9 March 2020

Eileen is busy, packing Cae Glas vegetables

Eileen is packing boxes of veg when Eifion comes in to report that two sets of twin lambs have just been born, and she thinks he ought to have something to eat, as he must be starving.   

"I need a sleep before I go out with Izzy tonight"

He would rather go and lie down for a few hours;  “Or I’ll be useless when I meet Izzy tonight – I’ve got the night off.”

This comes as news to Eileen, and she is reminded that she was going to ask Sioned to cover for him.   She had forgotten all about it, 

"I can't believe Jim's been so generous!"

and as Eifion walks out, disappointed, Kath comes in, having photographed the two fields which Jim left to her.

“I didn’t realise those fields were so big!   I can’t believe that Jim has been so generous!” she gasps, 

"No, I can't believe it  either!"

and Eileen makes it quite clear that she cannot believe it, either.   “Didn’t you know about it?” Kath asks, “I assumed that you had discussed it.”

"What's this about 'all the good times'?"

“The other thing that’s playing on my mind is why Jim wrote in his will that those two fields were for you ‘as a thank you for all the good times you had’,” growls Eileen, 

"It's not what you think, Eileen"

and Kath is quick to point out that she and Jim were not what she is suggesting, and walks out of the farmhouse.

"I thought we could have croissants for breakfast"

At number 10, Jaclyn thought they could have croissants for breakfast, as they are more exciting than toast;  

They look at each other

Tesni and Guto look at each other.   Then their mother gives them orange juice, and Guto enquires if they can expect Dad home today;  she will not give a straight answer, so Tesni asks where he is.   

"He's probably with your Gran"

Jaclyn replies that he is probably with their grandmother, but is reminded that she is staying with Iori.

She is determined to go to the shop for some jam

Then she realises she does not have any jam to go with the croissants, and is about to go to the shop;  

"Mam, I'm already late for school!"

“Mam, I’m already late for school!” Tesni protests, but Jaclyn will not be dissuaded.

"Are we worrying about nothing?"

“Do you think we’re worrying about nothing,” wonders Guto, “She said they had only had a little tiff,” 

"We haven't seen Dad since Friday"

but his sister points so they have not seen their father since Friday, and he is not answering his phone.

Gerwyn is folding up a blanket

In the garage, Gerwyn is folding up a blanket 

Gerwyn is yawning as Mark comes in

when Mark comes in with the post;  as Gerwyn is yawning, 

"I'd be happy to get a cwtch these days"

Mark asks, “Jaclyn keeping you up all night, is she?   I’d be happy just to get a cwtch these days – you don’t realise how lucky you are!”

"I walked out on Friday"

Gerwyn confesses that he walked out on Friday and has not been back since;  

"So you can kiss and make up"

Mark replies, “Well, you know what they say – sometimes it’s worth falling out, so you can kiss and make up.”   

"There won't be any making up"

Gerwyn groans that this is serious, and there will not be any making up – he will not be going back.

"Where have you been sleeping, then?"

Mark asks where he has been staying, and when he finds out that Gerwyn has been sleeping in the garage, he is adamant;  

"Right, you're coming home with me!"

“You can’t do that – right, you’re coming home with me, I insist!   You can have something to eat, a shower, and a good sleep.   I don’t like to say this, but you need a shower.   Come on – work can wait for one day – 

Gerwyn accepts the offer

“I’m sure Garry will understand.”

Siôn is not used to these heavy weights

Siôn is very pleased with being able to lift heavy weights in the gym, he could manage another 10kg.   

"It can be boring, training on your own"

Iolo advises him to be careful, then Angharad arrives;  “It’s busy here – it can be boring, training on your own, can’t it?”   

"If it were up to me, I'd still be in bed"

Iolo replies that if it were up to him, he would still be in bed – he is supposed to be having a day off.

“What I do is reward myself – I have some chocolate for every 30 minutes I do here,” she tells him, and Iolo rather likes that sort of training.

"Keeping the body healthy keeps the mind healthy"

Siôn maintains, “Keeping the body healthy keeps the mind healthy – it can help with conditions like loneliness and depression,” but Iolo points out that he is not lonely or depressed.   

Siôn is racked with a sudden pain

Then Siôn suffers from a sudden pain in his back, concluding that he has pulled something, and Iolo comments, “I told you to warm up first, didn’t I?”   

"Can you ask Anita to pick me up?"

Siôn sits down very awkwardly, and asks him to phone Anita to pick him up.   

"I was trying to make sure he doesn't spend too much time alone"

Then he explains to Angharad that is just trying to make sure Iolo does not spend too much time alone in the house.

Gerwyn is escorted to Maes-y-Deri . . .

As Mark and Gerwyn are heading towards Maes-y-Deri, Tesni catches sight of them;  

. . . and Tesni shouts to him

“Dad!   Where have you been?” she shouts.   

"I'm sorry, OK?"

He tells her that he is sorry, and can see Jaclyn, 

Jaclyn is watching from outside the shop

who has just come out of the shop.   

"Dad, what happened?"

Tesni demands what has happened, and he replies that he cannot talk now.   Tesni turns to see her mother hurrying away.

