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00:03Search. Bottom right. This has got to be the last time you're taught. Now at the top.
00:11What are you doing? Are you actually joking me?
00:17Go back to A to Z. Routefinder. The big map.
00:20No, no, no. That's... Oh, my God. Josh, Josh. Josh, wait, look where we're going.
00:23Please look at the map.
00:24I thought that was the back burner.
00:25Where are we going? Spain?
00:26No, south of France.
00:30If the last few years have taught me anything, it's that nothing's as important as family.
00:37Goodbye, Messics.
00:39So I've decided to take some time out and spend it with two of my best mates in the world.
00:45My dad, Big Mark.
00:46I can't believe I'm doing this.
00:49And my little brother, Josh.
00:52But we won't be clocking up the air miles.
00:54We're on top of the world. Incredible.
00:57Instead, we're hitting the road to explore beautiful Britain.
01:01Something we haven't done since we was kids.
01:04We'll be pushing each other to our limits.
01:08Oh, what am I doing here?
01:10My legs are jelly.
01:11My bum feels loose.
01:15And opening up about stuff we've never talked about.
01:18I haven't been present enough.
01:19Have I let you down as a...
01:22Family is more important than anything in the world.
01:25Let's get going.
01:26Yeah!
01:28Let's hit.
01:29Together.
01:30Come on!
01:31We're going to see the UK like we've never seen it before.
01:35Yeah!
01:35It's unbelievable.
01:36On a right family holiday.
01:38Yeah!
01:39We came.
01:41We saw.
01:43Yes!
01:44We conquered.
01:47Dad?
01:49Is he alright?
02:02Do you know how to do smashed avocado?
02:05Of course I'm an idiot.
02:06I told you how to do it.
02:07In your day, they just get porridge and toast.
02:09You don't have to do it.
02:10Avocado is a modern day thing.
02:11Honestly, please don't tell me how to cook, you lot.
02:14In an hour or so's time, we're going into the unknown.
02:18Yeah, it's not just going to be laying on a beach relaxing.
02:20We're going to be doing things that we don't do every day.
02:23But I'm looking forward to a challenge as well.
02:25I think the thing I would be most scared about
02:27is the fact that Mark's planned the whole thing.
02:30Let's have it right.
02:31He's a lunatic and doesn't know when to say
02:33that's enough.
02:34Enough's enough.
02:34Enough's enough.
02:35You're all talking about it like I'm still a kid.
02:37I'm a mature 35-year-old man.
02:38No.
02:39No, you're not.
02:39You're never...
02:43That is disgusting.
02:44Sorry.
02:45Imagine being stuck in a tent with that.
02:46No.
02:47No.
02:48All jokes aside,
02:49the most important thing is why we're doing it.
02:52Last year, Dad was in a situation
02:55that means he might not be here now.
02:56We're turning that into a positive
02:58that we've still got him
03:00and we're going to make memories
03:01because you never know when that day comes.
03:02Will you take me away somewhere to, like...
03:04Kill you off.
03:04...push me over the edge?
03:07Last two years have been tough for my dad.
03:10He's lost his brother,
03:11his best mate through COVID
03:12and he nearly lost his own life.
03:14You've got to remember
03:15that your father isn't 30.
03:17He is in his 60s.
03:20He lost a bit of confidence.
03:22He turned into someone
03:23that whenever they sit on a sofa more
03:24and just watch telly
03:25and I'm hoping that
03:26what we're about to do
03:28is going to change all of that
03:28and at least help.
03:31See, I trust you, Josh,
03:32because you're sensible.
03:33I trust you to look after Daddy
03:34in every way,
03:35but I don't trust him
03:36because he's stupid.
03:37He dare you to do things to him.
03:39What have we always said about Josh?
03:40He's sensible.
03:41No, no, no, no.
03:42But he's crafty.
03:43Right.
03:43So when we were young,
03:44looking back,
03:45was he just as naughty
03:46but he hid it well
03:47when I was just more upfront?
03:48No, no.
03:48He was not as naughty.
03:51Josh is a serious soul
03:52but he's got a heart of gold
03:55and I really do feel
03:56like he needs this
03:57because he's coming to the end
03:58of his football career.
