[Donna laughing]

Oh, man.

It's here.

That's all we can do for
today.

Donna now needs to find a digger
to extract any hidden treasure.

But it will need to be big
enough to reach into the lake.

If she can find one, I'm coming
straight back to help.

It's been a privilege to be here
but I think we've got a lot of

work ahead of us because that
silt is deep.

The armour has been in there 70
years, if it's in there at all.

And guess what?

I think it is.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: In the Dordogne sits
Chateau Monteil where new

parents Tim and Krys are
struggling to build a family

suite in time for the summer
holiday season in less than

four-weeks' time.

Krys: What's killing me is
sleepless nights.

Dick: They're hoping it'll bring
in much needed extra cash as

they're barely breaking even and
now they have an extra mouth to

feed.

I am getting really panicky
because I think he's got

separation anxiety.

How am I going to function in
the summer?

'Cause I need to change the
beds, clean the house.

Even hoovering is a struggle for
me 'cause he's just cranky baby

right now.

♪ ♪

Dick: Tim has brought his little
brother Ben in to help out.

Their latest job, trying to fit
a new waste pipe for the family

suite bathroom.

Ben, can you cut me a bit of
pipe?

Ben: Uh huh.

Tim: That is 169.

Dick: But they've been having
difficulty cutting it to the

right length.

I hope they're checking their
measurements.

[sawing]

♪ ♪

[pipe falls]

Whoops.

Dick: Ben's lack of precision
has been wasting a lot of pipe.

Tim: "Measure twice, cut once,"
as they like to say.

Dick: At least Tim seems to have
a large supply.

All right, we're going to get
the pipe from downstairs.

♪ ♪

[sawing]

Tim: I think that was a bit too
long.

I just need it like a
centimetre, 2 centimetres

shorter, I think.

Ben: Why can't you move the
toilet 2 centimetres?

Tim: 'Cause that's where it's
got to go.

I don't want it too close to the
towel rail.

So I want the waste part for the
sink coming up about there.

Ben: Yeah.

Give me 119.

Ben: Now you say 119 this time.

Do you want like a couple of
centimetres off it because--

Tim: Well, I've deliberately
gone 2 centimetres shorter so it

should be fine.

Dick: Anyone would think they're
learning this as they go along.

I've kind of done bits and bobs
of it before but yeah, it's the

first bathroom I've really kind
of done start to finish.

Dick: Ben thinks his big brother
is doing a great job.

Ben: He seems to know what he's
doing.

It's amazing what he's picked up
off the Internet.

♪ ♪

Dick: Finally, the pipe is in
place.

But it's taking up more space
than expected in the wall cavity

and some of the supporting beams
are in the way.

But ever-efficient Tim has a
novel solution and starts to

chip away some of the beam to
squeeze it in.

[tapping]

You just know this will be the
bit of wood that holds the whole

house up.

Dick: It's not called a
supporting beam for nothing.

These old chateaux are pretty
sturdy but I wouldn't recommend

cutting into anything
structural.

I'm going to take enough, kind
of 5 mil just off the surface

just so I can squeeze around it.

[banging]

Ben: When's enough?

You know, enough, sort of thing.

I'm just wary of how much you
are taking out there.

Dick: Eventually, Tim is happy
and fits the pipe.

[water flushing]

Dick: Ah, the sweet sound of
success.

Got the waste in, brilliant.

♪ ♪

Dick: Tim may be one step closer
to being ready for the first

guests but there's still an
awful lot to do in less than

four weeks.

So that's a big chunk of the
bathroom done but we've still

got the bordering and the tiling
and the floor's gotta go in.

Shower units gotta go in and the
sink's gotta go in.

The painting, the decorating,
the list is endless.

Dick: At least Ben can help.

Hopefully Ben's going to fly
back in and give us a hand a

couple of days before we open.

I've never agreed to that.

I've never agreed to come back
and do more work.

