Male or female, young or old - Bad Stuff can happen to you in The Archers. Discuss the perils of Ambridge life here.

[PseudoBadger]

Not exactly upbeat at the moment is it

DDD I heard the spreadshit ref too and immediately thought of this thread

They have very efficient builders in ambridge

Well played, Harrison!

Did I hear the defender of law and order telling porky pies? I hope nobody checks facts with Darrington or that could be awkward to explain away.

I'm another one who goggled at 'Spreadshit Phil' this morning DDD! .

Nice to hear Will back.

I did want to hear someone ask Will what his solution for keeping the cricket team going was when he was so anti Harrison's proposal.

Will sounded different to me - same rather whiny borsetshire but not quite the same?

I got Harriet Vane. Remember both the carmichael and petherbridge Wimseys, and like some of the books esp Gaudy Night. My mental image of HV was exactly Harriet Walter before she actually ever played the part.

I'm wondering if Toby is going to find being a farmer's partner far too much like hard work for his indolent tastes.

I caught up with several episodes tonight by podcast; they were unexpectedly interspersed with William Shatner advertising some BBC Mars thing on the website. I think he said he'd like to visit Ambridge.... sort of surreal

Haha that's just what I thought, The Antiboop! Bish bash waiting room done etc. Or do you think they've just bought some newer copies of Pick Me Up and rearranged the cushions?

Just re Harriet Vane - is Lynda going to discover Caroline's body in the cellar at Grange Farm, à la Busman's Honeymoon?

I found it disturbing that Shula was so cool about her horse losing any eye.

Yes, imbroglio, particularly as it was only sedated and not fully anesthetized. I've had some quite unpleasant procedures and experiences under sedation and really wouldn't fancy having an eye taken out unless I was completely unconscious.

And it seemed as if Anisha was on her own with the horse?

Presumably fully anaesthetising a horse has its own risks, could a local vet (even two together) do it safely? as the animal was in pain maybe this really was the most humane approach. Cataract surgery is usually done without general anaesthetic.

I would guess Shula with her years of experience both with the stables and as a vets wife knows that being cool and thinking rationally about the least bad treatment for the animal is best for its welfare.

I'm surprised that Anisha operated on her own when she didn't have to......

Francis, sounds like a variation of a previously observed phenomenon relted to the weather forecast........

Quite amusing to hear Will back in his whiny , annoying character, with the same argument against having women in the cwicket team that the dinosaur golf and 'gentlemen's' clubs spin out.

Now we need his wife Nick joining the team

Yah 2 fingers to you Will!

Given all the unpaid help Pip gave Toby when he was a chicken farmer, I thought he was pretty graceless about getting up to help her out for once. Perhaps the tables have turned and we will now see the making of Toby through wholesome hard work in the great outdoors. Would prefer to see Brighton come back to bite him though.

It's all fun until somebody horse loses an eye.

I think Anisha is being portrayed as a shit hot vet (as well as a shit hot cricketer). Wondering if it's all building up to her and Alastair having a relationship - hopefully not. Although we never did find out what was going on with A and all his SOC-sponsored meetings in Penny Hassett.

I'm sure she will have a humbling cock up as all competent professionals are obliged to have

I thought it was reasonable of Pip to ask Toby for help given his current cock-lodging status

There were cattle out on the roads. You ask any able-bodied adults around, especially if you would otherwise be alone. It's part of living on a farm with livestock.

quite, and what was annoying was he didn't seem to grasp the gravity of the situation

But Shallishanti To be fair he's not a proper farmer, Toby and Rex (not so much Rex though) are just 'playing' at farming.