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| Gethin emerges from Cysgod y Glyn . . . |
Gethin and Ffion come out of the door of Cysgod y Glyn; Gethin is given his lunchbox, containing salad and couscous.
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| . . . and sees Sheryl and Hywel looking at the gnomes |
He immediately espies Sheryl and Hywel along the road, admiring the gnomes, but when Sheryl notices him approaching,
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| "Right, Hywel, I'll see you later" |
she hurries off to the salon.
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| Gethin looks at the gnomes and gets an idea |
He comes across, picks up one of the gnomes, and has an idea.
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| Anita is also getting ideas |
Anita is reading a magazine article about sperm donors; she shows it to Kelly.
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| "Meic has left me something valuable" |
“Meic has left me something valuable – I have a responsibility – he would be delighted to know that he helped someone else. Mind you, we don’t have to give it away,
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| "Do you want Meic's sperm?" |
“not if you want Meic’s sperm! You wanted to try artificial insemination not long ago.”
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| "No – I've got a boyfriend now!" |
Kelly protests that she has a boyfriend now. There is a knock on the door; “If it’s Siôn, tell him I’m ill,” says Anita.
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| "Anita says she's ill" |
It is Siôn, and Kelly invites him in, commenting that Anita says she is ill.
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| "You only have to ring, if you need anything" |
He kisses her, and reminds her that he is at the end of the phone, if she needs anything.
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| "See how it can change lives" |
Anita tries to persuade Kelly to read the magazine article, and see how it can change people’s lives, but Kelly is not interested.
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| "Best Onion Competition!" |
In the café, Jim tells Siôn that he has an idea for the Best Kept Village; “A Best Onion competition!” but Siôn is not sure that veg are a good idea. “It would encourage people to go out into the garden – and a financial prize for the winner. If all entrants paid a fiver, the winner could keep the pot – and that will be me!”
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| "You'll just have to tell Dai" |
Elgan is wary about sitting in the café, but Gaynor says he will have to tell Dai; just at that moment he comes in, and begins soft-soaping the doctor.
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| "Elgan Pritchard, the great redeemer!" |
“Elgan Pritchard, the great redeemer – just the person I wanted to see. You listen to me – at training tonight, I think we should go back to basics – passing and running.”
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| "I can't coach the rugby team!" |
Elgan manages to get a word in, “I can’t coach the rugby team!”
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| "But it's make or break time!" |
Dai goes on about the fact it is make or break time, and they only have three games left this season. The doctor adds,
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| "Football has always been my game" |
“But I know next to nothing about rugby – I should have said last week, but football has always been my game.”
Dai is incandescent with rage; “What am I going to do now? I’ve told everybody! Half the team is leaving – we’ve got half a scrum! Everyone is losing interest – and now we don’t have a coach!”
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| "Crikey Moses, we're not that desperate!" |
Elgan suggests he asks Siôn, but Dai snarls, “Crikey Moses, we’re not that desperate!
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| "You'll regret this! I'm telling you now!" |
“You’ll regret this – I’m telling you now! It’ll be your fault!” He storms out of the café.
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| "He has a point I suppose" |
Jim, who is sitting near the door breathes sigh of relief that it was not him on the receiving end, and mutters, “He has a point, I suppose.
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| Elgan has some support for football |
“Actually, football is my game too. Maybe we should start a team.”
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| "Why did Meic keep the sperm?" |
Ed ponders, “It makes you think, doesn’t it? Why Meic did it,” but Kelly is past caring, adding that Auntie Anita should be too, before she goes totally loopy,
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| "Cwmderi full of mini Meic Pierces!" |
and tries to impregnate half of Cwmderi to make mini Meic Pierces.
They go into the kitchen, and Anita comes downstairs,
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| "I was hoping to have a chat about Meic's sperm" |
saying, “It’s Elgan’s day off today, Kelly – I was hoping to have a chat with him about Meic’s sperm.”
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| Then Ed comes into view |
She is rather embarrassed to see that Ed is there,
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| "Don't tell anyone – especially Siôn" |
and pleads with him not to tell anyone, especially Siôn. He assures her that it is none of his business.
Anita continues, “Do you think he would mind if I called at his house? We are friends, aren’t we? “Kelly, shall I tell him you’re interested in the sperm?”
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| "I don't want Uncle Meic's baby!" |
She replies, “After careful consideration, I have decided I don’t want Uncle Meic’s baby, believe it or not!
