Cwmderi Diary 2016: 22 September 2016

"Make your mind up, will you!"

Much to Sheryl’s annoyance, Kelly cannot decide whether to have her nails blue or grey. “Thank goodness all my clients are not like you!” Sheryl tells her.

"I want to book a trim"

Megan comes in, wanting to book a trim,

"Who's looking after the little one?"

and casually asks, “Who’s looking after the little one?” Sheryl proudly replies that Hywel will be taking her for a walk shortly. As Megan leaves, she sees that the flat keys have carelessly been left in the door,

Megan purloins the keys

and helps herself to them on her way out.

"Got to beg Uncle Dai for a job?"

DJ is helping in APD, and when Eifion comes in, he starts winding DJ up; “Got to beg Uncle Dai for a job now? Or should I say Daddy?” Eifion needs timber and nails to repair Cadno’s bed.

"That's Bobi, jumping up and down"

“Bobi’s been jumping up and down on it too much,” comments DJ, “It happened ages ago.”

"I've got a message from Cadno for you"

“I’ve got a message from Cadno for you,” announces Eifion, “Stop phoning her – she doesn’t want to talk to you. Anyone else would have got the message!”

Eileen calls in to remind them about the festival meeting tonight; Eifion is of the opinion it should be more of an agricultural show, where people could exhibit dogs and rams.

Jason is not interested in the festival

Jason has also arrived, and tells them, “I’m not interested in the festival, especially if it is an excuse for him to show his sheep.”

"Eifion doesn't have any sheep!"

Eileen rather caustically comments, “Eifion doesn’t have any sheep – he should remember that!” which makes DJ smile.

"What about a Bardic contest?"

Gaynor drops in at number 7 to talk to Colin about tonight’s meeting; “What about a Bardic contest?” she asks,

"No, that wouldn't appeal!"

but Colin answers that it would not appeal to the younger generation – like Chester and Kelly. He judges that Kelly in particular is not the type for poetry.

"Oh – limerick competition"

Gaynor shows him the list she has made; the only thing Colin favours is the limerick competition.

"Nothing suitable here"

Ffion returns home, and Gethin reports that the estate agent has no suitable flats.

"I hope I've scared Megan into confessing"

“I hope what I said to Megan will scare her into confessing,” says Gethin. Ffion emphasises that she needs his support at the meeting, or Gaynor will think she is running the show.

"She may be my boss at school, but not tonight!"

“She may be my boss at school, but not tonight! Just agree with everything I say, and disagree with her old-fashioned ideas,” Ffion advises, “You can carry the barometer which the sixth-formers have made.”

Megan is carrying out surveillance

Megan is loitering outside the shop, and tells Eileen that the bananas are too green;

"Will you be at the meeting?"

Eileen asks if she is going to the meeting later.

Off goes Hywel for his walk

When Hywel emerges from the salon flat with Esther, Megan hurries there,

"Is anyone looking?"

and after a furtive glance all around, goes in.

"Who has a bug this long?"

At Awyr Iach, Vicky remarks to Ed, “She’s usually here, bossing us about. Who has a bug this long?

"I think she's preggers!"

“I think she’s preggers! Jason’s not stopped smiling for days, she has a ‘bug’ – and she had an appointment at the clinic the other day. It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out – but don’t tell Jason – I don’t want to get sacked for gossiping!”

"You're my lapdog, not Vicky's!"

Sioned comes in, with a reminder, “Hurry up, Ed, there’s lots to do at Deri Deithio. You’re my lapdog – not Vicky’s!”

Megan begins her search . . .

Megan searches the salon flat,

. . . going through drawers . . .

going through drawers for the incriminating letters.

. . . but Hywel has forgotten the nappy bag

Downstairs, Hywel returns unexpectedly, just as Kelly is leaving, as he forgot to take the nappy bag with him. “Have you finished for the day?” he asks Sheryl, “We can go to the park, as soon as I get that bag.

Megan has found what she was looking for . . .

Megan has meanwhile found the letter and breathes a sigh of relief; but then she hears them coming upstairs, and hides in the bedroom.

. . . but then comes a complication

Sheryl is worried that it may be too cold, and Esther should have her hat. “It’s in the bedroom,” she says, much to Megan’s alarm.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Hywel opens the door to find the intruder; “What the hell are you doing here?” he demands.

"Er – the keys were in the door"

Megan lamely replies that the keys were in the door.

"It was you – Gethin was right!"

Sheryl demands why she has the letter, and then realises, “It was you – Gethin was right!” The excuse is that Megan was concerned for the child,

"I didn't intend to be malicious"

and it was not her intention to be malicious, but Esther has been taken away from her own home and culture.

