- The Harvest Supper at The Bull
- Clever Bert and Eddie
- "Don't be such a sanctimonious git"
- "Freddie! No! That is a very rare specimen"
- So there is controversy about the Peregrines after all
- Kenton should have never told a Nigel a secret
- Nigel should never told Elizabeth a secret
The Harvest Supper at The Bull
Debunking all myths of what Church of England ‘types’ are like, Fallon's delighted that Jolene's agreed to Alan hosting his Harvest Supper at The Bull.
Fallon's excited that so many folks from other parishes (that Alan ministers to) will be in The Bull, spending their money, having a nice time, and coming back again.
And who's the first person she wants to tell about the good news?
Harry.
Hmmm.
Let's also hope that Jolene really is back on form. Alan’s made all the arrangements with her ...
Clever Bert and Eddie
Seemingly Bert and Eddie have done a cracking job on laying out the allotments at Lower Loxley.
Hang on for a second ...
Eddie Grundy.
It surely can't have been that simple? Eddie did tell Nigel that it was all very "difficult" to do, but Eddie and Joe must be planning some way to take advantage of this new community development.
Or was Eddie satisfied at getting the practise in for the ploughing contest (and should I stop assuming there's always a scam afoot when the Grundy's are involved?).
"Don't be such a sanctimonious git"
Well, Kathy's hardly being shy about Kenton's one night stand.
She's been in The Bull telling Fallon. (Yet, she hasn’t even told Jamie that they've split up, as she thinks he'll just blame her (which is more than likely).)
When she later bumps into Kenton at the Village Shop, and gets into the inevitable (and very atypical) argument with him, she doesn't care who hears that Kenton hasn’t exactly been keeping himself for when he and Kathy got back together.
Which is actually a nice change from her fretting over what people think.
Whether you do think Kenton cheated or not, he was being an utter arse when he suggested that meet up for a drink ("or something") to talk about things.
(Unless he just wanted to make more formal arrangements about their split. Which I very much doubt.)
So Kenton wanted to have his fun, then go back to Kathy.
What joy the little toad was caught! Especially as Kenton was very slow to realise that Kathy knew all:
[Kenton] "are you and Jamie are still coming [to Jill's 80th]?"
[Kathy] "I hardly think that would be appropriate"
[Kenton] "I was wondering ... if you fancy meeting up for a drink or something?"
[Kathy] "why would I want to do that?"
[Kenton] "to talk about things"
[Kathy] "I don't want to talk about anything to you"
Kathy then demanded that Kenton move his stuff out before she put it out with the rubbish.
[Kenton] "well, okay. If that's the way you feel. You're right. It might be time to call it a day and move on ..."
[Kathy] "don't be such a sanctimonious git! You've already moved on!"
At which point, Kathy has to spell it out that she knows about Kenton sleeping with his customers (well, one of, so far).
Kenton spluttered, but Kathy was in full flight:
[Kathy] "if you think there's the remotest chance of me letting you move back into my life and my home after that kind of behaviour, then you’re even more stupid than I gave you credit for"
[Kenton] "let's keep this civilised"
[Kathy] "a man of your age picking up a young women in a bar ... that's civilised behaviour is it?!?"
Pow!
Kenton sloped off with his tail well and truly cropped, slinging a rather pathetic "I hope you're satisfied" last say.
My sense of glee about Kathy giving Kenton such a basting was the fact that he had the sheer audacity to try and work things out with her - knowing she'd hate him for having slept with another women - and probably fully intending to make sure she never found out.
Far from Kenton thinking he as 'on a break', the slimy cretin wanted the best of both worlds - and hang how anyone else felt about that.
Kathy is surely no angel, nor has she been particularly reasonable at times, but thrice hurrah for Kenton being well and truly caught with his (far too young for a man his age) jeans down!
"Freddie! No! That is a very rare specimen"
So far, Freddie seems not to be a traditional lad (not into sports), not very brainy (already needs a tutor) and was scared of going to boarding school.
Now he also has a penchant for rare trees.
What the future beholds for this wee chap, one does wonder ...
So there is controversy about the Peregrines after all
Phew! I was worried that the Ambridge residents were just waffling about something which wasn't going to lead anywhere ...
