VINNIE: So there's the seats from Wembley, right?
EMMA: Yeah. Look at the plaque.
Oh, wow! That's really lovely. And these are the Wembley...
They're the actual seats that my family sat on.
A life-changing day.
I remember going to the Cup Final in 1985, Watford against Everton,
I had to walk about three miles because I didn't have enough money
to get the train from Watford to Wembley to meet the boys.
D'you know what I mean? You're in the stands watching Watford, your team
and all that, and right up with the pigeons and all that,
and then three years later you're actually on the bloody pitch.
In the FA Cup Final. Mind blowing.
Winning it against the mightiest team on the planet at the time.
Wow. Did you ever imagine that you were gonna be doing that?
I used to watch the England games, all the England games when I was younger,
and I used to wear my England kit and my England tracksuit
in case one of the players didn't turn up. (CHUCKLING) (LAUGHS)
It's what you think in your head, don't you? That's amazing. Yeah.
VINNIE: It's been a long, chaotic summer.
Are we on?
And it's not over yet.
Coming in, you go... Oh! Bosh!
The progress at Manor House is fantastic right now.
Pipes, radiators, kitchens.
It's my fix, if you like.
With just snags in front of me...
There's too much white.
..the Manor is on the home straight.
Emma's disco lights. Come on Patti, what do you think, son? Excellent, I love it. Woo-hoo!
There's a floating sign going on there. Saying what?
V. Jones is the bollocks. Oh, dear. (BUILDERS LAUGH)
I'm now praying for one final thing to break my way.
I need the Lake House permission to come through so that I can roll everybody
from the Manor House down the hill,
into work. What I don't wanna do is start losing all the trades.
We're gonna do the fence in black, are we? Yeah.
Why have you only done half of it? Can you wire it up so I go, bosh?
I've got the carpenters, electricians, the painters all busy.
Keep the memento (sic) going.
EMMA: Good girl, good girl.
Good girl, Mama, good girl.
But the tradies up at the manor ain't the only circus in town right now.
They're just shitting machines. It's just a factory of shite.
Pip's five pups are thriving up at the farm,
and she's not the only one who's gone full-on mama bear.
Fifteen days old and they're doing amazing.
I've had many, many puppies in my time
and this is an Emma time to have the chaos of the puppies.
I'm at the Manor House, I've gotta get on with this job.
I just can't deal with the piss and shit.
They're full on, they just go for it.
It ain't my thing. I'll be at the Manor House with the lads.
We've got one brown. All the girls are black,
one slightly with a chocolate sheen.
Who have we got here? This is Minnie, cos she's the smallest.
She's tiny, but she's getting bigger and she's all black.
She's beautiful. Hi.
And then we've got our black and tan boy.
He's just so gorgeous. Look at him.
You're a very handsome boy, aren't you?
Good girl, Mama.
And here's Joy.
Joy is the girl that I pulled out and revived,
and she is the first one to open her eyes.
She beat everyone to it.
And she's doing so well. It was such a stressful time,
that I just thought
like she represents joy really.
Because against all odds, I didn't think I was gonna be able to pull her out that day,
I really didn't, it's a bit of a blur.
Look at her. She's a complete bruiser.
And she's thriving.
(PUPPY WHIMPERING) Yes.
It's hard because I'd sort of keep them all.
He is a real character, this one.
Erm, he is the troublemaker. He's the Vinnie of the group.
He just terrorises everyone. He just causes mayhem and trouble.
He was the last to open his eyes. He's just the Vinnie of the group.
I really... I've sort of fallen in love with him a bit. (LAUGHS)
What are you doing? Hey?
I mean, look at him. I mean, he's hilarious.
I should really call him Vinnie. I should, shouldn't I?
He is, look at him, look at his face.
He is just such a little bruiser.
He's like, "Yeah, come and have a go if you think you're hard enough." Hey?
That is the crazy gang, and there we have it.
The absolute crazy gang. (PUPPY WHINES) Oh.
While I've been running around like a blue-arsed fly...
WOBBLY: Hello?
..I've not had time to check in on Wobbs's progress.
Thought you was hiding down there. It's lovely, innit?
It's coming on, it's coming on. We're getting there. Looks great.
But we're not there yet.
What I'm building here is probably, I would say,
85% of men's dream.
But we'd all love a man cave. We do, it's a man thing.
We all love a shed at the bottom of the garden.
Be careful, they're not doing that, or is that optical illusion?
No, that's optical mate. Might be nice at both corners.
Yeah. If you want to. There and there I think.
We could, but I mean that's butted in. If you want me to, I can. It would be nice. OK, mate.
The older you get, the more time you spend in your shed.
But with him, he can't sit still for five minutes,
so I can't see that he's gonna get any benefit out of it.
That's wrong cos that's fucking above that.
