VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Alright, fair enough.

It's a really cute subject.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car.

NATASHA: Make it so.

MARGIE: Here we go.

VO: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Frankly terrifying.

VO: The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

I've lost money!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... Get in there!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory?

Ooh.

VO: Or the slow road to disaster?

Ugh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Oh yes.

VO: We're in wonderful Wales with a brand new adventure and a brand new face.

Serhat Ahmet, welcome to the Antiques Road Trip.

Thank you very much.

How you feeling?

Really excited.

Nervous?

SERHAT (SA): Nervous... CHRISTINA (CT): You should be!

Ha.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Blimey!

Well, the plan was for our Road Trip doyenne Christina Trevanion to break in our newest recruit, Serhat Ahmet, a little more gently than that.

It's great to be with you, Christina.

And what is not to love?

We have got the most beautiful day.

SA: Roof down, sun is shining upon us... CT: Wind through our hair... Yep.

Well.. CT: Oh.

SA: ..one of us.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Whilst he's a rookie on the road, London boy Serhat is no novice when it comes to antiques.

He's a dealer with a passion for all things porcelain.

That's 22 carat gold.

VO: He got the bug at a very early age, helping his mum and dad buy and sell their fine china in their Portobello shop.

Do you remember as a child, their house being full of porcelain?

Yeah, totally.

How on earth would they cope with that with three bumptious boys bouncing around?

And a porcelain collection.

Yeah.

Strict father, basically.

"Do not touch" was the mantra.

Except I did.

When Dad wasn't looking, I was picking up the pieces.

VO: His companion, Shropshire lass Christina, needs little introduction.

Oh!

Oops.

VO: A firm favorite on the Trip, she's a bit of a buff when it comes to ceramics too.

But right now, she's rather enamored with something else.

Well I'm not normally a label slave but I love the fact that I've got this little badge in front of me that says...

"Porsche!"

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Yes, their wheels for Wales is this stunning 356 Speedster.

This one's a replica, we daren't let them loose with the real thing.

You know, I've never ever fallen in love with a Road Trip car before, I've always been a bit, hmm.

This one...

This one.

I think I might be slightly in love!

VO: Right, down to the nitty gritty.

You each get £200 to spend, buy in shops, sell at auction, make a profit.

Simple.

Questions?

Any advice for me on my first Road Trip?

I would suggest, it can get quite chilly.

Hot water bottle at all times.

Yeah.

OK, schoolboy error.

No hot water bottle.

And thermos.

Nothing on my head.

Do you want to wear my hot water bottle on your head?

Just in case.

I think that's much better.

That's a good look!

VO: I think he's going to fit in just fine.

This trip will see our pair in the Porsche start in north Wales, have a bit of a mosey round the Midlands, then it'll be back over the border into south Wales, before the final battle in Battle.

On this first leg our two will be hawking their wares at a saleroom over in Lancashire at Bolton.

But let's get the ball rolling at the seaside town of Pwllheli.

Right, so this is the last time I'm driving this car today.

All mine.

All yours.

SA: Amazing.

CT: Be gentle with her.

I will, I promise.

She's very special already, OK?

VO: Time we found out what the new boy's made of.

CT: Ah, bore da.

Um...this is Serhat, John.

I think we've met before, haven't we?

Yes, I think so, some time, yeah.

Yeah, I think I've been here before.

Brilliant.

Right, shall we go shopping?

Yes!

OK, are you going to go that way, I'll go that way?

Let's do it.

VO: Now, your first Road Trip shop can be a bit daunting, especially when it's as chock a block as Rodney Adams Antiques.

They've even got a second store across the road.

I think it's fair to say John likes his clocks.

(CLOCK CHIMES) VO: You're not kidding.

SA: Oh, wow.

What's John got down here?

VO: Ah, the basement.

Just the place for bargains.

What will our ceramics man find?

Oh.

Oh, this is really cool.

Oh, I love this.

Look at that.

It's a child's rocking chair.

Furniture's not my forte, but something like that is exactly what I think would do well.

It's just an endearing piece.

In the last couple of hundred years nothing's happened to that at all.

It's been allowed to wear and it's got a lovely patina.

Sadly, ticket says sold.

VO: That's a shame.

Good eye though.

Back upstairs, our more experienced shopper is getting down to business.

Look at this.

It's really quite magnificent.

Now, this is essentially the equivalent of a fitted kitchen in the 18th century in Wales.

And it's just fabulous, isn't it?

You look at the patina of years and years and years of kitchen grease and ingredients and food that have worn up and made this wonderful mellow oak color here.

What's this at?

Let's have a little look.

Circa 1740, really early.

£4,250.

I think we'll leave it there.

VO: Yeah, bit too big for the Porsche too, I think.

Now, why did the antique dealer cross the road?

To get to the other side of course.

Ha-ha-ha!

Look at this pram.

(HE LAUGHS) That's so cute!

I'm guessing this is late 19th century, early 20th century, just by the style of it.

