Cwmderi Diary 2015: 30 July 2015

Things are not very rosy

At the breakfast table, the atmosphere between Dani and Garry is strained, to say the least; “I can’t go on like this,” says Garry, “I’ve been stressed at the garage, and wanted to talk to you when I got home last night.”

"All week you've been angry and rude"

Dani replies that she wanted an early night, but adds, “I don’t know why you had to sleep on the sofa! All week you’ve been angry, rude and only care about yourself.”

He pleads, “I said sorry! Can we be friends again? Things are hard enough without us arguing!” but when she will not listen, he gives up and goes to the garage.

"What have I done now?"

Seeing Diane looking preoccupied at their breakfast table, Dai demands, “Right, out with it! What have I done now? What has upset you?

"Like a dinghy in a storm!"

“It was like sleeping in a dinghy in a storm last night! Up and down, tossing and turning.”

Diane admits she is worried about Anita, but Dai comments, “I can sympathise with Meic, doing what he did.” When Diane is concerned that he might do the same to her,

"Too many armadillos!"

he reassures her, “Patagonia has never appealed to me – too many armadillos! We made a vow to be together, come what may.”

He then enquires if anything has happened to Anita lately, or if there is any news about Meic;

"Do you think he's still . . .?"

“It’s odd that nobody has heard anything – do you think he is still . . .?” Diane rebukes him for all his questions, saying that Anita is just feeling low, and he describes Diane as a loyal friend to Anita.

"You haven't finished my van!"

At the garage, Garry is answering a phone call when Iolo comes in to collect his van. He is angry when told that it is not ready and needs attention to the gearbox; “It should be ready at lunchtime, hopefully,” Garry tells him, but this does not satisfy Iolo, who has an urgent job in Llanarthur to deal with.

"Tough!"

“Tough,” Garry tells him, “I can do the impossible now, but miracles take longer!”

Dani is waiting for Garry to ring

Eileen is having her hair done at the salon, while Dani continually looks at her phone; “That won’t make it ring,” warns Sheryl.

Dani tells them, “I texted Garry ages ago, but haven’t had a text back – we fell out this morning.”

"He obviously thinks the word of you"

Eileen advises her not to fret, as Garry obviously thinks the world of her.

Gwyneth comes in to tell Dani that Gwern has a cough; she has not been able to contact Garry, and asks whether she should phone the doctor.

"Oh, this is the pram I've heard so much about"

Then she spies the new pram; “I’ve heard a lot about this – only the best for you, Sheryl!” she laughs.

Eileen tells Dani that Garry must be busy, as no-one can contact him, and urges her to go to the garage and see him, but Sheryl’s conflicting advice is,

"Let him stew a bit longer"

“Let him stew a bit longer. We have to keep an eye on these men – they learn how to take advantage!”

Siôn's latest promotional offer

Siôn is writing on the blackboard about free snacks tonight

"Dad, can I borrow your car?"

when Iolo asks to borrow his car to go to Llanarthur and repair Mrs Morgan’s boiler. He also asks if Siôn can pick up his van at lunchtime.

Another call from Gabriella

Mark is watching television when Gabriella phones again, asking if he has had any luck with Anita. He replies, “Yes, I think that we’ve . . . I’ve . . . she’s reconsidering.”

"The end is near"

Gabriella reports that Meic is getting weaker with all the worry, adding that the end is near, and she wants him to be at peace.

Mark tries to sound reassuring

Mark reassures her that Anita is not coming, but is not convinced himself.

Garry takes the wheel off . . .

Garry removes the nearside front wheel of the van, and slides underneath on a car creeper to remove the gearbox;

. . . gets underneath and loosens the gearbox

he cannot free one of the bolts with a spanner, then his mobile phone rings. “I’ve only got one pair of hands,” he mutters,

"I've only got one pair of hands!"

then tries to free the bolt with a socket.

He is suddenly trapped under the gearbox . . .

The gearbox suddenly becomes free, and lands on his chest, crushing him; as he struggles vainly to move it,

. . . and listens to Dani's voice

the landline rings. He gasps for breath as he hears Dani speaking to the answerphone;

It is hard to breathe . . .

“OK, you’re not answering your mobile, so I had to phone this line. Garry, I don’t think I can do this any more! I love you, but I don’t think I can live with a man who tells me lies!”

. . . and the phone is out of reach

As he desperately tries, but fails, to reach the phone,

Is this the end for Garry?

his eyes close.

Eileen leaves the salon, asking Sheryl how much the pram cost, and when Sheryl whispers in her ear, she is amazed. “Hywel must be made of money! Have you worked out how to fold it yet?” Sheryl says that Hywel has now learned to do it very quickly.

"That pram has been very useful already!"

Eileen remarks that, personally, she would have gone for something more useful, but Sheryl answers cryptically, “Oh, that pram has been very useful already!” which Eileen finds puzzling.

Then Eileen again recommends that Dani go over to the garage; “You’ll scare the customers, looking that miserable! Compromise is the basis of a good marriage,” she insists.

"I don't know what's going on with him, Sher"

Dani tells Sheryl, “I haven’t a clue what’s going on with him,” and Sheryl reminds her that Garry is a man who likes his secrets, and that is how he keeps control of things.

She tells Sheryl about the scam

Dani is sure he is not having an affair, but confides to Sheryl, “A while ago I found out that Sioned was helping Garry with some scam, and when I found out, I was jealous. So I tried to help him, so I felt close to him, but it went wrong. I said I wouldn’t help him again, and he said he would give up too.”

"You think he's got something going on again?"

Sheryl asks, “You think he’s got something going on again?” and Dani regards his lying to her as being as bad as having an affair.

“I have to show him it’s wrong – I don’t want us to have secrets – we’re married! I love him so much – I just want things back as they were.

"Maybe I should go and see him"

“Maybe I should go and see him.” Sheryl makes her a cup of coffee while she makes up her mind.

Garry is in a life-threatening situation

In the garage, the radio is playing, and Garry is lying motionless under the van.

Mark updates Diane

In the Deri, Mark tells Diane of the latest phone call from Gabriella about Meic,

"That Dai is off again!"

then they are joined by Dai, who is moaning about that idiot, Jim, ordering a whole box of fencing pliers when he only wanted one pair.

"Just a mouthful"

Dai goes to the bar where he enquires about the free snacks, and on being told by Siôn they are things like vol-au-vents and small pies – “Just a mouthful!” Dai says that it depends on the size of one’s mouth.

"I'm a peanuts and pork scratchings sort of bloke!"

“I’m a peanuts and pork scratchings sort of bloke,” he tells Siôn, who remarks to Ows that sometimes he does not know why he bothers, and then leaves to fetch Iolo’s van.

Gwyneth is much happier now

Outside he meets Gwyneth, who is much happier now that the truth about Gemma is public knowledge. “I still feel sorry for her – I know what it’s like to be lost and lonely like her,” she says, adding,