Freddie didn't manage to brief Vince on his resurrected project for school meals. I suspect that this means he's going to make a real success of this and, because Vince hadn't known about it, he'll do it without anyone pulling the strings behind his back. #TheArchers
Serena Blanchflower
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Lady of extreme leisure, Quaker, cat lover, enthusiast for the minutiae of life and postcard nut.
Quite apart from the crass "and with one bound he was free" turnaround from Vince, the sudden addition of Sonya, the previously unheard of Operations Director, really is pushing our credulity to the limit. If she existed before today, why hasn't she been working with Freddie up to now? #TheArchers
Lily is so like her mother! Demanding answers from Vince because *she* wants to understand what's going on. Nothing about what Vince wants. #TheArchers
Lily, yes we (as well as Fallon) know that it wasn't your idea to go to the cottage for dinner. You did have a very good idea though that neither you nor Fallon was comfortable with it, so you could, and should, have refused the invitation. #TheArchers
You can see the cracks forming in Harrison and Lily's relationship. Partly because Harrison is being an insensitive oaf, towards both Lily and Fallon. Partly because Lily is, quite reasonably, happy living in a student-like house share, while Harrison absolutely isn't. #TheARchers
Lily is right. It would really rub Fallon's nose in it if Harrison invited Lily back to the house. They're doing a good job of working together, and keeping things professional, but inviting her to the house is completely different. #TheArchers
I see Lizzie is now starting to undermine Lily. It's going to be a recipe for disaster with two managers who keep making conflicting decisions. #TheArchers
I'll be interested to see how long it will be before Neil realises that Susan and Tracey are responsible for the news being spread around the Bull's clientele. #TheArchers
I hope the Archdeacon points out to Anna that the requirement for confidentiality runs both ways. She shouldn't have been bad-mouthing Alan to Helen, let alone in a public place where they could be overheard. #TheArchers
Yes Susan, Usha had every reason to speak to you like that. Confidentiality means you shouldn't be telling *anyone* what you've been told. #TheArchers
I really hope that someone suggests to Tracey that they should check the deeds, it doesn't cost much to get a copy, and, with luck, those will show that it belongs to Helen. #TheArchers
I hope George thinks to rope Amber in to talk to Keira, as she has first hand experience of being bullied at school. #TheArchers
The tree was due to be rechecked next month. No one ever seems to book Ed and Emma more than a few days in advance. I'd have thought that Rex saying he was due to book them, in the next couple of weeks would be a pretty good defense. #TheArchers
I know someone here predicted that! Who was it who guessed that baby Grundy would be called Storm? #TheArchers
I'm feeling rather guilty about Vince. I was one of the people who thought that they should have allowed Nigel to survive, but confined to a wheelchair. It seems they may have been listening, after all, and have inflicted that fate on Vince, instead. #TheArchers
PLEASE, don't say that Harrison is thinking of moving onto even younger flesh. Listening to the tone of him talking to Zainab was really creepy. #TheArchers
This storm is definitely up to the standard set by the 1987 hurricane, isn't it! #TheArchers
Ruth, you really should have asked Josh where they were! Equally, Josh, you should have made sure your mother knew where the accident had happened. #TheArchers
They'd better not have killed off Chelsea! Vince we could happily do without, but not Chels. #TheArchers
I note that Stella's vows were about wanting to make Pip happy, while Pip's were about how happy Stella makes her. Sounds par for the course, making it all about Pip. #TheArchers
Both Freddie and Vince had a lot of truth behind their comments to Elizabeth. It's probably too much to hope that she listened to either of them though. #TheArchers
That really is setting the bar pretty low, Brian. #TheArchers
I'm getting frustrated by the SWs suddenly trying to portray Lovell James as a big, corporate vet. It isn't (or, at least it never has been, up till now). It's a small to middling local chain of vet practices and is, clearly, still run by Don James. #TheArchers
It sounds as though the scales are starting to drop from Amber's eyes about the Grundy family as a whole. On one hand, living in the house with all of George's family, no longer feels quite so delightfully warm and loving. On the other, she's seeing Eddie's scams from the other side. #TheArchers
I do hope that Freddie hasn't been reading Ben Aaronovitch, when he produces a unicorn for Pip's wedding... #TheArchers
Anna is, very much, her mother's daughter! #TheArchers
I wonder if Amber is going to post the video of her arriving at the hospital - and tell the story of her waters not having broken - or whether she'll choose to draw a veil over it all. #TheArchers
Both Fallon and Harrison really do need to go to see both a solicitor and an estate agent. I can see the SWs having great fun, when both of them turn to Usha for a recommendation of a good divorce lawyer... #TheArchers
OK, so neither Lily nor Harrison want anything further to happen between them. That seems the clearest indication we could have that they will shortly be together. No doubt getting together in a way which causes the maximum upset and drama. #TheArchers
I can't help hoping, in a way, that either Justin or Lilian (or both) will have a bad reaction to Natasha's creams and potions! #TheArchers