He doesn't change. It will drive me mad, Wobbs, you know it will.
It won't be. It is. Wobbs, I'm not here to drive you mad.
We'll just do a distraction dance. That's it darlin', yeah. That's it yeah.
Just look over there. No, they're only little... (LAUGHS)
Listen, on every job, there's little snaggings. Yeah.
And he is the snag master. I am the snag master.
What I'll say is, let's finish, and then we'll have a snag.
How's the, erm, diet going?
Can you see me? Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Can you see me? Emma, can you see me? Can you see me? Barely. Barely.
Are you nailed on? Are you, like, so aggressive with it?
Er, I... Or are you easing up a bit?
No I'm. Yeah, I'm, I'm pretty full-on with it.
You seem better in yourself for it. I think.
You've gotta feel right about yourself... Before everything else.
Because if you don't, you don't care. That's what I found. Yeah.
You ain't bothered what you look like.
But if you start to feel good about yourself again... Yeah. ..it helps.
There you go, and that is why you seem better. Yeah, I am, yeah.
I think you're better in your head. The other thing is as well,
you've gotta deal with today, because yesterday's gone,
and tomorrow you'll deal with what comes along tomorrow.
Life is today. You're in life now. 100%.
Not tomorrow, yesterday's done. 100%. 100%.
So just live today and just stick with it. You know what I mean?
Cos the first thing you see it in your face and go,
"Oh fucking hell, he's lost it there an' all." 100%.
Well done, Wobbs.
I think Wobbly's done brilliant.
I think he's coming to terms with things.
He's coming to a place where he can get up in the morning and start functioning.
And watch that level is... He's got me at it now, piss off!
Oi, levels are not lying bastards. They tell the truth. Yeah.
Hun! Yeah?
Come and have one of these apples.
Hun, I've got the planning through for the Lake House. What?
Yes. You're joking. I ain't. Look.
What, all of it? All done. It's done. (LAUGHS)
It's only taken three years. Wow. Wow.
Are we gonna call in reinforcements? I'm actually shaking.
Finally, we press the button on the Lake House.
I couldn't sleep easier right now,
knowing I've got two years' worth of work in front of me.
Well done, hun. Here's an apple from the tree.
They're called jujus.
(CHUCKLES)
This is gonna be a huge project.
I mean, absolutely huge.
He is gonna be very excited.
I've done everything by the book and I've got a smile on my face.
Rock and roll. Rock and roll!
Ain't gonna stop us now.
Woo!
Getting the green light on the Lake House
is like having Christmas come early.
Whatever you're doing with your lorries and diggers, I need you out of here.
Just the boost I need to get the manor over the line and move on.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Timing is everything.
Crack that whip.
I'm tryna make everything run smooth like clockwork.
Winter doubles your money, doubles your time,
doubles your frustration.
So I want to get in there and get a good move on before October comes.
How long have we got on these, mate? We've gotta really push on now.
This has been a project of his for the last three years.
He must have been dying to get started on it.
So, woe betide anyone who stands in his way now
cos he's gonna go mad at it, I'm sure.
I'm just winding the lads up now. Plenty to do, short time to do it in.
That's normal, you know what I mean?
It's almost like you've unleashed the dragon.
We're waiting on Russ again, are we? Fucking hell, Russ!
But thankfully, rising star Glenn...
The sun never sets on Glenn. That's right. And his digger.
..has shown he can take whatever I throw at him.
It's a long snagging list of little bits that have been started,
and not finished that we had to do in order.
We're just working through them now.
We've gotta shorten the list, not to keep adding to it.
Every time I come up here, you find something else, something else.
And as soon as we get that done, get me to the Lake House.
He already wants me there this week but that's not gonna happen.
Come on, let's go, baby.
And I'm not the only one raring to go.
Come on then. (DOG BARKS) Oh, the old tail's wagging.
We've now got Pip back, her shape's coming back on.
Up up up up. Good girl.
Ooh, ooh, ooh. First time out. Back with your dad. Eh?
She's shaking. She's shaking like with adrenaline.
Like me on the football field when I used to come out the dressing room, eh, Pip? Ready?
Ready? She's back.
She's out. She's snatched back. Got her figure back.
She is beside herself. If she cannot be out with Vinnie,
diggers, action, constant chaos,
if she can't be out there with him, doing that, then she's just depressed.
I'm celebrating with a cup of coffee.
Now she's back, it's great. I've got my wingman back. Well, girl.
I'll share the old flapjack.
The first call of duty...
Here he is, look. Here he is.
..checking out the manor's new, custom-built gates...
All right, Goat?
..hand-delivered this morning by blacksmith Goat.
I'm gonna put the posts in now, stand them there.
I'm gonna put the gates over there.
His work is magnificent. It's unbelievable.
