27 August 2026

Dani has brought Greta home

Next morning, Indeg has just made her first cup of tea when there is a knock at the door of Y Felin.   Dani comes bustling in with Greta, sorry to be so early but she says she has a cleaning job and Mark is looking after Gabriel

"Is Iolo still in bed?"

“Is Iolo still in bed?” she asks, but Indeg replies that she has not seen him;  

"He didn't sleep in his bed"

his bedroom door was open, but he did not sleep in his bed.

Dani wonders when was the last time she saw him and Indeg thinks that it was about midnight.   

"Do you think he might have 'copped off'?"

“Do you think he might have ‘copped off’ with someone?” 

"Iolo's not like that"

but Dani does not believe he is the type.

She is convinced that Iolo is upset because of Dai 

"I'm going to look for him"

and instructs Indeg, “You watch Greta – I’m going to look for him.”

"Looking for flights?"

In the shop, Lleucu is looking at the laptop;  “Oh, looking for flights, are you?” comments Colin.

"I'm going to see Mam, Dad and Twm"

She replies that she is going to Singapore, “To see Mam, Dad and Twm next week – Dad’s paying.”   

"I'm pretty good at finding cheap flights"

He offers to help, boasting that he is pretty good at finding cheap flights, but she says that she knows what she is doing.

“Shame about Rhys and the money from Ceffyl Du yesterday,” he continues 

Lleucu feigns ignoranc

and Lleucu pretends that she knows nothing about it.   “Haven’t you heard?   Someone stole hundreds from the till when he left the stall for two seconds.

"Have you seen Iolo?"

Dani comes in, looking for Iolo;  

"I thought he stayed with you"

Lleucu had been under the impression that he stayed with her last night, but she reports that no-one has seen him since ‘Cwmfest’.   

Dani rushes out again 

“I don’t want to panic, but I can’t get hold of him,” she adds, as she rushes out of the shop again.

Dai is very angry

Hywel has gone round to Bryntirion, where Dai is still furious;  

"All I did was tell a couple of jokes"

“Homophobe?   All I did was to tell a couple of  jokes.”

"We should release a statement"

Hywel replies that there is nothing they can do about the trophy now, but he does think that they should release a statement about his speech.   

`'I'm not apologising, good boy!"

Dai is adamant, “I’m not apologising, good boy!”

“No, but we have to make clear that the club welcomes everyone,” points out Hywel, “And you’d better clear the air with Iolo.”

"I want to find out who's responsible!"

Dai insists that Iolo is fine;  “I want the club to find out who’s responsible for this – and I want to see a ‘sine Dai ban’ for good for this – amen!   After everything I’ve done for the club.”

"You didn't even want to go!"

Diane, who is doing the washing up, reminds him that he did not even want to go to ‘Cwmfest’, but he maintains that is not the point.   

"The woke police spoil everything!"

“The moment I get some recognition for all the work I’ve done, the woke police spoil everything!”

Hywel has just received a message on his phone, from Dani, asking if anyone has seen Iolo, who did not go home last night.   “I’d better go and look for him, then.”

"I hope he'll be all right"

Diane hopes that he is all right, then goes across to Dai, 

"That's got nothing to do with me"

who argues, “That’s got nothing to do with me.”   

Diane does not agree

Diane clearly does not agree with him.

Iolo is still at the rugby club . . .

At that moment, Iolo is staggering out of the rugby club, blinking at the sunshine 

. . . not very steady on his legs

and cautiously descending the steps.   

Someone else is also there

Then someone else also appears, buttoning his shirt.   Iolo says, “So long – nice to meet you.”   

"I enjoyed myself" 

The stranger replies that he enjoyed himself and walks away.

"I'll check the CCTV"

Hywel and Dani come out of the deli and he says that he will check the CCTV at the rugby club to see when Iolo left.   Dani asks who was with him at the end of the night.   

Rhys was talking to the police

Rhys was talking to the police about the robbery, while Hywel  suggests that perhaps he did meet someone and go home with them.   Dani is insistent that Iolo is not that type.

"I'm sure Iolo's all right "

Diane comes out of the shop and asks them if there is any news, adding that she is sure Iolo is all right.   

"Your crystal ball says so, does it?"

“Oh, you’re sure, are you?   Your crystal ball says so, does it?” sneers Dani.

Hywel leaves for the rugby club

As Hywel is about to go and check the CCTV, 

"We'll find him, Dani"

Rhys assures Dani that they will find him.