03:59It comes with fears and anxiety
04:02and he just needs to take
04:04the weight off his shoulders.
04:06I'll always be the leader.
04:07You need to rephrase that.
04:08He'll always,
04:08since he was that big,
04:09Mum, right or wrong,
04:10did he used to follow me around?
04:11He did.
04:11He still does it now.
04:12Next few weeks,
04:13he'll be like,
04:14I'm behind me.
04:15You need to rephrase,
04:16you'll always be the older brother
04:18but I'll always be the bigger brother.
04:19I think it's really important
04:21that we get away together.
04:22We're always with our wives
04:24and Mum and whatever,
04:25which is great.
04:25We just need to be on our own,
04:27the three of us.
04:28That's what I'm buzzing about.
04:29But once we can do it
04:30with being interrupted
04:32in conversation.
04:34Roller coasters,
04:35what's too out there for you?
04:36I mean,
04:36do you really think
04:37Daddy should be letting him answer?
04:38That happens all the time,
04:40unfortunately,
04:40with our family.
04:41What are you most scared of?
04:43I don't know nothing
04:43and that's out of my comfort zone.
04:45We could be going to,
04:47God knows,
04:48Alaska.
04:50I know it's not in the UK
04:51but you could be lying
04:53about that as well.
04:54Do you think you'll get
04:55a bit braver on this trip?
04:56I've done things in my life
04:58that you wouldn't dream of.
04:59So whatever you boys
05:01are going to do,
05:02especially you,
05:02I will do the same.
05:04How are we getting these places?
05:06Aeroplane, trains, cars,
05:08what are we doing?
05:09I will be revealed.
05:12Are you kidding me or what?
05:14Did you know?
05:15No.
05:16You can't go out
05:17in the motorway, aren't you?
05:18It's all about getting that.
05:18I will not be sitting in that.
05:20Not a chance.
05:21That's exactly what I've said
05:22to the best of the week.
05:25You're in there,
05:26Josh,
05:26you're on here,
05:27foot pegs.
05:29Away we go.
05:30What?
05:31Put that on there.
05:34Let me tell you,
05:35it'll be the first
05:36and last time
05:37I'll be wearing this.
05:38Let me tell you.
05:39I can't sit on the back
05:40of that the old way.
05:41Here you can.
05:42It's fine,
05:42I've got another cushion.
05:43That's totally dangerous.
05:44It's not,
05:45just get on.
05:45Come on, Dad.
05:46You've got to put this on.
05:47My dad,
05:47when he was young,
05:48was a joker.
05:49I ain't getting that.
05:50I ain't getting it.
05:51But now,
05:51he's being a little bit
05:52more boring,
05:53but I'm going to get
05:54that out of him.
05:55Listen,
05:55this is the way
05:56this is going to go
05:57for the next
05:58six, five,
05:59five, six weeks.
06:00I'm freezing there.
06:01Let it go.
06:03Dad, put it down.
06:04Let it go.
06:08I'll tell you what I do,
06:09take me straight
06:10to the train station
06:11now,
06:11I'll see you tomorrow.
06:12Obviously,
06:12I'm only joking
06:13because I know
06:14you ate motorbikes
06:14and you wouldn't do it.
06:16I can't even
06:17get out of here.
06:23Are you ready
06:24to begin
06:25the adventure
06:26of a lifetime?
06:34Three miles
06:34till we're empty.
06:36How do you
06:36let it get that load?
06:37Are you asking?
06:41Who's last
06:41to drive this car?
06:42Me.
06:43So you should have
06:44put fuel on it
06:45before we left?
06:46A pilot
06:46checks his fuel
06:47before he leaves
06:48the runway.
06:48You should have
06:49checked this car
06:50before he drove off.
06:51The old man
06:52better fill up quick
06:53because we're
06:54travelling 250 miles
06:56to North Wales
06:57for the first leg
06:58of our epic adventure.
07:02I've never been to
07:03Wales on holiday
07:04nor has my dad
07:05nor has my brother
07:05but I feel like
07:06it's somewhere
07:06we've definitely
07:07missed out on
07:08and there's so many
07:08special places in Wales.
07:10I mean,
07:10starting with Snowdonia,
07:11that gaff looks
07:11unbelievable.
07:15I can't believe
07:16how beautiful
07:17this is.
