Cwmderi Diary 2015: 14 April 2015

Dai is, as usual, not very complimentary

Dai is shouting into the phone at APD, trying to find out where Jim is, and leaves a message; “Hey, scarlet pimpernel, I don’t care if you’ve been up lambing all night, and two cows have died –you’re supposed to be at APD with me!”

"You do have a way with words!"

Rhys comments, “You do have a way with words!” but says that he will mind the shop while Dai calls to price a job on the way to jury service.

Dai tries to contact Diane

As Dai tries to contact Diane, who also does not answer her phone,

"Jim will be away for a few days"

Angela comes in with the news that Jim is in Aberdeen, where his brother has fallen off scaffolding and is in a coma. Dai’s less than sympathetic response is, “Typical – I have to do everything myself!”

Planning the girls' night out

In the café, Debbie advises Dani and Kelly that they should not have something to eat first; “Then we’ll have more to spend on cocktails!” When Angela comes in, she is persuaded to join the girls’ night out.

"When's the next job?"

In the garage, Garry welcomes Sioned with, “It’s the hostess with the mostest!” She wants to know when the next job will be, but Garry is inclined to wait until he is sure that Dani is all right.

"We're in the clear!"

“There has been no reaction to the job, so we’re in the clear,” insists Sioned, “They would have taken revenge by now, if they were going to. Someone else must have hurt Dani, and it’s nothing to do with the cars.”

"You're addicted to the thrill!"

Garry tells her that she is obviously addicted to the thrill, but she admits she has never been so scared. “I’m ready to take the risk. I’m fed up of going without things I want, and being skint all the time. I won’t let you down!” Garry tells her he will phone tonight to start planning.

Just then, Dani’s voice can be heard, approaching the garage, shouting for Garry, so Sioned hides, while Garry goes to see her.

Dani says she is looking for Sioned

Dani says that Eileen saw Sioned coming to the garage, but Garry insists Eileen needs to visit an optician, as Sioned is not there, as she can see. When Dani leaves,

"Oh, that's where you're hiding! . . ."

Garry wonders where Sioned has managed to hide herself,

" . . .Out of sight down the inspection pit!"

then notices her in the pit underneath a car.

Bad news about Eileen's birthday

Angela has bad news for Eileen – both she and Sioned thought the other was organising a birthday present for their Mam, so Eileen resigns herself to forgetting about her 50th. Angela has the idea that if Eileen chooses what she wants to do, she will sell it to the rest of the family so they do not know Eileen suggested it.

Rhys can handle this job easily

Rhys, appearing to be running APD single-handed quite successfully,

He dashes off on an errand

grabs his coat and locks the door as he rushes out on an errand.

Sioned comes up with suggestions

Angela tells Sioned they must organise something for Eileen, but dismisses Sioned’s suggestion of London as being too far, Cardiff as being too busy, and a cottage in St David’s as too claustrophobic.

"Ed is not a fan of fluffy robes"

Then she admits that Mam wants a spa weekend, but Sioned is doubtful; “Ed is not a fan of fluffy robes, and Eifion doesn’t know how to behave in a spa.” She is not keen on sitting round a pool, half-naked, with them.

However she finally agrees that if that is what Mam wants, Angela should arrange it, but moans at Angela for, “Wanting your own way all the time! I thought having a big sister would be fun.”

Angela reprimands Sioned

Angela tells her, “You need to learn that you can’t always get your own way!”

Courtney is happy to see her transport . . .

As Courtney and Ricky come out of school, Rhys is waiting in his new car to take Courtney home, much to Ricky’s disappointment.

. . . and even more, her chauffeur

Jim asked him to collect her, as she has two boxes of cakes, and after tasting one, Rhys calls it, “Fantastic!”

Ricky is, however, distinctly unimpressed

As Ricky watches, and Courtney looks adoringly at Rhys, the car zooms off.

Debbie is depressed

When Angela takes Debbie a dress she wanted to borrow, Debbie is having second thoughts; “Even if it fits, it will be too young for me. I’m going to be a grandmother – look at all these white hairs.”

Angela tries to encourage her

Angela comments that sort of thing has not worried her in the past, and tries to encourage her.

"Camomile tea?"

Eileen goes to the Deri, and Ows looks quite taken aback when she orders Camomile tea;

Garry treats Eileen on her birthday

Garry asks if he can join her, and presents her with the menu, telling her, “Choose what you want, birthday girl – I’m paying!”

He places their orders with Ows

She selects Monkfish and Scallops, and he orders medium rare steak. Garry is sympathetic that Jim is away on her birthday, and admits he does not like being alone in the flat.

Debbie is somewhat unsteady on her feet . . .

Debbie is already staggering when she brings the cocktails from the bar, and then wants to dance;

. . . and getting worse by the minute . . .

Kelly describes her as, “Acting like an eighteen-year-old.”

. . . so she is escorted, to stop her falling over

She, Angela and Sioned go with Debbie, mainly, it appears, to stop her falling down.

Dani inquisitively eyes Sioned's handbag

Dani, left alone, looks at Sioned’s unaccompanied handbag.

"You're a big softie really!"

As they talk over their meal, Eileen says, “You’re a big softie, really,” but Garry describes himself as,

"Cold-hearted and sometimes very naughty!"

“A businessman, cold-hearted and sometimes very naughty!”

Strange — that's the same number as Garry's phone!

As Eileen tells Garry, “But your heart’s in the right place!” her phone rings;

Angela reports that they need rescuing

it is Angela, telling her that Debbie is very drunk, and none of the taxis will bring them home.

Debbie appears to be in a state of collapse

Of course, Eileen agrees to drive her Micra up to Swansea to collect them from O’Grady’s. “You’re a star,” says Garry.

"It will disappear through the usual channels"

When she has left, he receives a call from someone, worrying about the next job; he reassures them (in English), “Like I said, it will disappear through the usual channels. There’s nothing to worry about, we’re partners now – business partners, that is.”