Showing posts from September, 2020
There is much anger locally about the swiftness of the measures adopted by the Welsh government regarding our local lockdown-lite (known officially as a local health protection zone and here, the clue is in the name). Here's some reaction, with sp…
No sooner had the Welsh government announced the Denbighshire local health protection zone (i.e. local lockdown-lite) than the landlady at the Wine Vaults announced that she was again to close temporarily. This time, it was a voluntarily decision. La…
How did this happen so quickly after the summer, so quickly after the optimism of 'eat out to help out'? What impact will it have on the town and its businesses? Many are already on the brink. Local lockdown-lite (technically a local health pr…
» No. 1 Stryd y Brython, Parc Brynhyfryd This property went on the market on September 9th. On September 11th, Cavendish Ikin's signage contractor, Humphreys's Signs, erected a for sale board on the adjacent property on Fron Haul. This they re…
Inevitable, I'd call it. On September 25th, Tesco announces that pasta, sanitiser and wipes (among other grocery items) are rationed and hey presto today we see gaps in the aisles both there and at The Co-op. And, the horde of flour at Ruthin Whol…
The builders are in at Tesco. There's a small compound on the Greenfield Road side where they are doing work at the perimeter in cutting back vegetation and leveling off that part of the car park prone to water ponding. Wonder why now. Could it be…
As Wynnstay House is almost finished, the property next door is from yesterday now smithed in scaffolding. Apparently, it's the roof, which needs urgent repair. Without action, it may even collapse. Top, and a scaffolder looks up anxiously as an A…
What's going on in the housing market at the moment? » Macro-level across the nation of Wales At a macro-level, and this is from the horse's mouth of a local estate agent (and we're not talking an assistant), after the easing of lockdown…
In good news, Clogau opened yesterday, in the former Mococo shop. We wish them well. We still feel that this is likely to be a short term investment but we hope to be proven wrong. Meanwhile, what of the former Mococo empire that started in Rhuthun/Ru…
It's taken almost three months to see the back of the unsightly skip perched on Well Street. It first appeared in mid-June. Full of carpet remnants and at one stage a batch of discarded used pizza boxes, it was a sorry sight. As shops reopened in …
Brynhyfryd's back in business with close to 100 per cent expected attendance from Tuesday September 8th. Traffic was bad again but it was less busy than on its first days back, when at the time just 40 per cent returned. With a full complement, we…
This from yesterday's BBC news: Meanwhile Mike, from Ruthin, who is also on holiday in the Algarve in Portugal, said adding a quarantine for the whole mainland was unnecessary when most of the cases concentrated in other areas. "I feel very …
Today, Ysgol Brynhyfryd welcomed back years 7, 11 and 12 to a 'new normal' at school. In old money, that's the first year, the fifth year and the lower sixth. That's about 40 per cent of school. The first year is presumably felt to be …
After 12 years of business, it's rather sad to hear of the closure of premier restaurant On the Hill. The virus seems to have gotten the better of it. On the Hill was Michelin-rated, a rarity in this part of the world, and its closure leaves somet…
We're not quite sure when Gail's reopened. It was certainly serving on yesterday's bank holiday. Gail was taking no chances with the industrial-sized container of sanitiser.
