The Archers: Kenton cooks tea ... the Twins schooling is settled ... Pip is organising a barn dance
- Nigel's surprised there's interest in the allotments
- Has the BBC Radio 4 announcer lived a very sheltered life?
- Classic Navy nosh up a la Kenton
- Did Josh get anything for his 13th?
- The worst thing about Kenton being a prat is David
- America's Next Top Model
- Everyday, I love Nigel just a little bit more ...
- This can only lead to Pip versus Ruth/David round 836
- Kids are sorted ... now Kenton
- Anyone know the whereabouts of Mrs Pugsley?
Nigel's surprised there's interest in the allotments
I do adore Nigel and his posh totty ways, but does he ever catch up with reality?
I'm amazed that he's amazed there's folks out there desperately keen to have an allotment - even before he's had a chance to organise them. I live in the 3rd largest region in Scotland, with only 250,000 folks living here, yet allotments are just as scarce as in a city!
It's quite odd really. I completely had Nigel down as a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall sort of chap.
Still, it's great that Nigel's got such enthusiasm for sharing (unlike a lot of other landowners), especially in the face of Elizabeth's complete lack of interest.
Has the BBC Radio 4 announcer lived a very sheltered life?
Just as an aside - and similar to last night - the pre-broadcast announcement (and the bit of text you get when you 'watch' Radio 4 on your TV) seemed to suggest Nigel and Elizabeth were about to return home to something utterly horrific.
Last night all it was a bit of rubbish in the bird hide, and tonight it was Kenton. Quite happy. And about to make everyone's tea.
Granted, what Kenton ended up cooking didn't sound too spectacular, but it was hardly the bloodbath/party/drunken destruction/orgy that I thought the announcements were indicating.
Maybe the announcer is living in the same happy, quiet bubble as is Nigel.
Classic Navy nosh up a la Kenton
So back to the point - the horror that awaited Nigel and Elizabeth at Lower Loxley was Kenton with a tin of spam, tomatoes, beans One assumes of the Heinz variety) and Tabasco.
Ye Gods!
Kenton "nicely caramelised" the spam, then chucked it in with his three other ingredients.
Et Voila!
It doesn't sound too nasty, and at least he's making an effort. Elizabeth was, as per, entirely ungrateful. She was quite happy that Kenton didn't make enough for more than two.
Bless Nigel for trying to work out which wine to serve with spam, and then suffering the indignity of a bad stomach after eating it.
(by the way - did we all notice that Kenton managed to take a night off from Jaxx to "thank" Elizabeth and Nigel for letting him stay? Methinks Kathy made an astute point when she said Kenton used Jaxx as an excuse to get out of doing anything he didn't want to)
Did Josh get anything for his 13th?
Maybe I missed it, but surely David and Ruth made a fuss over Josh for becoming a teenager?
or, is that not done anymore - considering kids 'grow up so fast these days'?
The worst thing about Kenton being a prat is David
I know there's a lot to be negative about when it comes to Kenton, but I utterly loathe Mr David Archer when he's given reason to get even more condescending and sneery.
While I do think that Kenton had behaved like a spoilt brat, Kathy does hold a lot of the blame as well and, as Nigel reminded us, all of this is going to be very painful for them both.
Couldn't David get off his pedestal and spare five seconds to think of how his brother is feeling?
No indeed not. He's far too worried about how Kathy and Kenton splitting up will impact on his own perfect wee life.
So Kenton's breakup up is "typical" and Kenton:
"makes the seven year itch feel like a proper medical condition"
In saying that, Ruth and David are right that it could all also spell disaster for Jill's 80th celebrations ...
America's Next Top Model
Tee hee! Kenton was trying to persuade Nigel that America's Next Top Model was great:
"Miss World crossed with The Apprentice"
Um. I don't think Nigel will have watched either of those.
Maybe she should have said it was something more akin to it being like a scullery maid from Upstairs Downstairs being interviewed by the Lady of the House for the Housekeeper position. But without much clothing.
That might have perked Nigel's interest.
Everyday, I love Nigel just a little bit more ...
So Nigel persuaded Elizabeth to let Kenton (her brother!) stay at theirs.
He's eaten spam. And had a sore stomach as a result.
He's invited Kenton out to a wine tasting, which Kenton has of course turned into a "lads night out" (watch out Kirsty!).
And now he's the only person (seemingly in the whole of Kenton's family) who understand that Kenton might actually be a bit hurt.
Elizabeth:
"does he look like a man that's broken hearted to you?!?"
Nigel:
"i think he's hurting inside"
What a thoroughly nice chap you are. Especially when it's been Kenton's food that's made you hurt inside!
This can only lead to Pip versus Ruth/David round 836
Back to her chirpy, perky 'young farmer' self, Pip's been made the Assistant Social Secretary of the Young Farmer's Association.
So, of course, the first thing she does is arrange for a barn dance to be held in one of Brookfield's barns.
Without asking David and Ruth first ... and here we go again!
David was working himself up into a spluttering "you what!?!" frenzy, but Ruth niftily sidestepped him into agreeing.
Although seemingly not like the Harvest Summer they have held at Brookfield,
(David's envisaging "drunk farmers getting up to heaven knows what behind the hay bales")
Pip has promised that the barn dance
"will all be ever so sensible ... trust me"
Oh flipping 'eck Pip! It'll end up with the police, a couple of ambulances and the fire brigade called out.
And thereafter, shouting shall commence.
*sigh*
Still, Ruth seems to think it'll bring Pip and Jonathan back together (were they ever that really together in the first place?), and it'll surely make for great listening in.
Kids are sorted ... now Kenton
So it sounds like Nigel and Elizabeth are happy that the Cathedral School can be trusted with the twins. Especially as Nigel seems quite keen on the Latin teacher (atta boy!).
That means they can concentrate on Kenton and his woes. Or, even trying to get him to admit that he actually does have woes.
Can anything else see Kenton staying out at Lower Loxley, claiming a wing for his own use and squatters rights after an appropriate time?
Talking of which ...
... Anyone know the whereabouts of Mrs Pugsley?
As @JoelHeason pointed out on Twitter - wouldn't one expect The Pargetter's to have a 'lady that does' in Lower Loxley, rather than getting their own food (or having to eat Kenton's concoctions)?
And as @JoelHeason then went onto say - where's Mrs Pugsley gone?
Edgar Titcombe is still around, but has Mrs Pugsley been locked in one of the wings by a mistake? Or has she done a Tracey Barlow and gone up stairs to listen to tapes?
A 'Madwoman in the Attic' perhaps?
If Kenton does stay put, maybe he'll redeem himself by saving her.
Unless someone knows where she's gone to.
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