Cosas extrañas están sucediendo en Kirlby Moor. Un conductor atropella a una oveja cuando intenta evitar a un excursionista borracho, el Sr. Holroyd desaparece en un viaje de pesca por el páramo y en el autobús que atraviesa el páramo, la conductora Hannah Davis es víctima de exhibicionismo por parte de un pasajero borracho que acababan de recoger en el páramo. Pero ese no es el único problema para el oficial PC Rowan. El sargento Blaketon mantiene a él, al oficial PC Bellamy y al oficial PC Ventress en alerta debido a una próxima inspección en la estación de policía de Ashfordly.

PC Walker and PC Bellamy give Malcolm Stainsby a lift to his home because of his bad legs. Stainsby has been away since the war, but his wife - or rather ex-wife - Diane says that her husband Malcolm is dead. She even has his death certificate to prove it. Stainsby claims that he has only recently regained his memory after a cinema he was in was hit by a flying bomb. David and Aunt Peggy surprises a mushroom collector on their land and Aunt Peggy discovers that some people will pay good money for mushrooms. And while all mushrooms are eatable their effect may differ quite a bit. Sergeant Miller books PC Younger on a driving course. But Younger only has a provisional driver's license and needs a lot of driving experience. He gets Rosie to give him driving lessons and soon the whole village puts more into their relationship than there actually is.