19 November 2025

"What time will Siwsi be arriving?"

Anita asks Ieuan what time Siwsi will be arriving;  

"Today isn't Siwsi's day"

“Today isn’t Siwsi’s day,” he replies, “She will be coming tomorrow.”   

"I was looking forward to seeing her"

Anita is very disappointed about this, maintaining, “She’s very good company – I was looking forward to seeing her.”

"We're going out for a special lunch"

“Don’t worry, you and I are going out today,” he explains, “I’ve worked out a new route for a walk and then we’re going out for a special lunch.”   

"Will Kelly be coming?"

Anita wonders whether Kelly will be coming with them, but is told that she is reopening Y March Gwyn today.

"Will I do?"

“Will I do?” demands Ieuan, and Anita replies that of course he will.   

"Camino de Cwrtmynach is waiting"

“Right, ‘Camino de Cwrtmynach’ is waiting for us.”   [Camino is apparently a purveyor of authentic Spanish Tapas]

Jinx is seeing off Eleri

Next door, at number 9, Eleri is just leaving for the first day of her new job and Jinx comes to the door with her, clad only in his dressing gown.

“Remember what we said now,” he reminds her, 

"Tell me how proud you are of me"

but she would prefer to hear him say how proud he is of her and that he has every confidence in her.   

"Don't be too heavy-handed"

He continues, “Just don’t be too heavy-handed.”

"Not half-naked in the street!"

She points out that she knows what she is doing and when he tries to give her a hug, she pushes him away;  “No, not while you’re half naked in the street!” she protests.

He wishes her good luck, but she insists that she does not need luck;  

"Just common sense and confidence"

“Just common sense and confidence – and I’ve got plenty of that!”

Kath comes round the corner

Kath comes out of the alley and finds herself face-to-face with Brynmor, who is looking at the Western Post.   

"Good morning"

He wishes her good morning, 

"Is it?   If you say so"

but she simply mutters, “Is it?   If you say so,” and continues walking.

Siôn studies his phone . . .

In the deli, Siôn is looking at his phone, when there is a message alert on Eileen’s phone, 

. . . while Eileen gets a message on hers

which she finds is from Bedwyr;  ‘Looking forward to seeing you.’

"You know I'm not around this afternoon?"

She reminds Siôn, “You know I’m not around this afternoon, don’t you?   I’m meeting Cassie about the Beaujolais.”   He does not appear to be taking any notice, so she continues, “You’re all right to look after this place, are you?   

"Siôn, are you listening to me?"

“Siôn, are you listening to me?”

"It will give me the chance to write"

acknowledges that he will be there this afternoon and it will give him a chance to catch up with his writing.   “You’re here to work, not to write a novel,” she reprimands him.   He assures her that the place will be in safe hands.

"We have Beaujolais business"

Cassie comes in, telling Siôn that they have Beaujolais business to discuss;  

"One meeting to arrange the next"

she points out to him that they are having a meeting now to arrange the meeting later on.   Siôn leaves them 

"So I'm the alibi, am I?"

and Cassie realises that she is the alibi for Eileen’s little visit.

“You’re not Marie Antoinette – it was a one-off – wasn’t it?”

"But now I've lied to Siôn again"

“Yes,” agrees Eileen, “But I’ve lied to Siôn again now, haven’t I?   About this afternoon?   Mind you, I don’t think he’d mind if I had a full-on snog with Bedwyr on top of this counter!”

Cassie suggests that she might take advantage of that this afternoon;  

"Anything to stop this Beaujolais order"

“What I mean is, use your charm – anything to stop this Beaujolais order – just do it!”

"It's a business meeting and nothing more"

Eileen, corrects her that it is just a business meeting this afternoon and nothing more.

Ieuan and Anita arrive at Cwrtmynach 

Ieuan and Anita arrive at the venue in Cwrtmynach;  “Listen now, you're not going to have the prawn and chorizo linguine again, are you?” asks Anita., 

"All you did last tome was complain"

“All you did last time was complain that it was too spicy for you.”

"The same table we had last time"

When they arrive at their table, Anita realises that this is the same table that they had last time;  “We had a lot of fun that night, didn’t we?   

"Remember that bloke with the moustache?"

“Do you remember that bloke with the moustache, catching you talking about him?”

"He got on my nerves!"

