Countryfile: North Cumbria

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the uplands of North Cumbria. Matt meets photographer Ian Lawson, who has spent years photographing the hill shepherds and their herdwick sheep. Matt hears the tale of farmer Joe Relph, who's leaving after a lifetime in the fells, and then catches up with the cooperative aiming to put herdwick wool on the fashion map. Ellie is hoping to catch a glimpse of a black grouse lek - that strange courting dance that these rare birds do at the start of the breeding season. She also meets the farmers of the future at a special agricultural college, before finding out that there's more to dry stone walls than meets the eye. Taking off-road vehicles into the countryside can be great fun, but it doesn't always go down well with the people who live there - or with other visitors. Tom Heaps finds out what is being done to tackle illegal off-roading