Big Buns, Bad Bingo and the Family Flannel
🎙️🤣 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗬 – 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝟮𝟮 🤣🎙️🥖🦆🧼 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗦, 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗟! 🧼🦆🥖🚨 𝗪𝗘'𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞, 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗬! 🚨After two weeks off air, Kerry has finally defeated the dreaded lurgy, Pauline has managed not to replace her with a cardboard cut-out, and Herefordshire Hearsay is back to its usual level of completely unhinged conversation! 🎉And what a comeback!This week we've got bread rolls big enough to require planning permission, a bingo night that nearly ended in a lifetime ban, a £750 dress that turned Pauline into a giant blancmange, and a family flannel with a history that frankly deserves a police investigation. 🚔🧼Throw in a teddy bear called Doomy, some dodgy horoscopes, a mountain of afternoon tea and a few festive surprises, and you've got 43 minutes of glorious nonsense!Grab a cuppa, find a comfortable chair and prepare to wonder how two perfectly sensible women can get themselves into so much trouble. ☕😂━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🤧🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗨𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚!Kerry's back! After a nasty bout of coughing that made podcasting virtually impossible, she's finally returned to the microphone.Pauline admits she considered recording an episode on her own, although having a conversation with herself apparently isn't unusual.The advantage? She always wins the arguments.The disadvantage? Absolutely nobody is surprised. 🤣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌊🍦 𝗠𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 & 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠!Before the lurgy struck, our intrepid adventurers enjoyed a fabulous seaside escape to Mumbles.There were stunning coastal views, an upside-down house, a beautiful bride having her wedding photographs taken on the cliffs and, naturally, ice cream.Because going to the seaside without eating ice cream is practically a criminal offence. 🍦🚨They also met the lovely Jez and Claire, who stopped to help them navigate what Pauline and Kerry thought might be a mountain.Apparently, the Welsh have rather different standards when it comes to identifying mountains! ⛰️😂And when Jez started introducing himself with references to Gavin & Stacey, things got even better!🎤 Listen out for their brilliant little seaside chat!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🥾💗 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗬-𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 & 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗘!Pauline has completed her 45-mile October walking challenge in support of the Bowel Babe cause, raising an incredible 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 £𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗜𝗙𝗧 𝗔𝗜𝗗! 👏💕But it wasn't all scenic strolls and pleasant conversation.With nine miles still to complete on the final day, Pauline embarked on a walking marathon that involved Symonds Yat, a painful blister and a determination bordering on the ridiculous.Did she finish?Of course she did. This is Pauline we're talking about!Beyond the miles, there's a lovely conversation about the friendships, laughter and meaningful connections that come from simply going for a walk together.And now she's considering a 100-mile challenge.Somebody hide her walking boots! 🥾🤣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💗💃 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗜𝗧 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗞 – 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗦!Pauline's plans for a fabulous Wear It Pink event were spectacularly scuppered by a storm.There were dancers ready, community groups organised and plenty of enthusiasm.Unfortunately, the weather decided it was having none of it! 🌧️But you can't keep Herefordshire's community spirit down!A huge shout-out to Donna's Salsa, Cindy's dancers, Dusty Boots and all the wonderful ladies who supported the cause.And an especially big cheer for the fantastic team at 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗔𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗢𝗡, who carried on regardless with bacon butties, fundraising, apple pressing and a tremendous helping of community spirit.They raised around £250, proving that a little rain doesn't have to dampen everyone's enthusiasm!We also celebrate the wonderful work of local community groups, including the Hiking Girlies and Leominster Wellness Club, helping people connect, make friends and feel part of something special. 💕🌟 Sometimes the smallest community gatherings make the biggest difference.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🦆🎱 𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟 – 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗦 & 𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘!BINGO!Or, in Pauline's case…OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, IS THIS STILL GOING ON?! 