From a long list of 16 to a short list of three, last night the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog received the first prize in the Wales Blog Awards 'Best Community Blog' category. First, may I say how honoured I am to have won. Last year, the blog made ru…
With a number of people dropping by because of our nomination in the 2011 Wales Blog Awards , we thought we'd offer some general thoughts for anyone considering their own community blog. After all, the Awards are nothing other than an encouragemen…
Today's exciting news is that judges in the second Welsh Blog Awards have shortlisted the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog for the Best Community Blog 2011. They've whittled 16 entries down to three and Rhuthun/Ruthin is competing against: The Photon Blo…
The produce market is back… today (ooops) next Saturday, 13th. It will be on the Square. This, to me, is its natural home but does involve lugging the stalls up Clwyd Street. What's more important, though, is its continuation. If moving it to the…
Now that Amber Bridal is using the large display windows to great effect in its new home the former Ruthin Carpets, its old premises at the rear of Castle Mews form another part of Choo Choo . This is the third of four units on the ground floor of Ca…
What aftermath? I'd've thought coming runner up in the Community Blog section of the Wales Blog Awards might've raised the profile of this blog just a little. Especially as there was so little interest from blogs in the North. True, a num…
Blogging live from somewhere near the crowded Wales Blog Awards 2010 held in Caerdydd and we've just learnt that we were Runner Up in the Best Community Blog category... silver medal and all that for the North. Congratulations to the deserving win…
It's with just a little sense of satisfaction that I can report the Rhuthun/Ruthin Blog is one of the five who've been shortlisted under the Welsh Blog Awards [shortlist here] "Best Community Blog". That surely must be worthy of cel…
Yesterday, we discovered that we're the northern outpost in the long list for the Wales Blog Awards' "Best Community Blog". Doubt it took much to reach the long list, other than being a nominee (thanks to The Little Jellyfish). As …
Do you think I should seek your nominations for the Welsh Blog Awards 2010 ? Would be a shame if some undeserving site instead got the Best Community Award : ) Not sure what the prize might be. Whatever it is, if nominated and if this blog wins, I w…
