Rhuthun / Ruthin

Yesterday lunchtime and a gang of road workers finished painting white and yellow lines in and around Station Road and Well Street.  It was 11 years ago that one Sunday when leaving our chapels and churches we found a similar situation both here and i…

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…

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…

An unintended consequence of the new schools seems to have resulted in footfall reductions in the town centre. Chatwin's staff report that takings are down as there are now fewer parents popping into town after delivering their children to the fo…

The highways department was out this weekend renewing white and yellow lines—though generally either on the periphery of the town centre or simply renewing less controversial lines within the town centre itself. In contrast to the furore of  July 20…

We'll all be happy after this morning's activity—or will we? Even the residents of Wernfechan, who have suffered the noise & irritation of stop-start, gear changing traffic trying to overtake parked cars should be happy. Contractors …

We're about to get more yellow lines . This time, they're not in the town centre. This time, they're care of the government rather than the council. Published in today's Free Press is a full-page 21-day consultation public notice und…

Just like the strapline to that lacklustre sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side, "they're back". And, two years & 26 days after the first rash of yellow street paint, much of Rhuthun/Ruthin again disapproves of Sunday's new roa…

This is a sad day indeed for Rhuthun/Ruthin, with the announcement of the closure of Gareth Lynch Jewellers, situate on Clwyd Street. It's been a business for over 80 years (although the current owner, Barbara Wheatley, took over after the Lynch f…

There's talk of a review of the town's recent yellow road markings. There's even talk that some if not all of the kerb markings may be removed. Maybe Rhuthun/Ruthin will no longer be such a bright place to live, after all : ) Meanwhile, t…

Nearly a working week later, it’s fair to say that there’s not been an issue like this in Rhtuhun/Ruthin for many a year. No one was so bothered about the coming of Tesco. The removal of the Farmer's' Mart out of town was less controversial…

So soon after Ysgol Brynhyfryd's summer production of the Wizard of Oz comes some gaiety to Rhuthun/Ruthin's roads—in the shape of new yellow roadmarkings. While we were all in our chapels this morning, some workers were out with a yellow pa…

Like little flags they emerged, wafting gently in the breeze, as if to cheer on some imaginary leader like you'd see parading through Peking. Four sheets of paper each there were, two in Welsh and two in English, each set attached to numerous post…