Ieuan grumbles, “He got on my nerves – not everyone wanted to hear what his handicap was.   Do you know what?   

"I knew that day that I wanted to marry you"

“I knew that day that I wanted to marry you.”   

"Because I laughed at your silly jokes?"

She imagines that was because she laughed at his silly jokes, 

"There was a 'spark' between us"

but he maintains that there was a ‘spark’ between them – and it is still there.

"I've turned out to be quite a handful"

Anita sadly replies that she has turned out to be quite a handful for him;  

"I'd do it all again a hundred times"

he assures her that he would do it all again a hundred times.

She is driving the staff away already?

In the manager’s office, Eleri answers the phone;  “No, you can’t leave, just like that – you have to work your notice!   

"I'm sure we can come to an agreement"

“Well, I’m sure we can come to some kind of agreement.”   Whatever the reply is, it causes Eleri to slam the phone down.

Eileen is also at Cwrtmynach . . .

Strangely enough, we find that Eileen is meeting Bedwyr at the same venue in Cwrtmynach;  he is waiting at the bar for her 

. . . meting Bedwyr

and she hopes that she is not late.   As he comments that he has seen the menu and the food looks very good, 

Anita approaches . . .

she catches sight of Anita and Ieuan 

. . . so Eileen tries to hide

and tries to hide behind him, believing that she has not been noticed.

"It was a bit spicy"

They are on their way out, remarking on how good the food was, but Ieuan does agree that the linguine was a bit spicy.   

"Now we'll go for a walk by the river"

Now they will go for a little walk by the river.

"I'm driving"

Bedwyr proposes that they should have a bottle of wine, but Eileen would prefer some sparkling water as she is driving.

“I was very pleased to hear from you – it was quite a surprise, to be honest,” he says, 

"I have the feeling that this is not a social meeting"

“But I have a feeling that this is not a social meeting – am I right?”

"I have to cancel the Beaujolais"

Eileen nods her head;  “I have to cancel the Beaujolais.”   

"The auction is irreversible"

He reminds her that the auction is irreversible – once the bid has been accepted, that is it.

"I wouldn't ask if I wasn't desperate"

She is insistent that there must be a way out of it;  “I wouldn’t ask if I wasn’t desperate,” 

"Things are that bad?"

so he realises things must be bad.   “The business is only just about going – I’m in a financial hole, you see – 

Eileen spins a tale of woe . . .

“I can’t afford to pay the gas bill, never mind for the blinking Beaujolais!”

. . . which he appears to believe

It appears that he has fallen for this sob story, gives her a hug, and suggests that she should leave the car there and get a taxi home, then they can share a bottle of wine 

"We'll sort everything out tomorrow"

and will sort everything out tomorrow.   

"Looks like mission accomplished!"

Eileen smiles coyly at him.

"Aren't you supposed to help?"

Now Eleri is speaking to someone else on the phone;  “Aren’t you supposed to help in a situation like this?   I see – 

"Thanks very much for nothing!"

“well, thanks very much for nothing!”

Jinx has arrived 

During this, Jinx has walked in;  

"What did I say about being heavy-handed?"

he reminds her, “What did I say about not being too heavy-handed?”   

He has brought Eleri's lunch

She imagines that he is checking up on her, but he has simply brought her lunch.   

"I can sort out my own lunch!"

“I can sort out my own lunch,”she snarls, but he thought that it would save her some time.

“Yes, I’ve got plenty to get on with!” she moans, so he offers to help.   

"How do I find more staff by . . . yesterday?"

“All right, how do I find more staff by . . . yesterday?” she demands.

"Phone the agency?"

He advises that she should phone the agency, but she points out that she has just hung up on them.   He sees a leaflet to publicise music workshops, 

"I could do one of these for art"

and suggests that he could do one of those for art.

“The volunteer forms are over there,” Eleri tells him, but he did not think that he would be expected to do it for free.   

"We can't afford bed-pans!"

“We can’t afford bed-pans at the moment, let alone an art tutor!” she snaps.

The unwelcome sounds of vomiting

Then there is the distant sound of one of the residents vomiting, 

"Right, I'm going"

which is the last straw and she decides that she is going.   

"You're the manager!"

