S2 • E5 Mar 16, 2015 30m
The actor meets those who are keeping the region's rich industrial heritage alive. At Amble, he joins a community boat project aiming to revive traditional wooden boat-building skills, and takes part in a boat race at the harbour. He then heads to Allendale to spend a day working with the Dodd family on Britain's last horse-powered farm. Robson also learns about Northumberland's role in the birth of the railways and meets the steam enthusiasts who are bidding to rebuild the disused Alnwick to Alnmouth line.