This really reminds me of the art nouveau period, these swirling bits of vine that's been wrapped into these patterns.

I just think that's a really sweet piece.

VO: And with a ticket price of £55, it is well within your means.

It was made as a doll's pram but I think today someone that's going to buy this might want to use it as a decorative item.

You know, it's something they can have as a little feature piece in the corner of their room, honest and charming.

VO: I'd say he's quite keen on that.

Back over on the other side, Christina's found a miniature something of her own.

CT: Ooh!

Let's lift you up there.

Look at that.

That's really dinky, isn't it?

Little chest of drawers, and it's what we call a commode shape, so it's got this serpentine front rather than just being a straight-sided chest of drawers.

Often you see these and they're called little apprentice pieces, so they're sort of miniature versions of larger examples.

And they are very like the chest of drawers around here.

They're quite rustic, you know, they're quite straight-sided.

But this is just a little bit more sophisticated.

VO: No price on it, though.

Time for a spot of assistance.

John, come and talk to me about this chest of drawers.

Now, I'm hoping that you're going to say somewhere in the region of about £100.

Oh, it's 160.

I can't.

My absolute best, and I'm not going to haggle with you cos I'm rubbish at it, but my absolute best would be 120.

130.

CT: No... JOHN: No?

..we can't do it, we can't do it.

JOHN: No?

CT: No.

Heads or tails?

Oh, OK. Alright then.

Go on, then.

Go on, then.

Right here.

CT: Yeah.

JOHN: Your call.

OK, heads.

Woo!

(SHE LAUGHS) Oh, yes, £120!

Thank you very mu...

I never win anything!

VO: Ha-ha!

Lady luck may be smiling, but that single purchase leaves her with only £80 left.

CT: Brilliant.

BOTH: Thank you very much.

Hwyl fawr.

Diolch yn fawr.

VO: And, as one satisfied customer leaves, let's put our newbie's haggling skills to the test.

Don't forget to look both ways.

Green Cross Code and all that.

John, are you there?

Hello.

What have you got there?

Found it over the road... OK, yeah.

..in the back room.

So it's a nice little doll's pram.

Yeah.

Quite dusty.

Does that mean you've had it a while?

Well, possibly, I... You've got £55 on the ticket.

JOHN: Yeah.

SA: I've got a price in mind.

Go on.

£30.

Yeah, OK, yeah.

Are you happy with that?

Well, it's your first time, so good luck to you.

Great.

Can we shake on it?

Yeah.

Brilliant.

Thanks very much, John.

Hwyl fawr.

VO: What a nice chap.

And that canny deal leaves our man with £170 still to play with.

Thanks again.

Bye, John.

VO: Off he goes on the hunt for a dollies' tea party, no doubt.

Christina, meanwhile, has downed tools on the shopping and headed to the great outdoors, crossing the Menai Strait to the Isle of Anglesey and the village of Brynsiencyn.

She's here to discover the island's connection to that most essential of culinary ingredients - salt.

Her guide is David Lea-Wilson, one of the founders of Halen Mon, the Anglesey Sea Salt Company.

David, you are incredibly lucky to have this as your office.

It is simply stunning.

So, where we are now, we're at the entrance to the Menai Strait.

Mm-hm.

The 10 mile stretch of water that goes over my shoulder, it's come up on the gulf stream, and it's coming in twice a day.

So we're getting a whole lot of new sea water from deep in the Atlantic every day.

So that makes the sea incredibly clean?

It's both incredibly clean, and it happens to be fairly salty.

VO: There's been salt harvesting here on Anglesey, or Ynys Mon, to give it its proper Welsh name, dating back to Roman times.

This mineral was so highly valued that Roman soldiers were often paid in salt, which gives us the origin of the word "salary".

It was hugely important because we didn't have freezers or even fridges.

Preserving food was something that was very difficult in warm weather in summer, and a lot of food, and particularly meat, was salted.

VO: Sea salt was made on Anglesey up until the 19th century, when rock salt deposits were discovered in Cheshire.

Mining salt was a much cheaper and quicker process, and so salt production around here dried up.

Huh!

That is until 1996, when David and his wife, Alison, decided to revive this ancient industry.

Now, I do the really important thing of testing the sea water, and I use a refractometer, which just one drop of sea water will tell me how much salt there is in it.

CT: How far do we need to go in?

You've got waders on!

Well, I only need to go in a little bit.

I just need...from just under the water... Mm-hm.

I'm going to put some sea water on there.

Hold that down.

Yeah.

Oh, do I?

Oh.

And if you look through that, you should be able to see... Oh, yes!

So it goes from white and then there's a line at four... Yeah.

..and there's blue.

OK, so that four tells me that that is 4% salt.

Most sea water is about 3.5%, but that means I need less energy and there's less work to evaporate.

CT: So we're good to go?

DAVID: Let's go and make some sea salt.

VO: This raw ingredient is pumped directly off the beach, up to the factory, where it's filtered and concentrated into a fine salty brine.

This is where the hard graft comes in.

