31 December 2014

The players, after having their pictures taken

A Western Post photographer is taking pictures of both the Cwmderi RFC team and the Veterans.   Rhys urges the youngsters, “Right, are we ready to hammer them?” 

"My failure will be in the paper"

while Hywel complains to Siôn at bringing in the photographer;  “My failure will be in the paper for all to see!   Rhys’s team will give us a hiding.”

Jim's absence annoys Dai

Jim is suffering from food poisoning, so John Post will take his place as prop;  Dai is the referee, and looking forward to his Lifetime Achievement Award.

At number 7, Iolo is preparing to go to the match, while Gethin asks if he is fit to play.   

"He's got a lot of cleaning up to do"

Then Ffion comes calling, bringing two Christmas puddings that Val sent them;  she hopes they will be of use at the soup kitchen.   Iolo warns her against doing the clearing up after the session Gethin and Colin had last night.

"They're watching 'Frozen' yet again!"

Ffion tells Gethin that Jinx and Arwen are watching “Frozen” yet again, and asks if he wants a hand with the clearing up.   “Where’s your cleaning cupboard?” she asks.   

Ffion finds Colin's mistletoe

As she works, she finds mistletoe stuffed down the back of the sofa;  she enquires, “Who else was at this session then?”   Gethin replies that Colin could not have had a kiss, or the whole village would have known about it by now.   

"Did you try your luck?"

Ffion asks, “Didn’t you try your luck?” and Gethin is quick to answer, “Not with Colin!” so she consigns the mistletoe to the bin.

Eifion, after scoring one of his tries

At the rugby match, Eifion manages to score three tries, and Siôn, with the megaphone, shouts encouragement to Iolo, embarrassing him.   

Eifion tells Dai, “I’m winning this match on my own,” but Dai insists all three tries were flukes.

Ffion enjoys a cup of tea with gethin

After Ffion has bagged up all the rubbish she sits down for a cup of tea with Gethin, who thinks that Christmas is unnecessary fuss.   

"Things might be different next year:

Ffion says he would not feel like that if Daniel were with him, and suggests, “Things might be different next year.”

Gethin has been wanting to do that for a while

Gethin leans forward and kisses her, and Ffion does nothing to resist;  he then apologises, she says there is no need to do so, but hurries off.   Gethin thinks he has spoilt things.

As Siôn gives a florid commentary on the progress of the match, referee Dai turns and shouts, “Shut up – the boys are trying to play rugby!”   He fails to see Eifion hurtling towards him with the ball;  

The injured referee in agony

Dai is thrown into the air and lands on his back, shouting, “Aargh!   Do something!   Ambulance, doctor, nurse!”

"I've been detailed to look after you"

As Ffion reaches the Deri to assist Gaynor, the guest, Robin McBryde, arrives, and Gaynor starts “harmlessly flirting” with him.   

"Behave yourself, Gaynor!"

Ffion warns her to behave:  “I know how you are with famous people!”   

Siôn's news of the match result

Siôn comes in with the shock news that the veterans have won the match;  this displeases Gaynor, who says, “Hywel will be insufferable, and Rhys will sulk for weeks!”

Siôn tells Robin that his friend, Dai Ashurst, has been injured, but Robin appears not to know Dai at all.

They are still bickering

At the hospital Dai heaps the blame on Eifion, who replies, “It was an accident – you were standing there like an idiot, shouting at Siôn!”   Dai protests that he was doing what a good referee should.

Ed is given the Golden Boot award

When all the other players have gathered in the Deri, Siôn announces that the Golden Boot award goes to Ed, and Man of the Match was Eifion, who is unable to bask in the glory as he is still arguing with Dai.

"My name is on one of the awards!"

“To think I’m sitting here when Robin McBryde is at the Deri, and my name is on one of the awards!   Who else deserves a Lifetime Achievement award?”

Siôn is rather embarrassed to find that the Denzil Rees Memorial award has been made to him;  

Ed describes Siôn as, "Diligent and honest"

Ed praises him, “It couldn’t have gone to a more diligent and honest man!”   Then the main award, to the person who has done most to raise the profile of the club.   

"And winner of the Lifetime Achievement award is . . ."

“The winner embodies everything that’s important about Cwmderi RFC.”

