22/10/2024

Published: Oct. 22, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Ruth\u2019s been practising her ploughing and Ben offers to help polish Bert\u2019s old tractor for the match. Although Stella\u2019s pulled out of the ploughing she\u2019ll still be dressing up in fifties gear on the day, plus giving talks about women\u2019s roles in harvesting and the no-till drill at Home Farm. Ruth\u2019s got another rival for the Ladies Cup, though \u2013 a farmer from Loxley Norton. Ben then tells Ruth he\u2019s got a job as part-time Health Care Assistant at the same surgery where Azra works. Ruth worries about him doing too much, but Ben\u2019s sure he\u2019ll be fine - and anyway, he needs the cash. Azra has suggested David can be one of Ben\u2019s first patients, having a free flu jab. But Ruth reckons David will take a lot of persuading as he hates injections and in the past only submitted to them when he absolutely had to.

George calls Brad from prison, but tells him he can\u2019t say much about the fight in the prison with guards and prisoners around. They talk about Brad\u2019s course and Poppy\u2019s guinea-pig, before George whispers that because of others in there he has to keep his head down and mouth shut. He cuts Brad off. When Jazzer asks who he was talking to, Brad invents a conversation with Mia. Later, Brad tells Jazzer he\u2019s had an invitation from the prison to visit George - on Friday. Brad admits he doesn\u2019t exactly want to go, but thinks he should. Jazzer expresses doubt but concludes Brad should ask his mum about it, and in the end only Brad can make the decision.