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Come on, Fletchers.

We've reached our fourth year in farming.

See that sheep there?

And we've fallen for this way of life, hook, line and sinker.

Oh, can you keep this?

Right, Milo, let's get some jobs done.

Farming's a breeze compared to having four kids.

We're surrounded by the spectacular Peak District.

As far as an office goes, it's...

It's pretty good, isn't it?

With ancient woodland and rolling hills as their

playground, this year, we've big plans to increase

our flock and herd

whilst continuing to diversify.

What about if we created Some sort of farm musical.

Kevin, we've got enough to do. We're not creating a farm band, though.

And we're excited about what our next chapter might hold.

I can't think of something that would beat this for me. This is my version of

happy, full life.

Right, let's get some cup of tea, then.

This week on our farm.

They're excited.

Yeah.

Do you like that?

Yeah.

The twins help this year's lambs thrive.

Come on.

And training for the Royal Cheshire Show gets underway in earnest.

Right, stand there.

Right, we're ready.

So make sure his feet are square.

I pull together a team of rugby league legends for a special fundraiser. We

the final player. Will you be it?

Mark Flanagan.

We've got him.

And our flock presents us with a whole new challenge.

It's just not that easy.

My hands are too big. You need delicate, cute, little, beautiful hands.

I'll do it for the lambs. Yeah?

Good, good.

I'll do it for the life of the lambs.

Just putting a new bale in for Sonic and Ray.

Beating time at the zoo.

The smell when you open that bale up.

If you know, you know it's one of them. The sweetness, it's just... Keeping the

farm running smoothly has had its challenges recently.

We've had a lot of upheaval in our lives after a fire in the farmhouse meant we

have to move into temporary rented accommodation.

While I don't want to add extra stress, there's one event in the farming

calendar I think is worth adding to our to -do list.

So what we're going to do in a few weeks' time, we're going to go to a

called the Royal Cheshire Show.

Are we going to go there?

We're going to go there and we're going to take the cast with us.

And they're going to put a lead on them so we can walk in with them.

Can I hold the big one? Yeah. Can I ride on him?

Oh, you can't ride on him, no. But what you can do is walk next to him on a

lead. And you can show him around on the grass in front of everybody.

Yeah?

Yeah, would you like to do that?

Hold him.

Which one do you want to take on?

On it. The big one?

Yeah. You want to take Tonic in, the big one?

Yeah, all of them.

Well, you might need some big muscles, though, because he's very strong.

Let me just check, let me just check, see if your big muscles are big enough.

Let me just check, let me check.

I didn't eat my dinner all.

Oh, did you not eat your dinner all up?

I don't know if they're going to be big enough, then.

Are you sure?

Let me just check.

Well, make sure you eat the rest of your dinner. Then you'll get big muscles and

then you can take him in the show ring.

Well, Matthias is keen.

And while preparing the young calves for the show takes time, it's essential for

us to be showing our herd and putting the Fletcher family name on the map as

breeders of native Lincoln Reds.

So we're going to put a new bale in for the calf.

Keeping them indoors, we can start ultra -training them.

getting some condition on them, making sure they're looking as good as they

So we need to get cracking.

As well as looking their best, the calves can get used to being handled and

kids will need to spend time with them to build their trust.

What do you think?

Fluffy. Fluffy?

Say hello, Sonic.

Hello, Sonic.

Hello, Sonic.

Hey.

You going to give him a cuddle?

Yeah. Of course you can.

I love Sonic.

Do you love Sonic?

Yeah.

When in the show ring, the cast will be marked on their form and frame.

And to show them at their best means training them to walk on a halter.

I'm a little bit out of practice.

Come on, Sonic.

Turn the thing in and then it's on. There we go.

It's okay.

It's okay.

And then it's on.

Hey! With the twins watching, training is underway.

I can't pull him. I don't know how the kids are going to go.

I think Sonic is a little bit too big and strong at the minute.

Even for Marnie and Milo.

I mean, he might be ambitious, but I think if we can get him all to train,

you've got to make sure that the animal they're with can be controlled by you.

by a young kid.