I think you've hit it, the sweet spot.
Well done, mate. Thank you. I really do. Yeah.
You don't want great, big, massive things. It's still got to blend in.
It's not Wentworth, you know what I mean? Exactly.
Is it Buckingham Palace, mate? Is it Clarence House?
You know, I'd lift that when I was younger. (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
I think that's got to be a bit more of an angle, you know?
No, it's about right look.
That's higher than that, Goat, innit?
No, it's not, they are the same, it's illusion. Is it? Yeah.
# Just an illusion oo, oo, oo ah #
Mate, I think they look good.
Having lit a fire under everyone else's arses,
I need to put my money where my mouth is, and sort my own snag list out.
And one thing I need to get squared away before summer's out
is the beach I built for when the grandkids visit next.
I love lake swimming. The excitement of going down there in the mornings.
You don't want to do it, but you do it, and once you're in, it really lifts your whole spirit.
It's amazing.
I put the entire job on hold
after me bodge job with the builder's sand.
But now Colesy's joined Emma's little paddling posse,
something tells me I'm on borrowed time to get it sorted.
I know it's the wrong stuff. It's on the list,
and I will go back to it.
COLESY: Oh! (EMMA CACKLING)
It's quicksand. He's got the wrong sand, ain't he?
It's quicksand! That's the fucking surprise! Fucking hell.
I will take a little digger down there, take some out,
use that as my bedding, and put my quartz on top.
That's my next plan.
Do you feel like you're connected to your body, like your breath?
(COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS) Oh.
Cor, this is lovely. Cos it's meant to be good for ADHD.
Well, you sound like you're struggling a bit and I feel, I feel quite cool.
I think when anybody sort of comes to the countryside
from more of a townie situation,
they're a bit apprehensive, erm, maybe of the quietness from it,
but I think Colesy, er, it's really fun to watch him
sort of come to life.
Seeing him enjoy the swimming is just lovely.
Shall I try and walk out where the beach was?
Yeah, up there. Right.
You're David Hasselhoff vibes and I'm Pam, OK?
Right, I've got weeds, here we go.
You are the Hoff.
Oh, you've... Yes!
You can't get up here.
OK. Take two. That was your test.
Yes. Go! Ah!
Yes, we are. Yep.
That is stunning. Love your work.
David Hasselhoff eat your heart out. I feel like Mr Fucking Blobby.
(BOTH LAUGH)
I ain't throwing the towel in on my beach just yet.
I'll add the fix to young Glenn's ever-expanding snag list.
With Lake House planning finally in my pocket,
the beach ain't the only thing that needs a good clear-out.
WOBBLY: You never know what's behind there, do you? Come on.
Yeah. Perfect.
And the barn on the edge of the property
seems a good place to start.
These are all from the lady I bought them off.
They must have stored them all here and never took them.
When you see a old lady
in an armchair and you're sitting on her bed in the living room,
and she tells you the struggle it was to keep the farm going,
and she was terrified of losing her legacy.
She didn't want people coming in and splitting it up.
She said to me, she called me in, she said, "Would you buy this place and keep it as is?"
I was like, eh? 'Cause a lot of people wanted this place. I can imagine, yeah.
She said, "I'll only sell it to you" she said. I said all right.
We come to a deal, and she said, "The other part of the deal is..."
Cos you bought it while she was still in the property. Yeah. Still alive. Yeah, yeah.
And I said she can live here until the day she dies.
That is a side of Vincent that not a lot of people see.
He has got a very kind side. You know, he was very good to me when I was down.
He kind of resonates with people that are in a bad stage in their life.
Tries to give them a bit of a pat on the back, really.
Part of the deal was, her mum,
there's a little field down there called "Mum's Field" they call it.
Her mum is buried down there and I put the ashes down there with her mum.
With her mum. Lovely. And that's called Mum's Field.
She's the kind of old girl that would be sitting on top of that oak tree
on a big branch, looking down going, "Ha ha ha, go on, Vin."
Someone's life, innit? Someone's memories.
That's where I get a bit emotional about it all. Yeah, no, yeah.
This lady had amassed what she'd amassed round her in her lifetime,
it was all just left in a pile. That's somebody's life.
Years ago, that would have meant something to somebody.
Look at that, that's nice. Give that to Simon.
He'd make me a nice stick out of that. He would do.
And it got me thinking, and I'm thinking, is that what life's all about?
Do you go through life collecting all this stuff for it to mean nothing?
Vinnie picked a stick up and it looked to me as though it resonated with him.
You never know what you're gonna find. That'll clean up nice.
I like to think that I will carry on her legacy. We're the keepers.
All we are is the lock keepers for her.
Whatever we do down there, it will always be Celeste's house.
The old Celeste stick. That'd be nice, wouldn't it?
