Ellie is in Derbyshire to explote some of the things people can do on a different day out. Her first stop is Carsington Water, where she learns how to build a makeshift raft before taking to the water and racing it. Back on dry land, she takes in an arts trail that features chainsaw sculptures, including a giant frame in which the landscape becomes the art. She heads to a limestone quarry to do some daytime moth-spotting and finds out that this unusual habitat is the ideal home for some of the country's rarest moths. And she takes part in the world-famous Bonsall Hen Racing Championships. She meets the current world champion, eight-year-old Jack Alsop Smith, and gets some hen-racing tips before going head to head to see who will be crowned 2018 champion. Ellie also looks back through the Countryfile archives to come up with other ideas for a different day out.
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Peak District
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Romney Marsh
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Dame Judi Dench Special
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Winter Wonders
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Winter Special
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Woodoaks Farm
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Northumberland Coast In Autumn
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Yorkshire Dales
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Pembrokeshire
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Wild Britain
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Bodmin Moor
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Exmoor
The team travel to Exmoor. Matt Baker meets a group of youngsters on the National Citizen Service scheme, a residential course that uses outdoor activities to help children from ...
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Lambing Special
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Wiltshire
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Food Compilation
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01-04-2019
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Poole Harbour
Ellie Harrison and Anita Rani are at Poole Harbour for the conclusion of a three-year environmental study, and thety celebrate Ellie’s last Countryfile episode with a trip ...
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Going To Extremes
Celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the first recorded summit of the highest point on earth, Mount Everest, Ellie Harrison is in Kettering at one of the world’s most ...
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