Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-07-01 Monday                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130701_1920a.mp3

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

Morning. / Oh. Hi, Bren. / Any tea in the pot? / Yeah. Get yourself a mug. / OK. / How are you this morning? / not bad / late / you / office this afternoon / possible tenant to show / Oh yeah? Promising? / very proimssing. They are both in steady jobs / place in a hurry / that'd be nice / depends / needs a lick of paint here and there / case / decorators / Well then, It's all in hand? / Yeah. / be nice to have some good news for Lilian / actually / for a change / go / thanks, Roy. You are a life saver. / No problem. / after / a few things / Borchester / excuse me / another half an hour in bed / I wish / then / to be honest, I didn't sleep particularly well. / not like you. / I know / kept / go round and round my head / what sort of stuff? / Ah, you know, life stuff. / Right. ... Look / if you are gonna be in town later on, how about / meeting up / lunch / honestly, there's no need / oh, come on / treat meself / day off / town anyway. Hayley tells me / need some new work shirts / ah well, in that case, yeah. Thanks. I'd like that. / Great.

It's dificult to know where to put your money these days without tying it up for a long time. / want to do / Not all of it anyway. We / need to keep / some / fairly accessible / so this / sort you out / financial advisor bloke / Robert Snell recommended / hope / did a really good job for them / Yeah, well, before you / lucrutive investment trust, remember, there / kits / badly need on the farm / hang on, Tom, this is  our pension we are talking about here / comes to that, there's / dairy equipment / including the separator / Pat, I thought we'd agreed. We are gonna sort out the savings planned first / and we will. / Right. So, for the moment, Tom, you can forget / any thought / new tractor / ok / oh, that'll be Oliver / have a good morning / thanks / bring back a couple of pigeons / Yeah, why not / assuming / hit anything / certainly no guarantee / that front / Morning, Oliver / Morning / Morning / lovely day for it anyway / Yes, haven't we just. / have a good time, both of you / I suppose I ought to make / move / you are working with Morris today? / no. he's going to / on his own this morning. I've got shopping to do / shopping / don't worry, mom. I'm not trolling / new / off to the wholesalers / I see / flat out on casserol tomorrow / coming / Oh, right / treble check we've got everything we need. We can't afford any holdups / quite a week, isn't it? With a big launch coming up soon / Yep. Who knows? We could look back in a few years time / this was the moment / the business went big time.

/ wonderful anniversary dinner / various special restaurants, and there we were, sitting down / Chinese takeaway / bit of a let down, eh? / of course it wasn't Caroline's fault / one / like that / even so, dissapointing / Absolutely. But there's more than that, Tony. / just the occasional crisis / works / sometimes seems as though Caroline's work dominates everything. / Right. / I can tell / stage in our lives / more travelling together. / nothing planned? / what's the point? She doesn't seem to be able to / get away. Well, / a day or two / that's tough / Yes. / I've been trying / that / offer / more shifts in the community shop, if they have me. / sure they will / we'll see / anyway / shooting / thanks again for invitation / No. Glad you could make it. ... Feels like, my life has been stuck on hold too. / What do you mean? You mean, losing the cows? / Yeah / quite an adjustment, I can tell you / even though / I still knew they were there / which was important. / yeah. you'll understand this, Oliver, for me, the herd was the heart of that farm / most of my working life, I've been calling myself a dairy farmer. / It's a wonderful thing to be. / it was / head round the fact / so, what am I? / you are still a farmer / quite the same, is it? / well / I was thinking / working / yesterday. To be honest, anyone could do this job. / Nuh, I can't go along with that. You are a highly skilled operator / and managing dairy cows, but, now we don't have any. So, what am I now, eh? A casual worker? / feels like to me at the moment / of course I can't say anything / because / strong for pat / she feels / hang on, look / oh, yeah / are you going to / pleasure / or am I? / Be my guest.

