Every once in a while, I catch up on comments left on Rhuthun/Ruthin.
Taylor Woodrow/Bryant Homes
Bryant Homes has named its Rhuthun Glasdir Alexandra Court. An anonymous person left the comment that “River Court may be more appropriate after the state it got into over the last week”. This refers to the state of the ground, its position on a flood plain and the works Taylor Woodrow need to do to mitigate any flooding’s effects. The picture, though not the best, was taken after Monday’s torrent and shows the effects of both Glasdir’s location and the compaction following construction.
The Price of Fuel
‘Confused’ asked whether this post was pro- or anti-car commuting to and from Rhuthun.
The original was neither, at least it wasn’t supposed to be. It tried again to demonstrate the importance of communications for the people of Rhuthun, many of whom necessarily travel for work. Yet, in spite of rising fuel prices, motoring is still relatively cheap. It’s a kind of a catch-22 in that there are no options, but car use is also destructive.
Did we say no options? An anonymous commenter suggests that bus travel is acceptable. Perhaps this will be a subject for a post.
Current fuel price watch for unleaded as at Friday 29 June:
Rhuthun 97.9p ; Dinbych 95.9p ; Yr Wyddgrug 95.9p ; Y Rhyl 94.9p
Speeding
I tend to agree with Rhys Wynne, who is sceptical about the recent bike protest against the use of pictures of a dismembered body used by the chief constable as a means of tackling unacceptable behaviour by motor cyclists. This is particularly after last weekend’s noisy and seemingly uncontrolled bikers who were again out in large number. Will they ever learn? Will they ever consider others?
And not just bikers. Last weekend, just outside Rhuthun, two motorists were apparently racing. It was difficult to estimate their speed but it was too fast for the poor forward visibility they had. A Citroen Saxo following a Vauxhall Astra momentarily lost control on a curve and left then rejoined the road. Had the kerb been any higher, the car might have deflected or over-turned towards oncoming traffic. Should we be surprised that the driver was young.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd/Yr Iaith Gymraeg
Siôn Owain asks whether there’s been any news on the happenings in Dinbych about the level of Cymraeg/Welsh in the high school and the kicking out of Welsh speakers from a pub. This isn’t strictly within Rhuthun/Ruthin’s remit, though since the Denbigh High head lives locally, we can comment that after a number of letters in support of the head’s reforms at the school, the issues have been quiet.
There has, however, been a further question mark about how Ysgol Brynhyfryd handles its Welsh.
Even though the Welsh language issue at the local comprehensive drew mostly supportive comments on this site, perhaps reflecting the school’s standing within the community, the country and probably the nation, one commenter on 3 June 2007 suggested, “I’m not sure Brynhyfryd School gives such an equality of opportunity. I'd say it was culturally elitist… I can understand why someone might consider Welsh language outside the Welsh stream to be poor.”
This seemingly surprising view was supported by a letter of 7 June in a local newspaper, from a larger-than-life Llanfair resident, who reproached the “flagship bilingual school” for its Welsh policy. He suggests that a fluent Welsh-speaking pupil of English-speaking parents whose primary education had been entirely or mostly through Welsh can only take a short course in “Welsh as a Second Language” at TGAU/GCSE and not a full course, as in the Welsh stream.
Tesco Expansion
I need to clarify what I meant by “off-on expansion” of Tesco for the anonymous commenter of 8 June regarding a post on 7 June.
This refers to nothing more sinister than the planning process, when Cathco applied for permission to expand, Tesco denied it was interested, and it seemed at the time that the left and right hands weren’t aware of each other’s actions. Then came the county council planning refusal, the appeal that overturned it, and the equivocation by Tesco on the possibility if expansion. On-off.
Taylor Woodrow/Bryant Homes
Bryant Homes has named its Rhuthun Glasdir Alexandra Court. An anonymous person left the comment that “River Court may be more appropriate after the state it got into over the last week”. This refers to the state of the ground, its position on a flood plain and the works Taylor Woodrow need to do to mitigate any flooding’s effects. The picture, though not the best, was taken after Monday’s torrent and shows the effects of both Glasdir’s location and the compaction following construction.The Price of Fuel
‘Confused’ asked whether this post was pro- or anti-car commuting to and from Rhuthun.
The original was neither, at least it wasn’t supposed to be. It tried again to demonstrate the importance of communications for the people of Rhuthun, many of whom necessarily travel for work. Yet, in spite of rising fuel prices, motoring is still relatively cheap. It’s a kind of a catch-22 in that there are no options, but car use is also destructive.
Did we say no options? An anonymous commenter suggests that bus travel is acceptable. Perhaps this will be a subject for a post.
Current fuel price watch for unleaded as at Friday 29 June:
Rhuthun 97.9p ; Dinbych 95.9p ; Yr Wyddgrug 95.9p ; Y Rhyl 94.9p
Speeding
I tend to agree with Rhys Wynne, who is sceptical about the recent bike protest against the use of pictures of a dismembered body used by the chief constable as a means of tackling unacceptable behaviour by motor cyclists. This is particularly after last weekend’s noisy and seemingly uncontrolled bikers who were again out in large number. Will they ever learn? Will they ever consider others?
And not just bikers. Last weekend, just outside Rhuthun, two motorists were apparently racing. It was difficult to estimate their speed but it was too fast for the poor forward visibility they had. A Citroen Saxo following a Vauxhall Astra momentarily lost control on a curve and left then rejoined the road. Had the kerb been any higher, the car might have deflected or over-turned towards oncoming traffic. Should we be surprised that the driver was young.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd/Yr Iaith Gymraeg
Siôn Owain asks whether there’s been any news on the happenings in Dinbych about the level of Cymraeg/Welsh in the high school and the kicking out of Welsh speakers from a pub. This isn’t strictly within Rhuthun/Ruthin’s remit, though since the Denbigh High head lives locally, we can comment that after a number of letters in support of the head’s reforms at the school, the issues have been quiet.
There has, however, been a further question mark about how Ysgol Brynhyfryd handles its Welsh.
Even though the Welsh language issue at the local comprehensive drew mostly supportive comments on this site, perhaps reflecting the school’s standing within the community, the country and probably the nation, one commenter on 3 June 2007 suggested, “I’m not sure Brynhyfryd School gives such an equality of opportunity. I'd say it was culturally elitist… I can understand why someone might consider Welsh language outside the Welsh stream to be poor.”
This seemingly surprising view was supported by a letter of 7 June in a local newspaper, from a larger-than-life Llanfair resident, who reproached the “flagship bilingual school” for its Welsh policy. He suggests that a fluent Welsh-speaking pupil of English-speaking parents whose primary education had been entirely or mostly through Welsh can only take a short course in “Welsh as a Second Language” at TGAU/GCSE and not a full course, as in the Welsh stream.
Tesco Expansion
I need to clarify what I meant by “off-on expansion” of Tesco for the anonymous commenter of 8 June regarding a post on 7 June.
This refers to nothing more sinister than the planning process, when Cathco applied for permission to expand, Tesco denied it was interested, and it seemed at the time that the left and right hands weren’t aware of each other’s actions. Then came the county council planning refusal, the appeal that overturned it, and the equivocation by Tesco on the possibility if expansion. On-off.