Before you know it, all six of us will be there at the Royal Cheshire Show.

The Fletchers are back to defend their title.

Oh, you're a strong lamb, you lad.

Just call me Banksy.

Just call me Banksy.

As lambing season draws to a close, there's just a few newborns left in the

that we're keeping an eye on before we turn them out to join the rest of the

flock.

Right, you hold the lambs whilst Daddy helps the mummy.

Yeah, you hold the lamb together.

Oh, you sit down.

Good boy.

A set of twin lambs have been struggling to latch on, and I need to check

everything is all right with their mum and her production of the white stuff.

The milk in her bag has kind of hardened, and the teats are just...

little bit of milk coming out there, but not much.

Yeah, you can just feel it's all gone very hard, so... There's an infection

there.

These are all signs of mastitis, an inflammation of the udder that's painful

can stop her from producing milk, putting her life and her lambs at risk.

I think it'd be good to make up a little bottle and feed this lamb, because it's

looking very thin. So, boys, would you like to feed the lamb?

Yeah?

Well, I'll get it.

Yeah?

Shall we go and make a bottle?

Yeah. Come on, then.

Until the swelling has gone down and the infection cleared, her lambs will need

to be fed by us.

Thankfully, a course of antibiotics should clear it up.

We've done it in the past where there's kind of like a little capsule and it

goes into the teeth and you just shoot the fluid up there and that helps break

down the mastitis and clear the infection out.

It's pretty important that we get onto it straight away, really.

Right, let's see what we've got to make this bottle.

What are you doing there? So, we need a bottle.

We need a jug.

We need a teat.

And we need some milk.

With four kids of our own, one thing Liz and I are dab hands at is making up

bottles.

This is just basically like formula, I guess, that you would give to babies,

it's designed for lambs.

So...

I'm just going to literally make a bottle like you would for a baby.

And this year, our babies are now big enough to bottle feed the land.

Let's hear it. Cookies, that's for Dad.

Oh, wow, is this the milk?

Yeah. Ready to go.

Hello,

Mummy. Are you excited?

Yeah. Yeah.

Let me say, come on, Mummy.

Are you a devil?

Now I just absolutely love how interested they are and how much they

it and be in the scene. They're not scared of anything.

Do you like that, man?

Did you like that?

Did you say yes?

They just instinctively take on a parental role and they're kind of like,

you all right, baby?

No, they're babying themselves.

They see themselves as a protector of this little lamb and such a beautiful

natural quality.

Very hungry, wasn't it, Matthias? Yes.

Oh, nice full belly.

With the lamb content, a short course of antibiotics will clear the mastitis and

the lambs will hopefully be latching on again in no time.

The kids make these jobs way more fun, that is for sure.

Right, Marnie, we're going to get Sonic out first.

Come here.

Come on.

Hey.

Hey.

Cattle training for the Royal Cheshire Show is underway.

Hey, hey, come on. Hey, hey.

This year, we've entered Sonic, Ray and Cherry, who's still yet to calf.

into several categories including young handling so to help build marnie and

milo's confidence we need to get them hands -on with a young calf

sonic is um you know

is is just over a year old and although he's been on altar

he's had a wash he's been in the show ring that was a year ago and he was with

his mum So it's going to be very different for him this time.

So now the time is to get him washed, get a lot of practice in, get him on the

altar and just get the kids walking around the yard with him.

Right, come on then, kids.

So job number one, sleeves up.

The shows are not just about showing the animals. That's one aspect of it. But

two, it's incredible for our kids to understand the importance of looking

your herd.

A way of you having some sort of recognition of what you're doing with

farm. And then when we do sell the produce afterwards, we are

in, hopefully, award winning.

Ah, bubbles!

Nice.

I like this.

Oh, I got the back end job.

It doesn't take four people to wash the cow, but you've got to designate

yourself a job.

They're all getting stuck in. It's good.

Looking good, isn't it, Milo? What do you reckon, mate?

Good. Yeah?

I don't even know if this is for a cow.

I've got a feeling this is a dog brush.

Good lad, Milo.