Jinx reminds her that she is the manager and cannot just leave.   She, however, is proposing to work from home, as she has had enough of talking about commodes and nappies for one day.   “You can buy me lunch – bring my coat!” she orders and off she goes, 

He meekly picks up her coat

so he dutifully follows.

"I knew I could rely on you"

Bedwyr has contacted one of his mates;  “Thank you – I knew I could rely on you.   

Eileen is happier now

“Great, I’ll see you next week.”   He returns to Eileen, remarking that he had been telling quite a story.

"Somebody will want them"

“He believed me – every word.   Somebody will want them – they won’t go to waste.”   

"Can you stay a bit longer?"

Eileen is very grateful to him, so he is about to pour her another drink and encourages her to stay a bit longer.

"If not tonight, some other time"

“Look, I don’t want to put pressure on you, but I really like you – and if not tonight, I’d like to see you some other time.   Perhaps I’m wrong, but I honestly feel that there’s something special between us.”

"I'm in a relationship"

Eileen feels that she has little alternative but to confess, “Listen, Bedwyr, I’m in a relationship – I have a partner and I should have told you earlier – but everything happened so quickly that night.

"I did it for the wrong reasons – and I'm sorry"

“It was lovely – and you’re lovely – but I did it for the wrong reasons and I’m sorry.”   

"I'm sorry for disappointing you"

He does not know what to say, so she goes on, “Things haven’t been easy recently – I don’t want to bore you with the details, but I don’t want to hurt anyone either.   I’m sorry for disappointing you – 

"Thank you for sorting things out"

“thank you for sorting things out.”

Eileen leaves . . .

She gets up and leaves;  

. . . but is Bedwyr plotting revenge?"

could Bedwyr be considering taking some sort of retaliatory action?

"Might be a good idea to say 'please'"

In the Deri, Eleri is composing a message and Jinx recommends that it might be a good idea to include the word ‘please’ somewhere.   She protests that she does not have the time to grovel.

"Do you want more staff or what?"

“Do you want more staff at Brynawelon or not?   Please – that’s better.”

Brynmor comes in . . .

Brynmor comes in 

. . . and avoids Kath . . .

and sees both Kath and Simon behind the bar;  

. . . asking Simon for a red wine

he makes a point of going to Simon and asking for a red wine.   

Kath looks disapproving

Kath looks disapprovingly at him.

Eileen is back

Eileen is back from her mission;  

"Do we have to drink every drop?"

Cassie is worried that they will have to drink every drop of the Beaujolais until the cows come home.   

"No – the order is cancelled"

“No, the order is cancelled,” Eileen reassures her 

"Thank heavens for that!"

and Cassie is very pleased to hear it.

"Oh, Eileen, hello again"

Eileen turns to leave and at that moment Anita and Ieuan come in;  “Oh, Eileen, hello again!” says Anita, “Wasn’t that pub nice?   And the food – well . . .”

"We were the only two there"

Now Eileen is looking worried, as Ieuan tries to persuade Anita that that they were the only the two of them there.   

"You were there as well, weren't you?"

“No, Eileen was there as well, weren’t you?” she insists.

"You must have made a mistake, Anita"

Eileen responds that she must have made a mistake, but is looking very worried as she leaves the Deri.

"I'm absolutely sure I saw her"

Kelly comes in and Anita is absolutely sure that she saw Eileen at the pub;   Ieuan explains to Kelly that Anita thought a woman in the pub this afternoon was someone else.   

"I always see things I don't want to see"

“Don’t worry, Auntie Neet.   I always see things I don’t want to see in the pub,” says Kelly, 

There is no doubt what she is talking about . . .

looking directly 

. . . him!

at Brynmor.

Cassie advises Kath that she had better leave the bar;  

"I can hear your blood boiling from here"

“I can hear your blood boiling from here.”   

""I'm not hiding from anyone, Cassie"

Kath is adamant that she is not hiding from anyone.

Ieuan complains that his legs are tired after their walk this afternoon, but Anita points out that they did not walk very far – 

"Can we do it all again tomorrow?"

and would like to do it all again tomorrow.   

"It's Siwsi's day tomorrow"

Kelly enlightens her that it is Siwsi’s day tomorrow, which Anita is very excited to hear;  

"She's worth her weight in gold!"

“She’s worth her weight in gold, that Siwsi.”

"I was going to send out a rescue party"

Eileen arrives home at the shop flat and Siôn tells her that he was about to send out a rescue party;  “I can’t believe there so much to discuss about Beaujolais.”   