Oh, I do love a blue hairnet on!

VO: It's very you, dear.

Correctly suited and booted, let's get to work under the guidance of production manager Ronan.

Welcome to our production hall.

So... Do you know, it feels like I've just walked into a spa.

It's very, very hot, because it's an evaporation area.

Yeah.

Salt crystals like to grow in warmer conditions, so it's good for your skin.

Good.

So how has this process changed throughout history?

Well, it hasn't really changed a lot over the last couple of thousand years.

I suppose the sun would have been used in the Mediterranean to dry the salt, as opposed to electric ovens.

But the process is unchanged in centuries and centuries and centuries.

VO: Right.

Let's see if you're worth your salt, Christina.

So the trick is just to slide it gently.

OK. Yeah.

(SHE GASPS) Wow!

There's so much of it there.

RONAN: You can see the size of the crystals.

You can see how delicate, flaky they are.

So delicate.

So this is why we do it by hand.

So we're trying to minimize the damage to the crystals.

So bring it back, away from the heater, and on to here.

It's quite awkward at first.

And then just slide it in?

Yeah.

Oh, it's just like mucking out the horses.

We're a bit, a little bit short-staffed tomorrow.

So... (SHE LAUGHS) ..I don't know how you're fixed.

I'm supposed to be shopping for antiques tomorrow.

I might be better at this to be perfectly honest.

VO: From here, the salt crystals are rinsed in brine, then it's into an oven for 22 hours to dry out, ready for the table.

Time for a taste test, I think.

My goodness.

I'm quite proud of this.

This is my salt.

It's just so beautiful.

It's like glistening snow, isn't it?

It's gorgeous.

You can pinch it between your fingers.

You can turn it into whatever texture you want.

Mm.

But just putting a little bit of that on a cherry tomato to me is heaven.

So can I do that?

Yes, do.

Help yourself.

CT: So take my tomato.

DAVID: Yeah.

And then grab a little bit of salt.

And then flakey-flakey.

Yeah.

Oh, that's yum.

Oh, that's like summer.

Oh, delicious!

VO: Or blasus iawn, as they say in Wales - very tasty.

Now, from our seasoned professional to the new kid on the block, who's not a million miles away.

So, we are heading to my second shop, in Anglesey, and we are about to cross the amazing Menai suspension bridge.

And just take a look at that!

What a view.

Wow!

VO: Very impressive, isn't it?

He's pointing the Porsche towards the gorgeous seaside town of Beaumaris, and his first solo outing.

Let's hope there's lots to get stuck into in Anglesey Antiques and Interiors.

SA: Hello.

STEPHEN: Hi.

I'm Serhat.

Hello, Serhat.

Stephen.

Stephen, nice to meet you.

How are you doing?

You too.

Very well, thanks.

Good.

Great shop you've got here.

Yes.

I can see loads of things that I really like.

Excellent.

I couldn't help noticing as I was walking towards you, over your shoulder, on that shelf at the back there...

Yes.

..is what I think is a Troika vase.

VO: He's not hanging about, is he?

So, Troika were a pottery in Cornwall.

They were making these in the 60s and 70s?

Yeah, that's exactly it.

And these were quite typical colors for Troika, I think, yeah, with these slatey green colors.

These were all symbols that were about, kind of, the mining industry.

Yes.

And you can see there, that looks like a tunnel.

It is the way in.

The way in, yeah.

There's something in here.

Did you know that?

I didn't, actually.

What is that?

Not to be sold under any circumstances to the Antiques Road Trip.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Ha-ha, cheeky.

SA: What is the price on that?

There's no ticket.

Must have just come in.

It has just arrived and the price is £60.

And is that the best price?

The best price would be about 110, but... the worst price is £60.

Alright.

I want to put that to one side.

OK. And just have a quick look around.

Smashing.

VO: Off to a flying start.

But Stephen's shop has much more for you to take in, and quite an eclectic mix it is too.

Oh, wow.

It's never-ending.

VO: Ah, and we found the basement again.

I see.

Any hidden gems?

I've got it.

Tucked deep in the corner.

So what we've got here is a salt glaze harvest jug, probably from the 19th century.

But these were being made in England from about 1680, and they were always with these emblems of harvest characters.

This one is quite nice, actually, because it's got a grotesque mask on the front.

So this really feels like the kind of naive period of pottery making where the symbolism was really important, but they were also having some fun.

I think without the grotesque mask, it'd be like 99% of the other harvest slipware jugs that I've seen.

But because of that fun face on there, basically... (HE LAUGHS) I think that could really work at auction.

£22, I mean, yeah, I think that's a possible.

VO: He's racking up quite a collection of ceramics.

Let's head back upstairs for some more mooching about.

That's nice.

So what we have here is a French art deco period desk set, and it's pretty much complete.

This is the letter rack...there.

And this main section here is where you'd have your pen, and in here are the little pots for the ink.

And they've still got these little glass... ..little glass liners, which is really nice.

Because normally these are smashed and gone and they're often irreplaceable.

