SOC has soaked Ambridge to the core across a never ending weekend. Discuss The Archers post-watershed here.

[PseudoBadger]

Deluged damp squid or not? And has Peggy been assisted off the mortal coil by Rob yet?
And when will JD and Brian remember Debbie?

I'd swap Kate for Scruff any day of the week.

Come on Pat, wake up!

Why can't the shop move to Bridge Farm?

Good for Phoebe!! Actually, Kate, how do you define A REAL MOTHER?

Hummus and haloumi wraps (sounds delicious) !

Good for Phoebe.

at Kate saying "first world problems"

Wow, did Peggy just manage to make Tony's welcome home party all about her instead?

I know that there is a general dislike of the term "birth mother" on Mumsnet, but I do think the term is appropriate for women like Kate. Phoebes "real Mum" is Hayley, Kate. Deal with it.

BOOP for this interesting new development - a shop once again at Bridge Farm.

How Rob will gnash his teeth - just when he thought he'd got Helen back under control.

And it will really enliven the Bridge Farm story to have the whole village dropping in every day.

Finally something potentially, properly good.

Not caught up yet on tonight's epi. But yes was not A. Organics once a farm shop?

Will Peggy make it through to see another spring?!

I'm confused. Is Am. organic shop closed now then? Was it damaged too or had it been shut up once Helen decided she didn't want to be a shop lady any more ?

Agree with everyone's comments about it being all about Peggy. Nothing changes there does it.

Pseudo I'm hoping she won't make it as far as the party!

I can imagine it going wrong again. At any rate the journey home alone will knacker Tony so much it won't be much fun for him. I wonder if she'll need an 'urgent' hair apt before it too.

I didn't mean Tony would be travelling alone. I imagine Pat will bring him. Just wanted to clarify.

I think what's happened is that:

1. The Village Shop is closed because of the floods.
2. Ambridge Organics started off in the packing shed at Bridge Farm.
3. The Village Shop is going to move temporarily to the packing shed at Bridge Farm.
4. Zero and others are wondering if AO might move back there too.
5. As far as we know, for the moment AO is soldiering on in Borchester.

(AllMimsy here with a Terry Pratchett-inspired name change, btw.)

Gypsy we certainly haven't been told that it's closed yet - and I assume Borchester wasn't hit by flooding so Ambridge Organics should still be safe.

But, given that Helen has expressed her intention to close it down - to her DM's dismay - it would be a brilliant editorial move to replace the village shop with one at Bridge Farm. (I guess it will be introduced as "temporary" but will still be there when I'm 90.) Will be fascinating to see who gets Hazel's / the village's shop in the end.

Fallon will have her tea shoppe after all

Excellent thread title Pseudo . Marking place while I catch up.

Who broke lowfield? Where can I get my updates now!!!!

I don't see how a farm shop is meant to be a replacement for the village shop. The current shop is in the heart of the village, on the green. Bridge Farm is miles outside the village, on the other side of the river.

I haven't heard it the last couple of nights...did Scruff not make it?

We don't know about Scruff. I think he will turn up at some stage. Do we want to run a sweepstake? - my guess is six months.

Our village shop closed, the nearest is a (rather good) farm shop. It's not exactly a substitute but way better than having to drive 15 minutes to the nearest supermarket. So it's not an unreal idea.

BOOP for Peggy not taking Kate's ridiculous guff about what 'uni' is for!

Johnny would make a good grocery boy on a bike delivering to the old folk of the village.

S'wonderful. S'marvellous,
The Ambridge Village Shoppe lives on at Bridge Farm. A hub for gossip. Helen won't be able to resist. Scarface-Knob will be miffed.

Tony's coming home. Peggy's snaffled all the attention and will SOTMC - or maybe not. WILL she, won't she?