100-year-old farming trailblazer shares secret to a long life, and it may not be what you'd expect...

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00:01Ruth, I can barely believe that you're going to be 100 tomorrow.

00:07What is the secret to your longevity?

00:12Hard work.

00:13Hard work.

00:14I don't know about that.

00:14Plenty of it.

00:15I'll tell you what the secret is, and you love to admit this, not marrying.

00:20Okay.

00:21Yes, I'm not married.

00:22That's why I've lived so long.

00:24And do what you want, how you want, all your life.

00:29And not have to do what someone else wants you to do, or have four kids to look after.

00:34So, who's coming along to your 100th birthday party then, Ruth?

00:38A few friends, and nephews and nieces, and great nephews and nieces.

00:48It's mostly family.

00:50Lovely.

00:51What's going to be on the menu?

00:52Have they got a nice cake for you?

00:54Oh, yes.

00:56She's got my cake.

00:57Yes, she's got, Sue's got my cake.

00:59We're going to the Croft of Beaconsfield.

01:04So, it's a full meal, three-course meal.

01:06Mm-hmm.

01:15Mm-hmm.