7 May 2026

Penrhewl's penalty notice

Mathew is looking at the penalty notice in respect of the slurry pit which amounts to £3,498.   Sioned comes in, carrying Jac, who has been unable to settle at the crèche.   

"The last day to finish the fencing"

“But today is the last day to finish the fencing,” Mathew reminds her;  she points out that babies do not care about fences and farm grants.

Mathew demands what she is going to do with him;  

"I'll have to cope, like I always do"

“I don’t know – I’ll just have to cope, like I always do,” she groans.   

Jac is not happy about something

Jac starts crying again so she picks him up.

"You must be very proud of Kelly"

is walking along the street when he meets Siôn, who is coming out of the shop;  “Hey, you must be very proud of Kelly – the blog – a very powerful portrait.   Some of the mutations were wrong, but . . .”

"Yes, she's done a very good job"

Rhys agrees that she has done a very good job;  Siôn is of the opinion that she deserves the attention she is getting.   

"Would she let me put it in Cwm Ni?"

“Do you think she’d let me put the blog in the next edition of Cwm Ni?”

Rhys is not sure about that, so he would have to ask her.   

Kelly appears in the background . . .

Then Kelly emerges from the alley, 

. . . and Siôn will go to talk to her

so Siôn goes to speak to her;  “Kelly, I’m glad I’ve seen you – congratulations – 

"What you're doing is very commendable"

“what you’re doing is very commendable and I’m full of admiration!”

He assures her that other people feel the same, 

"We'll talk about Cwm Ni another time

and they will talk another time about Cwm Ni, but then he is about to hurry off.

"What is he on about, like?"

She looks at him with surprise, having no idea what he is talking about;  

"Hang a banger, Siôn!"

Hang a banger,” she says, but he replies that he is in a hurry to get to his first council meeting.

"Is he all right, or what?"

“Is he all right, or what?” she demands 

"I think I can explain"

and Rhys thinks that he can explain, but before he can, 

"We need to make the most of an empty house"

she goes on, “I was just going to text you, actually – come over tonight, because you’re right.   We need to make the most of an empty house,” Kelly continues.

Kelly has a puzzling phone call

He wonders if they can go there now, but at that moment she receives a phone call and looks puzzled;  

"Radio Cymru"

she whispers to Rhys, “Radio Cymru.”

"Yes, I can spare two minutes"

“Er, yes, I can spare two minutes,” she says as she walks towards number 7.   

Rhys is rather worried

Rhys is rather apprehensive`

"Of course we're interested"

At Penrhewl, Matthew also receives a phone call, from Connor at the brasserie;  “Of course we’re interested – just sent over the details 

"I'll give you a quote by he end of the day"

“and I’ll give you a quote by the end of today – thank you.”

Sioned comes in

Sioned has just come into the room, so he asks whether she is sure she cannot try Jac at the crèche again.   

"If we don't finish the fence, we lose the grant"

“If we don’t finish the fencing today, we'll lose the grant.”   She is already very much aware of that, but cannot see any point taking him back, 

"He'll just scream again" 

as he will just scream again.

"You'll have to find someone to babysit"

She concludes that she will have to find someone to babysit;  Mathew would love to do so but cannot; 

"The job is paying the farm bills"

he has too much work on at the brasserie and has to keep Connor happy.   “He wants to give APD more work – and the job at the brasserie is paying the farm bills.”

"I don't have a lot of choice"

In that case, Sioned does not have a lot of choice, but gets in touch with her mother to ask for a favour.

Ieuan has an Ordnance Survey map

At Morawel, Ieuan is consulting an Ordnance Survey map and informs Hywel that he does not have a headache this morning.   “I’ve been up for hours, planning our route.   

"A walks to appreciate Wales' majestic coastline"

We’re going for a walk to appreciate Wales’ majestic coastline.

However, Hywel, maintains that he has a better idea;  

Hywel has found some fishing rods

“I had a look in the shed earlier.”   He goes outside and then comes back carrying two fishing rods, which he believes are ‘beach casters’.

"Do you fish?"

