18 July 2026

16 July 2026

Indeg is singing along to the radio

Indeg is brushing her hair and singing along to music on the radio;  she is joined by Siwsi, who is dancing around.

She is joined by Siwsi

Remember, the same old things worry everyone, 

But life is good

But we all return to the soil in the end

The grape taste strong in the wine

And the company is good

Oh, life is so good.

Lleucu comes down . . .

Lleucu comes downstairs, picks up her bag 

. . . and leaves without a word

and walks out of the house without a word.  

They look at each other

Siwsi and Indeg look at each other.

"There's a queue outside MFC"

Britt is putting out the rubbish from MFC when Garry comes around the corner to inform her, “Are you expecting some fairies to turn up to do your job?   There’s a queue outside MFC.”

She simply replies, “You own the place – you sort it out!   I’m grieving.”   

"How long's this nonsense going on?"

He demands how long this nonsense is going to go on, so she informs him, “That’s up to you, love – 

"Do you want lilies or chrysanthemums on your coffin?"

by the way, do you want lilies or chrysanthemums on your coffin?”

"Grow up, will you?"

Garry tells her to grow up, so she walks back into the flat and slams the door.

"What sort of order is that?"

In the shop, Eileen is complaining, “Two cheese wheels, 4 pints of milk and no yoghurt?   What sort of order is that?”   

Lleucu is looking a magazine

Lleucu is looking at the magazines on the shelf as Colin explains that it would have been difficult to put in an order from Bangkok.

"I gave someone a chance"

“Yes, but I gave someone a chance to take on some more responsibility,” Eileen drones on.

Colin recounts a problem in Thailand

Colin says that he was struggling to tell the difference between Chai and Mai Chai;  “And that can get you into all sorts of problems!”

"It's a terrible order!"

Eileen calls to Lleucu, “Do you expect me to feed a whole village on this?   Because I’m not Jesus Christ.   It’s a terrible order – and now someone has to go to the cash and carry.”

Lleucu grabs the order

Lleucu snatches the order and cannot understand;  

"You have better things todo than run a shop"

“I can understand completely,” snarls Eileen, “You have better things to do than run a shop – and that’s obvious.”

"Everyone makes mistakes, Eileen"

Colin points out that everybody makes mistakes, but Eileen insists, “She makes them all the time.”   

"'She' has a name!"

Lleucu takes exception to this, reminding Eileen, that ‘she’ has a name.   “Watch that lip, good girl!” she is told.

"This isn't what I ordered"

“They made the mistake – this isn’t what I ordered!” stresses Lleucu.   

"She seems allergic to hard work"

Eileen tells Colin to keep an eye on her, as she seems allergic to hard work.

"Cow!"

As Eileen walks out of the door, Lleucu snarls, “Cow!”

Alfresco lunch at the farm

On the farm, Sioned and Howard are having an impromptu picnic, out of the rain;  Sioned says that they have to sort out the sheep and she needs to pick the children up before four o’clock.   

"You don't have to do this, Sioned"

He reminds her that she does not have to do this, because she has a lot on her plate, but she is anxious to help him.

"It means a lot to me"

“And it means a lot to me, too, if you take over this place – mind you, you’re getting by on your own – 

"Penrhewl has never looked so good"

Penrhewl has never looked so good.”   He adds that he has never worked so hard;  this test month has almost killed him.

Sioned is convinced that it will be worth it;  

"A week to go, is it?"

“A week to go until the inspection, is it?”   Howard wonders if he will pass the test.   “Who knows with Mam?   I’m sure Kim Kardashian is less demanding than her – but you deserve this opportunity, that’s obvious to everyone, even Mam.”

"There's a lot to do"

Now they have to get to work as there is a lot to do and they are in a hurry.

Garry has picked up the post

Garry is back at Cysgod y Glyn, having picked up the post on his way;  

He opens an envelope

he selects one of the letters and opens it, 

A sympathy card

finding a card with the words, ‘With Sympathy’ on the front.   Inside the card are the words ‘Rest in peace, Garry’.   

He is getting tired of this

He is obviously becoming rather tired of this.

