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now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the show. we are checking out the food scene in ireland's west cork. kayaking britain's koslanda in all conditions. and i get a deeply visible tour of surrey ovo‘s war wounds. —— sarajevo. we start this week in our lives, the country is marking 170 years since the great hunger, a famine that swept the great hunger, a famine that swe pt a cross the great hunger, a famine that swept across the country leading to the death of over1 million people. but ireland has since undergone a food revolution and kate hardie buckley is returning home and at the taste of west cork food festival to explore what was once the epicentre of the famine and is now the
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country's top foodie destination. welcome to west cork. this is the most south—westerly tip of the island of ireland. i have been coming to this part of the world since i was eight years old. people are drawn here by the dramatic scenery, are drawn here by the dramatic scenery, the arts, and the great crack. and now they are flocking here for the local cuisine. west cork was recently voted are‘s capital. the history of the area is as rich and diverse as its food. along the coast you will find caves where pirates smuggled their treasures. it is where marconi sent the first trans— atlantic radio transmission to australia. an entity
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where the first famine death was recorded, the first of the —— over1 million across ireland, with a further 2 million people emigrating. so this is the saturday market. at the height of summer it is maybe the best market anywhere in the country. the freshest moscarella available in ireland. it is like lactic poetry. april makes the most astonishing potions. when we think of vinegar, we think of something that is harsh, and aggressive. that is gentle. 0bviously and aggressive. that is gentle. obviously i can taste apple. but there is a very taste to it or something like that. whisky. a bit early for the whisky. this market continues to slowly but organically grow and get better. i think people are grow and get better. i think people a re really grow and get better. i think people are really realising more and more
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that the essence of a real experience is when it is grounded in local foods. that is what you want without you are in bangkok or tuscany or west cork. it is a real west cork bergo. i have come to meet the fergusons, one of the original farmhouses here. they pay to play a huge role in the west cork food scene. they have been making the award—winning cheese for the last a0 yea rs. award—winning cheese for the last a0 years. is this where you begin creating the flavours and the texture. in a way. although i think the real start of the story is the soil. the big flavour is once the cheeses are made and they started to ferment. this is heavier than you would think. there you are. the
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finished products. ithink would think. there you are. the finished products. i think if you we re finished products. i think if you were in new york, or paris or where ever you export to. and you come across this, what you will feel or smell is west cork. that is what i love about this. jinnah's children are the latest generation working the land. fingal makes over 100 different products. the fergusons and other west cork food makers account for 75% of artisan producers across the country. in west cork, not only do you get to taste great food, but you also get to find and explore new ingredients. it is beautiful down here. here we go. jim andrea kennedy runcie kayaking trips across the coast we get for it for your own food ——jim and. out on the
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atla ntic your own food ——jim and. out on the atlantic looking for dinner. we don't have to look far. when you start to investigate they become like friends. you just see, look, there is the week coming up, and the sea spaghetti. it is absolutely amazing. for ireland's coastal communities, seaweed has long been a sta ple communities, seaweed has long been a staple food. it has everything you need. it has minerals, buysmans, b b waegemans, which we spend 20 or 30 euros buying across the shelf, it is all available you —— vitamins. euros buying across the shelf, it is all available you -- vitamins. there isa all available you -- vitamins. there is a seal over there, looking for his dinner. so what is on my seaweed board? we have traditional favourites, seagrass, beautiful green. and then for something com pletely green. and then for something completely different, the queen of
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all seaweeds. the trouble of the sea. that is extraordinary. -- truffle. peppery. with a kick. what is most extraordinary is the diversity under the kayak, different shapes, forms, texas, colours. that is quite extraordinary —— textures. even in the famine people and seaweed. but i think then it became associated with poverty and hunger. and now people are beginning to rediscover the amazing properties of seaweed. the people of west cork are also exploring their past this summer also exploring their past this summer ina also exploring their past this summer in a special remembrance festival of the irish famine. various artists are gathering for the coming home, art, and the great hunger exhibition. tonight they are
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performing at an old famine workhouse in skibbereen. it has been a great adventure exploring the west cork food scene. it has been poignant being here on land that was once ground zero of the great famine. february 18 a7. once ground zero of the great famine. february 18 47. people have come to herfrom famine. february 18 47. people have come to her from the di resta victims and pay their respects at a famine grave —— diaries of the victims. despite the success of the food stories here, the famine years will always remain part of ireland's identity. food that was once in such short supply is now a source of great pride and people all over the world a re great pride and people all over the world are coming here to save up the tastes of this food revolution. still to come on the travel show...
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north for north—east, four or five, fog patches, moderate or good, occasionally very poor. the man using an iconic bbc broadcast as inspiration for his incredible journey. and i get a disturbing close—up view of what sarajevo was like 25 years ago during its terrible siege. so don't go away. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you are headed. next up, a man whose passion for the bbc‘s much loved shipping forecast has inspired him to make thejourney ofa has inspired him to make thejourney of a lifetime. we have been catching up of a lifetime. we have been catching up with toby as he prepares to set off from his home in london.
