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The Archers: 27/05/2014

27/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 27/05/2014

There's a shock for David and Ruth, and Elizabeth braces herself.

It's the day of the district council meeting about the new road. Shula offers to pick Elizabeth up but she has a wedding party booked so won't be able to make it.

Elizabeth is getting nervous about Loxfest. Roy wants to give her first-hand experience of a festival. It all sounds a bit hard core to Shula. Elizabeth tells Roy that she's used to her luxuries now and can't bear the thought of all that time without a hair dryer or a bath. But Roy persuades Elizabeth by getting some things to make the experience easier, including battery-powered hair tongs and dry shampoo! Elizabeth relents. But if she comes home tired and mosquito bitten, she knows who she'll blame!

David and Lynda are intent on getting straight answers about the road, although Lynda reckons the most likely route would go through Penny Hassett. Robert (secretly planning Lynda's birthday) can't attend, so David agrees to give Lynda a lift.

At the council meeting Lynda is annoyed at the information hand-outs which are almost indecipherable. The council officer says there will be a three month consultation period about the three alternative routes for the new road. David and Ruth are shocked to see Route B - which cuts right through Brookfield.

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