antiques experts... RAJ: That's me.

PAUL: I like that.

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

TIM: Hold on!

IRITA: (SQUEALS) VO: And a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.

En garde!

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

But it's no mean feat.

I don't believe it!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... PAUL: Yes!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I was robbed.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory...

Right, come on, let's go.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

DAVID: Oh, Roo!

Oh, Roo!

ROO: (SQUEALS) VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Get away.

MUSIC: "Burn Baby Burn" by Ash VO: This... is... it!

Look out, Lake District!

It's the fifth and final leg of the journey for our darling dandies, David Harper and Roo Irvine.

DAVID (DH): Well, good morning, missus.

ROO (RI): Good morning.

Can I say, you are looking very much the dapper English gentleman.

Ah, well thank you very much.

VO: Ah...

There's just one thing missing.

(GASPS) Oh no, they're back!

VO: Well, you have to try and look cool in a replica 1960s AC Cobra.

RI: This is my last day driving.

DH: Your last day driving.

So, you know, me and the Cobra, we've actually become better friends than you and me.

VO: That's possibly because our buddies are also fierce competitors in a close-run race.

If you do lose, are you ever gonna speak to me again?

Oh, we'll forever be friends.

VO: We'll see.

VO: Last time, dealer David from County Durham improved his lot a little and has £277.90 for today.

But Argyll and Bute based Roo hit a home run with her £3488.80 and has a healthy lead.

I need to win this.

I need to.

This would be my first.

VO: Oh yes.

Until now, Roo has always been pipped at the post.

RI: Can you imagine the pressure I'm feeling?

I'm tingling from my toes to my nose.

VO: She's a poet and she doesn't know it.

But it does sound painful.

VO: Right, let's remind ourselves where these two charmers have journeyed so far.

Setting off in Grimsby, they traversed through Yorkshire, Scotland and the northwest, and will finish up in Newcastle.

Their items will be auctioned in North Shields, but Cockermouth is where today's adventure begins.

Here we go, then.

David's been dropped off around the corner from Castle Antiques and Curios.

With his £277, there's a shop and a warehouse to explore.

Great.

Wow!

Crikey.

Look at that.

DH: I've got to get something with a chance of a big profit.

That's the only way I'm gonna beat Roo.

Final leg needs something with a bit of meat on the bones.

VO: Righty-o.

Meaty bones is the order of the day for David.

I must always scour these cabinets.

You have no idea what treasure is lurking.

VO: Indeedy.

DH: These are quite cool spectacles.

I've seen them before.

Hugely magnified, they're unbelievable.

But designed specifically during the Second World War to fit underneath a gas mask.

Sticker here.

"Photographic section RAF, Shallufa, Egypt."

Wow!

RAF connection, that's good.

Lots of other RAF stuff here which is always interesting.

So we've got badges, coins.

Oh, that's interesting.

OK, so you've got a George VI thruppence.

That's what it looks like when you look at the head.

But you turn it around to see the tails, and the tails have gone.

So this is a Second World War secret coin.

So if you're in the military, a pilot in the RAF, you'd have a few of those in your pocket.

And if you were shot down or found yourself behind enemy lines, the coin was designed to split secretly.

And inside you could have a map to get out of there.

VO: Clever.

A nice auction lot if you put it all together at the right money.

VO: No ticket price but something to consider.

And while he does, where's his compadre got to?

VO: Ooh.

She's on the road to the town of Maryport.

And she's quite the moneybags with a little over £348.

So here goes.

Stand by, Maryport Collectables & Antiques.

Roo's coming.

A Scot can spot a thistle a mile away.

VO: Well that must be handy.

That's a nice pair.

Brass vases like this do have age to them.

These ones immediately, I picked them up.

They're heavy.

They are Indian.

Very much that beautiful Indian carved style that you see.

They, I would say, are early 1900s.

Very much tourist souvenir pieces.

£20, that might do OK at auction.

35 to 40, not bad.

I will keep looking.

VO: Okey dokey.

So let's catch up with David in Cockermouth.

Earlier, he'd found a collection of RAF memorabilia, but looks like he's hopped over to the warehouse for more of a mooch.

Oh, do look at that.

Isn't that just stylish?

Now, I don't own a bicycle.

But funnily enough recently, I've been gaining a big interest in early bicycles, and this is quite early.

Back of the saddle, that's where they often have a maker's mark.

Rudge.

Rudge, wow!

OK, British maker.

Very good quality.

