Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-06-09 Sunday                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130609-1920a.mp3

You are listening to Sunday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4.

There .... Oh, good morning. Thought I heard hooves coming / Steady now. / How are you, Lilian? / Fine, thank you, David. Just blowing away the cobwebs, you know / yeah / I'm taking him out for Alice. / Here I'm, uh, I'm putting signs up for our Open Day. You must have passed one / sorry, I .... / No, it's ok. Maybe they are not big enough. Didn't want to clatter the place, you know. Well, I hope the weather will hold, makes a difference to the numbers / come / Yeah, yeah. .... uh, look, David, do you mind if we go on / No, no, no, no, didn't mean to hold you up. / your are going anywhere nice? / No I / no. anywhere.

Hi gran. / Well well, what's all this? / display for the eggs. What do you think? / It looks very professional. / Neil's just / round / birds / see / eggs / come from / my first farmers' market / Phoebe and Hayley / On your mom's birthday? / Saturday / No, Josh. Sunday. / Are you sure? / Yes, dear. / Oh, no. I was sure it was Saturday. I can't back out the market. I was the one who pushed us to go. / Your mom won't mind. / I suppose. / Oh, hi, gran. / Morning, Pip. / Do you wanna hand / I'll do it. / Don't fight over it. Go on, Josh. Thanks for the offer, Pip. / It's OK. / tables up / auntie Shula is alrerady in the barn / be careful / Josh. / tin foil over them / yes, careful, Josh. Don't drop them. / Oh, shut up. / He is unbearable at the moment. / Now, how are your exams going, darling? / Not too bad. I've got economic policies on Tuesday. / that / just an hour on it. It'll be so great stewarding today, anything / head out of / revision notes / good of you to help. / It's a family effort, Farm Sunday. / Jill, Hi. / Morning, love. / pig / mom / OK, you get off. / I shan't be long. / you have taken the cakes out of the freezer, haven't you, Ruth? / yeah. It was / very / worried / I've baked too many. There was so much food left over last year. / That was an exception / Yes. / publicity we had afterwards / coming today / have to wait and see. Oh, I / tell you / who will be coming. Nic and the children. / Oh, good. / all at the service / george's first time at junior church / George? / round / on a sunday morning. He looked very ... and very serious. / bless him / And all three children are so excited about the new baby, Nic's really blooming.

The word's gone out / all / friends in the building trade. They were sure how many / actually turn up. It will be / quite a big affair / right / people / Oh, and auntie Sharon's flying back from Dubai. / Yeah, yeah of course. / I wanted to tell you because you're family. I hope you feel you can come. You'd be very welcome. / Well, I, uh,  / yeah, yeah, / I'll see / make it / the invitation extends to your partner, of course. Lilian, isn't it? / Yeah, that's right. Well, it's been / could have known him properly. I find that so sad. / yeah / way life is, sometimes / get wound up sometimes / out of perspective, you know, but he could be loving too, and thoughtful. It doesn't seem fair that good ones go early, that's what our nanny used to say / left / I don't know. He wasn't half like her. / needed to be / I suppose / If only he looked after himself properly. / how do you mean? / it's high blood pressure, you know. / No. I didn't know.

So, when a cow's milked out, the ... ... drops off. It's automatic, see? / and they are getting some feed at the same time, which helps. / Thanks Josh / we've got fewer cows going through the parlour at the moment / what we call "block calving", where the whole herd / period. Some people do it in the spring, but we've chosen the autumn, starting at the end of August. / milking much quicker at the moment  / all / more or less the same time, so there's less milk. It'll pretty much / together in a few weeks' time. In fact, I might / summer holiday this year. / Yeah, but / 'll have gallons of the stuff in the autumn, mom.

