Flooding

Should the County Council be Sandbagged on this?

First light on Saturday morning In spite of some localised surface water and some flooding to agricultural land, compared to north Denbighshire and Yr Wyddgrug/Mold & to its east, it would appear that Rhuthun/Ruthin got off lightly during Storm Ba…

Latest Flood Prevention Measure

Storm Babet's dominated the weather and news in recent days but Rhuthun/Ruthin saw temperatures yesterday of 17°C. Tomorrow (Saturday) and especially today are not going to be as nice. We now officially have a yellow weather warning of continuous …

Elegant

It's been a month since the final tenants moved in .  In early autumn sunshine, Clwyd Alyn's Glasdir estate looks swish I've not spoken to anyone who has a bad thing to say about the design of the new Clwyd Alyn estate next to Taylor Wimpe…

For the Sake of £12K

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…

Fire, Flood... and Pestilence?

We don't yet know what caused today's fire at the new housing at Glasdir. This may never become public. There's already much speculation that the cheapness of the housing has somehow contributed to or exacerbated the damage. Damage that re…

Franklin Makes its Mark

After being removed from the main road We might've gotten away with storm Eunice but storm Franklin overnight on Sunday and till mid-afternoon yesterday caught us unawares. It was much more destructive than Eunice. Trees down on the B5105, near Ll…

Eunice Leaves us Alone

The is a sense that we got away with it. The 'worst storm for three decades' caused few problems. It was due at about 5 a.m. but it only really began to get rough after about 11 a.m. We're not aware of any significant damage. There was no …

Opened. Now Closed

It was probably no surprise to learn that the footpath along the Castle walls and cutting across the improved flood defences, freshly opened , has from yesterday been closed, for safety reasons.

Works Very Near Completion

As work on the Cae Ddol earthwork concludes, Natural Resources Wales yesterday opened the unofficial link from Crispin Yard & Mill Street, above. This is designed to allow access on foot without eroding the bund itself. It's a good idea... but…

As the Flood Scheme Concludes

NRW finishes off its work at Cae Ddol, after nearly four weeks As the anniversary of January 2021's flooding approaches, will residents and businesses at the bottom of Clwyd Street and Mill Street be happy with the NRW's work to improve the C…

At the Other End

At the other end of town and the  other end of the spectrum to the dizzying heights of Bryn Goodman is this residence, which found itself back on the market on October 21st.  The picture back in January 2021 This is a dwelling with a large central ro…

Progress at Tommy's

All glass, mirrors and gloss. Tommy's has never been cheap, but now... Ocean Pearl may have opened almost immediately after the flood , but Tommy's has taken things more slowly . Arguably, Tommy's will be the better for it. Tommy's sus…

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