- The dairy is scrubbed for Christmas
- Pat and Kathy do Felpersham
- Five go mad in the country
- David still on about Badgers
- A change at Bridge Farm
- Jamie is still with Natalie
- Pat’s even okay with turning 60
The dairy is scrubbed for Christmas
At Bridge Farm, which means work in it is done and dusted until Tuesday.
Wonder if Pat will relax a wee bit?
Or is there enough beg orders to keep them all busy?
Pat and Kathy do Felpersham
Tony’s arranged for Pat to go into town with Kathy, to shop and see one of Kathy’s pal sing carols.
Five go mad in the country
(nearly, if it hadn’t been for the Police)
Helen’s wearing sunglasses in December
And she admits that it’s purely due to a hangover from the hen night.
[Helen] “Yeah it was great, if a touch bizarre”
On telling Kathy why the Police brought them home:
[Helen] “What they didn’t want was five drunk women loose in the British countryside all night”
On the Stag do, Helen didn’t sound impressed:
[Helen] “Nothing ground-breaking like us girls!”
She and Kathy then decide that limo parties “could be the next big thing”!
[Helen] “Small and intimate gatherings, very good for bonding”
Eh?
Aren’t they already commonplace?
Maybe just not in Borchestershire.
David still on about Badgers
Now to Tony:
[David] “Seems bizarre to be dreaming up ways of protecting badgers when they’re doing our best to put us out of business”
If he repairs the slurry lagoon, the badgers will likely just damage it again.
What’s worse, David could be in trouble for just carrying out the repair work, as “ it could be seen as interfering with badger set”.
Very frustrating.
But – on a different note – David reckons most folks were optimistic at the NFU dinner. Prices seem to be looking okay.
Though that may be true, the slurry problem could be costly for Brookfield, and they still have managed to get their milk yield up. It looks good for their beef, but not as good for their milk.
[Tony] “I couldn’t imagine Brookfield without a dairy herd. That really would check my faith in the future”
A change at Bridge Farm
Though there have been a number of (unwanted) changes at Bridge Farm over 2010 – the biggest of all come today.
Tony brought in (what sounded like) a very handsome Christmas tree.
Then shock! Helen wanted to decorate it tonight, rather than Christmas eve. As in traditional at Bridge Farm.
Helen wanted Harry to see the tree decorated there and then. Which Tony agreed to:
[Tony] “Of course I don’t mind, Everything has to move on”
And it then sounded like they’d finished it all without Pat and Tom (and Brenda) being there.
Blimey. I’ve said it many times before, but Harry really has changed Helen.
Jamie is still with Natalie
We haven’t heard from Jamie in quite a while, but Kathy was saying to Pat that he is still with Natalie. That he’s behaving. And is even spending boxing day with Natalie’s family (they’re both at Kathy’s for Christmas).
As Kathy said, the comparison to the Jamie of Christmas 2010 is startling.
Pat’s even okay with turning 60
That one, brief meeting with Rich really does seem to have satisfied Pat (for now).
She’s even looking forward to her 60yh.
[Pat] “Seems incredibly old to me, but as Tony says, new decade, fresh start”
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