It's a really nice thing, actually.

It's in black marble.

So it dates from around 1925, something like that.

And, OK, we might not be using this in today's world of emails and text messages, but it's something that still has that kind of emotion of writing letters by hand.

I think that's just beautiful.

VO: What's not so beautiful is the £120 ticket price.

Let's have another word with the man in charge.

SA: Stephen.

STEPHEN: Hello.

Ah, there you are.

Ah, very good.

There are three things that I'm thinking about.

Right.

SA: So the Troika vase... STEPHEN: Yeah.

SA: ..which we spoke about.

STEPHEN: Yes.

There's also a salt glaze harvester jug downstairs, and there's a really pretty French art deco... Oh, the desk set.

..black marble desk set.

STEPHEN: Yes.

SA: Yeah, you got it.

I was just wondering if we put the three together and see if we can come up with a deal.

An accumulative price.

SA: Yeah.

STEPHEN: Yes.

VO: That little lot currently tots up to £202.

I've got a price in mind.

130 for the three pieces.

I can't do £130.

I can accept 145 for the three.

Make it 140 and you've got a deal.

Sold.

OK, brilliant.

STEPHEN: Fantastic.

SA: Thank you, Stephen.

VO: Impressive negotiating, chaps, there.

So that's £60 for the Troika, 70 for the desk set and a tenner for the jug.

Bye bye.

VO: Time you headed off and picked up your chum.

It's been a very busy first day.

So what happens at night on a Road Trip?

We normally curl up in front of a fire, especially in Wales.

They're very renowned, their public houses, for their open fires and warm welcome.

Lovely.

Um, with a glass of orange juice and all have an early night.

VO: And if you believe that, you'll believe anything.

Ha-ha!

Nos da.

VO: Now, when you go traveling, it's always good to make friends with the locals.

Oh, hello sheep.

Careful.

CT: Morning!

Bore da.

Run, run away.

She looks a bit ferocious.

OK. OK. Oh, hello.

We've got a chaperone.

Yeah.

Hi sheep.

Whee!

VO: Blimey, look at that one.

You go, girl!

SA: So, Christina, how did you get on yesterday?

RUMBLING: Uuh... (HE LAUGHS) I missed that!

Can we do that again?

(HE LAUGHS) Are you ready?

Yeah.

Go!

BOTH: Aaaah!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Little things please little minds, eh?

It was a bit of a slow start for Christina yesterday.

She only got her hands on one item - a miniature chest of drawers.

Go on, then.

JOHN: Yeah.

CT: Heads.

Woo!

Ha-ha!

VO: Mark you, it wasn't cheap.

She only has £80 left for today's hijinks, whereas the new kid in the class went on a bit of a spree, spending £170 on a doll's pram, a marble desk set, and a jug with an ugly mug.

Ha.

And one other item that he's brought along to show and tell.

I bought a really nice... Yeah?

Oh, hello!

..Troika vase.

Troika me up.

And not just... Chimney vase!

I'm guessing you paid...£100?

Eight... SA: 60.

CT: No, you didn't!

So I think that's got a real chance.

Yeah, I didn't need to worry about you at all.

You're flying.

VO: Yes.

You're going to have to keep your eye on him, Christina, amongst other things.

CT: Serhat, when did the grass start growing up the road?

(BOTH LAUGH) You were supposed to be in charge of the directions.

I'm the driving one.

Trust me, I've got an awful sense of direction.

VO: Now he tells us.

Eventually, we'll be heading to the northwest of England for an auction in Bolton.

But for now, we're keeping it Welsh in Porthmadog.

Known to the locals as Port, this coastal town is also the end of the line for the famous Ffestiniog railway, home to this very scenic car park too.

Let's do, get out of this car.

You unfold yourself from it, I think.

Ooh.

VO: Christina's dropped off her passenger and is going solo for this one.

Don't forget to look for trains.

Ah, this looks like the place.

CT: Hello.

TRACEY: Hiya, are you alright?

Hi, very well, thank you.

Bore da, I should say, shouldn't I?

CT: Sorry.

TRACEY: Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

What's your name?

Tracey.

Tracey, lovely.

I'm Christina, or Christina dw i. O, neis gweld chi.

I don't know what that means.

(BOTH LAUGH) What does that mean?

It's nice to see you.

VO: How lovely.

Right, Welsh lesson over.

Let's get to it.

After yesterday's big money purchase, our girl's funds are down to £80, and she's still got lots to buy.

It's a good job it's jam packed here in Porthmadog Antiques.

Oh, Tracey, these look interesting under here.

Is this the land that time forgot?

It is.

Those are my little rummaging boxes.

I love a rummage box.

There's a...ow!

(SHE LAUGHS) Ow.

This table's made of oak, isn't it?

VO: Well, that's one way to identify the wood.

CT: Oh, those are cute.

Ah.

A pair.

So those would've been either side your mantelpiece... Mm-hm.

..and you would've put your vestas or your... Spills.

..spills in there to light your fire.

