It's the yearly holiday at a farmhouse in the country. Lily has come to spend her last summer holiday with her friends, although she could have gone on holiday with her dad. But Tee accidentally lets sheep out of a field and into the farmhouse. The farmer throws everyone out. 

Back at the DG, Tee is blamed for losing everyone their holiday and when she tries to make amends it backfires, making her feel even worse. While Tracy tries to get people to be forgiving and Mike tries in vain to book somewhere else for everyone, Lily and Carmen plan on running away to join Lily's dad, who is camping somewhere in Wales. Tee discovers their plan and tries to stop them. She ends up on the coach with Carmen and Lily, heading south towards Bristol. Refusing to play ball, Tee insists on getting off. Feeling guilty, Carmen and Lily get off the coach too. The girls find themselves in the middle of nowhere with no phone signal. 

Meanwhile, Tracy finds out what's happened. She, Mike, Johnny and Frank take the minibus to go after the coach. 

Carmen and Lily plan on manipulating Mike into letting Shadow stay at the Dumping Ground with Lily when she has respite care the following week. The girls arrive back at the DG to find Jody, a wild, screaming girl who is refusing to have a bath. Carmen is told Jody has to share with her. She and Lily go to Sapphire who refuses to move in with Elektra so that Jody can have her room, and Mike then tells Lily that now things are fine with her dad, she won't need respite care anymore anyway. Tired of her hyperactive antics, Elektra locks Jody in the toy cupboard. Jody breaks free, tips a plant over Elektra's head and disappears. 

Tracy and Mike find her at her wreck of a family home. Her mum and brothers, who have a criminal court case pending, have left. Jody is distraught. Mike and Tracy take her back to the Dumping Ground. An upset Lily tells Carmen how she needs a break from her dad, not the other way around. She makes Carmen promise not to say anything for fear of the authorities taking her away from her dad again.