🤣Pauline attends a charity bingo night organised by Angela and Ken from the Hit Squad, raising a fantastic 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 £𝟭,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗭𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥'𝗦.A wonderful cause.A lovely evening.Except nobody warned Pauline that bingo was apparently an Olympic endurance event.Twelve games. Multiple lines. Serious concentration. Professional dabbers.And Pauline, who thought the whole thing was absolutely hilarious.Unfortunately, the dedicated bingo enthusiasts did not share her enthusiasm for laughing, talking or generally enjoying herself.There was shushing. There was confusion. There was uncontrollable giggling.And at one point, Pauline declared that if she ever went to hell, she'd probably spend eternity playing bingo.🦆 TWO LITTLE DUCKS… QUACK QUACK!We suspect her bingo career may be over before it's properly begun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🥖😱 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗦 – 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗘!Forget the bingo. The real drama was happening at the food counter.Pauline ordered a cheese and onion roll.Simple enough, you might think.Except what arrived appeared to contain half a dairy farm, an entire onion harvest and enough bread to feed a small village for a fortnight. 🧀🧅Kerry recalls a previous visit when her bread roll was so enormous it practically blocked out the sun.Pauline bravely attempted to tackle hers but admitted defeat after eating about a third.And when she returned the remains to the bar, she feared the woman behind the counter thought she was asking for a refund!🤣 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗔 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟, 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬!Possibly the funniest discussion about bread you'll hear all year.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🥪🌍 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 – 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚!From gigantic buns to the humble sandwich, Pauline and Kerry celebrate World Sandwich Day with some rather unexpected facts.Who was the Earl of Sandwich?Why was Hawaii once called the Sandwich Islands?And how did an attempt to create the world's largest sandwich end with the crowd eating the evidence before anyone could measure it?Honestly, you couldn't make it up! 🥪🤣Plus, Kerry reveals that Pauline makes some of the best sandwiches she's ever tasted.A rare moment of genuine culinary appreciation before everything descends into chaos again.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🫖🍰 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗔 – 𝗖𝗔𝗞𝗘, 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗢𝗦 & 𝗡𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦!Pauline enjoys a lovely afternoon tea with her daughter Jess at The Angel in Abergavenny.Sandwiches! Cakes! Little savoury things! Mysterious moussey creations!And enough food to sustain a family of four.Just when Pauline thought she'd survived the experience, the waiter casually mentioned the scones, cream and jam.MORE FOOD?!Pauline was defeated.Jess, however, was apparently still ready for battle. 🍰😂But the afternoon tea was only the beginning of their adventures…━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👗💷 𝗧𝗛𝗘 £𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 – 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡!With Jess getting married next year, Pauline spots a potential mother-of-the-bride dress in a shop window.What could possibly go wrong?Well…The dress doesn't fit.The zip won't close.Pauline thinks she resembles a giant blancmange.And the shop assistants keep insisting she looks absolutely MARVELLOUS.Despite Pauline repeatedly explaining that she DOES NOT WANT THE DRESS, the sales pitch continues.Then comes the price.💷 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦!£750 for a dress that doesn't fit and makes her look like a pudding?!Pauline's response?She'll go on Vinted, thank you very much! 🤣We also hear Kerry's own experiences with overenthusiastic clothing sales assistants.Ladies, sometimes NO really does mean NO!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧸🌺 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥 – 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 & 𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦!It's Hug a Bear Day, and Kerry introduces us to a very important character from her childhood.Meet 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠𝗬! 🧸❤️Her beloved teddy bear has survived being nearly abandoned on a bus, disappearing under a bed and decades of enthusiastic cuddling.He's now sporting a rather flat head, a damaged ear and a fabulous Hawaiian outfit lovingly made by Kerry's aunt.A bear with history. A bear with character. A bear who has clearly seen things.Pauline recalls her own childhood teddy, Teddy Tail, who was never quite the same after being taken by somebody else and eventually returned.It's a wonderfully nostalgic conversation about childhood treasures, affection and why sometimes a teddy bear really is a friend for life.And Kerry makes it very clear that Doomy is NOT going anywhere! ❤️━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💕🤗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 –...
