Snowdonia: A Year on the Farm 

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Snowdonia: A Year on the Farm

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Five farming families open their gates and share their lives across an extraordinary year.

For generations farmers have raised their animals in the wild mountains of Snowdonia. Now five farming families open their gates and share their lives across an extraordinary year.

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Snowdonia: A Year on the Farm: Series 1: Episode 2

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Lambing season, the busiest time of the year, starts just as Snowdonia goes into lockdown.

It’s lambing season, but as Covid-19 impacts the world, Snowdonia is in lockdown. The families film themselves over the busiest time of the year as 2,000 lambs arrive within six weeks.

It’s lambing season in Snowdonia, but as Covid-19 spreads across the world, Wales is in lockdown. The five farming families are left to film themselves during one of the busiest times of year.

For the farmers of Eryri, spring means the joy of seeing new life arrive on the farms and in the fields. Their flocks of Welsh mountain sheep will all lamb within just a few weeks and many of the cattle are also in calf. It means long hours and lots of hard work for the families.

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