These are really sweet.

One of them's missing its thingummy-whatsit.

Yes, yeah.

But nonetheless, they still look the part, don't they?

They're really cute.

How much have you got on those, Tracey?

TRACEY: £5 on those.

CT: For the pair?

Mm-hm, for the pair.

Oh, marvelous.

I like those.

VO: And well within your budget, too.

What else?

These are cool.

Look at those!

A nice pair of oars.

I always think these look really cool in sort of restaurants and pubs on the wall.

Mm.

Where are these from, Tracey?

They've actually come from the local harbor here in Porthmadog.

Mm-hm.

I think someone was using them on their boat and no longer needs them, so... You haven't left somebody out at sea without some oars, have you?

No, I haven't.

Do you promise?

Those are quite cool.

How much have you got on them?

25 on those.

VO: They won't push the boat out.

Well, they will, but you know what I mean.

So, 25 on the oars.

And then, how about, because we've got these... ..there, which we said... TRACEY: Five on those.

..fiver.

Could we say 25 for the two?

Yep, I can do that.

Would that be alright?

Yeah, that's fine.

Yeah?

Perfect.

£25.

Thank you.

VO: Well, that was a very frugal bit of shopping.

Let's call it £20 for the oars and a fiver for the spill holders.

There we are.

TRACEY: Marvelous.

CT: That's lovely.

Perfect.

Diolch yn fawr.

Diolch yn fawr, Tracey.

Lovely.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

See you again.

OK. Bye, Tracey.

Bye.

(RECORD SCRACH) CT: Oh.

VO: Stand by.

Tracey, as I was looking at the oars, I meant to have a look at that green glass bottle.

Oh, right.

Can I trouble you just to... Yeah.

I'm sorry, Tracey.

That's OK. VO: We're not finished yet, folks.

There we are.

Perfect.

Thank you very much.

How much have you got on that?

15 on that.

£15.

Do you know what, Tracey?

I'm going to give you the change back that you just gave me.

There we go.

Thank you.

£15.

Perfect.

Lovely.

Thank you ever so much.

OK.

I will leave now, I promise.

I promise.

OK. VO: And with that last minute purchase done, time to head for the car.

And I have a feeling there's more to that bottle than she is letting on.

I think this is an 18th century bottle.

That means 1700s.

Late 1700s.

It's got a beautiful iridescence about it.

It's got what we call a string top up here.

And, more importantly than anything, it's got this, which is what we call a high kick base.

Now, this, to a bottle collector, is worth £100-200, and I paid £15 for it.

So I'm quite pleased with that.

VO: Well, either that or you've just taken away someone's old empties.

Ha-ha!

On we go, then.

Meanwhile, Serhat's managed to find himself an alternative mode of transport... ..making his way west to the coast and the enchanting village of Portmeirion.

Oh wow, this is really quite marvelous.

VO: He's hitched a lift with the village's location manager, Meurig Jones, to find out about the man who brought a touch of the Italian Riviera to this stretch of Welsh coastline.

It was purely one man's vision.

The architect, Clough Williams-Ellis, wanted to build a village to show off his architecture.

He wanted to make it fun, and he wanted to show that you could build and enhance what nature had already given us.

So he worked with nature to create something quite special.

VO: Begun in 1925, this ideal village was designed as a tourist destination, and as a showcase for Clough Williams-Ellis's unique architectural style.

He heavily borrowed ideas from classical Italian buildings, and employed optical illusions to add a sense of playfulness to his constructions.

MEURIG: Yeah, so this is Gate House, built in 1954, the first arch we walked in, as you're walking into the village because he wanted it to feel as if you arrived.

The trick on this one of course, the windows are too small to make it look bigger than it actually is.

Also, it's got a four tier painting scheme, light shade at the top, dark shade at the bottom, to make it look old and damp.

Clough wanted you to see something new every time you came here.

And there's tricks on all the buildings.

This is another great trick.

Can you spot the fake windows on this building here?

Oh.

Is it the ones with the net curtains to the right?

Are they painted on?

They're painted on windows.

That's brilliant.

VO: An avid conservationist, Williams-Ellis wanted his creations to work in harmony with their natural surroundings.

Rock faces formed parts of the houses, and throughout the village he built a number of arches to act as frames for scenic views.

Building work carried on here until the 70s, a full 50 years from when the project began.

MEURIG: He had to stop in 1939 with the outbreak of the Second World War.

Of course.

Then, after the war, there was a building embargo because they couldn't get building materials.

They were being reused to rebuild the cities.

And then his own house burned down in 1951.

So he then took three years out to rebuild that.

So he restarted here in 1954, then finished in 1976.

SA: So here, he really had free rein.

He did indeed.

He designed and built most of this before the Planning Act came in.

Can you imagine going to a planning committee saying you want to do this now?

You know, he'd never be allowed to do it again, would he?

VO: Towards the end of his life, Clough Williams-Ellis was a regular fixture here, chatting to visitors in his signature tweed suit and yellow stockings.