Excellent work.

Let's give him a good scrub. Come on.

But when the judge says, guys...

These animals look amazing.

You can say, well, yeah, we've washed them.

That's it.

We're good.

So now we'll take Sonic for a little walk around the yard and we can all take

in turns, yeah?

Are you ready?

Sonic is nearly three times the size and weight that he was last year, and he's

making sure I know it.

You okay?

Yeah. When it comes to cows, there's a lot of risk involved.

They're fast, they're strong, they could drag you off easily.

Calvin has got...

Balls of steel.

Come on.

Can't say I feel relaxed right now.

But I'm trying to soak in the good vibes and be calm.

With patience and practice, Sonic will soon learn not to pull on the halter.

And then it'll be safe for the kids to take the reins.

It's just a slow...

And that's why before the show, you want to be doing this every day.

If you want to have a chance at the show, this is the absolute commitment

got to have.

And next time it will be a little bit easier and a bit easier, and day after

it will be easier.

Shall we get him in then?

Yeah. Go open the gate.

Yeah.

But there's no denying that there's a lot of work to do before showtime.

One down, one to go.

Keeping on top of farm maintenance is one of the hardest things to do.

But we're lucky enough to have a rather special group of volunteers who love to

lend a hand.

They're extendable as well which is pretty good for someone short like me.

So today we've got people from the David Lewis Centre, a local charity and

we have them here every single Thursday on the farm and helping with a variety

of little jobs really.

As we're doing now, just cutting back some of the hedges, keeping things neat

and tidy, allowing them to get out and come on our farm and just experience,

know, something a little bit different, really.

Nearly two years ago, this local charity that provides accommodation and support

for a wide range of adults with additional needs asked me to become an

ambassador, and it's been such a great experience.

There you go. Are you ready, charity? Bring in the wheelbarrow up.

As well as supporting the fundraising event, they've become a big part of our

lives on the farm too.

Come rain or shine, they're here with smiles on their faces and collectively

they just seem to love it.

I guess it helps us as well.

The upkeep of a farm is huge.

It's not been easy for us as a family these last few months. It's been really

challenging at times because of the fire. So to have little jobs like this

of...

have help with, it's made a massive impact.

Every week, a few adults and their support workers, like Darren, get hands

helping.

So, Aidan loves to have a job, just cutting back.

Chris will enjoy that. Paul likes more manual things.

Aidan, keep going a bit further up now.

That's it, here.

You're well there, Aidan.

Paul's lived with us for many years, and he's been telling me for many years

about how he's gone to Lyme Park and done a drivestone walling call, but

never been able to test it, have we?

So last week when we saw the fallen wall, I said to Paul, are you up for it?

what did you say?

Definitely.

That's actually better than what it was originally, I think.

Do you enjoy doing this?

Oh, definitely.

Yeah.

It brings back memories of my granddad and my dad.

That's why you're so good at it, then, is it?

He's in his happy place.

Just rebuilding the wall.

So, you know, it's a little bonus like that that, you know, make this whole

partnership, if you like, worthwhile.

And I've just got wind of an opportunity to raise some money this weekend.

I'm hoping Darren and the team will support.

I've entered a local rugby tournament.

and playing for David Lewis.

Oh, fantastic, right.

So, I'm not asking you if you've got any rugby boots, unless you fancy a game, I

don't know.

You know what, I'm not as fit as you where the rugby's concerned.

There's a few lads in the team who are, in their day, they were,

they won't like me saying this, but they were world -class.

The likes of Danny Maguire, Gareth Elly.

But there's one spot to fill.

I'm going to hopefully pull in a big favour.

He's a very good friend of mine and an ex -Rugby League player as well.

Mr Mark Flanagan.

His dad played rugby for Oldham and for Great Britain.

And Flash carried that rugby tradition on and he started playing and he

inherited the name Flash as well.

He's not fast.

Still to this day, I don't know why he's called Flash.

Hello, laddy.

What do you want?

Never mind what do I want. I'm calling for a favour.

Right.

But I've entered a team and we need the final player. We need the final piece of

the puzzle. Will you be it?

