- “Why bother?” reckons Ruth
- Is it fair to have Roy as best man? Again?
- Phil Archer has his say
- Helen, Shania Twain and some sort of Celtic ditty
- Clive should stay away from The Bull
“Why bother?” reckons Ruth
Seems Brookfield’s herd have done fine this year, but they need to make a healthy profit every year. If not, why bother, Ruth reckons.
She’s despondent at yet another not great year.
What’s more, Ruth reckons the best prices to be had for their milk is to sell it direct to supermarkets.
But, David warns that it’s getting tougher to get and to keep supermarket contracts. Plus it seems the contracts come with some fairly tough stipulations – like scoring the cows (on everything from how they walk to the state of their hocks.
[David] “Think of all the form filling. And if you slip up, you lose the contract … I’m just saying it’s not straight forward, even if we get one”
But Ruth (and Pip) reckon they should at least try to get one.
Is it fair to have Roy as best man? Again?
Will has to pop the question to Roy today. And he’s wondering if it’s actually fair on Nic to have Roy as best man, considering he was also best man first time round when Will married Emma.
But:
[Will] “I got you trained up now”
And Roy reckons it would be a pleasure.
After all – why blame Roy for the last time? Surely Ed had something more to do with it …
Phil Archer has his say
(through David)
Ruth and David are still talking about how Brookfield isn’t quite the profitable enterprise it should be.
Their grazing paddocks haven’t gone as planned. They were meant to cut down their production costs but, they haven’t.
[Ruth] “Why is everything so complicated?”(and there speaks a true farmer. It’s only farming that’s a difficult way of life, of course …)
[David] “It’s farming love, if it was easy everyone would be doing it”
[Ruth] “Pip thinks it’s easy. Sign up to a direct supply contract. Get our beef on the social media sites. And the world will come beating a path to our door … not to mention the money we’d be making”
[David] “Dad always said there wasn’t any quick fixes in farming. It’s paying attention to detail, plus you’ve got to be in it for the long haul”
[Ruth] “It’s been a long haul alright. Only I’m still not sure if we’re getting anywhere”
[David] “Old pasture always does better in a drought than new lays”
(is what Phil also used to say)
So all’s well with that utterance.
Off David and Ruth trot to introduce a wider range of species into their pastures to make them drought resistant.
Helen, Shania Twain and some sort of Celtic ditty
Helen has said yes to being Nic’s bridesmaid (with Mia). Seems she thinks it would cheer her up.
Nic has decided on some sort of Celtic water type music for walking up the isle
(and no – that’s not Celtic football – so it isn’t sectarian …)
Shania Twain’s “Still the One” will play while they’re signing.
Clarrie’s doing the cake.
AND Nic asks Clarrie if she’s accompany her to look at wedding dresses.
Which Clarrie is delighted about. She’s never had the chance to do so before, considering she has two boys (and an Emma).
So all’s well so far with the wedding plans. Hurrah!
Clive should stay away from The Bull
Clive comes into The Bull when Will, Roy and David are propping up the bar.
Whole Roy reckons everyone deserves a second chance (that’ll explain why he puts up with so much from Kate!). David and Will don’t quite concur.
[Will] “Not round here he’s not … it’s not as if she’ ever going to change. He’s like a fox. It’s in his nature”
[David] “How he’s got the nerve …”
There’s hope Clive will be on his way after Ivy’s funeral.
[Will] “And if he doesn’t want to move after that, there's a few round here who’d willingly give him a good sendoff”
Mind you, that’s a lot of talk and no action.
They didn’t utter a word to Clive.
Passive aggression in Ambridge …
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