♪ ♪

Dick: Ah, you need to work
things out with Ben, Tim, or

you're not going to get this
place ready in time.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: Back at Le Vieux Chateau,
it's been two weeks since I

helped Donna locate the spot on
her lake where she's hoping to

find a stash of buried medieval
armour.

Today, I've come back because
she's been in touch and there's

some good news.

You could tell exactly how
excited Donna was.

She's found a digger.

All right, it's taken a couple
of weeks but in France,

that's quick.

She's had somebody in who says
they can actually do the digging

so we're back to the lake and we
have a chance now of scraping

into the silt.

There's gotta be treasure in
there.

There's got to be armour,
weapons, all sorts of things and

I've just got my fingers crossed
for Donna today 'cause she

really wants to find something.

It's two weeks since Dick was
here and the wait has been

unbearable.

I couldn't sleep last night at
all.

It's--it's very exciting.

I'm really looking forward to
it.

♪ ♪

Dick: I don't know who's more
excited about this dig, me or

Donna.

[car horn honking]

Oh, hi!

Hi, Dick!

Nice to see you.

♪ ♪

Another day in paradise.

Donna [laughing]: Indeed.

[laughing]

- Lovely to see you.
- Hi, Dick.

[laughing]

It looks very tranquil.

Are you excited?

Donna: I am very excited.

It looks very tranquil today.

Dick: Did you have problems
finding a digger?

I had a bit of help because I
asked one of my friends in the

village who's a lady farmer but
the arm is only five metres.

Dick: Five metres.

♪ ♪

Dick: I reckon five metres
should be just about long enough

to get under the thick layer of
silt.

It's going to be amazing if we
find something.

You said "if" there.

This is one of the first times
you said "if" to me.

Well, now I'm worried.

I'm worried we're not going to
find it.

Dick: I never thought Donna
would have any last-minute

doubts.

But the area of the lake where
we think the hoard of armour may

be isn't the most easily
accessible part and I'm starting

to have doubts myself.

This is the end of my land here.

So the slope is not too bad just
on this side.

If you see the field next door,
I think a digger could get in

here.

Dick: There's no gate or access
point here at all.

So part of this fence will have
to be removed to let the digger

through and that's not the only
thing in the way.

It's going to be interesting
'cause when he gets to the trees

and close to the water, it would
be interesting to see what he

can do.

Donna: I think he might have to
move those trees.

Some of them.

Dick: This job is looking bigger
and more difficult.

Will the digger even be able to
reach the lake?

I think it's welly time.

Donna: I think it's welly time.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: At Chateau Monteil, Tim
and his wife Krys have spent the

last seven weeks frantically
trying to convert their attic

into a family suite for their
B&B.

With the arrival of an added
family member, Baby Owen, this

renovation is vital to increase
the capacity and income.

And we could do with every penny
we can get.

Dick: There was a lot to do back
then.

But I must say, I'm impressed
with the work they've achieved.

But the suite's first guests
arrive today and the room still

needs its finishing touches.

Nothing like flying by the seat
of your pants.

We've frantically gotta get it
done now.

It's just a few bits of really
heavy furniture that I need a

hand with and hopefully, we'll
be all right and ready in time

for when they get here.

♪ ♪

Dick: Luckily, Tim has managed
to convince his younger brother

Ben to make a trip over from
England again to help out.

- You made it.
- Yeah.

Come on then.

- Let's get straight on.
- Okay.

Tim: Let's get straight on.

Dick: Ben hasn't seen the place
since he helped install the

plumbing for the bathroom when
it was just a shell.

Ben: Wow, all my hard work paid
off.

Wow, that's amazing!

Yeah, you did a very good job.

Yeah, I know.

God, I'm really impressed.

Ben: So none of it leaks.

It's all...

Tim: None of it leaks, touch
wood.

Ben: Yeah no, really impressed
with this.

So when will you get guests in
here?

- Today.
- Today?

Anytime from 4:00 so we need to
get on.