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i think one of the really exciting things about going in a kayak on bc isa things about going in a kayak on bc is a sense of simplicity that is just about being very close to the water and it is a human power of movement. you can use the environment to your advantage or disadvantage. i am tabby car and over the next year i am going to kaya k over the next year i am going to kayak over all the areas of the shipping forecast —— toby carr. kayak over all the areas of the shipping forecast -- toby carr. and i'iow shipping forecast -- toby carr. and now the shipping forecast... there are warnings for gales in south—east iceland. hajek norwegian based on. expected aos iceland. hajek norwegian based on. expected 40s by midnight tonight. the shipping forecast in the uk is the world's first storm warning system. it covers an area from the
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south coast of iceland and mid atla ntic south coast of iceland and mid atlantic in the west to the danish coast in the east, right down to the north coast of africa. portland, plymouth, north biscay, showers later, good. it broadcasts several times during the day on bbc radio a. it isa times during the day on bbc radio a. it is a pretty big undertaking to paddle in all the areas. the funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or releva nce, understand its actual meaning or relevance, but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. so there is this funny balance between its meaning, or its practical meaning, and its cultural meaning, ina meaning, and its cultural meaning, in a way. south biscay, variable, three or four... in a way. south biscay, variable, three or four. .. the radio was on quite a lot in our house when i grew up. so in a way it was a bit of a background. so you would hear this
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regular rhythm of something being read out. the soul, lundy, i receive. while i was growing up, we had a small boat on the east coast of england. because of that we also grew up listening to the forecast having a real meaning and try to understand what it would mean and writing it down. so i have two days to go. i am going through all my stuff. it is a bit daunting because they have to get all of this stuff into a kayak. ijust am going through what i can take in what i happily. this is a personal locator beacon. if something is really badly wrong this is registered with the maritime and coastguard agency in summer. maritime and coastguard agency in summer. and it is connected to an international rescue system. so you pull up the tanner and do the thing that you hope you are never going to
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have to do, which is pushed the red button here, push the button and helicopters turn up —— and tanner. i drop ofa helicopters turn up —— and tanner. i drop of a rare genetic condition which my brother also have. when we we re which my brother also have. when we were kids we were often told we would not live longer than 30 and the life expectancy is quite short. i think that obviously put in your mind a sense of determination to try to get the most out of things. you have a sense of freedom. you can get to places that people can't normally get to. so there is a remote aspects to it, which is appealing. there is also a point perspective, i think, that being on the water and looking back the land is quite an interesting way to experience it.
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southerly, for all five, occasional rain in west. mainly good. people have just contacted me and got on board with the project, offered places to stay, offered to plan different parts of the trip, offered to lend me boats or equipment, office of meals, all sorts of things. and we share a love of doing something —— offers. there is a side thatis something —— offers. there is a side that is also really important to me, which is meeting people in these different places. and i think that is what will bring abi tripp live. —— bring abi tripp alive. this is it. bbc travel show, —— bring abi tripp alive. this is it. bbc travelshow, i —— bring abi tripp alive. this is it. bbc travel show, i am off. wish me luck. and that is the end of the shipping forecast. of
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of other balkan valley and studded with ancient mosques, it's fair to say that bosnia and herzegovina's stunning capital sarajevo is often u njustly stunning capital sarajevo is often unjustly overlooked by tourists. walking around the city, it is easy to always be looking up at the bell towers and cathedrals, the minarets and the mosques, the beautiful hills. if you do look up, you might miss these, which are down at your feet and you might not even know what your looking it. these are called sarajevo roses and they mark the impact site of a fatal artillery shell. a couple of years after the war, artists came and filled them in with red resin and you can see them all over the city. 25 years ago, this was a very different place. bosnian serbs sat in the hills and
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laid siege to sarajevo as the breakup of yugoslavia led to nationalism and into ethnic violence. 10,000 people died nationalism and into ethnic violence.10,000 people died in nationalism and into ethnic violence. 10,000 people died in the city and —— in some of the most terrific fighting europe has seen in modern times. it's cast a long distressing shadow and in an attempt to help me understand what it is like being there back then, i've been sent here to hostility city centre. hello. nice to meet you. zero 0ne. zero 0ne centre. hello. nice to meet you. zero 0ne. zero one is your name? it was my father's war codename. and this is the hostel? thank you. inside, zero 0ne attempts to simulate the experience of living in sarajevo during a siege. it's something different, isn't it? it certainly is. there are gunfire sounds that never gets switched off,
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electricity is run from a car battery, the windows are covered and you sleep on the floor on a rectangle of foam. i am making the stories come alive here, tried to make them come alive because when you open a book, you have to imagine here, turning the book, you just need to come and see it and would miss it for yourself. some aspects you understand, some aspects. for insta nce you understand, some aspects. for instance one thing i would never like to simulate is the fear of losing something, whether that is your life or yourfamily. losing something, whether that is your life or your family. this is a high frequency radio. when there was power, this would be the only connection to the world. underneath the hostel, there is a collection of relics from the war, paraphernalia salvaged from zero 0ne's walks on what used to be the frontline. and there is the bunker, a recreation of
