Exeunt, pursued by a sow. And so on, for the next 60 years of The Archers.

[PseudoBadger]

It's all about the Sons at the moment. Tom is having an identity crisis, Dan is off to Sandhurst, and poor old Adam is working his socks off.
Follow the undulating Ambridge pastures here!

couldn't they just dual carriageway the A1992 (if it isn't already)?

there is a meeting in my village about new housing estate plans next week. i'm not sure whetehr i can make it, but all the nimbies will be there obviously. i'm actually all for them, because we live in teh south east and we need more houses, and i don't think the suggested location is an outrageous one at all.

shall i go along and wail?

I'm very confused. I've listened back and it sounds like 'the road linking Borchester and Hollerton'. That is, indeed, the A1992.
I can't see why they would even consider going to the east of the Am - i.e. Penny Hassett or the Brookfield side of Ambridge - as that would involve extra costs in building a river bridge and also in negotiating (under/over?) the railway line.

I got very excited by the idea of the cow bridge though. That would make me very much in favour of the whole thing.

here you go compos

I was anticipating something a bit more elaborate, maybe with some bovine gargoyles, but I still like the idea of cow and car in perfect harmony.

i;m not entirely sure WTF this is, but maybe more to your satisfaction?

Yes to Rob as conniving Iago but Peggy strikes me as a King Lear making the wrong decision and expecting everyone to dance attendance. Perhaps Helen is going to be Regan to Rob's Cornwall.

There's also a whiff of Uriah Heap about Rob too!

Oh how I wish the Lear production I saw last in Stratford upon Avon could have worked the words "fondant fancy" into the text...

Please, why is the golden cow wearing many lampshades? (I've enlarged the picture - they're definitely not bells...) It's making me all quivery with discombobulation.

The things you learn on MN ...
The cows are from the Norwegian town of Rjukan which "lies in the shadow of the mountains and does not get sunlight. In 2013, at a cost of 5 million Norwegian kroner, large mirrors were placed on the mountainside to reflect the sun to illuminate the town square".
I love that the wiki entry has a picture of them but feels no need to explain - presumably because aerial, illuminated cows are considered perfectly normal and not at all discombobulating.

Thanks for the map R4.

willie There have to be ways of creating new homes without concreting over tracts of lovely se farmland. Such as disallowing 2nd homes etc.

\link{http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/may/27/radio-review-month-ambridge-archers-may-jilted-pigs\the divine Nancy Banks-Smith} for you all

I am a bit behind having had 2 holidays in 3 weeks (sorry) & not properly caught up yet

Ooow thanks so much TheOneWith NBS is quite brilliant

..Couldn't be fishier if he came with a side order of mushy peas...
NBS rocks!

There is a goat bridge at a farm shop near us. We sometimes have to go and have a milkshake just to justify our goat watching!

Dear The Archers,
Please hire me to play Bulldozer Driver #1, a silent role.
I would be more than happy to help Tarmac over the entire fucking lot of Ambridge. I would also be happy to star in the episode The One When the Entire Fucking Archers Clan get mown down by a "runaway" bulldozer.
Especially Roooth, Dayveed, Piggoi and Jiiiiilll. Oh and Paat and Moany. And Cheese Queen and Rob the EA.
I think this might be the most popular and listened to episode ever, and I want to help the BBC make this happen!
Thank you very much.
Lots of love, FunLovinBunster.

What a relief! Was getting worried about the absence of the wonderful Nancy, but there she is, as on-form as ever!

Thanks TheOneWith

I was getting worried about the absence of Tiger and Pusscat, but there they were tonight, with the added bonus of Brian and Jennifer. Lovely.

There would be more drama and tension in this road storyline if I wasn't 1000% sure that Brookfield Farm will never, ever be riven in twain by a road. Having said that, the cow bridge picture above has made my day!

Fun I like your application. I dispute the silent part though. I reckon one would have to do the bulldozing whilst laughing maniacally , followed the by the wail of all wails.

I've been away and haven't been able to listen for a week!

Guessing from this thread and from the fantastic Nancy Banks- Smith:

There has been some kind of village meeting about HS2/bypass plans

Tom has gone to Canada

Maurice has made a popular appearance

Rob is still Machiavellian but no one has rumbled him.

Yep that's about it!

"no one has rumbled him" I waited with baited breath when Knob told Peggy he'd got Tom the job in Canada but dopey bleedein' Hellin was soo appreciative of his underhand sheenanigans.What does he have to do for her to be suspicious FGS? drive the runaway bulldozer mentioned by our Archersophobe Funlovinbunster?

As the bullodozer approaches Hell says 'Oh Rob i'll just lie down to make it easier for you!".

And "We really need our land bulldozed darling, thanks soooo much I love youuu" !!!

Sitting here listening to The Archers wondering who to bitch slap first Hellin Paat or Moany....