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01:00So we're spending the summer riding a spectacular loop through 17 of our closest neighbours
01:05Starting at my house in Scotland, we'll cross over to the continent, travel up through the Nordics and into the Arctic Circle
01:12Down to the Baltics before winding our way through the Alps and across France, returning home about two months later
01:18And we're going to throw caution to the wind by doing the journey on temperamental 50-year-old bikes that have been given a new lease of life
01:28My bike's making funny noise
01:30Riding alongside them on the third motorcycle are cameraman Claudio and Max
01:36And the guys will also be taking personal diary cameras
01:39Russ and I will be following behind with a small crew and two electric trucks
01:44Only meeting up with the guys when necessary
01:46So this summer, Europe is our playground
01:50And we're going to follow our noses and see what we find on the open road
01:56We can ring this shop
02:11Yeah
02:12See if they can pick your bike up
02:15Hello, er, is that Renor?
02:24Renor?
02:25Hello
02:25My name's Ewan McGregor
02:27And I'm doing a trip with my mate Charlie
02:29I've just broken down
02:31Erm
02:32Are you able to come and be my knight in shining armour?
02:36Thank you so much, yeah, we appreciate it so much, thank you
02:43You'll be alright, your baby will be fine, Ewan
02:45And, you know, the worst case scenario
02:48We've got, er, we've got fish paste, lots of it, so
02:51Do you think if you just put that in the tank
02:53Well
02:54Probably help
02:55It works for everything else
02:56It's true, it does
02:57You know, it's magic
02:57Yeah
02:58It's magic
02:58Hello
03:02Hello
03:04Hello, gentleman
03:05How are you?
03:06Excellent
03:07Nice to meet you
03:08Nice to meet you
03:08Nice to meet you in these circumstances
03:10Charlie
03:10Yes, and I'm Alan
03:11What happened?
03:13So once we get up to speed
03:14Mm-hmm
03:15But, er, but, er, like this
03:17Okay, let's take it to the workshop
03:19And we'll figure it out
03:20Yeah
03:20Thanks, ma'am
03:22It's our first day in Estonia
03:24First day?
03:25Yeah, we just got off the boat
03:27Perfect
03:28Thank you, gentlemen
03:29Hello
03:33Let's push it inside
03:35Keep
03:35How are you?
03:38I'm Ewan, nice to meet you
03:39They say you're a magician
03:40And I think that's what we need
03:42It feels like it's falling apart
03:46Good luck
03:48And we'll see you
03:49See you later
03:51I don't know whether it's best to watch or not watch
03:57Oh, I can't watch for my bike
04:00I find it really difficult
04:01Just on tenterhooks
04:04Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
04:07What, what?
04:09Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
04:10I don't like, whoa, whoa, whoa
04:11Whoa, whoa, whoa
04:11Oh, okay, no, this is burned
04:13Missing?
04:14Oh, that's burned
04:15I think this is a bad connection here
04:17And this might be a problem
04:18We need to clean it
04:20And then put it back
04:21I think so
04:23Was this the issue, maybe?
04:29It should be okay, yeah
04:29Yeah, maybe doing a small test drive
04:32Wouldn't be a bad idea
04:33Yeah
04:33Okay
04:34Just to make sure that, you know
04:36This thing is not happening anymore
04:38At least in Estonia
04:40You know, that's our aim
04:41With a bit of luck
04:46Everything will turn out just nicely
04:48How's that feeling, Ewan?
04:54Are you...
04:55Yeah, no problems so far
04:56It's all over
04:58With a bit of luck
04:59It's a hundred times better
05:01Than when we came in
05:02Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh
05:05Oh, yeah, it's doing it again, guys
05:08Are you stopping, Ewan?
05:14Yeah, I'm going to have to
05:15Shall we just head back
05:19To the shop
05:20Whose idea was to go on old bikes?
05:23Whose idea?
05:30Wife calling now
05:31Okay
05:32Can you talk to me?
05:33Yeah
05:34Hello
05:35It's Ewan McGregor
05:36I'm so sorry
05:37I'm keeping your husband
05:38From coming home
05:39It's my fault
05:40Hello, we're talking
05:43I'm sorry
05:44I'm sorry
05:45For heading back to the workshop
05:47With my motorbikes
05:48I'm so sorry
05:49She was, no
05:51She texted me earlier
05:53Like, what's going on?