VO: Rudge-Whitworth was making bicycles from 1894, quickly establishing a reputation for building beautifully engineered machines.

1920s, I'm thinking.

Maybe 1930.

And with it having the step through bar, it's a female version of a bike, which makes it a little rarer.

Oh, that is absolutely delicious.

Value of these things varies wildly.

It's worth asking for a price, isn't it?

VO: Sure is.

Haven't ridden a bike for ages, but I can do wheelies.

VO: Oi, you've got to pay for it!

Having a test drive, eh?

OK, he's back.

VO: Mathew's the boss.

Hey Mathew, how are you?

Hi David, how you doing?

So I rode that funky Rudge bike from your warehouse over here.

Yeah, it's nice, that.

DH: It's a cool thing, isn't it?

DEALER: Yeah.

So what's, what's the death on it?

Well, I've got 120 on it... DH: Ouch.

DEALER: ..as it sits.

But to you, I could squeeze it down to 90 for you.

OK, OK. VO: There's also the RAF memorabilia.

For the collection, glasses and the little box of bits... Sure.

What sort of money?

That coin is...well, 85.

85, and the bike?

85, yeah, we'll do that as well.

85.

So that's 160, 170 collectively.

Yeah.

Can I make you a bid?

It's not gonna be hard.

140.

Do 150.

So I'll split them, 75 quid a go.

Yeah, OK, 150.

Yep.

Mathew, thank you.

I'll leave your money on there.

That's no problem.

Yeah, thank you very much indeed.

VO: Wow, that's more than half his money spent.

Put your items in your basket and off you go.

(THEY CHUCKLE) DH: Cheers, Mathew.

Wonderful.

Thanks very much, David.

VO: David has just over £127 for the remainder of the leg.

And while he makes off on two wheels, over in Maryport, Roo is perusing the papers.

RI: I always get drawn to antique newspapers.

Now this is interesting.

Punch magazines have been going since 1841.

They're known for their satirical look at sort of politics and the world.

It was for the upper classes to actually read and scoff at these wonderful jokes.

Now these ones are 1909, and I know that Punch magazines are collectable.

And it says here only £3 each.

But I might take two or three magazines for, you know, a small amount of money.

And I think they could easily double, triple their money at auction hopefully.

But I'll leave them here for now and keep browsing.

VO: That's another possible.

Remember, she was also contemplating a pair of Indian brass vases.

Right, this looks like my kind of cabinet.

Now straightaway I've spotted marcasite.

The stone of the 1920s, '30s and '40s.

And that is just very simple.

It's a beautiful sweeping feather.

But it is covered here in these beautiful smoky gray marcasite stones.

It's £5.

But it's a nice thing.

It's not me spending all my money.

But if I buy it at £5, maybe I can pair it up with something else.

VO: Time for a chat with Ben the boss.

Hi, Ben.

I've had a good rummage around your shop.

Oh, excellent.

I'm afraid to say I won't be spending a fortune.

That's OK.

But there's a few things I found.

This pair of brass vases for £20.

OK.

This marcasite brooch for a fiver and I also spotted the Punch magazines.

DEALER: OK. RI: £2 each on them?

Yeah, yeah.

Perfect.

I will take three of those.

So that's 20, 25 plus the nine.

That's £34.

OK. You were expecting me to be tough on you, RI: weren't you?

DEALER: I was, I was.

No, your prices are fantastic.

Thank you.

VO: Wow, no dealing necessary.

Bit of light bedtime reading.

Take care.

DEALER: Thanks.

Bye now.

RI: Bye.

VO: And that little haul still leaves her with a smidge over £314.

Nice.

VO: David's on his way to the village of Frizington... ..to find out about a sport that's been around for more than 200 years, but is little known outside Cumbria.

Hound trailing is the name of the game.

It's a 10-mile race for highly trained dogs, who sprint over the fells in pursuit of an artificial scent.

Amazing.

And Glenis Farren is a lifelong participant.

Hello, now you must be Glenis.

GLENIS: I am.

DH: It's lovely to meet you.

Same to you.

Now, what was it then that got you into the sport?

Er, well, I first went with my dad when I was just a kid.

And eventually in the early '70s I got a dog of my own.

VO: A 50-year passion for Glenis, but trailing originated in the 18th century.

GLENIS: Started with farmers racing their fox-hunting dogs in the winter.

And they started competing with each other, with farmers.

You know, "my dog can do that faster than yours can".

I don't know exactly know how they laid the trail, whether it...

Some people say it was old rabbit skins and kippers, and all sorts of tales like that.