Lleucu is looking at herself

Lleucu is looking at herself on the phone 

"The monkeys were stealing their noodles"

as Colin is telling her, “You’ll never believe it, but the Buddhist monks were too busy watching TikTok to notice the monkeys stealing their noodles.   

"You're on that Snapchat all the time"

A bit like you – you’re on that Snapchat all the time.

"Are you on that phone again/'

Eileen is back from the cash and carry;  “Are you on that phone again?   I had to make a trip to the cash and carry because of that blinking phone!   

"She's on it all the time, Col"

She’s on it all the time, Col!   And she messed up her exam because she couldn’t put it down.   

"If a customer got half as much attention . . ."

It would be a miracle if a customer got half as much attention as Instagram!”

"You're being a  bit unfair now"

Colin maintains that she is being a bit unfair now, as all the customers love Lleucs;  “She always has a smile on her face and is polite.”

“Unlike some,” Lleucu adds, 

"You're a real cow!"

“You’re a real cow to everyone around you – the customers, Colin and me.”

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

“Who the hell do you think you are?” growls Eileen, “It’s time for you to learn some respect, good girl.”

"That works both ways"

Lleucu is adamant that it works both ways.   

"You know where the door is"

“Well, if you don’t like it, you know where the door is!”   

"Calm down, Eileen"

Colin tries to intervene to point out that things are becoming a bit overheated, 

She silences him

but she silences him;  “Do I need to spell it out to you?”

"I don't want to be stuck in this place with you!"

“You know what?   I don’t want to be stuck in this place with a cow like you a second longer, anyway – I quit!”

"Good!"

Eileen regards that as a good thing, 

"Lleucu and I come as a package"

but then Colin tells her, “And me, too – Lleucu and I come as a package – both of us or neither of us.   Come on, Lleucs.”

Indeg and Siwsi . . . 

Indeg and Siwsi are having a drink in the deli when Lleucu and Colin come across the road;  

. . . are ignored by Lleucu 

Lleucu completely ignores them.   

"Has Eileen got a temperature?"

They find Britt there and she is surprised that they are both having a break at the same time;  “Has Eileen got a temperature?” she laughs.   

"Her temperature's pretty high"

Lleucu imagines that Eileen’s temperature will be pretty high and Colin explains that they have just walked out on strike.

“Well Colin is on strike – I’ve quit,” says Lleucu.   

"You can't afford to lose that job!"

Britt reminds him that he cannot afford to lose that job.

"It's all right when you do it!"

“Oh, I see – it’s all right when you want to do it – you have a shift at MFC today.   We all have our battles, don’t we?   And it’s important to speak out when things aren’t right.   

"It's not right to be wrongly blamed"

“I stood up for Lleucu because it’s not right to be wrongly blamed or to face any sort of bullying in the workplace.   

"How about a hot choc?"

“Why don’t we have a hot choc each to keep us going?”

"No – we're going to boycott the place!"

Britt is determined that no way is she going to put another penny in Eileen’s pocket;  “We’re going to boycott the place!”

Off they go

Indeg and Siwsi are dismayed that Lleucu is ignoring them;  

"We should never have interfered"

“We should never have interfered,” maintain Siwsi, but is told that they are worried about her.   

"I've had a great idea!"

Indeg suddenly has another one of her amazing ideas and tells Siwsi to cancel any plans she may have tonight.

Sioned's optimism . . .

Sioned comes around the corner in the farmyard and reports to Howard that they should get a good price for the sheep.   

. . . is soon dispelled by Howard

He however, is looking worried and informs her that a sheep has died, one that has a ‘Dolydd Isha’ mark on it.  [The name of a neighbouring farm] 

He is going to get the quad to move her quickly;  “Whatever killed the poor dab could be contagious – 

Sioned is very concerned

 think we’ve got a problem – a big one!”

"Beetroot and Gouda"

Britt has looked in the fridge and found beetroot and some Gouda, which Colin thinks has gone off;  

"All the best cheese are mouldy"

“All the best cheeses are mouldy, aren’t they?” she protests.   Lleucu volunteers to get something from MFC, but is forbidden from so doing.