05:54And I said
05:55Yeah, I'm kind of
05:56With the guys here
05:57And they need some help
05:58And then she said
06:00Please send me a picture
06:01To confirm
06:02Otherwise
06:03Otherwise
06:04You're with Vera
06:05In some Lasnamä apartment
06:06I promise you
06:08He's not in an apartment
06:08With anyone
06:09He's with me
06:10In a van
06:10Look, I'm getting everyone
06:12In trouble
06:12All the best
06:14Thank you very much
06:16Thank you
06:16I'm very grateful
06:17In LA
06:20Something like this
06:21Can happen
06:21And you know
06:22Maybe
06:22Maybe it's realistic
06:23In Estonia
06:24If I tell somebody
06:26You know
06:26I'm
06:27Ewan McGregor
06:28In a van
06:29Second time today
06:30Driving with his broken bike
06:32He's a real pen in the ass
06:33Here we are
06:43Still in town
06:44Back in the workshop
06:46And it's 10 o'clock at night
06:48It's not a good feeling
06:50When it's your bike
06:50Well let's take the tank out
06:58And change the wires
06:59Change all the wires
07:00At least we know what to do now
07:01We have a plan
07:02Please
07:03Let this work
07:05It's the wire
07:14It's the wire
07:15That goes to the coil
07:16There's a coil right in the middle
07:21And underneath
07:21You can see electricity
07:22Is coming out of that cable
07:23So something's wrong with that
07:24Seems like BMW cables
07:27Are exactly the same length
07:29That we need
07:30Amazing
07:31That's perfect
07:32Yeah, they're perfect
07:33Okay
07:35Oh, what a relief
07:36What a relief
07:37Thank you very much
07:41You've been amazing
07:43Thank you very, very much
07:44Thank you
07:45You guys are heroes
07:46Oh my god
07:50Okay, where do we start
07:51For the first time
07:53On this journey
07:54I had the feeling
07:55I might have to
07:56Send this bike on
07:58In a truck
07:58But that didn't happen
07:59I think we have solved it
08:01We'll see tomorrow
08:02I'm gonna ride that bike
08:07To Scotland
08:08I'm gonna ride it back
08:09And I'm gonna ride it up the road
08:10Through my drive
08:12And into the shed
08:14I'm going to
08:15I'm going to do it
08:16You watch me
08:19Good morning
08:26Good morning
08:26Okay, you're looking nice
08:31This is good, man
08:32I think it's back to
08:33Back to life
08:35All right
08:36Brilliant
08:36I think we're back on the road
08:39Let's go
08:40This is great, man
08:41It was always gonna be like this
08:44That's what we said, right?
08:45When we planned it
08:46We'll go on old bikes
08:48They'll break down
08:49We'll meet interesting people
08:50They'll help us
08:51And that's exactly what just happened
08:53So
08:54We could have gone better
08:55Okay, ladies and gentlemen
08:57We are now leaving Tallinn
08:59We're spending the next few days
09:02Exploring the Baltics
09:04Estonia
09:05Latvia
09:06And Lithuania
09:07Three countries
09:08Which were part of the Soviet Union
09:09Until the early 90s
09:11We're heading to Kino
09:14An extraordinary island
09:15Whose women have kept
09:16Its traditions alive
09:17For centuries
09:18One of those traditions
09:20Is music
09:21Which played an amazing role
09:23In Estonia's fight for independence
09:24Thousands of Estonians
09:27Gathered to sing in protest
09:28At Soviet occupation
09:30The fall of the Iron Curtain here
09:32Became known
09:33As the Singing Revolution
09:35Two minutes
09:38Looks like we made this ferry, guys
09:40I think so
09:48Okay, here we go
09:52I'm starving
09:55Put this fish-pasted crisps
09:58Right in my head
09:59Bit of a car, lad
10:03It's quite a good combo, actually
10:06Oh, hello
10:11Hello
10:13Hello
10:13Hello
10:13Hello
10:14Hello
10:15Hello
10:17This is the island of Kino
10:23Where just a few hundred people live
10:25We're going to meet two of them
10:27Maria and Ignar
10:28Who are going to show us around
10:30And have kindly agreed to put us up for the night
10:32Wow
10:32I love these houses
10:35Beautiful buildings
10:37I like this kind of pine forest
10:40It's beautiful, isn't it?
10:42It smells amazing
10:43Wow, that's a sucker
10:51Hello
10:53Ignar, how are you?
10:55Nice to meet you
10:56Oh, hello, Maria
10:57What is this story?
10:59What's the history with this island?
11:01All we know is that there's
11:02Like a community of women who live here
11:04There are many, of course, yeah
11:06But usually the culture
11:07And the songs and the traditions
11:10Are usually held by women
11:12And the men just stay on the background
11:14Because it's been a way of life
11:16Since men's life has been at sea
11:18You know, hunting seals, fishing
11:20And then women's life has been on the island
11:22Taking care of the household
11:24And the children
11:25And the fields
11:26And everything
11:26And animals
11:27What should we do?
11:28What's somewhere in your hands?
11:31Oh, I made also Scottish eggs
11:33Oh, Scotch eggs
11:35But inside there is a seagull egg
11:39But maybe we could go and sit at the table
11:41And then you could get the eggs
11:42Let's look at the eggs
11:44What the heck is that?
