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26th November 1999: The staff of Freshco's Weatherfield branch set off into the country for a team bonding weekend. Fred Elliott wangled an invitation thinking it would be a good opportunity for making business contacts and dragged Ashley Peacock along with him. He was horrified to find that it was an outward bound course in the rugged outdoors in YHA-type accomodation with limited dining facilities rather than a luxurious hotel with well-stacked bar and an inviting golf course. The first exercise for the team of six was to cross a river with planks laid across blocks during which Fred fell into the water when the thin plank beneath him broke, plunging him into the freezing November torrent. Worse was to come - the teams were woken at 1.30am, driven into the moors, given a map, compass, torch and told to make their own way back for breakfast which would finish at 8.30am sharp.
 * For more information see Episode 4723 (26th November 1999).