Winning one 'hidden gem' award seems, well, disappointing... but thrice? Inside Nantclwyd y Dre Yesterday's press release from Denbighshire council brags a little about the hidden gem awards conferred on Nantclwyd y Dre. Three times it ha…
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 …
Here's something I have never heard in the 19 years since Rhuthun/Ruthin Gaol opened as a venue: a visitor yesterday referring to the museum as 'Ruthin Goal'. *Goal*. Really. Straight up. A case of dyslexia rules K.O, as they used to say.…
Monday 24th was the first day of the summer school holidays. There abounded a healthy number of visitors. (Indeed, the first week was quite busy with them. Not up to the high levels in 2020 and 2021 , though.) Closed on Monday 31st, even Clogau The …
The local paper has at last caught up with the fact that Rhuthun/Ruthin is the best place to live in Wales. It has lagged behind the Daily Post and, of course, social media, though it's somewhat surprising that social media's been so quiet on …
There was no bunting out to celebrate yesterday's reopening after two years of The Old Gaol. But open it was. So that's good news. This season, the gaol'll be open on six days a week (not Tuesdays). That recognises people are likely to vis…
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…
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…
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 …
These days, there appears to be a Huws Gray wagon permanently parked at the craft centre's car park, in the coaches only bay. One assumes they have permission. They may as well be there 'cos in spite of coach friendly status there ain't e…
At last night's town council amenities committee, the town council is again pressing ahead with its plan to provide a coach drop off point outside The Old Courthouse. A town centre location means coach parties having looked around town will (or sh…
We hear informally that there are plans for Nantclwyd y Dre. This may (or may not) be part of so-called levelling up funding but they are interesting nevertheless. One idea is to convert the currently unused west wing of the house into two holiday le…
The appearance on the pedestrian fingerposts of 'Lôn Parcwr Shops' got me wondering whether and why someone visiting Rhuthun/Ruthin might take the risk of walking to what is the industrial estate. Was it somewhat disingenuous to call the busi…
Wednesday, and the poles went in. Yesterday, much of the town council's new pedestrian finger posts followed. Personally, I think they look a little stark, with the non-standard town council's chosen font against a brilliant white background. …
We all know it was so but, at last, there are huge signs outside the Old Gaol warning visitors that the site is closed for refurbishment. Whereas Ocean Pearl got on its feet every quickly and Tommy's has taken its time, historical exhibitions se…
I walked the length of Well Street, over the Square and Clwyd Street and back today. Aside from shop owners and people delivering, in one direction I recognised one person. In the opposite, it numbered two. What did that mean? The town wasn't busy…
At midnight on new year's eve, St Peter's Square was once *the* place to be . Now, its but a shadow of its former self. And last night was mild and dry: a perfect evening for a gathering on the Square. Where was everyone?Or, perhaps, it was so…
Rhuthun/Ruthin is the first town in Denbighshire to achieve coach friendly status. This was bestowed upon us on April 25th this year, by an organisation called the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), a long & grand name for what is basical…
Hand-delivered invitations to yesterday evening's Business Marketing Evening went out to Rhuthun/Ruthin's 300 businesses. Present were about 45 people, some of whom were couples associated with the same organisation. It was nevertheless a fair…