11:47Is that an eel?
11:47It's eel
11:48Eel?
11:49That's actually my favourite
11:50Eel?
11:51The eel
11:51I love smoked eel
11:52Yeah, I love it
11:53It's delicious
11:54It's really nice
11:55It's locally smoked
11:56And yeah, it's locally smoked
11:58Yeah
11:58And this is
11:59Is that the Scotch eggs?
12:01Seagulls?
12:02Yeah, seagulls
12:02Do we go Scotch?
12:03Because it's not
12:04Because we're not in Scotland
12:05Yeah, yeah
12:05Oh, I see
12:06So it's a surprise
12:07It's a kinder surprise
12:08It's like a little
12:09Seagull in there
12:12No, it's a nice Scotch egg
12:16Did you put garlic in there?
12:18Nettles
12:18Yeah
12:19Mm-hmm
12:19And this is sour cream
12:23Sour cream with also a bit of garlic
12:25A bit of garlic
12:25I love garlic
12:26Yeah, it's good everywhere
12:28So how does it taste?
12:32Yeah
12:33Weird
12:33Interesting
12:34Yeah, weird
12:35My mind might be playing tricks on me
12:37Oh, yeah
12:37Okay
12:38Try the egg just on its own, Charlie
12:40Okay
12:41Yeah
12:44But close your eyes
12:45I'm not thinking about it
12:47It tastes like an egg
12:49Yeah
12:50It's a bit fishy, I think
12:53It's got a fishy taste to it
12:54I think it's because
12:55I covered it with smoked seal meat
12:56Outside
12:57Because I covered it with smoked seal
12:59It's quite strong
13:00Yeah, it is
13:00Very nicely made, though
13:03This is outrageous
13:05I think it's just fantastic
13:07Yeah, yeah
13:08So tell me about the traditional clothes you're wearing
13:10Yeah, actually
13:11I made this for my wedding
13:12It's called Kört
13:14Kört
13:14Kört, yes
13:15We start wearing since we're born
13:18It's very warm
13:18In the very baby era
13:20It's really warm, yeah
13:21But actually
13:22When it's very sunny
13:23Summer day
13:24It actually keeps you even cool
13:25Or somehow
13:26I don't know
13:26It works somehow like that
13:28Yes
13:28How lovely
13:29So what is there to see around the island
13:31That we shouldn't miss
13:31The lighthouse
13:32Right
13:33Is one thing
13:34Okay
13:34We'll follow you on the bikes
13:36Is this yours?
13:38Yeah
13:38With the luxury seats inside
13:40So
13:41Yeah
13:41It looks like
13:42Like sitting in a theatre
13:43Or something like that
13:44In the first place
13:45Yeah, that really is nice, isn't it?
13:47It's very comfortable
13:50I'm taking a nap
13:51Do you want me to sort of
13:52You know
13:53Take over
13:54Ride me around slowly
13:54About 50 miles
13:55I can put your bag on the back
13:56All right
13:57Let's do it
13:58Woo!
14:10Wow
14:11It really is quite charming
14:13Those two going along
14:15In their sidecar outfit
14:16On this lovely little island
14:19Full of women power
14:21Hi, hi, hello
14:31Hello
14:32This is Sylvia
14:33Are you interested in visiting my house?
14:35Are you an American person?
14:35I'm Canadian
14:36Canadian?
14:37Yeah
14:37Sorry, that's like asking a New Zealander
14:39If they're Australian
14:40Yeah, exactly
14:40Sorry, sorry
14:41So what brought you here?
14:42You know, personal life
14:43You know
14:44Boy meets girl
14:45Thoughts in love
14:46All these things
14:46I moved to Heath Newport
14:48For love
14:49Basically
14:49Wow, brilliant
14:50And then
14:50Well, we're not together anymore
14:52Oh, well
14:53That's all right
14:53Not a happy ending
14:54Yeah, yeah
14:55He died
14:56Oh, no
14:56One of the many
14:58One of the many
15:00No, no
15:01He went missing
15:02One of the many, man
15:03All right
15:05Let's go up this lighthouse
15:05Wow
15:06Oh, my God
15:07It's nice and blue inside
15:08Look
15:09So
15:10So
15:10Should we go up?
15:11Yes, yes
15:12Woo!
15:12Oh, God
15:13Of course
15:14Wow
15:19Oh, my God
15:21It's quite
15:21Whoa
15:22Quite vertigo-esque
15:25Vertiduous
15:27Wow
15:30See, I come up here a lot
15:32But I don't usually
15:32Look over the edge
15:33Don't look over the edge
15:34Yeah
15:34Yeah, that's probably the key
15:35Did you feel it sway?
15:38Yeah
15:38Oh, my God
15:39It really did sway, didn't it?