- It's 1:00 now.
- We need to get on.

Tim: So no cups of tea until
we're finished.

Ben: Okay, brilliant.

Well, let's go then.

Dick: No cuppa and the poor lad
hasn't even put his bag down

yet.

I hope Tim welcomes his guests
better than this.

♪ ♪

What are you doing?

That needs to go in that room in
there.

In between the cupboard door and
the bedroom door.

♪ ♪

Ben: All you're doing is
propping it up.

I'm having to carry the whole
thing.

Tim: Whoa, whoa, whoa, watch the
top.

Ben: Yeah.

Tim: Let me get rid of my shoes.

That'll make it easier.

Ben: Throw them away.

It's what, a fashion faux pas
now.

Oh, watch it.

Tim: No, don't bounce it.

Seven years bad luck if you
break that.

That was you anyway.

[exhales]

Do I get that cup of tea yet?

♪ ♪

Dick: While Ben grabs a
well-deserved cup of tea,

Krys helps out.

Got a Dutch family arriving
today.

It's four adults and two
children.

Dick: You better hurry up you
two because it looks like

they're here.

[car pulls up]

♪ ♪

Dick: Back at Le Vieux Chateau,
the digger Donna booked has

arrived and the team have
started to remove the fence.

♪ ♪

[banging]

Dick: So they can access the
lake and start the search for

the buried armour.

They're on time and the first
thing, they've gone straight to

work.

That's good.

You like that!

♪ ♪

Now he's gotta get down that
slope, see.

This is going to be interesting.

Yeah, because he's coming down.

Donna: At an angle.

Donna [gasping]: How do they
manoeuvre these enormous

machines?

Dick: Now the digger's off the
truck and in position, it's time

to clear the path to the lake.

He has done this before.

[chainsaw whirring]

Dick: He's gotta go up.

Donna: My goodness!

[laughter]

Donna [laughing]: Health and
safety, French style.

♪ ♪

This is a definite, don't try
this at home, kids.

Dick: Seriously, never try this
at home.

[chainsaw buzzing]

Dick: After almost two hours'
work, they clear a pathway to

the lake.

♪ ♪

Now he wants to go in the water.

Dick: You happy?

- Oui.
- Merci, Monsieur.

Dick: I've been waiting two
weeks for this moment.

Donna longer than that.

♪ ♪

Dick: This is the first scoop.

This is the first scoop.

♪ ♪

Dick: I don't think he's gone
deep enough but I want to run

the metal detector over it to be
sure.

Just sweep.

Sweep over that lot.

Nothing.

- Absolutely nothing.
- That's good!

Donna: Nothing at all.

Okay.

Down we go.

Deeper, I think.

Dick: Brilliant.

Every time that goes in, you get
that little flutter don't you,

in your tummy.

Yeah.

[laughter]

Dick: But it doesn't look like
there's anything in the second

scoop either.

- That's just silt.
- It's just silt.

Dick: Third time around, he's
gone even deeper.

Dick: Okay, quick one.

There's nothing there.

Donna: No.

Dick: All the way around.

Donna: No.

Dick: Okay, we know we've had a
beep in here.

Donna: There was a beep, yeah.

Dick: Okay.

Donna: Encore, s'il vous plaît.

Dick: He's getting deeper.

What is very interesting
exactly, we have no idea how

deep this is going.

See, look he's going--

Donna: Oh my goodness, that's
deep.

Donna: Oh he's on the bottom.

He's on the bottom.

Dick: And this time--

[detector beeps]

Donna: Here.

What's that thing, what's
that thing.

[detector beeps]

Dick: Look, look: that is an
old nail.

A very old nail.

Not another nail.

It's always nails.

There's no way this gives all
those strong beeps we heard when

we were out on the boat.

- Dick: Encore.
- Merci, Monsieur.

♪ ♪

Dick: I'm convinced there's
still something out there.

So we've got to keep digging.

♪ ♪

What is that?

