- Eddie reckons Pip has a nice bunch of lambs
- Keira goes to the show
- Now Eddie’s washing and brushing those lambs
- Now that Emma knows …
- David has a “terrific” day
- No! Not Supermarkets!!!
- What would be the noun for a collective of scarecrows?
- You’re taking it too far, Oliver
Eddie reckons Pip has a nice bunch of lambs
*shudder*
But seriously. She did. The judges agreed. And she won.
Well done there, young Pip.
Keira goes to the show
George gets to go to school.
Will’s right. Favouritism …
(and I know Keira’s not of school age, but …)
Now Eddie’s washing and brushing those lambs
You can be serious, mate.
No idea how Clarrie puts up with you. Do nothing round to house, nothing to ease Clarrie’s burden – but a day out at a Show? Oh aye – happy to do anything for a free pint.
Shame on you, Mr Grundy (junior).
Now that Emma knows …
Susan will know shortly. Followed by the rest of the village.
Ed must have been too distracted by the (demo tractor’s) joystick to be thinking straight.
He suggests that Alice could be Keira’s godmother (as she is Emma’s sister in law), which Emma agrees with.
Then – the stupid bit – he tells Emma all about Alice, Chris and Chas.
[Ed] “Chris says, he turned out to be a bit mad”
And he tells Emma about Chas trying to get Alice to run away with him – that he was beaten up – that Chris took a loan off of him – that he was a loan shark – and that Chris has now had to get a loan from the bank to get rid of Chas.
[Ed] “Don’t you go telling anyone, Em, he’d be really upset .. .especially not your mum and dad”
[Emma] “What do you take me for?”
Well, I wouldn’t like to be rude to you Emma, but …
(and didn’t Ed do well helping those folks who didn’t eavesdrop on Ambridge Extra catch-up with Chas?)
David has a “terrific” day
Happy mood here to stay?
Probably not, if Elizabeth has anything to do with it …
No! Not Supermarkets!!!
[Pip] “We need a direct supply contract with a major supermarket”
Surely not?
If Pip gets her way, expect Brookfield to belong to Brian within a matter of years.
What would be the noun for a collective of scarecrows?
Emma is such a numpty.
Her son wants a scarecrow to enter the competition.
She says no.
She’s too busy.
But, as she’s not too busy enough to take time to go to Borchester Show, she has the headspace to notice that scarecrows can be sweet.
(she spotted decorative ones for gardens, rather than for fields)
You can almost hear the light bulb lick on:
[Emma] “Do you think we’re mean not making a scarecrow for George?”
Ed reckons not – but Emma says George keeps mentioning it.
So.
Ed and Emma decide to make George a scarecrow, as a surprise.
*sigh*
Ed and Will - scarecrows at dawn?
You’re taking it too far, Oliver
And I also reckon Ed’s taking advantage.
Oliver is really happy helping Ed out, being useful and killing some time by helping out doing the milking.
Ed has obviously enjoyed his day out with Emma and Keira – so much so, that he asks Oliver to now do two milkings rather than just the one.
[Oliver] “You mean, I’d be alike a proper relief milker … my dear chap, I’d be delighted”
Ed then tells Oliver (rather sheepishly) that he couldn’t afford to pay him the going rate.
[Oliver] “Oh good lord, I don’t want paid!”
It’s one thing to want to help, but didn’t Oliver hand the reigns over to Ed so that he could retire?
Surely Oliver could find a hobby (or another business project) to occupy his time?
I hope Caroline puts a stop to this.
Shame on you, My Grundy (junior, junior, junior)
- Walking the barley?
- Three Lambs for Borchester show
- No room at Brookfield for Pip?
- “Sometimes I wonder where all the nice times went”
- Harry takes Zofia for a ride
- Zofia, strawberries coming out of her ears, but Adam’s cherry isn’t ready
- Harry’s banter beats Jazzer’s letching
- Pip and Spencer … the new Morse and Lewis
Walking the barley?
[David] “It’s fine, I can walk the barley later”
I assume that would mean checking that the barley is doing well, but one never does know with David being in his current state of mind …
Three Lambs for Borchester show
Pip is entering lambs into the Borchester show. She does seem to know what she’s doing, but she wants David’s help to choose the three that she will take.
They seemingly need to have:
[Pip] “Good topline, decent loin width and muscling … squared hipped, flat wide racks”
[David] “Structural correctness, the judges call it …”
[Pip] “Steady legs and not too deep a chest”
Although Pip and David choose their prospective winners, Pip can’t help but ask Spencer his opinion (even though it’s not his area of expertise):
[Pip] “Which ones have got the X Factor?”
No room at Brookfield for Pip?
As they’re choosing lambs, Pip happens to mention that she would like to take over the marketing of Brookfield’s meat.
David sounds very unsure about that.
Not that Pip isn’t good enough to work with him and Ruth – but he’s worried about whether the farm can actually support another wage.
[Pip] “You don’t have to be gloomy about everything … three years is a long way off, things will get better, you’ll see”
Pip does have to go to Uni first (assuming she gets in), so has hope that the market will improve by the time she’s done.
Especially as she has to watch Spencer already working his parent’s farm.
Even though he reckons he’s just a tractor driver, as least he gets to go round with the agronomist.
“Sometimes I wonder where all the nice times went”
Chatting to Usha about how her ‘chat’ with Elizabeth went on Friday, Ruth seems quite taken aback by how vehement Elizabeth was about David, and about the very idea of her going to counselling.
[Ruth] “I was so stunned, I just sort of slunk away”
But, David did seem to be fine with Ruth telling him that she’d been to see Elizabeth, so it wasn’t a total loss.
Usha’s in reflective mood about what’s happening between her friends:
[Usha] “Especially with Elizabeth and in the frame of mind she’s in, poor thing … if she won’t listen, she won’t listen .. you’ve done everything you can”
So, Ruth’s new resolve is to concentrate on David and the farm.
[Ruth] “Sometimes I wonder where all the nice times went”
Harry takes Zofia for a ride
[Harry] “I want you to enjoy yourself, it’s not meant to be an ordeal”
Harry claims that his bike ride with Zofia is meant to be fun, but also slightly obvious that he’s training (and thinking) about his impeding bike race with Rhys.
Zofia seems fine with the ride, and is also keen to support Harry.
[Zofia] “Should I pledge for you?”
So – Rhys may have The Bull’s regulars supporting him – but Harry now has the Polish vote (as Zofia is also going to get her friends to pledge).
Zofia, strawberries coming out of her ears, but Adam’s cherry isn’t ready
Well … cherries not cherry … but I couldn’t resist that one …
Harry’s banter beats Jazzer’s letching
Zofia is quite surprised to hear Harry even think that Jazzer has a chance with her.
[Zofia] “Really, he has no conversation”
[Harry] “He’s not usually after their minds”
Then it all gets a tad saucy.
Harry did get intimate with Zofia the other night, and it sounded like his manhood was arising today.
Blimey.
Again – no showers, please …
Pip and Spencer … the new Morse and Lewis
Not sure who would be Morse and who would be Lewis, but Pip and Spencer took mere moments to work out who was behind the terrorising of Lynda’s Llamas.
Josh had been in the frame, because of his ‘tagging’ last year. But he was tucked up in his bed.
Pip remembers Jamie had also been tagging.
Spencer knows that this sort of caper is right up his brother Steve’s street.
Et voila!
[Spencer] “Best not to say anything, though. Can’t be sure”
Aw, that’s a shame.
But maybe Spencer is right.
Better to beat it out of them …
