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Did you see that . 0urjourney will take us to the four nations that make up the united kingdom. And with an eye on our carbon footprint. Were in an all electric revamp of an iconic british motor. On this weeks show, christa goes behind the wheel in Northern Ireland. Where my search for a seabird pays off. Are they all birds . There must be hundreds of thousands of birds here. I take on a local delicacy. You got me, i ate one, well done and try an unusual test drive. This is genius laughter. Away we go laughter. Im in South East Northern ireland, and im trying to get a good lay of the land. Plus, after the last year and a half, this seems like a good way to get away from it all. Ken found during the first lockdown that lots more people were getting in touch to take to the skies. And Kens Microlight Business is one of thousands here to have had to cope with the ups and downs of the pandemic. Myjourney will take me over 100 miles up the coast to finish at one of this countrys iconic natural wonders Giants Causeway. And it all starts by leaving Petrol Power behind and switching to the Travel Show electric van for an early Morning Visit to Killough Bay in county down. Check that out, smooth yawns. It was too early for the Hotel Breakfast this morning. And the idea is i have breakfast at this place im going, which, i suspect to most people, would be a great delight, a real delicacy. But as for some other people, myself included, its a bit more of a daunting prospect. Chuckles. Well see how we go. This is one of a number of bays along the coast here that, over the years, have become renowned for a local delicacy. Brother and Sister Luc and perrine have been farming them by the thousands. Hello, there. Heya. I have found the right place. Are those Oyster Beds out there . Yeah. 0yster Beds down there. Fantastic. Do we go out on the truck . Yes. Lets do it. Do wejustjump on . Yes, jump on along the coast of Northern Ireland, inlets off the sea like Killough Bay have developed as an ideal place to farm oysters. They say each bay with its distinct conditions give Sea Oysters slightly different flavours. Luc and Perrines Family Oyster business has 700 bags of oysters out in this bay. Each grows for around three years before it is considered for market and lots of care goes into making them taste their best. Well, these are the big ones to go to markets and restaurants and such. Essentially, every three or four weeks we turn them because there is growth in them. I will show you all this white and purple, that is all new growth. Yep. So that breaks off. We turn the bags to break that off, which makes the oysters harder and makes the shells nice and round. So, you pick the bag up. Yep. And turn it on its side. Then you let it go and back up again and hit it. Other way, hit it and back over. If they are on the sea the seabed, they would just roll, the shells would keep rolling down and make them round and harder. That is the shape we want to go to. The more you do that, the better the Meat Quality and the quality of the meat. It can be endless. It is good and bad, isnt it . How has business been in recent times . The last time you came in march, everything stopped, basically. There was no local market. The exports tapered off and finished. So we found other channels but still it is only getting back to the way it was now. As far as we were concerned, we were down here and we got more work done, so we worked the oysters more than we have done before and it is much better quality now. We found with the little break we were able to fix things and work the oysters more, bag them much better and work them better and more often to get a nice, betterfinished product. The unexpected benefit of covid is nicer oysters . Yeah turns out it was, for us. Who knew . Yeah, thats thats exactly it. Are you ready . Youre gonna really enjoy it. Before the pandemic, Perrine Sold Oysters direct to customers at market stalls, to people who sometimes, like me, need a little bit of convincing. What do you say at the market when somebody says 0h. . What is your Sales Pitch . A lot of people dont like the idea of it in their minds but there is always the same reaction. They dont know but then they put it in their mouth, make a funny face, chew it and swallow it and they decide thats a good aftertaste. So, you have to chew it. I heard you have to swallow it down. You can do but it is better to chew it. Are you ready . As ready as i will ever be. I mean, it does not taste of fish, does it . It is not fishy, it is like the sea. It is more like seaweed more than anything else. I could see how you could convince people. You got me, i ate one well done you can try another one again. Well, that went better than i expected. With breakfast sorted, im off for some culture in the next part of myjourney, which takes me up the coast for a quick stop off at Northern Irelands capital city belfast. Here and in some other parts of Northern