Cwmderi Diary 2018: 25 April 2018 (2nd)

Chester has had a disturbed night

Chester has slept on the sofa;

He vainly tries to contact Hannah

he dials Hannah’s number but is invited to leave a message.

"DJ's forgot his lunch"

Meanwhile at Bryntirion, Dai discovers that DJ has left his lunchbox behind; “He doesn’t do anything unless that Jezebel tells him!” he groans “He didn’t turn up at the rugby club meeting – I had to say he had flu!”

"Do stop going on about rugby!"

Hannah’s phone sounds again, and it she ignores it. Diane is becoming irritated with Dai going on about rugby, reminding him there are other things going on. When the phone sound yet again,

"It sounds like a Mumbai call centre"

Dai likens the place to a Mumbai call centre, and Diane points out that Hannah will have to face him sooner or later.

"I'll go over later to pack"

“I’ll go over later – I need to pack,” she replies, and Dai comments that she must be fed up with him, if she is going to the other side of the world to get away. “I want to go home,” Hannah replies.

"What about school?"

“What about school?” Diane asks her, “You’re halfway through the course.” Dai, trying to be supportive, says that he has seen them fight like a cat and dog on Friday night – and then canoodling on Saturday morning.

“Mam has bought me a one-way ticket from Heathrow – tonight!” Hannah announces, “Isn’t this is what you wanted? For Chester and me to split up?” Diane stresses that she did not want her to go back to Australia,

"Good luck, girl!"

but Dai summarises that it is too late to cry over spilt milk, and wishes Hannah good luck, adding that it is going to be very strange here without her. Diane looks devastated.

Colin is practising horticulture . . .

Colin is preparing to plant his onions, but Britt objects to his doing it in the kitchen;

. . . and has a masterplan

“It’s critical to the grand plan –

Notice the total absence of windowsill

they will be in their element by the window with the sun shining on them. I don’t want Jim to know that I’m a contender – or Kath!

"Kath would only sabotage my bulbs"

She would only try to sabotage my bulbs. That’s why the only safe place for them is here – with you and me!

Britt escapes for a while

All we want is peace and quiet to grow an onion or two – not like all the fuss the others are making. When we turn up with a gigantic onion, they’ll have a heck of a shock!”

He has lined up his onions and given them the names;

The time has come for Wilma to be planted

the first to go into the compost is Wilma. He turns round and finds that Britt has gone out.

Garry brings meat to Penrhewl

Garry’s car arrives at Penrhewl with some boxes of meat to be butchered;

"There's a lot of work to do"

“There’s a lot of meat here, so there’s a lot of work to do.

"I didn't like Bob's attitude, so I sacked him"

“I gave Bob the sack – I didn’t like his attitude – but this way there will be a bigger cut for us.

"Guess who's doing it now?"

“You said your uncle is a butcher, so you’ve learned the trade! Come on, move it, because these people want their organic produce ASAP!

Someone is watching, over by the blue trailer

Eifion protests that he is up to his eyes in farmwork, and if Garry is not careful, Cadno will start asking questions. Garry simply orders him to get this stuff finished by tomorrow. Across the farmyard, Cadno is watching them.

"I have to do this on my own, Gran"

As Hannah approaches the café, Diane offers to go into the flat with her for moral support, but she declines. “I have to do this on my own.”

"Are these two joined at the hip, or what?"

Then round the corner come Sioned and DJ; Dai tells them that Hannah is going back to Australia. Sioned remarks that the café flat is cursed,

"You forgot your lunch"

and Dai hands DJ his lunchbox.

"We've arranged to have lunch in the Deri"

He says that they have arranged to have lunch in the Deri today, and he will put the sandwiches in the fridge.

Dai is becoming concerned

Then he tells Sioned not to take advantage, and hopes there is no lobster on the menu today.

"He's looking after me"

“He’s looking after me,” comments Sioned, as they go into the café.

Non is keeping an eye on him

Across the road, Non is watching.

Colin should watch where the water is going

Britt returns to the chip shop flat, to find Colin watering his onions – rather inaccurately – and informs him that she cannot stand it any more;

"They have to go – they should be in the garden!"

“This is not a garden centre – they have to go – they should be in the garden!” He urges her to be quiet, as the tiny bulbs have started their growing process

"They must have peace and quiet"

and it is crucial for them to have a quiet and peaceful environment.

"They need to avoid any drama"

“They need to avoid any drama – they’re delicate.”

"You'll be delicate if you don't clear up this mess!"

She warns that he will be delicate if he does not clear up this mess. “It will spoil the process, and my chances of winning the main prize,” he insists, “We need to give them time, care and love.” She hands him a cloth, so that he can start cleaning up,

What did I say about the lack of windowsill?

but then he comes into contact with the tray, which falls on the floor.

Colin mourns the fate of Wilma and her fellow-onions

Colin is distraught at the fate of Wilma, Wyn, Watkin, Wendy and Willy.

"Why didn't you say something earlier?"

Hannah is packing her clothes, and Chester asks why she did not say something earlier – before he took out the loan – before they moved into the flat.

"You led me to believe we were in love!"

“How long have you been deceiving me? You led me to believe we were in love!” Hannah replies that it is complicated, and that she has been confused.

"You don't want to be with me any more!"

“So how do you know you’re doing the right thing?” he pleads, “Because you don’t want to be with me any more.”

She replies that it is not just him, it is the whole thing;

"It's everything – we're too young for this!"

“Getting engaged, moving in together, watching the money, working, washing up, the bills – we’re too young for this!”

"I've learned my lesson, Hannah!"

He pleads to be given another chance, that he has learned his lesson and will sort himself out. She can stay in Bryntirion, and he will go home; they can save for bit and then start seeing each other again. She informs him, “I’m flying from Heathrow tonight.

