13 October 2026

Britt puts out the rubbish

As Britt is putting out the rubbish, Cassie comes across the road;  

"Did you hear about the burglar"

“Hey, did you hear about Hywel Llywelyn’s burglar?   Esther caught him and scared him off.”

A taxi arrives

Just then, a Blue Wing taxi pulls up outside the Deri, and Colin gets out, 

"Where on earth were you?"

shouting to Britt, “Where on earth were you?   You were supposed to pick me up from the airport.”   

"I forgot"

She confesses that she forgot he was coming home today.

Cassie has to go now, but will hear all about his trip another time.   

"I had to get a taxi"

Colin continues complaining, “I had to get a taxi – it cost me a fortune – why didn’t you answer your phone?”   She replies that it is probably in MFC, because it is safer, maintaining that some people say there is a link between mobile phones and cancer.

"Come on, we've got work to do"

“But the important thing is that you’re back safe – come on, we’ve got work to do.”

"They said they would look into it"

At number 21, Rhys asks his father what the police had to say;  “They took statements and said they would look into it.   

"Who the hell does he think he is?"

“Who the hell does he think he is, walking into my house like that?”   Rhys wonders how he got in;  I left the door open for Iolo – I forgot to lock it.   What are the chances that someone decides to break in the same day I forget to lock the door?   

"You haven't upset anyone, have you?"

“He must have known something.   You haven’t upset anyone, have you?   Someone trying to get back at you for something.”

"You've got enough enemies of your own"

Rhys thinks that his father has enough enemies of his own.   “All I want is for Esther to feel safe in her own home,” insists Hywel, 

"You could start by locking the door"

so Rhys suggests that he should start by remembering to lock the back door.

Brynmor is finding life very tedious

Brynmor is whiling away the time by aiming balls of screwed up paper at a cup on the table, missing with most of them, while Kath is doing the washing up.   She asks how he is today;  

"It's hard to tell the difference"

“The same as yesterday,” he groans, “It’s hard to tell the difference where you’re just staring at these four walls day after day.”

Then he apologises, pointing out that he is not used to being idle.   His phone sounds, so he immediately takes it from his pocket 

It is bad news

and appears to be learning some bad news.   

"Eleri, is it?"

Kath assumes that it will be about Eleri, but he tells her that it is Tomos ac Ellis;  

"One of the sales has fallen through"

“One of the Deri Lakes sales has fallen through –the biggest one, the show house.”

"Let's go and see it"

“Does that mean it’s empty today?” she asks, “Let’s go and see it – it will do you good to get out of this flat – come on.”   

"I've seen it several times"

He cannot see any point in this, as he has seen the place several times.   

"Well, I haven't, have I?"

“Well, I haven’t seen it, have I?” she protests, “And you said you were fed up with staring at these four walls – come on, Brynmor.   You’re not quite ready yet to walk up Carreg Cennen, so we'll have an afternoon out, just us.”

"What about that burglary?"

In Tamed, Siwsi and Rhys are sitting at a table and are brought their coffee.   She wants to hear all about the burglary, but Rhys was at his mate’s in Llangefelach and stayed over;  

"I was not at home"

“Typical that someone breaks in the night I wasn’t at home!” he moans.

Siwsi enquires what he would have done if he had been there;  

"I would have shown them who's boss!"

“I would have shown them who’s boss!” he boasts, “One look at me and they would have run a mile!” 

Siwsi is into Tarot

It appears that Siwsi is now into tarot cards;  Rhys cannot understand why he has been chosen to be the guinea pig, but is assured that there is no need to be nervous.   

"It offers a new perspective"

“Tarot doesn’t predict the future – it offers a new perspective and inspires the future” she tells him, “Please, Rhys, Cassie’s asked me to do a reading in the winter fair and I really need the practice.”

Mark comes in, bringing the post;  Rhys asks if he wants to see the future.   

"How's my date going to go?"

“Can you tell me how my date’s going to go tonight?” he replies, “It’s just someone I see on my round.”

Rhys hopes that he has polished up on his flirting since the speed dating night;  “You’re not the best at reading the signals, that’s all,” 

"People have their 'moves'"

and Siwsi explains that people have their ‘moves’.

"Some people play with their hair"

“Some people play with their hair,” Siwsi continues, 

"Siwsi does this"

while Rhys maintains that her move is to rest her head on her hand when she talks.   