Ireland, its Notjust Covid That Tourism has had to overcome in recent years. The 30 Year Conflict known as the troubles halted a lot of travel to this city up until the good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998. A sort of Dark Tourism emerged afterwards as visitors explored the places and murals associated with the conflict. But in recent years murals with other topics at their heart have become a bigger part of the urban landscape. Seedhead arts have been offering Walking Tours of these modern murals, and during covid, made a digital Walking Tour for people to explore individually. Ive been really lucky in that ive been on Street Art tours in cities around the world, but theres something really different and special about a Street Art tour here in belfast. Its notjust the beauty, its about the culture and the history of this place. And the best thing is that even during a lockdown in the middle of a pandemic, you can grab the app, head out into the fresh air and safely see these beautiful works of art. Its pretty incredible. But im really here for more traditional arts. The grand Opera House is the only remaining victorian theatre in Northern Ireland. Currently celebrating 125 years, it was saved from demolition in the � 70s, bombed in the � 90s, and now its been through a year long restoration attempt, right in the middle of a pandemic. Its not yet reopened to the public during my visit, but im getting an early preview as it gets its finishing touches. Inside its been faithfully restored, bringing things like the ornate ceiling paintings back to their former glory. So what condition where they in when you came in . Were theyjust very dirty . Yeah you werent able to pick out the figurative details and the varnish deteriorated significantly, so they were brown and yellow in colour. How on earth did you get up and do it . Because im imagining Michelangelo Lying on the back. We have an amazing birdcage scaffolding, all on one level. Were working above our heads and moving around accordingly. You do exercises to try to watch your necks and heads, certain ballerina exercises, stretching your head. People always say to us, oh well, like michelangelo, do you work on your back for the ceiling . Michelangelo didnt do that either. Its a myth i know. One of the main difficulties for ruth was in assembling her team. Having planned to bring in expertise from across europe, the pandemic meant that ruth needed to uncover local young talent for thejob. Yes, challenging, but very worthwhile. Some of the Team Members enjoyed it so much that they want to go and study further, Go To University to study conservation. Now im leaving the modern buzz of belfast and heading north, back along the coast for something more historic. There are quite a few castles in Northern Ireland, and that of course will come as no surprise to fans of game of thrones, Knowing Parts of that series were filmed here in various castles. It all seems like such a nice idea, owning a castle, but they cost an absolute fortune to run. And for glenarm castle, first built in the i7th century, the impact of the troubles on tourism meant that relying on deserters for lots of income would have been a risky on visitors for lots of income would have been a risky strategy, until recently. So during the pandemic, when tourism was at an all time low, they decided to take a leap and invest in tourism for the future. It was all about surviving long term. So we took a look how we could reinvent ourselves to come out again when this would be over. We knew the public perception would have changed and that outdoor space was going to be more valuable moving forward, and so we concentrated our efforts on creating outdoor space and activities. In addition to the gardens on the grounds that were already drawing visitors, adrian added new Glamping Pods as well as electric bikes to explore the wider area, including forest on the outskirts of the grounds. This area, which has barely changed in 400 years, has been recognised in recent years for its vast biodiversity. This is brilliant because it feels like i am really fit. Ill never cycle without this again foradrian, its a very special place. So youve been around for a while . Yeah, i grew up here. My father was a chauffeur for the family here, started work in 1960. And when i was a Wee Boy of four, i was intrigued by where he was going every day. I would hide underneath a coat in his wee Van And Halfway to work i would Pop Up and say, surprise, dad, im coming to work with you today so, i completely fell in love with glenarm. This is where i wanted to spend the rest of my life. One of my aspirations was to open it up more to share it with everybody. Now that is what we are doing. Back at the castle, adrian had one more thing to show me. I dont know what this is going to be. Adrian was kind of laughing when he was talking about it, so well see. Laughter. Adrian, your cars shrunk yeah, this is my toy, every good estate should have one. And it turns out the mini Land Rover is actually part of a fleet of them that adrians brought in for kids to use on a new off road course. Oh, that is brilliant. Look at you you look like youre four years old again, back on the estate. If i had someone like that when i was four, i couldnt have contained myself so you want a Wee Go . Yes, obviously laughs. There you go. All you gotta do is press the button, hold on tight. You good to go . Ive got mine pressed. Laughs. 