COLESY: Most ridiculous idea I've ever, ever heard.
You can't let people on this, this is too dangerous.
And also, it's covered in goose shit now.
So I don't think I'll be sunbathing on this.
It's not Saint Tropez, it's building sand.
El Wrongo. Look at the shit everywhere.
Another day... Morning, boys. Hey, mate. You OK ? Yeah good.
..another round in the ring.
No, it can't be fucking done.
Keeping the pressure on.
We'll get that done, that done. We'll get the table in, some few chairs.
'Cause before the bell rings for the main event at the Lake House...
Who's that leaving? What time do you call this?
..I've got a few more bouts lined up over on this side of the hill.
Straight forward. Just lift the front. That's it, there you go.
That is the absolute nuts. Look how big it is. Aha!
One job I gotta stop dancing around is the beach by the jetty.
Right, Pip, come on then.
It's been hanging over me all summer.
We need a "Beach Open" sign, don't we? GLENN: Yeah, that's it.
Yeah? Right, let's boogie.
And with the right sand finally in hand,
it'll be Costa del VJ come sundown.
That's proper beach sand, innit? Absolutely.
Look, build a castle out of that mate, look. Ha-ha-hay!
Come on, Zacky let's get it in. Moment of truth, then.
Not as white as I thought it would be.
Is that as white as it comes? Yeah.
Perfect. Here we go, look. Taking all the glory, Glenn?
No, no. Taking all the glory. Take it. It's there to be taken.
Sometimes I take ten steps forward...
(CACKLES) ..and 15 back, but then I take another ten forward.
But this is what I envisaged.
Maybe we should start an interior design company.
I'd love it. You know. I'm good at that.
You have got vision, ain't you?
It's just that everybody's not on the same... No.
(CHUCKLING) Well, the trouble is, everybody's got to do your vision.
I'm going too fast for you fucking lot. (CACKLES)
When he first suggested it, a beach, I thought, nah, but...
D'you know what? As did I. Mr Richie's got two of them, mate.
Oh, there you go. Yeah, that'll come. There'll be three here, then.
Your grandkids are gonna love that. Yeah.
You've got enough to do but if you can just come and rake every morning before you start work.
I'll put it on my list. Alright? I'll leave an hour earlier.
Stick that on your list, if you don't mind. That's it. I'll de-shit it first, and then.
Sand swapped out and the beach finally squared away.
I know my grandkids will be made up with my efforts next time they come and stay.
Harry!
Hey! How are you doing, mate? HARRY: Good.
Eddie! All right, mate? I'm really good.
Where's your tooth gone?
Yeah?
Oh! Guess what I've got.
(ALL GASP) Ah!
WOMAN: Oh, my God! (VINNIE LAUGHS)
Yeah, we'll put her back, shall we?
They don't seem so distant because you can just video-call them.
But there's nothing better than to have them here and give them a cuddle.
Have you? Let's have a look.
Oh, well done. Are you walking without the crutches now? Yeah.
My grandson had cancer of the leg.
I mean, he's clear, but he's not out the woods yet.
Well, that's good news, Harry. Well done, keep going, keep strong.
I've been building a beach for you down at the lake.
Yeah. All white sand. Lovely white sand.
Yeah? Shame you didn't get over this time but we'll get over later.
We'll get over later on. Talk to you
next week on your birthday, Harry, all right? OK.
Ed, give us a kiss, and I'll see you later.
Eddie! (BLOWS RASPBERRY) (KIDS GIGGLE)
You little farter. See you later. See you, Harry.
ALL: Bye.
Those kids remind me of what I've got to be thankful for in this life,
but knowing not everyone's as fortunate,
today, I'm giving a little helping hand to a charity
that hits close to home.
So the "Magic Taxi" send not only terminal kids to Disneyland
but also their siblings that don't really
get as much attention at this time, obviously,
because all the attention goes onto the child that's very, very ill.
So the cab boys take them to Disneyland. They drive them there.
And to help raise funds for the volunteers' next trip...
Bring that round here, girls.
Pull it up to here and we'll serve from here.
..I've auctioned off a day's clay shooting
and invited the cab boys along for the ride.
My connection is my grandson had cancer of the leg,
and obviously, you know, it's brought it all home to me, you know,
Harry's fight and these other kids' fights, so it's very close to the heart.
(CLINKING) (APPLAUSE)
So erm, today is all about the children with us
and the children that are not.
That's what today is all about.
Erm, and it's great that you've all given your time.
All my lot have given their time to support you guys,
to show you our respect.
It's all about fun today, and it's all about such a fantastic cause.
Right, let the games commence, boys.
(WHISTLE) Pull. Pull. Pull. (SHOOTING)
MAN: Oh, nearly, mate. It went up early. Straight at it.
(SHOOTING) Oh, my God. Conservation shot.
