Going Straight:- Going To Be Alright (3 March 1978)

Going

Story
Fletch is still adapting to life back on Civvy Street after over 3 years in the nick. He mentions to Ingrid Fletcher and Leonard Arthur Godber that years ago he stole some money and hid it in a remote field in Essex. It was meant as a nest egg for the future. Fletch is still not quite sure of his former cellmate Godber's romance with his daughter Ingrid. Godber says he is staying the night, but on the sofa. He is due back in Birmingham in the morning and has his lorry parked outside for the night. In the middle of the night, Fletch quietly takes the lorry keys and sneaks out, but the noise of the lorry wakes Ingrid who rushes out to call after him but he has gone. Fletch has the map he drew and the location so he can dig up the loot. As dawn rises, Fletch is in the nice quiet field in the Essex countryside. He manages to find the plot but it is now a front doorstep, a brand new housing estate. The owner challenges him but Fletch parades as a gardener. The loot is buried under the new concrete and slabs. He digs out the pond.

Several hours later, Fletch is back in Muswell Hill. He has bandages round his hands.