- Tracey’s not to be evicted
- The Super Dairy got the go ahead
- Brian’s beyond cocktails and sushi
- Adam only sees doom and gloom
- Christmas is put away
- Open day at a burial site
- Orange or dusky peach?
Tracey’s not to be evicted
Tracey has slept on Bert’s offer to return home. She’s not keen.
[Tracey] “To be chef cook and bottle washer for me old dad and useless brother, it depresses me just thinking about it … in the cold clear light of morning, I can see it for what it is, a huge step backwards”
Which is a very fair point. Tracey would be returning to the very same bedroom she grew up in.
So, she’s back to thinking about moving back to where she came from.
[Susan, sounding a bit desperate] “Wouldn’t thy be better off growing up in a nice village and going to a decent school … and what about dad?”
But Tracey’s not listening.
And Neil is furious that she’s changed her mind.
What’s plan C, Susan?
The Super Dairy got the go ahead
From the BL Board.
Seems all Adam could say to that way “I see …”
[Brian] “Well, he was delivering triplets at the time … the Ball is in his court, Debbie, he’s the one behaving like a spoilt brat”
Brian’s beyond cocktails and sushi
It’s Jennifer’s birthday tomorrow. So Brian is taking her to Grey gables for a meal.
Debbie takes the Michael that they always go there.
[Brian] “We like Grey gables. We’re getting a bit old for cocktails and sushi in some trendy Borchester watering hole”
[Debbie] “You, old? That’ll be the day!”
Adam only sees doom and gloom
It’s Debbie’s last day, so Jennifer is trying to get Adam to at least come in for lunch with them.
[Adam] “I’ve got nothing to say to Debbie”
[Jennifer] “Oh Adam, I know you disagree about this dairy business .. but you got your way didn’t you. Even if it does ahead it isn’t going to impact on Home Farm”
Adam doesn’t agree. The barn will be on their land, so folks will think it’s a Home Farm venture. What’s more:
[Adam] “It’s a disaster for the village, it’s a disaster for the entire area”
Later on, Adam apologies to Jennifer for losing his temper.
[Jennifer] “Oh darling, I’ve lived through lambing long enough, I know how tired and stressful it makes you”
[Adam] “I suppose I was hoping beyond hope that the BL board would have the sense to turn down this appalling plan of Debbie’s … but basically agree with her, there’s money to be made out of this obscene factory farming, and so to hell with the consequences”
[Jennifer] “Will it really be that bad?”
[Adam] “I don’t like that kind of farming … plenty of people are so against it they prepared to boycott the people who do it “
And while they had opposition to the poly tunnels, he reckons it’ll be twenty times worse with a Super Dairy.
Adam is also furious at Debbie for harassing David and Ruth again.
[Adam] “How crass can you get>? She knows how much David and Ruth hate the idea, but already she’s planning how she can use their difficulties to further her own ambition ..,. dancing on their grave, more like”
Jennifer won’t take sides, and she presses Adam again to talk to Debbie.
[Adam] “I certainly don’t want to heat any more of her weasel words, it’ll just turn into a slagging match”
Brian is having a separate chat with Debbie. He still thinks Adam will come round – that he’s just exhausted and “ratty” due to lambing.
[Debbie] “there are a lot of Adam’s out there you know. He’s not the only one who is going to see this desecration of all they hold dear … not just the usual suspects”
So they agree with Adam that the opposition will be more than just Lynda Snell and a placard.
In fact, they’d already build significant budget for PR into plan.
Punch up ahoy!
Christmas is put away
Neil and Susan are taking their tree down. Neil jokes that the lights will be found in a tangled mess next year, regardless of how carefully he puts them away. Very true.
Seems Mike has a “big chipper” that everyone takes their trees to be recycled.
[Tracey] “That’s Christmas one for another year … it was lovely though …no Den, that’s what makes the difference. I didn’t have to worry about him getting drunk and having a punch up with Stewart”
Open day at a burial site
Interesting idea. Seems Mike wants one for the green burial site.
Orange or dusky peach?
Susan’s back on at Tracey about moving back in with their dad and Gary.
Seems she sounds a bit more interested again. Though she has a long list of redecorating that she wants to add to Neil’s plans.
She reckons her bedroom needs damp sorted, wallpaper and painted.
[Tracey] “You were the one who insisted on orange walls”
[Susan] “It’s not orange, it’s dusky peach”
[Tracey] “It might have been peach once, but it’s orange now. Years of fag smoke I suppose”
In fact, she reckons that all the ceilings need done. They look remarkably like a pub ceiling pre-smoking ban.
But she still isn’t 100% sure of what she wants to do. She wants to talk to her dad again. And also make some phone calls.
Still, it’s yet another step in the right direction … Neil may be frustrated at the lack of progress, but it’s better than nowt.
2 comments:
Ah, Tracy seems to have answered my conundrum about Gary. He's useless.
Another puzzle: If it a housing association house are they allowed to do such extensive work as putting an en-suite bathroom in? And shouldn't damp be the landlord's problem?
Have the BL board considered whether they will actually get planning permission for the super dairy. AFAIK there isn't such an enterprise in the UK currently, and permission was rejected for one a year or so back
That's a thought about Bert's house. Though I think you can re-do housing/council houses up, but yup - damp shouldn't be their problem.
Sounds like Brian is confident about planning permission. Will have to do some investigating.
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