Taking Tea with ....

Well in Clarrie's view Nik is clearly the devil or at least one of her children! Will's new girlfriend really didn't come out of the experience terribly well. Will's mother approached the little gathering at Keeper's Cottage determined not to like Nik, and all her prejudices were realised. Nik talked about all the useful jobs Will did around her (rented) house, he popped off to pick up the children when her ex-husband failed to appear. Then the topic of the trip to Aberdeen arose. She rather unwisely suggested that Will might be coming into money from the recently deceased Aunt whose funeral the Grundy's attended. So I suggest you all do my poll on Nik to be found on my films blog (reached by clicking on my complete profile on this page). Is her surname 'Goldigger' or 'Desperately Seeking Husband/Father For My Children'.
Will is going to have a terrible time from now onwards!

Pass me the sick bucket

Now there is something very weird about listening to sex on the radio. It usually provokes an extremely uncomfortable feeling. Who can forget the Sid/Joleen shower scene? recently we had to endure the Sam/Rith triste (or the phone calls about the possibility of some kind of scenario). Then there was Adam and Ian in the polytunnel (I'm feeling queasy already - and I suspect you are too!)

Now we are confronted with the Will/Nik liaison - tonight we had to endure the sounds of fumblings on the settee of Keeper's Cottage, and then Will leading Nik to the bedroom. The heart sinks at the prospect of more of this. Clarrie (pictured above) will be glad she was away at Aunt Hilda's funeral in Aberdeen. She has been experiencing angst because everyone else seems to have met the new girlfriend but she hasn't. Little does she know but 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'? Will has invited Nik to a family meal ...... pass me the sick bucket now.

Snakes in the grass

Well in the Church or possibly at Grey Gables (Jack allegedly saw one there a while ago). It is clearly the silly season in Ambridge - the scriptwriters are obviously filling in before dropping another bombshell. Clarrie saw the snake in the Church, but she also thinks there is another possible serpent in paradise in the form of Nik - the new girlfriend of Will - looking for a father for her children, and Will is so going to get hurt in her view. As a gamekeeper I reckon Will is grabbing at the rare chances that cross his path - but what does she want?

The Aldridges gather in South Africa

Jennifer is in South Africa to join errant daughter Kate and see her new granchild (she's unlikely to get any from Adam, Alice or Debbie after all!). Now what we're all interested in is what Brian will get up to in her absence - he was extremely keen to get her out of the country. Perhaps he has plans for lovechild Ruairi? Am I alone in finding nauseating the attempts to force Debbie to cosy up to her 'new' half brother 'Oh darling aren't you going to give him a kiss?' Yeuk! Brian is so keen for Debbie to accept this new child as part of the family - surely he must realise that Debbie just sees him as a rival to her takeover of the farm - she needs allies though, hence her new found love for Adam. I don't think Ruariri will be spending much time with Adam & Ian in Jennifer's absence though - Brian is very wary of their 'influence'. How will Ruairi be entertained though - playing with the balers, or driving the combine?
Meanwhile Adam may well be getting a house guest as she falls out with Amy over the RAF and is in the point of moving out of the Vicarage. Home Farm won't have anyone living there before too long - especially if Debbie continues her stand off with Brian - no more cosy visits from her I reckon.