07/07/2024

Published: July 7, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Alistair and Denise have a romantic day out at a Borsetshire lake, enjoying a picnic on a boat. They chat about Paul who\u2019s coming to terms with splitting up with Etienne. Alistair and Denise marvel at their luck, all the years they\u2019ve know each other and now they\u2019re here in each other\u2019s arms. Feeling they\u2019ve now turned a corner, Denise knows she has to tell John about Alistair sooner rather than later, but it will impact on her family. Alistair\u2019s understanding when she says she can\u2019t face doing it yet. She\u2019ll know when it\u2019s the right time.

Emma and George chat about the haymaking at Grange Farm which George will have to do this year as Ed and Emma will be on a tree surgery job. They\u2019ll ask for Ben\u2019s help. Chris pops by on his way to cricket, but when Emma comments that he\u2019s managing well with Martha considering he\u2019s on his own, Chris retorts that she has two parents. They\u2019re surprised to hear Alice is in rehab and Emma wonders whether Alice will change her plea once she gets herself sober.

Later Neil asks Emma about Chris and whether he mentioned the mystery about the cider bottle that was in Alice\u2019s car. George asks Emma what Neil was saying and anxiously wonders why Chris is obsessing about it.

Chris isn\u2019t interested when Neil points out that he thinks Hannah fancies him - it\u2019s time Chris started thinking about meeting someone else. But Chris is more interested in working out why Alice pleaded not guilty, if she\u2019d caused the crash.