The Archers Tues 12th Oct 2010: Vicky’s calves are ready

The Archers: 12 new heifers for Ed and Mike … Vicky’s the business … Hayley annoys Kate

• “Are these them?”
• Come get your veal
• “you seem a bit stressed out”
• Kate’s got a touch of frost
• If I had a photograph of …

“Are these them?”

Ah Vicky. You not only have a supreme command of the English language, you also are quite good at asking the bloomin’ obvious …

Yes. Those cow shaped things Mike and Ed were putting in the fields were indeed cows.


Come get your veal

Vicky’s disappearance for the last wee while has also caused her to forget she was trying to sell veal.

It took Ed to remind her that her calves are “almost up to weight”, and will be ready by the end of the month.

So off Vicky trots to harangue some unaware buyers.

At first getting no firm orders, Mike tried to bolster Vicky up by looking on the bright side

“At least you have no firm ‘nos”

Nice try, but a pie maker in Felpersham seeming gave a resounding no.

Not to be put off so easily, Vicky even called a buyer at home.

I’m very surprised that they didn’t just slam the phone down. The cheek of the woman! I’d imagine someone at that company will be handed their cards quite soon (it’s hard enough to even get an email address out of some businesses these days).

So am flabbergast that they seemingly sounded interested, and have invited her to meet with them on Friday.

“so, I think we're in business!”

Hmm. We heard that last time Vicky was trying to sell veal, when she only managed to get a fairly non-committal response from Ian.

Has she completely gone off the idea of pies?

Maybe Brenda was (finally) nice enough to tell her that Tom’s research showed there was no market for them.


“you seem a bit stressed out”

Poor wee Phoebe.

She’s picked up on Hayley’s constant anger towards Kate (hard not to, really). Phoebe even checks that Hayley is okay with her going to Home Farm .

That’ll take a lot of therapy later in life to sort out. She calls both ‘mum’ to their face, but Hayley’s mum to others, and Kate is Kate.

That’s got to confuse somewhere deep down … Sounds like Phoebe is trying to please everyone all of the time.

Phoebe is also quite adept at dropping adults in it.

This time, she tells Hayley about Kate being upset over Nolly’s email.

Which then leads to …


Kate’s got a touch of frost

Kate’s in a general hump with Hayley for the recent dressing down she got over Phoebe missing a day of school (and the subsequent letter from the school).

Despite Hayley trying to make general conversation, Kate was only giving grunts.

Ooh, catty!

Now, I’m not sure whether Hayley meant to offend Kate, or whether she was still just making conversation, but she brought up Nolly. That Nolly had said she was lonely and missing Kate.

Boy oh boy – was Kate’s response pure white anger!

Later speaking to Jennifer:

“you think it's all in my head … that I'm just being paranoid”

Well, the jury’s out on that one for me. I think Hayley has it in her to wind up Kate, but I also think Kate’s touchy for a very good reason.

She seems desperate to be in constant contact with Nolly (even potentially being late to collect Phoebe, while she check to see if Nolly is online).

So, going back to the last few days, are we assume that not all is well with Kate and her family in Jo’Burg?


If I had a photograph of …

…moo!

(sorry – sing that line above to the tune of Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) by A Flock of Seagulls – then it’ll make sense. But it still won’t be that funny …)

Ed’s taking pictures of his new cows so that he can keep a check on their progress.

How cute!

Remember he also gives his cows names rather than numbers.

And that’s where all of our milk should come from. Farms where the farmers see their cows as live animals, deserving of a bit of respect and care.

Good on you Ed. What a long, long way you’ve come since your youthful days …