DH: I'd imagine.

Just to lay a trail.

But the dogs would hunt it, and that's how it started.

VO: Nowadays, the dogs are trained to hunt the scent of aniseed that is laid down over the route before the race begins.

Two trailers, as we call them, go to the middle of a trail.

DH: Right.

GLENIS: And they set off.

One goes to the start, and the other goes to the finish.

And then the dogs hunt all the way around till they get back to the finish.

VO: The sport has been organized and regulated since 1906, when the Hound Trailing Association was formed to register the dogs and set the rules.

So how long then would it take for a single hound to run the 10 mile trail?

Between 25 and 40 minutes.

DH: That's some going, isn't it?

GLENIS: It is, yeah.

So they're proper athletes then, aren't they?

Oh, absolutely.

Yeah.

And are they trained as such?

Yes.

They've got to be walked.

They've got to be fed right.

And they've got to be looked after properly.

VO: Right, that's enough talk.

It's almost race time.

Just up the road at Kelton Fell.

Pity it's teeming down and blowing a gale, but they don't seem to worry.

DH: (CHUCKLES) Not the right boots for this job.

And who's that fella, then?

That's the trailer.

Now how many miles has he walked?

He will have done half of the trail, about five miles.

Right.

That's quite a hike in this weather mind, isn't it?

It is, yeah.

I've gotta say I can really feel the excitement building.

(DOGS YELP) It's the yelping of the dogs.

And when they're yelping like that they're wanting to go.

They'll... You'll see when they get down here.

They just don't care about anything else, only getting on that trail.

They just love it, do they?

Love it, yeah.

VO: Our runners are poised at the start.

And they're off!

DH: Whoa!

(CHUCKLES) Oh my goodness me.

GLENIS: You see them now?

DH: Yeah, I can see them, yeah.

GLENIS: Just a shame there's only seven today.

It's getting towards the end of the season, you see.

There aren't as many running.

Dogs will come all the way down there.

Yeah.

And then they come into this field through the gate at the bottom.

OK. And then they race all the way up the finish to get the bait.

And that's the line?

GLENIS: This is the line where they're judged.

Can't wait... GLENIS: To see them.

DH: ..to see them.

VO: Ha-ha!

Just half an hour later... here they come!

(CHEERING) DH: So they're all calling them in with their own callsigns, DH: aren't they?

GLENIS: Yes.

Look at them go!

Who's done it?

(WHISTLE BLOWS) Whoa!

Incredible!

This is the last one to get round.

Is this the last one?

Oh, bless.

VO: Maybe he doesn't like aniseed so much.

Well, Glenis, that was very, very exciting.

But I think we're the last people standing.

Everyone's leaving now.

You don't blame them, do you, on a day like this!

No, you don't.

Let's go get warmed up.

VO: And while they do... Whoo, hoo-hoo!

VO: ..Roo's also battling the elements.

I'm being dripped on from above, and I've got a lovely steady stream of water on my right thigh.

Whoo!

(GIGGLES) VO: She's heading for Keswick, where thankfully the rain has passed.

Phew.

She wouldn't want to get her £314 soggy.

Hello.

Gorgeous shop.

VO: It is rather lovely, look.

This is a kind of antique shop that can keep you entertained for hours.

Everywhere you look - ceilings, walls, the floors, beautiful real antiques, true antiques.

VO: That's what we want.

RI: I think that's George and the dragon.

Beautiful.

Arts and crafts, exactly what you want in terms of the subject matter.

The gleam, that lovely warm, fiery copper.

But do you know what?

It's £600.

VO: Yoikes!

Which is probably the right price.

This is why I never get to buy any arts and crafts on the Road Trip.

VO: Hang on.

Always look for things that are tucked away.

VO: Now, that looks interesting.

Keswick actually puts the heart in arts and crafts, but this is what you want to see here.

"K-S-I-A".

It almost sounds like K-I-S-S-I-N-G, doesn't it?

VO: Does a bit.

Actually, it's the Keswick School of Industrial Art, which was founded in 1884 by philanthropist Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley.

Starting out teaching metalwork and wood carving to unemployed workers, it quickly established a reputation for excellence.

Pewter, brass, copper, silver plate, it's world renowned, and award winning.

But this has the same kind of dragons that this handsome plaque has got here.

But it's a fraction of the price, £95.

And I think it's actually a really pretty thing.

I'm in Keswick.

If I was to buy some Keswick School of Art pieces here, then I think I bought really well.

