- Lynda’s behaving oddly
- Sports Vs Culture at the Village Fete committee
- Ruth’s swithering
- Matt’s being thoughtful
- Watch out for Hilary Noakes’ Damson Jam
- The Ambridge Torch
- Excuse me, Lynda does the posters!
- The field has approval
- Just let Amy go
Lynda’s behaving oddly
[Kenton] “Are you all right? I’d just been wondering whether you’d be struck by lightning or if you’re channelling your inner scarecrow”
[Lynda] “I’m sorry?”
[Kenton] “Lynda, you’re standing stock still in the middle of the village”
[Lynda] “Ah, no … look, there, beyond that oak.”
[Kenton] “Oh yes, birds.”
[Lynda] “Not just birds Kenton, they’re my peregrines and they’re fledglings. What a wonderful sight!”
[Kenton] “Not if you’re a pigeon, I imagine.”
[Lynda] “Oh how very prosaic!”
Lynda was also a bit perturbed Kenton reporting that he often sees the peregrines while he’s outside The Bull. He’s not even remotely interested. But this was the first time she’s seen the fledglings.
Sports Vs Culture at the Village Fete committee
Though Lynda told Kenton that she expected to hear great things about his plans for the sports elements of the Fete, Kenton did take the hint, and so didn’t prepare for the committee meeting.
Silly Kenton.
Half way through the committee meeting, Kenton decides to get everyone a drink. And then has the nerve to ask Matt to take the drink upstairs to the meeting.
[Kenton] “Just tell them I’ve been waylaid by a customer … you do happen to know any good village websites, do you?”
(Surprisingly, Matt agrees to be waiter. He really is in a great mood these days)
Course, Lynda has done her homework. For the Cultural Olympiad part of the fete, Lynda has planned for a dance festival, with the Morris men from Waterley Cross:
[Lynda] “Thereby marrying the sporting with the cultural.”
Compare even just this one example of Lynda’s work to Kenton’s cobbled together ideas.
A tug of war, across the river Am. And Dragon boat racing.
[Kenton] “So many kids are wrapped in cotton wool today; they need to experience a bit of risk and adventure.”
Lynda is horrified that Kenton has put such little thought into the sports.
Actually, I thought his ideas were fine, for starters.
Ruth’s swithering
Ruth told Usha about the threats they’ve been receiving, and the reason for the Open Farm Sunday chaos.
[Usha] “Just stick it out. You’ll be so glad you did.”
[Ruth] “I’m not sure Jill’s so sure. Nor me.”
Uh oh.
Will Ruth let David get to court?
Matt’s being thoughtful
Who’d have thunk it?
After Jolene mentioned to Matt that she and Kenton couldn’t afford to go to New Zealand, Matt then mentioned it to Jill.
[Matt] “Oh well, you can’t always get what you want, as the Rolling Stones once said.”
Later on, Jill is late for the committee meeting because (she claims) she had to pop home to check she’d closed her bedroom windows.
But she’s actually gone back to get her cheque book. She wants to pay for Kenton and Jolene to go to New Zealand.
[Jill] “It’s easy to find excuses to not go to somewhere so far away … you and Meriel deserve to spend some time together … families are what’s important, not money. I’m only too glad I can help.”
Watch out for Hilary Noakes’ Damson Jam
[Lynda] “Jim didn’t realise that Hilary Noakes Damson Jam still has the stones in it.”
Jim now has a chipped tooth, and horrific toothache. He’s even had to miss the Fete committee.
At least Jim’s excuse was better than Vicky’s. She sent a text to Lynda saying:
[Lynda] “ (text from Vicky) “Sorry, suddenly came over all tired, limbs like led, dropped off in armchair” …”
The Ambridge Torch
Not to be outdone by the Olympic Torch, Ambridge shall have its own.
It’ll be part of the opening ceremony of the Fete, and the committee has decided that it’ll be carried round a route that everyone can see and cheer on.
Exciting …!
Excuse me, Lynda does the posters!
[Lynda] “May I interject?”
[Kenton] “Interject away.”
Lynda was a bit put out that at the committee, there was talk of posters being made.
Actually, Lynda and Robert always make the posters (so it would seem). Lynda and Robert have the “latest software”, and Lynda and Robert always make sure the posters using copy which won’t exclude.
Kenton has a lot to learn about who does what when it comes to community projects.
The field has approval
The riverside field that BL gifted to the village had been awarded its deed of dedication, and a plaque is on the way. The committee decided that the field will be dedicated to the Queen.
(how can they have just decided that when the plaque has already been sent?)
Just let Amy go
Usha tells Ruth that Amy didn’t even bother to get her a card for her 50th.
[Ruth] “Silly girl.”
[Usha] “She’s getting her own back. No one likes home truths.”
Usha is worried that now Amy has fled to Alice’s, she’ll next move into sharing a shared flat for good.
[Usha] “We might never get a proper chance to make things up.”
Usha compares this situation to David and Elizabeth.
But no – that doesn’t work.
Elizabeth isn’t speaking to David because she believes David contributed to Nigel dying.
Amy isn’t speaking to Usha because Amy’s boyfriend was married.
Elizabeth is distraught and unreasonable.
Amy is indeed just a silly girl.
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