We all were worried abuot him, but / much / never go to the doctors. / No? / What is it with you men? And it can't have helped / in the family / Yeah? What was that then? / he didn't take it well, mom re-marrying. / Really? / No. And of course we rowed about it. It was stupid, he was so possessive about her. God knows why, but he couldn't let go. Maybe it's because he was on his own. / Right, yeah. / If only / after mom, someone he could talk to and share things with. / Yeah, / we all / that / No one should die alone, should they? / Ah, now, now, there, there,  Grace / that's really terrible. Yeah, I'm,  I'm sorry. / Thank you. / I need to go now. I'm meeting Charlie. There's so much to organize. / Ah, OK. / Monday next, remember? / The morning. / Half ten. And, stay in touch, whatever, won't you? / family / Thanks for listening. Take care. / Yeah. .... hhh .... Awch! Hell. Ooo.

How much have we made, Josh? / I make it, .... a hundred two pounds and fifty p. / Excellent / Good job, gran. / And Shula. / pleased / went / they sold like hot cakes. / something towards / charities anyway. / That's great / Oh, I am pooped. / Well, we've had a busy day. / Yeah, they just kept coming, didn't they? / Right. I'm taking ... ... up. I need to chill. / OK, Pip. / bye / better luck / Tuesday. / Thank you. / Oh, before you go .... / What, dad?  / this is for you, too, Josh. / Yeah? / I had several comments today about my charming and helpful children. / Yay. / they were / be fair. Pip gave up a day's revision / Yeah, she did well. / So, how many eggs did you sell, Josh? / 14 boxes. / Not bad. / Well, he didn't waste a single selling opportunity. / You made sure everyone on the farm / leaflet / first farmers' market / next Sunday, Jill / I don't think I / after all. / not do it? / Josh? / talked little else recently. / Yeah, but .... / What? / It's your birthday that day, isn't it? And Fathers' Day./ I should be here, really. / Oh, Josh, that's very sweet, but you won't be / whole day. I'll tell you what. / when / Ace idea. / Are you sure you don't mind? / Of course not. I'd / out there, doing what you set your heart on. / OK. Cool. / Good. / settle / Sometimes, Josh, when you're genuinely prepared to give something up, / find / need to

Ah, your are in here, darling. / Yeah. I haven't gone off gallivanting anywhere. You've been out for ages. / I told you I would be. So I left you lunch. Was it all right? / Yeah. / I've had a fabulous .... , thanks for asking. .... Met quite a few people while I was out. David, for one, / Ah yeah? / Caroline / riding and heading wood / asked / coffee. And, of course / down / after it. .... So, uh, things have been quiet here, have they? .... Matt? / just feeling a bit lonely, that's all, / sorry for meself. / Well, that sounds understandable. Sorry, tiger. / I've been reading and re-reading a paper. / What? You should have taken yourself out for a walk. / like / enough for me / Friday / notice / just put out / chosen / over me / Well, / alice a favour anyway. / Especially / yesterday afternoon / I'm hardly seeing you / chocolate shop you like, didn't I? / consolation price? / I can't spend all weekend / up inside. I'd go mad. .... Anyway, I have had some really good thought / moodboard for the development while I was out. You know how / riding clears the mind. / What thought, exactly? / wall / depressing / Well, you will have to ring Rick then. / Yeah. I don't know why I didn't see it before. Anyway, how about a cup of tea? I'm parched. / Yeah, great. / to go with it / right / I'll see / rustle up. / No one should die alone, should they? / Sorry? / That's what Grace said / Paul when I spoke to her, last week. All alone in an anonymous hotel room. Horrible, eh? / You didn't say. / No. Well, I was in shock, I suppose. / And there was  a lot to take in. / Of course. Poor man. / Yeah. / blood pressure. / High? Oh, well, that accounts for it. / Yeah, probably. / Who found him? / Housekeeping, I expect. / Awful. / Yeah. Must've been a shock for some poor cleaner. / I'm so sorry. / Are you? / He .... was your brother. / Yeah. .... So you make ... that tea then?