17 August 2022

"Make sure you pack enough warm clothes"

Anita is making herself a cup of tea and warns Kelly, “It can be cold at night, you know – make sure you pack enough warm clothes.”   

"Not more clothes, Kelly!"

Jason protests against her taking any more clothes, but he is reprimanded by Kelly;  “Positive vibes, please!   I’m really excited!”   

"We're only going to the 'Costa Del Just Down the Road'

He points out that they are only going to the ‘Costa Del Just Down the Road’, and Anita now maintains that there will not be enough room for them in the van with all that stuff.   She insists that packing for camping is an art form.

"When was the last time you roughed it?"

“When was the last time you roughed it?” Kelly demands, 

"Look – it's pouring down!"

and then Jason regretfully informs her that the sunshine she had planned is not sticking to the rules;  it is now pouring down.   Anita gleefully tells Kelly that she cannot set up in this, and wonders what she is going to do now.

"No way are we waiting – end of!"

“No way are we waiting – we’re going, OK – end of!” Kelly squeals, and they bid Auntie Anita goodbye.

"I'll take a coffee through to Tes"

Dylan tells Dani that he will have a coffee, if she is making one;  “I’ll take one through to Tes,” he adds, and is most concerned to be told that she is not there, but has left.  

"Did she say where she was going?"

 “Left?   Did she say where she was going?”   Dani informs him that Tesni just said thanks for letting her stay.

“How could you be so stupid?” shouts Dylan, 

"I couldn't stop her, could I?"

and Dani points out that she could not stop Tesni.   He immediately phones her number;  

"Tes, where are you?   Phone me back!"

“Tes, where are you?   Phone me back!”   Dani is at a loss to know what is going on.

Gwyneth visits Cysgod y Glyn, where Jinx asks her if she has a headache today;  

"Good night, wasn't it?"

“No – it was a good night, wasn’t it?” she says, and he will make a cup of coffee.   “I didn’t get a chance to talk to you properly last night,” she continues, 

"I don't have much to talk about"

and he groans that he does not have much to talk about these days.

"After losing Jaclyn like that"

“Yes, I can imagine after losing Jaclyn like that,” she pretends to sympathise;  he tells her that there was another loss as well.

"Jaclyn was pregnant . . ."

“Jaclyn was pregnant – the last contact I had from her was a message on my phone, saying that she was keeping the baby – 

". . . with my child!"

“she was going to raise another child – my child.   It isn’t just Jaclyn who’s dead!”   

Now Gwyneth is regretful

This comes as a great shock to Gwyneth, and brings tears to her eyes.

They are enjoying some leisure time

In the shop flat, Mathew and Rhys are lounging, playing a computer game, when Eifion walks in.   

"Aren't you two going to work?"

“Aren’t you two to going to work?” he asks, and Rhys maintains that he is working;  Griffiths does not know any different.

"Iolo said he would call round"

“Are you going to be here all day?” is Eifion’s next question, “Iolo said that he would call round.   Don’t be like that – there’s nothing going on.   Can’t you two go somewhere else?”

"We don't care if you want to snog on the sofa!"

Rhys laughs, “Math and I don’t care if you want to snog on the sofa – just be quiet!”   Eifion grumbles that he will go somewhere else, 

"I win!"

and while Mathew’s attention is distracted, Rhys wins the game.

"I'm struggling, Gwyneth"

Jinx confesses to Gwyneth that he is struggling;  “The lack of sleep is the worst – I can’t stop thinking about the baby – what he would look like – how I’d feel.   

“I imagine this child every night when I’m in bed and I can’t sleep.   I know I should try to keep myself busy and have other things on my mind . . .”

"The pizza business must keep you busy"

She imagines that the pizza business must keep him busy, 

"I can't manage on my own"

but he replies that he cannot manage on his own;  “I hoped that I could get a pizza for Gwern’s dinner – do you think you’ll be open?” she asks, “Come on – I’ll help you.   Tell me what to do and I’ll do it – 

"You'll help me win some brownie points with Gwern"

“you’ll help me win some brownie points with Gwern.”

"You're right – I should open up"

He agrees that he should open up today;  “

"It's good to have you around again"

Thanks, Gwyneth – it’s good to have you around the place again,” 

The guilt is weighing heavily on her

but she still cannot get out of her mind the baby she has killed.

There appears to be no mobile signal

As she sits in the campervan, Kelly is trying to get a signal on her phone, but without success.   

"They gave the pitch to someone else"

Jason returns, in the pouring rain, and informs her, “They gave the pitch to someone else because we didn’t come last night.”

Kelly moans at him that he should have rung them last night to say they were coming this morning;  

"What are we going to do now, Jase?"

“What are we going to do now, Jase?”   

"Stay here and find somewhere else tomorrow"

He replies that they are going to stay there, and then find somewhere else tomorrow.

“This is a car park, not the seaside pitch like we booked!” she complains bitterly, so he tells her to get on the Internet and find somewhere better.   

"Internet?   Fat chance!"

“Internet?   Fat chance!” she grumbles, and he recalls that they did say the Wi-Fi does not reach the car park.

