- VisitScotland need to sort this one out
- “I can’t be with you all the time”
- Usha’s book club slowly attracts the likelys
- Temper temper, Ruth
- Brian’s got the measure of Matt and Lilian
- Spare a thought for Jill
- Bunty hasn’t changed
- David needs to stop promising
VisitScotland need to sort this one out
So it’s taken David a few months to drive a bull up to Scotland – and many months more to get back.
Come on chaps – it isn’t quite the Siberian outpost it used to be.
Not exactly a great advertisement for holidaying in Scotland (if it is such a trauma getting to and from it), but then again, you can’t blame Ambridge folks for speaking their mind.
(and I also declare my interest - I’m working on a tourism project in Scotland at the moment. So I guess it’s as much my problem to sort as it is VisitScotland!).
“I can’t be with you all the time”
Oh Kate – do shut up, will you.
Poor Phoebe is showing her age (that she’s still a child), but Kate doesn’t seem to notice and/or actually give a toss!
Jennifer was worried about Brian on route back from Paris – which got Phoebe worried about her own trip – then, when Brian came back with tales of lost boarding passes and dodgy engines, Phoebe was starting to sound terrified.
Phoebe asked Kate to change her plans to fly back with her, but Kate’s refusing in order to spend time with her kids in South Africa.
Which is fine. But she takes no time to hear what Phoebe is really saying (that she’s scared), instead assumes that Phoebe is some sort of carbon copy of herself as a youngster.
[Kate] “Just think how grown up you’d feel. What an adventure!”
No Kate. No.
Phoebe doesn’t want an adventure.
She wants a mum who spares two thoughts for her own feelings.
Usha’s book club slowly attracts the likelys
She’s not quite going at a Richard & Judy’s Book Club pace, but Usha does seem to be getting some interest.
Ruth is being ever so gently frogmarched into it, but Jim’s also joining – and Jennifer sounds very keen indeed.
I wonder if this will inspire Jennifer to return to her authoress days?
Temper temper, Ruth
Stressed out yet again due to an absence of David, Ruth has a go at Pip for wanting to go to a party.
Now you know that’s not fair, Ruth.
Pip’s been a gem at helping out, but she is still a teenager who wants to do teenage things. Like “go off and get drunk with your friends”.
Not that Pip wants to get drunk. She’s just happy to have passed her test, so has no problem with being the designated driver.
Brian’s got the measure of Matt and Lilian
Back from his trip to Paris with Matt and Lilian in tow:
[Jennifer] “What about Matt and Lilian? Was it everything you feared?”
[Brian] “They weren’t that bad … I got a little tired of being treated as their PA … having so much time to watch them operate … I thought it was only a matter of time before one of them throttled the other, but actually seeing the two of them work together, they make a formidable pair.”
Will this herald a whole new attitude towards Lilian? Will she finally be accepted as something more than just Matt’s puppet.
Actually – does she really deserve more? Lilian may not be as daft as she often seems, but she’s hardly any real use in doing her own bidding …
Spare a thought for Jill
Jill’s either at Lower Loxley or Brookfield – helping out, cooking food, and soothing nerves/tempers.
Difference is that there’s no-one there to get angry on her behalf.
Aw.
Bunty hasn’t changed
According to Jill.
And Bunty reckons Daniel’s growing up to look like Mark.
Well at least we know something about Daniel. He’s been very, very quiet as of late.
David needs to stop promising
We all know now that the moment David promises Ruth that he’ll be around at Brookfield more, something else will mean he’ll break that promise.
Goodness sake man. I know you’re in a difficult position, but will you ever learn?
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