When will Pip own up?

Most people think Pip will own up about the cows escaping from Brookfield.

72% of those who took part in last week’s vote thought she would own up rather than keep quiet (16.3%) or pin the blame on someone else (11.7%). But, after she was counselled by Toby to say nothing, Pip so far has followed that advice. 

The day of the escape had completely gone out of Pip’s head, until an innocent question from Ruth brought it back to her. Some of the Brookfield dairy herd got out through a weak section of fence. It was Josh who had damaged it but it was Pip who was meant to do the repair.

With the IBR virus now also present in cattle at both Bridge Farm and Home Farm, Brookfield is coming under attack. As they defended themselves against a disgruntled Brian and an all-out angry Tom, Ruth and David assured them none of their dairy herd, which was the first to get the virus, had been off the farm!

On the day of the cows got out, Pip didn’t raise the alarm with her parents. Instead she called on Toby to help her round up the loose cows. While they dealt with the lot mixed up with Tony’s Angueses, Pip got a call from Ed who had come across some Brookfield milkers while on his way to an early morning job. In order to get them off the road, he hurriedly put them onto some Home Farm land.

When Ed raised his concern to Pip that the outbreaks of IBR round Ambridge might be connected to the Brookfield escape, Pip calmly dismissed it even though inside she was panicking. With her family farm’s reputation taking a beating and Ed putting two and two together, Pip needs to find the right moment to come clean…