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Matt鈥檚 visiting Walney Island on the West Cumbrian coast to find out about England鈥檚 newest stretch of coastal path. Once completed it will be part of the longest coastal path in the world, stretching a staggering 2,700 miles. After getting his hands dirty helping with the path, Matt heads to South Walney Nature Reserve to find out about the island鈥檚 star inhabitants, a local seal colony that鈥檚 seen a huge increase in numbers.

Local artist Percy Kelly鈥檚 paintings of Cumbria鈥檚 coast impressed Winston Churchill and a number of prestigious galleries. But he refused to sell a single picture and fame always eluded him. Other artists have painted the fells of the Lake District and Cumbria but Percy Kelly ignored the landscape and instead painted Cumbria鈥檚 industrial towns. Anita meets Percy Kelly expert Chris Wadsworth, who has developed six walking trails based on Kelly鈥檚 work. After learning about Kelly鈥檚 story and fascination with this stretch of coastline Anita meets Alan Roper, a modern day artist who finds inspiration in Kelly鈥檚 work.

Shoppers often say that animal welfare plays a large part in their decisions, but the majority of pork sold in this country is the cheaper intensively farmed option. To find out why Tom goes to look at an intensive pig farm, it鈥檚 very rare to be able to film on farms like this, but it is how a lot of our pork is produced. So why is it that despite saying we will all pay more for higher welfare meat, when we get to the till we often don鈥檛.

Sean is taking in the coastline at St Bees Head and discovering how fishermen are working with conservationists to help protect some of our most important cliff nesting birds. After a spot of bird watching with the RSPB鈥檚 Dave Blackledge, Sean joins the crew of the local fishing authorities vessel to find out how a temporary fishing net ban around the cliffs of St Bees is helping to prevent bird fatalities during breeding season.聽 On board Sean talks to scientist Mandy Knott to find out more about the ban and how it鈥檚 being implemented.

Adam鈥檚 in Denbighshire in North Wales for lambing this week. There鈥檚 nothing unusual about a sheep farm in Wales, but sheep aren鈥檛 the only livestock here. Adam comes face to face with a herd of bison. They look impressive but can be quite dangerous, so he has stand back and take cover when they are let out to grass for the first time this year!

Nestling in the beautiful surroundings of Winster and just off the beaten track from Lake Windermere is Jonty Hampson鈥檚 workshop and family home. 聽In the workshop you can find Jonty and his best friend Kolli lovingly creating chopping boards and kitchen utensils, all by hand. After finding out about Jonty鈥檚 passion for carpentry and all things wood, Helen designs and makes her own chopping board, which isn鈥檛 as easy as it first looks.

Here at Countryfile we鈥檙e used to filming Matt but on Roa Island on the Furness peninsula, our job鈥檚 taken over by someone else. Julia Parks uses 16mm film and has been experimenting with natural ingredients to develop her film and create pieces inspired by the Cumbrian landscape. Matt meets Julia on the beach to discover her newest ingredient, seaweed and her new darkroom, the beach! But of course every new film needs a premiere?