I think I'm gonna go speak to the dealer.

VO: That's Mark.

I spotted some Keswick School of Arts, which you've actually got quite a few pieces of, but it's the only one that I seem to be able to afford.

(CHUCKLES) Can I just be cheeky and suggest the price?

RI: You can only say no.

DEALER: Go on.

You've got 95 on it.

Could I have this for round about the 50-ish mark?

The best I can do on that's 80 quid.

VO: That's a no, then.

I don't think you're gonna get a stamped up Keswick School tray for less than 80 quid anywhere.

Let me look at it again.

VO: Well?

Do you know what?

It's polished, it saves me doing it and it's marked.

I will take it at £80.

Excellent.

Thank you.

It makes sense.

You can't leave Keswick without buying some School of Art.

VO: There you go.

Roo has her first arts and crafts piece.

And £234 for tomorrow.

Together again, our twosome are in a world of their own.

Do you think in a previous life you were a princess?

And I was your manservant?

No, you could be my right-hand man.

Right hand man.

OK. Wingman.

VO: He'd be perfect.

Nighty-night.

Good morning, and welcome back to our Cumbrian odyssey.

Look at the valleys!

Oh, I know, isn't it gorgeous?

It's like we're driving into heaven itself.

VO: Looks like the Lake District to me.

Ha-ha!

I've got a bit of a cold head, I've gotta say.

Hello!

I should be wearing that.

If you were a good friend you'd pass it over.

(LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) VO: Ah, ha-ha.

That's not happening.

David, it's just hit me, this is our last day now.

This is it, Roo.

That's it!

I know!

Last chance saloon.

I know.

VO: Certainly is, but right now it is anyone's game.

Yesterday, David spent big on an early 20th century roadster bicycle and a collection of RAF memorabilia, leaving him with just over £127.

While Roo came away with a pair of brass Indian vases, three Punch magazines, a marcasite brooch and an arts-and-crafts tray.

She has £234 for today.

Their items will be heading for auction in North Shields.

But the shopping extravaganza begins in Penrith.

Where David, having dropped Roo off, starts the day in Eclectic.

Good name for a shop with such a mix of antiques and retro goodies.

David's kitty amounts to £127.90.

This is without doubt Mdina.

There you go, Mdina sticker on the base there.

Lovely thing.

A company from Malta, making art glass.

Every single piece of glass is individual.

Set up by an Englishman in 1968.

So that screams '60s, '70s.

It's 30 quid, it's no money.

But they're around, you can buy them.

VO: What about something a little less common?

Aha.

It's got a lovely shape.

You can see the pontil mark on the base there.

That's proof that this thing was hand blown.

And then the hot rod was literally snapped off the base of the glass.

I can see a date.

I think that's 1985.

Now that's interesting.

But '80s stuff is cool and funky, and these things come in cycles.

OK, priced at 35 quid.

That's probably somewhere round what it would make in auction, so it needs to be an awful lot cheaper than that.

VO: Well, Peter the shopkeeper is standing by.

Hit me with your best price, Peter.

For you to stand a good chance with it... £10.

How's that?

DH: A tenner?

DEALER: A tenner.

VO: That's less than a third of the price.

How kind.

Peter, fantastic, thank you very much.

I'll have that.

What else can I buy?

Mm.

Do you like art, do you like paintings?

Paintings?

I like paintings.

There's quite a nice one just over there.

VO: Oh, ponies.

They look really frisky, don't they?

DEALER: They do.

DH: They really do.

It looks like they could just dart off at any moment.

VO: Yes, it's almost like I'm there.

DH: It's amateur-ish, isn't it?

DEALER: Yeah.

But sort of charming as well.

Yes.

Can I just take it off the wall, Peter?

Of course you can.

Is that...so I can look at the back of it.

Thank you.

I think it probably is late 19th, early 19th century.

DEALER: I would have thought so.

DH: I think so, yeah.

DEALER: Yeah.

OK, no signature on the back.

VO: No ticket price either.

I could do that for a tenner as well, how's that?

I can't say no, can I?

Perfect.

Fantastic.

VO: Two great items for £20.

Thank you, Peter.

Leaving David with £107 for the last shop of the trip.

VO: Roo's heading for the other side of Penrith, where she'll be swapping shopping for scoffing.

Lucky duckie!

Dalemain Mansion, with its four centuries of magnificent architecture, is home to Jane Hasell-McCosh.

It was here that she made a fascinating discovery in her family's archive that sparked the creation of an international marmalade-making competition.