15:41Does it sway?
15:42I think it's
15:43It sways a bit, right?
15:44I think it does, yeah
15:45Totally just swayed
15:46What a wind
15:48Wow
15:48Yeah
15:48We do have seals
15:53Yeah
15:53That pop their heads out
15:54Lots of times here
15:55Yeah, we ate one at lunch
15:56Oh, maybe that was the one
15:57That was, you know
15:58Popping its head up
15:59And being like
15:59Hey, where's my dad?
16:00Not mad about it
16:01Yeah
16:02Did you eat the seals?
16:03Sorry?
16:04Do you like the seals?
16:04I've had it
16:05But I'm not a big fan of it
16:06Me neither, no
16:07I don't understand
16:08Is it meat or is it fish?
16:10And I don't
16:11I just don't get it
16:12And I don't really like it
16:12And I remember
16:13Like with my past partner
16:15When his family would be making
16:17I've got the seal
16:19And smoking it
16:19I remember even the smell of it already
16:21It just was
16:22It threw me off
16:23I think it's an acquired taste
16:25Tonight we'll be staying at Maria's place
16:30She's also invited us to join her family for dinner
16:33And a spot of local music
16:35It's okay to park here
16:42Nice to meet you
16:45My mother, Helga
16:46How are you?
16:46Nice to meet you
16:47Nice to meet you
16:47You have a very lovely daughter
16:48Oh, thank you
16:49She's been very nice to us
16:50Very friendly
16:51Oh, that's your husband
16:53Not naked
16:54Wearing pants
16:55Yes
16:55Barely
16:56Barely
16:56Barely
16:57Barely
16:57Barely
16:57Yeah, you must be so proud
17:00Sort of what Charlie wears most of the time
17:02Yeah
17:02On the motorbike
17:04But they have to force me to put clothes on
17:06Yeah
17:06Hey, man
17:07How are you?
17:08Wow
17:08Nice to meet you
17:09Hi, how are you?
17:10Nice to meet you
17:11Nice to meet you
17:12Pleasure
17:12Pleasure
17:13Sorry to bother you
17:14If you were doing your business
17:15Yeah, sorry
17:16We're going to be staying here
17:18We'll stay here
17:19Should we bring our stuff up?
17:20Yeah, you can bring your stuff
17:21Yeah
17:22Oh, look at this
17:26That's lovely
17:27So delicious
17:28Thank you very much
17:29Yes, of course
17:30It's fresh potatoes
17:31Fresh fish
17:32Fresh cucumbers
17:33What do you want, right?
17:34Delicious, yeah
17:35Absolutely lovely
17:36Is it totally particular to this island?
17:39This way of life
17:40Really only exists on this little island?
17:42Yes
17:43Some of the customs are all over Estonia
17:46But we still practice it today
17:48We wear these clothes every day
17:50Yeah
17:50But some of the regions just come out once or twice a year
17:54When they're like performing somewhere
17:56Hello, good evening
17:59It's Kino National Dance
18:03Thanks
18:03Let's go
18:03Nice
18:04Nice
18:04Nice
18:04Nice
18:06Nice
18:18Nice
18:19Nice
18:21Nice
18:21Nice
18:22Nice
18:23Nice
18:23Nice
18:25Great
18:25Nice
18:26Nice
18:26Nice
18:26Nice
18:29Yay
18:31Good
18:31Awesome
18:32Awesome
18:32How old is your accordion?
18:39It is the wrong way in hand.
18:43The other way around?
18:45When he was a child, he started learning himself, and he just learnt it the wrong way.
18:49That's how he learned how to play.
18:51Is it very old?
18:52Is it an old one?
18:53Yes, it looks like everything can get saved from duct tape and MacGyver tape, they call
18:59it.
19:00Oh, the summertime is coming, and the leaves are gently blown, and wild mountain-time.
19:17All around, the blooming heather, will you go, lassie, will you go?
19:27And we'll all go together.
19:44Oh, the blooming heather, will you go, lassie, will you go?
19:51And we'll all go together.
19:56Well, that was lovely.
19:57Oh, that was lovely.
20:10Will you go? Will you go?
20:14Lassie, Lassie, will you go?
20:23Oh, that was nice.
20:25Good morning. This is where we stayed last night. Isn't that just pretty?
20:42We had home-cooked dinner for the first time in ages. It was very, very delicious.
20:48Really good company, lovely people and amazing music. Everybody joined in and it was, um, it was fantastic.
21:08I had a really amazing experience last night with that lovely family on this beautiful island.
21:14And I loved playing along with them, you know, just trying to follow the chords along to these Estonian folk songs that I'd never heard before, but I really enjoyed it.
21:23We ended up, um, making friends, it felt like, really. It was really beautiful.
21:29I'm excited to get into Latvia today and then Lithuania.
