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15/02/2026

Alice has a suggestion to put to Rex, and at Berrow Farm, Hannah is sceptical.

At the Rewilding, Alice is impressed by how the beavers have already reduced the risk of flooding downstream on the Am. Alice takes photographs for Phoebe before circuitously asking Rex if he did anything for Valentine鈥檚 Day. Rex, though, is worried about his taxi licence renewal after a drunken fare made a complaint about Rex 鈥渟tealing鈥 an expensive watch he left in Rex鈥檚 cab. Unless Rex can prove the man鈥檚 suspicions are groundless, that could be it for him as a cabbie. Alice suggests checking if the watch was handed in at any of the pubs and bars the man drank at before getting in Rex鈥檚 cab, offering to split the task if they go on Tuesday. Rex agrees.

Alice confides in Ruairi that she鈥檚 debating whether or not to ask out someone she fancies, before noting Ruairi is more subdued than usual. Ruairi denies this and heads off to Berrow Farm, where Neil lets Hannah know that Ruairi is starting as a trainee. It鈥檚 all very last minute, Martyn having told Neil that Brian wants Ruairi to get more hands-on farming experience. Hannah is unimpressed, what they need is a skilled worker, not a complete novice. Neil agrees, but they鈥檝e got no choice in the matter. Ruairi then listens carefully while Neil and Hannah outline the seriousness of the responsibilities Ruairi will be taking on and the necessity of avoiding contamination. Later, while Neil starts showing Ruairi what to do, Ruairi gets distracted, then slips and falls in the muck. Hannah can鈥檛 see him lasting a week.

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