Greta wonders where her Dad is

At Y Felin, Indeg is talking to Lleucu on the phone;  “If you hear anything, phone me.”   By this time, Greta is wondering where her father is 

"He had to go to work"

and is told that he had to go to work – to a job in Cwrtmynach.

"Dad's got a  day off today"

“But Dad’s got a day off today,” protests Greta;  Indeg answers that beggars cannot be choosers;  

Indeg spreads the video

then she shares the video of Dai’s speech with her numerous followers.

"Siôn's on his way home"

Lleucu comes out of the shop to inform Dani that she has phoned Siôn and that he is on his way home.   

"Iolo was with some bloke"

Hywel has checked the cameras and found that Iolo was there until midnight, and then he leaves with some unknown bloke, probably from another club.

Then they see him, with a chocolate doughnut

Iolo suddenly appears from MFC, with a doughnut;  they look with surprise.   

"We've been worried about you!"

Dani rushes forward, shouting, “We’ve been worried about you!”   

"There was no charge on my phone"

He gives the excuse that he had no charge on his phone and asks if Greta is all right.”

“Yes, she’s at Y Felin with Indeg,” Dani tells him;  Lleucu will phone them now to say that they have found him.   

"Where did you sleep last night?"

“Where did you sleep last night?” demands Dani.   

"At a friend's in Cwrtmynach "

He lies that he went home with a friend from Cwrtmynach – nothing like that – he was just tired.

Hywel is just pleased that he is safe and he will now tell the police.   

"The police?"

Iolo cannot believe that the police have been involved;  Dani confirms this, adding that she is now late for two cleaning jobs.   

"I can smell you from here!"

She advises him, “Go home and have a shower – because I can smell you from here!   Your father is on his way back –

"You'd better phone your Dad"

“you’d better phone him.”

"Oh, here he is~"

Colin is working in the shop when Iolo walks past, “Oh, here he is!” he remarks, 

"At least he's back safe"

“At least he’s back safe,” he continues to Rhys, “Do the police think they will catch whoever stole your money?”    Rhys is very doubtful about that, as there was no CCTV near the stall and so many people about.

Lleucu feels guilty 

As Lleucu pretends to be rearranging stock on the shelves, she feels very guilty.   Rhys complains, “Hundreds of pounds are stolen 

"All people can talk about it Iolo and Dai"

“and all people can talk about  is Iolo’s night out and Dai’s awful jokes!”

Lleucu looks at Colin

Lleucu turns and looks at Colin, 

"Why Istanbul?"

who is wondering why the laptop is showing flights to Istanbul and not Singapore.   

"It's none of your business, Col"

At first she maintains that it is none of his business, 

"I don'r want you to do anything stupid"

but he answers, “I think it is my business, because I don’t want you to do anything stupid.   Do your parents know?   

"Rhinoplasty?"

“Rhinoplasty?   What the hell?   Is this safe?   And how much is it going to cost?”

"I stole  Rhys' money!"

“I’ve done something stupid, Col,” she whimpers, “I stole Rhys’ money.”   Colin is lost for words.

Iolo is rather fragile

Iolo comes gingerly back downstairs and is asked by Indeg if he feels any better;  “No,” he replies, 

"Sorry for landing you with Greta"

“Sorry for landing you with Greta at such short notice like that.”

"This will lift your spirits"

She has something which she alleges will lift his spirits;  

Now the video has gone global

“A video of Dai’s speech on Insta.   People are fuming with him – over 60 comments already.”

"I don't want more people too see that!"

He makes it clear that he does not want more people to see that, but she maintains that it is great for him and at this rate the club will have to apologise to him.

“Indeg, please, I’ve told you, all right?   I don’t want anything to do with it.   

"I need . . . a Time Machine"

“Now I need a nap, aspirin – and a Time Machine.”   He goes slowly upstairs.

"Stealing?"

Colin has locked the shop door;  “Stealing?   You, of all people?”   

"I wasn't thinking straight"

She tries to explain that she is so sorry and was not thinking straight;  then she saw all that cash.

"Have you been stealing from the shop?"

He wonders if she has also been stealing from the shop;  “How do you expect me to believe you?”   She is in tears as she promises that she has not stolen anything from the shop.

"Where's the money now?"

“Where’s the money now?” he asks 

Lleucu takes it from her bag

and she takes it from her bag.   He asks if that is all of it and she assures him that it is.   