21:39Here we go.
21:44This is the exciting bit when you cross over the border.
21:52Do we have to do anything? We have to show our passports or anything?
21:55No, nothing.
21:56You don't think so?
21:57Nothing here. This is the border right now.
21:59And that's it. Welcome to Latvia.
22:01Welcome to Latvia.
22:07We're riding south towards the capital, Riga.
22:10On the way, we're going to pass Segulda, which is home to a Soviet-era bobsleigh track.
22:15It's one of the few in the world where they'll let you have a go.
22:17Look at that. He's flying with us.
22:31Huge.
22:32Oh, thank you very much.
22:40Me and myself all wet then. That was stupid.
22:44Not me wet, no.
22:45Sorry, me.
22:46We're heading to a bobsleigh road. I'm sort of nervous and excited at the same time.
23:04Look at that.
23:05Oh, my God.
23:06Wow.
23:08It's quite a thing to see. I wasn't expecting it to be so big.
23:15Home to Latvia's Olympic bobsleigh team, who won gold at the 2014 Olympics,
23:21the Segulda track is 1,200 metres long.
23:26It has 16 dramatic curves, creating top speeds of up to 125 kilometres an hour.
23:32Taking us down the track today is Olga Lapsova,
23:36who pioneered women's bobsleigh in Latvia.
23:39She's a legend, isn't she, here? She is.
23:43Holy shit.
23:45That's quite a full-on corner.
23:47You seen it?
23:48I'm trying not to, really.
23:52I feel slightly nervous.
23:54I've got the little, kind of, butterflies in my stomach.
23:56Collywobbles.
23:57Collywobbles, that's the word.
23:59And I think we should probably have to cancel the whole thing, I'm afraid.
24:03It's just too rainy.
24:05If you could just take this letter for Mary, and I'll take yours for Oli.
24:09OK, we'll be all right.
24:11Olga, I want to know about your life and about your sport
24:15and how you ended up doing this and...
24:18My history.
24:20My history is here in Seagull.
24:22Yeah?
24:24Yes.
24:26I started with Fiji skating, and then I was bobsleigh.
24:30It's the best kind of sport dance.
24:33You feel like you run in the water, you know?
24:38With a little bit pressure.
24:40Wow, wow.
24:42This is very good.
24:43Oh, wow, wow, that's amazing.
24:44You make it sound so exciting.
24:46I like speed, you know?
24:48Right, right, right, right.
24:49Have you always been competitive, even when you were a little child?
24:52I was like a boy, you know?
24:54My nickname was...
24:56Peter.
24:58Peter?
24:59Yes.
25:00I love that.
25:01That was brilliant.
25:02Hey, Peter!
25:04We both ride motorcycles, yeah.
25:07But Bob is better.
25:09Bob.
25:10Bob with Peter.
25:11Peter and Bob.
25:12Peter and Bob.
25:15Don't worry, be happy.
25:17This is another fine mess you've got me into, Charlie Berman.
25:21All right.
25:23Oh, my God, we're going.
25:24Oh, my God.
25:26Oh, that was close.
25:28Oh, but he's going.
25:30That's it, we're over on the go.
25:31That's nice.
25:32Right?
25:33Oh, that's close.
25:34Oh, my God.
25:35This is smooth.
25:37Oh, jeez.
25:38Oh, that's f***ing hell.
25:40Oh, that's...
25:41Come on.
25:43Oh, ouch!
25:45Oh, my God!
25:46Jeez!
25:47Oh!
25:49Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
25:50Whoa!
25:52Oh, here we're going to go.
25:53We're going to go, right behind.
25:54Whoa!
25:56Whoa!
25:58Wow.
25:59Wow. Oh, that was awesome.
26:02Woo! Woo-hoo!
26:06Oh, that was fantastic.
26:08That was fantastic.
26:09It was good, eh?
26:10Oh, yeah. That was brilliant.
26:12That was brilliant fun.
26:13Oh, man, that was awesome.
26:15Oh, yeah. I was so nervous about it making me feel sick, and it was great.
26:20And the acceleration is, like, so fast. It really...
26:23I wasn't sure I was going to like it very much, and then once we got going, I was like,
26:26Oh, no. God, I really like this. It's great. It was good.
26:29It really felt... She's very good.
26:30Very. But it really felt like you were on a motorcycle.
26:35Didn't have the same feeling as being around a racetrack.
26:37Yeah, the best.
26:39Well, thank you so much. That was amazing.
26:44All right, guys.
26:45Roll.
26:48That was fun.
26:51I think I must have been more nervous than I was thinking, because I feel so much better now that we've done it.
26:55I think there's a certain amount of G-force going around those corners that if you did it a few more times, it would make you queasy, but...
27:02I think, you know, once or twice, it would be good. A third time, because I'm feeling it.
