Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-06-24 Monday                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130624_1920a.mp3

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Oh. is A___ G___ working on St. Stephens now? / Nuh. It's a ___ for Neil. / Neil? / Yeah. I wanna / like / dinner break / hand / fund-raising / put it up / Oh. Right. / only, I thought / doing / we've got a decent one if you need one. / is looking for is the one / belongs to the church. But thanks for the offer / fund-raising going? / very / 's waiting for / another couple of trusts this week. / Well, fingers crossed. / Flower Festival should help / you never know. These things can be very pupular. / Clarrie is quite confident that she can / swell the coffer / display she and Nic are putting together / good for her / and, of course, / and all / with a flower display? / yeah / Well, well. You are a man of many talents, Eddie, but I would never have guessed that flower arranging is one of them. / very amusing. No, not the flower bit. I'm helping with another part of it. / Oh. You are being very cryptic. / sworn with / secrecy, isn't / Olympic opening ceremony / not quite as spectacular / guessing / you'd be surprised, Tony / these affairs / wrong there / all sound most intriguing, but I don't know my ___ from my ___ / You should come and have a look around. / Friday 28th to Sunday the 30th of June. / Yeah. You can mention it to Pat. / yeah, maybe / It might cheer her up, eh.

What is it, Clarrie? I'm just off / back to / what time do you want me and Nic to start / Half-eightish. / that should be fine / as long as / first panters get here / about nine o'clock? / Yeah, I reckon, although there are always those who / a bit early / Pip will / straight after she's finished the milking. / over there, in the small barn? / Yeah, that's it. Dad / set up / tables and chairs at one end / anyone who want to sit down / Helen says / biscuits and cakes from the shop on Tuesday night. / Yeah, that's right / but, what about a price list? I mean, you said how much to charge for teas and coffees, but you ... I've no idea about biscuits and so on / pretty sure Helen will have all that covered. She'll probably / print / prices for you / I'll make sure / other / ask / about the signage, to point out which fields the car parks are in. / Ah ha. Dad and I are making those. / And, will you be putting them up? / Well, maybe / Eddie could do that / oh / speak of the devil. / OK. / Do you wanna speak to him? / could you just tell him that I'll ring him later? / Oh, will do. ... Eddie. / Hello, Clarrie love. / I hope you are / some good news / just got the water feature. / Good. / weighs a ton. / definitely / catalogue / exact one / didn't you? In the description. / cost a pretty penny, though. Good thing / tried / discount / I hope you are not grudging the money / good cause / I know. / it will be worth its weight in gold. Oh, I can't wait to see certain people's faces when it's all in place and I switch it on. / worried to have / Yeah. / Oh. / What? / Hadn't you better put it together beforehand, to make sure it's all working properly? / Clarrie, it'll be fine. I've never had a problem with this manufacturer / But Eddie, this could be the one time you do have. / all right / I'll build it in our backgarden for you. / Tonight. / brookfield. / too long nowadays, is it? / after / off / you can build it after you get back / can / get back / hoping / Eddie. / Eddie ! / Yeah, right, as soon as ___.

Everything all right, Tom? / Yeah. / I'll be putting those ___ up / small / OK. / save a bit of time tomorrow. Oh, I've had a word with your mom. She and I have decided to give the profits from the teas to Neil, for the organ fund. / Oh, really? / Well, you gotta do your bit, / you? / yeah, I suppose / Yeah. Right, see you later then. / Uh, dad? / Huh? / Has mom said anything yet, about coming to the sale? / No, no, she hasn't decided yet, and I don't want to push her.

