Showing posts from May, 2010
You don't have to like everything you see at The Masterplan exhibition . Not every design or concept on view will find its way on to the streets of Rhuthun/Ruthin. Indeed, there's no guarantee that any of them will. And, may be, some of them s…
At last, the public gets its chance to see the end product of phase 1 of the Gavin Harris inspired " Rhuthun/Ruthin: Market Town of the Future ". Indeed, The Masterplan exhibition and model town opened to public view about one hour ago (a…
Over 200,000 are said to visit Moel Famau's summit every year. That's equivalent to over 550 a day. The chances are that everyone reading this will have been there and many more times than once. You can see Moel Famau from much of west Flint…
Not quite all of Rhuthun/Ruthin's approximately 30 official and unofficial scarecrows have been dismantled. But Saturday was the last official day of the scarecrow trail. Those who took part enjoyed it, though in truth there didn't seem a hug…
At grassroots level, Rhuthun/Ruthin appears to be taking a unique approach to regeneration (if "regeneration" is the right word). Few seem to give credit where it's due. Well, seemingly to much acclaim, the Mayor presented the town's…
Another proxy measure of a town's relative wealth is the number of tearooms and coffee shops it can support. With the closure this week of Nelson's, Well Street , not only does this leave another gap in town, it reduces the number of tearoom…
I wonder from where exactly did the Free Press get the idea to highlight in today's issue the closure of local high streets. Perhaps from us ? In the face of over 70 high street business closures across Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire, the Free Press …
I trust everyone's keeping their eyes peeled for scarecrows . I think one of the least obvious is the one at the window of the new car mobility showrooms on Lôn Parcwr. The trail only lasts till 22nd May (and not 22nd June as stated in the Comment…
The chaos round town caused by inconsiderate motorists is nothing when compared to the Tesco car park. Were it a council car park, someone would've designed far fewer spaces. Were it a council car park, by now someone would've written indigna…
The Rhuthun/Ruthin Scarecrow Trail begins tomorrow, Monday. The organisers proclaim this as a "site to behold". We trust they're right. So far, there are just three on display, including the window-cleaning "advert" now back a…
Much to my surprise and possibly delight, at least four motorcycle forums have picked up the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog post on bikers . There are as a result multiple comments on the original blog post, many of which are highly defensive of bikers (or attac…
Blackcurrant , Clwyd Street, previously thought closed, has re-opened after a refurbishment. That's one less empty unit in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Several of those empty units have recently received some attention. The former MDM Resales garage sale/bri…
I've never really got Jeremy Clarkson. He provokes the sort of comments that are better left unsaid, unless you are totally sure you're off microphone (in a Gordon Brown/Gillian Duffy sort of way). In the Sunday Times, JC took a critical look …
For ten years into the 21st century, it's quite an archaic system. You turn up with or without your polling card but you could be anyone. A clerk ticks you off. You receive a ballot paper and put a cross against one name in a constituency bearing …
We can exclusively reveal that, following yesterday's general election, a landslide victory means the next British prime minister will be… Leonid Breshnev. Contractors have already started renovation works at the Rhewl and Cerrigydrudion nuclear o…
The Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog post on The Masterplan may well have been a local media exclusive. Haven't yet seen details of "Ruthin: market town of the future" in the Daily Post and it no doubt emerged too late for the local rags to pick it …
"Rural roads are the heartland of British motorcycling but they're under attack from a mixture of neglect and do-gooders who don't know better". So begins the main article in the current edition of Biker magazine. Is it me, or do t…
Petrol prices in Rhuthun/Ruthin ended last month at the highest they'd ever been. Unleaded weighed in at £5.59 per gallon, equivalent to 13p per mile for an average Ford Focus. By mid April, unleaded had passed the previous record of £5.45 per ga…