27:14Riga. Riga.
27:15Here we go. Riga.
27:17I think we should take a look around.
27:18Riga is known for its beautiful architecture and historic monuments.
27:26We're going to start our tour at the Central Market, built in the 1920s, by repurposing the metal skeletons of the old World War I Zeppelin airship hangers.
27:36So these are the... of the Zeppelin buildings.
27:42Just beautiful.
27:43The gates must be on the other side, Ian, for the... to get the Zeppelins in and out.
27:49Yeah, unless they just deflated them before they brought them out.
27:51And then brought them out.
27:51And then blew them up again.
27:53Can you imagine?
27:55Come on, get it in, get it in.
27:59Dining cars and pretty fancy.
28:01No, I mean, it was... it was the way to travel, wasn't it?
28:04Yeah, for a time.
28:07Wow.
28:08That's awesome.
28:11Meat hole.
28:13Get a nice big bone for your dog here, look.
28:15Oh, yeah.
28:16Woody would love that.
28:17Beside himself.
28:18Cheese.
28:19Oh.
28:20Cute.
28:21Just take that one.
28:22That's perfect.
28:25Up over there is this foodie stuff here.
28:28Oh, it's not the brass ears that you were...
28:30You said, can we just go around here?
28:31And I was like, what, towards the massive brass.
28:33No, I don't know where your mind was, but...
28:35Well, I don't know.
28:36You were the one that watched it.
28:37I was...
28:37Wow.
28:39Shit.
28:40Shit.
28:41Whoa.
28:42Whoa.
28:44These buildings are cool, aren't they?
28:48Look, there's the old ones.
28:50Oh, yeah.
28:50Oh, they're beautiful.
28:52Yeah, that's...
28:54Definitely.
28:5450s, 60s.
28:55Yeah.
28:55Still, still rumbling along.
28:57Yeah.
28:58Look.
28:59Woo-hoo!
29:01Very cool statue.
29:03Back to the Soviet bloc.
29:05It's dedicated to the Latvian riflemen who fought between 1915 and 1920.
29:11What do you think this thing is?
29:13Does it look like a staircase down?
29:15Let's see.
29:16Remembrance Memorial to the victims of the Soviet occupation.
29:19Occupation.
29:20Oh.
29:21In the 1940s, more than 60,000 Latvians were deported to labour camps.
29:30Oh, wow.
29:31Oh, my God.
29:31Oh, my God.
29:33Actually, feel it.
29:34Touch it.
29:38The vibration is amazing.
29:43It's like a statue memorial, but it also has an added medium, an added element.
29:48It's very, very, very emotive and very, uh, very powerful.
29:54Powerful, yeah.
29:54Absolutely.
29:59Oh, it's so quiet on this side.
30:04Oh, wow.
30:06This is a copy of the symbolic handkerchief owned by one of those people deported, Maria
30:17Stakel.
30:18It's embroidered with the signatures of 88 of her fellow prisoners and the date of her
30:22arrest.
30:24Gosh.
30:25So moving.
30:25Riga seems like such an interesting place.
30:36It's a shame that we're just in and out so quickly.
30:51Hi, Charlie.
30:52All good.
30:53All good, all good.
30:53All good.
30:55Guys, well, another country today.
31:00It's been very nice in Latvia.
31:02It's very cool.
31:06Got a full tank of gas.
31:08We're heading to Lithuania.
31:25Lithuania is known as a real nature lover's paradise, famed for its forests, lakes, and beautiful
31:47coastline.
31:47Today we're heading to an amazing peninsula which borders Russia called the Koronian Spit
31:53to hunt for amber, known in these parts as Lithuanian gold.
31:57But first, we've been tipped off about a crazy motorbike sport that we just couldn't miss out on.
32:03Hello, hello, look at this.
32:11Oh, there's a crowd.
32:12Holy moly.
32:17Jeez.
32:19What is this?
32:21What is this?
32:21This is outrageous.
32:22What is this?
32:23Look at the balls.
32:26What are they doing?
32:28I've never seen anything like this.
32:32Do you see how he's trapped the ball between his foot and the bike?
32:35Yes.
32:36Look, he's got it right there.
32:37He's just spinning around.
32:45They're obviously not allowed in the green bit, right?
32:48It's so bonkers.
32:51Oh, there's an actual ref.
32:54You can never notice him before, did you?
32:56Don't.
33:02Roar, roar, roar!
33:06He crashed right into his foot.
33:11Oh, he has to come off.
33:11Oh, he's off.
33:12Sinbin.
33:13Oh, ah!
33:19Super entertaining.
33:20I mean, these guys, they're so hard to do what they're doing.
33:25They're changing gear on both sides, breaking on the back wheel on both sides.
33:29It's incredible.
33:30Oh, look, they're taking kids out for rides.
