- Pip opened a tin of soup
- Brookfield LambWatch
- Martin Gibson’s mum has died
- Tony really isn’t consumer focused
- Brian just wants to feed the world
- David chooses Pip over Josh
- Debbie’s coming home
- Did Pip get an iPhone?
Pip opened a tin of soup
Well done Pip.
A momentous occasion for your 19th birthday indeed.
At least Spencer is taking you out later on, for you have work to do. Because it is:
Brookfield LambWatch
It’s lambing time at Brookfield.
Expect a lot of yawning, coffee and grumpy David.
But Pip has an idea. She reckons they should allow folks to coming along and watch the lambing,
[Pip] “They watch it on television, don’t they, it’s very popular”
(after David initially grunted at her. Wasn’t listening, as per)
[David] “Lambing as a kind of tourist attraction, could be interesting”
It is a good idea. But I can’t help shake the sinking feeling that Pip is just becoming another Tom Archer.
*ugh*
Martin Gibson’s mum has died
Not that we really know that much about Martin, but worth a mention as Brian had gone to the lengths of buying him a sympathy card from the village shop.
Not like Brian to give a hoot. Or to not just send Jennifer.
(actually, I thought she’d be the type of have a stack of cards for every occasion already kept in a drawer at home)
Tony really isn’t consumer focused
Tom’s harassing Tony about tidying up the farm.
[Tom] “It just doesn’t look very inviting”
[Tony] “It’s a farm yard, not a hotel foyer. It’s a working environment”
[Tom] “People want to be comfortable about where their food comes from”
To which I do agree, but Tom is pushing his luck. And why he can’t just take photos of the tidy bits for the moment, I don’t know.
He even wants a wall repainted,
[Tom] “It’s all peeling, it’s like a metaphor, if people see that they might think maybe that we don’t care enough about the food we produce”
[Tony] “Well they can think what they damn well like. If they’re stupid enough to confuse being a painter and decorator with a farmer, then I don’t know why we bother!”
But Tom says to just trust him. He knows what folks want nowadays …
… including that they should change their packaging to emphases British (rather than organic). And that they should extend their poly tunnels.
Will it ever end?
Tom has good ideas, but he doesn't seem to think (or care) about expense and all the extra work involved.
Mind you, why would he?
It’ll be Tony’s (and Pat’s) money, and Tony doing all the extra work.
Insufferable!
Brian just wants to feed the world
Brian hasn’t stepped in dog poo But thinks folks are looking at him like he has.
[Brian] “Looked at me liked I’d just walked dog muck into the place …”
Looks like he won’t be going into the village shop for a card anytime soon.
Brian is not a happy bunny at the moment. He seems to think the world is against him.
[Brian] “That son of yours can sulk for England … now I can’t even show my face in the village without being treated like a leaper … it’s so unjust … all I’m trying to do is feed a hungry world in the most efficient way possible!”
(seriously? Surely Brian can’t even believe that one!)
[Jennifer] “I think you need cheering up”
[Brian] “Oh really, thank you doctor Freud!”
She’s only offering a trip to the garden centre, which Brian first scoffs at, then accepts.
They seem to have a nice enough time. Even though that oik Tom was also there seeing a buyer.
David chooses Pip over Josh
[Ruth] “I think we need to stop pussy footing around … it’s time we faced up to reality. We need to buy that slurry tank”
David doesn’t agree./ he still think s they’ll spend £20,000 on the tank – get themselves into debt – and still not make any decent profit from the milking.
[Ruth] “What about Josh? … he’s got the makings of a really good dairy farmer, how is he going to feel if we snatch that away from him”
[David] “I’m not sure we can afford to care about that”
He reckons they can’t “nurse” the milk along for the next 10 years, just in case Josh wants to work at Brookfield on the dairy.
[Ruth] “We can’t choose the future of one child over another”
[David] “We have to … he might just be backing the wrong horse. And so might you”
But Ruth only thinks it’s obvious that they need a new tank. So they should get it.
[Ruth] “We will find a way”
[David] “Just saying we will doesn’t make it so!”
But they leave it there for the moment. Pip’s come back in, and they don’t want to ruin her birthday.
Debbie’s coming home
For a visit.
Well, to be more specific, to be at the Parish Council/Super Dairy meeting.
Jennifer’s delighted that she’ll also stay over for a few days (she’s hoping Debbie can help mend Adam and Brian).
But none of the anti-Super Dairy chaps will be pleased to see her. Debbie presents a far more reasonable (and likeable) side to Brian’s argument.
Did Pip get an iPhone?
Sounded like it. She squealed, and mention something about an app.
I didn’t think Ruth and David has the cash.
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