07:18Try and pronounce
07:19this sign,
07:20next sign coming up.
07:21I'll go first.
07:22Go on.
07:23That's we
07:23equiddy.
07:24Sounds like Spaniard.
07:26Josh, yeah, Josh.
07:30Go on.
07:38Look at that.
07:40Beautiful scenes.
07:44This is the epic
07:46Mount Snowdon
07:47which luckily
07:48I can pronounce
07:49over 1,000 metres tall
07:51and I've never
07:53seen anything like it.
07:55Look, don't you
07:57actually driving.
07:57Look at that cloud
07:58over there.
07:59It's lower
08:00than the mountain.
08:01The mountain's
08:01going through it.
08:02It's not only stunning,
08:04it's the perfect place
08:05to take Dad and Josh
08:06for a nice little
08:08relaxing bike ride.
08:13They don't know yet
08:14but this is actually
08:15one of the steepest
08:16bike parks in the UK.
08:17Some tracks
08:18are nearly 500 metres
08:20high.
08:21It's safe to say
08:22it's going to be a challenge.
08:24It's quite steep,
08:25isn't it?
08:26Very steep.
08:27Welcome to
08:27Antis Dinyog.
08:29We've got trails
08:30from anything from
08:31green up to
08:32the double blacks.
08:33I want to do
08:34a double black
08:34but my dad
08:35don't want me to.
08:36There you go.
08:38Yeah.
08:38I remember when I was young
08:39I used to love
08:40mountain biking,
08:41BMXing.
08:41My dad used to make
08:42little ramps for us
08:43outside.
08:44I mean he hasn't
08:44ridden a bike
08:45and I couldn't tell you
08:45how long.
08:46So this is about
08:47just taking his years
08:48back and remembering
08:49what it felt like
08:50to be on a bike.
08:51That's the large.
08:52This is a medium.
08:54He might need
08:54a kid's bike.
08:57Seriously now,
08:58just roll down
08:59the first one.
09:00Mate, let me tell you
09:01something,
09:01you'll walk faster
09:02I'm going to do this,
09:03trust me.
09:03Being a professional
09:04footballer,
09:05you have to really
09:05have a focused
09:06lifestyle.
09:07You have to protect
09:07yourself with getting
09:08injured.
09:09So what we're about
09:10to go and do
09:10is stuff that I have
09:12missed out on
09:12is something that
09:13gives me a buzz.
09:14I like to be challenged.
09:15Come on then,
09:16let's have it.
09:18Oh my good girl.
09:22If you take your
09:23hands off the brakes,
09:24you fly.
09:25Yeah!
09:27Need a bit of pace here though.
09:31Woo!
09:33Yeah!
09:40I can't sort me gears there.
09:45As you get older,
09:46your brain's telling you
09:47to do it,
09:48but your body's telling
09:48you not to.
09:49My knee is really
09:51playing me up.
09:53It's mental, isn't it?
09:55Well, when you're
09:56younger,
09:57both your brain
09:58and your body
09:59click together
09:59and you just get on
10:00with it and do it.
10:01I thought it was an easy
10:02one.
10:02All down here.
10:04Oh, this is proper
10:05mountain biking.
10:07Woo!
10:09Here we go.
10:11Woo!
10:14Amazing.
10:17Where's that?
10:18Where is he?
10:23I'm not enjoying it.
10:25I'm not enjoying it.
10:30And the big man's made it.
10:32Get in.
10:33What do you reckon, Dad?
10:34I've never done
10:35mountain biking like that.
10:36You did it.
10:37You completed it.
10:38Finito.
10:39Did you enjoy it though?
10:40No, not one bit.
10:42Oh, we've done it.
10:44It's only right, Dad.
10:44Dad.
10:45In we go.
10:46That is me.
10:47It's me.
10:48It's gone.
10:49It's me.
10:49It's locking.
10:56My mum and dad always
10:57managed to take us away
10:58even when times were hard.
11:00I just remember joy
11:02and happiness.
11:06This is a real chance
11:07to remind us of what life
11:08was like before we all
11:10went off into our own
11:11lives.
11:12It's going to really bring
11:13that kind of feeling back.
11:18Look at that forge there.
11:19That's called the forge.
