Cwmderi Diary 2017: 16 March 2017

Gaynor is having breakfast

Gaynor is having her breakfast when an alert sounds on her phone;

The CnocCnoc comments seem to be . . .

she looks at CnocCnoc, where there are various comments about her,

. . . far from complimentary

in relation to the photo which has now been seen by everyone. There is a knock on the door, but when she opens it,

No-one there – but what is that on the doorstep?

no-one is there, only a ‘bong’ on the doorstep.

So this is what a 'bong' looks like

She stands it on the sideboard and looks disparagingly at it.

Eileen is glad to see Sioned is recovering

Eileen arrives at the hospital, and is overjoyed to find Sioned conscious and eating her breakfast, although looking somewhat battered.

"I don't remember anything!"

“What happened? I don’t remember anything!” she tells her mother.

"Ed pushed you downstairs!"

Eileen explains that Ed pushed her down the stairs, but stresses that she is safe now, and that she is going to look after her.

These wipes do not measure up to Sheryl's exacting standards

In the shop, Sheryl finds the wipes on display do not come up to her standards and asks Hywel to buy some when he is in Carmarthen for his meeting.

"It is today we're meeting, isn't it?"

Ffion is also there for a bottle of milk, checks with Sheryl when they are to meet, and is told 12:30.

Sheryl explains to Hywel that Ffion is preparing running schedules for them, and Colin comments, “Move over, Mo Farah!

"I was good at cross-country"

“I was good at cross-country, back in the day – I’ll come with you one day.”

"Don't fancy going running with him!"

This does not receive much support from Sheryl.

Garry is moaning in the Deri, telling Dani that if the steaks are not up to standard, they should get them elsewhere.

Dani is becoming irritable

“It’s your problem – you should tell them!” rages Dani, “Don’t have a go at me!”

"The cellar needs to be sorted out"

He says that they need to sort out the cellar; “Can you do it this afternoon – I can’t because of this leg.”

"Shall I make you a coffee?"

Vicky has been listening and offers to make Dani a coffee, but she has already had too much caffeine.

“It’s my time of the month – one of those days!” Dani exclaims, and Vicky advises that she should go out and get a change of scenery,

"Yeah – have you got any more jokes?"

which makes Dani smile.

"It will be quiet this afternoon"

She assures Dani that she can cope this afternoon, as it will be quiet, and the cellar can wait.

"The headteacher is a pot-head!"

In the shop, Debbie is ranting, “Ricky has been through hell – and now finds his headteacher is a pot-head!”

"I am not a pot-head!"

Gaynor takes serious exception to this description, insisting that it was a ‘rollie’, not a ‘spliff’, and anyway this was thirty years go. She is quite sure she was not the only one.

"Nothing to do with me!"

“You should be setting an example!” Debbie rages on, “And what about that ‘bong’?” Gaynor is adamant that the paraphernalia was nothing to do with her.

"Oh no, Gaynor didn't use the 'bong'!"

Colin wades into the conversation, as he was there at the time, and swears that Gaynor did not use the ‘bong’.

Debbie continues, “I’m supposed to be going to Spain tomorrow – how can I go if Ricky is not safe in school? We’ll see what’s what at the governors’ meeting later.”

"Is she a governor?"

Colin expresses surprise that Debbie is a governor,

"And it's all thanks to you!"

but is told by Gaynor, “Yes – and thanks to you I shall have all kinds of questions like that later!”

"Is there anything I can do?"

When he asks if there is anything he can do, she replies, “You can come with me to the meeting and tell them I have never touched drugs.

"Help me keep my job"

“You got me into this mess – the least you can do is help me to keep my job.”

"Are they holding Ed in Carmarthen?"

Sioned asks if they are holding Ed in Carmarthen, but Eileen explains that he disappeared after what happened, and the police are doing their best to catch him.

"They'll find him sooner or later"

“They’re bound to find him sooner or later – it’s just a matter of time. You’re safe here, and the staff are aware of the situation.”

"Contact the police – now!"

Sioned says she is concerned about Ed and instructs her mother to contact the police – immediately – for the latest news. “I can’t bear to think that anything has happened to Ed,” she whines.

Ed looks out to sea . . .

At that moment Ed is looking out to sea, as the waves can be heard, crashing on the rocks below;

. . . from his vantage-point . . .

he looks down,

. . . on a very high cliff

and we discover he is atop a very high cliff.

Ffion fancies a blonde wig . . .

Sheryl and Ffion are having a wig demonstration; Ffion fancies the long blonde one, and tries it on. “What do you think? I’ve never been blonde before – they’re supposed to have more fun, aren’t they?”