33:38All righty, righty, righty, righty.
33:41Here we go, here we go, here we go.
33:46Motocross football.
33:48That is just so bonkers.
33:50Fantastic.
33:50We're on our way to this peninsula that runs down the west coast of Lithuania.
34:00And the very end of that peninsula is Russian.
34:03But just before the Russian border, there's a place that we can see if we can find amber,
34:09which is found in this area.
34:14Beautiful forest.
34:15Oh, my gosh.
34:21Big bump coming.
34:22Big bump.
34:24Nice one.
34:25Oh!
34:27Okay, here we go.
34:29It's where the amber guy is.
34:31You are an amber man.
34:38Oh, here he is.
34:39This is him.
34:39Hello.
34:41Hello.
34:42Are you going to lead us to some amber treasure?
34:45Very nice to see you.
34:45I'm Kazimuras.
34:46Kazimuras.
34:47Yes, Kazimuras.
34:48That's a great name.
34:49Kazimuras.
34:49Yes, of course, Kazimuras.
34:51Very good.
34:52Let's go.
34:53This tiny strip of land has been one of the Baltic's best places to find amber for millennia.
35:06Perfect balance.
35:09I never thought you'd fish for amber.
35:12Yes, we can try a fish.
35:18Look, look, look, look, look, look.
35:19Is that amber?
35:20It's floating.
35:21Yes, yes.
35:22It floats?
35:23Yes.
35:23It's not heavy.
35:25This is amber?
35:27I didn't realize it floats.
35:28Floats.
35:29Well, it can all float.
35:30Yeah, amber floats.
35:31All of it?
35:31It's not stone.
35:33Stone goes down, amber floats.
35:36Oh, so this...
35:37Oh, shit.
35:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:38So this is...
35:39So this is...
35:40Yeah.
35:41It was so light.
35:43Amber goes to the beach.
35:46Oh, it gets stuck in here.
35:47It gets stuck in here.
35:48Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
35:50Look, look, look, look, look, look, look.
35:52Oh, look at that.
35:53Yeah, yeah.
35:53That's beautiful, actually, that one.
35:55Look at that.
35:55Because...
35:56That's lovely.
35:57That's more the colour I would expect.
35:59This is clear, clear amber.
36:00And is it a resin?
36:01Clear is a resin from pine tree because it's organic mineral.
36:06It's organic mineral.
36:07Yeah, amber gives here down about 50 million.
36:1250 million years old?
36:1350, every one.
36:1550 million?
36:1650 million.
36:17Yeah.
36:18I can't believe they're so old.
36:26Oh, look, it's got loads in there.
36:28Look at that.
36:29Two bits of amber there.
36:30This is too small, of course, not so big.
36:33How long have you been looking for amber?
36:35About 50 years.
36:3650?
36:37Yes.
36:37There's some more there.
36:39There's loads of it.
36:40Yeah.
36:42The Baltic Sea presents us amber in the beach.
36:45Yeah, we did very well.
36:46Well done.
36:48We did very well, my friend.
36:49Lovely.
36:50Beautiful.
36:51I have in my special case, if you see this one.
36:55Oh, what is this one?
36:57Look.
36:58Oh, this has got a mosquito in it.
36:59Is it like, so, 50 million year old mosquito?
37:02And it looks exactly the same as the ones now.
37:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:05Exactly.
37:06So we go into this mosquito.
37:08We get a drop of the blood that it drank from a dinosaur.
37:12And we recreate the dinosaur from that drop of blood.
37:17That's what happened in Jurassic Park, isn't it?
37:19Yeah.
37:19Special for you, like this.
37:22Oh, my God.
37:23Is this for us?
37:26A little present.
37:27That's nice.
37:28A 50 million year old present.
37:29For the mother, from the sister, the kids, from the dog, cat.
37:34Thank you, sir.
37:34That's very kind of...
37:35Yeah, everything is yours, because it's present from the sea.
37:43Well, that was a very nice treat to look for amber on the beach.
37:48And to be lucky enough to find so much of it.
37:52That was very funny, very bonkers.
37:56What a lovely, lovely man.
37:58And, you know, and that experience, that's a real experience of a country, of the people.
38:04And it's precious, those things.
38:06We're going to set up our tents in the grounds of a 19th century castle, before heading up on a sunset balloon ride.
38:16The perfect way to see the beautiful Lithuanian countryside, and say farewell to the Baltics.
38:21What a lovely day, fishing for amber on the beach, and balloon rides in the evening.
38:29Very grand entrance.
38:32Holy moly.
38:33Look at that.
38:35Spectacular.
38:36Look at that.
38:37Big turret.
38:38Beautiful, isn't it?
38:41Here it is.
38:43Yellow to yellow.
38:44What if you find a frog?
39:02There's a teeny teeny.
