Old (Hall), New (build), Borrowed (money). Will Ambridge be feeling blue the morning after? Discuss The Archers wedding and the aftermath here.

[PseudoBadger]

Roll up roll up for The Wedding special from Catheter Hall. Is the lark flying high? Will Krusty jam that ring on the porky finger?

I vote for the jilting... why else would Patrick be playing the organ???

Or Peggoi in a complete character change spooks Krusty's horse at the lychgate in a desperate attempt to save Tom from ruining his life! Krusty ends up impaled in the yew bushes, Tom stands by gormless, while Patrick saves her from a spiky end. And she sees sense, thereby ditching Tom before he gets a chance to humiliate her...

Will fetch my flowery hat (and umbrella)... exits sharply.

I helped a friend call off his wedding on the actual day- it was horrendous but the right thing to do.

Always better to call it off as far in advance as possible (Statement of the Bleeding Obvious #436) but in ye olden days of course the amount spent on a wedding was sensible far less than it is now, and guests were less likely to have travelled across the country and forked out for overnight accommodation. Imagine the scene if the bride or groom backed out on the day and it was an overseas wedding that the guests had paid thousands to attend!

My dp cancelled our wedding 5 months in advance and I thought that was bad! Luckily only the registry office was booked but we had told a fair few people and i still have the dress! That was 2 years ago now and we still haven't had the other part of the conversation. But I love him and he is otherwise kind so it could be worse. I think they will stay together married or not.

One of my friends was jilted on the day and it caused her so much pain. They had been buying a house together & were in negative equity so couldn't afford to sell. She had to borrow money from her parents (who had to use their income to help her, not savings) to buy him out & the whole thing really hurt her. She had had no idea at all and was totally humiliated.

Needed to be back on the thread, I feel a bit guilty mentioning my friend as her experience was so awful.

Only 6 hours to go (for you lucky people who haven't double booked themselves)...

I was shopping for a smart dress this morning and caught myself wondering if it would be suitable for Kirsty's wedding...

It's a beautiful day here but I'm far away from Borsetshire.

Just listened to last night's episode. Shed a few tears for Tom. Obviously I feel terrible for Kirsty too but he does seem genuinely conflicted. I'd have given him the same advice as Peggy.

Years ago I went to a school reunion and one of my old school friends was saying she should actually be on her honeymoon but had called the whole thing off just 2 weeks before as she'd suddenly realised he wasn't the right man for her. Another friend said she'd realised as she was walking down the aisle but she'd gone through with the wedding and then refused to have sex with him on her honeymoon so that as soon as they got back she got have the marriage annulled. Not sure which is worse! I think going through with it was probably worse.

Have to say, listening to all the wedding preparations has made me even more glad that we got married abroad with no guests like Alice and Chris (although everyone knew we were going to get married). All of this organisation is enough to put anyone off the idea and make them doubt who they are.

Will be listening at 7 tonight.

Someone on FB has just pointed out that this is all HELEN'S fault for driving Hayley away after John died

That's when little Tommy started getting involved

Another reason to hate Helen - hurrah!

Oh balls it's my night to put DS to bed. Bad planning.

Couldn't he have either a very early or a very late night, Pseudo?

or swap nights?

I do feel sorry for Tom. I think he is the least offensive of their branch of the Archer clan. Moany and Patttttt are Entitled twats. Cheese Queen is a narcissistic twat. John was a pillock too. So let the plague rain down on Bridge Farm. Then we can all chuck chemicals on it and say a big sod off to organic overpriced shit covered produce.

I feel sorry for Tom but feel annoyed that I do as he has wound me up something rotten for years.

Being the nicest person in Pat & Tony's family is hardly a stretch :o

Perhaps the 'real Tom' is a nice bloke - most of his knobbishness is related to his running of the pork empire - John's pigs.

I'm very excited...I'm really hoping that you all will do me a running commentary.

Don't worry Gypsy - given the "wrong time on the invitation" farago you probably won't be the only person to miss the wedding.

Hope your hairdresser is worth it.

Oh yes...maybe only half the guests will turn up.

I wonder if I could bore the hairdresser with the Archers. We do normally talk about tv programmes and books we like. I suspect R4 might be a step too far

I have listened to last night's ep again and I think that Peggy handled it very badly.
Tom: I felt that I had to step into John's shoes.
Peggy:
Tom: I feel a fraud
Peggy:
Tom: I'm not good enough for Krusty
Peggy: well call it off then.

and
That's not the sort of pep talk he needs right now!
Here's hoping he talks to Krusty before the wedding and she says something soppy along the lines of "I love you for who you are, not because of family expectation or the sausage empire".

Hope I'm not the only one getting a bit over excited about tonights episode!?

Been rushing around like a mad thing this evening so that I can (for once) sit down and listen with a cup of tea instead of struggling to hear over noise of either cooking or washing up!

P.S my guess is that after all this tension, it'll all turn out fine!

I think I'll miss it live due to bedtimes, but I already have radio 4 on! Fortunately it's Cabin Pressure.

panzee i am at work and was planning to leave in time for cabin pressure, but overran so i'm not going to leave until 7 on the dot so that tomorrow i can listen to CP on the iplayer in all its glory!

Just turned on Radio 4 and gagged children.

Both toddlers in bed!! And DH cooking dinner.

I want a glass of wine, preferably sparkling. There should be plenty going spare down at Catheter Hall