We'll be all right this year, Mick, we'd better put another day in. Pull!
Straight at the rabbit. MAN: Yes.
There you go. MAN: Brilliant, mate. Brilliant.
That's what it's all about. Fun.
CREW: How many did you get? One. (LAUGHS)
Great, absolutely great. It really is.
Walking round, there's a lot of people smiling and laughing.
We do our bit. Yeah. No, it is. Absolutely fantastic.
As we always said, all got their stories, ain't they?
Every front door's got a story. It really has.
It's not just those affected by cancer that support this charity.
Jim's been sponsoring a taxi since he lost his lad
in an accident four years ago.
How old was Alfie? 24.
It's hard to come to terms with... a loss like that.
Every day of the week, we go to the grave. Do you? Yeah.
Change the flowers. Sometimes we go there 11 o'clock at night.
I know, because you feel guilty. Yeah. When I lost Tanzy...
You lost your wife, yeah. ..it's a process mate, and it takes time.
Everything heaps on very early as well,
but you start coping with it.
You should get up in the morning and do the first task of the day,
do it properly, and then you can do the next one a bit better,
you know, and then finally all these hundreds of pieces
will slowly, slowly come back together. You know what I mean?
At the moment, your task is you're going to the grave every day. Yeah.
You know, you have got a task.
It takes a long time, mate, and you've got to process it.
You'd think four years on, it would get a little bit easier, wouldn't you?
But it seems to be harder for me. Mm, I don't know.
You're around that three, four... Every time I think about him, I break down.
Well, I done that on national TV.
I had the same chat and burst into... on Piers Morgan.
But I got it out there. I helped other blokes.
I said, "It's all right to fucking talk and to fucking cry and show our emotions." Why not?
What I do is... Sorry, mate.
Mate, I've been there, you don't need to apologise to me.
But I look to see how proud I'm making her now. I do.
I just keep thinking, as everyone says, "God only takes the good first."
Well, he definitely took the good with my boy. There you go.
Take that with you and embrace that.
I talk to the grave every day. Yeah, you will, you will.
You'll be driving along having a chat.
I do try to enjoy myself, but I do think about him.
Well, don't feel guilty about that. I used to feel that.
Feel guilty about enjoying yourself. He's gonna smile at that.
Boy loved you, you know, he wants you to be happy, mate.
This is lovely today, and I'm walking around
there's people have got smiles on their faces,
you know, and I think what a lot of people have gone through
is what Vinnie's been through, I've been through, what they're going through.
It's very, very difficult when you're going through grief to talk about it.
Very hard, very, very hard.
So what he's done today is great.
I've been through a lot of grief one way or another.
With my wife and my mum in the last few years.
People look and say, "He's been through this,
he knows what we're talking about, we trust him,"
and that's a massive word, the trust word.
After today, I need to take a moment to myself.
And have a breather.
(WHISPERING) Massive badger sett there, didn't know that was there.
This is where the roe, the roebuck will come and stand here, look.
Some nice deer down there.
It's my little spot, I do like this little spot here.
Do like this little spot here.
Cock pheasant there, look. Look, look, look. Good-looking boy, ain't he?
That's your typical English ring-necked, that is, look.
Being alone with nature helps me through the tough days.
It gives peace to reflect on the hard times.
Talking to Jim, it just flooded back so many memories,
and it's devastating.
And the only way I can sit and listen,
and that is cos I've been there and done it.
I've been through it. He's going through it.
And I'm still going through it, and I always will for the rest of my life go through it.
Losing me mum, it's something that's very personal.
It's a massive, massive blow
that... I'm still holding in, I think.
We're a couple of months on now.
It worries me a little bit there's been no breakdown.
It does worry me a little bit.
I don't think you can't control grief, it's uncontrollable,
and with me mum, I'm trying to keep, keep it away.
Whether that's a right or wrong thing, I don't know,
but it's painful, it's hard, and you know.
You've got to keep busy or you'll crumble,
and I ain't gonna crumble.
It is the fear of crumbling that keeps you, me going, I think.
Maybe I'm keeping myself too busy right now.
I'm a little bit worried that if I slow down a little bit,
it might all of a sudden fall out the sky
and be like a massive weight on me, but I'm hoping that won't happen.
At the manor, while I keep an eye on snags indoors...
VINNIE: What the fuck is that?
..old Glennie boy is a man on a mission...
That's it.
..making good the surrounding acreage
churned up by my army of diggers.
Finishing touches, tarmac, topsoiling,
final dressing in, seed it, done.
So as long as no one interferes with our freshly laid topsoil,
then no hiccups,
out of the Manor House Friday, into the Lake House Monday.
Finally, everything's getting tied off proper.
Come on. She's just in her element.
She has spent more time on a building site than I have.