“But it was all right for you and Reg to adopt, wasn’t it?” roars Hywel, and Sheryl concludes that Megan considers she is better than them.

"Why do you hate us so much?"

Sheryl goes on, “Why do you hate us so much? The things in those letters were disgusting! Don’t you think we deserve to be parents? It’s all there in black and white there that you want to stop the adoption!”

“If you had used conventional channels, I would support you, but you didn’t,” Megan replies, “You brought her here, to a place totally alien to her. It was my duty to voice my concerns.”

"Anonymously? Very brave, Megan!"

“Anonymously? Very brave!” snarls Hywel. Megan is concerned that people should not misunderstand her motives, but Hywel sneers, “Afraid of losing your good name, are you?” Megan literally scampers away from this confrontation.

"What have you got to show for your life?"

Eifion next encounters DJ in the Deri, before the meeting, and again starts baiting him; “Typical DJ – here first – haven’t you got anything better to do? I’ve got children and a house – what have you got to show for your life?”

Jason comes over; “Bickering again? What are you – in love?”

"I could get her back with one click of my fingers!"

Eifion replies that DJ is head over heels in love with Cadno, but boasts, “I could get her back with one click of my fingers.”

"You're not good enough to wipe her feet!"

“You’re not good enough to wipe her feet!” responds DJ, but Eifion says girls are not interested in ‘good boys’

"But it was all my idea"

Sioned informs Ed that he can go to the meeting; she has to see Jason about their agreement. Ed is aggrieved that he is not involved – after all, it was his idea,

"There's nothing you can do"

but she takes delight in telling him, “There’s nothing you can do – you’re not an official part of the business – you were afraid.

How much longer before the worm turns?

“It’s a good job that one of us has guts!”

Gethin manhandles the barometer

As Ffion and Gethin are on the way to the meeting, they encounter Hywel and Sheryl. Hywel admits he has an apology to make;

"You were right – it was Megan!"

“You were right – it was Megan!” and Sheryl adds that she did not have much choice other than to admit it. Of course they now do not want Ffion and Gethin to move out..

"How about a rent reduction?"

Ffion suggests, “It’s not nice having your landlord evict you over a disagreement – if you want is to stay, we want £50 per month off the rent!”

"There are other tenants"

There is no way Hywel will entertain this, so they agree to stay on the current terms.

"Well, it was worth a try, wasn't it?"

Ffion remarks to Gethin, “It was worth a try!”

Gaynor gets her Bardic contest in first

In the Deri, Gaynor calls the meeting to order, and immediately puts forward her Bardic contest idea.

"All right if I put the pram here?"

Hywel and Sheryl arrive, and Sheryl pointedly asks Megan if she has any objection to the pram being put there.

Gethin carries in the barometer, which he describes as being Ffion’s hard work. “I hope you didn’t use materials from school,” says Gaynor.

"No, what's that?"

Kelly asks Chester if he knows what a Bardic contest is, and he shakes his head.

"Important to welcome everyone, isn't it, Megan?"

Sheryl maintains that activities should involve children and babies; “It’s important to welcome everyone, isn’t it, Megan?” Eileen remarks that Megan is very quiet,

"I think I'll go home"

at which prompt she admits she is not feeling well, and leaves for home.

Sioned has drawn up a contract

Jason arrives at the shop flat, and is invited to sit down by Sioned. “You’re a good advert for Awyr Iach,” she simpers, “I’ve drawn up a contract of agreement.

"Don't you trust him, then?"

From now on I’d like you to deal directly with me.” Jason enquires whether she does not trust Ed, but she answers, “He’s the worker and I’m the brains

"The company's pretty face!"

She then flatters Jason, “You’re like me – the company’s pretty face!”

The resentment is seething

Jason says he will get ‘the brains’ to look at the contract and it should be signed tomorrow.

"A flash mob would be fun!"

In the Deri, Chester makes his suggestion, “I thought something like a flash mob would be fun!” and Kelly labels this a ‘brill’ idea which would involve everyone.

Eileen admits her ignorance

“Am I the only one who doesn’t know what that is?” enquires Eileen, and it is explained that it is a kind of dance routine which one person starts, and everyone else joins in. Gaynor likens it to Welsh folk dancing, and there is a general groan.

Off goes Eileen about his agricultural show again

Eifion proposes an agricultural show, and DJ comments,

"It is possible to have fun without a sheep!"

“It is possible to have fun without a sheep! You should try it – if he had his way, we’d all be shearing and milking!”

Now things turn very nasty

Eifion turns vicious and snarls, “You’re not allowed at the farm, are you? And everyone knows why – he dumped Cadno when she was in her hospital bed – after he ran over her with the tractor!” Eileen reprimands him, but DJ gets up and leaves.