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there is the bunker, a recreation of the front—line facility once used by his father when fighting up in the hills. what we did is, we took my dad's memory and we made it real —— real so that people would understand what it was like. zero 0ne began this project just by what it was like. zero 0ne began this projectjust by running tours to demonstrate just how badly damaged the city was during the siege on how the scars still pockmarked city. so this is what happens when you separate people into us and them. the hairs on my arms just shot up. i don't know what to say. i've never seen anything like this before. the district of
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grabovica is harder to knock it up in the hills, you understand the scale of the problem. this used to bea scale of the problem. this used to be a luxury hotel with superb views. so this is a sniper hall. basically a sniper‘s den, shooting from here, eating the gun out and just picking some random targets. you can see the whole city from here. that's a lot of windows as well. we are getting ready for a night on the bunker. zero 0ne ready for a night on the bunker. zero one is here preparing a room ferocity is reinforced the point that it ferocity is reinforced the point thatitis ferocity is reinforced the point that it is quite intense. we can hear the echoing gunshots much louder down here. there is smoke already. it feels quite real. not many people
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choose to sleep down here, as the experience is pretty intense. 0ne choose to sleep down here, as the experience is pretty intense. one of the rules that zero 0ne experience is pretty intense. one of the rules that zero one has the bunker is, no timekeeping devices. i had to forfeit my watch on my cell phone. before he left. so i have no idea what time it is. they left me on here about 11:30pm and maybe it's been an hour. a couple of the sounds that play whenever they sound, it
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just jolts that play whenever they sound, it justjolts me. the night has been a blur of pseudo— rest where i'm not really quite asleep and not really quite awake. 0k, there is some daylight, which is a good sign. i don't really feel like a fresh daisy now, but the world seems to be awake. i take my leave of zero 0ne world seems to be awake. i take my leave of zero one in the morning but something has bothered me. is this in good taste? people could think we
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are playing games or wargames, but it's not the point. the point is to give you a small glimpse of what it was like for people who were forced to live like this, like me and my family, people forced to go on the frontline. there no choice. thank you very much, that was a night that i will remember for the rest of my life. thank you for staying here. thank you so much. that was a pretty intense experience. not exactly for everyone but me, it was pretty powerful, actually. that is it for this week. coming up next week. lucy is in south africa meeting the dancers who are changing the perception —— challenging the perceptions of
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johannesburg's most feared neighbourhoods. yes! in the meantime, remember, you can follow our adventures on social media. you can find links are those on our website but now, from me, m corry and the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. well, friday is not looking too bad at all across most of the uk. for the next couple of days will probably bring a little bit of cloud, a little bit of rain, not an awful lot. it is in fact going to be mostly dry for a lot of us and crucially, the temperatures will be rising. so while meteorological summer
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is coming to an end and friday is the last day of meteorological summer, and the 1st of september, it is autumn, technically, according to meteorologists. this is the forecast for the early hours of friday, a lot of clear weather out there, temperatures will be around 12 degrees at 5am on friday, a bit chilly in newcastle and edinburgh. we are talking about six, there will be a hint of autumn first thing on friday morning. some sunshine around and a beautiful start to the day. there is a weather front approaching, you can see thatjust to the west of our neighbourhood. that will encroach on to northern ireland and maybe the isles of scilly later in the day, bringing a few spots of rain but nothing more than that. for most of us it is a dry day. i wouldn't rule out a shower in the south—east, so just a brief few spots of rain, that's pretty much it. temperatures will be typically around 20 degrees or so. friday is not a bad day. saturday, there is a weather front just stuck to the north—west of us. that means a little bit
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of cloud and rainfall. scotland, maybe the irish sea. we are not talking about an awful lot. if you squint you can see a little bit here just off lancashire and cumbria and south—western parts of scotland, maybe central parts of scotland, getting a few spots of light rain, possibly northern ireland. that's pretty much it. if anything, it will just be thicker cloud. central and eastern areas looking fine. if you've got plans on saturday, much of england is looking dry, and warming up as well, temperatures in the low 20s. saturday into sunday, we start to see warmer air coming out of france. this is high pressure here, low pressure there. when we get this sort of setup, this kind of pattern, anything that comes from the west is going to get stuck, and then it sort of slides off to the north—west. so this is where we could see a little bit of rain during the course of sunday, but by the time we get to the afternoon i think the weather fronts will be stuck in the north—west, whereas many central, eastern and southern areas will remain dry. the winds will be light across the uk. that means those temperatures on saturday, or sunday rather, are going to be climbing.
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on sunday we could be talking about 25 degrees in the south—east. into the low 20s even further north. that's it from me. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: senatorjohn mccain's body arrives at andrews air force base in maryland. he'll now lie in state at the us congress before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
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