And why not?

Hello, Jane.

Hello, Roo.

How very good to see you.

Thank you so much.

Come on in and we'll talk about marmalade.

I prefer to eat it but I'm happy to talk it.

VO: The beautiful Georgian fronted house has been in the Hasell family since the 17th century.

Jane, this is an amazing room.

Is this the heart of the house?

It is very beautiful, isn't it?

And I really wanted you to see it because what I want to tell you about is Elizabeth Rainbow.

VO: She came to live in Dalemain to be with her nephew after losing her husband, the Bishop of Carlisle, in the late 1680s and was, well, a medieval foodie.

JANE: I came across this wonderful recipe book.

Now this is written by and collected by Elizabeth Rainbow.

And you can see this beautiful handwriting.

And in it are all sorts of recipes, including marmalade recipes.

So suddenly I was thinking, wow, this is a very interesting thing, that people were actually eating marmalade in 1600.

How extraordinary.

So then I did a bit of digging and delving.

And I discovered that really, marmalade has been eaten much sooner than that.

The Romans were probably eating marmalade on Hadrian's Wall.

VO: Marmalade and preserves enable people to eat fruit all the year round.

The Roman version was a gooey snack made from quinces preserved in honey.

And by the 15th century a similar Portuguese quince preserve had arrived in England.

What is interesting is that the Portuguese word for quince is marmelo.

And so, in my view, that is where the word marmalade came from.

When did marmalade become inherently British?

I think it wasn't really till Georgian times.

OK. And then the Victorians really took it to heart.

VO: What began as a way of simply conserving fruit became a delicacy.

And inspired by her ancestor's recipe, Jane has created the annual marmalade awards that bring in original creations from far and wide.

What I've wondered though, today, was because the quince marmalade is a long process and if we did it according to Elizabeth, whether we might follow the cook's recipe from the 1800s and make a marmalade with rhubarb.

That sounds perfect.

VO: Let's do it.

We've got lemons, oranges and in fact grapefruit.

And I wondered if you could just help me by chopping up a few of the fruit, which is hard graft.

But I've made it easier.

I use a pressure cooker until you've softened the fruit.

So what we're gonna do is chop it into small tiny slivers.

Keep my fingers clear.

Absolutely.

VO: Looking good.

That's really quite enjoyable.

My nice herb scissors are so modern looking.

Beside them we have the ancient orange citrus cutter, which has been in this kitchen all the time since about sort of 1800.

Look at the difference between the two.

And they in effect do the same job?

Exactly.

VO: Give it a go, Roo.

You have to be strong.

I don't think I've got the biceps for this.

VO: Weedy.

I'm feeling it after a few seconds.

The tiny little bit of orange you get, you're gonna need so much to make a jar of marmalade.

Yes, yes.

VO: Don't forget the Roo-barb.

So what happens next?

We've got the chopped fruit.

We're gonna put all these ingredients together and start to heat them up.

Perfect.

Realizing how you make marmalade, it's such a skill in identifying flavors.

There's a lovely bubbling sound.

So I reckon we're ready for the sugar.

So would you like to tip it in?

I would!

VO: Copious amounts to counteract the bitterness, I believe.

Oh, the smell.

I can smell the citrus fruits.

VO: And a mere 25 minutes later, it's ready to top a scone.

But we now have the taste test.

VO: How exciting!

OK. VO: First, Elizabeth Rainbow's 400 year old recipe.

Mm!

Very warming, isn't it?

JANE: Mm.

And actually you need that cream to soften it.

VO: And now, Roo's rhubarb marmalade.

It's gonna taste good, I hope.

It starts off quite slow.

And then it just hits you.

I think this is my winner.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Sorry, Elizabeth.

Looks like our gal prefers the slightly more modern stuff.

VO: Meanwhile, David's en route to Carlisle, where in the grounds of the cathedral sits the aptly named Cathedral Lodge Antiques.

It's our man's final chance to spend his £107.90.

You can do it.

I really do like to see a nice sympathetically restored piece of genuine antique furniture.

I know instinctively that the fabric is brand-spanking new.

But it doesn't matter, because it's bang on the style and bang on the period.

So this is arts and crafts.

It's oak, it's English, it's circa 1900.

All I now need is some friends to talk to.

I haven't got any.

VO: You also haven't got the £300 on the price tag.

Ah, here's your buddy.

Oh, he's beaten me to it again!

VO: But you're here now.

And having only spent £114 so far, you still have 234 burning a hole in your pocket.

