Four friends fancy a cycle trip to the country. It's unknown territory for them and Benny in particular looks forward to impressing the 'natives' with a new racing bike. But the experience affects the group in ways they hadn't foreseen.
'They're no trouble', says the head-master, 'just give them something simple and undemanding to do - just keep their heads down'. It was better advice then he knew.
Retiring teacher Bernard Lewis and unemployed teenager Joanne Piper might seem very different but an unexpected meeting at Mr Lewis's leaving party shows they have very much in common.