“Do you fish?” He asks and Ieuan replies that he did, 

"I haven't done for years"

but has not done so for years.   “Great – I’ll make us some sandwiches and you can get these in order.”   

Ieuan is totally confused

Unfortunately, it is evident that Ieuan does not know one end of a fishing rod from the other.

"Don't be angry – I can explain"

Kelly goes with Rhys to number 21 and her mood is far from good;  Rhys pleads with her, “Don’t be angry – I can explain.” 

"You had no right to post it!"

“I showed you that blog in good faith – you had no right to post it!” she snarls.   

"It was too good to waste"

He answers that it was so good that it would be a waste if no-one else saw it.

"But `I wasn't happy with it!"

“Rhys, I wasn’t happy with it!” she goes on, but he points out that Radio Cymru liked it – and everyone else.   She still is adamant that it was not good enough.

"Because you don't have enough confidence"

“You think that because you don’t have enough confidence,” he explains.    

"My writing, my experience, my decision!"

She objects most strongly;  “I don't need a knight in shining armour to tell me how I feel!   My writing, my experience, my decision!”

He continues that he knows she is angry;  

"Please don't say 'but'!"

“Please don’t say ‘but’,” Kelly growls.

Nevertheless, he does, “But sometimes someone else needs to make the first move,” he maintains, “This could lead to something special – 

"I did it to help you"

“I did it to help you, to support you.”

She does not agree with this;  

"You just bulldozed over my feelings!"

“No, you just bulldozed over my feelings – because you think you know what’s best for me!   You don’t, Rhys!”

“OK, perhaps it was a silly thing to do.   I didn’t mean to upset you,” he says.

"I'm not upset – I'm livid!"

“I’m not upset – I’m livid!” is Kelly’s furious reply.

"I got it wrong – I'm sorry"

“I don’t think I know better – I don’t.   I got it wrong, OK?   I’m sorry – but don’t throw this away because you’re angry with me – please.   

"This could be a great opportunity"

“This could be a great opportunity for you.”

Siôn is on his way to the meeting 

Siôn is walking along the street when Garry joins him;  “I’ve been trying to phone you – I hope you’re not avoiding me, because, at the end of the day, Siôn, 

"Remember how you came to be a councillor"

“you need to remember how you became a councillor in the first place and who put you there.”

“What do you want, Garry?”   He has already found out when the meeting was scheduled 

"I should be the first to know"

and requires that if there are any relevant developments, he should be the first to know.

"There's nothing that would interest you"

Siôn informs him that there are only small everyday matters on the agenda and nothing that would interest him.   

"I'll decide that"

“I’ll decide that,” Garry tells him.

“Garry, I became a councillor to help the whole community – to help people.   Using what little power I have for any other purpose 

"Would go against my principles"

“would completely go against my principles.

"You're big on principles"

“You’re big on principles, aren’t you, Siôn?   Mr Whiter than White – but let me ask you one little question.   

"When you were pocketing Anita's money?"

“Where were those principles when you were pocketing Anita’s rent money?   

"I think we understand each other"

“I think we understand each other.   I’ll see you after the meeting.”

Jac's abandoned tractor

Jac’s toy tractor is parked behind the quad bike in the farmyard when Eileen arrives;  

"I can't drop everything"

she complains, “I can’t drop everything the minute you click your fingers – where’s Jac, then?”

"He was here a moment ago"

Sioned is panic-stricken when she realises that he is not where he was a moment ago, playing with his tractor.   

They go in search of him

The two of them search for him, shouting his name.

Ieuan is getting nowhere with fishing line

Ieuan is at a loss as to what to do with the fishing line;  

`"This is not the one I'm used to"

he advises Hywel that he is almost there, but this is different to the one he is used to.   Hywel warns that he must hurry up or it will be dark.   

"The fish will be tucked up in their . . . nests?"

“Yeah, of course – the fish will be tucked up in their . . . nests?”

Then he is told that they need something in which to carry the worms 

"Plenty of worms in the garden"

and Ieuan is sure that they can find plenty of those in the garden.   “No – you use lugworms for sea fishing, don't you?”

“Yes, of course – those old faithful lugworms.”   