"Sioned, can you do the lambing tonight?"

At Penrhewl, Eileen asks Sioned if she is free to do the lambing tonight;  “Eifion wants a night off.”   

"I'm meeting Brian James, who promised to open an account"

She grumpily answers that she is meeting Brian James, who promised to open an account with them, and he is a very busy man.

"I had a chat with Kath earlier"

“I had a chat with Kath earlier, and she denies that anything happened between her and Jim,” Eileen continues, 

"I'm sure she influenced him in some way"

“If they didn’t have an affair, I’m sure she influenced him in some way to get those two fields.   What other reason is there?   I know they were friends, but they weren’t that close.”

"We'll discover the truth, Mam"

Sioned promises that they will discover the truth, and that her mother should not worry.

"Look at these two fields, Mark"

Mark arrives home at Maes-y-Deri with Gerwyn, and Kath is eager to show him the photographs of the two fields;  

She wonders why Gerwyn is there

she is surprised to see Gerwyn there, 

"Gerwyn's staying with us for a while, Mam"

and even more so when Mark informs her, “Gerwyn’s staying with us for a while, OK?”   She is of the opinion that one more will not make any difference, and directs him upstairs to the box room on the landing.   Mark tells her that he and Jaclyn have split up, and already she appears to be once again jumping to conclusions.

"We won't be going out tonight"

Eifion arrives at the chippy flat with the bad news for Izzy that they will not be going out tonight, as he could not get the night off;  “Sioned’s too busy to help in my place!” he snarls.   

"Without you, they wouldn't have a farm"

Izzy angrily points out that they should show him more respect;  “Without you, they wouldn’t have a farm, and would have to sell,” 

"They don't see things that way"

but he advises that they do not see things that way.   

"Well, Sioned couldn't run the place on her own, could she?"

“Well, Sioned couldn’t run the place on her own, could she?” she demands.

The garage is all locked up – Garry will not be happy!

Jaclyn has taken Gerwyn’s lunch box to the garage, but finds it all locked up;  

"He's not there – he's at our house!"

as she walks away, she encounters Kath, who tells her that Gerwyn is not there, so Jaclyn assumes that he has gone to the shop for some lunch.   “No, he’s at our house,” she is told, 

"Mark found him in a hell of a state!"

“He’s breaking his heart, to be honest.   Mark found him this morning, in a hell of a state!   What’s going on?   He doesn’t seem to be the type to cheat.”

"Can I call at Maes-y-Deri – it's all my fault!"

Jaclyn asks if she can call at Maes-y-Deri, but Kath does not think that is a good idea, even when Jaclyn admits that it is all her fault.   

"No, I don't think so"

“No, I don’t think so,” she says.

Angharad is working Iolo hard

Angharad appears to be putting Iolo through his paces in the gym, and he complains, “I’m going to pull a muscle as well if you’re going to be this tough,” but she points out, no pain, no gain – and he should think about the chocolate he will be eating later.   

"Dad thinks I need a babysitter"

“You know, Dad thinks I need a babysitter now that Tyler and I have broken up,” Iolo informs her.

She maintains that Siôn’s heart is in the right place, and that there is nothing wrong with being single – it is not an illness;  

"You won't be on your own, now you've found a new best friend!"

“And you won’t be on your own now, now you have found a new best friend.”   Now it is her turn to exercise.

Mark wants to settle down for the evening

As Mark is about to settle down and watch some television, his mother is about to do Gerwyn’s washing;  

"The last thing he needs is you making a fuss of him, Mam"

“The last thing he needs is you making a fuss of him,” Mark groans, but she insists that she feels sorry for him, 

"She's been carrying on behind his back"

especially if she has been carrying on with someone else behind his back.     Mark wonders who said anything about ‘carrying on behind his back’.

"She said it was all her fault"

“Jaclyn told me earlier,” Kath answers, “She said that it was all her fault and that she wanted another chance.”   

"Having your mother about all the time is a strain!""

Mark suspects they have fallen out over money, or the children – or Brenda;  “Having your mother about all the time is a strain!”   There is a knock at the door and Jaclyn comes in.   

"I told you to stay away!"

Kath reminds her that she was told to stay away and give Gerwyn some peace, but she only wants to check he is all right.

"He's asleep, but we'll tell him you called"

Mark informs her that he is upstairs, sleeping at the moment, and they will tell him that she called, so she leaves again.

"She's got a cheek – coming here after what she's done!"

“She’s got a cheek, coming here after what she’s done!” moans Kath, but Mark reminds her that she does not know what Jaclyn has done.

"Putting two and two together – and coming up with ten!"

“That’s typical of you, Mam – putting two and two together and coming up with ten!”   However, she is adamant that she knows what she is talking about, insisting that the bloke has been hurt – but he does not need to worry, because they will look after him.

"We should go away for a little holiday"

In the Deri, Eifion suggests to Izzy that they should go away for a little holiday;  

"If they won't let you have a night off . . ."

“If they won’t let you have a night off, they’re not going to let you have a whole week, are they?” she replies.

“But if we did go away, they would see how much they depend on me – they wouldn’t take me for granted then,” he proposes, so Izzy wants to know where they are going.

