Clatterford

With her husband (Hywel Bennett) being the grumpy doctor of the town, Sal is always the voice of common sense and font of all knowledge when it comes to the town’s people and their needs. She never has a moment to herself but that is just the way she likes it, as long as she has her best friend, Tip, to keep her sane and go for a quick half with in the pub. Despite her knowledge and love of her fellow townsfolk, she cannot bring herself to join the local church’s Women’s Guild – she thinks the knitting and cake-baking is not really her scene – and avoids being recruited by the Guild’s leader, Eileen, at every opportunity.

Sal is getting used to living on her own. Despite the odd unwanted visit from Kate Bales and the fact she still hasn’t sorted out Mike’s old things, she is coping just fine and can always rely on Tip for a quick half down the pub to lighten the mood.

It is the annual ceremony of the 'Beating of the Bounds' in Clatterford. The vicar is taking it all very seriously indeed; he is ready to do his blessing duties and has even brought out his black cassock for the occasion,. For the rest of the community, it is an excuse for a bit of a booze-up on the moor. The Guild always organises the food but, when Rosie forgets to order the pasties, the women leap into action and get the production line started.

Sal is getting used to having Tash living at home again, but although it stops her rattling round her house by herself it is also driving her round the bend. In a bid to occupy herself, she keeps finding excuses to pop round to the surgery, particularly when she needs to escape the Guild’s craft morning!

It is Harvest Festival time and the members of the Ladies Guild set about collecting food and decorating the church for the event. However, the vicar is even more bad-tempered than usual, moaning about the donations of tinned goods to the fair and that Eileen keeps interrupting his church ceremonies. So when Rosie questions him about hearing the voice of God and her desire to be a vicar, he brushes her off saying that vicars usually get some sort of calling or sign from God.

Tip and Colin are up to their eyes in paperwork on the farm as the lambs are off to be slaughtered. When old widower farmer Elijah (Brian Knight) gets in a pickle with a dead cow, Tip decides they need to get Elijah back on track with his paperwork and his life and calls in help from Sal and the rest of the Guild.