Cwmderi Diary 2015: 5 February 2015

"We can't afford to pay anyone else!"

As she and Dai walk down the street, Diane insists that she needs some help with the laundry business, but Dai is adamant they cannot afford it. Dai maintains that Mal and Gwynfor should, “Come and collect their own pants,” rather than having them delivered.

It appears that Gemma has a plan

Gemma overhears, and smiles.

Anita looks at the DVDs

Anita wants to watch a James Bond DVD, but Meic would rather go out;

"The walls are closing in on me!"

“The walls are closing in on me!” he tells her, but she says it is supposed to rain today.

Debbie presents him with a woolly hat

Then Debbie arrives, bringing a cake from the café and also a hat, “Useful for people with cancer who lose their hair.”

This causes Meic some amusement, and he explains, “They’re for people who have had chemotherapy, who lose their hair. I haven’t, so I won’t!”

"How does it look?"

He puts on the hat and tells Anita that he could go out in the Antarctic wearing it.

"I hope I like this dress when it comes"

DJ admits to Cadno that he has not worn his suit for ages, and she is fretting that the dress she ordered yesterday will not suit her. “We’ll both be in overalls, then,” concludes DJ.

Then Gethin arrives, bringing a parcel Mark has just delivered –

Yes, it looks very nice

Cadno’s expensive dress. “What is it, Court appearance or party?” asks Gethin, when he sees the suit and new dress.

Gethin's tale about coming to look at a faulty tractor

Gethin’s excuse is that he has come to look at the tractor DJ was talking about, but that has already been mended;

At first glance, he cannot see anything that looks like £17,000

“Come and have a look,” says DJ.

In APD, Gwyneth is complaining about a light bulb which only lasted two weeks, when Gemma comes in to apply for the job.

"Job! What job?"

“What job?” asks Dai, and she says that she heard him and Diane talking.

"Do you think we'd give you a job?"

“Do you think we’d give you a job after all you’ve done?” rages Dai.

What downright effrontery – fancy calling us snobs!"

Gemma calls them “snobs” and flounces out, as Dai insists, “Only a fool would give her a job!”

Debbie wanted to light some candles

As they enjoy tea and cake, Debbie says she went to Bethania to light a candle for Meic, “But they don’t do that sort of thing there,” and this is the last straw.

"Candles, indeed!"

He gets up and announces, “I’m going where I’ll be treated like a normal person! Candles, indeed!”

"She must have won the lottery!"

Gethin drives Cadno to the salon, where he tells Sheryl that she must have won the lottery, with hairdo and new dress. “I’d say she has a date,” suggests Sheryl, but is told it is just the Young Farmers with DJ.

"He was flirting with you!"

After Gethin has gone, Sheryl diagnoses, “He was flirting with you!”

Surprise at what Meic wants to drink (Hywel is angry with Sheryl)

When Meic goes to the Deri and orders, “One of those Jagerbombs,” Siôn asks if he is sure, and Anita wonders what is wrong with him. He tells them, “I want my freedom back, I’m sick of being treated like a child! I’m ordering this, not Anita!”

Siôn is still not sure he should serve Meic, but Britt takes over, saying that she is happy to do so.

"What on earth is this concoction?" he thinks

As she drops a small glass into the larger one, Meic asserts, “I may not enjoy it, but I don’t want to die without trying one!”

"Eurgh!"— it has rather a kick! (which Siôn and Britt were expecting)

He takes a swig, turns away and grimaces.

"Is this a date?" asks Anti Marian

Marian tells DJ he looks very smart, and enquires whether this is “a date”, of course receiving the answer that they are “friends”.

Cadno, looking very smart

Cadno comes in, wearing the new dress; DJ tells her she looks lovely, and Marian says it fits perfectly. As they are about to go, Marian whispers to DJ,

"That answered my question!"

“The way you looked at her just then answered my question.”

As Meic has a rather unsteady game of darts with Gwynfor, Siôn still thinks he should not have had that drink. Britt’s response is, “He’s ill, not under-age, and it’s made him happy.”

"Am I making things worse for him?"

Anita worries that she is making things worse for him, and Debbie says he just wants to enjoy himself while he can.

Gwynfor is concerned he might fall over, in his state

Gwynfor helps him back to the bar, and Anita thinks it is time to go home. “The night is still young!” Meic protests.

"How about getting a takeaway curry?

When she suggests picking up a curry on the way home, he agrees, “That’s how every wild night should end!”

Sheryl does not fancy a drink with Gemma . . .

Gemma goes to the salon asking if Sheryl wants to go for that drink she mentioned the other day, but Sheryl is too busy.

. . . and Mark is not keen to talk to her

Outside, Gemma bumps into Mark, who also turns down a pint at the Deri with her. Dai and Diane, who are just locking up APD, pass,

"We don't have much to say to each other!"

and Mark tells them that he and Gemma do not have much to say to each other these days.

Dai states, “Mark does not want a drink with you – leave him alone!” As they walk away,

"Come on, calm down!"

Gemma shouts after them, but Gwyneth calms her down. “I’ve had enough! I don’t deserve this!” says Gemma.

Next into the salon is, as expected, Hywel, angry that his calls are not being answered. When Sheryl says she is busy, he asks, “With work, or chatting to men online?”

"Does it matter?"

“Does it matter?” she replies,

But she still leaves with him, for a night of unbridled passion

but she does leave with him, as Gaynor is out somewhere.

"He's never going to be Meic again"

Mark goes into the Deri, where he finds Debbie alone and mournful; she tells him that Meic has been pretending to enjoy himself. “He’s never going to be Meic again; I can’t stand seeing him suffer,” she wails,

Some consolation from Mark

and Mark hugs her.

"I could have strangled Dai!"

At Gwyneth’s, Gemma says she could have strangled Dai, but Gwyneth advises her to keep her head down and ignore them.

Two more names on Gemma's "Hit List"

Gemma gets out her notebook again, this time adding the names “DAI” and “DIANE”.

Difficult to see, but there is an intruder in there somewhere

At Penrhewl, someone with a torch is moving around the kitchen, looking in drawers, when the stairs light goes on, and Marian’s voice calls, “Catherine, DJ, is that you?”

Marian, about to be frightened by an escaping hooded stranger

The intruder hides behind a table, then rushes past Marian to escape; Marian clutches her chest in panic.

About to eat the takeaway curry

Meic sits down at the table to eat the curry, but Anita wants him to sit in front of the television, so they can watch one of those “Makeover” programmes. “You don’t record that rubbish, do you?” asks Meic.