When is it?

In two days' time.

Two tickets.

For you, Kelvin.

Yes. You're in.

You're in. Anything for you, lad. Right, OK, then.

All right. Love you, lad. See you, lad.

Love you, lad. Bye.

We've got him.

We've got him.

Mike Flanagan.

A fellow Oldham lad. The Farmyard Flyers are at full strength.

We've got a full team.

Two days prep.

It's the worst that can happen.

It's called the farmer's carry.

It's actually a workout that people do in the gym. Who needs a gym when you're

at the farm?

After our Houdini herd breached the fences of our paddock, I'm out doing a

temporary fix on the gap by putting up some electric fencing while they're back

in the barn for halter training.

I'm not the first farmer and I won't be the last farmer to have animals escape.

That'll do.

As daft as it sounds, this is the stuff that when you're inexperienced, this is

the stuff that kind of catches you out a little bit because...

A lot of farmers who are generational have done this with mum and dad or nan

grandad. We're constantly having to kind of figure it out for ourselves and

learn on the job, really.

And what we've learnt with our cows is that the weaning process is challenging

and our usually passive Lincoln Reds will pretty much charge through anything

stay together.

I mean, I'm always surprised how high cows can jump.

This is, what, three, three and a half, four, and they just spring that like

they're a gazelle.

Those cars need to get to a point in their life from kind of nine months old

stand up for themselves, really. So the weaning process is absolutely crucial,

really. Part of that process is obviously separating them and making

they stay separated.

Right.

Let's get an energiser on it. Who wants that thing?

The electric current runs through this simple rope and gives off a low -level

shock that's enough to act as a deterrent.

for the cows so what we do we're just gonna hang this um we have the

green that goes to the earth i put a little earth stake in that earth the uh

current and then we'll get that on that and then we've got our

uh terminals here red to positive black to negative and then i've got a little

device just to check what sort of voltage it's throwing out so We'll get

connected first.

Oh, so that's showing 7 ,000 volts.

And it's enough to like... 7 ,000, I reckon that would give me... Yeah, I

reckon that would probably, yeah.

It's tempting just to touch it, though, and see what it'd feel like, but no.

And I don't recommend doing that at home.

The shock is at a safe level and won't harm the cows.

Just send them a strong enough signal that they need to stay in this field.

All done.

Electric fence up.

It's working 7 ,000 volts.

So that will certainly keep the cows at bay.

It's another beautiful spring day on the farm.

And we're all up and at it and ready for anything.

Oh, look at you in them shoes.

Not used to being in them.

Where's your wellies, Kelvin?

They're too hot, innit, for wellies.

It seems that Liz doesn't think I'm quite ready.

I bet you've had them shoes 20 years.

They're so old that they're now back in fashion. You know that, don't you? Have

I? Yeah.

Fashion guru Kelvin.

Wear it for long enough and it will come back in fashion. There's your tip.

Liz is right.

I probably should have worn my wellies, as this next job could get very messy.

Yeah, a big thing we talk about farming is sheep poo, but today we're going to

get the sheep in so we can collect some samples.

They're checking the poo for worms, basically, because worms are a big

for sheep, and if you get too many, it is deadly.

Last year we lost quite a few lambs, so now it's a bit warmer. We're just going

to be as proactive as possible and try and pre -empt any sort of worm issues.

Which means today's task is simple.

Gloves on.

Pick up poo.

Send it down to the vets.

They'll examine it, give us a reading.

If they need a drenching, we drench them.

If they don't, then that's it. It's good news.

Drenching is basically the way we administer medicine to the flock.

Into their mouths, using a dispenser.

Come on, Ginger.

So, in an attempt to build up the flock's resilience... we've waited to

And the samples we collect today will let us know how well the flock are

So we need to get these hurdles off.

First, we need to build our holding pen before we herd them down. And we have a

mixtrack record of this going well.

I'm not going to get involved in the plan today. I'm going to do exactly what

Kelvin says, which will be music through his ears.

The sun's shining.

You know, we'll go with the flow.

