- What problem will Will have with the WI?
- The Peregrine issue finally takes flight
- In Brian, there's a gossiping old woman trying to break free
- TB makes a comeback
- Zero cavities for Josh
- "Don't mention the Barn Dance"
- You may be laughing now, Jamie, but ...
What problem will Will have with the WI?
Well, he couldn't. If he was a fair and reasonable person.
Which, of course, Will is anything but.
Nic sounded absolutely delighted with her first WI visit. She got her nails done, met lots of nice folks and is looking forward to Sabrina's talking about her holiday to Croatia (!).
So surely, Will can’t have an issue with her going regularly?
Surely, he can see how happy t made Nic to get out, meet new people and have fun??
As her partner, Will must (surely, surely!) want Nic to have something in her life other than work, the kids and his pasties???
Hmmm. This will end in tears, one way or another (unless Harry manages to whisk Nic away on his white bicycle!)
The Peregrine issue finally takes flight!
It feels like years since they were first mentioned, but all has become clear.
As well as the church folks worried about whether it’s correct that a church is used to encourage birds of prey (as well as potentially dropping kill and bodily matters on their heads), Will has realised what's happening.
(does Will live in a complete anger daze? Did he miss the pub chat as well as all the notices round the village?).
As a gamekeeper, Will's not happy that the Peregrines will be encouraged to stay around the area. He reckons:
"you can bet a falcon would take a partridge if it's flying"
Brian agrees with Will, and is going to take it up with Alan.
But - on checking the RSPB website, I found that Peregrines eat
"Medium-sized birds, such as wading birds, pigeons and small ducks"
and
"Peregrines have suffered illegal killing from gamekeepers and landowners, and been a target for egg collectors, but better legal protection and control of pesticides (which indirectly poisoned birds) have helped the population to recover considerably from a low in the 1960s."
(read the article by clicking here).
I live in an area where Red Kites have been re-introduced, and was at a Community Council meeting where a very nice chap from the RSPB gave a talk about them.
Despite only eating "Carrion, worms and small mammals", plus scavenging, Red Kites were almost made extinct by folks thinking they ate lambs and other small livestock/game birds.
At the meet, and despite the very detailed reasons the RSPB chap gave for why Red Kites should be welcome rather than hunted down again, quite a few people would not shift from their view that Red Kites are a menace.
I suppose it's a case of some folks not wishing to be told facts, choosing instead to base their opinion on misinformed fables.
Will is certainly not a man to take to 'new ideas' easily, so is likely to cause huge headaches for Lynda and her fellow Peregrines enthusiasts.
Lynda Vs Will?
Despite Will's aggression, my money would be on Lynda.
In Brian, there's a gossiping old woman trying to break free
He puts a swagger on it, but Brian's tends to be a bit interested in local gossip.
And not in his macho, manly way.
David and Ruth didn’t give him the chat he was looking for about the Barn Dance
"There was no real trouble at all"
But, of course, that wasn't why Brian was there in the first place ...
TB makes a comeback
But not to Ambridge itself.
As well as gossiping, Brian was in seeing David to ask if he could give Jim Evans a call, in David's capacity as NUF rep.
Jim Evans is seemingly a farmer over at Leyton Cross. Though he doesn't farm now, his nephew Donald has kept his place going.
Having been shut down with TB for two years, they've just had the horrific news that half a dozen of their cattle have reacted to testing again.
Brian, being in a nice mood, would a good chap asking David to try and help Jim out.
I didn’t know this, but there are "fattening" places that farmers can send some of their infected stock, to at least be able to make something out of their herd.
Good good.
Here's also hoping TB does manage to stay away from our Ambridge folks as well.
Zero cavities for Josh
Well, we wouldn't expect anything less.
Josh is such an angel, compared to his now ex-mate Jamie ...
"Don't mention the Barn Dance"
David's no Basil Fawlty, but that was actually quite witty of him.
You may be laughing now, Jamie, but ...
... being dropped off and collected from school will utterly trash that rebel persona you've been so tenderly nurturing this last while.
After getting shouted at by Jamie’s teacher for his all-round rubbish behaviour, Kathy's desperate.
[Kathy] "you don’t leave me any choice"
[Kathy] "I can't let you waste your life Jamie ... throw your chances away"
[Kathy] "what have you got to say?"
[Jamie] "yeah .. do whatever you like ... I really don't care"
Argh! How much do we all have to take from this little thug?!?
I realise Jamie has had a horrific time losing his dad, but really, what has to happen before he meets Kathy half way?
And what else can Kathy do?
While I’m not Kathy's biggest fan, she really hasn't got many choices left, considering Jamie won’t listen or even try.
If he's a big enough lad to not need school, not listen to his mum, smoke, drink and stay out all night - maybe it's time he stopped assuming mum will be there to wash up after him.
The army, prison or kicked out of the house. I know that's harsh, but Jamie is quite simply running Ambridge for us all!
If you can't lead a teenager to talk about their problems ...
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