Look he's here, Goat! The great man himself.
Oh, wow, Goat! They are lovely, aren't they?
Do you like the weight and the girth of them?
Oh, I was gonna mention that. I'm feeling the mighty hand of Goat.
Yes, that's it. Took us two weeks to do all the scrolls.
No. Aw, what's he doing?
GLENN: Stop! Oh, no. (GASPS) No, no!
Who's that? He is not gonna get across that mud.
Who is that? Ha, ha, ha. What is he doing?
That's the plumber. He will not get over the top of that mud. That's all seeded grass.
He couldn't wait five minutes.
Oh, he's just realised. Yeah. Here we go he's going back again.
He's thought about it. (CHUCKLES) It was all going far too well.
And someone has just driven over our freshly seeded topsoil.
We were getting through the list at a rate of knots,
but behaviour like that obviously sets us back.
Which now I need to correct. So I'll add that back on the list.
Whilst work motors along at the Manor House,
and the summer starts to draw to a close,
over at the farm, we've got a big decision to make.
Careful, cos they chase you and your feet, you don't want to stand on one.
(GRUNTING) Come on then. Oooh.
And since moving to the outdoor pen,
the pups are giving Blondie the run around.
100%, they've got it from Pip.
Pip is an outdoor doggy. She never wants to be indoors,
and her pups are the same, so it seems.
I do like the black and tan, look. Whoa!
The time has come and I've told her,
we need to decide which one we're gonna keep.
The biggest problem will be that Emma's gonna want to keep all the puppies.
This is Joy, that's the one... She's gorgeous. She is gorgeous.
Is this tiny? That's Minnie. Minnie.
It's basically very difficult having to choose,
erm, between five beautiful, amazing little pups.
How do I, how do I do this? This is Heartbreak Hotel.
So I am trying to persuade Vinnie,
potentially, could we keep more than one?
We are keeping one.
Not two, not five,
we're keeping one.
I'm having sleepless nights about it because how do you choose?
Shall I tell you... Look. Just look.
(VINNIE LAUGHS) Come on. (TALKING GIBBERISH) Come on.
How do you even handle it? The size of them!
(LAUGHS) Like a little polar bear. Like a little seal.
He didn't have ankles for the longest time.
Because he was too fat. He had cankles only a mother could love.
(LAUGHS) He's massive.
He's like a little Chewbacca, isn't he? Yeah.
Look. See if they make the noises. (WHISTLES)
Look, I would put you under the cosh now.
What would be your choice? I just can't cope.
I would honestly take Joy, the one you saved.
But I do love Buster as well, because he reminds me of you.
Is he that intelligent? (LAUGHS)
He's a bruiser, and he's a very naughty boy.
I wouldn't go for a boy. So maybe it's Joy, then.
I mean, that is the only one I've properly named.
I think it's a no-brainer.
So the decision has been made, we're keeping Joy,
and I think she's got what it takes
to join the rest of this crazy gang. She looks nuts.
Welcome to the family, Joy, you'll fit right in.
Looks like hiding in the woods has done wonders for Wobbly's progress.
In more ways than one.
I mean, this is basically the final sort of clear-up now,
a bit of touch-up to the paint, and I'm out of here.
It's been probably one of the most enjoyable jobs I've done down here.
Done for him over the years, to be honest,
because he's basically just said to me, "Build me a cabin"
and left me to it, which is great.
Hopefully he likes it, but, erm, I'm pleased with the way it's turned out.
Put it this way, if that was down the bottom of my garden, I'd be delighted.
I'd love it down the bottom of my garden, I really would.
It's nearly as big as my house, where I live, so it's... (LAUGHS)
The greatest thing for me this year,
and I have been alone down here a lot, just to get on with it,
which obviously gives you a lot more time.
I've been able to focus a bit more on myself,
and get back to where I need to be, and I feel a lot, a lot happier than I have been in the past.
But it's years I've been here now,
and yeah, I was in a dark places at some points and you know,
just being here, keeping me busy, keeping me going, it helped.
You know, I have sort of woke up now,
and realised that, you know, I've got to start looking after myself a bit more.
Put me ladders away, me paint away, and I am out of here.
VINNIE: I think the man cave is absolutely magnificent.
We can go down there, me and Patti or Colesy, whatever,
let's go down there, chill out. No one about. Lovely views.
Put my hood up someone, I can't see where I'm going. That way.
It's gonna be kind of me Yellowstone cabin.
Now I've got it looking the business... What's that like Colesy?
Yeah, that's spot on.
..it's the perfect spot to kick back with the oldest muckers I know...
Tell you what, I'm not being funny, Wobbly's done a bloody good job.
He has, to be fair.
..and take stock of the last few months.
Here we are. Yeah. Another day, another dollar.
Patti's moved out of Watford, he's down here now, living up the road.
