Has anyone else noticed that we live our lives according to a set of peaks. I presume the word comes from the phrase "peak period" when traffic is at its highest. So, there are daily peaks:
Today is late spring bank holiday Monday. The town will generally be asleep today.I have no idea whether Herself's Dee Valley Events so-called street party thing is due at the Llanfwrog Community Centre. If it is, it's been incredibly poorly publicised. It ain't on their website, though they do refer to a "Ruthin Firework Party" on 5th November (in competition with the Rotary?).
So, today’s peak will be for fish and chips. I kid you not. On fine summer-ish bank holidays, there's usually a rush between something like 6.30 and 7.30 as families or couples, having done what they've been doing, feel that it's easier to buy a takeaway than heat a Tesco ready meal. And, funnily enough, we all feel hungry at once. We herd at the same times.
The unexpected consequence of such a peak is traffic chaos along Clwyd Street. It happens on Friday and Saturday nights, too, but if the weather's dry, expect an extra-large peak this evening. Having bought your fishcake & chips (that'll cost you £2.50 each, so who said fishcakes were a cheap substitute?), tarry a while and watch the fun. Ah, the simple pleasures.
Double parking; three point turns; parking on the pavement at the lower end of the street before Mill Street; jostling for space as near to Finn's or Khan's as possible; and the worst bit, jumping the kerb on the Old Gaol side.
In a whim and without care for their car's tracking, up the kerb they go. No matter that from the bridge side, it's on a shallow left hand bend, which means traffic going into town has trouble seeing around the extra obstructions on the bend. Meanwhile, traffic is whipping through as if it's Brand's Hatch on race day. The same happens at the so-called Anchor Corner, where there are three take aways within easy distance of each other. Again, parking all over the place, near to the bend on the Wrexham road, the main road.
And then, suddenly, gone. A trickle of trade but by 8.00 p.m. it's all over and everything gets back to normal, as the town hands itself over to the evening occupants, the boy- and girl-racers who take up residence between then and the early hours… and that's another kind of peak.
- Such as between 7.00 and 7.45, when plenty of people leave Rhuthun for work, slowly winding their respective ways in a modestly moving snake of cars along our substandard roads (i.e. not straight and definitely not dual carriageway). This is either northwards or south eastwards along the A525; or A494 eastwards.
- Between 8.30-8.50 a.m. when sixth formers begin arriving near Ysgol Brynhyfryd, plus parents dropping their children, plus school buses.
Today is late spring bank holiday Monday. The town will generally be asleep today.I have no idea whether Herself's Dee Valley Events so-called street party thing is due at the Llanfwrog Community Centre. If it is, it's been incredibly poorly publicised. It ain't on their website, though they do refer to a "Ruthin Firework Party" on 5th November (in competition with the Rotary?).
So, today’s peak will be for fish and chips. I kid you not. On fine summer-ish bank holidays, there's usually a rush between something like 6.30 and 7.30 as families or couples, having done what they've been doing, feel that it's easier to buy a takeaway than heat a Tesco ready meal. And, funnily enough, we all feel hungry at once. We herd at the same times.The unexpected consequence of such a peak is traffic chaos along Clwyd Street. It happens on Friday and Saturday nights, too, but if the weather's dry, expect an extra-large peak this evening. Having bought your fishcake & chips (that'll cost you £2.50 each, so who said fishcakes were a cheap substitute?), tarry a while and watch the fun. Ah, the simple pleasures.
Double parking; three point turns; parking on the pavement at the lower end of the street before Mill Street; jostling for space as near to Finn's or Khan's as possible; and the worst bit, jumping the kerb on the Old Gaol side.
In a whim and without care for their car's tracking, up the kerb they go. No matter that from the bridge side, it's on a shallow left hand bend, which means traffic going into town has trouble seeing around the extra obstructions on the bend. Meanwhile, traffic is whipping through as if it's Brand's Hatch on race day. The same happens at the so-called Anchor Corner, where there are three take aways within easy distance of each other. Again, parking all over the place, near to the bend on the Wrexham road, the main road.And then, suddenly, gone. A trickle of trade but by 8.00 p.m. it's all over and everything gets back to normal, as the town hands itself over to the evening occupants, the boy- and girl-racers who take up residence between then and the early hours… and that's another kind of peak.