- Bridge Farm is robbed
- Brian unveils his DVD
Bridge Farm is robbed
Someone has broken into one of the sheds at Bridge Farm during the night, even though it was padlocked.
[Tom] “They’re only as secure as the screws holding the fastenings”
They only stole a quad bike, but that’s bad enough.
Pat, Tony and Tom wonder how they knew that the quad bike was in that particular shed. There is a window, but it would have been too dark to see through it.
(erm, something to do with Tom’s photographs and films being on the internet?)
When Tony calls David to start spreading the word to other farms that there is a gang about, Brian also listens in to Tony’s call (David puts him on speakerphone).
[Brian] “Very irritating for you”
(huh! There’s a man who can afford to lose a quad bike, unlike Tony and co)
They all agree it does sound like it was a gang who are “stealing to order”. They reckon they’re lucky the gang hasn’t got an order for a tractor.
Tony’s also annoyed that the security lights were useless
[Tony] “Fat lot of good that did us”
(aye – that was Tom’s idea)
When Pat and Ruth are talking about it later on:
[Pat] “When he got to the shed …”
[Ruth] “The cupboard was bare … the thought of someone roaming around in your yard at night”
[Pat] “It’s only an object, isn’t it … though Tony was very relieved his MG was still there!”
(nice to see Tony still has some priorities out of the farm).
They reckon the quad bike is probably being shipped to Eastern Europe.
[Pat] “It’s typical, just when we start to get back on our feet, this comes along”
(odd. Pat seemed quite positive when she was speaking to Ruth).
Brian unveils his DVD
To David.
Who is in a tricky position. He’s against the Super Dairy (as a dairy farmer himself), but has to be open and fair as he’s also NFU president.
[David] “Are you pleased with it?”
[Brian] “Very … should dispel a few myths … address the concerns that have been raised by certain elements … these are going to be the most pampered cows in the county!”
Meanwhile, Pat’s telling Ruth about Ed saying no to doing the newspaper feature as he doesn’t want to rock the boat (he rents BL land).
[Pat] “The influence that wretched company has around here, they really need to be shown they don’t rule the roost!”
So by the time Ruth gets home, she’s fuming. Unfortunately for Brian, he doesn’t realise and starts waxing lyrical about the DVD …
[Ruth] “You’re had a promotional video made … how much did that cost .. .you;re really pulling out all of the stops … this is yet another example of BL using its financial muscle to get its own way … we think the arguments against this dairy is insurmountable …!”
Ruth reckons is just propaganda, and it’s “plain wrong”.
That’ll be both Ruth and Pat back on the warpath then.
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