"You're going to take it back to Rhys"

“Right, you’re going to take it all back to Rhys!” he instructs, “You could end up in jail, Lleucu.   You're supposed to be an intelligent girl!”

"Mam and Dad would never forgive me!"

She knows very well that she cannot spend it, but she also cannot admit that she took it, as her mother and father would never forgive her;  

"Please don't tell anyone!"

“Please, don’t tell anyone!” she begs him.

"I'll sort everything out"

Colin tells her to go home and he will sort everything out, 

Now he has the money

so she quickly leaves.

Diane is back at Bryntirion 

Diane comes into Bryntirion, where Dai is sitting in front of the laptop;  

Dai is preparing a letter

“I’m preparing an official letter for the rugby club committee to insist that 

"Banned for life!"

“whoever is responsible for this is banned from the club for life,” he tells her.

She comments that he will be glad to hear that they have found Iolo safe;  

"A lot of fuss about nothing"

“I told you, didn’t I?   A lot of fuss about nothing.”   After a moment’s thought, 

"Do you think he might be responsible?"

he wonders, “Do you think he might be responsible for this?”

"Leave it, Dai!"

Diane snarls at him to leave it, 

"Undermining the club's good name!"

but he insists that he is looking for answers;  “Whoever is responsible is undermining the club’s good name!”

"You're doing that with your jokes!"

She shouts that he is undermining the club’s good name with his jokes, but he is adamant, “Leg-pulling is part of every rugby club’s culture.   It’s just banter – 

"Iolo and his type . . .~"

“and if Iolo and his type can’t see that, they shouldn’t be anywhere near a rugby club in the first place!”   Diane is absolutely disgusted by this.

"Thanks, Indeg!"

Hywel is watching the video posted by Indeg, particularly the section about dropping the soap.   “Thanks, Indeg!” he snarls, 

"That's what you get for giving him a microphone"

but Rhys replies that is what you get for giving Dai Sgaffalde a microphone.

“I worked hard to organise ‘Cwmfest’,” Hywel continues, “And all that people will remember is that farce!”   

"Hundreds of pounds were stolen"

Rhys reminds him that hundreds of pounds were stolen, but his father says he should have sorted the card machine.

"Did Indeg lift a finger to help?"

“All people do is find fault and complain about things – did Indeg lift a finger to help?   No – all she could do is complain about a little mistake.”

"A little mistake?"

“A little mistake like telling homophobic jokes on stage?” enquires Rhys, “Yes, that could happen to anyone.”

"I'm starting to lose faith in people"

Hywel hears the letterbox rattle and on his way there continues moaning, “Yesterday was supposed to bring people together – I’m starting to lose faith in people around here.”

An envelope, marked 'Sorry' . . .

What has been posted through the letterbox is an envelope, marked ‘Sorry’, 

. . . containing all the money

containing the stolen money.   

"How's your faith in the community now?"

Rhys asks, “How’s your faith in the community now?   A bit better?”

Iolo is suffering from last night

Iolo is in the Deri and for some reason Dani is behind the bar, 

"Only one cure for a hangover"

advising him that there is only one cure for a hangover.   

"Phoning Dad was fun"

“Phoning Dad to tell him not to come home was fun,” he groans, 

"It's no big deal"

but Dani points out that falling asleep on a friend’s sofa is no big deal.

"I may not have been completely honest"

“I may not have been completely honest with you earlier,” says Iolo, “I’m so embarrassed, Dan.”   She enquires where he slept last night and he confesses, “In the club’s equipment room, on top of a few tackle bags – and I wasn’t alone, either.”

"That's the thing – I don't know his name"

Dani is eager to know who it was, but he admits, “That’s the thing – I don’t know his name – it’s awful, isn’t it?”

Dani maintains that she was the one who went over the top, whereas he was just having fun.   

"It's so out of character"

He appreciates it is something completely out of character for him to do, “And I didn’t think I’d feel like this, but part of me wants to do it again – is it wrong for me to say that?”

Dani jokes that he is now her new hero, 

That chap over there is taking a lot of interest

while the chap at the other end of the bar seems to be taking an interest in this conversation.   “All you did was go out and enjoy yourself, OK?”

"What do you mean – apologise?"

Hywel is back at Bryntirion, where Dai asks, “Tell me, Hywel, what exactly do you mean when you say ‘apologise’?”   He is told that the committee have discussed it, and as his speech has had such a bad response on social media, they have to ask him to make an official apology.

"No way, José!"

