Showing posts from January, 2010
Unsurprisingly, RhuthunWeather.co.uk’s seen a massive spike in hits this month, according to its webmaster. For one thing, during the winter, Rhuthun Weather sees almost double the hits compared to summer. Recent unusually low temperatures and snowy…
Even those detractors who felt the post entitled ‘ Lobby ’ was anti-Tesco must surely agree that if this blog has achieved anything it’s made Tesco rethink the arrangements for its shoppers. The new environmental lobby made the car park-to-store …
No newspapers or magazines at Bridge Services for about a week in total. And no off licence, either (sorry, Gina). This follows another change of management at Texaco, though I understand it’s still under the ownership of Malthurst Ltd. Strange that …
Was it right to close Ysgol Brynhyfryd for such a long period during the early January snowfall ? A woman from Llanbedr clearly thinks not. She’s written in yesterday’s Free Press to express her amazement. By my calculation, Ysgol Brynhyfryd never o…
Rhuthun/Ruthin’s promotional, seasonal free parking finished on Sunday. It’s back to normal in our town car parks, with charges generally of 10p for half an hour, 50p for an hour, £1 for three hours and £3.50 all day. Just to recapitulate, Denbighs…
Saturday and Sunday in Rhuthun/Ruthin were more like spring than winter’s days. Saturday didn’t match the temperatures of February 1987 when I recall the most amazing of warm winter days. But when you consider the temperatures we’ve been used to of la…
As swathes of green began appearing across the Vale yesterday, it’s difficult to be anything other than more optimistic about things in general. Even as I write this, at a little after 4 o’clock in the morning, the external air temperature’s a balmy +…
I was going to post on free parking today, as it’s due to end at the weekend. But you’ve probably gathered I’ve not been blogging so much recently. Also, you can’t have failed to notice some rather adverse comments lately, towards me and the blog. M…
It’s probably unlikely we will have communication chips surgically implanted into our brains. Predictions in the 1960s of our having personal hover transport are still way off. But, what might Rhuthun/Ruthin look like in 10 years’ time? Today, it may …
Crazy is how I would call Saturday food shopping in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Perhaps there was a certain desperation . Fewer about during the week, a need to stock up, and the forecast of more snow today. All checkouts open at Tesco and, even more strangely, a…
Here are some random and even perhaps meaningless observations following Tuesday afternoon and evening’s white out . Please add any more trivia if you like. The streets and car parks are still emptier than usual, though by Friday there seemed a certa…
The roads were quite slippery in Rhuthun/Ruthin, this morning, with blackening early snow churned by traffic. You could tell Ysgol Brynhyfryd was shut by the numbers of pupils walking jubilantly *away* from the school from about 8.15, in rather high s…