Mark selects a card . . . 

Mark is invited to pick a card, ‘the lovers’

. . . featuring 'the lovers'

and is pleasantly surprised when told that if he plays his cards right tonight, he will have a night to remember.  He leaves Tamed quite happy.

"Don't just stand there, Col"

In the MFC flat, Britt urges Colin, “Don’t just stand there, help me, will you?”   He would like to have a chat with her, 

The old Bipolar strikes again

but she is preoccupied about checking all the tins of food to see if they have nitrates in them.

“Look, sit down for a minute and we can talk properly,” he says.   

"I've already said sorry"

She protests that she has already said sorry for not picking him up, but hands him a tin to check for the ingredients.   He cannot understand why she wants to know.

"When `Garry starts his treatment"

“Carcinogens,” she replies, “Oh, sorry – preparing for when Garry comes to stay with us.   I’ve promised to nurse him once he starts the treatment.”   

"What treatment?"

Colin does not know what treatment she is talking about.

"Everything happened so quickly"

“Oh, I haven’t told you, have I?   Everything has happened so quickly.   The cancer is now stage three, but Garry has agreed to have treatment – 

"Are you going to help me or what?"

“so are you going to help me now or what?”   

He is concerned about Britt 

Colin is very concerned about Britt.

Mark is on his post round

On his round, Mark is walking up to a large imposing residence named ‘Caer Arthne’ and rings the doorbell.   

Thee is no reply

There is no reply so he knocks on the door and shouts, “Megan!” through the letterbox.

He hears Megan shouting for help

He hears her voice calling, “Help!” so puts down his bag and looks around for some way of access to the house, 

There is an open window upstairs

finding an upstairs window open.

Those houses have been built extremely quickly

Kath and Brynmor arrive at the showhouse, which is situated amid a large number of other houses, with well-established gardens, most of them apparently occupied.

"Did we have to bring a picnic?"

“Did we have to bring a picnic?” Brynmor asks, but Kath replies that it is only a couple of scones.   “So this is your idea of fun, is it?” he moans 

"I used to like going to open houses"

and she says that she used to like going to open houses to have a look at things she could not afford – but she could dream.

"We can't leave a mess anywhere"

He is concerned that they do not leave a mess anywhere, because they have to sell this house.   

"Out doesn't do any harm to have a look"

Kath complains, “After everything we’ve been through, you’re worried about the mess scones can make?   It doesn’t do any harm to have a look, does it?”   

"Well, don't touch anything"

Brynmor reminds her not to touch anything.

Mark has found a ladder

Mark has managed to locate a ladder, which he positions against the wall, 

"I'm going to climb in, Megan"

then calls through the letterbox, “There’s a window open upstairs – I’m going to climb in through there!”   

He prepares for his mission

He takes off his hat and coat, preparing for the perilous ascent.

"I'm doing the bathroom next"

Having checked everything in the kitchen, Britt is going to do the bathroom next.   

"I didn't eat soap or drink shampoo"

Colin comments, “Well, I didn’t eat soap or drink shampoo last time I was here.”   She maintains that there are dangerous things in those as well;  

"That talc will have to go"

for instance, the talc he likes so much will have to go.

"I'm going to buy new, healthy stuff"

“I’m going to buy new, healthy stuff for us all,” she goes on, but he points out that it is going to cost a fortune.   

"There's no price on health"

“There’s no price on health!” she stresses, “Now, take this bag downstairs and put it in the bin – and then we’ll go to Trostre later this afternoon – to buy a new mattress for the spare room.”

"There's nothing wrong with that mattress!"

Colin protests that there is nothing wrong with that mattress, 

"Garry can't sleep in a bed like blancmange!"

but Britt is adamant, “Garry can’t sleep in a bed that’s like blancmange!”

“A new one will cost hundreds!” he rages, so she instructs him not to spoil this for her.   For the first time in ages, Garry needs her, something which means the world to her.

"After everything he's done"

“After everything he’s done!” snarls Colin, but Britt’s mind is made up that they are buying a new mattress.

Mark is inside the house . . .

Mark has now gained access to the house and hurries down the stairs, calling Megan’s name.   

. . . where Megan is lying on the floor

He finds her lying on the floor and tells her not to move, as he is calling an ambulance, but she says that she does not want that.