Five months ago, I was living in Southend,
never had a pot to piss in.
Now I'm living here, me fucking tooth's fell out, I've got enough money to buy a new tooth
and I'm driving about in a BMW. (LAUGHS) All because of this man.
What I found with you, Vin, with the difference between maybe us,
the normal fellas, is that when you get a chance, you grab it with both hands.
He does, yeah. Yeah, I wrap myself round it. Around it, yeah.
When would you ever think, as a kid, you'd become an actor?
He's been fucking acting all his life. When I was nine...
Oop, me fucking glasses have fell off.
When I was nine or 10 years old, we were at Butlins as kids, like,
and I was fucking up there, wasn't I, on the old stage, giving it all the old bollocks.
Did you ever see him dance? Fucking shocking, mate, honestly. Do you remember?
I was the bollocks.
Vin, when we used to go... At Rolls Royce, I was the bollocks, Colesy.
Batchwood Hall. I used to take the floor at Rolls Royce every Friday night.
No one could keep up with me.
No one would be on the dance floor, up he goes, fucking Peter Gordeno, giving it the...
I used to do the old shuffle, didn't I? You was terrible, Vin. Was I?
Looking at things in your life, would you ever think
you'd be the fella people look up to for mental health and things like that?
I ain't just started it, been doing it all my life, you know it.
He's like an ambassador for mental health. I love that side of it.
I've taken it on. I think I'm in a position to be able to talk about it.
Yeah, you are. You know, I've lost me wife and me mum.
All I can express to people
is how I've dealt with it and what it's done to me. Yeah.
And if that helps any of them, then so be it.
But I do believe when I say keep swinging and all that...
Yeah. ..what I'm trying to say is
keep yourself occupied, keep yourself busy.
Do you think of anything further than the next day?
Or do you just take one day at a time?
Put it this way, I know what I'm doing tomorrow,
and I start having panic attacks when I've got nothing planned.
For me, I'm still filling up tomorrow
to be able to sleep tonight, but I mean,
we've all come a long way this year.
We've all repaired, myself included.
I feel that I've come on a long way in the last year.
But like to think that we're sitting here like this, you know,
three old men like you, Vin. Tell we're getting old.
You've got a new set of teeth. My teeth are falling out
and Vin's one bald. Apart from that, we're all right. Yeah.
That's the old Wobbly. There you are.
All right, Wobbs?
I've been looking, guess what. Fucking done, ain't I.
Finished? I'm done. You'll like it. Nice to see ya.
Well done, mate. Well done. No, good, yeah. So, er, yeah, I'm there. Finished.
Looks like I worked you hard this year, son.
Yeah, it's been that... But yeah, no, it's been great.
It's been an emotional journey, son, and on that note, erm,
yeah, I do wanna, I'd like to say thank you to you, mate, really, to be honest with you.
It's been good. I've got something for you.
Not the last bill, is it? No, I'll tell you what it is.
I'll give you that with pleasure, I won't get upset giving you that.
What do you get a man who's got everything?
When you can go and buy a Bentley on a whim,
or you can go and buy two farms down the road because you can,
I guess life has got a different meaning.
So I think when somebody gives him the little trinkets, the little, erm,
I suppose, stuff from the heart,
it probably means something a little bit more
than just going to buy something because you can.
So, I've been with you now four, four-odd years now,
and I didn't know what the heck to buy you.
I don't know if you remember, we went down to the Lake House, and we had a little walk about,
we was talking about, er, legacies.
You'd just lost your mum, I'd lost me dad.
What's left behind? Right?
People just leave stuff behind, don't they?
And, er, you picked a stick up.
Well, I picked up. I don't know, er, if you remember,
but we called this the Celeste stick
and I took it to our mate Simon... Oh, mate.
I thought, get you one with a little trout on it, right?
Hopefully this will remind you, A of me and B of your Lake House.
Yeah? And that is the actual stick.
It's come back to life. Thanks, mate.
The stick's beautiful, you know, it's another one for my collection.
It's a fish. It's the first fish I've had, brown trout.
Yeah, it's lovely. It's got Celeste in it, it's got her DNA.
You know, she is a big part of this, and she always will be.
The good thing is, cos it's a two-piece one, you can put it in your suitcase.
Take it to America. Take it to America, it'll always remind you of the Lake House.
Do you like it? It's wonderful.
I thought you ain't got one with a trout, have you? I haven't.
You've helped me through some tough times, mate.
We've helped each other as well. I really do mean that, yeah.
When we first met, I was in a dark place, and so was you.
Erm, but as you say, you kept me swinging, mate.
Good. You kept me punching, and I'm in a lot better place now, thanks to you. I feel like
I've kind of...
I'm getting better. I think you're getting better. The journey's starting to...
