A POPULAR tourist attraction which keeps alive the ways of traditional 19th century farming will be featured on television this weekend.

Helen Skelton and the team from BBC One's Countryfile paid a visit to Old Hall Farm in Bouth earlier this month to film a piece about the Victorian techniques they use.

The team spent a day with farm owners, Charlotte and Alex Sharphouse out in the fields using both shire horses and steam power to work the land.

The episode featuring Old Hall Farm will air on Sunday from 7pm (24/07), and the attraction owners are looking forward to seeing their exploits on the small screen and on such an iconic show.

"It was a really exciting day for us all," said Mrs Sharphouse.

"It was lovely to meet the team and great to see behind the scenes of the show.

"They wanted to know all about the farm and why we opened it to the public and were really keen to see how we use traditional Victorian farming techniques to follow the farming year."

Helen has a keen interest in all things Cumbria as she was born in Kirkby Thore and worked at BBC Radio Cumbria before joining Blue Peter and later Countryfile.

Old Hall Farm specialises in providing visitors with a unique insight into how the rural land was ploughed in time gone by, with machinery, steam engines and tractors frozen in time from the Victorian era.

Mrs Sharphouse added: "Helen was very keen to get out on the land so we got the shire horse ready and gave the crew a demonstration and then in the afternoon Alex got the steam traction engine out ploughing and Helen even had a go steering herself – we all had great fun."

The Countryfile team were in Cumbria to cover the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter and the landscape that inspired her, along with traditional Lakeland sports and an art project about local women in farming and conservation.

For more information about Old Hall Farm, visit the website at www.oldhallfarmbouth.com.