I've got to make sure I play this right and spend my money.

I don't know whether I'll spend every penny, but I'll certainly give it a darn good go.

VO: Hooray!

Better get looking, then.

Now here is a perfect example of the kind of item you find in an antique shop, that everyone comes in and says "what is it?"

VO: And it is...?

A pair of Victorian goffering irons.

And you know what they help you do?

They help you look very smart.

VO: They did.

They were used to iron ruffles and frills by heating the barrel with a poker rod and curling cuffs and collars around the cylinder.

They are often made in brass, and some of them are very collectable, especially if you find a double goffering iron, which will look like this.

Much bigger and far more impressive.

That's not bad at 25.

A nice little collector's piece.

But presumably not for you today?

VO: What say you, David?

This is a corner of delight for anybody in the world of interior design.

These pieces really decorate living rooms.

Gives them a real bit of pizzazz.

Take this big charger at the back here.

Brass, Indian, more than likely 19th century.

It's no later than 1900.

It's 30 quid, it's just no money.

And you might be now wondering, "Well, why isn't he gonna buy it if it's no money?"

VO: Good question.

DH: Although it's 150 years old, they made them in their hundreds of thousands.

So it wouldn't be anything unusual, as it is, in auction.

But it would be unusual if you put it in your house.

And I can guarantee you, your neighbors won't have anything like it.

VO: Because nobody wants that(!)

Now, where's Roo got to?

Ooh, a grandfather clock.

Splendid.

These timepieces have been around from the end of the 17th century where lantern type movements with long pendulums were enclosed in long cases.

And here in this shop, we have two of them side by side.

Martyn?

VO: Martyn's the proprietor.

I can't believe I'm going to ask you about two grandfather clocks.

I'm quite enamored by them, especially this one.

It says "Joseph Monkhouse".

Am I right in thinking he was a local clockmaker in Carlisle?

Yes, Carlisle.

I do like that one.

What is the ticket price on that?

It's 450 on that one.

Right, OK, well definitely out of my budget.

This one also doesn't have a price.

I was looking to move it on quickly.

£150.

I've always wanted to buy a grandfather clock.

Now, are they in working condition, most importantly?

It would need maybe £100 spent on it and you'd be back up to having a quality clock again.

Is there a maker's name or anything in there?

No, just a Langholm maker.

So just over the border into Scotland.

VO: Probably made in the early 1800s.

Could that be round about the 120 mark?

Yeah, well that one's come in more recently and it was a good fair price for me to buy in.

I think we could do it.

That's a serious contender.

I'm going to carry on looking and see what else I can come up with.

No problem.

Put that on the burner.

Perfect.

VO: Don't do that.

What's David doing down there?

DH: Gosh, look at that.

The detail in that hand mirror is just absolutely delightful.

Look at that, very art nouveau.

1890, 1900.

So there's how many here... One, two, three...

Seven hand mirrors.

Silver hand mirrors used to be so popular in the antiques business.

But what you're finding now is that because they're not fashionable particularly any more, and because silver prices, the bullion price of silver and gold has gone crazy, these things generally and very sadly, are worth more dismantled, and sell it for scrap.

Now that I've got to tell you is heartbreaking.

I want to have a go at these.

So let me see how many I can buy for the money I've got.

VO: Cue Martyn.

I want to try and do a deal.

What have we got?

You have a bunch of silver mirrors DH: so I'm gonna make an offer.

DEALER: Yeah.

So I have in my pocket, Martyn, £107.90.

And I want to buy them all.

VO: They're priced up at £20 each.

So 140 for the lot.

Are you up for it?

DEALER: I'm up for that.

DH: Good man.

VO: Very generous.

Thank you, Martyn.

Leaving David without a bean in his pocket.

They're all yours.

Cheers, Martyn.

VO: Roo, though, still has cash to splash.

Martyn?

VO: He's all over the shop.

Yes, Roo?

You know I spotted the lovely grandfather clock upstairs?

Yes.

You've got this little silver scalloped dish here.

Priced up at £50.

VO: That's a pretty little pin dish, early Edwardian, made in Sheffield.

If I bought the clock and the dish, could it be 145?

That's manageable.

RI: Manageable?

145?

DEALER: We can do that one, yep.

Perfect.

OK, I will take it then.

VO: Great discounts!

120 for the 30-hour grandfather clock and 25 for the dish.

Thank you so much.

VO: And that is the end of the shopping for the whole trip.

I hate it when it comes to the end.

Do you know what, Roo?

It's pretty well over now.