39:03Little red one.
39:05Hey, buddy.
39:06Hey, buddy.
39:08I know, it's okay.
39:09I'll put it back.
39:12He's fine.
39:13Totally fine.
39:14Totally fine.
39:15He's fine.
39:16You should film him so the audience know that he's not hurt, Luke.
39:19Because otherwise they'll think I hurt him, and I didn't.
39:22Luke, he's fine.
39:25I mean, that was like falling 30 stories for him, but he's fine.
39:31Put our tents up, and now we're going for a balloon ride.
39:37Don't let it go until I tell you to, and don't get scared when the fire starts.
39:43We're quite close to it.
39:45We're quite close to it.
39:57We've got to jump in.
39:58We've got to climb in.
39:59Okay, I'm in.
40:01Okay.
40:02Here we go.
40:08Bye, Dave.
40:09Bye, Uncle Dave.
40:10Up, up, up, and away from my magical balloon.
40:19Yeah, we're up.
40:20We're up.
40:21Look at that view.
40:22Oh, my God.
40:23Oh, jeez.
40:27There's the castle.
40:28Look.
40:32It's so peaceful.
40:34Very beautiful.
40:39It's very beautiful.
40:44When was the first balloon ride?
40:451783.
40:47No way.
40:48It was French guys.
40:49They invented a hotter balloon.
40:52But they were afraid to fly themselves, so they found two volunteers, and it was two friends
40:57of theirs, so they were flying for about 15 to 20 minutes, were still some farmers attending
41:02to their fields, and basically what they saw was a huge black smoking object landing
41:08from the sky.
41:09Oh, my God.
41:10Nothing.
41:11Yeah.
41:12Thought it was that it was the devil landing in their fields, let's kill them.
41:16But they had something with them which saved their lives.
41:20A couple of bottles of red, some gold.
41:23And they had a bottle of sparkling wine.
41:25Yeah.
41:26Yes.
41:27Because the lives of the first pilots were saved by a bottle of sparkling wine, so every
41:32pilot has at least one bottle of sparkling wine with him in every single flight.
41:38Oh, we're coming down quite quickly.
41:41Yeah, yeah.
41:42We're going to try and land on that green one.
41:45And we'll see where the wind takes us.
41:49So, prepare for landing.
41:53OK.
41:54Ready for landing.
41:55Here we go.
41:56Guys, just please bend your knees, OK?
41:59Bend your knees, OK?
42:00Yes, your knees are bent.
42:01Here we go, and touch that.
42:02Oh!
42:03Oh!
42:04Too easy!
42:05Oh, we're moving here!
42:07What a great landing.
42:08That great landing, man.
42:09That was cool.
42:10All right, gentlemen, it is now safe to leave the basket.
42:15It's just like packing my tent up.
42:17Well, we have very large tents.
42:22Look at that.
42:23There's a balloon in there.
42:25Now, the procedure itself is quite simple.
42:28Is it fine to grab one or two hairs from your head?
42:31Yeah.
42:32And light it on fire?
42:33Yes.
42:34You seriously want to?
42:35Yes.
42:36After every flight, just lean forward a little bit.
42:40Oh, I see.
42:41Yes, of course.
42:42Oh.
42:43Wow, wow, wow.
42:44I can smell it.
42:45Oh!
42:48Our hair doesn't burn too much.
42:50Oh!
42:51Oh!
42:52So, please repeat after me.
42:53The bigger the field.
42:54The bigger the field.
42:55The softer the landing.
42:56The softer the landing.
42:57The softer the landing.
42:58The bigger the field.
42:59The softer the landing.
43:00Exactly.
43:01Now, please don't vibe this off for two weeks.
43:03And if you do, you will need to fly again.
43:06OK.
43:07You're a great pilot.
43:08Lovely.
43:11Cheers, guys.
43:12Cheers.
43:14It was amazing to discover this part of the world.
43:17And Estonia and Latvia, Lithuania.
43:19I had no sense of those countries before, really.
43:22Just been so rich with meeting people and experiencing things.
43:27And I think you're sort of opened up by doing these journeys.
43:32You're somehow sort of peeled open.
43:35And it's such an amazing experience.
43:44These long way trips are you doing.
43:46I always forget this is a long way.
43:49All right, ladies and gentlemen.
43:50Here we are.
43:51Welcome to Poland.
43:52We've come full shut of you.
43:55Oh, it's been a while since I've played.
43:57I mean, he's got a funny sort of shocked-looking face.
43:59He's like, good lord.
44:00Wow, look at this place.
44:02It's so beautiful.
44:04Do I really want to do it?
44:05Oh, la, la.
44:07I'm not going back now.
44:08Oh!
44:13I'm not going back now.
44:14I'm not going back now.
44:15I'm not going back now.
44:16I'm not going back now.
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