"You've never been fishing before, have you?"

Hywel has already come to the conclusion that his brother has never been fishing before, something which Ieuan is forced to admit.   “Why did you tell me you had, then?”

"Boys in shorts and woolly jumpers"

Ieuan likes the idea and always has;  “I had a book when I was a boy – the Boys’ Annual.   It was about those boys in their shorts and woolly jumpers – and their fathers taking them fishing.   

"Did your father take you fishing?"

“Did your father take you fishing?”

"I shall have to teach you"

Hywel agrees that he did, and his brother is lucky that he is there to teach him, but insists that Ieuan will have to listen to him.   

"Look, it's raining"

However, then Ieuan notices that it is raining, 

"We're still going"

but Hywel is adamant that they are still going.

Sioned is searching frantically

Sioned is running all around the farmyard, 

"Jac, where are you?"

becoming increasingly anxious, looking for her son and Eileen is trying to get her to calm her.   

"What if DJ's back?"

“What if someone’s taken him?   What if DJ’s back?” she shouts, “Jac – come back to Mami, please!”

"Thee he is, Sioned!"

Then Eileen spots him, 

He has found himself a secluded corner

sitting between a barrel and a tyre, holding something in his hand, 

Sheep antibiotic

which Sioned finds is a bottle of sheep antibiotic, which has been left lying around.   

"Has he drunk any of it?"

She fears that Jac may have drunk some of it.

"I'll take you to the hospital now"

“Come on – I'll take you to the hospital now,” says Eileen.

Rhys is listening to . . . 

Rhys is at Ceffyl Du, listening to the radio;  “Remember to get in touch with your limericks this morning – we love receiving them.   

. . . the radio at Ceffyl Du 

“Now, as you know, we’ve been discussing carers this week and several of you have been sharing your personal stories of caring for your partners, your parents, your children.”

He hears a familiar name mentioned . . .

Rhys is checking the condition of one of his batches of beer, as the radio continues, “One person who’s decided to write about her experience is Kelly Evans from Cwmderi.”

. . . so listens intently

Rhys immediately takes notice and smiles as the compère continues, “I’m glad to say that she’s on the line with us now – good morning, Kelly.   Now tell me about this blog.”

"I hope this net is big enough"

Now that their fishing gear appears to be in order, Hywel and Ieuan are heading for the beach, with Ieuan hoping that his net will be big enough to catch all the fish, but Hywel warns that they could be waiting for hours.

"Patience is the key to success . . ."

“Dad had a saying – ‘Patience is the key to success’.”

". . . and patience is difficult for me"

Ieuan immediately completes the sentence, “‘And patience is difficult for me’.   That's something which Mami used to say.   

"More effective together – like brothers"

“The two of them are more effective together – like brothers.”

Kelly explains the idea behind her blog

Rhys continue listening;  “It’s certainly very honest writing;  what effect do you hope this blog will have on other people out there?”

Kelly replies, “I really hope it will bring comfort, you know – because it can be so isolating, like.   But the message I want to get out there is that you’re not on your own.   

"If he blog helps one person . . ."

“If the blog helps one person, well, I think it will have done its job.”

The compère, Shan Cothi, says that the response online has been exceptional and congratulates Kelly, who adds, “Oh yeah, before I go, I want to thank someone else as well, because none of this would have happened without him.”

"Rhys Llywelyn – my boyfriend"

Rhys is smiling broadly by now as she goes on, “Rhys Llywelyn – my boyfriend.   Having support like that is important.”

Mathew blames himself

At the hospital, Mathew joins Eileen in the waiting room, having come as quickly as he could   He is told that they are with the doctor now and he blames himself for being in such a hurry to get to the brasserie.   

"It's not your fault"

Eileen insists that it is not his fault.

"I didn't know you had a boyfriend"

Kelly is now back at home and Rhys comes in;  “I’ve just been listening to Shan Cothi – I didn’t know you had a boyfriend.   

"Does that mean we're official, then?"

“Does that mean we’re official, then?”

Kelly tries her best not to smile 

"I didn't say that"

and replies, “I didn’t say that.”   He imagines that they must be, 

"You've announced it to the nation!"

now that she has announced it to the nation.