“Kelly, help me out here – it could be worse,” he says, “We’ve got the place to ourselves – we could have a glass of wine, a game of cards, 

"Cwtch up, early night"

“cwtch up, early night.”   

"Game of snap and a hug!"

She does not welcome the prospect of "A game of snap and a hug!” as she puts it.

Some of the luggage cascades out

When he gets out, he opens the side door of the van, and a bag of Kelly’s clothes falls out into the mud;  

"Jason!"

she screams in protest.   His allegation that she has too many clothes does not improve matters at all.   She shouts, “Pick them up, Jason!”   

He picks up the clothes the best he can

He does so and brings some cans for their cosy evening together.

So they are running the chippy in the Deri now

At Maes-y-Deri, Mark comments to his mother, “It’s working out well, isn’t it – having the chippy in the Deri?” as he brings the salt and vinegar to go with their chips.   

"Did you and Andrea have a good time?"

She asks if he and Andrea had a good time the other night, but he does not reply.

"Did you know that Andrea had a brother?"

He brings Kath her chips and says, “Did you know that Andrea had a brother?”   Kath says that she has never talked about her family, and he goes on, “The thing is, I answered her phone in the Deri, and it was her brother.”

"That's none of your business, Mark" 

His mother is angry, stressing that he should not have answered her phone;  “That’s none of your business.”   

"Alexander had been trying to contact her"

He realises that now, but Alexander had been trying to contact her.   She did not want to talk to him and was angry with Mark for answering the phone.

"Perhaps she has a reason – don't interfere!"

“Perhaps she has a reason for not wanting to talk to him – don’t interfere!” Kath instructs him.

"What if she's lying – like Non?"

“But what if she’s lying?   What if she’s exactly like Non?” he continues, suspiciously.   

"She's nothing like Non"

Kath is adamant that Andrea is nothing like Non, and that Mark should apologise to her.   “I’m not sure that she wants to see me again, let alone talk to me,” he groans.

Iolo catches up with Eifion 

Eifion comes out of the shop flat into the alley and encounters Iolo;  

"It's like a nursery school up there!"

“Mathew and Rhys are at home – it’s like a nursery school up there!” he complains, and suggests that he and Iolo could go for a walk.

"What are you two doing out here?"

Britt comes round the corner;  “Hey, what are you two doing out here?” she asks, “Iolo, I thought you had more class than meeting in an alleyway.”   Eifion says that they are going for a walk, 

"Careful you don't get caught canoodling!"

and is warned, “Careful you don’t get caught canoodling in the open air!   We’ve all done it – 

"Remember you've got a shift in the Deri!"

“but remember you’ve got a shift in the Deri later!”

They have been put off going for a walk

This has put both of them off going for a walk, but Eifion thinks he has had a better idea.

Dylan emerges cautiously from the Deri

Dylan creeps stealthily out of the Deri, and is shocked when someone calls his name;  it is Britt, and he asks if she has seen Tesni.   

"Have you seen her – talked to her?"

“Haven’t you seen her – talked to her?” and she replies that she has not.   He walks away along the street.

Gwern does not hear Dani

Gwern is playing a computer game and wearing headphones, so he does not hear Dani shout to him;  “What do you want for lunch – I’m having the tomato soup you hate.”   

Gwyneth has a pizza for Gwern

Gwyneth walks in, carrying a freshly baked pizza and hands it to Gwern.

“Special delivery – and we’ll have more, because I’m helping Jinx,” she tells him, 

He does not seem very interested

but he simply puts back on his headphones.   Dani will make Gwyneth a coffee.   

"I want to thank you for everything you're doing"

“I wanted to thank you, Dani, for everything you’re doing for Gwern,” but Dani points out that he is a member of the family.

“You haven’t had an easy time either, with Dylan inside – and Gabriel.   How is Dylan?”   

"He's not coping"

Dani replies that he is not coping;  “He’s been through a lot, especially finding Jaclyn,” says Gwyneth, 

"If there's anything I can do . . ."

“If there’s anything I can do.”

Jason is trying to light the barbecue

As the rain continues to pour down, Jason is attempting to light the barbecue under an awning at the back of the van.   Kelly points out that she is starving, but he has not quite lit the barbecue yet, suspecting that the charcoal is wet, 

"Pass me the 'clickety-click thing', Kelly"

so he asks her to pass the ‘clickety-click thing’ as the matches are hopeless.

Something falls from its hook . . .

She does so, and then something falls from its hook 

. . . and she finally flips

and she shrieks, “Jason, I just want to go home – this is hopeless!”   He advises her to ‘take a chill pill’, sit down and drink her wine, assuring her that everything is going to be fine.

"Doesn't that sound lovely?"

“We’re going to eat, play cards and cwtch up – just you, me and nobody else – doesn’t that sound lovely?”   

Obviously not

Kelly makes no comment, but by the look on her face, we can see that she does not share his optimism.

Rhys is ignoring phone calls

In the shop flat, Rhys receives a phone call, which he ignores, but is appears that it does not please him.   

"Who was that ringing?"

He tells Matthew that it is probably someone wanting to buy a house, and is told that he ought to do some work.