He died in 1978 at the grand age of 95, and his final wish was for his ashes to be scattered over his beloved village in a firework.

SA: So, Meurig, we talked about what Clough did achieve in his lifetime, but he didn't finish it completely, did he?

He nearly did, but there was one other place he thought he could fit a building in.

So he designed the archway to it.

So, you can see the crest on top... Yep.

..with a lion and the unicorn.

Well, the unicorn is this building here, and the lion was the last building that he designed, and it was not built.

And is that something that Clough himself made?

Yes, it is.

SA: This plaque?

MEURIG: Absolutely, yeah.

VO: The plan is for this last cottage to be finished in time for the village's centenary, a fitting tribute to a truly visionary man.

# Ten green bottles, sitting on the wall.

# VO: Elsewhere, our number two is in a musical mood.

# And if one green bottle should accidentally fall # There'll be no profits for me at all.

# VO: Well, that went downhill quickly.

Ha!

She's heading inland to the market town of Bala.

Her last shop of this leg is the sensibly-named Bala Antiques.

Looks heavenly, doesn't it?

Hello.

VO: Hello.

CT: Hello, hello, hello.

HEFIN: Hello.

CT: Christina.

How are we?

Very well, thank you.

How are you?

I'm very well, thank you.

CT: What's your name?

HEFIN: Hefin.

Hefin.

Hello, Hefin.

I'm hoping for some seriously divine intervention.

Looks like I've come to the right place.

HEFIN: Hopefully.

CT: It's a church!

HEFIN: It's a chapel.

It's such an awesome space.

Beautiful.

Do you mind if I have a wander?

Carry on.

By all means.

CT: Perfect.

Down here?

HEFIN: Yeah.

Brilliant.

Thank you, Hefin.

VO: She's still got a very respectable £40 in her pocket, and there's bound to be something to suit her budget in amongst all this stuff.

I mean, I only really need one item.

This is certainly an amazing space with some beautiful things in it.

So I'm sure I'll find something.

Isn't it beautiful?

And can you hear the ticking of the clocks?

It's just really... (SOFT TICKING) It's quite soothing, isn't it?

VO: Come on, snap out of it, girl.

Time is marching on.

Meanwhile, her competition is en route to his last port of call back out at the coast at the little town of Barmouth.

Wordsworth was a bit of a fan, apparently.

SA: Hello.

JAMIE: Hello.

You must be Jamie.

I am.

I'm Serhat.

Nice to meet you.

Hello, sir.

So, can I take a look around... JAMIE: Of course you can.

SA: ..in your shop?

I'll leave you in there, mate.

Thank you very much.

It's not particularly big.

VO: Yep.

It's standing room only in Fron House Antiques.

But Jamie's shop certainly isn't lacking in stuff to look at.

There's heaps.

Something for under £30 would be ideal.

Travel razor.

Not seen one of those before, and it's £18.

I just want to see how this works.

Quite a curious little item.

So those two bits screw together.

And that screws... into the razor head.

And bingo, there's your traveling razor.

How cool is that?

And it all fits in this tiny little box.

If that's excited me and I'm a porcelain dealer, that might really excite the person that's looking for a travel razor even more.

VO: Certainly something to ponder.

Meanwhile in Bala, Christina is still thinking about the time.

Just caught my eye - that clock, there.

It's rather lovely, isn't it?

Nice, isn't it?

CT: Yeah.

HEFIN: Yeah.

Do you mind if I go and have a quick look at it?

Yeah, carry on.

To me, it looks like something that should be on a boat.

It looks like a porthole.

It looks maritime, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Has it got any maker's name on it... No, no.

..anything like that?

Whoa!

VO: Steady on.

Oh, Hefin.

Let's not do that.

Quick, close it up!

The ship's sinking!

(BOTH LAUGH) So you've got your two winding holes there.

So it's an eight day movement.

Yeah.

It's got a little bit of age to it.

HEFIN: Yeah.

CT: Just a good looking thing.

(CHIMES DULLY) Ah.

Because it's moved, the chiming has gone kaput.

You've wrecked it.

CT: It's like... HEFIN: Bong!

..I'd tell you the time...

But I just can't!

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Lordy.

When it was working properly, it had a ticket price of £65.

If you do it for £40, I would take a broken clock off your hands, Hefin.

What do you think?

I'll take 40 for it.

Thank you.

You're a legend.

VO: That'll be Christina cleaned out, then.

Let's make tracks before we break anything else.

Right.

Come on, you.

Off we go.

Let's go.

(CHIMES) Oh.

CT: It chimes now!

Ha-ha.

HEFIN: Now.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: She's a minx, isn't she?

So, back to Barmouth and that travel razor.

Time to get our shopkeeper in from the cold.

Jamie, can I borrow you, please?

Yay!

Come in.

Oh!

Come into your own shop.

Oh.

Thank you.

So, I found this really interesting little piece.

It's a travel razor.

It's got £18 on the ticket.

I'm not going to quibble.

I think that's a great price for the little piece.