But before we hear the name, we return to the hospital, where Eifion receives a text from Ed.   

Eifion breaks the news to Dai

“I’m man of the match,” he announces, “And the lifetime award went to Hywel!”   Dai cannot believe this, and after seeing it on Eifion’s phone is all ready to go back to the Deri to demand a recount, 

Pain stops him going to demand a recount

but collapses in pain on to a chair.

He moans, “I played in the front row for twenty years!   How many times has Diane threatened divorce, over all the hours I spend at the club?”

"Can I get you anything else, Robin?"

Gaynor assures Robin that she will get him anything he wants, and Hywel comments, 

"Obvious who your man of the match is!"

“It’s obvious who your man of the match is!”   Sheryl sidles up to him and remarks, 

"It gives you more time to spend with me"

“Your wife is taking her duties very seriously, but it gives you more time to spend in my company!”

Ffion tells Gethin that she is checking up on Gaynor’s “harmless flirting”, and he suggests that perhaps Hywel and Gaynor have an arrangement – “an open relationship.”   

"One person at a time"

Ffion considers that does not happen in real life;  “It’s too complicated – one person at a time.”

Gethin asks, “What was that earlier?” and she replies, 

"I don't want it to happen again!"

“I don’t know, but it scared me, and I don’t want it to happen again – it was a mistake.”

"Not a word of sympathy!"

Dai has at last been treated, and complains to Eifion, “A few tablets and a sling – not a word of sympathy.   Eifion says he enjoyed the game and would like to play again;  he suggests they bury the hatchet, but Dai refuses.

They sneak out of the Deri . . .

Hywel and Sheryl emerge from the Deri and walk along the street;  

. . . find a hidingplace where they will not be seen . . .

when they reach the anonymity of that new shelter, Hywel says, “Let’s enjoy tonight – come here!” and kisses her.

. . . but Ffion witnesses what is going on

In the background, Ffion, who is heading home, looks round and sees them in a passionate embrace.

30 December 2014

Dai boasts of his devotion to the club

Dai talks on the phone to someone about the “Lifetime Award”, stressing how he has slaved for twenty years to get the club where it is today.   

"Oh, Jim's playing!"

Gaynor arrives, bringing Dai the team sheets;  “Oh, Jim’s playing!   Might as well have the kitchen table on the field – it would move more!” he comments.

Diane envisages that wall being knocked out . . .

Diane tells Gaynor that now Eifion has been caught out, they do not have to pay him compensation, so she can afford some redecorating;  she wants a wall knocked down to make the lounge bigger.   

. . . and engages in a little APD publicity

When Gaynor has the same thought, remarking, “At Llwyncelyn, the room’s like a potting shed!” Diane gives her a catalogue, hoping that APD will get the job.

Anita, Darren and Debbie talk about Meic

In the café flat, Anita and Darren talk to Debbie about keeping Meic busy, with Darren suggesting a trip to the Botanic Garden in the New Year, and Anita tells Debbie they were thinking of going out today, and invites her to come.

They have their coats on, ready to go out

However, Meic and Gabriella are preparing to go out;  

"I know the very place!"

Gabriella says, “Carpe Diem,” which makes Meic think of fishing, so he knows exactly where they can go, although Gabriella says she prefers birdwatching to fishing.

Anwen is doing a shift in the Deri

Mark delivers post to the Deri, and tells Sheryl he wonders why Darren is staying;  “I’d be on the first flight out,” he says.   

"I'll pick you up in two minutes, behind the surgery!"

Then lover boy Hywel arrives, and tells Sheryl he knows the very place they can go, where no-one will know them.   “I’ll pick you up in two minutes, behind the surgery,” he whispers.   “I can’t wait,” she simpers.

Meic returns to a familiar spot . . .

On a bench by Llethr Bach Lake, Meic sits on a bench, with a blanket round his legs, and recalls that he last came fishing here with Denzil shortly before he died.   He caught a pike, but had to throw it back.   

. . . on the bank of Llethr Bach Lake

“Denzil was lucky – he didn’t have to worry about things beforehand, but I’m lucky too – I’ve had time to prepare.   It’s strange being here without a fishing rod.”

Anita is annoyed

When Anita gets home to find a note from Gabriella , she is angry;  “Why didn’t she phone?” she demands.   

