Showing posts from March, 2023
We all know that the Old Gaol will reopen from Saturday, following two years of closure because of flooding . This is great news. Following the flood, the whitewashed walls and ceiling have gone At yesterday's heritage event, there was an opport…
These days, there's precious little restaurant choice in Rhuthun/Ruthin. In fact, Small Plates and the almost new Carniboar are all there is in the town proper. (There's also the Castle, of course, whose hygiene rating is now much improved .) …
As usual, the paperboy I sometimes see when I'm out walks past this morning with his nose in his phone. He never looks up from it. I'm surprised that he delivers anything to the right address. Or, perhaps he's using Google Maps to help him…
The shot the Sunday Times chose to illustrate Rhuthun was unexpected It's out. The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live' guide. So, what does it say about the Welsh winner , Rhuthun/Ruthin? And, how accurate is it? We liked the Old Courthouse…
One reason the Sunday Times judged Rhuthun/Ruthin the best place to live in Wales was because it is encircled by hills. The trouble with being the best is that you set yourself up for a fall. Wonky double yellow lines... News via the Denbighshire Fr…
Forget our empty streets, partly-closed-in-summer tourist attractions, a general shabbiness, cars everywhere and the infighting between groups... in the news this morning is the Sunday Times 2023 analysis of the best places to live in the UK. The news…
2021 was a bumper season for Moel Famau country park . Thanks to the health emergency, we were unable to travel far. Instead, when allowed, people holidayed or travelled within the UK only. As a result, there was regular weekend chaos on the Bwlch Pen…
Nothing of particular to note at the town council on Monday evening, except we know who the next town mayor and deputy town mayor will be (from May 2023). In something of the usual forcedand scripted dialogue, the seemingly pre-agreed-outside-the-room…
Could this be something to do with the Sunday Times' imminent announcement on the best place to live in Wales or even Britain? The market hall opened yesterday (unusually) for filming. The Channel 5 crew had previously been to Chilly Cow and was d…
On March 13th, there was the curious sight of a woman from the trunk road agency (seen here) poking about in the retaining wall on the A494 below Ysgol Brynhyfryd. With a thin but intense light, she was looking for signs of bats. One assumes that the …
We've had temporary CCTV monitoring in the town before. And, recently, outside . And there's permanent CCTV on Lôn Parcwr. But, this week, we see a first for Rhuthun/Ruthin: a new town CCTV system that isn't transitory. Junction of Well S…
The cost of living just went up even more. Better brace yourselves, as Ruthin Dental Practice sells out. Letters now sent to NHS patients on Ruthin Dental Practice's books In the mail today was an invitation to join Ruthin Dental Practice's pr…
Scaffolding to rear and a new fence... As we prepare for a successor to Revd Canon Stuart Evans, The Cloisters is undergoing a refurbishment to welcome the Revd Luke Bristowe, his wife and his family of five children. He's due to be licensed to mi…
After a mild and dry February , today's overnight snowfall was a shock, proving that March can be a very cruel month. We should be looking forward to spring. We've had wildflowers out if not in abundance then certainly more than usual. Should…
The traffic orders for exemptions to the new 20 mph urban speed limits on the nation's trunk roads were published yesterday. What do we know? Traffic regulation orders posted at Llanbedr. Similar notices but for 30 were posted in2018 1. This curr…
Yesterday saw the town's first ever wedding fare. Yr Hen Lys/The Old Courthouse and Nantclwyd y Dre, both licensed for marriages, and the Market Hall took part. I think that the idea was to promote a unified package in that Rhuthun/Ruthin has the …
This morning... We're getting used to the chameleon-like transformation of Bridge Services. Overnight, our BP petrol filling station at Bridge Services transformed back into a Texaco. It was in 2018 that it went from Texaco to BP . Then, it took …