So, if you're happy to shake on it, I'm happy to buy it.

Lovely.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, Jamie.

VO: That smooth purchase marks the end of his shopping, and he's still got £12 left.

Take care.

We'll see you again.

Thank you very much.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

VO: Now, I'm sure some kindly soul will be able to offer you a lift.

Time to head off to your first auction.

How exciting.

If I know anything about Road Trip, it's that the auctions can be a very, very unpredictable place.

Which is what makes it really exciting.

Exactly.

So buckle up, buttercup.

We're in for a ride.

VO: But first, let's get some shuteye, eh?

VO: We're Bolton bound for the first auction of this Trip, home to the friendliest people in Britain, and that's been scientifically proven.

Bolton, here we come.

Coming, coming.

Come on!

My goodness.

Are you nervous?

Yeah, really nervous.

No, you're not.

Surely not.

I am, I am.

I just...

I'm not great with auctions.

Go on.

Get in there.

Thank you.

Go on.

You can do it.

You can do it.

VO: That's the spirit.

VO: After scouring the shops in north Wales, our nervous novice and his chum are here in the northwest of England to sell at the Bolton Auction Rooms.

And on the internet, of course.

Serhat parted with £188 on five auction lots.

CT: This was an inspired purchase, £60 only, by Serhat.

I can't believe that, for a piece of Troika.

That's fantastic.

I mean, it looks like an exclamation mark on the side of that, and I think that might be me by the end of the auction.

Hmm.

VO: Well, Christina blew her whole budget, all £200, also on five lots.

SA: So these are Christina's oars.

£20 she paid.

I'd have bought those if I'd seen them.

You know, they're good fun.

And I think they're definitely going to make a profit.

VO: Promising stuff.

But what floats the boat of today's auctioneer, Harry Howcroft?

(GAVEL) The three drawer commode, unfortunately reproduction.

Possibly French.

Attractive thing.

Maybe £30 to £50.

Now, the Victorian doll's pram, in that condition, at that age, would have an auction estimate between £200-300.

Unfortunately, this is a later modern reproduction.

Therefore, £30 to £50.

VO: So, that won't do much to calm our boy's jitters.

Right, no turning back now, though.

We're about to begin.

My heart is racing.

Aw.

Be calm, Serhat.

VO: Yes, it's Christina who should be worried first.

It's that very expensive chest of drawers that might not be as good as she thought.

We've got bids online at £80 bid, at £80 bid.

Ooh.

It's a long way to go.

A long way to go.

It's in the right direction.

At £80 bid, we're online.

At £80 bid.

Is there five anywhere else?

At £80 bid.

Oh dear.

Ooh.

Oh.

It starts and it finishes.

Oh, ouch.

VO: I think Lady Luck's given up on you.

It's fine, it's fine.

Let's just keep positive, Serhat.

Just keep positive.

VO: Serhat's first item under the hammer now is his travel razor.

It's very exciting.

Yeah, really.

We need some profit.

£22 bid.

This is your first lot.

Yeah.

If this is a sign of things to come, I'm worried.

£22 bid.

At 22, four, six bid now.

At £26 bid.

We're online at £26.

CT: Awesome.

SA: Yes!

CT: Very well done.

SA: Excellent.

That's fantastic.

VO: Tidy profit.

Not shabby at all.

Solid start, Serhat.

Solid start.

Thank you.

VO: Next up is Christina's 200 year old bottle.

She has high hopes for this.

I've got 16... Ah!

..18, £20 bid.

At £20 bid.

At £20 bid, I'll take two.

Come on.

£20 bid.

two, four bid now.

24 bid.

Online, £24 bid.

It's 18th century.

I'll take six, anyone?

Seems cheap at £26.

It is cheap, it's very cheap.

Last call, then, at £26.

Come on, Harry.

£26.

Now 28 now.

Yes.

£28 bid.

At £30 bid now.

At £30 bid, I'll take five.

SA: Ooh!

HARRY: All done at £30.

Well done.

Double my money.

Are you happy?

I'm happy.

I would've hoped to get a little bit more.

VO: Well, it's still a profit.

Used to be thruppence in my day.

Phew!

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Time for another possible repro now.

It's Serhat's doll's pram.

We've got 12, 14, 16, 18... SA: I can't watch.

You're fine, no, you can, you can.

Look, it's now doing really well.

Look, it's £20.

At 22 bid.

22 now.

24, is it?

Come on, Harry.

I'll take four.

At £22 bid.

Four in the room.

CT: Hey, you got a bid in the room.

I've got 24 in the room now.

This gets better.

24, 26, 28.

28 in the room now.

£28 bid.

Gent's bid, at £28 bid.

CT: Come on.

HARRY: 30 anywhere?

Come on.

Gent's bid in the room at £28...

Thank you.

Um, could've been worse.

VO: Could've been left holding the baby.

Ha!

Safe to say I won't be buying prams in a hurry.

VO: Now, for all you stranded rowers out there, Christina's oars.

We've got £12, £14... We'll see.

