Village gossip Mrs Honeyman jumps to the wrong conclusion when she sees workmen arrive in Camberwick Green, and organises a protest against the green being dug up.

PC McGarry is off on his motorbike touring Camberwick Green. The boys at the fort get called out as a swarm of bees are causing mayhem at the bakery. While the soldiers set up a temporary shop ...

When workmen come to the village Mrs Honeyman gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks they have come to dig up the village green. PC McGarry is called, but is powerless to stop them ...

Murray, the creator of Camberwick Green, the first in the trilogy which also includes Trumpton and Chigley, kept his inspiration a secret fearing the area would be inundated with tourists.