Eileen is coming

The buzzer sounds and Eileen is admitted;  

Britt is smirking

Britt is secretly smirking in the kitchen as she comes in, then asks if Eileen has something to say.

"I may have ben a little bit rash"

She begins, “I may have been a little bit rash earlier – but she’s on her phone all the time and she’s cheeky.”   

"I just stood up for myself"

Lleucu protests that she simply stood up for herself, 

"I'd like us to start again"

but Eileen would like to start again.

"We'll think about it"

“We’ll think about it,” Lleucu answers.

“I haven’t got all day,” Eileen grumbles;  Lleucu points out that they want a pay rise, and Colin will be the manager from now on – the actual manager.

"No phones during working hours"

Eileen stipulates, “No phones during working hours – and less of that lip.”  

Lleucu nods her approval

Lleucu nods her head, so Eileen will expect them both back in the shop in half an hour.   

"We'll discuss the details later"

She says they can discuss the details then.

Lleucu is surprised by the outcome . . .

When she has gone, Lleucu is very surprised and did not think that she would agree so easily.   “Well done, Lleucs – now who wants some beetroot?” asks Britt — 

. . . and they all laugh

and they all laugh.

A large order at MFC . . .

In MFC, Indeg is ordering from a member of staff we have never seen before behind the counter, “A big box of chicken nuggets, a big box of popcorn and six on the bone.”

. . . where Garry is reluctantly behind the counter

Garry looks suspiciously at them, then Indeg increases it to nine on the bone, 

"We'll pick them up later"

explaining to Siwsi that she likes chicken.   “We’ll pick them up later.”

"Garry Monk?"

Then someone else comes into the shop, carrying a wreath;  “Garry Monk?   

"Sorry for your loss"

“Sorry for your loss,” she says”   

There is a note

He looks at the card attached, which reads, ‘I went for the chrysanthemums’.

Lleucu has not been weaned off her phone

Back in the shop, with Lleucu looking at her phone, 

"Smiling again, I see"

Colin remarks, “Smiling again, I see.”   She puts the phone down and apologises.

"Since when have you fallen out with Indeg and Siwsi?"

“Since when have you fallen out with Indeg and Siwsi?”   

"Is it that obvious?"

She is surprised that it was so obvious, explaining that they went through her things and had no right to do that.   She doubts that she will ever be able to trust them again.

"There's no point holding a grudge"

“Look, I know it’s difficult to forgive and I can see that you’ve been hurt, but there’s no point holding a grudge and being angry.   I can read you like a book, good girl – 

"Watch out – nothing gets past me"

“watch out – nothing gets past me.”

"No, it definitely had a Dolydd Isha mark"

In the farmhouse, Howard is on the phone;  “No, it definitely had a Dolydd Isha mark.   Right, OK, I just hope it’s nothing major – and the flock won’t be tested until afterwards?   

"You'll let us know the results?"

“But you’ll let us know the results immediately, won’t you?”

"Post-mortem in Carmarthen"

Sioned is looking very concerned;  she is told that the sheep will have a post-mortem in Carmarthen.   

"The whole flock could go down"

“But if it is contagious, the whole flock could go down.   What if the Penrhewl sheep have caught something!”

"Wait until the post-mortem"

Sioned is adamant that they have to wait until the post-mortem, because it is possible that only the one sheep was ill;  “But how didn’t I notice?” he demands.

"It's their job to to keep their sheep in their fields"

She reminds him that it is Dolydd Isha’s job to keep their sheep in their fields, but they have always been lazy.   Apparently, it may have come through the fence which Dorian damaged.   

"This is my fault!"

“The damage didn’t seem too bad – and I’ve been so busy with everything.   I know I should have fixed that fence – this is my fault!” Howard groans.

"We don't know it got in that way"

Sioned stresses that they do not know that the sheep got in that way;  

"Can we keep this between us for now?"

“Either way, we have to wait for the results to arrive.”   Howard would like to keep this between them for now, 

"There's no point worrying your mother"

as there is no point worrying Sioned’s mother over nothing.

"About what?"

Unfortunately, Eileen happens to be walking through the door at that moment.

