The Archers catch-up: Linda saves the day, Tracy reaches new levels of hilarious, Eddies trying to get his own son fired

There were three people in David and Ruths marriage this week: Dave, Ruth and that flipping leather jacket. It started the week in a pile in Jills loft, destined for the charity shop and ended the week on Berts scarecrow – but not before David has terrorised Ambridge and his dear family by insisting on wearing it out.

However, if thats as bad as Daves midlife crisis gets – the only other signs of his impending 60th birthday have been wanting tickets to Dr Feelgood and the occasional run around Ambridge – Ruths had a lucky escape.

Arent people are being a bit mean to him over the leather jacket though? Pip wouldnt even be seen with him. How bad can it really be? Put some pictures in the comments below if you have any thoughts.

In the Peggy-Kate-Yakult trifecta, Peggy thought shed managed to out-Kate Kate, but it backfired when Kate booked newcomer to the neighbourhood, the garrulous Joy, to look after her in the evening before bed and to come back in the morning. Well, Peggy was exhausted after the onslaught of Joy and her tales of My Rochelle. She cant keep up the games. They decided to call a truce. In the meantime, Kate has finally got the long-awaited nooky from Yakult. She was like the cat that got the cream when she rolled in the next morning. Even losing the vegan bake off couldnt dampen her spirits at this point.

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Linda saves the day in the cricket and becomes hero of the hour. She never does anything by halves – her determination to learn every arcane rule about the game is admirable – but seems to grate on Alistair, who moans that shes asking too many questions, until she points out Darringtons no ball and overturns the umpires wicket against Ambridge, winning them the game. Shes now set on becoming an umpire herself – which sounds like is a brilliant idea since she knows the rules better than anyone – but seems to horrify Alistair. Fickle as the wind, that one.

Oliver and Tracys relationship is going from strength to strength and its a beautiful thing. They go out for a supper club night and its the first time hes laughed so much since Caroline died. It was all thanks to Tracy, giving him stories about getting it on with fireman and her dodgy son setting fire to the garden shed.

Ian has called a truce with druggie Freddie Pargeter because hes getting someone he likes even less in at Grey Gables. Arch enemy no.1 Hugh from Lower Loxley is coming to take over in the kitchen – sorry, not take over, stand in – and Freddie has offered to spy for Ian.

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Meanwhile over at Home Farm Adams quinoa has dried out too slowly and has got too high levels of some long word chemical or another and now has to be sold as birdseed! Adams furious and tries to blame Brian but Bri hits back that he took his eye off the ball with letting the gas in the drier run out.

Before he had the bad news about the quinoa, Pip managed to collar Adam and soften him up by giving him some baby clothes of Rosies, before apologising to him for springing the rewilding project on the partner meeting. Adam takes pity on Pip and says hell table the rewilding at the neRead More – Source