Hard Times come to Ambridge; will Pip or the Ambridge Fairy save the day? Discuss The Archers here.

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Enjoy!

DFW yes I noticed Peep refusing Prosecco which is very unusual indeed (she's usually a bit of a piss artist). Oh dear maybe she's upduffed OMG!

I also heard Tony and Pat extolling the wild orchids on their 'precious' land. (suspicious\hard luck music plays).

Anisha seems very competitive in her love life too, run Rex.

Abra1d I agree there is a massive problem with services infrastructure but it becomes self perpetuating (especially with privatisation of transport which shuts down 'non economic' routes).

My brother's village has a similar sized development going on at the moment (which is why I question the acreage - plots seem much larger than modern standard even with 18 units). Prices have been inflated by people retiring there from cities and people commuting to nearby towns who are often the most vociferous opponents of new development and who don't rely on the in-village services.

Children growing up have no hope of living nearer to their families even with their own transport due to inflated house prices. This leaves their aging parents without a local support net and gradually breaks down the local community. His village isn't doing too badly - its popular and has a very committed younger/middle generation working for it which is bringing services in. Other local villages have turned into dormitory villages.

Anisha seems very competitive in her love life too, run Rex.

Oh I don't know - I think she simply doesn't want to be the 'spare', waiting to be dumped as soon as Pip beckons. I think she is smart to keep well clear of that train crash.

As for Pip and Rex - it's so tediously predicable and poorly acted (by the Badger). More subtly written and with a more sympathetic Pip it could have been a good story, but most people on here have seen this coming since the Fairbrethren first came on the scene (in fact I'm sure someone more dedicated than me could find the earliest post to this effect).

Curse you Lillian for laying down the irresistible gauntlet. The FairBro appeared on the 4th May 2015 at the MayDay Fair and the first comment on them was by ... you! You said "Please can someone with a long memory remind me of the Robin Fairbrother/Elizabeth Archer link. I feel Sock is about to come over all EE again with old flames turning up all over the place." (it was a month after DocLoc turned up)
It took us less than 48 hours to work out that they were going to pair off Pip and the FairBro. Well done BYOS!

I said love life , but it seems Anisha doesn't want commitment because apart from going running together have they actually dated?

I don't think Pip behaved badly with Toby at all. His pride is wounded remember she dumped him, which is why he's so pissed off upset.

Why the fuck aren't the Grange Farm Archers taking legal advice? Or getting the land valued?

And surely Anisha must be 30 at least- what does she see in Rex?

Wasn't Rex 28 when they arrived?

The thing is it's hard to believe any housing could be affordable enough for the likes of Ed and Emma. Will only has his own place because someone left him the money to buy it, Roy has his place because his parents divided their house in two. In the old days they might have lived in a tied cottage, but now there's only Bert in his bungalow. All the other on-farm cottages etc seem to be lived in by various off-spring of farmers. Kirsty shares with Roy, Jazzer shares with Jim (please can we have more of the odd couple). Rural poverty and the difficulty of finding a home should be a rich seam of good storylines - more interesting than the tedious romances of Pip and Lillian.

R4 Can't believe I have been moaning on about this for over two year . I'd better shut up.

Oh, but it's the shared moaning that gives the thing a point!

Rural poverty and the difficulty of finding a home should be a rich seam of good storylines

Yes absolutely. It would be nice to see a requirement that the development includes some 2/3 bed units for rent or similar. In the area I know it is easier to get consent through for expensive houses than the kind of 2 and 3 bed units which are most in demand. That isn't because of the local planning authority - its just the level of noise is much higher for lower cost or affordable housing.

Well Bert give them a chance, it was only in last night's episode and Tony's sensibly "Thinking about it".

In Patagonia Pip would need to know Welsh. Maybe pat can help with that. I suspect the bridge farm crew owe somuch money to lawyers, no one in borsetshire will take them on. Oh well, it's naice to moan.

Too close

How about 'wow, isn't it amazing that pips been chosen to be one of the first people to go to Mars. Her amazing farming abilities will undoubtedly make it a success.'

Isn't Bridge Farm's legal debt being paid off by the mortgage?

Anisha isn't actually a particularly likeable person either, so far, is she?

Wish we could have Haley back. She and Kirsty are great.

Oh, Anisha is utterly horrible.

Yes I vaguely remember a delighted Pat coming back from a meeting with their bank manager with the news. I may be wrong of course.

I remember that and posted it pages ago