Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse travelled to mid Wales to fish in the Rivers Irfon and Wye as part of their BBC series.

The first episode of the latest series of ‘Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’ is scheduled to air on September 3 and will see the pair travelling along the River Wye to reach its lesser known neighbour, the Irfon.

Along the way they stayed in the Red Kite Barn in Llanafan-fawr, set within 80 acres of a wild and remote Welsh valley on the edge of the Cambrian Mountains.

Owned by holiday home company Chillderness, the barn features an “upside down” layout, with living room and kitchen upstairs to take advantage of the 360 degree views over the valley. The barn has previously hosted George Clarke for his ‘Amazing Spaces’ programme.

Chillderness co-CEO Angela Devoy said: “It’s always fun having production teams here. I think Bob and Paul found it to be a good place to head off from and agreed that it was quite a special venue.

“It’s quite a wild and remote location, which makes it very unique even for converted farm buildings. Many old barns tend to be placed within a cluster of old farm buildings, but Red Kite Barn stands on its own. The other farm buildings were removed and the forest has grown around it, making it quite isolated.

“it’s been under our ownership for 18 years but has never failed to deliver spectacular views during the day and night since this is also a Dark Sky Discovery Site, giving plenty of excellent stargazing opportunities.

“It’s such an elegant location and offers a well designed peacefulness.”

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While staying at the barn, Bob and Paul used it as a venue to hold a birthday party for their terrier Ted.

To reach the Irfon, Bob and Paul pass St David’s church, making their first journey through the Upper Wye after fishing the middle and the lower Wye in earlier series of the show.

Travelling through the Upper Wye, the pair took the time to visit where Steve McQueen reportedly used to fish at the height of his fame.

On the Upper Wye, Paul and Bob meet with David Lyons, the founder of charity Tackling Minds, a project founded in 2020 to help people with depression and anxiety or who are recovering from addiction to get out on to rivers and lakes to fish.