- Sabrina agrees with the Super Dairy
- It’s website war!
- Pat launches
- Lynda’s Surprise
- Lilian and Jennifer on a “right ding dong”
Sabrina agrees with the Super Dairy
Well, job done then for Brian. What with Sabrina being such an influencer …
Brian chatted to Sabrina as she was jogging on one of Home Farm’s footpaths (course, all he was interested in was talking to her about the Super Dairy … nothing to do with her in sportswear …).
Seems Sabrina had got the BL leaflet about the Dairy, and was very impressed.
[Brian] “She was going on and on about how clean and airy it looked, said it had made her much happier about the whole thing … Richard agrees with her, and he’s on the Parish Council”
But two Thwaites do not make a village (opinion).
It’s website war!
Brian was a bit disappointed that the Echo didn’t make mention of his attendance at the Green Burial site opened day. Positive bit of PR, that would have been.
But Jennifer has bad news for him.
She’s found a website, after Googling “Ambridge New Dairy”. And it’s not a website that Brian’s PR chap Rufus has made.
It shows, amongst other things, cows in appallingly bad conditions. It says that the numbers Brian intends to have at his Super Dairy are far higher than they actually are.
In fact, it’s complete rubbish (so say Brian and Jennifer).
[Brian] “We’re in danger of losing the arguments because people won’t hear the facts … emotional twaddle, irrational nonsense!”
A furious Brian storms off to Bridge Farm to confront who he thinks is the likely brains behind the website. Pat Archer.
[Brian] “I suppose you think you’re clever!!!”
[Pat] “Me? Create a website … I haven’t had a chance to look at a website let alone create one!”
Brian shows her the website. Pat agrees it is indeed rubbish and full of inaccuracies.
[Pat] “Frankly Brian, there are plenty of valid arguments against your diary without having to rely on distortion of the facts. I’m insulted you’d think I’d produce anything so ill informed”
She reckons it’s probably been done by someone with “an animal rights bias”.
(who do we think that is? Animal rights. Knows about websites. Pip? Josh? Kirsty? Helen? Tom???)
Pat also thinks that Brian should expect more of this. So he “better take sit up and notice”.
[Brian] “We are taking notice, we are perfectly happy to engage in reasoned debate with people”
[Pat] “You? Don’t make me laugh!”
Blimey.
If Brian wants to get the village onside,. Shouting at Pat won’t help him one bit at all.
Lilian and Jennifer on a “right ding dong”
Lilian’s words, not mine.
She’s “chumming” Jennifer to the Ambridge Organics launch. Brian refused to, but Jennifer is (in her own way) trying to make amends with Pat and Tony. Jennifer is actually looking forward to it.
[Lilian] “So am I. With you as my chauffeur, I can have a drink!”
Aha! Where there is drink, there is Lilian.
Good lass.
Jennifer lasts until the speeches, but then wants to leave:
[Jennifer] “Look Lillian, I don’t want to stay any longer, if you don’t mind … it’s so awkward… Tony is ignoring me”
[Lilian] “If it’s any consolation, darling, he doesn’t seem to be talking much to anyone …Who’ve you go to rush home to anyway? Bear with a sore head Brian?”
Pat launches
Ambridge Organics.
Seems it all went very well.
Lots of people. Two councillors. No Doug Somerville.
[Helen] “Horrid man. Fancy not letting us know until today!”
Helen mingles while she leaves Bust Brenda to serve drinks. Helen then makes a speech – she’s been running Ambridge Organics (the shop) for 12 years (blimey!).
Pat’s turn. She makes sure everyone is aware that Tony and she have been running an organic business for 30 years (double blimey!), and manages to make it sounds like the new brand is just them making sense of the two brands Bridge Farm (the food) and Ambridge Organics (the shop).
Nothing to do with E. Coli then …
Anyhoo, back to the Ambridge Organics new brand:
[Pat] “That’s the brand we’d like you to ask for by name wherever you do your shopping”
So that’s that then. Ambridge Organics (the brand and the shop) lives.
But Tony still sounds pissed off …
Lynda’s Surprise
Sounds a bit scary,
[Jennifer] “She thought it’d be novel”
[Lilian] “ … when she comes to Feng Shui your vegetable patch!”
Lynda has entered herself as a Promise in the auction to raise money for Britain in Bloom funds. But, she won’t tell anyone what they’d win.
That’s a bit concerning.
Bert’s offered something to do with helping folks and their borders. Ed and George will be on slug patrol (ah, that’s a sweet one).
[Lilian] “the best bargain has got to be 4 hours of Harry. I’m definitely bidding on that!”
Jennifer points out that Lilian has a gardener, but Lilian reckons she should also bid. And get Ian to bid on Harry for Adam.
I though Harry was a bit attractive, but didn’t realise he was that attractive!
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