Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-04-28 Sunday http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130428-1920a.mp3

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Hi Tom. / Hello. Hitchhiking? / You are not going ... ... are you? / Uh,... / 'cause if you are, I could really / lift / just Spencer's place. / Oh, sorry, wish / help you out, but / I'm heading home, got / work to do / Yeah, OK. / I heard about your car. / Tom, I'm telling you. It's a total disaster. Now I'm having to walk everywhere. / no one around / give you a lift / mom / No? / Dad / so unreasonable at the moment. / Oh right. / That's why I have to get away from the house / telling / junk / Yeah. Difficult. / Actually, Tom, I was going to ask. I'm so desparate for some cash. If you've got any more milking shifts going / Bridge Farm / Milking? I,... / do another morning a week. Two if you want. I've got to try / save up somehow / yeah / obviously / I'm not too sure, Pip. ...... I'll have to have a thinking, and get back to you, OK?

I've been thinking and thinking about it, tried to picture it in my mind. / Oh yeah? / Even dreaming about it, ..... houseful of strange people coming to take our cows. / they aren't coming / house, love. / get on with you / I do understand what you and Tom say about / farm sale being less stressful for the cows. / Well, that's more stress for us. / You are right. I'm just being silly. I need to pull myself together. / I didn't say that. / Well, with Alister coming to do the TB test on Friday, if we don't decide soon, / get it organized / milking / hello / Tom gone home? / He wants to sort his presentation for B... / Yes / Henry / a minute / Wednesday / yeah, so he said. / he doesn't seem / quite what to expect. / walk? / get that far / That's nice. / You OK, mom? / Well,... / She's still worrying about where to have the herd sale. / Oh, right. / I know it's selfish of me a bit. / No, no, mom, it's important. / got to be honest / how you feel / yes / you must / a bit part of me / same way / understand / nice / to say / try and put it out from your mind for a while / Yeah. Perhaps you are right. / Are you busy now, for the next hour or so? / Well,... / Well, we've got the cows in. I can take it from here / Really? / Yes. Yeah. / So, why don't you come down to the river with me and Henry? / You'd like granny to come with us, wouldn't you? / Yeah. / All right then. I will.

Brenda, ...... I met her in the village. / Oh yeah? how's she doing? / Ah, she seemed OK. Still sad, but,... / Yeah. / keep / together, you know, doing her best to move on / That's good, I guess. / not / it easy. / 's been a lot harder / Tom from what I heard / I know / stuck there on his own / empty house / ought to call sometime, see if / find / meet up. / Yeah. Why don't you? / spare moment, although, to be honest I feel like we've got enough family problems with our own right now. / Yeah. Well, I'd better start getting the cows in / Oh, by the way, I checked the agency web site / ad / now / looks OK, I think. / Oh good / let's hope it'll / holiday panters / Fingers crossed. / All right. Well, I will just take this / spread / up to the bank / here she is now / Who? Pip? / With Spencer / this summer / picked her up / why / straight back again then? / Hi Pip. / Hi. / Is Spencer not coming in? / No. We are not stopping. / straight out again? / Is that a problem? / Do what you like. / nice to know your plans. Will you be back for tea? / Actually, no. / back at all tonight. / Oh. / gonna tell us why? / Because I'm staying over / Keitlin's place / Keitlin? / from uni / roommate / no choice really, have I? / Why? / If I don't have a car. I can't keep begging lifts / trying / I know it's difficult / It's impossible. In fact, I may stay over a few nights this week. / A few nights? Pip, / flat mates / only a way / sofa as long as I want / Sofa? / Pip, all right. Look, you've made your point, but there's no need to be ridiculous about it. / My point is, I can't afford a car, and so this is the only way I can get / uni on time / pick up my stuff. / Pip,.... / I'll give you a call some time, OK?

