18/08/2025
Ed remembers his misspent youth, and Martyn is feeling lonely.
Martyn delivers a bottle of wine to Tracy in gratitude for her support over Marlene. Martyn then gives Tracy a sob story about the sadness of eating alone, so Tracy invites him to join her and Jazzer for tea. When Jazzer returns later he covers his irritation by helping himself to Martyn鈥檚 wine, before they all enjoy the meal and Martyn invites Jazzer to play golf. Jazzer then excuses himself to go to band practice, despite Tracy鈥檚 protestations that they have a guest. Once Jazzer鈥檚 gone Martyn is envious of Jazzer鈥檚 hobby and Tracy wishes Chelsea had one too. Martyn then extols the virtues of Tracy鈥檚 chaotic family life, lamenting his single status and supposing he puts women off by being too serious. Tracy reckons the best thing Martyn can do is just have fun.
Fallon returns some shears she鈥檚 borrowed from Ed and suggests a drink before band practice tonight. She鈥檚 disappointed she hasn鈥檛 heard back from Ash about rejoining Dross, but Ed reckons he might just turn up anyway. At The Bull they mull over Stella doing the harvest, Fallon and Harrison鈥檚 anniversary, and Amber being in a foul mood this morning. But their main focus is the band鈥檚 reunion gig. Their good mood is punctured though, when Fallon gets a text telling her that Ash died a year ago, leaving a young family behind. Ed and Fallon struggle to take in the news, before Jazzer joins them and is equally shocked. Fallon reports that Ash鈥檚 wife, Jenna, wants to meet them tomorrow to talk about something, but hasn鈥檛 said what.
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