11:24Here's the Crown Hotel.
11:27We can see what you're
11:28seeing, Dad.
11:29I understand you want
11:29to show us it.
11:30Like we're still chilling.
11:31That's all he does, Josh.
11:32Every drive you do with him.
11:33Oh, we're in.
11:33Dad, we don't care about
11:34where we are.
11:35I can see it's the Crown Hotel.
11:36Don't need to know.
11:37You might never come back here.
11:38Dad, seriously, we generally
11:39don't need to know.
11:39Who cares about there's a
11:40Crown Hotel on the left?
11:41He does it like he thinks
11:43he knows as well.
11:44Oh, there's the Crown Hotel.
11:46Mark, this is this here.
11:47We've gone past the
11:48sat-nav, by the way.
11:49Touching 40 and you're
11:50still doing it.
11:50Sorry, Josh.
11:51We've driven past where
11:51we were meant to be going.
11:52See, that's you again.
11:53You're supposed to keep
11:53an eye on it.
11:54I'm driving.
11:54Keep your eye on the sat-nav.
11:56You're the driver.
11:57You're the wingman.
11:58Now I'm gone somewhere else
11:59and I don't know where I go.
11:59The problem of putting
12:00the sensible, intelligent
12:01one in the back.
12:04Intelligent.
12:04All right.
12:05Next up on our
12:06North Wales adventure,
12:07the slate quarries of
12:08Bly and Eyre Fest in Eug,
12:10where we're going to be
12:10spending the night
12:11400 metres underground.
12:14Things are about to get
12:16scary.
12:16And what a shock.
12:18Dad's got the ump.
12:19I don't like caves.
12:20I don't like being
12:20in closing spaces.
12:21Nor do me and John.
12:22This is the journey
12:23that we're on to take
12:24ourselves out of our
12:25comfort zone.
12:28We should probably
12:29stock up here because
12:30we don't know when
12:30we're next going to see
12:32civilisation.
12:32Don't know what
12:33the sound of that.
12:34That's all.
12:37Oh, they're Michelle's
12:38favourites.
12:38I've got to buy her
12:39some of them.
12:40And it's Snowden
12:41Crafts.
12:43Why don't you let us
12:44try a local Welsh
12:46delicacy, something that
12:48we can't get back in
12:49Essex.
12:49We've got some nice
12:50Welsh lava breads.
12:51What is it?
12:52It's seaweed and it's
12:53known as Welshman's
12:55caviar.
12:55You don't want to try?
12:56No, no, honestly,
12:57I'm OK.
12:58It's really good for you.
12:59It's a superfood.
13:00Give me the whole
13:00plate.
13:00Yeah, exactly.
13:01Yeah.
13:02Right, ready, everyone.
13:03Everyone put it in at
13:04once though, yeah?
13:04Cheers, guys.
13:06Bottoms up.
13:09Oh, my good God.
13:10It's delicious.
13:11Give me a drink.
13:12Oh, I'm not joking.
13:15Oh, that's actual
13:16seaweed.
13:17How are you even
13:17keeping that in your
13:18mouth?
13:18Oh, I quite liked it.
13:20Did you?
13:21Yeah, very nice.
13:22Nothing wrong with
13:23that.
13:25Have you ever been
13:25down the mines?
13:26I haven't been down
13:27there myself.
13:28Well, let me tell you
13:28something.
13:30No way will I be
13:31going down the mine.
13:31Why?
13:32Bans it one bit.
13:33So what's your reason
13:34you don't want to go
13:34down?
13:34I'm claustrophobic
13:35like that.
13:35I don't want to go
13:36down there.
13:36You can ask me all
13:37day long what I'm
13:38doing.
13:38You down the mines,
13:39young man?
13:40Actually, I've never
13:40been down there, no.
13:41Yeah, two people live
13:42here.
13:43I've not been down
13:43there.
13:44You two fools,
13:45mugs, are going to go
13:46down and stay the night.
13:47Have you been down
13:47the mines?
13:48I haven't, no.
13:49That's the third one.
13:51That's the third one.
13:53Thank you so much.
13:55Have you been down the mines?
13:56No.
13:57That's four.
13:58Have you ever been
13:58down the mines?
13:59No.
14:01That's fib.
