23/06/2025

Pip turns up at Home Farm, worried how Stella is coping with Brian’s antipathy following Friday’s Board meeting, but Stella brushes it off as an occupational hazard. Later at The Bull, Pip tells Kenton how upset she is by Stella shutting her out instead of sharing her true feelings. Kenton reckons Pip has to be honest with Stella, tell her what she thinks and not let it fester. Then after supper at Rickyard, Stella confesses how the tension between her and Brian is unbearable. When Stella hears how upset Pip is that she didn’t confide in her before, they reaffirm their love for one another. Stella reckons the whole rewilding debacle is her fault. But she’s so glad she’s got Pip and promises she won’t ever withhold her feelings again.

Fallon gives Kenton the bad news that Tara, their new kitchen assistant, has lied about being away on jury service. Kenton’s clear, they’ll have to sack her, but Fallon worries how they’ll find a replacement. Then Joy pipes up – what about her? Both Kenton and Fallon are delighted. Later, when Fallon describes the lovely birthday break she’s had with Harrison, Joy senses her ambivalence about how much she’s enjoying being back with him. Fallon doesn’t want to talk about it, though. When Fallon approaches grumpy Kenton to talk about formally interviewing Joy, he tells her the police want him to help get Markie and his gang convicted for illegal dog trading. But the last thing Kenton wants is to recall the horror of the night he was attacked.