There you go. One white wine splitzer / will take our food order in a minute / thanks, Roy. Cheers. / Yeah. Cheers. ... So, how did it go this morning? / Yeah, pretty good. They are very interested. / Oh, that's great. / Yeah. / did they actually sign up? / not quite / details to iron out. But I think they will / well / quite quickly / next couple of weeks / possible / Well done, sis / thanks / at last / got some good news / Matt and Lilian / head home / home soon then? / yeah / back / office / next Monday. So they say anyway. / number 3 should definitely earn you a few browny points / Let's hope so. ... Uh, unfortunately I haven't done so well / own accomodation / Look, I told you, there's no pressure / that department, right? / Yeah, thanks. I thought / place / flat mate / moving out / Oh yeah? / apparently / this morning / changed her mind / don't worry. Something'll turn up. / Yeah, it needs to, for all of us / surely it can't come too soon / Phoebe / don't worry about them / fine / not great, though / they'll survive. ... Oh. Hi, Tom. / Hi, Roy. Oh, hi, Brenda. / Hiya, Tom. / I didn't see you there. How's it going? / thanks / I'm all right / business's OK? / Pretty good, actually. You heard we've got / launch / Belingham soon? You know, the frozen ready meals / Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hope it goes well. / thanks / Right. Well, / I'd better get on, places to go, people to meet, you know. / nice to see you anyway / yeah, yeah, and you. / see / bye, Tom / He's looking well. / Yeah. Still building his business empire. / I'm glad. / Yeah? / He deserves success. / Right. What do you want to eat? / Uh, fancy / sharing platters / OK. / I'd better head back to the office / Lilian / good news.

Ah. There we are. Three plump pigeons. I'll deal with them later. / they are pretty fat, arn't they? / like them / time of the year, I suppose / yourself down, Oliver. I / stick / kettle on / anything / do / won't take a minute / bread and cheese / OK / Perfect. / we might have rather nice ham / goodness / feast / my goodness / as you say, they are nice and plump. / stuffed full of / feeling guilty / me / we've done him a favour, taking out a few of them / Of course we have / now we get to enjoy our reward. Everybody wins. / So, uh, tell me, how / to be honest, I / even / Pat. she usually does / caserole / Me too. / sort of, you know, game stew / right / say / from / house chedder / or Borsetshire Blue, if you prefer it / wonderful / yourself / some bread / I'm afraid / shop-bought milk / what do you mean / Bridge Farm milk, isn't it? / of course / what could be better? / sorry. Got so used to / straight from the tank / doesn't feel / real thing / assure you / certainly the real thing / Yeah, absolutely / Right. Well, / I'll make the tea / Tom mentioned that your organic milk supplier / isn't too far away / yes / chap / name's Jimmy Edmonds / is it good stuff? / oh, very good. But it's just not Bridge Farm's / over there, Pat and I, / got a most amazing pastures / that's the important thing / yeah exactly / real test / come later this week / Oh yeah? / well / first / yougurt made with it / went / today. So, fingers crossed that no one's gonna notice the difference.

Yeah, what is it, Brenda? / How's the holiday going? / Have you dragged me to the phone / social chit-chat? / No no I've got some good news / It's about / Green / tenants / at last / they are a couple, thirtiesh, I'd say / she's a teacher, he works / good references / Excellent. / they are keen to move in as soon as possible / signatures on the contract / they can move in / yeah, ok / is the redecorating done now / after all / Brenda, I gave you clear instructions to get the painters in there asap. Are you telling me / of course / go / problem / yours / as soon as the work's finished. / Lilian, I wish you'd listen to me. We don't need the painters / couple / work themselves / What? / they'll do the painting / all / asking / small rent reduction in return / they are asking for what? / a small rent reduction / 25 pounds a month. just / first 12 months / hope / put them straight / pretty sensible arrangement to me. We get / quickly, and / decorating cost / Brenda, we've discussed already. You know exactly what / that property / say good-bye / prepared / of course I am / but that's stupid. / you listen to me, Brenda, you are not paid to negotiate special deals. Your job is to carry out / place painted / specified rent / get on and do your job. / Lilian, Lilian ! ... Ahggg !

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