06/07/2020

Brian looks after Xander while Jennifer catches up on sleep. Xander stayed the night with them last night but he woke up a lot. Brian misses the Home Farm farmhouse and tells Xander that the Aldridges are a funny old bunch. He draws a parallel between Xander and Ian and himself and Debbie and Adam – even though they’re not biologically his children he loves them.

Adam is struggling to find enough people to pick cherries. He’s finding that UK-based people aren’t as reliable as Eastern Europeans. He doesn’t want to tell Brian about the picker problem. He reminisces about Brian’s affair with Siobhan and Jennifer agreeing to raise Ruairi.

Debbie comes off the phone with Elaine, Roger Travers-Macy’s wife. Roger has been recovering from coronavirus but has gone downhill again. Adam’s shocked to hear how badly Debbie's taking it but thinks she can’t expect much of him in her absence – he’s too busy with work and Xander. Debbie thinks Adam is being unfeeling in his lack of enthusiasm for getting in touch with Roger.