14:02I'll be anywhere but
14:03down the mine.
14:05I'll have to be drugged
14:06and dragged down there.
14:10We might get up tomorrow
14:11and go, that was the worst
14:12experience of our life,
14:13never doing it again.
14:14We can say we've done it.
14:16And a couple of years ago,
14:17you'd have done that
14:18to say you've done it.
14:19You can say you've done it.
14:20You, not me.
14:21You can sit here and say
14:23no all you want.
14:23A couple of years ago,
14:24even if you didn't fancy it,
14:26you'd have done it.
14:28Dad was very adventurous
14:29when he was younger.
14:31Dad's actually done
14:31everything with us.
14:32I know.
14:33From two young boys
14:35to even jumping right ahead.
14:36He was on both of our
14:37stag do's.
14:38And he weren't just on
14:39our stag do's and
14:39grinding through it and
14:41like, oh, here we've got it.
14:41Last one in the club.
14:44Hi, guys.
14:45How we doing?
14:47How long would it take you
14:48to get these two guys down now?
14:49The three?
14:50The three of you.
14:51Oh, come on.
14:52I don't like closing spaces.
14:54We'll look after you.
14:55People come here to have fun,
14:57feel alive, basically,
14:58and step out with
14:58their comfort zone as well.
15:00That's what you need?
15:01Yeah.
15:02If you don't want to do it,
15:03I'm not going to pressure you,
15:04but I would love you to do it
15:06because I know in the morning
15:06you'll feel amazing.
15:07We'd love it.
15:08To say me and him have done that
15:09with you again,
15:10something that who else
15:11would have done this
15:11with their dad?
15:12I don't want to do it.
15:13If you want to do it,
15:14I'll do it.
15:14Come on!
15:15I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll do it.
15:16Yes!
15:17I don't want to do it,
15:18but I'll do it.
15:18There he is.
15:19The big man's back.
15:20I've been persuaded
15:22to do probably my worst nightmare,
15:24going in a cave
15:25so many thousands of feet down.
15:27It's not going to be good for me,
15:29but I'm going to do it.
15:31Fall on the struts.
15:33Well, it seems dad
15:34is starting to find his bottle.
15:36The problem is
15:37I'm starting to lose mine.
15:39Is there a chance
15:39if a rock could fall down on us?
15:41No.
15:42No.
15:42Is there a drop?
15:44Don't worry.
15:44Okay.
15:46Is there a fierce drop, sir?
15:47Stop, Mark.
15:48Why don't you keep it on?
15:48Just get on with it.
15:49Because I want to know
15:50all the fears you need.
15:51Don't need no fears.
15:52Fear's over now.
15:53You're going, Dan.
15:54That's it.
15:56It took hundreds of years
15:58to dig this mine.
16:00Oh, it's already wet.
16:01We're not even in there.
16:02It's deeper
16:03than the shard is high.
16:06Have you guys
16:07been on the ground before?
16:08I've been on the ground
16:08on the tube.
16:11Now, though,
16:12it's home
16:12to an underground assault course.
16:15One thing's for sure,
16:16this ain't going to be
16:17a walk in Epping Forest.
16:21Back in the day,
16:23the miners didn't have
16:24the harnesses
16:24and all the equipment
16:25that we've got.
16:26They just walked
16:27and held on
16:28to the metal chain.
16:31Oh, banged my head already.
16:34Careful.
16:37I'm not going to lie,
16:38I didn't know
16:38this was going to be
16:39as scary as it is.
16:41Certain times in life
16:42and certain situations
16:43you get in,
16:44you just can't go gun-ho.
16:45And I know he does.
16:47Mark goes into
16:48the danger first,
16:49then sort of
16:50bottles it.
16:52Right there, isn't it?
16:53What's that?
16:54Oh.
16:55What's next?
16:56The next thing
16:56is a catwalk,
16:57which is a plank
16:58attached to the side
16:59of the chamber.
17:00The quarrymen
17:00use that to get to
17:01where they need
17:02to do their day's work.
17:03And we're going to
17:04follow in their footsteps.
17:06Oh, the boards are wobbly.
17:09Oh, Dad,
17:10what do you do here?
17:11Two steps, right.
17:12Yeah, but the rock's
17:13pushing me off.
