Summary
Tom nags at Natasha to put some of her more expensive items of clothing up for sale, but Natasha’s reluctant. One thing she refuses to consider is taking in a lodger.
Tracy shows Bert a selection of vapes Susan’s brought over, but he’s unimpressed. Tracy then makes Bert do some Chair Tai Chi, as she agrees with Susan that he needs to get healthier. Bert reckons he just needs to be looked after better and Tracy loses patience, forcing him out for a walk. Recalling how brilliantly Ivy cared for everyone Tracy reckons she’d be nagging Bert to be more independent. Bert suggests Tracy find him a lady friend – that’d put a spring in his step.
Lilian finds Brian brooding on how close Miranda and Oliver have become, but Lilian’s sympathies are with Miranda, after recent events. Lilian probes what’s going on between Brian and Adam, while Brian seeks insider information on Justin selling his shares, but Lilian’s giving nothing away. They’re surprised to find Natasha coming out of the Dower House, having been to see Justin. Back at the Tearoom Natasha tells Tom she’s offered to show two groups of potential buyers for Justin’s shares round Ambridge next week – and he’s agreed to pay handsomely! Lilian admires Natasha’s chutzpah, before Brian finally explains about promising Home Farm to Adam, then changing his mind as he doesn’t want to disinherit Ruairi. Lilian stands up for Adam, but Brian insists he can’t tell Adam the truth about Ruairi, fearing they’d only end up arguing again. Lilian offers to speak to Adam instead.
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| 1:00.5 | Natasha, I am. I just thought you'd put more than three items on there. |
| 1:03.9 | Give me a chance. I have to choose which clothes I want to sell, photograph them, upload them. |
| 1:09.0 | So you're going to start adding more designer stuff then? How'd you mean, Tom? Well, selling a few tops for five pounds each isn't going to make up for Helen's rent. Maybe you could sell those leather trousers. I mean, you never wear them anymore. Because I'm either on a farm or I'm looking after two mucky four-year-olds. My point, exactly. I reckon you could ask at least £30 for them. Thirty? I paid five times that. Well, it's all money in the bank. Pass me that tray of seedlings, would you? Which ones, the spring onions? Please. What are these ones here? Oh, those are for Selenanova's veg patch. Mum thought if the three of them work on it this weekend, it might encourage Dad to do something about the rest of the garden makeover. Everything else on the farm has been tidied up since the sewage spill, but other than planting a quince tree, he hasn't done anything much to the garden. Mum is on a mission. O'tah. Well, I suppose he has a bit more time, know that the Anguses have been sold. |
| 2:01.4 | Want to bet? I walked in on him and Helen chatting about where to source the new Montbelliards. |
| 2:07.5 | Helen's hoping to find a UK breeder this time, but Dad was all for going for another jaunt to France. |
| 2:12.9 | Oh, that sounds nice. I wouldn't mind a little getaway to France. |
| 2:17.6 | Not that we can afford it, I know. |
| 2:19.0 | Well, look, if you want a quick and easy solution to our money worries, I've already told you. |
| 2:23.4 | No, Tom, no way. |
| 2:24.9 | All right. |
| 2:25.5 | We are not getting a lodger. |
| 2:27.4 | We've waited this long to have their house to ourselves. |
| 2:30.4 | Then, unless you have some other bright ideas, we better hope you get some buyers for your clothes. |
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