29 January 1997
Characters: Caroline, David, Jean-Paul, Lynda, Richard, Ruth, Shula
- Richard confirms that Ruth is pregnant, and advises her to keep off alcohol. Ruth still wants to keep it quiet for a while.
- Jean-Paul is unhappy that he has had no say in the menu for the wedding reception which was transferred from Lower Loxley. Lynda’s sensitive handling of the situation doesn’t help much.
- After a successful year, Ruth wants to buy in twenty more cows, and make some other changes in the herd management. David thinks that, with Ruth pregnant, it’s not a good time, but Ruth insists.
- Jean-Paul refuses to make prawn cocktail as a starter for the wedding reception, but Caroline asks him to compromise.
- Ruth convinces David that expansion is really the best plan, but it will cost in the region of GBP100,000.
Summarised by: Chris Harrison