Line them up separate, babe. Six -footers and four -footers.

What a gorgeous day to be working together.

I've still not got a sheep handling system.

That's the problem.

But other things happen and then you end up spending your money on something

else.

Not as warm as it looks, is it?

No. Wear this.

I've got two T -shirts on.

You're such a gent, Calvin.

Look at that.

There we go.

Now I'm dressed for farming.

Right, so this is our corridor.

Once we've got all the sheep in here, we open the gate like so.

That gate's closed at the bottom, and we fill this up.

What could possibly go wrong?

Right, I think that's it, darling.

I know. All this for some poo.

You ready?

No.

Right. Come on. Sheeping.

Don't forget, teamwork makes the... Dreamwork. Just remember, no matter

you still love me.

I've got to keep reminding myself that. Mind yourself.

When you're dealing with sheep, just remember, you love your wife. Remember,

your wife's not against you, she's with you.

That's the hardest thing to remember when you're dealing with sheep.

Remember that you still love each other.

The flock are scattered around our top field, so my job is to drive them down

Liz so we can herd them into the new pens.

These are those jobs. It's intense.

It's really serious.

It's, you know, really important.

These moments where you have to focus, and I get distracted quite a bit

sometimes. And you're like, run!

I'm like, oh, I put a fly.

No, man!

With almost 100 sheep and lambs, and just the two of us, there's no time for

daydreaming.

Come up, little lamb, that way.

Just as I thought, the sheep just do whatever they want.

And the lambs are all calling, so they all split up.

But we'll get there.

Come on.

First part of the job is done.

Next, it's time to collect the poo sample.

Did I really say this was the life we dreamt of?

The sun's shining, the sheep are behaving, and while Liz and I round them

collect samples to test for worms, back at the farm, Milo is on feeding duty.

There it is.

One, two, three.

I've got to feed the chickens.

There we go.

It's great that Milo is now old

enough to take one of the many farm jobs off my hands.

What I've got to do is...

The lid.

We can do that.

Right.

All done.

When you hear a croc crawl, do croc crawl.

It means to another chicken, quick, there's danger.

Back up at the top of the farm, we've moved our entire flock of sheep into

a holding pen.

Our next task is collecting fresh poo samples to get tested by the vets for

worms.

The lambs are still only a few weeks old, and this is a good opportunity to

check how they're getting on.

Go on then. Lamb.

These were our first triplets.

Look at the size of them now.

Really good long legs, beautiful face.

Marnie's little jaysons are so cute.

They are so cute.

It's absolutely exhausting, isn't it? It's difficult work.

All farming is physical work.

Now we've got to take the poo samples.

How far are you going in?

I thought you were speaking up off the floor.

Sample number one.

We've got to get ten different samples from across the youth.

We get the mums in this side because we know that the poo in this section is

from the mum and we know that the poo in that section is from the lamb. So when

we're checking it, you know.

Are you enjoying that?

That is... One, two, three, four, five.

You've got to get five more. Five more.

Here you go.

Three. Three good ones there.

I'll just spot the poo because I don't think he likes it.

It's amazing how there's any romance left in our relationship.

Well, there is.

He's still there.

I've seen you do some things in my time.

This is a day date, isn't it?

Oh, me and Liz had a lovely day together the other day. Wow, what did you do?

We just picked up a load of poo together.

Good one, that. Well spotted.

Grass -fed.

That's the yew poo taken care of.

And now we need ten samples from the lamb.

Do you want to do five and I'll do five? No, honestly, you can have that one.

You're doing a great job.

Which is easier said than done.

I found one.

On the floor so far, which is obviously not ideal.

I'm going to have to actually go into the lamb's bum and... Give me a little

finger. Pick the poo out.

Well, you need gloves on. Yeah, I'm going to get a glove on.

I won't be letting him cook my dinner again if he does it that way.

If you're somebody the vet's done in the past, we've never actually done it.

Take his lamb samples before. We've always just taken it from the ewes and

there in abundance on the floor.

It's just not that easy.

Time to phone the vet for some advice.