"Ambulance, please"

“Yes, ambulance, please,” he tells the operator.

"Imagine that!"

We do not see the interior of the palatial house, but as Kath and Brynmor come out, she is most impressed by the ensuite in every bedroom;  “Imagine that!” she exclaims;  

"I could leave wet towels on the floor"

he says that he could leave his wet towels on the floor without getting into trouble.

“Thanks, Kath, you were right, that was a nice afternoon,” he goes on, 

Kath appears to be in love with that house

while Kath is looking enviously at the house.

"Film night  the whole shebang!"

In the brewery, Siwsi asks what Rhys and Kelly are doing tonight;  “Film night – snacks , popcorn, the whole shebang!” he answers.   He asks if Siwsi is OK to look after the place on her own tonight.

"As long as I can have tomorrow night off"

She is quite happy to do so, as long as she can have tomorrow night off.   If it is quiet, she can practise her Tarot, as she needs to learn the ‘Celtic Cross spread’.

"It's Kelly . . ."

Then Rhys receives bad news on his phone;  “Kelly – she’s preparing the dried flowers for the winter fair – she wants to push date night to tomorrow,” he grumbles, 

". . . she's postponed it . . ."

“At least she hasn’t cancelled it, only postponed – 

". . . coming second to a wreath!"

“but there isn’t much difference, when I come second to a wreath!”

He says that he might as well have a reading;  

"I thought you were frightened of Tarot"

she was under the impression that he was frightened of Tarot.  

"You think I'm a real wuss, don't you?"

“You think I’m a real wuss, don’t you?   I want to see what my future looks like.”

Again, she explains that it does not predict the future, 

"Sit down – if you're brave enough"

but invites him to sit down if he is brave enough.

"How much do they want?"

Up in the Deri flat, Kath enquires how much they want for the property and he quickly replies, “Too much – that’s what I told them – 

"That's why the sale fell through"

“that’s why the sale fell through.”

"Would they consider reducing the price?"

She wonders whether they would consider reducing the price now, as she seems to be quite keen on the place.   

"Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?"

Brynmor asks, “Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?”   

"What do you think I'm suggesting?"

She is not quite sure what he thinks she is suggesting.

"Pint, please, Cassie"

Hywel comes into the Deri for a pint;  

"Father of the village heroine"

“The father of the village heroine – is she all right?” comments Cassie.

"I could throttle the swine!"

He acknowledges that Esther has had a big shock and that he could throttle the swine who did this to her, 

"Leave that to the professional boys"

but Cassie encourages him to leave the punishment to the professional boys.

"The professional boys don't want to know"

“The professional boys don’t want to know,” sighs Hywel “They’ve just phoned to say they’re closing the case, as it’s not a serious crime, no-one was hurt, nothing was stolen.   It will be like the wild west here soon!”

"You just have to move on"

Cassie says that the only thing now is to move on, but Hywel insists, “Nobody comes into my house and put my little girl’s life in danger!   If the police won’t do anything about it, I will.”

Cassie reminds him that the last thing Esther needs now is for him to get into trouble.   

"I'm going to put up a camera"

“I’m not that stupid – I’m going to put up a camera, so if he tries again, I’ll make sure he gets caught.”

"I didn't have any choice, Megan"

The ambulance has arrived at Megans house;  Mark explains to her that they do not think that anything is broken, so she has been very lucky.   “I know you didn’t want me to call the ambulance, but I had no choice.   They want to take you to hospital just to check that everything’s OK.”

"They will never let me leave"

“Once I go to hospital, they will never let me leave!” she protests, 

"You ought not to be on your own"

so Mark tries to explain that they think that she ought not to be on her own tonight, just in case.   

"You can stay with me, Mark"

She proposes that Mark should stay there with her tonight, 

"I've got plans tonight"

but he says that he has plans.

"You're letting them take me against my will?"

“So you’re going to let them take me away from here against my will?” she pleads.

"Just a new mattress now"

Colin is looking at his phone, when Britt announces that the bathroom is done;  “Just a new mattress now, and it will be a good day’s work.   

"I've really missed you"

“Thank you for today, Col, and I am really sorry about this morning.   My mind is all over the place because of what’s going on with Garry – but I’ve really missed you.”

"And I've missed you, Britt"

He agrees that he has also missed Britt;  

"I'll be ready in a couple of minutes"

she announces that in a couple of minutes she will be ready to go.   

