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Episode 16

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2nd Aug 2026

Brain Cells, Butterflies & Midnight Gardeners

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โ€“ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ & ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

Grab a cuppa, find a comfy chair and join Pauline and Kerry for another wonderfully bonkers wander around Herefordshire, where no conversation ever stays on track for very long!

This week we're chatting about everything from books and butterflies to brainboxes, black cherry ice cream and a mysterious midnight gardener who clearly has a passion for dahlias... and absolutely no appreciation for perfectly striped grass!

๐ŸŒฟ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐–๐ž'๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐ง...

๐ŸŽช Taking a behind-the-scenes tour of LakeFest with Wicked Events and getting excited for another fantastic festival.

๐Ÿบ Visiting The Britannia for a surprisingly lovely pub chat.

๐ŸŽผ Enjoying an unforgettable summer evening of opera at beautiful Homme House.

๐Ÿฆถ Discovering that insect repellent and toenail polish definitely aren't friends... especially when your feet end up looking like they've grown grass!

๐Ÿ“š ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐€ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค

We're talking favourite books, childhood comics, unforgettable stories and the books that have made us laugh, cry and completely lose track of time.

From Shiver and Shake comics to gripping true stories, we'd love to know which book has stayed with you forever.

๐Ÿ’ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ & ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ 

We spend a glorious afternoon making wildflower bouquets with the fabulous Wild Florist, discovering hidden floristry talents (or lack of them!), battling the wind and being expertly escorted by Walter the dog.

๐Ÿฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž

Mint choc chip? Black cherry? Mr Whippy? Or are you still dreaming about the legendary Locks Garage ice creams?

We also hear about Oakchurch's delicious plans to create a special ice cream supporting Lee's Place... and now we're all craving a scoop or three!

โณ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐€ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž?

Inspired by a local school, we wonder what memories, keepsakes and treasures deserve to be buried for future generations to discover.

๐Ÿฆ‹ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐•๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ & ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

We're off to Ross-on-Wye, chatting about butterflies, hummingbird moths, local quiz nights and discovering that Kerry isn't quite as keen on things flapping around her face as she is on Herefordshire!

๐Ÿง  ๐–๐ก๐จ'๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐€-๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐?

Who would you call if you were on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

We hear lovely stories about the clever people in our lives, the parents who always seemed to know everything and those friends who somehow have an answer for absolutely anything.

๐ŸŒผ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ

Possibly our strangest mystery yet...

Someone has been secretly mowing grass in the middle of the night... planting unexpected dahlias... and causing absolute horticultural chaos in Peterstow!

Who are they?

Why are they doing it?

Should there be sandwiches on the stakeout?

We're on the case...

โ˜• ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐“๐ž๐š ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Pauline accidentally breaks one of village life's unwritten rules and discovers that making the tea before you've earned your place can cause more drama than an entire season of Midsomer Murders!

Who knew custard creams could be so controversial?

๐Ÿ’š ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ

๐Ÿฅš Barry's brilliant Egg Hut is bringing a community together one conversation at a time.

๐ŸŽจ We also celebrate talented young local artist Mabel and the fantastic creativity being showcased right here in Herefordshire.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

We'd love to hear from you...

๐Ÿ“– What's your favourite book?

๐Ÿฆ Which Herefordshire ice cream gets your vote?

โณ What would you hide inside a time capsule?

๐Ÿง  Who's the cleverest person you know?

๐ŸŒผ And... who do YOU think is secretly gardening in Peterstow under the cover of darkness?

๐ŸŽง Listen Now!

Whether you're driving through Herefordshire, walking the dog, enjoying a cuppa in the garden, or simply avoiding the neighbours!

As always, thanks for tuning in, laughing along with us and being part of the Herefordshire Hearsay community.

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After all... life's always a little more fun with a bit of Herefordshire Hearsay! ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐ŸŽ

We'll see you next time for more stories, laughter and all the wonderfully quirky happenings from around Herefordshire!

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Two friends, one podcast, & plenty of local chatter. We shine a spotlight on Herefordshireโ€™s people, stories, and quirks with plenty of conversation, laughter and a few cheeky features. We'll be doling out some Dear Herefordshire agony aunt advice to those of you with a dilemma (anonymously of course, with lots of nonsense and teasing) and playing your community shout-outs and messages. Plus we'll be gathering the gossip from the Shire in our 'Word on the Street' feature and interviewing some local legends for our Story Seat too. We can't wait to bring you a snapshot of life in our wonderfully weird part of the country.

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