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| "Auntie Anita, you're obsessed!" |
“Auntie Anita, I’m really concerned about you – you’re obsessed!”
Anita points out that a small part of Meic is still alive, and it is important for her to do the right thing with it.
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| "Do the right thing for the people who are still here" |
“Do the right thing for the people who are still here – including you!” Kelly emphasises.
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| Gethin is hanging round outside the salon |
Gethin is lurking outside the salon, and leaves a bag in the doorway.
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| Jim is not able to promote the club |
At APD, Jim is trying to rustle up some enthusiasm for the rugby club, but with little success,
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| "Cwmderi Football Club?" |
commenting, “Watch this space – Cwmderi Football Club?”
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| Dai is in a furious temper |
Dai comes through the door, shouting, “Judas!” down the phone,
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| "You're supposed to be attracting players!" |
and is told by Ed that he should be trying to attract players, not get rid of them. “But he has signed up for Tremyrddin as well!” Dai rages. Ed comes to the conclusion that there is no point in training, and stresses that Dai is the one having the arguments,
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| "Right, you ring up these names, then!" |
so Dai hands over the task to him. “What do you suggest we do, Jimbo?” he demands.
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| "Sorry for intruding" |
Anita apologises for intruding, but the doctor is glad of a break;
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| "I had a letter from a clinic in Cardiff" |
“I’m in a bit of a quandary, to be honest,” she begins, “I had a letter from a clinic in Cardiff, asking if I want to continue to freeze Meic’s sperm – and now I can’t get it out of my head!
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| "Why did he do it without saying a word to me?" |
“What was his reason to doing it without saying a word to me?”
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| "There are many possible reasons" |
Elgan replies that there are many possible reasons, but then she resumes her monologue;
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| "Women my age can't have IVF" |
“Then, yesterday I realised that he wanted me to have a baby, but when I enquired about it they told me women my age can’t have IVF, even if there is an egg donor. Well, I was so upset!
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| "Then I saw this in the magazine" |
“Then this morning I saw this in a magazine and I thought I could donate the sperm to someone who’s finding it hard to get pregnant. Would that be possible, Elgan?”
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| "This is not something I discuss every day!" |
He replies that it is not something he discusses every day.
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| Sheryl discovers the bag on her doorstep |
When Cheryl’s client leaves the salon, she notices the bag on the doorstep, takes it inside and discovers
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| She assumes that it is from Hywel . . . |
a box containing a gnome,
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| . . . which is understandable . . . |
bearing the message, “Love you,” which she assumes is from Hywel.
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| . . . but then reads the card, which removes all doubt |
However, when she opens the accompanying envelope, and reads, “My heart belongs to you. G,” she realises otherwise. She sees Hywel coming and hides the box,
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| "Just something I ordered for the salon" |
explaining the bag as something she ordered for the salon.
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| She looks guilty |
He volunteers to make her a cup of tea, as she has been on her feet all day.
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| "Could I clone him?" |
Elgan explains that there are other options, and she wonders whether they might be able to clone him; “Meic would love that!”
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| "You could go overseas" |
He reminds her that she mentioned getting pregnant, and it might be possible that she could go overseas, as some countries are willing to offer it to women who are . . . more mature, but it is not a matter to be taken lightly.
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| "There is the ethical question" |
“There are risks, and more importantly the ethical question – some people still believe strongly in that age limit. Is it right to have a child if it soon has to take care of its parents?
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| "Anything is possible – at a price" |
“But anything is possible these days – at a price.
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| "But it doesn't have to be used" |
“Mind you the fact that the sperm is there doesn’t mean it has to be used, does it?”
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| The club appears to be disintegration before Dai's eyes |
Ed has been working through Dai’s list, without any success, and Dai is despondent; “Two hours before training, and we are no closer to having a team!” Jim points out that all the pints he is drinking are not helping,
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| "You ought to go on the FFIT Cymru programme |
and advises him that he needs to go on the ‘FFIT Cymru’ programme, which would do him good.
Ffion and Gaynor are laughing about something further down the bar,
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| "She doesn't care about the team!" |
and Dai complains, “She’s on the committee – but she doesn’t care about the team – people like her should ensure that kids come through the school to play for the village – gym teachers aren’t what they used to be!”
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| Gaynor tells Dai a thing or two |
Gaynor strongly objects to this; “Ffion works hard to promote the rugby club – it’s not her fault the game is no longer trendy!”