Hello, it's Kelvin. We're just trying to get some poo samples from the lambs.

I'm struggling to get my hand in there to get a sample.

So, glove on, it's just one finger with a lamb.

Yeah.

But it can be, if there's nothing there, it can be a bit difficult to actually

collect it.

And how's the best way of doing it? Do we need to put any lube on?

All right,

great stuff. We'll give it a go.

Brilliant. All right, well, thank you very much for that.

Cheers. Bye -bye.

My hands are too big.

You need delicate, cute, little, beautiful hands.

Do you know anyone?

But that little finger... We'll do it for the lamb.

yeah good good we'll do it for the life of the lamb that's the spirit list all

right you just make sure you don't kick oh

god are

you in he's just like um there's no poo there i don't think there's any poo

there just have a feel have a good route around no you can't That's not nice.

Would you like to stick a finger up your bum?

Yeah.

Just use your little finger. There's no poo there. Oh, God, oh, God, oh. There's

no poo there, Kit. Look, there's no poo on my finger. There's no poo there.

We've dealt with enough dirty nappies to not be afraid of a bit of poo.

But these samples aren't easy to get.

So we'll take what we have to the vets and hope it's enough to test for worms.

You take this to the vets. That's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten.

Ten samples of you poo.

Roger. And just one sample of lamb poo.

Right.

I'll see you later. Good day. I'll let you know. Good news on the whim?

Yeah. Or bad news?

Today, we're getting our young calves used to being on the halter, ahead of

their appearance in this year's Cheshire Show.

Come on, Ray.

Little Ray's not even a year old.

He's a baby, but he's a big, powerful baby.

So you've just got to have that respect, especially when you've got kids around.

He's a lovely car.

It's a lovely colour, isn't it?

He likes it.

It seems like Ray is behaving impeccably now.

I think for the calmness of the wash today, the cow wash, I think Ray wins.

He's certainly been the easier of the two.

I might take him for a little bit of a walk.

The young calves are nowhere near ready for the kids to take the reins.

But there's always other jobs they can help us do to get them show ready.

What I'm going to do now, Marnie, I want you to pretend that you're the judge.

You're the stock judge.

This is my calf.

I'm going to walk him round the yard and I want you to stand in the middle and

be watching us both.

We'll have a rehearsal, a practice show.

And next up is...

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Right, stand there.

Right. Can I hold the stick?

Yeah. Right, we're ready.

So make sure his feet are square.

I think you did a great job. You're very good at controlling him.

What breed is he?

A Lincoln Red.

How old is he?

He's approaching one.

I love how you stopped when he needed to stop.

I don't know if he's quite up to having one of you guys walking him yet. I think

we still need to do a little bit more training with him. Because he's even

pulling Daddy around.

Trying to dominate Dad.

No one dominates Dad.

I'm the boss.

I've no doubt Marnie will be the boss of these cars soon enough.

and bring home another win for the Fletcher herd.

I actually feel like Ray handled it very well.

I hope, fingers crossed, that we win again.

But I would like another wall of roses. So, yeah, this is going to be

the wall of champions.

Today the whole family is taking a break from farm work, trading hay bales for

rugby balls, as they come and cheer me on in a local rugby tournament.

So Kelvin's put a team together, so they're going to play rugby for the

incredible charity which is David Lewis.

They come to the farm once a week. We kind of set them little jobs on the farm

that just gets them outside, gives them a bit of independence.

So we're here.

We're playing something called Rugby Sevens, which I've never heard of

Kelvin's got his team together. He's got a good set -up over there.

And we're here as a family.

The sun's out. It's glorious.

The local charity work with adults and young people with additional needs.

And today, they're here supporting us too.

I'm really excited.

Really excited.

I don't think it's something we're going to win. But, you know, we'll have a

good time and we'll have a good laugh.

This is your kit, Anthony.

Some goodies in there.

You've got our playing kit, shorts, socks and a top.

And you've also got a candle.

Yeah, I forgot about that actually.

For the girlfriends, have you got a missus? Yeah, she's coming down. Well,

you go.

I may not have much experience on a rugby pitch, but luckily I know a few

who have.

