15 May 2014 (1st)

Mark gathers together his camping equipment

Mark struggles in, laden down with camping equipment, including a refrigerated box, and suggests they go off camping for the weekend, giving Gemma the choice of where she wants to go.   Gemma is not in favour of this, and continues to look depressed;  he detects that the problem is not her relationship with Dani, but with him.   

Mark is convinced this is the end of their relationship

“You don’t want to live here with me, it was bound to happen – no wonder you don’t want to stay in a tent with me.   I’ll sleep in the spare room, and you can move out when it suits you.   As long as you’re happy – I’m used to being dumped.”   Gemma says she just needs to sort herself out, and leaves.

Garry finds Gwern's first babygro

Dani is sorting out old clothes to give to the Maenan Appeal, and Garry finds Gwern’s first babygro;  there is a big heap of garments on the coffee table.   When Gemma arrives there, Garry warns her not to upset Dani, but she says she is there to apologise;  Dani asks if she wants to try on any of the things, but Gemma doubts if they will fit her.   

Gemma leaves a card and necklace as a peace-offering

Gemma apologises for last Friday, and Dani replies that it is all forgotten;  then Dani has to dash out, and before Gemma leaves, she puts down a card and necklace, as a peace offering, on the coffee table.

Hywel, after Rhys has gone off to fix Sheryl's bike

Hywel and Rhys are having a drink outside the Deri, when Sheryl tells them she is having trouble with her bike, “Something is stuck!” so Rhys volunteers to fix it.   

Colin demonstrates by baring his leg that he too has ringworm

Hywel goes into the pub, where Colin reveals that he has just been to the surgery, where he had a check-up, from top to toe, as he also has contracted ringworm on his leg, as he demonstrates.   He, like Iolo, has been prescribed some cream, and Gethin insists he will have to steer clear of the pair of them.

Garry brings in a large plastic bag, and begins to load all the surplus clothes into it, plus, predictably, the necklace, dropping the card on the floor.   

Dani reads the card from Gemma

When he later finds the card and hands it to Dani, she remarks that it was strange Gemma did not give it to her in person.

Rhys quickly sorts out the problem with the bike;  “It changes gear like a Ferrari,” he tells Sheryl, and they agree to go for another bike ride.   

Rhys, about to be reprimanded for putting his arm round Sheryl

Sheryl is pleased that she reaches the picnic table rest point five minutes quicker than yesterday, but she reacts unfavourably when Rhys, sitting beside her, puts his arm around her.   She is keen to return home.

Iolo, looking up ringworm in Doctor Gwen's blue book

Iolo goes to Siôn’s to consult the big blue book his mother, the doctor, used to refer to;  it has all the details of ringworm, and how it is contracted.   When he gets home, he points out to Gethin and Colin that the house is filthy, and they must give it a thorough clean, from top to bottom, starting now.   Colin describes with relish the fungus that must be living behind the washing machine.   

Gethin and Colin are reluctant to start "the big clean"

Iolo hands out the cleaning sprays, and persuades them to start work.

When Sheryl and Rhys arrive back, she is keen to get inside the house;  Rhys again apologises, and is invited in for a cup of tea.   He explains that he thought she was stronger than she actually is, and she is sure that she will be much better when Wil is back with her.   

Hywel is concerned to see Rhys's bike ouside Sheryl's door

Meanwhile, Hywel sees Rhys’s bike parked outside Sheryl’s door.

Gemma returns to Mark with the news that she does not intend to finish with him.   “You should dump me!   I’ve been to apologise to Dani, like I should have done before, and I’m sorry I behaved like a spoilt brat!”

She finds the sleeping bags and camping stove, and, in an abrupt change of attitude, says she cannot think of anything better than camping.   

They appear to have been have been reconciled, again

They snuggle up on the sofa, under a sleeping bag, and laugh.