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| Diane is about to realise that the little people are back |
As Diane and DJ walk past Bethania, and the postman has just delivered to Cysgod y Glyn, they suddenly notice that the gnomes have returned to their former place.
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| "Hello, Reg!" |
“Oh look, they’re back from their travels – hello, Reg, and you, too, Dyff.
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| "You've been on the trip of a lifetime" |
“You’ve been on the trip of a lifetime, haven’t you?”
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| "Want any help, Eileen?" |
Eileen is putting jars of sweets on the shelf in the shop, Jim offers to help, but she refuses; when he remarks that she looks tired,
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| "You don't understand – you're a man, how could you?" |
she snaps, “You would be too if you were in my shoes! You’re not helping, and you don’t understand – you’re a man, how could you?”
“There’s nothing you can do to help – because you’re a man like me, and we’re all useless!” Jim wearily tells him, “She won’t tell me what I can do to help.” DJ says that when his mother was ill, he looked online for help, and did some research,
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| "She's not ill – she's on 'the change'!" |
but Jim protests, “She’s not ill, she’s on ‘the change’!”
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| "She's parading Ifan online" |
Walking along the street, Vicky tells Siôn that Sara is taking advantage of her son’s problems; “She always craves attention, and now she’s parading a baby with Down’s syndrome online.”
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| Diane springs to Sara's defence |
Unfortunately, Diane hears this and immediately takes exception to it;
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| "I don't like that sort of thing!" |
when Vicky says she does not like that sort of thing, Diane is quick to reply.
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| "You think people should not now about Down's syndrome?" |
“So you think that people should not know about the life of a mother of a baby with Down’s syndrome, do you?”
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| "She's using Ifan to get attention!" |
Vicky points out that taking advantage of the situation is wrong; Sara is using Ifan to get attention.
“Do you have any idea how hard Sara works?” rages Diane, “And she’s trying to help others by doing this vlog!” Vicky understands this, but insists Sara spends so long doing her hair and make up.
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| "She's doing her best in difficult circumstances" |
“As a mother yourself, you shouldn’t judge someone who’s doing her best in difficult circumstances!” Diane continues, her anger rising. Eileen tries to change the subject to the return of the gnomes, and Diane looks very offended.
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| "Low mood – you're telling me!" |
Jim is engrossed in the laptop, and has found the relevant information; he mutters, “Here we are – menopause – oestrogen, light sweats, low mood – you’re telling me! And Hot flushes . . .”
He is interrupted by the arrival of Eileen, who is surprised that he has no work to do this morning. He replies that he is meeting Dai in half an hour.
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| "Where's my order book?" |
She is searching for her order book, and when he hands it to her, she complains that he knew she was looking for it.
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| Jim cannot win |
He sighs, and returns to his research; “Symptoms can last for many months –
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| "Symptoms can last . . . for years!" |
“or even years,” and he looks very downhearted.
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| "You'd think Jim was trying to get on my nerves!" |
Diane comes into the shop for two pints of milk, and Eileen tells her, “You would think that Jim was trying to get on my nerves this morning more than usual!
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| "He is just hopeless!" |
“He is just hopeless!” Diane sympathises, as she has one of those at home, as well.
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| "I'm just having one of those days" |
“Sorry, I’m just having one of those days, you know,” Eileen groans.
Diane says it cannot be easy for her,
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| "It can't be easy, knowing Sioned is around" |
knowing Sioned is around, but Eileen does not want to hear her name; she cannot cope with her at the moment. “If you want a listening ear, you know where I am,” Diane assures her,
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| "How about a walk up to the allotment?" |
and suggests they could go for walk this afternoon; “Up to the allotment to clear your head – You have to get out of here sometimes.”
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| "OK, why not?" |
Eileen eventually agrees.
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| Sioned is glad of an excuse to stop |
Sioned is not very efficiently cleaning the caravan windows when DJ arrives; she is pleased to see him, and the food which he has brought; “I was about to go loopy, here on my own, but I’ve had a chance to think, and I want to say sorry again – I should never have . . .”
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| "I've forgotten about it!" |
DJ has also been thinking, and has forgotten about the incident.
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| He has also brought some biscuits |
He asks if she is ready for some food; he has brought some salad and a nice loaf.
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| "Who do you think you are?" |
Sara has been told about what Vicky said, and tracks her down to the café; “Who do you think you are?
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| "How could you?" |
“Diane told me what you’ve been saying! I know we’re not best friends – but how could you? I’m surprised that a single mother who knows what it’s like to struggle would be so quick to judge!”
Siôn, who has been sitting nearby, attempts to mediate, but Sara walks out in a temper;
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| "That was a bit over the top!" |
“That was a bit over the top, don’t you think?” comments Vicky, “I thought she had a thicker skin!” Siôn points out that with Jason away, Ifan to look after, and having to run a business,
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| "In the circumstances, you ought to apologise" |
perhaps Sara is due for an apology from Vicky.
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| "You'll make someone a good husband one day" |
Sioned has enjoyed the salad; “It was huge – and it was lovely, too! You’ll make someone a good husband one day.” DJ receives a text from Sara, saying that she has had to go home and needs him in the office quickly.
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| "No, I'll do the washing-up first" |
Nevertheless, he decides he will do the washing up before he goes, saying that Sara can wait.
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| "You could have a lift back with me" |
As he washes the dishes, he suggests that she could, if she wanted, have a lift back with him; “I thought you understood,” Sioned replies, but he reminds her she cannot hide there for ever.
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| "Don't force me to go back!" |
“No-one wants me there – and I don’t blame them. Please don’t force me to go back!”