Tesni arrives

Then Tesni comes into the room, and Mathew asks if she is all right;  

"We've been thinking about you and the family, Tes"

they have been thinking about her and the family since . . . what happened.   

"Thanks for the card and the messages"

“I called in to say thanks for the message and the flowers,” she tells them.

"I have to answer this – it's Griffiths"

Rhys’ phone rings again and as it is Griffiths, he has to answer it, maintaining that he has just popped out of the office for a moment.   Mathew invites Tesni to sit down and have a chat.   

"Where are my shoes?"

Rhys rushes back in, looking for his shoes, as he is required back at the office immediately.

"I'd better go"

Tesni says that she had better go, and they will have a chat another time;  

She leaves with her case

she picks up her case and leaves.

"Do you have to be so insensitive?"

“Do you have to be so insensitive?” snarls Mathew, but Rhys is in a hurry 

"You shouldn't have chats with your ex"

and suggests to Mathew that perhaps he should not have chats with his ex.   

This has obviously been overheard

Tesni comes back in, having forgotten her handbag.

"We're going to say good night to Dadi"

In the Deri flat, Dani comes into the room carrying Gabriel;  “Right, we’re going to say good night to Dadi,” she says, but Dylan is more interested in whether she has spoken to Tesni.

"There's a killer out there!"

“Nobody’s seen her and she’s not answering her phone,” he moans, “There’s a killer out there!”   Dani appreciate that it is natural for him to be worried about Tesni, 

"Right now you have to think about Gabriel"

but right now he has to think about Gabriel, and it is his bedtime.

"I'm going to sleep in his room"

“You’re right – I’m going to sleep in his room tonight – I’ll do the nightshift,” Dylan decides, 

Poor little Gabriel

and Dani hands him over to Dadi;  Gabriel does not look very pleased.

Mark almost goes in to see Andrea . . .

Mark walks along the street, passing the shop where Andrea is working inside;  he stops and looks through the door, almost going in, 

. . . but not quite

but thinks better of it and continues on his way.

"Phone me back when you get the chance"

At the end of the alley Tesni is trying to contact Aled;  “Just phone me back when you get the chance,” she says.   

She ignores another call from Dylan . . .

Then another call from Dylan arrives, which she rejects.   

. . . and wonders what to do next

She sits in tears on the bench, not knowing what to do.

Jason approaches through the deluge

From her seat inside the campervan, Kelly sees Jason approaching through the downpour, carrying two hot chocolates;  she has tried to pull out the bed, 

"We'll have to sleep in the front"

but there is too much stuff, so they will have to to sleep in the front.   “It looks as if Auntie Neet was right – we need to go for the minimalist approach when we pack for camping,” he remarks.

"You can't call this a hot chocolate, Jase!"

“Sorry Jase – no offence, but you can’t call this a hot chocolate,” sighs Kelly, and he suggests that they could call it ‘Luke’, as in ‘lukewarm’.   

She does briefly smile

This causes a mere trace of a smile, and he thinks she is starting to enjoy herself, but Kelly makes it quite clear that she is not;  

"This holiday is a disaster, seriously!"

“This holiday is a disaster, seriously!   Do you know what?   This day needs to end – what’s the time, anyway?”

"About eight o'clock, I think"

It appears that the van’s clock is not working, so Jason guesses, “About eight o’clock!” and they laugh, as the rain continues to hammer on the roof.

"Why don't you go home early?"

Eifion tells Cassie, “You’ve been working hard – why don’t you go home early and put your feet up?   I’ll look after the place and lock up.”   Cassie rather unwisely says she is glad to see he is taking the job seriously, at last.   

"Remember to put the dishwasher on"

As she leaves, she reminds him to put the dishwasher on and and tell Britt that she is going;  she wishes them good night.

"Where are we going after closing?"

Iolo enquires, “What’s the plan?   Where are we going after closing?”   

"We're going to have a 'lock-in'!"

He is surprised when told that they are not going anywhere, but instead they are going to have a ‘lock-in’.

Kath is sitting nearby and detects mention of a ‘lock-in’;   

"I haven't had a 'lock-in' for years!"

“I haven’t had a ‘lock-in’ for years!”   

"Does Cassie know about this?"

Brynmor is doubtful about this, asking if Cassie knows.   “You won’t tell her, will you?” Kath demands, “We used to have one every other weekend when we were here!   Settle in, boys!”   This is not exactly what Eifion had been planning.

Cassie is on her way home

As Tesni continues sitting disconsolately on the bench, Cassie passes on her way home;  

"What are you doing there, Tesni?"

she calls to Tesni, and comes across.   “I’m not sure what I’m doing here, Tesni tells her, 

"I don't have anywhere to go"

“I don’t have anywhere to go.”

Cassie insists that she should stay at number 9, and will not accept any argument;  

She is invited to number 9

she takes the case and invites Tesni to follow her;  “I’ll make you a cup of tea, and make up a bed on the sofa.”

"I just want Mam!"

Tesni breaks down in tears;  “I just want Mam!” she sobs, 

She weeps pitifully

as Cassie tries to comfort her.