02/09/2024

Mia and Brad relax on the Green and she shows him a virtual tour of her Uni halls in Newcastle. She leaves on Saturday and it all suddenly feels very real. Brad is starting at Felpersham and they need to do something special before they go – agreeing a walk and a picnic up Lakey Hill on Wednesday. Ruth’s impressed as one-woman community litter campaigner Joy gets to work outside the shop. As they recall what happened to Ruth’s heifer, and the threat to livestock from choking on litter, they know that official action will be slow. So Ruth joins Joy to make it a two woman litter campaign! They agree to brainstorm ideas and discuss who else to recruit, including Brad and Mia – keen to get all their ideas before they both set off to their respective Unis. Robert, Helen and young Jack all come along to Joy’s and Mia takes notes, reading out the various ideas they’ve come up with. Joy hoped Lynda would be there – maybe Robert will coordinate things. Jack’s going to get his school involved, and Joy agrees to let him take charge. Joy and Ruth reflect on the big changes ahead for Brad and Mia, remembering their own formative years. The young couple are left to compare what each has coming up – with Joy and Ruth having raved about all the fun of the North East, Brad’s jealous – but Mia says it wouldn’t compare to litter picking with him in Ambridge. How romantic, he jokes.