Culvert operations in Ambridge - discuss The Archers here. It's not his baby by the way.

[PseudoBadger]

Is Ed's wedding very soon?

Ah! The sinkhole!

Is there a culvert diagram or map or infographic?

"Makes me worry we aren't going to see the back of her for some time although one of those shirtless hotties might " -ooh Merse you naughty thing!
Also respect to whoever put Pip in oestrus & yes I believe she was catching not crutching.

Culvertigo -BOOP indeed as all this talk is making us dizzy! Culvertgate as well.

Did anyone else hear a remark made to Linda about petty larceny at the end of the May Fayre (Fair?)? Was it she who stole the c*!%ing bunting & so no need for Harrison to go a-hunting?

I think that was referring to the missing May Queen crown

I listened to the film this morning to get the full benefit of Very Tall Rachel the Culvert Queen. My, that was some unusual radio acting, wasn't it?

There'd better be a proper resolution and denouement (pronounced in best Lyndipops manner) to all this culvert nonsense.

Bluestocking by "unusual" I'm guessing you mean either "recorded at the finishing line after a particularly arduous marathon" or "recorded while receiving some particularly erm beneficial massage"?

Or perhaps the air is very thin where her fictional head is?

I have missed Tall Rachel
Not sure I can bear to listen to the film again

I think the best line of the week was Lynda's about dressed salmon, as demonstrated here by the brilliant AmbridgeSynthetics twitter feed

And I LOVE their Jazzer!

Loving the Plarchers

I've been thinkng - if there is to be a rapprochement between the Brothers Grundy then I feel the least SOC should do is give us a falling out with decades of rancour aftermath between the Fairbrethren.

Awkward ...

Doc Locke and Alistair are so funny together.

Oooooooh!

The whole Rob thing is becoming a bit like murder on the Orient Express - everyone has a motive to hate him.

Yes! Especially when they were left together

Yawn some conversation though.

Kinda weird to invite the man you dumped your boyfriend for round for dinner with your husband - who happens to be that boyfriend. And then for him to raise 'it hasn't all been plain sailing for you and Shula' wtf. Do people actually behave like that and not react to those comments?

But no one talks about him! (We would in our village!)

TA clearly have no idea how relationships work. Ed and Will. Alistair and Doc Locke.

Rob, creepy.

Well that little warning from joe spells disaster ahead for ed

Sure enough, Knob threatening Ed. Too late though - the cat's out of the bag. I think that's all the confirmation we need that it was Knob who blocked the culvert.

Rob is so horrible, just listening now.

Good point, Zero, perhaps Whatsisname from Hull was under Very Tall Rachel's desk.
There's no way the Grundy brothers can ever be reconciled. Or David and Kenton, at this rate. Do the Fairbrethren know what they're getting into? Ambridge, the village where brothers hate each other.

Plarchers is genius. I see there's an @MumsnetTowers referred to therein...

toldmywrath - glad at least someone noticed my smutty comment. Clearly need to get out more. Seriously thought, they are so over-doing it with her - sounds like a dog on heat.

Another one with culvertigo here.

seriously though, even….

A lot of the writing lacks subtlety

Rob is turning into a stereotype. I almost expect to find he was using the culvert to drown kittens

I almost expect to find he was using the culvert to drown kittens
So that's what happened to Scriff1