Neil's plans to celebrate his wedding anniversary go awry when Fiona temporarily falls ill. The delay caused sees the pair arrive at a top restaurant a few minutes late - and they are mortified to find their table has already been reallocated to none other than Penny and Robert. Meanwhile, Mercy is at pains to keep her relationship with Fieldhouse under wraps to avoid upsetting Neil, and Garth overhears Petra splitting up with boyfriend Sebastian.
The Hacketts, after saving for years to be able to afford a lodge holiday home in the Lake District, find that other second home owners are not quite on the same level as them. Their most immediate neighbours, the Dillons, have the most upmarket lodge on the site, having downgraded from their villa in Ibiza. A class-war emerges between the Dillons and the Hacketts, particularly between Penny and Neil: she describes the family as "The Stoke Massive". Robert and Fiona, on the other hand, get on well and the Hackett's eldest son is clearly in love with the Dillons' adopted daughter, Petra.
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