17:14I know, you've got to
17:14lean back.
17:15I'm not leaning back.
17:16No, just lean back
17:17a little bit.
17:17I can't.
17:18Of course.
17:19How about looking down now?
17:20Josh, shush.
17:21We wait for those moments.
17:22When he does get stuck,
17:23it is a very good feeling
17:25and they're ones
17:25we remind him of.
17:26Shuffle to the right.
17:27Shuffle, shuffle.
17:28I'm not safe yet.
17:29You've got this, Mark.
17:31Thank God that's over.
17:33Yep, not my best moment.
17:35I'll give Dad and Josh that.
17:37But that was amateur hour
17:38compared to what's next.
17:44Oh, my.
17:45Josh, have you seen it?
17:46We're talking,
17:47standing on the top
17:48of Canary Wharf
17:49and looking down.
17:52That is steep.
17:53That is very steep.
17:54I generally feel like crying.
17:56I'm not even joking.
17:56Go on, just put one foot.
17:57Dad, have you seen what the load is on?
17:58Look in front of you.
17:59One step at a time.
18:00My legs are trembling.
18:01I'm not even joking.
18:02Down you go.
18:03Oh, my God.
18:04I'm actually shaking.
18:05What now?
18:05Turn around and face outwards.
18:07You're going down there.
18:10That's what you're doing.
18:10You have got to be kidding me.
18:13This is an 80-foot free fall
18:15into the pitch black cavern below.
18:19And I'm not sure
18:19how this happened again,
18:21but I'm going first.
18:24That's petrifying.
18:25Why does it feel so scary?
18:26Because it's really scary.
18:28Get it done.
18:30I don't think I can do it.
18:31You can do it.
18:32Big step.
18:33I can't do it.
18:34I can't.
18:35You can.
18:35I can't.
18:36I went to go, but I can't.
18:37You can do it.
18:37I can't do it.
18:38Trust me.
18:39Come on, son.
18:40Three.
18:40You only live once.
18:41Two.
18:43One.
18:43Big step.
18:44Come on, you fuck.
18:53Oh, that is petrifying.
18:57The noise got me.
18:59That's so high.
19:00My legs are absolutely trembling.
19:07Don't even bother looking, Dad.
19:09I'm going to step out
19:10and you'll be down there.
19:11And I'm going to follow you.
19:19Yes, Dad.
19:21That's it, sweet.
19:22Thank you very much.
19:23He don't hang about, does he?
19:24He just flies out and gone again.
19:27He puts us to shame.
19:28Three, two, one.
19:30I'm judging you, boy.
19:32Superhero.
19:33Oh, yes.
19:38Well, I was scared,
19:40but you've got to give it to me.
19:41I went first.
19:42You went first.
19:42Took 14 minutes to get down there.
19:44You made it look double bad
19:45as what it was going to be.
19:46Nearly there.
19:49Some sort of chamber, right?
19:52It's like land at time,
19:53forgotten.
19:56And this is where
19:57we'll be spending the night.
20:01410 metres down.
20:04Wow.
20:06But I think we're all pleasantly surprised.
20:11This is cool.
20:12Look at this.
20:13All little huts with beds.
20:14Let's check this room out.
20:17Oh.
20:18Oh, my God.
20:20Proper homely little room, isn't it?
20:21Is that hot?
20:22Yeah.
20:24Well, I think it is time for a massive one of them.
20:30Yeah.
20:30We're in a cave.
20:31We're in a mountain.
20:32We're 1,000 feet down.
20:34If you was to tell Eddie you'd just done that,
20:36do you think he'd believe you?
20:39He's here with me.
20:40That's why I've done it.
20:41Trust me.
20:42He's here.
20:42I felt it.
20:451,000%.
20:47There's four brothers,
20:48Eddie, myself,
20:49George and Jason.
20:51There's three of us in hospital with COVID.
20:53Eddie, my brother,
20:54we were friends,
20:55very good friends,
20:56and not just brothers.
20:57And it was horrendous.
20:58He passed away.
21:00To lose someone so close
21:02and to have to tell my mum
21:04and my dad, sorry,
21:07horrendous.
21:09My mum shook for an hour.
21:12Yeah, it was bad.
21:16He'd be so proud,
21:17that's for sure.