What is that?

Dick: Could this be the remains
of the crate the armour was

placed in?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: Back in the Dordogne, with
brother Ben's help, Tim and Krys

have got their new attic suite
ready just in time for the

arrival of the first guests, a
family from Holland.

Hi!

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.

I'm going to leave you in my
wife's capable hands and she

will show you up to your room.

Krys: So I'm going to take you
to the kids' bedroom.

It's over here to the left.

Krys: We've got portable air
conditioner in both bedrooms if

it gets really hot.

You can just put it on.

- You all good?
- Perfect.

Krys: All right, and I'll just
show Mom and Dad.

It's just right here.

Krys: And this is your bedroom.

Man: Perfect, what a nice room.

- Krys: There you go.
- Thank you very much.

Woman: It's really nice.

Krys: Thank you very much.

Just have to watch my head.

[laughter]

Dick: Well, apparently, the
Dutch are the tallest people in

the world.

Built for French people.

Yes, it's true and for me too.

I'm quite small.

[laughing]

Hey!

- How was it?
- Nice.

Tim: They liked it?

I think they like it, yeah.

Krys: The dad said it's the way
they expected it to be so...

Cool and they were all right
with the beams being up in the

attic.

It's okay.

Just needs to--

They were very tall, aren't
they?

Dick: As the family settle in--

Girl: Yay!

Dick:--Ben is roped into one
final job.

Tim and Krys own 23 sheep.

[sheep bleating]

Tim: They look more like goats
but they are sheep.

The main problem with having 6.5
acres of land and a chateau to

renovate and a newborn baby is
you have no time to mow lawns

and so we got the sheep.

We bought four sheep.

Fairly quickly, we ended up with
a lot of sheep.

And we sell on the lambs each
year to other people that want

to do the same thing.

We don't take them to the
abattoir.

Dick: The sheep serve another
purpose as well.

They're a great attraction for
the guests.

The kids love them and when the
guests come, they've all got

kids with them, they love the
sheep and they feed the sheep

and we give them corn.

They look very exotic.

Yeah, and the--we've got a
couple that are really, really

friendly.

♪ ♪

Dick: With the guests now here
and before they spot the sheep,

Tim will need to give them their
worm medicine.

And while he's at it, he can tag
them too.

Ben: Are their horns sharp?

Tim: No, no sharper than a knife
or something.

Ben: I don't feel comfortable
doing it but I'm willing to give

it a go, I suppose.

Tim: All right, if you go in the
pen on the left, I'll grab a

sheep for you and then throw it
over to you.

I'll staple its ears and you
check it out.

Go for it.

You make it sound so easy.

Dick: Okay, show Ben how it's
done then, Tim.

- Oh, great.
- There you go.

I can't get it 'cause your arm's
in the way.

Oh, got it.

You said it's not hard.

Oh!

You said, it's--

There you go.

You're all right.

Just put your arm around him.

♪ ♪

There you go.

- Thought they weren't sharp.
- They're not sharp.

Tim, do you want to do it
quickly.

Yeah, will do.

Just hold him really still so he
doesn't--

[staple]

Oh, yeah.

Tim: Whatever you do, don't drop
him.

Ben: You make it sound so easy.

♪ ♪

Oh, for goodness sake!

Quickly then.

♪ ♪

I'm putting him down.

♪ ♪

Dick: Sheep are pretty hardy
creatures.

I think it was Ben who came off
worse then.

♪ ♪

Dick: Next?

Oh, Christ.

Why are you passing it to me
like a baby?

It kicks.

Oh, [bleep]!

Tim: Nice and calm, nice and
calm.

Ben: I am doing it calm.

[sheep bleating]

Oh, Christ!

This one's heavier than the last
one!

You have to go a lot faster.

Let's just give him some
worming--

Can't do it!

Dick: Hang in there, Ben,
there's only 22 more sheep to

go.

Ben: I don't think I'm cut out
for this.

