I’m so glad you said this! I was convinced I’d missed an episode when Bernice had gone crawling back to Mandy - and yes, she did indeed say only the other day that she was overwhelmed with work!
Also, I’m a bit late, but why didn’t we ever see Brenda’s reaction to Eric buying the shop and cancelling his retirement? She was always against him bailing David out, and it was her who was keen to go travelling too. Is she just not bothered anymore? Also, don’t Heath and Cathy still live with her? She didn’t seem to think about that before planning to go globetrotting.