"Where does it say in the bible that thou shalt provide sanctuary for dangerous birds of prey?"
Says Charles Harvey to Fallon, though he does have a vested interested (his wife Jean has a dovecot with ornamental doves). And seemingly Derek Fletcher is none too happy neither.
Alan's being his usual placatory self, and sees it all at a very early consultation stage.
Only problem I can foresee is that Lynda is very set on the Peregrines having a perch.
It's been a while since she got her placards out.
And by-the-by - I learnt tonight that a 'faculty' means to get permission to change the fabric of a church building. That's the joy of eavesdropping - you never know what you didn’t know in the first place!
Kenton should have never told a Nigel a secret
Quite expertly chastised by Kathy, Kenton instead tries to blame it all on Nigel.
Who passes the blame on Elizabeth.
Who just won't accept it! (I bet she would be the same at pass-the-parcel. I can see Elizabeth would be one of those folks who refuse to let it go).
[Kenton] "Kathy has thrown me out, thanks to you and your big mouth ... you were the only person who knew"
[Nigel] "I didn't tell her ... I never said a word ... well, not to Kathy anyway ...
(pause for Nigel's brain to shift a gear)
"I can't believe she .. she wouldn't! ... Oh dear. What a mess"
So Kenton and Nigel manage to work out that Elizabeth told Kathy. Kenton's now furious with both Pargetter's (especially since Nigel's supposed to be a mate - I don’t think he expects anything less of Elizabeth!).
Rather naively (and actually quite tactless, which is unusual), Nigel immediately asks Kenton if he'll still help with Elizabeth's anniversary surprise.
[Kenton] "Strange as it may seem, your wedding anniversary isn’t high on my priority ... my life is in ruins thanks to you and Elizabeth"
Can you believe the cheek of the man! He decides to sleep with another woman, yet it's someone else’s fault that Kathy found out, just when he was trying to patch things up.
So he wanted to hide it from Kathy, which leaving Nigel to stew in the knowledge of what he'd done.
There is, of course, the argument that Nigel shouldn’t have told Elizabeth, but that isn't Nigel's style. He was worried about what he was supposed to do with this rather unwanted information from Kenton, especially as he'd been trying to persuade Kathy to give him another chance.
And how many couples don’t tell each other almost everything? Maybe they shouldn't, especially when it means giving up a friend's confidence, but just how many couples start a conversation with "Now don't tell anyone ...".
Kenton's actions. Kenton's fault. If he really didn’t want anyone to know, he shouldn’t have been so quick to boast to Nigel about his conquest. After all, he hardly told Nigel to express his feelings about it. He just wanted to brag and beat his chest!
Nigel should never told Elizabeth a secret
I was all for stringing Elizabeth up as a bit of a witch - certainly a bad sister - and most definitely a woman's who's forgotten her own colourful past to try and become a moral pillar of the community.
Which was exactly how Kenton felt.
But, Elizabeth's explanation did make sense.
[Elizabeth] "it was so tricky Kenton ... I had to in the end"
[Kenton] "she was standing there with a gun to your head, was she?"
[Nigel] "Oh Lizzie. What have you done? I told you in absolute confidence"
[Elizabeth] "I got cornered. I couldn't very well say no"
Which is actually quite true. Kathy wanted her advice as to whether she should take Kenton back. Elizabeth knew about Kenton and Holly.
And, more importantly, Elizabeth knew that (a) Kenton wouldn't be man enough to tell Kathy and (b) Kenton sleeping with Holly was indicative of his feelings for Kathy (not very strong at all).
[Elizabeth] "I knew getting Kenton was getting hopelessly drunk and had been shagging this Holly person. When she asked me point blank what to do, I couldn't lie to her face"
Fair enough. But I can’t entirely shake the feeling that Elizabeth probably would have told Kathy at some point anyway. But I’ll let her off the hook this time as she did actually do the right thing.
Next problem is how on earth is Kenton, Elizabeth and Nigel all going to live together? And what about Nigel and Kenton's madcap nights out???
"He's never going to trust me again"
Ah well. At least Kenton still has ... well, I suppose ... erm ... um ... his own ego???
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