“So, am I forgiven?”

"I can make my own decisions!"

“Perhaps – but I can make my own decisions – I don’t need a man to make them for me,” she answers.   

"I know that'

He knows that, so she invites him, “Come on then,” 

Kelly kisses him

and kisses him.”

"They're keeping him in for a while"

Sioned returns to the waiting room, advising that Jac is to be kept in for a while, just to make sure.   “It should be obvious by now if he had drunk it.”

"That's a relief"

They are very pleased to hear this, and are told that it will be a couple of hours before he can come home.   

"I'm going to deal with the fence"

Sioned says that she has to go home to deal with the fence, or they will lose the grant.

Mathew volunteers that he will do the fence, deeming it more important than the brasserie.   

"Pity it wasn't more important this morning"

“Pity it wasn’t more important this morning,” grumbles Sioned.

"I'll go and do it"

He will go and do it, and will see her when she gets home.   

"Everyone knows farming is hard"

Eileen tells Sioned that farming is hard and everyone knows that, 

"I'm going back to Jac"

so she goes back to Jac.

Garry walks into the shop flat, where he is informed by Siôn, “There was nothing in that meeting that would interest you.”

Garry grabs, Siôn's notes

Garry simply grabs his notes and mutters, “We’ll see about that now – painting the school gates?   

"Those gates are a bit shabby" 

“Yeah, thinking about it, that needs doing – they are a bit shabby.   Access to public footpaths.”

"They are confidential notes"

He is reminded that they are confidential notes, but tells Siôn to be quiet as he is trying to read;  

"Make me a coffee, will you?"

“Make me a coffee, will you?   It will help me concentrate.”

"It's a shame, I didn't catch that fish"

Hywel and Ieuan are back from their fishing expedition, with Ieuan grumbling, “It’s a shame I didn’t catch that fish – it was a big one – do you think it was a shark?”

"My brother would have saved me"

Hywel laughs that he is lucky to be alive, but Ieuan is confident that his brother would have saved him.   

"Why don't we walk to the pub?"

Now that they do not have a fish for dinner, Hywel suggests that they should go to the local pub, but Ieuan would prefer to go home.   

"I think I'm ready to go back to Cwmderi"

“I think I’m ready to go back to Cwmderi now.”

"To catch up with the gang"

“We’ll go home to catch up with the gang – you, me, Esther, Anita, Kelly, Rhys, Indeg.”   

"I've never been in a gang, not even at school"

Ieuan smiles and remarks that he has never been in a gang before, not even at school.   They go to put away the fishing rods.

Mathew arrives at the field

Mathew arrives at the field on the quad;  

. . . and is soon hard at work . . .

he quickly gets stuck into the job of erecting the fence posts 

. . . erecting the requisite fence

and attaching the fencing, 

He is becoming exhausted . . .

which exhausts him very quickly.   

. . . but takes a photo of the completed job for Sioned 

When he has finished the job, he takes out his phone and sends a photo of the completed work to Sioned with the caption, ‘I’ve finished.’

Connor phones again

As soon as he has sent it, the phone sounds with a call from Connor;  “The brasserie’s going to look the business, I promise you,” Mathew assures him, “I haven’t forgotten – 

"You'll have the quote in half an hour"

“you’ll have the quote in half an hour, I promise.”

He prepares to head back to the farm

He puts on his helmet and starts up the quad, heading back towards the farm.

"Messge from Mathew, Mam"

Sioned, who is waiting at the hospital with her mother, receives the message 

'The job's finished'

and shows Eileen a photo of the finished fence, then texts a reply, ‘Sorry about earlier’.   

"You've been under a lot of strain"

Eileen appreciates that they have been under a lot of strain.

Mathew speeds across the field . . .

Mathew speeds across the field, then hears his phone sound;  as he looks at it, 

. . . but hits some obstacle . . .

he appears to encounter an uneven patch of ground 

. . . and the quad turns over

and the quad bike suddenly turns over.   

Where is Mathew in all this?

Then there is silence, broken only by the bleating of sheep in the background.