Well hello and welcome and in today's video we're going to do something a bit
different we're still exploring south wales but instead of
walking we're going to try something new or new
for us, we're going to try magnet fishing.
This is the first time we've tried magnet fishing
i'm not going to tell you where we're going in case we find something really
precious but I will at the end of the video. I
forgot to mention who I'm with today, I'm not with Mel because she's enjoying
the piece on her own. I'm with my trusty assistant,
him, Jake, it's him getting outdoors is a bit of a novelty
for Jake.
So this is the spot this yeah here, this bridge.
So we're gonna try here who are you talking to? The camera!
That got here before us quite well didn't it.
Don't spoil the magic of cinema, OK so this is what i bought on amazon
the magnet and this chord
so there it is
aren't you proud
my new toy. It started to rain it was sunny earlier
anyway first attempt!
So how was your day well. Over only been doing to for about 10 seconds
give me a break.
let's see what i've got ready for the big reveal yeah
a stone that's not metal, that was good
well i think we'll try again
so the sun's come out
oh we got something here i know it's too heavy
we've got something but it's too heavy for the magnets
actually i think i might be lifting it
take to the shallows
oh what was that? that is pretty damn big.
can you move to the side or anything because
it's a powerful magnet isn't it yeah because you're trying really hard to
pull it out it doesn't stop it from being heavy as hell
oh my god i'll take over
i don't know if you can even see this on camera
there is something quite wide and big under there
bloody hell it's like a log it can't be a log
but it's like a log the problem i've got i can't take the bloody magnet off now
you should have thought of that beforehand
so unless we managed to get this out we've basically wasted our magnet on
the first go it's twisted to the side. I've started recording
you now in case you fall in.
Do you have anything important on you that we should
take out of your pockets oh my god
it's like a frame
i can't get the magnet off
the problem we've got is it's too heavy to lift and the magnets stuck
fast to it
What do you think we should do?
Well we managed to get the magnet back
i don't know what it was it's pretty heavy
the problem is you can't get the magnet off
unless it's at right angles to the object it was like that it's twisted and we
tried really hard to pull it and it just wasn't coming
i thought we lost it anyway let's try again.
well again just to recap for your audience how much
does that thing cost? 30 pound, 30 pounds so
if we lose it 30 pounds, 30 pounds down the drain.
Maybe I'll just chuck 30 pounds over there over the side.
Round two hopefully it'll be more
successful
i think we should try a different spot as it's starting to rain no i think
i don't know it's nothing down there maybe it's the river's moving too fast
it's too muddy we can't go back yet let's try again
further downstream. We don't have any coats.
So i think we should try further downstream okay.
Not convinced are you, well it was starting to rain a second ago and
I've got that on camera. so I don't know what that big thing was
an old desk or something.
Well we found a big hole
try in there, no probably industrial waste.
So i may as well reveal to the camera where we are
by Kenfig River by the old railyard walking down towards the sea
i want to try again i think there's some more
opportunities in this river but Jake doesn't agree.
he doesn't want to go do, he wants to go home.
But i'm not a quitter we're gonna find something good come on.
even though we haven't got anything one thing i'm quite surprised about
is how clean the river is.
So anyway that was our first unsuccessful
attempt at magnet fishing so we may try again so stay tuned for
our next attempt.