08/01/2023

Jim’s still marvelling at Jazzer’s wedding news. The two speak warmly of their mutual friendship, and Jazzer asks if Jim would be his best man. Jim declares he’d be honoured. However later he has second thoughts; he wouldn’t have a clue how to organise things for it. Jazzer needs a ‘proper bloke.’ Jazzer reckons Jim has it all wrong. He doesn’t want all the trappings of a drunken stag weekend in Magaluf, he just wants a few pints at the Bull. But Jim insists he’d be a let-down. Seeing his stressed state, Jazzer capitulates. He’ll find someone else for the job. Thrilled though he was to be asked, Jim thinks that would be best.
As Rex repairs a wooden shelter in the cold and wet, Kate extolls the virtues of rain. She’s looking forward to taking her cold weather yoga class so that her participants can benefit. She invites Rex to join the class, but he politely declines. Kirsty mentions she ran into a miserable David earlier. Kate reports seeing him out for a meal with Ruth and Vince last week, and that there’d clearly been a row.
Later Kate’s disappointed hardly anyone turned up for her class. Kirsty recommends they sit down with some hot chai and work out how to do things better next time. As they chat Kate gets a message from Jakob. His brother Erik’s coming to stay on Tuesday, and Jakob’s away at a vets’ conference. Kate’s not happy. Jakob doesn’t have a high opinion of Erik – what if he’s as bad as Jakob says?