Caroline has serious forebodings about her new tenants. Rob declares war on the village; he has decided to stay put, no matter what.

Radio Times: Rob gets a letter, and Caroline wants things in order.

Characters: Caroline, Eddie, Joe, Oliver, Rob, Ursula

• Caroline accuses Oliver of delaying preparing the Grundy’s tenancy. She insists that they need to get on with offering a one year, formal tenancy along with terms and conditions. Oliver promises to sort the matter out, pronto.
• Ursula finds Rob reading an article about child development. He’s excited about meeting Gideon (Jack) but angry that it will take place in the Tea Room. He’s also annoyed that she has no visiting rights as yet. But on the upside, he has his job offer, he’s seeing his son and soon he has his colostomy reversed. Soon he’ll be a “whole man” again.
• The Sterlings pay a surprise visit to Grange Farm. Caroline is completely “surprised” to find her Edwardian chaise longue being dragged into the cider shed in readiness for Saturday’s meeting of the Cider Club. She archly refuses Eddie’s offer to move it back and declines an invitation to the meeting, before going off to check on the building work. Oliver is left to hand over the agreement and let Eddie know that the first rental payment will fall on Monday next. He leaves on good terms having accepted an alternative invitation to come over tonight to taste the cider. Eddie is secretly dumbfounded. Where’s Monday’s rent going to come from?
• At Blossom Hill, Ursula returns with some fruit to find Rob reading up on the exploits of Demara. He insists that he’s going to hit the ground running when he starts work. As an afterthought, she gives him a hand delivered letter that she found on the doormat. At Grange Farm, the cider tasting is well underway. Oliver finds the chaise longue in the yard, in a sunny position. Joe had a sleep on it, but Eddie promises to get it in if rain threatens. Joe is overcome with goodwill towards Oliver and embraces him, much to his surprise.
• Rob has received two months notice to quit from Usha. He insists to Ursula that he was going to leave anyway, and it’s saved him the trouble of writing. With Justin’s salary, he can well afford to rent or buy a home in the village. He can set about making a home for Gideon and in time, Henry. He rejects Ursula’s suggestion that they should clean the carpets in order to remove his blood stains. If Usha thinks that she can invoke the dilapidations clause, she has another think coming. So does Ambridge, if the residents think that they can hound him out. He’s staying put, for good.