0k. Ah, shes off genius thanks adrian, see you later bye remember to come back now thats it, im off to see the Giants Causeway, bye you think thats far enough . I think i should stop her now. Dont trust her in the wee Land Rover. Laughs. The next part of myjourney takes me further north east, and off the mainland to rathlin island. A ferry has long been a lifeline for the 150 people who live on this island. And it became particularly vital for getting supplies to the residents over the last year. The islanders took the decision early in the pandemic to stop non essential access to the island, and only recently opened up again to tourists. So far its helped keep the Island Covid free, and weve done two Lateral Flow Tests before coming over to try and help keep it that way. One of the main draws for tourists is the chance to get close to puffins and other rarely seen birds. So im waiting for my guide liam, warden of the island. Hes lived here all his life and has promised me a glimpse of the birds. Is that the man himself . Hello hello, you must be christa did my Big Blue Bus give it away . Im afraid so. You coming to see the puffins . That would be lovely, can i follow you . Yes, follow me up to the Seabird Centre. See you there. A Puffin Bus usually takes most visitors up to the site, but we have special permission for the Travel Show electric van. The Seabird Centre opened up here for the first time in 1. 5 years just a couple of weeks before our visit. And a Viewing Platform at the back shows the birds putting on quite a display. Are they all birds . Yeah, theyre all over the place like little pebbles. I cant quite get my head around how many of them there are here. Its pretty amazing, it is indeed. There must be hundreds of thousands of birds here. There s indeed, there are hundreds of thousands, theres about 140,000 guillemots alone. You see how the Flat Top there is just completely covered in guillemots. Theres about 7,000 8,000 guillemots in that one area. For protection they would like to be in close proximity to the others, so theres safety in numbers. So if you are nesting in the middle of that density over there, the chance of your egg and your chicks surviving is much greater than if youre out on a lower ledge on your own. Because they dont have to worry too much about Land Based Predators here, but theres always other birds, theres great black backed gulls and ravens and things that will come along and take eggs, so if youre in one of those places youre better protected. But now it is time to find the star of the show, the puffins. If you look out for the orange feet, they are the first thing that jumps out at you. Either on the bare soil or the green grassy bits, down the bottom there. Oh, there they are theyre quite obvious once youre looking for the feet. They nest on the ground so at the minute there will be one bird in there incubating the egg, and the other one, its partner could be out feeding at sea. And how has it been over the past year because youve had quite a unique experience here on rathlin island. Its strange, because you expect to hear a bus coming up the road with people and its not happening, its quiet. Saturday afternoon and theres not a voice to be heard anywhere along the way. But you get used to it, it was quite nice, i think in some ways i really felt more relaxed for a year, orfor a season. Laughs. You know, because the summer can be quite busy for people doing all sorts of different jobs and facilitating all the people who come here. And not having all that pressure meant that people were pretty laid back. It was a chill out year, i suppose. And now people are free like myself to come over on the ferry, is it nice to welcome people back to rathlin . Its brilliant theyre coming here and having the opportunity to get back to see whats on offer on rathlin. To end my time here, im heading back to the mainland, and just a little further up the coast. Were coming to The End of ourjourney soon. Not far away. Youve done a good job, Old Girl four countries, lots of adventures. Now, theres one place in Northern Ireland that ive always really wanted to go to. In fact i remember really clearly as a kid seeing a picture, and saying, whats that place . I want to go there and now im on my way. Giants causeway is a unesco world heritage site, and its been here for millennia. But even this place has been affected by covid in its own way. This is it, look at this. Incredible. Its mad to think that nature created this. Legend has it that it came about because of a fight