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 unhealthy—on occasion, volumes made it became difficult to maintain adequate distances while walking.
There was a bank holiday buzz around the three supermarkets as of summer wasps around an iced bun but, even in town itself, a number of people were simply promenading.
You can feel a sense of unease at the length of the restrictions, even a restlessness. We are tiring of it. But, given the deadly consequences of doing anything else, we need to maintain lockdown. We need to remember the disease's virulence.
Some were queuing outside the two butchers, the ironmongers and the two pharmacies, keeping apart the necessary distances. This has resulted in some grumblings on social media: if you can queue for shops, why can't we drive to Loggerheads or Moel Famau for exercise? The truth is, once these parks are opened up, word will get around Merseyside that Cymru/Wales is nothing other than a large playground. Nearly three quarters of Moel Famau's visitors are from over the Mersey. At the moment, we don't need them. Our emergency services shouldn't potentially be placed under that sort of strain. Seeing such high numbers on the Clwydian Range will cause us concern. Large numbers will overwhelm the paths in the country parks and the paths will not allow adequate distancing.
SUNDAY
Temperatures halved to a cold 9°C, with a heavy drizzle this afternoon, and the town has reverted to a coronavirus shut down, with few venturing out and deserted streets once again. Even traffic is down.
PRIME-MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON SUNDAY
This evening's prime-ministerial statement marks a serious English departure from that of the three devolved nations. People in Cymru/Wales will use it as a gift to drive to the beach, the hills or the forests to get exercise when, here, exercise must start and finish at home and is certainly not permitted by car. People in England will see it as an open invitation into Wales' pleasure grounds which, again, is a wrong interpretation. We need to see how this develops but it cannot be good news, neither for us in Rhuthun/Ruthin nor for that matter for our English kinsfolk. Muddled messages mean much misunderstanding.
We face overwhelming visitor destinations.
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 unhealthy—on occasion, volumes made it became difficult to maintain adequate distances while walking.
There was a bank holiday buzz around the three supermarkets as of summer wasps around an iced bun but, even in town itself, a number of people were simply promenading.
You can feel a sense of unease at the length of the restrictions, even a restlessness. We are tiring of it. But, given the deadly consequences of doing anything else, we need to maintain lockdown. We need to remember the disease's virulence.
Some were queuing outside the two butchers, the ironmongers and the two pharmacies, keeping apart the necessary distances. This has resulted in some grumblings on social media: if you can queue for shops, why can't we drive to Loggerheads or Moel Famau for exercise? The truth is, once these parks are opened up, word will get around Merseyside that Cymru/Wales is nothing other than a large playground. Nearly three quarters of Moel Famau's visitors are from over the Mersey. At the moment, we don't need them. Our emergency services shouldn't potentially be placed under that sort of strain. Seeing such high numbers on the Clwydian Range will cause us concern. Large numbers will overwhelm the paths in the country parks and the paths will not allow adequate distancing.
SUNDAY
Temperatures halved to a cold 9°C, with a heavy drizzle this afternoon, and the town has reverted to a coronavirus shut down, with few venturing out and deserted streets once again. Even traffic is down.
PRIME-MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON SUNDAY
This evening's prime-ministerial statement marks a serious English departure from that of the three devolved nations. People in Cymru/Wales will use it as a gift to drive to the beach, the hills or the forests to get exercise when, here, exercise must start and finish at home and is certainly not permitted by car. People in England will see it as an open invitation into Wales' pleasure grounds which, again, is a wrong interpretation. We need to see how this develops but it cannot be good news, neither for us in Rhuthun/Ruthin nor for that matter for our English kinsfolk. Muddled messages mean much misunderstanding.
We face overwhelming visitor destinations.
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