Then Debbie turns up, with all her picnic food

Then Debbie arrives, all prepared for a picnic, with eclairs, victoria sponge, ham sandwiches and sausage rolls.

Anita tells her, “There has been a hitch!” and Darren adds, “A hitch called Gabriella!”

Meic wonders if it is fair on Anita

Meic tells Gabriella that he is very partial to a nice bit of salmon, so she tells him they must have a huge one after the wedding, but he wonders if Anita will be able to cope with marrying him.   “I won’t be making her my wife – I’ll be making her my widow!   Why would I do that?”   

"This tea is cold, let's go and find a hot one!"

Then, as their cup of tea is cold, they head for a hotel for a hot one.

Just when they think they cannot be discovered . . .

Meanwhile, Sheryl and Hywel are holding hands, and she asks him what he has told Gaynor.   “Oh, I said I was here,” which causes Sheryl some concern, but he continues, “Repairing a computer – a half-truth is better than a lie.”

. . . Meic and Gabriella walk in!

Just then Meic and Gabriella walk in, talking about pike, and ask at the bar, in English, for two teas.   Sheryl sees them, grabs her coat and manages to exit before they see her.   

Hywel is not happy that his excurricular activity has been thwarted

Once Meic notices Hywel, he insists that he stay and join them for tea, although Hywel seems for some reason very eager to leave.

Gabriella runs to the window . . .

Gabriella suddenly remarks, “I’m sure I saw . . .” and runs to the window.   

. . . and Hywel thinks all is lost . . . 

Hywel fears the worst, until she continues, “A Greater Spotted Woodpecker – what is that in Welsh, Meic?”   He advises that it is a “Cnocell”, and she hurries outside to see it;  

. . . but Gabriella is too busy looking for a woodpecker to see Sheryl

Sheryl, waiting by Hywel’s car, crouches down behind it, and is not noticed;  however the bird has flown.

"I'm probably getting in a professional designer"

Gaynor returns the catalogues to Diane and announces that she will probably get the work done by a professional designer.   Diane is affronted, and demands that Dai carry out the work at Bryntirion before Gaynor can get hers done;  

"We'll show her that APD can do a better job!"

“We’ll show that snob that APD can do a better job than anyone Gaynor Llywelyn can find!”

Then Mark comes in, wanting bird food, so that he can attract blue tits and sparrows to the garden, as Gabriella is a birdwatcher.   

"You look like a pygmy!"

Dai tells him they have much bigger birds in Patagonia, “Condors, eagles and flamingoes!” and adds, “Compared with their rugby team, the Pumas, you look like a pygmy!”   

Diane sees romance in the air

Mark insist that there is nothing between him and Gabriella, but Diane has other ideas.

"You weren't wearing your thermal vest!"

When Meic and Gabriella get home, Anita is angry, and complains that Meic was not wearing his thermal vest, “In these sub-zero temperatures!”   

She tells him she has arranged for a few people to come round tomorrow, but Gabriella and Meic had planned to go out again.   “Oh, tomorrow’s organised too!” moans Anita.

"Oh, hip, hip, hooray!"

When Meic says that her idea of New Year’s Day lunch in the Deri sounds good, she replies, “Oh, hip, hip, hooray!” and Meic looks very disappointed.

In the Deri, Diane tells Hywel that he will be living in a building site if Gaynor gets her way;  

"Oh, did I forget to turn my phone back on?"

when Gaynor comes in, his excuse is that he turned off his phone to mend the computer and forgot to turn it back on.   She tells him about her ideas for redesigning the house.

Gabriella teaches Mark some moves

At Maes-y-Deri, Gabriella is teaching Mark some dance moves, when Debbie arrives and tells her she should move back home.   Debbie asks Mark to lunch on Thursday at the Deri;  “I shall be there with Meic and Anita,” says Gabriella.

In the Deri, Darren complains, “Dad disappears every time Gabriella is around!” and Debbie comments, “It’s a shame she doesn’t do the same.”

Sheryl's broken heel has made her reconsider

Sheryl reports to Hywel that she broke a heel, walking back to the village, and is not sure it is a good idea to carry on like this;  “Meic almost caught us!”

“You’re not getting cold feet, are you?” Hywel answers.