RI: No, David.

DH: Apart from the auction, nothing we can do there, I suggest we celebrate.

VO: Sounds like fun.

RI: Do you know what we should do?

I think we should find the most beautiful highest point...

What?!

..in Cumbria.

And do what?

And watch the sun set.

No, you do that.

I'm going to the pub.

VO: Actually, I think you should both go and get some shuteye.

Nighty-night.

So, here we are.

It's the closing auction of our thrilling trip.

After a tour all around the Lake District, David and Roo are in Newcastle to park up... ..tune in, and view their goodies going under the hammer.

They're ducking indoors to avoid the rain.

Lovely banqueting hall, look.

I'm glad this is where we're having our last auction.

Yeah, I think so.

I think it is rather fitting, actually.

It does feel good, nice atmosphere.

VO: Cozy!

Nearby North Shields is home to our auctioneers Featonby's, with bidders in the room and online.

Phoebe Hoare will be in charge.

Any favorites, Phoebe, among David's items, costing £277.90 in total?

You've got the Rudge Whitworth bicycle, a lovely collectable vintage item here, dating from the 1920s, '30s.

Condition is slightly against it.

But that's expected for the age that it is.

Yeah, that should sell very well.

VO: Lovely jubbly.

Roo spent £259 on her lots and is pairing her silver pin dish with the marcasite art deco brooch.

I think the Punch magazines are an interesting choice.

I probably wouldn't have bought those.

But then again, they might know something I don't so I'm happy to be proven wrong.

VO: Well, we'll see.

OK, good luck.

Alright, here we go.

VO: First, for the bidders, Roo's early 1900s solid brass Indian vases.

Straight in at 22.

Oh my goodness!

At £30.

Must be more interest.

It's £30.

30 quid.

A little bit more, 35.

PHOEBE: Last chance at 40.

RI: I'll take the 40.

DH: Oh!

RI: Yeah!

VO: Good start there for Roo.

Slight upward trajectory.

We need a graph that goes like this, with you.

Yes.

VO: Very sporting.

Up next, David's large glass 1980s vase.

PHOEBE: Straight in at 30.

DH: Yes!

Fantastic!

Come on!

At 32, 35.

Go on!

At 38 now.

At £40.

40 pou... 42!

42.

Four times the money plus two quid as a little bonus.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: I spy a smidgen of smug, I think.

Good earner, mind.

But then if you're gonna spend a tenner, of course you're gonna make money.

Cowardly custard.

VO: Says Roo, whose Edwardian Punch magazines cost even less.

I've got £5 online.

Oh!

Five quid.

Eight, 10 now.

At £10 there, at 10.

RI: Oh!

£1.

DH: You've made a profit.

12, 15.

Oh, look at that!

Unbelievable.

PHOEBE: At £20.

DH: Unbelievable.

Well they're a quirky thing.

Shocking.

Roo, I'm shocked.

22.

£22, David.

I'll take that.

VO: That's the way to do it!

One word for you... RI: Bargain!

DH: Boring!

VO: If they've stopped bickering, here comes David's collection of RAF memorabilia.

PHOEBE: I've got £38 online.

DH: Oh!

Fantastic.

DH: No, I paid 75.

RI: It's jumping.

45 against you online.

Come on!

52.

55 now.

Still online.

There's a lot of interest.

At 55.

Come on!

Do not put the hammer down.

£55.

DH: No!

RI: Come on.

55!

60, straight back in there at 60.

At 60.

That's fantastic!

Come on, get my money back.

75, thank you.

75!

75.

No, no.

Ouch!

She gave it a good go.

She's very good.

VO: She is, but David's still behind despite the canny auctioneer.

Ha!

But that was the Frankenstein of your lots.

I mean literally, that was brought back to life with an electric charge.

VO: (CHUCKLES) Will sparks fly for Roo's combined lot?

A silver pin dish and a marcasite art deco brooch.

Stand by.

And we've got £40 now.

Oh my goodness me!

Straight in.

Wow!

42, it goes on.

It's hovering.

Oh my!

Come on, come on, come on.

All online at 48.

All online at 58.

Whoa, Roo!

The brooch was a fiver and the dish was 25.

Push it to 60.

£58.

A good buy.

A Roo deal!

VO: Indeed.

And that's three profits in a row.

Is Roo heading for the victory that has eluded her until now?

Well, that's probably a bit more than I anticipated.

VO: Ah, it's David's Shetland ponies.

Straight in at 20.

25, 28 and 30.

Profit.