21:19Do you think he would have done that?
21:20He would have done it 100%.
21:21Yeah, he would have flown down that.
21:22He would have done it as well.
21:24This would have been right up his street.
21:25This would have been.
21:28People are a lot worse off than we are.
21:30But, you know,
21:31we felt it first hand.
21:33And it's not a nice thing.
21:34And it got to me big time.
21:37Grief is, you know,
21:38you never get over it.
21:40I would never get over it.
21:43And it's something you've got to live with
21:45for the rest of your life.
21:47You know, you could be here one minute
21:48and go on the next.
21:50That's how precious,
21:51in my eyes, life can be.
21:54One of the big things I took out today
21:56was how you would just,
21:57you blank out anyone trying to talk to you
21:59and you just go,
22:00and your mental strength,
22:01which we've known you've always had,
22:02and which we feel you lost your way a bit
22:04over the last couple of years,
22:05and suddenly you come back to me thinking
22:07I'm looking at me dad again
22:08like it was 20 years ago
22:09when I was a kid to 10, 12 years of age.
22:18You're old purple in a few times, isn't it?
22:20He's old purple in a few times.
22:22He did, I'll admit it.
22:23I'm like, I've got to do it
22:24because it's them two.
22:25If it weren't you,
22:26I wouldn't have done it.
22:26He was melted cheese on toast.
22:28He left us waiting.
22:30Why didn't you just go
22:31one, two, three, go?
22:32Because I melted.
22:33I'll admit that.
22:34Right, come on,
22:35we've got to go out of bed.
22:35We've got an early start in the morning.
22:36Well done, dad.
22:37We've got to get out of here.
22:38Generally proud of you.
22:39Generally.
22:42Do you know my toughest moments?
22:43Cold toes.
22:46It has been a long day
22:48and it's time for us
22:49to get some well-earned shut eye.
22:50But first,
22:51I better let the missus know
22:52that we're all still alive.
22:54Yes?
22:54Oh, babe,
22:55you don't know what we've been through.
22:57What?
22:58You know,
22:59we're down in this cave, aren't we?
23:00Are you still there?
23:01Yeah.
23:02We're just lucky
23:02we've got a bit of Wi-Fi.
23:03We had to do abseiling down.
23:06I'll send you some videos.
23:07I took some.
23:09Listen.
23:09That's awful.
23:11I'm not just saying it.
23:12You couldn't pay me
23:13to do anything like that.
23:14When I was going along the plank,
23:15that was exactly
23:16what I was thinking about you.
23:17There is no way
23:18in a million years
23:18you'd have done it.
23:19No way
23:20in a million years.
23:22That's my nightmare.
23:23Rolled into one.
23:24Sure.
23:24Going down in the up ground.
23:26Cotophobia.
23:27No thank you.
23:30All right.
23:31I've got a breath like a camel's arse.
23:32Oh.
23:34I'm pretty.
23:35I'll ring you and I'm up at the top, okay?
23:37Okay.
23:38Love you, bye.
23:39We'll be back.
23:45After another brutal vertical trek,
23:48we've finally made it to the open air.
23:51Freedom!
23:52And Dad has more than earned himself a treat.
23:56There's got to be times
23:57where my dad can enjoy it,
23:58but in a slow, peaceful way
24:00where I can't be crazy.
24:04We've come to a village
24:05called Clan Beres.
24:06Thank you, sir.
24:07It's an Harry Potter train, this.
24:09Wow.
24:10Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
24:13Since 1896,
24:15passengers have been going up Snowdon
24:17on this steam railway.
24:18It's the only one of its kind
24:20in the UK.
24:21I'll tell you one thing
24:22I'll take out of this trip in Wales.
24:24Every minute of the day,
24:25it's got more beautiful.
24:27Wow.
24:28The views.
24:29I aspire with my little eyes
24:30something beginning with D.
24:36Come on, look at these up here.
24:38Look, hold them.
24:39Hold them.
24:40Hold them.
24:42That's gone.
24:43Oh, wow.
24:45God.
24:46That was close.
24:48What's the matter with these sheep?
24:49You ain't answer the question, D.
24:51Give us a clue.
24:53They're normally colour
24:53like a light brown or dark brown.
24:56Deer?