"I feel as if I'm cracking up!"

“I feel as if I’m cracking up – I don’t know who I am any more. I have to go home!”

“As far away from me as possible!” he sighs.

"I'll be back tomorrow to pick up the meat"

Garry says that he will be back early tomorrow morning to pick up the meat;

Cadno is lying in wait for Eifion . . .

Cadno is waiting around a corner for Eifion, and demands that he tell her what is going on.

"Something dodgy is going on"

“You’re in cahoots – something dodgy is going on in the shed – and you’re part of it.”

He comes up with the old car parts story

She will not accept his explanation about car parts, and thought that he would have enough backbone to tell her the truth.

"Right, I'll go and see for myself"

Then she turns to go to the shed to find out for herself, but he warns that the locks have been changed.

In the end, Eifion confesses

He finally confesses that he is helping Garry shift some meat. “He is getting cheap meat from somewhere – I don’t ask questions – we chop it up and repackage it as Penrhewl Organic Meat.”

She makes no secret of her distaste for this

Cadno cannot believe it.

"I don't want to leave things like this"

Hannah urges Chester to come out from the bedroom as she does not want to leave things like this; “I have to go back – I need to be young again, and live without responsibilities.

"Life is easier in Australia – I'm homesick"

“Life is easier in Australia – that’s what I need – I’m homesick.”

He appears, and suggests that he will come with her;

"It doesn't mean we have to split up"

“You miss Australia – of course you do, but that doesn’t mean we have to split up, does it?” She tells him that it would not work, but he continues,

"We're meant to be together!"

“Things have gone wrong for us here – we’ll have a fresh start, the two of us. There is no sense finishing now – we are meant to be together!”

"No, Chester – it's over!"

Hannah assures him that it would not work; “No – it’s over

"The taxi will be here"

In the Deri, Diane frets that the taxi will be there any minute, and still there is no sign of Hannah.

"Is it true about DJ and Sioned?'

Non comes across and asks, “Is it true, about DJ and Sioned? They’re obviously a couple – I’d like to know how long they’ve been making a fool of me.”

"They're only friends"

Dai replies with the story that they are ‘just friends’, and that DJ feels sorry for her. He has always been a good Samaritan; “Anyway, I heard that he is keen on someone else,” and Diane’s advice is for Non to ask him out on a date.

Dai and Diane stare at DJ

Then Sioned and DJ arrive at the bar; Dai and Diane are looking intently at him, and he wonders if he has developed a second head. Sioned remarks that his father is behaving weirdly today; DJ replies,

"He's trying to set me up with Non"

“Today? He’s trying to set me up with Non, but everyone else can see clearly how I’ve really messed up – I’m still kicking myself!”

"You should give it another go"

Sioned’s advice is to give it another go.

"You're the best thing that ever happened to me"

Chester tearfully repeats that Hannah is the best thing that ever happened to him, and begs her not to throw it away now; he will do anything.

"You had better have this back"

“I’m sorry, Chester,” she replies, and takes off her ring; “I don’t have any other choice – I have to go.” He tries to contain his tears.

"What's wrong with you, Eifion?"

At Penrhewl, Cadno demands, “What’s wrong with you, Eifion? Risking Penrhewl’s reputation, everything we’ve worked for, just to get some dirty money from Garry Monk.” He reminds her of how skint they are, and that the solicitors bill was the last straw.

"Garry offered us a way out"

“We’re in trouble, and Garry offered us a way out – I don’t see you coming up with any answers!”

"How about some legitimate farming?"

Cadno suggests some legitimate farming perhaps, but he sneers, “You’re no angel – just remember why we’re in this mess – we are getting deeper and deeper into debt. I haven’t been as worried as this since we had TB here – this is serious!

"We don't have any other choice"

“If we don’t find the money, we’ll be thrown out – I hate to say it that we don’t have any other choice.”

“I have a load of dodgy meat to butcher by tomorrow – that’s plenty of time for you to ponder your thoughts.”

"We could be friends again one day"

As Hannah is ready to leave, she suggests that they could be friends again one day,

"Don't leave me!"

but still Chester pleads, “Don’t leave me!” She thanks him for the good times, picks up her bags and goes,

Chester is devastated

leaving him in tears.

I wonder if she has changed her mind"

Diane is still worrying about Hannah, wondering whether she has changed her mind;

"Chester is bound to try every trick in the book"

DJ comments that Chester is bound to try every trick in the book.

"The course of true love never did run smooth"

Dai quotes, “The course of true love never did run smooth – which reminds me, you two need to rearrange that date.” DJ urges his father to leave it.

"I'm ready to go, Gran"

Then Hannah arrives, insisting that she is ready to go; Britt has also just come in,

Britt is concerned that Chester is going

and when she hears Heathrow being mentioned is afraid that Chester is going too.

"We've split up and I'm going home to Australia"

Hannah informs her that they have split up and she is going home to Australia.

Britt hugs Hannah

Britt feels guilty that she may have caused this, but Hannah acknowledges that she was right, and hugs her.

"I'd go to Australia if I faced having Britt as my mother-in-law!"

As they head towards the door, Sioned comments, “I’d go to Australia too, if I faced having Britt as my mother-in-law!”

"You've been like a little sister to me"

but DJ tells Hannah she has been like a little sister to him and that he will miss her.

Hannah hugs him, too

She hugs him, too, then goes outside.

"I'll have this place to myself now"

Britt and Colin go to the café flat, where Chester is clearing out all what he calls the ‘disgusting’ vegan food and other things left by Hannah. “This is my home now and I’ll have it all to myself from now.