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| "You want to face up to things, don't you?" |
He insists that no-one is going to force her to do anything; “But you won’t face up to your faults here, and make up for what you’ve done – and that’s what you want to do, isn’t it?”
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| "There's more to it than you realise" |
She informs him that there is more to it that he realises; he says that he has been straight with her, and it is time for her to be straight with him.
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| "What are you afraid of?" |
“What is going on, Sioned? What are you afraid of?”
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| "I doubt that you will believe me" |
She does not think that he will believe her.
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| Vicky arrives in apologetic mood |
Sara is surprised to see Vicky, who has come to apologise;
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| "The vlogs just happened by accident" |
she is informed that the vlogs just happened by accident, because Sara wanted to keep in touch with Jason, and that she was not trying to draw attention to herself.
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| "You might like a helping hand" |
As she is about to leave, Vicky suggests that Sara might like a helping hand; “The vlog is a good idea, and if you’re serious, you should have your own account, and your own channel.”
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| "I was trying to keep in touch with Jason" |
Sara only intended it as a way of keeping in touch with Jason.
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| "People like me need to know more about Down's syndrome" |
Vicky adds, “But you’re right – people like me need to know more about Down’s syndrome. I can help you set it up – I know what to do. I’ll do it to say sorry, and because I think it’s a good idea – I might learn something too.
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| "You could make money out of it' |
“It’s quite simple, and if you do it well you could make some money out of it, from adverts, but if you don’t have the time . . .”
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| "All right – but no promises" |
Sara agrees that Vicki can show her what to do, but she makes no promises.
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| "You can't let them keep you away from Cwmderi for ever" |
DJ tells Sioned that she cannot let Ed and Gwyneth keep her from Cwmderi for ever, but she points out there are other reasons;
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| "Not even my Mam wants me there!" |
“After everything I did to Ed – and misleading Gwyneth, no-one wants me there – not even my own mother, and that’s the worst thing about this.”
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| "I would like to help you" |
DJ insists that she does not deserve this and he would like to help her. She replies that he is already helping her, and that he had better go, or Sara will sack him.
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| "I'm safe, and that's enough for me" |
“I’m safe here, for now, and that is enough for me.”
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| Siôn takes charge at the community allotment |
Siôn and the community allotment volunteers are at work when Diane and Eileen arrive there. Siôn allocates the packets of carrot, beetroot and parsnip seeds, and he will mark out the beds for the early potatoes.
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| "You're just in time, ladies!" |
He hails the arrival of Diane and Eileen;
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| "Ask one of your other servants!" |
Eileen tells him, “We’ve come to tidy the sheds,” and Diane adds that he can ask one of his other servants to do the weeding today.
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| Sara makes another episode of While Daddy’s Away |
Sara is producing the latest of her vlogs, this time with Vicky holding the camera; “While Daddy’s Away will vlog on this channel from today –
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| "Don't forget to watch!" |
“don’t forget to watch!”
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| "That was great, Sara!" |
Vicky pronounces that it was great – really honest, with no frills, predicting that it could be huge, and Sara is surprised that it was so easy to set up.
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| "If we can make a few pennies for Nicky and Ifan . . ." |
“If we can make a few pennies for Nicky and Ifan, I won’t complain,” Sara tells her, and is sure that they can reach some sort of understanding.
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| Diane and Eileen watch the gardeners |
As they sit and watch the others gardening,
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| "I don't want to grow old" |
Eileen reveals that it is her birthday next week, and Diane assumes that it makes her feel old. “I don’t want to grow old – and I don’t want all the things that come with growing old. It would be easier if Jim tried to understand that.”
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| "I had to give up with Dai" |
Diane knows how she feels; “I tried with Dai, but I had to give up in the end. Do you know – he still thinks a hot flush is something to do with playing poker!”
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| "They don't know how lucky they are" |
Eileen agrees that men do not know how lucky they are, but Diane does understand, and invites her to talk about anything, not only Jim.
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| "Did you know that DJ has been visiting Sioned?" |
“Did you know that DJ has been visiting Sioned?”
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| "Don't spoil it, Diane!" |
Eileen does not want to hear anything about her. Diane has been a great help today and is urged not to spoil it now, by talking about Sioned and breaking her heart.
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| "You're wasting your time, DJ!" |
When Eileen gets back to the shop flat, DJ is there; she tells Jim that it made a change, going to the allotment, but warns DJ that if he has come to talk about Sioned, he is wasting his time.
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| "Helping her doesn't pay!" |
“Diane told me that you’ve seen her – I don’t want to know! I’ve told you before, helping her doesn’t pay – she takes advantage!”
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| DJ takes his leave |
DJ decides he had better leave.
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| "Loads of people have looked at it!" |
Later, Sara looks at her laptop, then phones Vicky; “Loads of people have looked at it – it’s amazing!”
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| "That series you wanted to watch starts soon" |
Jim remarks, “That series you wanted to watch starts soon,”
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| "I'm not bothered!" |
but Eileen is not fussed about it. He pleads with her to let him help her, as she has been in a foul mood all day today.
“Oh – sorry that I’ve spoiled your day!” she exclaims;
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| "I don't understand what's wrong" |
he says he does not understand what is wrong, and has been trying to learn.
“I’ve looked on the Internet, and I’m trying to understand your problem,” he goes on,
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| "It's not as if you're ill, is it?" |
“I don’t think you need to be so concerned – it’s not as if you’re ill, is it? There are lots of different treatments out there – patches, injections every now and then, and you’ll be fine.”
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| "Are you serious?" |
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