You're doing this and feeling great in yourself and everything.
But thank you. So, er, thanks for this, mate, I'll treasure it,
and, er, and our memories. I'll tell you what,
that's from my heart, mate. I mean that. Thank you, mate.
I didn't know what I could get you. Cheers, mate.
All the best for the future. And I hope the, er,
I hope this Lake House, and Manor House,
you appreciate, I thank you for all the work, but it's too much for me now, mate, all that.
Your train's a little bit too quick for me now.
It's not a train, it's a rocket, Wobbs. Exactly.
Hopefully you'll have something for me next summer. Yep.
You know where I am. Give me a ring. Give you a ring. Yeah.
But thank you. Beautiful.
Well done, mate. All right. Cheers, boy. Thank you.
Thank you, all right? See you later. Yeah. See you, Wobb. Take care.
He bought me a knife, and every time you look at it,
it reminds me of Vincent.
Sometimes I want to throw out the fucking window,
but in general, I think of that moment he gave it to me,
and I think of the, it sounds crass and silly,
but I think hopefully the love that it was given.
It was a lovely gift. It meant a lot to me.
So hopefully this stick will do the same for him.
Thanks, Wobb.
I've ticked the Wobbly box this year because I think Wobbly's in a much, much better place,
and it's been a good season for repair.
Vin, by the way, I ain't paid Simon for it, so you might wanna go and see him. All right? (LAUGHS)
You bastard! See you, Wobbs. See ya.
Friendship, can't buy it.
Now the Manor House is done,
I can finally say my plan's come together.
That's a bit of vision, wasn't it, hun? Look at that. Yeah.
I mean, that is stunning.
That's what it deserved. That's our legacy there. Yeah.
That'll be good for another 50 years, that.
Lo and behold, four, five moths you've restored this whole area. I can't believe how quick.
Not only the house, but this whole area, the barn, everything.
Blondie's spot-on. From the beach to the log cabins,
all the lads have stepped up this summer.
Whilst here at the manor, the grounds are landscaped to perfection,
with an entrance and a helipad that means business.
No stone unturned really, have you?
Sometimes it, like the emotion, it like makes you wanna cry,
that you've actually achieved something. Look at that, what a joint effort. Look at that.
I always looked up at me dad, he had his own, albeit a small building company.
I was always gonna be me own boss.
Did I think I'd be a professional footballer? Did I think I'd be an actor?
No, but I'd have ended up with either me own building firm or something.
Saying that, I have. I have. All I do is build farms.
And I'm getting quite good at 'em.
In you go, hun. Woo-hoo!
Oh, wow!
The Manor House has come up shining.
With every mortal detail just how I imagined,
plus a party barn that's fit for purpose.
Great, I like the colour scheme.
Beautiful, hun. You've done such a great job.
Should have been an interior designer.
Oh, my God.
When the Manor House came up,
really, it was too good an opportunity to let go.
It borders the Farmhouse and the Lake House, so it joins up.
I can walk round it all now for the rest of my life.
When the boys come in or people come over, they can stay there as well.
And the views are out of this world. They're some of the best views in West Sussex.
This is a beautiful little smallholding anyway,
but that just sets it off, you know.
It's the peacefulness up here. Yeah, but that view is just insane.
That's what I mean, it's the tranquillity here, isn't it?
What I couldn't understand is you, from down there you look up
and it's magnificent, why you would paint your house grey.
I couldn't get over it. It's the white house, it's up on the hill.
Yeah, the white works. I was concerned.
You was all concerned, but I don't know why.
I know you wanna be in charge of everything, but it is a collaboration.
Sometimes, the collaborations do work. Yeah, me and the mirror, hun.
I have a board meeting with me and the mirror, and away I go.
Yes, I know, but can I be more involved in the Lake House?
Cos that is the one we've been waiting for.
Let's go and have a look at what you want to get involved with. OK.
Success for me is to complete something that you set out to do.
And then, you get after the next thing.
It's no good sitting there,
winning the FA Cup Final and saying that's that.
Now, what I do, I go, yeah, I've enjoyed that,
then I'm looking at now, what am I gonna do?
What's the next one? Let's go, baby.
Like I have to ask.
After a summer of hard graft, it doesn't end with the manor.
Now, my vision for this little corner of West Sussex,
is well and truly locked in.
The only thing to do now,
get the diggers out, down the hill, straight to the Lake House.
We're gonna get started.
Come on, then.
Come on, Pip. (WHISTLES) Let's get this started!
(HORN BLOWS)
Let's go, boys! Let's do it! Two and a half years!
(SCREECHING)
Let's go, Glenn!
Let's go. Let's get in the shit and muck and go again.
And I'll tell you when it stops.
When it stops.
Rock and roll, baby.
Can I go now? (CREW LAUGHS)
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