- Foggy convinces Clegg and Compo that starting a dog-walking business will be no work at all since they are already going on daily walks ... But it turns out to be more of a workout than anyone imagined
- Walking down a country lane, Compo wonders if his life would have been different if he were taller. He concludes that it would, as he may then have married Mabel Stoddart, a girl he dated in his youth. He comments on how he never actually spoke to her father properly - every time he called at Mabel's house, her father was always 'just going out', leaving Compo to shout a greeting to the man's retreating back. He wonders if Mr Stoddart simply found him unsuitable, while Foggy and Clegg wonder if any girl's father would have considered Compo suitable. Instead, Mabel Stoddart married an American GI during the war.
Walking around the hills, the trio pause to relax near a stream. Their chatter is disrupted by the appearance of a white poodle, which runs past them towards the water. A moment later, a man's voice is heard calling for Fifi. He appears, asking the trio if they've seen the dog, and Foggy tells him the dog passed them on her way to the stream, but reassures the man that the water is quite shallow. The man is disappointed at this news, confiding into the three men that the dog actually belongs to his wife, but he gets ordered out of the house to walk the dog. Resigned to his fate as a reluctant dog-walker, he leaves the trio, calling to the dog, first in friendly terms, then with harsher name-calling.
After he leaves, the notion hits Foggy that there must be many in his position, and that as they spend much of their daytimes strolling round the hills, they could make money by using this activity to walk other people's dogs. They return to the cafe to discuss the idea, with Foggy deciding to help Sid and Ivy to carry their new kitchen unit into the kitchen, despite Ivy's protests - although they fare little better without his interference.
Compo and Clegg aren't keen on the dog-walking idea, but Foggy has his plan set out - short walks 50p, long walks £1, irrespective of the size of the dog. He decides there isn't a moment to lose, and they should start knocking on doors for business straight away - he will work one side of the street, Clegg the other, and Compo should stay out of sight.
Foggy doesn't have much luck - he doesn't see the woman living at the first house has actually opened the door when he waves the other two away and reaches again for the doorbell, only noticing when he presses that he's pressing his finger onto the woman's shoulder. Undeterred, he launches into his sales pitch but the woman shuts the door in his face. His next doorbell ring is answered by a string-vest-wearing burly man who, taking Foggy to be his wife's lover, grabs him by the collar and threatens him with violence until Foggy can extricate himself and run away.
Meanwhile, Clegg rings the doorbell of an attractive young woman, and asks if they could take her pet for a walk - she considers this, and goes back into the house, returning to say that she's happy if they are - holding up her hand to reveal her pet is not a dog, but a bird in a cage. They return to the cafe, where a more-than-usually despondent Wally Batty is waiting to be served. Sid and Ivy are still in the kitchen, struggling with their new equipment. Foggy moves to ring the bell for service, despite the protestations of the others that its only effect will be to incur Ivy's wrath. Foggy rings the bell, at which point the others flee, and are soon joined by Foggy, apparently ejected by Ivy.
The four walk back to Compo's house, but Wally suggests he'd best go straight home. Foggy is keen for the trio to discuss their dog-walking idea over a cup of tea, at which point Wally invites them to his house for tea and walnut cake (homemade by Nora) - hoping Nora will forget her usual never-ending list of chores for Wally if he has friends round. Compo's attempt at complementing Nora on her cake result in him getting the sharp end of Nora's cleaning brush and the three flee.
Foggy hasn't given up on his business idea, and walking out around the more affluent area of the town, Foggy daydreams about the scheme being a success, to the extent that one day they will be hired by the Royal Family to walk the Corgis. They spot a large detached house with a 'BEWARE OF THE DOG' sign on the gate, Foggy realising that they should have started their quest here, where residents have the disposable income to pay for dog-walking services. Foggy walks up the path to the front door, followed by Clegg and Compo. They soon emerge at speed, shutting the gate behind them, but the dog at the premises - a large Old English Sheepdog - slips through a gap in the hedge by the gate to continue his pursuit of the men. They run along the road, and manage to climb into the empty horse-box being towed by a passing car, thinking they have succeeded in a lucky escape - until the car stops at a junction, and the dog climbs onto the adjacent wall and jumps into the horse-box with them.
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