Good luck.

♪ ♪

Dick: Back in Normandy, at Le
Vieux Chateau, we've been

dredging the lake for more than
an hour in search of 20 crates

of armour supposedly buried
there during the Second World

War.

We just pulled out some wood.

Sadly, it's not the remains of a
crate.

Next, we find some more metal.

What is that?

You're on, again, Donna.

[detector beeps]

Dick: What have we got there?

Donna: A tin can.

[laughing]

[detector beeps]

Donna: Ah, I'm getting really
disappointed, Dick.

Dick: So no luck again but we're
not giving up yet.

Donna wants to try digging a
little further along the bank.

Personally, this is the spot
that I probably would like.

Only 'cause we got the readings
there.

Dick: Yeah, we got readings
here.

Donna: It's deeper than over
there.

It's closer to where the
trees are at the edge as well.

Donna: Exactly.

Which means--

Donna: Then the original bank is
probably closer to this bit than

two bays long.

♪ ♪

Dick: The only problem with this
spot is there's six large trees

blocking the digger's route to
the lake.

But Donna's had an idea.

Dick: They're going to use the
digger as a tank.

Donna: Whoa!

That's one way to get a tree
down.

It's fantastic.

Um, I've never known land
clearance done so quickly before

in my life.

It's quite amazing.

Now I'm getting excited again
about the next patch in case we

find it.

Oh!

Dick: Well he's straight in.

Look at that.

He's not messing around.

Dick: We've been here for three
hours now and the digger's got

to go back soon so we're running
out of time.

It looks like a piece of wood to
me.

Oh, piece of wood.

That could be a box.

Oh my God.

[digger whirring]

Dick: This looks very promising.

Dick: Get your detector.

Let's go in.

Donna: Yeah.

Dick: Let's have a look.

Donna: I want to look at that
bit of wood.

Dick: I know, absolutely.

Donna: Is that a bit of wood or
is that a bit of--

[detector beeps]

[detector beeps]

Donna: What is it?

It's too long for a box.

Donna: Nothing.

Dick: That is definitely manmade
but it's too long for a box.

Donna: Do you know what it looks
like to me?

It looks like a floor board or
something.

Dick: Yeah, yeah.

♪ ♪

Dick: It's another
disappointment.

Donna: No, this is all silt.

[detector beeps]

Dick: Okay, brilliant.

Encore?

Donna: Oui, encore, s'il vous
plaît.

- C'est possible?
- D'accord.

Donna: Merci.

♪ ♪

Dick: The digger has to go.

He's going in for one more dig
so it's now or never.

Oh, come on please!

Dick: That's quite deep.

Dick: But it's just another pile
of silt.

♪ ♪

Sadly, it's time to admit
defeat.

♪ ♪

Dick: But ever the optimist,
there's no way Donna's giving up

for good.

I think what's happened is, over
time, over 77 years, the water

has eroded the bank and so the
natural bank would have been

much further in the lake.

And thrown in, it's outside our
reach.

And it's outside the reach of a
digger like this.

So the only way to find it would
be to drain the lake.

[laughing]

- It's quite a big job.
- It's not a small job.

[laughter]

Dick: What's more, if you want
to drain a lake, you need a

permit and here in France, that
could take a year to be

approved.

Maybe even longer.

Donna, I don't know what to say.

I'm gutted for you.

I'm gutted to find it, yeah.

Donna [laughing]: I am too.

I won't give up.

I know you won't.

It might take a few years.

Let me know and make sure--make
sure I get a call because when

it gets drained, I want to be
here.

Donna: Absolutely.

♪ ♪

I am so sad for Donna.

She believes there is treasure
in the lake.

I believe there is treasure in
the lake.

One thing that's really
encouraging is, she's not giving

up.

There's French bureaucracy to
fight now because she wants to

drain her lake and get in, have
a good look around.

I'm expecting a phone call out
of the blue in the future that

says, "Dick, I've drained the
lake.

