Roll up roll up! It's nearly Apple Day in Ambridge. Grab a slice of Borset apple cake and see who's got the longest peel in The Archers.

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I'm so happy with the return to the little things. Enjoy the new thread!

I can't bear another 'village vs the bulldozing corporate machine' sl. The road was bad enough

Justin doesn't care about knobs past financial misdeeds

He wants someone to take the fall - so he will get rob to be the face of it all and of things go badly he will wash his hands of him. Justin is just becoming the stereotype they always intended him to be.

What is demara capital supposed to be?

So Rob to be Justin's henchman. Was he under instructions when Charlie was manager, I wonder?

There was a suggestion by Justin that Charlie was a disappointment and was too close to the locals and forgot what he was there to do. More to the exiling to Scotland that just Berrow farm disaster.

eh???
8.30???
surely the time as well as the day is set by the court??

Why don't they ever say "You'll have to talk to our solicitor" ???????????

Just catching up. Major boops for Lillian and Oliver.

Rob has known his start-date for work for ages, he should have sorted out a revised access agreement a long time ago. Any decent care-giver knows about forward planning and back-up plans.
The problem is not indicative of PnT being awkward; it is indicative of Rob not being a good parent.

I can't remember how old Jack is, but if I were Helen I'd be tweaking his routine so he was due a nap around 8.30. Therefore, either Rob would be stuck with an overtired baby or have to make awkward small talk with Tony til he woke.

"Well appointed" "executive apartment" ?

He really has lost the plot.

That episode was irritating! Why didn't Tony just say "fine turn up at 8.30am if you like but we won't be there."

Estate agents call them executive apartments

Makes it sound a bit more New York fancy I suppose

Having seen apartments in new youth that tends to mean tiny too!

Do you think Rob's shacked up with Daryl in the Container?

There's something about Lynda's annual panic about the village show that gives me a comforting, contented feeling.

Can some one fill me in on what the next family court hearing is about please?

I don't understand why Tony has agreed to the time change for the contact visits.

Lillian took a little bit too long to think about things in my opinion. It should have been a straightforward 'is this some kind of joke?' when he asked her in the first place.

I love Kate and Lynda, especially Kate's reaction to looking after a 7 year old. Very much in character 😁.

he should not have agreed to the different time - he didn't even consult Helen did he?

Tony is a reasonable person. I suspect he probably felt that refusing to at least try to accommodate Rob would not reflect well on him at the next family court hearing.

Hopefully when the time comes, Pat and Tony will be able to discuss Rob's attitude to contact, including his instruction to P&T that they we weren't allowed to speak to Henry on a non-contact day.

Executive apartment? Is that like 'executive coaches'?

executive apartment - 1 bed with video entry phone, shower room and giant telly attached to the wall - round the corner from 7-11 convenience store for those peel-and-eat ready meals.

Esmes - Jack is about six months old.

Surely by now Jack should be playing - not just sleeping and cuddling