. . . but Sheryl is reluctant

Sheryl is very hesitant about trying one,

"Perhaps I'll buy this one . . ."

but eventually removes the headscarf, as Ffion enthuses, “Perhaps I’ll buy this one –

". . . Gethin would love it!"

“Gethin would love it!”

Sheryl does not look totally convinced

When Sheryl has finally put on the brunette wig, Ffion admires it, and even the wig demonstrator says that it looks ‘fab’, but Sheryl is not sure and removes it.

Gaynor and Colin face the governors

Gaynor and Colin sit before the governors,

Debbie spells out the problem

and Debbie, their spokesman, points out, “The problem is that pupils have seen a photo of their headteacher with a ‘bong’.”

"Nothing to do with me"

Gaynor argues that it was nothing to do with her, so Debbie moves on; “What about that ‘rollie’ in your hand on the photo?

The governors, very uncommunicative, except one

“How do we know that it is not cannabis, or even worse, ‘skunk’, in it?”

Gaynor gives her word that it was only a ‘rollie’ – which is an embarrassment in itself.

"She was like an angel at college . . ."

Colin asks if he may say something; “Gaynor and I were faithful partners while she was at university – she was like an angel at college –

". . . bordering on boring!"

“sometimes bordering on boring! What I’m trying to say is that Gaynor here was not one for cannabis – you’d be lucky to see her drink half of lager on a Friday!

"Do you honestly believe I'd post that sort of picture online?"

“In addition, I was the one who posted the photos – to share memories with the old gang. Do you honestly believe that I’d post pictures online of Gaynor smoking a ‘spliff’? The ‘bong’ belongs to someone else – if I said who, your eyes would jump out of their sockets!

"I think that's enough, Colin"

“She was a well-known celebrity!” Gaynor urges him to stop there, as he has said quite enough.

Debbie asks them to leave, so that the governors can deliberate;

"The door's over there!"

“The door’s over there,” she indicates.

"They say they'll soon catch him"

Eileen returns to Sioned, reporting that there have been no further developments, but the police are confident they will soon catch him. “Stop saying ‘catch him’ – it makes him sound like a murderer,” pleads Sioned,

"I want to phone Ed!"

“Where’s my phone? I want to phone him!”

"That's not a good idea, Sioned!"

She ignores her mother’s entreaties,

But Sioned is insistent

and finally the phone is handed over.

“He would never have pushed me deliberately,” Sioned argues, but Eileen reminds her that he left her half dead. “We love each other, and we’ll work through this!” she insists.

"That Debbie is like a dog with a bone!"

Back in the village, Gaynor likens Debbie to a dog with a bone,

"I'm going to lose my job!"

and is convinced that she will lose her job, but then receives a phone call to the contrary, informing her

She is more upbeat after a phone call

that they have found there is no case against her. “Hallelujah!” cries Colin, “I think my speech at the end was the clincher!”

"You can buy me a glass of wine"

Gaynor reminds him that this was all his fault, and tells him he can buy her a glass of wine to apologise.

"Or half of shandy!"

“Or half of shandy!” he laughs.

At last, Sheryl puts on the wig . . .

Now that Sheryl is alone, she tentatively puts on the wig again, looks in the mirror,

. . . and thinks it really looks quite nice

and smiles, as it does not look bad at all.

Dani has been for an outing to Llandeilo . . .

When Dani gets back from her outing to Llandeilo with her friend Shelley, Garry is still complaining;

. . . which Garry is not pleased about

“Where have you been all afternoon? You were supposed to do the cellar!”

"I might have had a little help"

Vicky points out that she has done that – with a little help from Mathew.

"This time tomorrow, I shall be drinking Sangria!"

Debbie comes in for a pint, and looks forward to drinking Sangria in Spain tomorrow; she is going with Trish, who is fifty and loaded, so she paid for the flights. Dani says she cannot remember the last time she had a holiday.

"I recognise a 'spliff' when I see one!"

Then Debbie turns her attention to Gaynor; “You’ve got the gift of the gab, haven’t you? I recognise a ‘spliff’ when I see one!”

"Everyone's been talking about 'BONG-GATE'!"

Mathew comments to Gaynor, “You’re off the hook, then – everyone’s been talking about ‘BONG-GATE’ – but we were all young once!”

Garry suppresses a snigger

Garry sniggers behind the bar, and Colin maintains that they are not geriatrics yet.

"You had one heck of a party that night!"

Gaynor goes to sit down, and Garry follows her, reassuring her that people will move on to something else tomorrow. “It doesn’t take a genius to work out you had one heck of a party that night!” he says,

"I hear someone sent you a 'bong'!"

“And I heard that someone sent you a ‘bong’!”

He denies that he is responsible for placing it on Gaynor’s doorstep, but admits he has had a difficult week too, with Britt’s children – and his wife.