Come and help me find my
treasure," and she will find it.

Dick: Good luck, Donna.

Hopefully you'll be calling me.

I'm convinced and I'd hate to
miss the adventure.

♪ ♪

Dick: Owning a chateau can be a
money pit.

With all the land that usually
comes with them, a great way to

save or earn some extra cash is
to own livestock.

Whether there to keep the grass
cut, entertain the guests or be

a source of food, they can bring
financial gains not to be

laughed at.

We regularly get eggs and meat
from our chickens.

And today, we've got 200 kilos
of pork from our pigs.

♪ ♪

Dick: First, I need to preserve
the hams with the help of our

friend, Brett.

Dick: So I'll put it in first
like that.

10 kilos of salt.

Dick: Packing them in a mixture
of salt, sugar, peppercorns, and

bay leaves, draws out the
moisture and gives them flavour.

Every day, I will open these
out, I'll rub the salt all over

them, turn them over just until
we extract all the juices.

I'll do this for the next two
weeks.

After that, they come out, get
wrapped up in muslin, hung up,

then we wait.

After this curing, the ham
should be dried and ready to eat

in about six months.

[whirring]

With the help of my
mother-in-law Jenny, Brett and I

chop, dice, and slice the rest
of the meat.

It's always been important for
me to know where my food comes

from.

When it comes to people eating
this, we know everything.

We know the parents of the
wieners that we got.

We know the food we've put into
them.

We know the attention they've
had.

We know how they were
dispatched.

And I think too often now, we
just go out and buy and trust

and I must admit, I like knowing
about my food.

And it's gonna taste great.

That's the other very important
thing.

Right, let's get it in the
freezer.

♪ ♪

Dick: 350 miles roughly south of
us, Tim and his brother Ben are

dealing with their livestock,
which they keep, not for the

meat, but to entertain the
guests and to keep the grass

cut.

They've just finished tagging
them.

Christ.

Bye!

I'm covered in, I don't know,
pooh?

My T-shirt is ruined.

Tim: Your shorts are a bit messy
anyway.

Ben: I feel like I've been
beaten up, mugged.

I'm happy to help but I'm not
doing this one again.

I'll cover your furniture,
paint, decorate, whatever.

But this manual handling sheep
thing, I can't do that.

Tim: You're embracing rural
life.

For your first time tagging,
that went all right.

Ben: Honest to God--

Tim: No casualties, apart from
ourselves.

Let's go get cleaned up.

♪ ♪

Dick: There's no rest for Tim.

He's got to get back to the
chateau to prepare dinner for

the newly arrived guests.

Everyone's eating.

Yeah, five adult meals.

Three adult meals--

Tim: No kids meals.

--from the other bedroom.

No, no kids.

Tim: Well, that's good.

♪ ♪

Dick: So it's down to the veg
patch and greenhouse to grab

some vegetables.

In the middle of spring, a
surprise frost killed off almost

the entire crop.

They cut out all the dead stuff,
gave it a good water and prayed

a little.

So did it recover?

Tim: I'm relieved that we've got
stuff to give them.

I thought we'd lose everything,
to be honest.

I think we've got enough food to
put together a decent dinner for

them.

Dick: It looks like a great crop
to me.

Tim is a chef by trade.

And so at Chateau Monteil, it
stands to reason, he's the head

chef here too.

These are the cucumbers out of
the garden.

I'm just going to soften them up
in a bit of pickle, pickling

solution.

Stuff them, roll them up and
there will just be a garnish

with a smocked trout and it's
just a little bit of citrus

mayonnaise, just to finish it
off.

Dick: Then it's taken out to the
table.

What do the guests think?

They said the food's really
nice.

It's done very professionally.

One of the families is taking
pictures of it.

So cool.

[laughing]

The food is lovely.

It's being served very nicely.

It was really nice that we saw
the vegetables from the

garden being carried upstairs to
the kitchen and then being

served at your table is really
nice.