"I'd love to get away to some sun"

Iolo and Angharad have just come in, and she says she would love to get away to some sun, but considers that she and Iolo deserve some food after that work-out.

"We don't pay you to drink, Eifion!"

Sioned arrives and confronts Eifion;  “What are you doing here?   We don’t pay you to drink!”   He says he could ask her the same question, as he thought she had an important meeting.   

"That's this evening – although it's nothing to do with you!"

“That’s this evening – although it’s nothing to do with you,” she replies.

"I won't be answerable to you for much longer"

“With a bit of luck, I won’t be answerable to you for much longer,” he informs her, “It won’t be too long before Penrhewl gets too much for your mother, and she’ll have to sell – I’ll be happy to offer her a fair price.”   

"Mam will never sell to you!"

She is quite certain that her mother would not sell to him;  “She wants to keep Penrhewl in the family.”   He predicts that its survival will be more important to her mother than who owns it.   

"Only one of us can run the farm successsfully"

If it is a choice between him and her, only one of them can run the farm successfully.

"It's not your fault – it happens to a lot of people"

Kath assures Gerwyn that you should not feel embarrassed, as it is not his fault – and happens to a lot of people;  

"Who is he, then – this other bloke?"

“Who is he, then?” she demands, “The other bloke she’s got?”   Mark insists that it is not their business.

"I hope it's not her again!"

When there is a knock at the door, Kath hopes that it is not Jaclyn again, and advises Gerwyn that she has been there once already, 
but this time it is Tesni and Guto.   “We want to know what is going on!” says Tesni;  

"I can't come home – but it's nothing to do with you"

he says that he cannot come home, but that it is nothing to do with them.

“How can you leave Mam after everything she’s been through?” adds Guto, 

"Your father's suffering too"

but Kath intervenes to point out that their father is suffering too;  he was in a terrible state earlier.   

"I just want to understand, Dad!"

Tesni just wants to understand, and as Gerwyn makes no answer, 

"Your mother's having an affair – you have a right to know"

Kath enlightens them that their mother is having an affair, and they have a right to know.

She goes on, “And Gerwyn’s obviously finding it difficult to tell them.”   When they continue to demand whether this is true, 

"Mam has lied to us all . . ."

he merely points out that their mother has lied to all of them, 

". . . you must talk to her"

and if they want answers they should talk to her.   They rush from the house.

"Thanks for agreeing to work tonight, Eifion"

Eifion arrives back at Penrhewl and Eileen thanks him for agreeing to work tonight;  she is busy with the farm paperwork, 

"Jim had terrible handwriting"

complaining that Jim had terrible handwriting.   “I was hoping that the funeral would be the end, 

"I have to prove that Kath tricked him to get those two fields"

“but now I have to prove that Kath tricked him to get those two fields,” she says

"What if I bought a share of Penrhewl?"

Eifion says he has been thinking, “What if I bought a share of Penrhewl?   If I was a co-owner, it would take some of the pressure off you.   

"You could be a silent partner"

“You could be a silent partner and focus on Cae Glas and raising Huwi.”

She reminds him of what happened before

She appreciates the offer but does not think it would be a good idea;  “You do remember why Jim and I had to take Penrhewl from you and Cadno, don’t you?   I can’t risk that again.”

Angharad is now ingratiating herself with Iolo

At number 7, Angharad says that she has eaten too much, and Iolo agrees that there was no need for that pudding, so she suggests another double session in the gym tomorrow.   

"She's not like either of her parents"

“Izzy’s a nice girl, isn’t she?” continues Angharad, “She’s not like either of her parents – I was in college with both of them.”   

"Gaynor is a real – headteacher!"

Iolo informs her that Colin is hilarious and they used to live together, whereas Gaynor is a real – headteacher.   

"I don't think they got on too well"

He gets the impression that she and Izzy do not get on that well.

"They're just too different"

“I noticed that when I was staying at Llwyncelyn – they are just too different, aren’t they?” And agrees.   

"There's some history between Gaynor and Eifion"

He rather unadvisedly mentions that there is some history between Gaynor and Eifion;  “I don’t know all the story, but I heard they shared a tent together,” he says, 

More information for Angharad to use

and Angharad seems rather interested;  

"Have you been having an affair?"

When Tesni and Guto arrive home, they ask their mother, “Have you been having an affair?   We’ve just seen Dad.   He said you’ve been lying to us all – what’s going on, Mam?”   

"It's between your father and me"

She evasively replies, “It’s between your father and me, but all you need to know is that we love you.”   

"How could you do that, Mam – it's disgusting!"

Guto angrily demands how his mother could do that, and calls it disgusting.   

Jaclyn is at her wits' end

Jaclyn does not know what to do.

Eifion practises some copying . . .

At Penrhewl, Eifion is practising copying Jim’s signature, 

. . . believing that he has cracked it

and when he considers that he has perfected it, he takes the 2020 Cae Glas diary, 

He forges a diary entry . . .

and writes, in the space for 15 March, “Eifion on holiday – JP,” 

. . . and looks pleased with himself

looking quite pleased with his efforts.