Come on!

38 now.

Make it 100!

At 38.

At £45.

Ooh, she's working it!

50 now.

It's 55, come on!

55 against me.

Keep it going.

Come on, people, it's only a picture of ponies.

DH: In fives.

PHOEBE: Last chance... No, don't do it.

RI: Hammer down.

DH: No.

55.

I thought that might make 100.

VO: (GIGGLES) Did jolly well though.

I might be catching you, Miss Roo.

I think so.

I think you're sprinting up behind me.

I might be.

VO: It's getting close.

Stand by for Roo's tray, marked Keswick School of Industrial Art.

Lovely lot, and that's straight in at £50.

Come on.

It needs to go higher.

DH: Straight in?!

RI: It needs to go higher!

It could be maiden bid.

50, looking for two.

Come on.

At £50, it's here for sale now.

(THEY EXCLAIM) Oh, come on.

Maiden bid.

PHOEBE: 50.

RI: (GASPS) VO: Oh dear, that's Roo brassed off.

And that had a really heavyweight name to it!

VO: Yes.

It also made quite a big dent in Roo's lead.

VO: Never mind.

Now, the auctioneer had high hopes for David's vintage Rudge bike.

Straight in at £70 there.

Wow!

80 now.

At £80.

Done amazingly well.

At 90 now.

Come on, get 100.

You're in profit.

I'm not.

That's money back, that.

100 now.

RI: Oh David, well done!

DH: Yes!

Get 110, DH: take the tens.

RI: Well done.

120 now.

Oh-ho!

At 120.

130 bid.

DH: Yes!

RI: You're gonna have 200, you greedy thing.

PHOEBE: £130.

DH: 30, that's good.

(GAVEL) PHOEBE: 130.

130!

DH: Wowza!

RI: Well done.

VO: Well that puts David on the up.

If this is a comeback, I am the king comebacker.

VO: If you say so.

Time for Roo's final lot, the 1800s Langholm-made grandfather clock.

And what do we say for this?

I've got 80.

£80.

85, 88, 90.

At £90.

It's only going up in fives, twos!

Stick at 100.

And five, and eight.

DH: Stick at 100.

RI: That's nothing!

At 100.

Come on, it needs to go up in tens.

There at 100.

DH: Go on, get the hammer down.

RI: Oh, come on!

PHOEBE: 110 now.

DH: Oh!

It's a lovely grandfather clock.

PHOEBE: 150 now.

DH: 150?!

Come on!

PHOEBE: 150.

DH: Yes!

That's a lot of clock for £150.

VO: You can't argue with that.

Yes, it's good.

Look at you!

VO: Ha!

I think he knows only his seven vanity mirrors stand between him and victory.

Here we go.

PHOEBE: 120 online.

DH: Yes!

PHOEBE: I've got 130 on the book.

DH: Come on.

Oh, Roo!

RI: Oh!

130, 140, 150, still with me.

RI: No!

DH: Come on.

At £150 there.

And 160, 170.

DH: Someone in the room!

RI: Argh!

Still with me at 170.

DH: Go on!

RI: David.

Still with me.

At 190 there, at 190.

DH: 190!

RI: Oh!

One more, and I've done it.

One more.

Let's get the two.

At £190.

Come on, this is so painful!

Do not sell 'em yet!

190.

I'm happy with that.

RI: That's it, you've won.

DH: You reckon?

RI: Oh yes.

I'm going home.

DH: OK. VO: Hang on for the final results.

VO: Roo began this leg with just over £348 and did very nicely, ending up with £352.20.

VO: But David, who set out with £277.90, was fearless in pursuit of profits and beat his buddy with his delicious £403.44.

All profits go to Children In Need.

Hurrah!

Another day, another road trip done and dusted.

That's it, Roo, that's it.

You've been a very fine companion.

Well you've been alright, if I'm honest.

Oh, well thank you.

VO: We know he loves her really.

Boy, what a trip it's been!

Their car was so zippy.

DH: Go on then.

RI: (SQUEALS) VO: And they got quite drippy.

Whoo, hoo-hoo!

Oh, Roo!

VO: It's been bonkers at times.

Hello!

VO: They gave stuff a go.

It's better than driving a car, and I love cars.

Can I slow it down?

Can you see that squirrel?

I'm gonna shoot it... in filming terms.

VO: And had fun, don'tcha know?

I want to see you in leather chaps.

VO: And were always dressed up to the nines.

RI: Oh, David!

DH: What?!

This is suede, darling!

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