William has been looking forward to relaxing on a fishing trip, and is dismayed when Hester and Nancy insist on accompanying him.

Now that Emma is out on her own, William and Hester ponder selling the house and moving somewhere smaller.

Hester attempts to write a novel.

The Fields try to cope with the pressure of daughter Emma's long-dealyed wedding day.

Hester attempts to deliver "meals-on-wheels" while babysitting her newborn grandson.

Hester is up for election to a local Committee, and meets her rival, an attractive blonde head-on at a wine tasting party.

Sonia reads Hester's fortune, and predicts both travel and a secret admirer.

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Upset that a Victorian mansion is to be torn down and replaced by ""a block of flats,"" Hester starts a campaign to persuade local councillor Mr. Gardner to convert the premises into a seniors' residence. When he doubts the need for such a facility, Hester invites him home, having persuaded Nancy, her sister Winnie, and Guy to pretend senility. The appalled Gardner not only approves the home but telephones to notify William and Hester that he has arranged for their dotty dependents to move in immediately....

After a sojourn in Italy, the Fields return home to celebrate Hester's 45th birthday.

Despite William's back going out, and some complications arising from misunderstandings, they settle on dinner out to celebrate whereupon Hester is summoned to deal with an emergency at Lucy's Kitchen. This turns out to be a ruse as the restaurant is packed with their friends for a surprise party, and Guy and Nancy announce that they were re-married that morning, leaving Hester in floods of happy tears.