Dai’s immediate response is, “No – never – no way, Jose!   This is censorship – you just want to gag me because I’m one of the normal people!”

"What if I refuse?"

He is urged to think about it, but protests, “And what if I refuse?”   In that case, he is told that they would have to withdraw the award and ban him from the club.   

Dai walks out 

Dai walks out of the room.

"I'm in an impossible situation here"

Hywel points out to Diane that he is in an impossible situation here 

"Dai should apologise . . ."

and she agrees that Dai should apologise, there is no doubt about that.   

 ". . . he's a stubborn old man"

“He’s a stubborn old man, who won’t accept that the world has moved on.”

"I've put subtitles on the video now"

Indeg comes downstairs, bragging that she has put subtitles on the video;  “People from everywhere are commenting now – Australia, America – Dai is finished now.”

"Does Iolo mind?"

When Lleucu asks whether Iolo minds, she sneers, “I don’t see why he would – 

"He's the victim in all this"

“he’s the victim in all this.   Do you mind keeping an eye on Greta for me tonight?   

"I need to catch up on mu beauty sleep"

“I need to catch up on my beauty sleep after last night.”

Colin informs her that Rhys has he money

There is a knock on the door and Lleucu finds that it is Colin;  he informs her that the money has been returned and Rhys has no idea who was responsible.

"I'll never do anything like that again!"

Lleucu promises that she will never do anything like that again.   

"You should go to Singapore"

He still thinks that she should go to Singapore and spend some time with her family.   “They’ll help you to get some perspective on things.”   

"I've spent the money already"'''''''''''''''

She agrees that is what she wants as well, “But the money Dad sent me – I’ve spent it already on credit card bills.”

"Credit Card?"

Colin demands what she has been spending it on 

"Non surgical rhinoplasty"

and she replies, “Non-surgical rhinoplasty – it hasn’t worked, obviously,  but it was expensive.”

She cannot ask her father for more money unless she admits that she has already spent what he sent her.   

"You're in rather a pickle"

Colin can see that she is in rather a pickle.   

"Use this card . . . "

He takes out his credit card, telling her, “Take down the details of this card and pay for a ticket to Singapore.   

". . . I don't want you to miss out"

“I don’t want you to miss out on seeing your family just because of the money – you can pay me back gradually – interest free.”

"You're one in a million, Col!"

“Col, you’re one in a million,” Lleucu tells him 

She gives him a hug

and gives him a hug.

"Now I've proved him right"

In the Deri, Iolo comments, “The worst thing is, Dai’s jokes were all about how gay men can’t control themselves – and now I’ve proved him right.”   

"You have been a bit celibate"

Dani reminds him that he has been a bit celibate over the years and deserves to enjoy himself, too.

She predicts, “You never know, this might be your ‘Hot Guy Summer’.”

"It was quite exciting"

He has to admit that it was quite exciting, but then Hywel arrives, having talked to the rest of the committee.   

"We might have persuaded Dai to apologise"

He maintains that they might have persuaded Dai to give him a public apology.

"I don't want anything to do with this, all right?"

Iolo stops him there;  “Sorry, but I don’t want anything to do with this, all right?   I've worked hard enough for the club, 

"So if you don't mind . . ."

“so if you don’t mind . . . just excuse me,” making it very clear that he just wants Hywel to leave, which he does.

"I don't want this turning into Culture Wars . . . "

Iolo tells Dani, “I don’t want this to turn into to some big story about culture wars – 

 ". . . and I don't want Greta dragged in"

“and I don’t want to get Greta dragged into it either.”

"Why don't you come to Tan y Garreg?"

Dani has the idea of inviting him and Greta to come to Tan y Garreg with her;  “Then holiday village – I won it in the raffle yesterday.   There’s loads of room – bring your father, too – the kids would love it.   

"Best bit – no Dai, no Hywel!"

“Best bit – no Dai, no Hywel – no culture wars!   We’ll have a laugh.”

Lleucu s on her laptop

Lleucu is sitting at the bottom of the stairs looking at her laptop;  

. . . looking for flights to Singapore

she is on the flightscanner.com website, looking for flights to Singapore (the cheapest of which seems to be from Bristol) when a message appears at the top of the screen to say that she has been tagged in a photo.

Another photo arrives . . .

She finds another photo of her and Indeg at ‘Cwmfest’, 

. . . which makes her think about her nose . . .

becomes paranoid about her nose again, 

. . . so she changes her search . . .

then changes the destination of her search 

. . . to Istanbul

to Istanbul.