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| "People avoiding responsibility is the reason" |
Dai’s response is that people avoiding any responsibility is the reason they are in this pickle. Hywel, who has recently joined the conversation,
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| "When will you shoulder some responsibility, Dai?" |
demands, “When will you start shouldering some responsibility, Dai?” Dai insists that he is working day and night to make sure the team does not fold – unlike Hywel. Hywel reminds him, “You tricked people into thinking you were a teetotaller!” and Ffion agrees that he needs to stop pointing the finger at everyone else.
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| "Don't look at me, Dai – I agree with them!" |
Dai looks in desperation at Ed, but is told that he agrees with them too. Gaynor remarks that it is no wonder people are talking about establishing a Football Team.
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| The thought of a Football Team is too much for Dai to stomach |
The very thought is too much for Dai, and he leaves the pub.
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| "I'd follow my heart, if I were you" |
After pondering for a few seconds, he replies, “Follow my heart, if I were you,” and she regards this as the best device she has had all day.
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| "What am I going to do, boys?" |
Then he asks the assembled gnomes, “What am I going to do, boys? It’s a mess! And on top of everything, they’re going to set up a soccer club!
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| "Any ideas, Reg?" |
“What am I going to do? Any ideas, Reg?”
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| Inspiration strikes . . . |
Then he seems to have an idea, and makes a phone call; “Hello, Siôn, change of plan – we’re going to have an Extraordinary General Meeting straightaway – of course in the Deri!
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| . . . and he calls an Extraordinary Meeting |
“Tell everyone, will you?”
Anita tells Kelly she has seen the doctor;
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| "He talked a lot of sense" |
“He talked a lot of sense – sorry, I’ve lost my head a bit with all this business, haven’t I? Well I’m better now, and I know what I’m going to do.
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| "I'm going overseas to have IVF!" |
“I’m going overseas to have IVF!” Kelly is doubtful whether that was the doctor’s advice, but Anita insists that it is the right thing to do –
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| Kelly cannot believe what she is hearing |
“and that it is going to happen.
Sheryl marches into the garage;
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| Sheryl angrily returns Gethin's gift |
“Don’t you dare try anything like that again!” she tells Gethin, “Hywel almost saw it! Not to mention the card! What’s your game?”
He regards her bringing it back as an excuse to come see him;
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| "I'd say you wanted to see me!" |
“You could have texted me, but instead you came all the way over here to tell me! I’d say you wanted to see me!”
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| "People could get hurt!" |
She insists that this is not a game, and that people could get hurt.
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| "We are soulmates!" |
He smiles, “You can’t keep this up – you’ll give into your feelings eventually – we are soulmates!”
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| "Don't contact me any more, Gethin!" |
Sheryl snarls, “I don’t want this any more – you have to accept that. Don’t contact me any more, Gethin – I mean it!”
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| "See you soon, Sher!" |
He says that he will see her soon.
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| Few people have turned up |
Dai is anxiously waiting for someone else to turn up; “We’ve cancelled training for this meeting,” he says,
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| "A few were talking about joining the football club" |
and Ed informs them that there is not much interest at this end of the season; a few were talking about joining the football club.
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| "Look, there is no football club in Cwmderi!" |
“Look, there is no football club in Cwmderi,” stresses Dai, “And that’s how it’s going to stay, if we pull our socks up! Hywel was more than happy to jump ship. The agenda is saving this rugby club – how are we going to do that?”
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| "How about start respecting the treasurer and other members?" |
Ffion suggests that they start respecting the treasurer and the other members.
“Look, I’m not the only one to blame here,” exclaims Dai, “If we dont pull together and draw in more members, it will all be over!”
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| Ffion and Ed take their leave |
Both Ffion and Ed have had enough and leave.
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| Geraint has not said much |
Siôn tells Dai, “You have to be careful how you treat people – it’s no wonder we don’t have a team.
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| "If you're not careful, you won't have a club!" |
“If you’re not careful, we won’t have a club either!”
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| They go, and leave Dai on his own |
With that, both he and Geraint get up and go, leaving Dai alone.
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| "The rugby club is kaput!" |
At the bar, Jim informs Elgan that the rugby club is kaput, but there is a lot of interest in the football club;
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| "Cwmderi Football Club!" |
they both drink a toast to “Cwmderi Football Club!”
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