So I've signed up ex -England players Danny Maguire and Gareth Ellis, along

experience forward Mark Flanagan.

When lads get together, it's their banter. It's so much fun.

They're all comedians, aren't they? I think Kelvin's definitely going to get a

bit sick today because he's not amazing at rugby. He should probably stick to

chasing sheep around, not rugby balls.

The teams will play each other in turns in rounds of quick 14 -minute games.

It's fast, fun, and I'm just hoping I can keep up.

Firstly, thank you for...

It's proper team talk, isn't it?

Genuinely, you know, thanks for coming here to have a good time today.

We're here to have fun, but ultimately, putting ourselves out of comfort zone,

people, as you'll know, doing that day in, day out. So that's kind of the

of the game.

Let's just have some fun.

Let's just have a good laugh. And the one thing we have to do, we have to beat

at least one team.

Yeah? Right then. Come on, all in.

Farmyard Flyers on three.

One, two,

three. Farmyard Flyers!

Team talk done, now it's game time.

And I've been benched by the team captain, Mike Flanagan.

Kelvin's not made the first team because they don't really know what he's doing.

He's an actor, he's a farmer, he's a great dancer.

Well, when it comes to rugby, I'm not quite sure he knows what he's doing. So

think it's a good chance for people who might be a bit like these guys.

Kelvin can get his notepad out and make a few pointers and see how he goes.

My own team have not even made the starting line -up.

I think I've become player coach now, yeah, player coach.

I've not backed a single command yet, though.

With the whole family supporting me and the farmyard flyers, the games get

underway.

So the good news is we're raising lots of money, but the bad news is that

they're losing.

Hopefully people feel sorry for them and put in more money.

After being benched for the first half, I finally get in on the action and a

chance to salvage some pride.

But what is it

they say pride comes before?

I got four more good there, didn't I?

Took you out.

Reminded me of that time that sheep took me out. That was just what he was like.

Do you remember?

We're just doing what it was.

Just get the ball and run. That's all you've got to do.

I think we should have gone into the social competition.

Oh, you're in the professional.

Oh, God.

One solid tackle later, and I'm feeling a little worse for wear. Little injury.

I'm hoping, fingers crossed, I've not, but it feels like I've tore my bicep.

Yeah, so, um... Not exactly ideal timing,

especially with a Cheshire show fast approaching.

Oh,

come here.

Oh, do you need looking after?

I do, actually, yeah. I'll see if I know anybody.

My main concern is, can you still pull the cow on Tuesday?

That's what I'm worried about.

They have to get you in. Oh, God. Super sub.

I don't know if he's pulled a muscle.

Start with tendon.

Whatever's happened, I want to make sure that he can lead the cow.

He's the arm that you would lead the cow on as well.

So, yeah, we've got to get him strapped up and make sure he's all right.

With the last game played, time to announce how the farmyard flyers got on.

Right, guys, well, thank you for today.

I've just found out we came fifth. That was sick, so...

i think that's the result we had we had yeah yeah yeah finally and i think

mostly paul i just want to say thank you to darren and everybody at david lewis

uh for turning out today hopefully you've had some good engagement with

and good bit of fundraising that's what it's all about all in all despite the

bruises it's been a fantastic day now if someone could kindly direct me to the

nearest a e that would be great It's been a good day. Weather's been good.

Everyone's smiling. Everyone's happy.

But we have got an handful of injuries.

It's some soul bodies tomorrow.

My biggest concern now is getting fit for Cheshire Show.

It's a Cal duty, so we'll have to see how it goes.

So thanks again, guys. Hopefully this is the first of many. So cheers to you

all. Cheers, guys.

Cheers, boys.

Next time on our farm, Liz and the twins bust out their funkiest moves in a

desperate bid to summon some rain. Go to

the rain!

We find ourselves turning to some unconventional halter training

Good boy!

And now I find myself trying to explain the romantic escapades... Has she? This

year, when you send Viper out, he's not just got three girlfriends, he might

have ten.

Animals are weird.

Yeah. Like, cringey.