Showing posts from April, 2020
We've passed the peak, according to Boris Johnson. Some hope there, then, as he referred to 'sunlight and pasture'. Is that right, though, as regards North Wales? Only yesterday , BCUHB reaffirmed our peak will be mid- to late-May. Yet, Dr…
We hear that the Denbighshire Free Press' Shaun Davies has left the paper. This is another blow to local reporting and it further reinforces the local paper's downward spiral... eventually to oblivion. Davies was introduced to us in the June 1…
Whatever happened to Stay Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives? More cars are on the road locally and you only need to watch and it becomes obvious. In the last few days, it's become very noticeable. In terms of public transport, this graph is…
Lockdown is a lot less pleasant when its chilly and when it's raining. It's been both nearly all day. Like applying a blindfold, poorer weather takes away what little freedom you're able to cherish. No longer can the sun kiss and warm yo…
Today, Sunday, and Rhuthun/Ruthin has no bus service. This isn't the first time but it isn't the norm, either. Yesterday, Saturday, was Arriva's last day of operation to Rhuthun/Ruthin. As part of today's bus service revisions, Arriv…
This morning's delivery contains something special: we buy two small bottles of hand sanitiser from Bargeinion B & M Bargains. There aren't many available. We've no idea of the efficacy of the gel within, but it makes us feel happier. …
It's been a month. March 23rd was the date that Boris Johnson momentously directed that all shops and more shall shut. Lockdown began on March 24th. Naturally, pundits are now considering what life might be like should lockdown be lifted, even a…
The difference between the UK and Wales coronavirus briefings is the journalistic input. In Caerdydd, we hear questions from the BBC and ITV as we do in Lloegr/England. But there are questions for Dr Andrew Goodall from the likes of the Caerphilly…
Back to school today. Except it isn't. Lockdown continues. Brynhyfryd closed early, on March 24th for all learners but reopened for key workers' children on March 30th. There were no takers. Ysgolion Rhos Street, Borthyn a Phen Barras con…
A very different afternoon to yesterday . And the whole world was out for a walk in the bright, warm weather, causing zig-zagging back and forth to ensure physical distances. Cloudless skies and it was perhaps a mistake to take exercise in the warmth …
Temperatures tumbling today to about 9ºC, light morning rain, cloudy skies all day and what a difference this has made to travel. Even fewer cars pass the house. The real decline is in the number of people availing themselves of the once-a-day lockdow…
Some good news to report today. King's is reopened. They have restricted hours, from 10.30 to 4.00 and not on Wednesdays. But King's had previously been closed altogether. Hardware stores are permitted under lockdown, even though Ruthin Décor …
In spite of what I said on Tuesday , lockdown isn't a totally bad state of being. There are positives. There's the quietude, the calmness—aside, that is, from the supermarket and the main road. More walkers and cyclists meander by than cars h…
It's the start of Week Four of lockdown. Every day now and we're a day nearer to the end of this misery. Things could be worse. It could be winter, with cold, constant, hard rain and little prospect of natural warmth. Many of us can see green …
Of the few reminders of Easter in Rhuthun/Ruthin, although party obscured, this is in the Wayfarer woolshop In a temporal sense, this is likely to be the unhappiest Easter in living memory. No family or friends allowed. No holidays or short breaks. N…
News yesterday was that most people most of the time complied with government lockdown instructions. For those who fancied a late afternoon stole, we saw evening rain showers from 5p.m. and throughout till 10p.m. This was our first major rain since lo…
House of Hair & Beauty's coronavirus notice has been up since March 23rd's lockdown . It's one of the more heartfelt shop door notifications we've seen. Most are blunt, colourless, prosaic. This one is personal and its anguish &…
In the nightly broadcast from the UK government, intermediary & stand-in Dominic Raab said something interesting. Referring to physical distancing, he thanked all those had "gone the extra mile during this challenging period". We underst…
"Eerie" is how I'd describe walking through town this evening. I've swapped my early exercise for one near dusk. There are fewer in town this evening than is usual in the morning, plus this evening a few dog walkers on the peripher…
Dear Neighbours 'Now the green blade riseth', please accept my apologies for the lack of grass cutting to the front lawn. We've run out of green bin space and this results in our having to take the difficult decision to suspend grass cu…
Judging by the way the neighbour kids are playing catch in the afternoon sun with a toilet roll, mother looking on, it seems that the supermarket bogroll battleground is over. Why otherwise would you play around with such a valuable commodity? As mum&…
The second mayor broadcast from the Old Courthouse, yesterday, was far, far better than the first. We were perhaps a little disparaging about the initial newscast. In the second there was some genuinely new information that I for one had not heard el…
We have a revised system in Tesco. At the end of your shop, you now need to queue along aisle 11 before being taken to an appropriate check out. This is a Good Thing. Irrespective, shoppers were very few at Tesco, this morning. Given the weather this …
Today, off the record, I heard that the peak of deaths in North Wales is likely to be somewhere between the middle of May and early June 2020. It appears to be lagging London and the west midlands, where the peak could be as early as Easter Day, April…
There are a few 20-plate cars emerging. Take note of them. You'll not see many. In these horrid times, buying a new car is hardly likely to be classed as essential unless, of course, you own a police car. It seems likely that these four, above…
