After a serious accident at Goddards Peggy and Ruth have divided loyalties. Also the landlord of the Skelthwaite arms dies and revelations soon follow shocking his widow and daughter.

Peggy and Ruth are barely on speaking terms, Simon becomes isolated even more and the new landlord of the Skelthwaite Arms falls out with The Scorpians.

A new nurse joins the surgery and her fresh approach to the work threatens Peggy and Ruths ways. When a life-threatening emergency happens the new nurse has some hard lessons to learn.

A 19 year old who hoped to travel has to face the fact that he now can't because of his failing sight. Ruth and Simon's holiday plans are thwarted.

Dick runs a kid over in his van and Peggy has a problem of her own.

Dick has to face the fact that he killed Gary Kettle. Stephan and Jacqui's romance develops but he makes a big mistake at work. Peggy waits for the results of her scan to come back.

Simon digs up Peggy's back garden as a silver wedding anniversary present while she is on holiday with Vic in the lake district.

A dying woman's family want to protect her from knowing about the seriousness of her condition while Peggy nurses her. A delegation from Denmark arrive at Goddards.

Peggy is concerned when an old flame of Vic's returns to Skelthwaite. Atephan attempts to woo Jacqui but fails and Patricia's old flame comes home from New Zealand.