15 August 2014

"Don't chat up barmaids!"

Siôn of course has encouraging words for Gwyneth, when he meets her in the street, but Britt is quick to remind him, “Come on, Siôn, you’ve more important things to do than chat up barmaids!”

"Crikey Moses!   Have you seen this?"

As they go, Dai arrives, looking furious;  “Crikey Moses!”   Have you seen this?” he exclaims, brandishing the paper.   

Yes, he does look a tiny bit disgruntled

Gwyneth comments that he looks rather angry in the photo, but he shouts, “Not as angry as I feel at the moment!   Written by ‘a source close to the club’ – just wait until I see him!”   He rushes off to find Jim, and narrowly misses getting mown down by a car.

Eifion is drinking tea when Angela comes in with branches from the hedgerow for Twiggy, but Eifion points out it prefers privet.   

Apparently Angela had a nice chat with Twiggy this morning

Angela says she has started to “bond” with the creature, which is Prif Brigyn in Welsh;  even Courtney is taking an interest.   She asks him to go to the shop and get what he wants for dinner.

"Why are you being nice to me?"

“Why are you being nice to me, all of a sudden?” he asks, and she replies that she likes to see the good in everyone;  “It wouldn’t be anything to do with my share of Penrhewl being a lot of money, would it?”   Of course Angela denies such a base motive.

"Major embarrassment to the club"

At APD, Dai quotes to Jim from the paper, “A source of major embarrassment to the club,” and tells Jim that he is “close to the club,” but Jim denies any involvement, although he does read out the section which says, “Mr David Ashurst has been left with egg on his face,” and sniggers.

Dai is concerned that the photo makes him look like, “A baboon with a hot poker stuck up his backside!   I’ve come out of this looking like a real idiot!”   

DJ is the next in the firing line

“Yes, you have,” agrees Jim, and at that moment DJ walks in;  he is immediately accused by Dai, but looks very offended;  “Would I do a thing like that, Uncle David?”   Dai stomps off, predicting that he will be in the paper again, when he commits murder.

Eifion arrives back with the shopping, and finds Angela has cleaned out Twiggy’s tank;  neither of them can see the creature, as (predictably) it has been mistaken for a twig and put in the recycling caddy.   

Poor little Twiggy, in amongst the tea bags

Eifion retrieves Twiggy and replaces it in the tank.   Angela muses, “She might like to be out of the tank sometimes – like you going to the Deri for a pint.”

Siôn wants to see Iolo's bank statements

Iolo comes downstairs and finds Britt and Siôn there;  Siôn says that Britt has told him about his problem with the card, and wants to see Iolo’s statement as well as the correspondence from the bank.   Iolo at first refuses, but Siôn says he will go upstairs and find them, so he relents.   

"You're skint, Iolo!"

After looking at the paperwork, Siôn announces, “You’re skint, Iolo!”

Apparently the job Iolo is supposed to be working on involves a septic tank and sewage pipes, and he cannot face the filth.   He tells Siôn he will get paid for what he has done, and everything will be all right.   Britt suggests they can take him to Gwynant to collect the money he is owed, but he refuses again.

"You are still going to the sessions, aren't you?"

Britt asks, “You are still going to the sessions, aren’t you?” and Iolo blurts out that they should stop hassling him;  he is due for a session now, picks up his keys and bolts out of the door.    

Siôn is reluctant to follow him

Siôn naïvely thinks that everything is solved, but Britt insists that they follow him.

Jim goes to the Deri to have a quiet pint, “Before Raging Bull comes in,” and DJ goes upstairs to fetch his laptop.   He recorded his conversation with Dai after the “Rudi affair”, and Jim is very amused.   

Incriminating video of Dai

On the video, DJ asks Dai to explain to the boys where the money went.   “To hell with the boys and the committee!” he is heard to shout.   “Jim is as much use as a sieve to hold water – he knows nothing about rugby!   Stop waving that thing in front of me or you’ll regret it!”

"Mr David Ashurst certainly has got egg on his face!"

Jim laughs, “When I find out who told the paper, I’ll buy them beer for the rest of the season!”

“Right, I’ll have my first pint now!” says DJ, and admits he tipped off the paper, as Rudi was going to get his room and he was being banished to the box room.

"Fancy throwing out your nephew to make room for a stranger!"

When Dai comes in and Jim mentions “the box room”, Dai realises that DJ was the source of the story;  Jim adds, “Fancy throwing out your nephew to make room for a stranger.   Dai responds, “It was you, you swine!   I’m not staying here to drink with traitors!”

Eifion is behaving like a very rich man already

Angela comes into the Deri and Eifion gives her £100;  Cadno sent a lame bullock to the abattoir, and that was part of his share of the proceeds.

Siôn and Britt discover Iolo's hiding place

Iolo’s van is parked by woodland;  Siôn’s car arrives, and Britt asks, “Do you accept now that he has a problem?”   Siôn wonders what has caused this – his background or upbringing, but Britt stresses that it is Iolo they must worry about.   

As they approach the van, Iolo gets out, and Britt says, “Iolo, we have to talk;  you’ve been deceiving us and you can’t lie any more.”

"I admit it — it's all lies!"

“All right – I admit it.   I haven’t been to any sessions – it’s all lies.”   As Siôn hugs him, he says, “I need help!”   

"You used to love this place when you were a boy"

Siôn reminds him that they used to come to this spot when he was a child, and he would play in the trees and by the river.   Meanwhile, Britt is locking up the van.

They head back to Y Felin

“Come back to Y Felin with us, you’ll be safe there,” says Siôn, and they all get into the car.