very quiet / we are very very lucky, you might / a king fisher / down here recently? / around / No, you can't go in today. Water is cold / Oh, yes. Your mom's right. / freeze / another day when it's warmer, OK? / OK. / in the shallows, you and Tom / when you were little / Tom pushed me into a nettles. / Did he? I don't remember that. / It really hurt. / Oh. / Though, to be fair, he / sorry / after / better. / Oh dear. Tom. / Mom, Tom's fine. / You think so? / He's tougher than you think. Once he accepts Brenda's really not coming back, / together and move on. / I hope so. / The best way is / focused on his work / supermarket deal / a real boost for him / together. / Well then. / What? / duck / Oh no, no, honey, that's a mole hen. / Duck. / All right. / Quite right, Henry / If it swims and has got feathers / even if it doesn't quwack. / Oh, it's gone. Wait a minute / if we stay still / There. It's come back. You see it now. / Yes. / Thanks mom. / This is a real treat for me. ... with you and Henry / lovely afternoon like this, ........ away from all the stress. I'm glad you've persuaded me to come. / OK, well, how about this? / worrying about the herd sale / let's not talk about that now. / listen / on the farm, / I can't say I'm looking forward to it either / so, if you find / all too much to bear / we needn't stay. You, me and Henry / go off / really nice together, .... if that makes it easier for you. What do you think?

I'm not happy about it either, David. / I mean, how's she gonna do her university work if she's camping out on someone's sofa? / I know. / Feels like she's playing games to me, you know, grown-up tantrums. / if / shiny new car / move out / You know / more complicated than that. / Oh yeah? / It's not easy / to commute. It's a real problem. / even be / planet Earth and settles for / car she can afford / let's be realistic. She's not / is she? / you know / digs her heels in. / Yeah, I do know. / I wonder / which side of the family / she gets that from? / All right, all right. / I know it's frustrating. / makes / not gonna solve anything. / So what's your solution then? / Well, I think you need / calm down a bit for starters. / And what? / give her the money? / I didn't say that. / have to back down / She's old enough to make her own choices / help us out again. / OK. But, / It's no good / worked up / We'll just have to try and be patient / sense / willing / some kind of compromise. / Maybe you are right. But I shall not be holding my breath.

I'm free to give you a hand now if you like. / No, no. That's kind of you, but I'm almost done. / Oh. Well, thanks again for stepping / get / work done for the meeting? / I've pulled a few thoughts together, yes / Oh, good. / really / first chance I've had / properly. / Yes, well / at least now I know I'm going to start. I should be able to / decent picture / on Wednesday / Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you will. / go for it / well / hiya / hello / Oh, hello, Henry. / Hiyai / You've come to help with the milking? / just too late, I'm afraid. Maybe next time. / Come on. After all that walking. / all the way down to the river, and back / well done. / sounds like a real marathon. / We've had a lovely time. / Oh, good. / mole hen / And, well, Helen and I've had a talk. I'm feeling better about the herd sale. I think we should go ahead and hold it on the farm. / You sure about that, mom? / Yes. I can see it does more sense. I'm still ... find it hard, but / Helen / too much for us. / OK. Well, / let's call it settled then. / call in the morning / Yes all right. / And, after that, we need to think about who else we are going to tell / wait a bit surely / Not for much longer. / Pip asking me / extra milking / I'll give  / Really? / quite know what to say, so I kind of fudged it. / You are right. / soon be losing her job / she'll have to know / Trevor too, of course / I suppose. / I ought to tell her next time she comes in. / Yeah. Why don't you do that, and I'll have a word with trevor. / OK. / ask them to keep it to themselves for now / rather / whole village / know / sooner or later, mom. / oh yes / can't / secret forever. / a bit more time to get used to it myself before it gets public. / OK / Mom, what about Clarrie and Susan? / Do I need to tell them now? / Well,... / Remember, Alister is coming to test the herd on Friday / and we are not due a regular test / bound to wonder why. / Yes, yes I suppose you are right. / We don't want them to hear / accidentally from someone else. That would be a disaster. / Yeah. / Would you like me to tell them for you? / No, no, no. I / I really don't mind, if it makes it easier. / thanks / Better coming from me. I just need to pick the right moment.