02/10/2025

Pip offers to take Cleo on the school run until her gran and Leonard are up and about. Stella enthuses about her job. She feels like she’s in at the beginning of something really exciting. Pip’s distracted when she finds Paul’s lost trainer. Stella reckons she’s going to have to bite the bullet and ask if she can start taking Cleo with her to work. Later she reports her boss was fine about it – he loves dogs.Paul calls Ruairi while Ruairi’s checking on the rutting stags. He notices one of the stags is bleeding down its face. Paul warns him off approaching it but Ruairi ends the call. Paul rushes to Home Farm, and his fears are confirmed as Ruairi’s nursing an arm injury. Paul helps him tend to it, and they check on the stag – this time through binoculars. Ruairi takes the opportunity to broach dating. Paul’s up for it so they agree to meet on Saturday. Just as they’re about to kiss a roar from a stag breaks the moment, and they part. Paul’s lovely about his damaged trainer, assuring Stella there’s no need to buy him a new pair. Stella treats him to dinner instead. They chat about her job, while Pip receives a text from Rosie wanting to say goodnight to Cleo. Pip thinks Rosie’s going to miss having the dog around. Stella jokes lightly that she can’t win – but it’s nice Rosie likes Cleo so much now. Later Ruairi catches up with Paul outside the Bull, and they share their postponed tender moment.