Showing posts from February, 2021
Celandine like golden sign Proclaim the season's vivid flame Yellow sheen with hope's first glow Verge-side blaze of flower'd springtide Ernest W Whiting, 1912-1984 The week's warmth has been nothing but springlike. It's almost …
I see that the Fans of Ruthin Facebook page has renamed itself Ruthin/Rhuthun. Seems to me that they've made the mistake of putting English first. Geraint Woolford created the site as 'The Fans of the Old Ruthin Blog' on January 22nd, 201…
The big news from the town council yesterday evening was for the first time during the life of this blog there will be a proper by-election for the two current vacant seats. We've long held the view that a by-election was the best way forward rat…
The weather changes later today, diolch byth. This and next week are likely to be mild and next even spring-like. Ice on the rapidly-flowing Afon Clwyd over the weekend But, temperatures throughout last week in Rhuthun/Ruthin dipped to –5.5°C. Genera…
Talking of those who shout loud enough (on Facebook), we heard this on yesterday's BBC Radio Four's The Media Show. It's by Carolyn McCall, chief executive of ITV. 'If you try and run your business on what you see on social media... yo…
What have we learnt about the decision to remove the active travel scheme? Put simply, if you shout l oud enough on Facebook, you get your way. I just wonder whether we need county councillors at all any more. Why don't we just use Facebook as a g…
Not sure if the irony was intentional but here we have two tweets from Denbighshire on the same day, yesterday. The uppermost tells us of a decision on the active travel scheme: it's to be removed. The lower one is a recruitment for... a DCC clima…
In the press release about the decision made today to remove the pedestrian-friendly active travel scheme, it was encouraging to read, 'We wish to reassure residents that the decision to end the temporary Covid-19 active travel scheme early will h…
In the cold light of day, we see some of the damage caused to the riverbank near Cae Ddol, following the floods of January 20th . At the rear of Maes Ffynnon, the bank has been totally undermined, exacerbating the previous position. Meanwhile, at a n…
