Coronavirus may be on the march again. We no longer have statistics and it's no longer in the news but that doesn't mean it's gone away. Far from it, though its prevalence in and around Rhuthun/Ruthin is still low. This autumn, there'…
1,007 days after the first confirmed case of covid-19 in Wales and your blog author has succumbed. 1,007 days and it started with a mild soar throat. I'm now feverish, tired, achy, paroxysmal coughing. Within the incubation period, I've once …
In the news today and covid-19 is now affecting one in 50, according to broadcast news. One in 50 in Rhuthun/Ruthin translates to some 112 people. This is the first time the coronavirus has been mentioned in news summaries, since July. And, once regu…
Just when you thought it was again safe to venture out†, we hear that coronavirus and its disease covid 19 is back in Ysbyty Rhuthun/Ruthin Hospital. It's been pushed out of the news, by events in Balmoral and all summer elsewhere. We can no longe…
When I last wrote , the coronavirus had got hold of our household. Yesterday, one of us tested negative yet, today, the same person is faintly positive. How does that work? Whatever. It means we continue to separate and we have flung open every avail…
So there it is, then. After over two years of dodging, ducking, sidestepping and swerving, covid-19 is finally visiting this household. There's currently a 50 per cent positivity rate. We're convinced the unwanted appearance in the home is th…
We certainly hope not. Yesterday's talk on the railway in Rhuthun/Ruthin by Fiona Gale as part of Gŵyl Rhuthun was informative and interesting. I would guess that most of those present knew something about the railway but not everything and certai…
Or, to paraphrase Keith Wolstenholme, *we* think it's all over. But it ain't. Covid 19 is now as rampant as it has ever been. In fact, it's more so. It's thought to impact one up to in 12 in Wales and one in 13 in the UK. In other wor…
I was too young to know but it's how we might've felt during the Cuban missile crisis. Of things being out of your control. Of having to carry, alongside this burden, this cloud over you. Of holding your breath. Of being on the brink of annihi…
Last night's meeting at the Wine Vaults to discuss the town was described to me as 'a little chaotic', with participants talking over each other. Guess that's what happens when people are passionate about their businesses—and worried. …
The world has again changed, with a return before Christmas to the clouds associated with the beginning of the pandemic. How has the omicron variant affected the pub trade this festive period? Rules hadn't changed prior to Christmas but, afterwar…
Data released today shows the extent of covid-19 in Rhuthun/Ruthin, with Rhuthun once again attracting the highest number of infections per 100,000 in all of Denbighshire, and by some margin. At 1,803 per 100,000, that now equates to over 100 people. …
Today's Welsh government coronavirus briefing had very much a familiar ring to it. In fact, the whole situation, with the new omicron variant, seems to transport us back mentally to the position in early 2020 when coronavirus was first detected in…
Continued concern at covid-19 rates in North Wales have resulted in the town council cancelling the Rhuthun/Ruthin Future exhibition for today, Saturday and Sunday. We can expect a decision on Monday as to whether the exhibition will open for its seco…
Figures as reported in the Daily Post suggest that instances recently per 100,000 of covid-19 infections in Rhuthun/Ruthin have skyrocketed. Rhuthun currently sees a major spike in numbers. It has the highest number of cases in Denbighshire and other …
The most interesting—and alarming—thing about my second visit to a pop-up covid-19 testing centre was the number of people in the queue. The pop-up centre cycles between Rhuthun/Ruthin, Dinbych, Corwen and Llangollen. For this three-week spell, it was…
This notice has appeared outside the Catholic church, Mwrog Street. We all know what it means. It's the way it's said that's amusing. It reads, The maximum number of persons (including stewards) allowed in the church at ony one time is 34…
Here is a second tally of closed premises as at the end of May 2021. 20 vacant units, mostly on the periphery, of which 11 have not opened substantively or substantially since lockdown. We haven't included the vape shop on Well Street, as this is…
In need of a little tidying up: a rake, a shovel, a power-washer, and trailer, a wheelbarrow, two fire extinguishers and a big barbecue... I must say that the quality of the succulent carrot cake and accompanying coffee served outside Tafarn y Ddraig …
A polling clerk finishes off the entrance paperwork at 6.46 yesterday morning At a quarter to seven this morning, the polling clerks at the Old Courthouse were ready to roll. There were four and this included one who was effectively a marshal, to ensu…
