Showing posts from May, 2020
One thing I definitely haven't missed during lockdown is the ripping, earsplitting sound of motor cyclists who come to play in North Wales. This year, with a significant number of fine weekends, you'd expect more bikers than a plague of greenf…
Yesterday, we heard the first minister tell us some limited good news: from Monday, two different households may meet, provided they do so in the open air and they distance themselves. To do this, we have to stay local. As a the rule of thumb, that…
It's a hop and a skip down to the recycling centre today. It reopened at 10a.m. much to the relief of gardeners, no doubt. To minimise traffic congestion backing on to Lôn Parcwr, you need to book a slot. The whole process was well managed and…
The Dominic Cummings affair continues to shock the nation. Planks and specks come to mind. Working from home and for the first time you see what your neighbours are really up to. What follows isn't a vigilante post. Neither is it a condemning …
Walking through Tesco car park this lunchtime and there were sundry people filling cars or preparing to go inside when, suddenly, someone, somewhere gave an enormous achoo, the sort that comes out automatically as if it was so sudden there was nothi…
The first minister outlined the traffic light system today, indicating that there may be some hope, as we consider the *possibility* of the first faltering steps back to some kind of normality. No dates. No schools. A different message than across Off…
What a difference a day makes. SATURDAY Sunny and hot. The town was as alive as ever you'd imagine it to be, under the circumstances. Few shops may open but there was nevertheless a healthy number of people around. Or, perhaps that should be u…
An email this afternoon advises us that Denbighshire intends to restart its green waste service week beginning May 18th. Hurrah for that! The email was signed 'Kind Regards'. So, that's the good news. Now the less good news. Most of R…
Outside County Hall for all to see There's some evidence that we're tiring of lockdown. People are taking more than their allotted one exercise a day, sometimes much more—not that after Monday that will matter, as we have permission to do…
Meanwhile... My guess is that there'd be much more of a commemoration but for the fact the the town is in coronavirus lockdown. There are nevertheless some reminders locally of the end of the Second World War. In spite of coronavirus, there was …
Taylor Wimpey reopened its Galsdir site yesterday. It previously closed on March 24th (even though construction was permitted to continue). Note the outdoor hand washing station at the staff entrance. With the removal of the flags and the "La…
After a bit of a coronavirus-related gap, roadside grass cutting is back, as of today. The council is mowing verges for the first time since there were initial concerns about whether there would be sufficient staff to undertake all highways' basic…
Chatwin's has announced that it is to reopen !