The feast is being spread out

Apparently, Garry has been able to produce the goods at MFC and they are being unpacked on the table at Y Felin.   “This food smells lush,” says Indeg, just as Lleucu arrives home.

"A little something to say sorry"

They apologise profusely to her that this is just a little something to say sorry, but she informs them that she does not want a stupid present.   

"We think the world of you"

“I know that it looks like we’re grovelling and it will take time for you to trust us again, but we think the world of you,” says Siwsi.

"We feel awful . . ."

Indeg adds that they feel awful and begs her to open the parcel;  “I know we have work to do to make it up to you, 

". . . this might be a start"

but we thought a pink onesie, an MFC and a pamper might be a start.   

"Corn on the cob?   Popcorn?"

Lleucu enquires whether they thought of corn on the cob and popcorn, 

"That might be a start"

then considers that it might be a start.

"You must have realised, Howard"

“You must have realised there was a different sheep there,” argues Eileen, 

"He's out in the fields days and night"

but Sioned stops her, pointing out that Howard is out in those fields day and night.   She has to go now and help Mathew, but urges her mother not to be hard on Howard.

"It's not fair he gets he blame"

“It’s not fair that he gets the blame for Dolydd Isha’s mess,” she maintains as she leaves the room.

"The whole lot may have to be put down"

Eileen stresses that the whole lot may have to be put down, but Howard points out that they do not know if it is contagious yet.   

"I'm no vet"

He does not know what it was as he is no vet.   Eileen hopes that it is not anything serious or it will be an awful lot of trouble, 

"And you can say goodbye to any hopes"

“And you can say goodbye to any hope you have of getting the Penrhewl tenancy.”   

She leaves Penrhewl 

On that cheerful note, she leaves the farm.

They eat pizza (presumably from Gwern)

At the MFC flat, Britt and Colin are enjoying pizza 

Garry brings in his floral tribute

when Garry storms in with the wreath, which he throws down on the table.   

"Not keen on the chrysanthemums after all?"

Britt demands, “What’s wrong now, Gar?   Not keen on the chrysanthemums after all?”

"This stops now!"

Garry informs her, “This stops now!”
"I'll tell Gwern you're going to start your treatment"

“Yeah, OK – I’ll tell Gwern that you’re going to start your treatment tomorrow.

"Keep your nose out of my business!"

Garry threatens, “Keep your nose out of my business, Britt!”

"Whoa, Garry - that's enough!"

but is warned by Colin that is enough.

"I've never seen anyone so selfish in my life!"

Britt continues, “I’ve never seen anyone so selfish in my life!   What Brandon would have given to have half the chance you have!   What a disappointment you’ve turned out to be – what a coward!”

"Stay away from me!"

He wants her to stay away from him;  

'You can organise your own funeral, good boy"

“Don’t you worry about that, I will – and you can organise your own funeral, because I won’t be coming, good boy.   

"I don't want anything to do with you any more!"

I don’t want anything to do with you any more, OK?”

They have been overeating

At Y Felin, they have got through all of the chicken, but Indeg boasts that she could have eaten some more nuggets;  

"I used to be obsessed with my weight"

“I used to be obsessed with my weight – I counted calories, took loads of selfies – and I mean hundreds.   I realised that I had to stop worrying what other people think.   

"I need to like myself for who I am"

“I need to like myself for who I am, because the more I worried about the weight, the more I saw things that weren’t perfect – it was a slippery slope.”

"I used to be paranoid about my teeth"

This reminds Siwsi about the paranoia she had about her teeth, 

"Nothing wrong with your teeth"

which Lleucu says are perfect.   “I had this thing where I thought one was sticking out, 

"I used to smile like this"

so I used to smile with my mouth shut – it’s so silly, but everyone has something.   I think we should start embracing our imperfections.”

"We're gorgeous just the way we are!"

Indeg declares that the three of them are gorgeous, just the way they are.  The others will go to bed, 

"I'll watch TV for a while"

but Lleucu think she will stay and watch television for a while.

She gets out her laptop

However, she gets out the laptop, 

The 'Glow Aesthetics' website

which is on the website of ‘Glow Aesthetics Llanarthur’ 

The credit card is getting some more use

and picks up her credit card.