Sexy sex on lovely legs, shearing sheep bare-chested. Tell us how you picture the good folk of Ambridge (and feel free to discuss anything else rural soap-related).

[PseudoBadger]

For me, that describes Ed. Some strange people think that it describes Jazzer.
Does it matter what they look like? We know and love their voices (except you Pip)

i suppose archers trolling would really be us going onto threads and responding in the manner of archers characters. (or start threads like the funny cheesemaker one)

lillian: "words on a screen darling, words on a screen"

Oh thanks for that, now my brain is going to see Lillian typing up all scottishmummy's posts. Well trolled.

bluestocking I made that point about Rooy's superior equine handling skills too-sadly only to my OH who was watching TDF with the sound down and was unimpressed. 7-7:14 gets a bit territorial in our house at this time of year

Aah but Roy's a big brawny MAN isn't he ? Of course he'd have superior equine handling skills and is now going to get his just reward !

Archers trolls?

I am now thinking that Knob must surely have a penis beaker.

On second thoughts it's more likely to be Roy, isn't it? What with him being so organised and all.

Wonder if he packed it for the festival?

I am puzzled about what that horse wrangling bit was all about.

Was it:

1. to open Lizbeth's eyes to Roy's rippling manliness?
2. To spread the horse disease which seems to be called Spangles?
3. Entirely pointless?

1. Almost certainly.

2. "Strangles"? Possibly ..... But unless Roy goes straight off to the Grundys and breathes all over Bartleby it's hard to see much story potential. They're sure to be extra careful with any LL horses; who else could Roy infect? (But you never know.) I was hoping strangles would lead to some Alistair career fracture.

Did anyone else find the horse noises hilariously wrong? Its supposed to be one horse first by itself wandering, then being led back to the paddock. It sounded more like someone out trotting on a paved road.

But mummytime we don't know if it was on a paved path do we?

Can strangles be caught by humans? maybe there's going to be some sueing going on rather than shagging

I'm also a bit mystified by the horse wrangling scene.

I think I'd rather that Elizabeth was duffed up rather than having a glow after shagging Roy. That makes me feel a bit queasy.

Although she can't have another abortion so she'd have to have the baby. Are there really this many affair IRL in small villages? Ambridge is rife with them.

I'm sure the horse wrangling was designed to fling Lizzie back into Roy's arms. All rather tedious, really, I'd much rather she kept to her original line of putting the shag firmly into the catalogue of one-off experiences never to be repeated.

Of course that would be the sensible thing to do Icimoi but when has sense had anything to do with affairs? OddFodd not SO many affairs in Amb. ATM no real secret ones.

V disappointed in Elizabeth, I have always quite liked her and Roy is sooo boring. A while back there was a hint about her liking the look of Charlie, who is a far more interesting character. I would much rather she had an intrigue with the enemy and annoyed the hell out of David.

Lizzie and Roy...that's definitely got legs.

But where were Mr and Mrs Tichyknob ? I had my heart set on the dinner party from hell.

Did anyone hear Feedback today? They were talking about eating on the radio - played lots of clips of Archers characters munching their way through half-unintelligible lines.....

Tony sounds more and more like Tom these days. Fixated on his own ideas and riding roughshod over anyone who has an alternative opinion. In fact none of the Bridge Farm lot have any redeeming features at all.

I can't wait for Meet the Titchyknobs on Friday. What's the betting that Mr Titchyknob is a rampaging agribusiness type, all about grubbing up hedgerows and working fields the size of the whole of Ambridge with a £500k mega-machine? And that he's been stockpiling neonicotinoids in a bid to wipe out the insect population of wherever it is their farm is? And Mrs Titchyknob will be in a barely suppressed rage all evening and will give voice to what we're all thinking - how can Knob be engaged to Hellin when he's still married to Jess? If one of them is allergic to nuts and keels over in anaphylactic shock, that would be all to the good too.
It's just occurred to me that Helen and Rob's couple name should be Cheeseyknob. Tee hee hee.

Is it next Friday then? Have I got to wait patiently for another week?
Definitely yes to Cheeseyknob

It's next Friday. Pat is rightly apprehensive. Tony is too busy talking a load of bull to take any notice.
Poor old Nee-yull - Soosan has really put her trotter in it this time.

Lizzie looks like a less careworn Rebecca Brooks of course.

For me the question is who are the blond(e)s? On my list would be Charlie, Susan, Lilian, Will, Jill, Caroline, Hayley (possibly), and various of the children.

Who are the band they've signed?

(Hoping it's a case of mis-hearing rather than simply being too old to have heard of them.)

They will have to sell lower loxley to pay for all the counselling Freddie will need

So Shula gives lizzie the go ahead to think about romance and she chooses a married brown polyester wearer. Riiiiiight. Plausible.

Yes indeed, poor Freddie. There isn't enough counselling in Borsetshire to reconcile him to seeing his mother in a clinch with Rotaboy. He'll be down at Alistair's sampling the K before you can say "Aaaaa-aaarrgh-splat".

I enjoyed hearing Neil standing up to Susan, long may it last