♪ ♪

Dick: It's a hit!

Well done, Tim and Krys.

Tim: I think it went
brilliantly, didn't it?

I think everyone had a great
time.

Ate all their food, enjoyed it.

Happy customers, happy B&B
owners.

Krys: All the hard work.

Tim: It's a win-win situation.

- All worthwhile.
- It's all worthwhile.

♪ ♪

Dick: After a difficult start to
the year, with Baby Owen's early

arrival putting them behind in
their renovations, they've

turned things around and
successfully launched their new

accommodation.

♪ ♪

Krys: It's been a long journey.

We've had our ups and downs.

Lots and lots of downs but
seeing what we've done,

it's all worth it.

Tim: It's an amazing roller
coaster journey that takes a

hell of a lot out of you but
gives you so much back.

It's an absolute adventure.

We've got income from doing the
B&B in the chateau.

It's great.

It's such a good feeling.

I think the decision to renovate
the chateau, all of that hard

work, it's all been worth it.

We're setting the kids up,
aren't we, with an amazing

future for themselves as well,
you know.

The hard work will benefit them
and hopefully their kids and it

looks like it's going to be a
great success.

Dick: Seems their hearts belong
to Chateau Monteil.

Here's to Tim, Krys, and little
Owen.

♪ ♪

It's a brilliant life.

The weather's good and the
wine's cheap and the food's

delicious.

♪ ♪

Dick: I couldn't agree more
about the food.

It's one of the best things
about France.

At our place, of the 200 kilos
of pork, I've reserved four

kilos to turn into one of my
favourite foods: salami.

We minced it up and added some
salt.

And I thought what we'd do with
this batch, just to start with,

we'd just make some
pepper salamis.

Seeing as she's working so
hard, we'll name this batch in

honour of my mother-in-law.

Dick: These are called
Jennifer's Salamis.

Yeah?

It's a very tactile thing,
sausages.

[laughter]

Sausages always make me laugh.

There's not a thing about making
sausages that I don't find

humorous.

[laughter]

Brett: Now you can put the skin
on.

Dick: With the help of Brett's
sausage maker, we push the meat

through a hole and into the
sausage skins.

Now, when you do salamis, you
have to determine, before we

start, how long a salami you
want.

Well, I'd say 10 inches.

Okay, I'm not saying a single
thing.

Not too slowly.

Not too slowly.

[laughing]

I can't believe I'm doing this.

♪ ♪

Dick: You moved to the country.

It's what country girls do.

Where do you think they get
their entertainment?

♪ ♪

They're nice.

They're going to be very, very
rustic.

Have you noticed that anything
goes as the night goes on?

Dick: I'm not saying anything.

[laughter]

That's a king of salamis.

It is, isn't it?

It's nice.

We've made 10 sausages.

We now need to dry them for at
least four weeks and then

they're ready to eat.

Not bad for a first bunch and
there's more to come.

As the French would say,
"Voilà."

- Voilà!
- Voilà!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Dick: Next time: We meet a whole
new batch of intrepid owners

dealing with their chateaux.

A trio of chateau rookies try to
fix one of the chimneys--

It's not supposed to go coming
out the sides, is it?

I wonder why it's doing that.

Dick:--without much success.

[banging]

We managed to get through to the
chimney breast but it's the

wrong one.

Dick: The owners of a luxury
chateau hotel embark on a

mission to win over the
locals--

Man: Lots of anti us in the
press.

We have protesters.

All sorts.

Dick: But their efforts to drum
up much-needed business don't go

to plan.

Only eight people here.

There's more supplies and more
staff than there are customers.

Dick: When a family deals with
its influx of flies--

Woman: So we get this treatment
done twice a year.

Dick:--things go awry.

[alarm blaring]

Dick: And at our fairy tale
chateau, I get down and dirty

building an outdoor toilet.

Never mind fancy jeans

Build a compost loo.

♪ ♪

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