He looks at his one phone

He returns to looking at his phone, where there is a photo of him with Gaynor, Lois and the new baby, 

Gaynor is missing him already

with the message underneath, ‘Missing you already.’

"They would be stupid not to accept cash"

“They would be stupid not to accept an offer from cash buyers,” says Brynmor 

"Are we being too hasty?"

and Kath wonders if they are being too hasty.   

"Yes, but does it matter?"

“Yes, but does it matter?”   She considers that there is something about that house that feels right.

“What you said the other night was right, Kath – you deserve the best and nothing less.”   

"We've had a good day"

Cassie remarks that Brynmor has more colour today and he acknowledges that they have had a good day.

“We’ve done something stupid,” Kath tells her 

"We've taken a fancy to Deri Lakes"

and Brynmor explains explains that they have taken a fancy to a house in Deri Lakes.  

"We've put an offer in"

“Well, more than just a fancy – we’ve put an offer in.”

Brynmor is adamant that they are not going to change their minds this time, 

"That's a big decision"

but Cassie thinks that it is a big decision to make so quickly.   

"Brynmor could have died, couldn't he?"

“Well, the way we see it, Brynmor could have died, couldn’t he?” Kath points out

“You can’t take your money to the grave with you,” he observes.

Kath adds, “You never know what’s around the corner, so you have to enjoy yourself while you can”.

"Kath Jones in Deri Lakes?"

Cassie is quite bewildered by the prospect of Kath Jones in Deri Lakes and cannot believe that they are considering such a thing.

"Yes, oh, right . . ."

Then Brynmor’s phone sounds again and he comments, “That was fast.”  Answering the phone, he says, “Hello, yes, oh, right – 

". . . OK, thank you"

“OK, thank you.”   

"Bad news?"

Kath can see from his face that it is bad news 

"Never mind – it doesn't matter"

and assures him that it does not matter.

"They've accepted the offer!"

Then he informs her, “They’ve accepted the offer!”   

Kath cannot believe it, and it comes as rather a shock to Cassie as well.

"What?   Honestly?  Deri Lakes?"

“What?   Honestly?   Deri Lakes?” squeals Kath.

The cards appear to mean what you want them to mean

Siwsi puts down one card, entitled ‘Rhiannon’ [parent], which she says represents fate or luck.   “Don’t tell me – I’m going to win at the casino in Swansea!” laughs Rhys, 

"It can be good or bad luck"

but she maintains that it can be good or bad luck.

“This is Tarot’s way of reminding us that the only constant thing in life is change – today could be a day you remember for ever.”

"I'm not very keen on change"

He is not very keen on change, but she suggests that it is not always a bad thing.   

"Not very promising"

Then she uncovers another card, ‘Y Twr’ [the tower] which he thinks does not look very promising either.

"Losing something or someone"

This time she says that it signifies destruction – losing something or someone;  “Like when life takes an unexpected turn.”   

He wonders if there is anything positive, but she said that it depends on how you look at it.

Then the 'death' card

“Whatever demolishes could be for the better – but you have one more card, ‘Marwolaeth’ [death].   

"I don't want to hear any more"

Now he decides that he does not want to hear any more.

"It doesn't usually mean death"

“Please don’t panic,” Siwsi tells him, “It doesn’t usually mean death – just the end of the chapter and the beginning of a new one.   No-one’s coming to kill you.   You were frightened then.”

"You're not the tough guy you think you are"

He disagrees with that, but she can see that he is not the tough guy that he thinks he is.   

"You're doing your 'move 'on me"

“I know what you’re doing – you’re doing your ‘move’ on me,” he realises, 

"You're flirting with me, Siwsi"

“You’re flirting with me, Siwsi.”

"No, I'm not"

She denies that and packs away the cards, 

"I wasn't trying to embarrass you"

while he apologises that he was not trying to embarrass her.   

"Everything all right?"

Just then, Hywel comes in to ask if everything is all right.   

Siwsi is in a hurry to go

Siwsi seems in a hurry to leave.

"I thought you were with Kelly tonight"

“I thought you were having a night with Kelly tonight,” his father remarks and is told that she cancelled again.   

"Don't do anything stupid"

“Well, don’t do anything stupid,” is Hywel’s advice.   

Rhys is left alone with his thoughts

Rhys is left with his thoughts.