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01/11/2009

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Ben Fogle goes on an RNLI boat and speaks to a bailiff protecting salmon from poachers.

Ben Fogle journeys through North Wales. He travels on an RNLI boat, has difficulty pronouncing the longest town name in Britain and meets a bailiff protecting salmon.

Series celebrating the British countryside. 

Ben Fogle begins his journey through North Wales off the coast of Holyhead on board an RNLI boat. Back on dry land his pronunciation lets him down in the town with the longest name in Britain, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

At Llangollen he speaks to a bailiff who stakes out the river to protect the salmon from poachers and he finishes his journey trying his hand at gorge walking.

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