24:57Yeah.
24:58You know why I said that?
24:59There are no deer
25:00in North Wales.
25:02It's here on the mountain.
25:03Not at all.
25:04You said I aspire with my little eye.
25:06It's a new game you just made up.
25:08Reck on the mountain.
25:10Seeing them like that
25:11on that train coming up here,
25:13I sat back and thought,
25:14they was like this
25:15when they was young.
25:16Exactly the same.
25:17They're going back
25:17when they was eight and ten,
25:19you know,
25:19something like that.
25:20Sitting like two big kids
25:21laughing and joking.
25:33Thank you very much.
25:36Thank you, young man.
25:38Let's just hold and take a moment here.
25:40Look at this.
25:42Look at that.
25:43That is just stunning.
25:44Look at the sea.
25:45Right the way across there, look.
25:47Right up to there.
25:48I can sit there
25:49and look at that all day long.
25:51It's like freedom, isn't it?
25:54Who wants a glass of champagne?
25:56Dad, I will not open that now.
25:57You just shook it.
26:04I've never seen views like this, ever.
26:06Especially in the UK.
26:07It is something to remember.
26:10Cheers.
26:10Cheers.
26:12Have a little swing.
26:16You know when you go on holiday,
26:17obviously you love it,
26:18but don't you find
26:19you take moments there for granted?
26:21You're like,
26:21oh, I'm a bit bored today.
26:22Then you get back
26:23and then you go,
26:24oh, why did I ever think like that?
26:26It was amazing.
26:26I miss it.
26:27What I think
26:28we also
26:29take for granted,
26:31Dad,
26:31is the fact that you're even here.
26:33What was going,
26:33I've never really asked you, Dad,
26:34what was going through your mind
26:35when you were getting in the ambulance
26:37and you were going into the hospital?
26:38You think a million things.
26:40You just don't know what to think.
26:42Every night,
26:42there was someone
26:43being wheeled out
26:44in the middle of the night.
26:45Curtain round the bed.
26:46And it's just like,
26:48it's just a surreal thing.
26:49You don't think
26:50it's going to happen to you.
26:53I've never told you this,
26:54but I went to the end of the road
26:55because I couldn't come and see you
26:56because of COVID.
27:00Sorry.
27:00Come on, Mark.
27:01Come on, get it out.
27:02Come on.
27:04Don't worry.
27:04It's over there.
27:05It's finished.
27:05It's just you've cried.
27:06I know, I know.
27:07It's soppy.
27:07It's just...
27:07It's not soppy.
27:08You let your feelings out.
27:09It's something I don't do.
27:10When it's your dad
27:11who has always protected you,
27:13always been there for you.
27:15You suddenly feel helpless,
27:17but that's when you needed me.
27:19And because I wasn't allowed to see you,
27:21it was just the worst feeling,
27:23thinking when that ambulance
27:24went in the distance.
27:26I remember thinking,
27:27that might be it.
27:29Well, thankfully it wasn't.
27:32The positive is you're here.
27:34We've achieved it all together.
27:35And what a moment now.
27:37This trip is making it all worthwhile for me.
27:40It's giving me that breath of fresh air,
27:41if you like.
27:42You know, it's bringing it back to me
27:44what the last couple of years have meant.
27:46It makes me want to enjoy life more
27:49and make the most of the years I've got left
27:51with my family.
27:53Wells, I love you.
27:56Nearly hit me in the face.
27:57Lucky my elbows.
27:59You know that, didn't you?
27:59Eddie, 100%.
28:01It just pops out of nowhere.
28:02Look.
28:02You can have a drop it up.
28:03Cheers, Ed.
28:13Next time...
28:15We hit the beach.
28:16Hey!
28:18How do you let the boys
28:19talk to these things, please?
28:20Woo!
28:23You need to learn to say no
28:25because they're just stupid
28:25what they talk you into.
28:27Oh, yeah!
28:28Woo!
28:30Family is more important
28:31than anything in the world.
28:34Take on me
28:37Take on me
28:39Take me
28:43Take me
28:44I'll be gone
28:49Take on me
28:53Take on me
28:56Take me
28:58Take on me
29:01Take on me
29:02Take on me
29:02Take on me
29:02Take on me
29:02You