16, 18, £20 bid.

22 bid.

At 22, I'll take four.

That's good.

That's good, that's fine.

That's fine.

HARRY: 24 bid online now.

Six just in time.

£26 bid.

At 26, 28 now.

It's still going up.

CT: Oh, is it?

SA: Yeah.

Oh, blimey.

All in good order.

At £28 bid.

I'll take 30.

30 now.

I'll take five.

But to be honest, if you had to buy a pair of new oars... You couldn't get them for 35 quid.

HARRY: All done, then, at £35.

Last call.

The gavel's up at £35.

Thank you.

SA: Well done.

CT: Good work, Harry.

VO: And with that, she's a little less up the creek.

Just easing myself in, Serhat.

Just easing myself in.

VO: That chic French desk set is up next.

Anything to write home about?

I've got 35, 45.

50.

50 in the room.

At £50 bid.

At £50 bid in the room.

At £50 bid.

I've got five.

60.

60 in the room.

At £60 bid.

Lady's bid in the room, £60 bid.

I'll take five anywhere.

It's five.

70.

70 in the room.

OK, so no loss.

There you go.

£70 bid.

I'll take five anywhere.

At £70 bid.

Last call, then, at £70... CT: That's good.

SA: It's alright.

VO: Just about wiped its face, that one.

Just glad I didn't make a loss.

Exactly.

You took a chance and it paid off.

VO: Now, straight from the rummage box, Christina's vesta holders.

Got to be a profit in these.

We've got bids online at £26 bid now, at 28...

There's a lot of collectors for shoe items.

In anything, in porcelain, in metal.

£30 bid.

At £30.

Five anywhere?

Last call at £30.

Well done.

VO: Absolutely.

Almost worth banging your head for.

New shoes cure the blues.

VO: Serhat's salt glazed harvestware jug next, with a face only a mother could love.

That's probably my favorite piece of...that I bought.

CT: Oh really?

SA: Yeah.

We've got £20 bid, at £20 bid.

Look at that, you've doubled your money already.

Here we go.

24, 24 bid.

26, is it?

26, 28.

28 bid.

28 bid.

30, anyone?

Wow.

Fab, isn't it?

Is it still going up?

At £28 bid.

I'll take 30.

We're online, then, at £28.

Fantastic.

Last call now at 28... CT: That's fantastic.

SA: Yeah!

CT: Well done.

SA: OK. VO: Looks rather pleased with himself, doesn't he?

Had some really good profit.

You have some really good, solid purchases, and some good, solid profits.

VO: Christina's last lot.

Will it chime with the bidders or just go clonk?

I've got 28, 35 bid, at £35 bid.

CT: Oh!

HARRY: £35 bid.

OK. At £40 bid.

£45 now.

SA: 45.

HARRY: At £45 bid, I'll take 50.

It's a good looking thing, isn't it?

It's a good looking thing.

But it's unusual.

55 online now.

Nice looking thing.

At £55 bid.

Oh!

But it's...it keeps going up.

CT: Yeah.

At £65 bid.

At £65 bid.

70, anywhere?

Come on, Harry!

It's not fair.

We're online, then, £70 bid, just in time.

At 70 bid.

Oh, look at that!

At £70 bid.

It's a good thing.

At £70 bid.

75 now.

CT: Ooh.

75 online.

The gavel's up, then, at 75... Hey-hey!

£35.

Not bad.

Really?

Well done.

That's not bad at all.

VO: Considering you nearly broke it, I'd say it's very good indeed.

Not what you expected?

No.

Time flies.

VO: Oh, very droll.

Finally, it's Serhat's bit of Troika.

Got Christina worried, this one.

This is beginner's luck.

Very much beginner's luck.

It's coming up.

I've got 120 bid, at 120 bid.

VO: Oh, hello.

You doubled your money.

doubled your money!

Come on.

Good order.

At 120 bid, I'll take 130.

Come on.

That's fantastic.

£120 bid.

Bidding continues.

I've got 140 bid now.

140 bid.

I'll take 150.

Are we all done at £140?

Oh, look at that.

Last call, then, at 140...

Yes!

Good work.

That's amazing!

It's £80.

VO: I'd say that's pretty impressive for your first Trip out, eh?

How are the nerves now, sunshine?

Those butterflies have flown away.

I think you've given them to me.

I've got them.

Come on, let's go.

VO: Time for a tot-up, I think.

Road Trip veteran Christina started out with £200 and, after auction costs, she made a teeny £5 profit.

She now has £205 exactly to spend next time.

But today belonged to new boy Serhat.

After saleroom fees, he ended up with a respectable £251.44.

So, he wins this leg and all the bragging rights that go with it.

Oh, my goodness.

My brolly's broken.

Well, I guess that kind of sums up your day.

Doesn't it?

Yeah, alright!

Thank you.

Getting a bit bold there, just because you won the first auction.

Well, you know, beginner's luck.

Well, exactly.

There's still a long way to go.

Come on.

Let's go.

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