Here you are. / Ah, cheers, Clarrie love. / and there's some of Bethany's christening cake. / Ta. / How is it coming along? / Nearly there. / I can't wait. / not much longer. / The cake was lovely, wasn't it? / What cake? / This cake. Bethany's christening cake. / Oh, was it? / Didn't you see it before they cut it? / Very simple and very classy, with a ___ and / little icing rose buds. / very nice / Bethany / underneath. / it was tasty. that's all I noticed. / It can't go wrong with / proper sponge cake. Everybody likes sponge cake. .... Hey, I never told you about George, did I? / What about him? / when I was babysitting for William and Nic on Saturday / what happened? / I had to laugh. You know / praying bug / deep-sea diving or mountaineering next week. / I'm just glad he / nt / want to be a burglar no more. .... Anyway, Saturday night, I read him and Jake a story and tucked them up, and then I went downstairs, and, then I  / about, so  / goes back upstairs, and, there's George, kneeling by the bed with a load of Teddies and action figures, teaching them all to pray. / Oh, blimey / you should have seen him, praizing ___ for being good at it, / batman's in a naughty corner / wouldn't say his prayers. / what's he like / I wouldn't care, but / already had an argument with Mia / arguing about / how mad on dinosaur she is / she's got these dinosaur bath squirters. / she wouldn't get in the bath until we found them. Guess where they were. / Go on. / in the boys' room. George / David / Goliath / dear / I don't know. / Right. So, what do you reckon? / Oh. ... a bit bigger than it looked in the catalogue. / I told you. But it's the one you wanted. / Yeah. Oh, I think it'll look better once / in the church / only / up-close / on the ground / shall I turn it on then, make sure it works? / Yeah, come on. / Are you ready? / Go on. / Ta tah. What do you think? / Well ... / What do you mean, "well"? Ain't you pleased? / Yeah. / Oh, flippin heck. / There's something missing, ___ real ___ factor. Oh, I don't know what / Oh, blimey, Clarrie, / after all hard work and all / could have been down the ___. / Wait. I got it. I know exactly what it needs.

There you go, girl. You've done ___ grand job. All of you have. I'll be sorry to see you go. / Hello. What's this. / Oh, hi dad. / Talking to the cows? / Yeah. / You're going soft, Tom. / I often talk to them. / Yeah. Yes, I know. / Anyway, before you take them back to pasture, can we just go over a few details for Wednesday? / Fire away / what's the forecast? / Wednesday? Mostly fine. / Shall we risk it then? Build pens in the paddock? / I / fine. So, / holding ___ to the right / in the center / down to the bottom / ring / two or three / to the left of the ring / should do it / Great. OK / I'll grab a quick sandwich and get out and mow / front field / is that the one / decided to use as a car park? / yeah, because, if we need it, we've got / top / over / side / good thinking. / building / yard / looking very tidy / Yeah. Good. / thanks for that, dad, you've been busy / it's important to make a good impression. / Definitely. / Your mom is still finding it all very difficult. / Yeah. I know. / She's always been every inch a ___ woman. / she ran a herd of / when we first met, did you know? / I remember her telling us about them. / one of our first dates / helping / did she tell you that? / Really? No, she didn't. / first time I met her. She had come over with her uncle H___. She was wearing a bright yellow shirt, / ray of sunshine / Yeah? / And, the next thing I knew, she was walking me around the cows / our own farm / Right, yeah / about wether or not / new ___ desease in the herd. Anyway, your mother took one look at the suspect cows, and recommended I call ___ straight away. ... I don't / that kind of advice / well, it was almost an order / don't think / anyone else like I listened to her. / still do, of course / you and mom are a great team. / Yes. Yes, we are. / And you are great pioneers, going organic before most people knew what it meant / Yeah, that's was right. / your uncle Brian ___, of course. / that's his job / called us / brigade / Typical. / magic, they said. But we stuck to our guns as / and, well, / The rest is history. / Yes. / Helen and I are really proud of you both, you know. / Good heavens. / We are proud of what you've done, of what you've achieved / always see eye to eye, / Nuh. / but we are so grateful. / I know. / Well, maybe sometimes we ... I, don't always show it. / You don't always have to say things out loud. / Maybe sometimes you should. ... I am ... we are very grateful. We know what you and mom are giving up. So, thank you. / Oh. Good grief. ... Hey, let's get the ___ cows back up to the field before / have us both going soft.

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