between two giants. Its thought to be the most visited Tourist Site in Northern Ireland. Around A Million people came in 2019 but with changes to Visitor Numbers during the pandemic, The National Trust have said that this is a once in a Generation Chance to change how they manage their tourism approach, to avoid what they call the pitfalls of over tourism. Theyve begun spreading visitors out more throughout the day, to help make a more positive impact on the local area. Its natural hexagonal columns stretching out to the sea are actually formed because of the Way Lava slowly cooled when it was created. But thats not the story that captures most peoples imagination. So there was a irish giant called fionn mac cumhaill, who lived here with his Wife 0ona and their son 0isin, and theres a Scottish Giant called benandonner who lives on the scottish island of staffa, one of the outer hebrides. And the two of them get into an argument, Hurling Insults across the sea at each other, and eventually fionn decides hes had enough, he needs to go to staffa to put an end to it and challenge benandonner. But its a well known fact that giants do not like getting their feet wet, so so he decided to get up early the next morning and build a causeway across to staffa. Whichever story is true, Giants Causeway seems sure to keep the visitors coming for a long time yet. And for me, its where my journey in Northern Ireland comes to an end. Ive been really struck by the resilience of the people ive met here, and their optimism. Theyre determined to notjust get through this crisis, but to do better on the other side of it. And i think for uk travellers, the past year has been a good chance for us to take stock and appreciate what we have right here on our doorstep. Hello again. Monday was another hot and sunny day for the majority of us, but there were a few storms that popped up. One or two affecting sussex and kent, there were a few storms in South Wales for a time and there was one in the veil of york but otherwise we have skies like these can be the majority of us having dry, sunny and hot day. And talking of heat, the Met Office have issued their first extreme heat warning. Why now . Well, these warnings only started being issued injune and this is just the first hot spell we have seen. But this area, it represents an area of concern to the Met Office where we could see some impacts from the heat whether that be impacts to health or indeed infrastructure, things like trains might need to go slightly slower due to the tracks heating up in this hot weather. That kind of thing. At the moment theres not too much going on, its a clear start to the day tuesday and of course it has been very warm overnight, those temperatures starting off Tuesday Morning at around 16 degrees across parts of england and wales. A little bit fresher for scotland and Northern Ireland. But its going to be another hot and sunny day. High pressure firmly in charge, however into the afternoon some thunderstorms will break out and i think this is the kind of area we are most likely to see the downpours. They are likely to be bigger storms, so want to hear reports of some localised Surface Water Flooding in one or two of the biggest storms that do Pop Up. Otherwise, its another hot and sunny one. Temperatures widely mid to High 20s, the low 30s in the very hardest parts of the country. And we are used to this, arent we . After such a hot day those temperatures slow to come down, this is 11 oclock at night and you can see those temperatures are still up at 23 there in birmingham and london. Again, a little bit lower than that for scotland and Northern Ireland, but still plenty warm enough. Now our area of High Pressure hangs around to wednesday, the only Real Change is It Reorientation slightly to push that hotter air a little bit further northwards. So one thing you will notice as temperatures tending to rise in Northern Ireland and scotland into more generally the High 20s i think as we go into wednesday. Again there could be an odd Shower Popping Outcome of but for the majority it will continue with that dry run of weather with temperatures in the High 20s to low 30s in the hottest areas. Beyond that thursday and friday we keep the hot and sunny weather for the most part, there will be a change eventually coming, it looks look at might come through on the weekend. With Heavy Rain for some. Biodiversity. This is bbc news, im Sarah Mulkerrins Live In Tokyo where 0lympics begins in three days time. As athletes arrive, there are more positive coronavirus tests, forcing some athletes, to self isolate, others to withdraw. We will take you through the athletes to keep your eye on, and some the new Sports Youll be able to watch during the tokyo 0lympics. I am David Eades in london. In other news in iraq, a Bomb Blast kills at least 36 people in a mainly Shia Muslim area of baghdad. And, President Biden and dozens of western allies accuse china of overseeing a massive Cyber Attack earlier this year