Flowers and chocolates

He produces a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates, advising, “It’s exactly a year since we first kissed – do you remember?   And I’ve booked two nights in a hotel for tonight and tomorrow – that's why I was on my phone this morning.   

"How much timed you need to pack?"

“How much time do you need to pack?   Ten minutes or fifteen?   

"Everything's under control"

“Before you say anything, Sioned’s agreed to look after Tamed, so everything’s under control.”

Eileen is very pleased

Eileen is very grateful.

"There's nothing like service with a smile"

At the bar, Kath hands Kelly her drink without a word;  “There’s nothing like service with a smile!” Kelly observes.   

"Sugar Daddy is over there"

Kath points towards Brynmor, informing Kelly that her ‘sugar daddy’ is over there 

"Grow up, Kath"

and is told to grow up.

"Little gold-digger!"

“Do you know what?   I think it’s you who should be acting your age, you little gold-digger.”   Cassie thinks that perhaps Kelly should go home.

"Me?   I haven't done anything!"

She protests, “Me?   I haven’t done anything!”

"Snogging a man three times your age?"

Kath continues, “Haven’t you?   What about snogging a man three times your age?   That doesn’t count, does it?   I'm really disappointed in you.”

Eleri is by now standing at the bar and gasps, “Oh, I’ve heard it all now!   

"A boyfriend in the right age bracket"

“No wonder you left Brynawelon!    You’ve already found a boyfriend in the right age bracket.”

"That's enough, Eleri!"

Brynmor is infuriated at this;  he jumps up from his seat and tells his daughter that is enough.   

"She's after your money, Dad!"

She takes no notice but continues, “Kath’s right – she’s after your money, Dad”   Jinx urges her to calm down.

"Nothing happened – all right?"

“Nothing happened – all right?” says Brynmor, 

"I saw you – right?"

but Kath reveals that she saw him;  she was standing right outside the window.

"What's wrong with you?"

“What’s wrong with you?   He’s old enough to be your grandfather!” Eleri rages.

"All right – fine – I did kiss him"

Kelly snarls, “All right – fine – I did kiss him – because I thought there was something in it, but there wasn’t.   

"He's stilling love with you, Kath – happy now?"

Because he’s still in love with you, Kath.   Happy now?”   

Kelly leaves her drink behind

She walks out, without touching her drink.

"I can't understand how you didn't see her"

Back home at number 7, Ieuan proposes making a nice warm cup of tea, but Anita is still insisting, “I can’t understand how you didn’t see her – Eileen at lunchtime – 

"Why would she deny it?"

“it was her – why would she deny it?”   Ieuan considers that perhaps a hot chocolate would be better.

“She was with some bloke – oh, perhaps she’'s having an affair.” 

"You can't go round accusing people like that"

Ieuan warns her that she cannot go around accusing people like that.   

"She's hiding something, I'm telling you"

“Well, she’s hiding something, I’m telling you.   You do believe me, don’t you?”

He maintains that of course he does, 

"I'll make some hot chocolate"

then tells her to go and sit down by the television and he will make them some hot chocolate.

"For the hundredth time . . .

Up in the Deri flat, Brynmor sighs, “For the hundredth time, Kath, nothing happened.   

"Friendship has been a very rare thing"

“Kelly’s been keeping me company during a time when friendship has been a very rare thing.   

"No-one comes close to you"

“We’re friends and only friends.   No-one comes close to you – and you know that.   Getting divorced is the last thing I want to do – and I’ve been too stubborn to admit it.   

"I do love you, Kath"

“I do love you, Kath.   You’re my world – 

"Why don't we give things another go?"

“why don’t we give things another go?   What do you say?”

"Business before your community – and your wife"

She replies, “I asked you to stop that reservoir nonsense, but no, you put your business before your community – and your wife, didn’t you?   

"I wish I could forgive you, Brynmor"

“I wish I could forgive you, Brynmor.”

"Could you forgive me in time?"

He wonders if she could forgive him – in time, but she does not reply.   

"If – and when you're ready . . ."

“All right, think about it – if – and when you’re ready,

"I'll be here, waiting for you"

“ I’ll be here, waiting for you.”   

Kath is left in tears

He walks out of the flat, leaving Kath in tears.