# So, who wants to help ... to instaurate the cellar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Not The Archers\ **Created:** [31 August 2020 10:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871 "2020-08-31T10:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 10:50 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/1 "2020-08-31T10:50:14Z")
The gnomes have done their bit, the various craftspeople have furnished the space and it is ready for occupation. **Never say no to a Medicinal** is written above the door, on which there is a thoroughly indiscreet notice which says **DRINKS ARE** **NOT ALLOWED** **ON THE OUTSIDE** The stairs with ornate metal balustrades and very highly-polished dark-wood bannister lead down to a cellar which is decorated in blues at the green end of their spectrum, with drapes and decorative plasterwork around the ceiling. The paintwork is white. The weather is starting to get cold, and the long forks for toasting bread or marshmallows, and a spit for large roasts, and a shovel for roasting chestnuts, all near the huge fire round which there are chaises and footstools and a kist full of warm shawls so that any chilly tart can wrap herself snugly, have been brought back out from storage where they were put for the summer, ready against our later need. The punchbowls and mulling-pan are available but not yet in place by the inglenook, and the firewood is there in case the nights grow cold. In the usual alcove off the main cellar is the aga, and also the other stove; there is where the freezers and the food-cupboards are to be found. The Other Cupboard is of course in the wall near the Chatelaine’s chaise, and she holds its key. The trapeze is still outside, as is the trampoline, but the hot-tub and jacuzzi are at the end of the corridor past the piano and behind the velvet curtain; near the piano is the box with various pub-games: the shove-ha’penny board, the dominoes and the cards. The billiard table and the astrolabe are to the other side of the lounging area with chaises, and the gin-lake is beyond them, past the racks with the wine… The On Sweet has a re-repaired metal mirror, and has been re-feathered for the comfort of That Bird; the glitter-ball is turning gently and throwing flecks of light around the ceiling. Darrington the butler, Ewbank, Honoré FitzMichael the pantler, the Page Three Pages, the Underfoot Men and the re-upholstering lady Gwyneth and her team of seamstresses are all to hand as needed, just as they always are, having made their way from the old cellar; so are the Fancy Italian, Luigi to make us tea, Antonio the coffee-maker and Fritz the chocolatier. I am hoping for a kissing-bough? ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 10:56 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/2 "2020-08-31T10:56:43Z")
I will bring my bread and set it to rise by the stove so hot buttered crusts will happen later after I have been to retrieve the Bull ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 10:59 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/3 "2020-08-31T10:59:19Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > The paintwork is white. Hahahahaha! Optimist. But it is all most tasteful. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:04 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/4 "2020-08-31T11:04:07Z")
I was tempted by the Neapolitan-ice-cream colours of the stripy sweater but decided not to push my luck. As a sweater: good. As a scarf: splendid. As a whole cellar? Not so sure about that. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:08 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/5 "2020-08-31T11:08:37Z")
> [@3Wells](#): > > retrieve the Bull Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:25 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/6 "2020-08-31T11:25:04Z")
Sapphires, Emeralds & Garnets fer the Kissing Bough, wiv ropes of Pearls Prescription Champagne too Leek & potato soup later Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:32 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/7 "2020-08-31T11:32:56Z")
oooh! Purty. And I would like to put down a marker for some soup, please. ---
**Author:** ![HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/hedgesparrow/32/124_2.png) [@HedgeSparrow](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/HedgeSparrow)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:39 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/8 "2020-08-31T11:39:02Z")
Oooooh. You let That Other Dunnock in again! Clearly a disreputable old bird, that one, and needs to be Seen Orf. ![](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a30e73d0a2b16333213ad4f4c16e77d42df3a921.jpeg) [peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity][flappity][peckity][peckity][peckity][peckity] That’s better. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 11:41 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/9 "2020-08-31T11:41:18Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > some soup, please. And I am forming an orderly queue. ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 12:01 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/10 "2020-08-31T12:01:49Z")
> [@Gus](#): > > forming an orderly queue …and vague plans of soup manufacture on my own account. If I succeed in dragging my lazy backside out shopping, that is. Possibly squash and lentil (which is a great deal nicer than it sounds). ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 12:14 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/11 "2020-08-31T12:14:34Z")
Of course, Fishy & Gus And anyone else I got 2 leeks fer 25p yesterday, so it will be bargain soup… 😉😋 Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 13:38 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/12 "2020-08-31T13:38:51Z")
Finest kind! ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 14:07 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/13 "2020-08-31T14:07:04Z")
Wot yer doin abaht this turtle, then? Fell off the back of a lorry, dinnit. ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 14:11 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/14 "2020-08-31T14:11:04Z")
Roadkill stew? (I assume the fall killed it.) ---
**Author:** ![joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/joe/32/126_2.png) [@joe](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/joe)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 14:13 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/15 "2020-08-31T14:13:48Z")
Shurely lorries (and much else) are more likely to fall off the back of a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 14:18 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/16 "2020-08-31T14:18:21Z")
> [@Fanta](#): > > Roadkill stew? Tsssk, no: _turtle soup_, dere ---
**Author:** ![3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/3wells/32/1521_2.png) [@3Wells](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/3Wells)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 15:02 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/17 "2020-08-31T15:02:53Z")
Mock turtle soup as I like turtles The Bull is home and resting after the trip ---
**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 15:09 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/18 "2020-08-31T15:09:01Z")
Pleased to hear that Carinthia.xx ---
**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 15:10 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/19 "2020-08-31T15:10:07Z")
Thank you for the update, Twellies. My regards to him when he surfaces. ---
**Author:** ![soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/soobee/32/43_2.png) [@soobee](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/soobee)\ **Post date:** [31 August 2020 15:46 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871/20 "2020-08-31T15:46:10Z")
Kind thoughts from yer bee, too. Soo xx [Next page](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/so-who-wants-to-help-to-instaurate-the-cellar/2871.md?page=2)