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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #1065 on: May 23, 2011, 02:35:15 pm »
Re the running event, i noticed that the Great Orme tour bus was closed as a result of the running, do they get compensated for loss of trade I wonder?
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« Reply #1066 on: May 23, 2011, 02:48:29 pm »
I don't think so.  Neither do the cafes on the specific routes - such as the Orme Drive itself.
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« Reply #1067 on: May 23, 2011, 04:54:51 pm »
As this town drpends on tourism why on earth wssn't the Tourist Information Office open on Sunday?  There were piles of confused people going up to the Library doors and walking away disgusted.  You'd think in the summer they would open. :(

We found that out a couple of weeks ago when we urgently wanted a list of available accommodation in Llandudno.

With the Tourist Information Office being in such a prominent position, it makes sense to keep it open on Sundays.

In fact, I was left wondering if it was closed on Saturdays as well.


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« Reply #1068 on: May 23, 2011, 09:15:40 pm »
Sorry to hear that business was so bad on Sunday, Fester.  We could see from the Great Orme how quiet the pier was. 

In the evening I was talking to a gentleman who's a regular visitor to Llandudno.  He'd come to the town on Sunday with no special plans and was standing by the road waiting to see what was going on, when one of the race officials roped him in as a marshall.  He then spent two hours standing on a corner directing runners and traffic but fortunately did not seem to have suffered any abuse for his good deed. 

Regarding the Tourist Information Office, I think that it's open when the library is, so it should be open Saturday mornings.  I thoroughly agree that a TIO in a tourist town should be open all weekend. 

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« Reply #1069 on: May 23, 2011, 09:21:20 pm »
After 30 or so years you would have thought the message would have got through to local government that if you offer a tourist service in a tourist service area, that you need to be open when you are needed. i.e. bank holidays, weekends etc. Not a Wednesday morning in the first week of February.   Why do I say 30 years? Well probably the first, and worst, example. Politically a new look, Thatcher and all that. The Lowther, a private girls school in Bodelwyddan, had closed. So, partially to preserve the building, the Council (I imagine Clwyd) decided to dip their toes in the murky waters of commercialism. They bought it. Big fanfairs of trumpets. In October. Spent all winter working on making it into a tourist attraction. Renamed Bodelwyddan Castle.  What excitement when it opened on April second. Two weeks later, what a storm of abuse. Easter came and went, visitors scrambled to have a look at this new attraction, but, what happened. It was closed.
     At the inquest afterwards the Council said that all their employees from top to bottom took it for granted that they worked a 9 - 5 5day week, and definately off on Bank holidays. Bodelwyddan Castle was now council owned and operated and in never occured to ANYONE that it should be open. End of story.

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« Reply #1070 on: May 24, 2011, 04:29:50 pm »
 :-[ None of us should be surprised at the tourist office being closed,this is CCBC we are dealing with.They are still doing up the tin shed on the Broadway coach park at least 10 weeks they have been there,extravaganza Sunday they had 70 coaches there and no toilet,yet they managed to put some on the prom on Sunday,AMAZING bunch of idiots. :o

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« Reply #1071 on: May 24, 2011, 06:05:54 pm »
McCarthy and Stone are seeking planning permission to turn Plas-y-Dre (the former council run old people's home) and the building next to it into a new development of retirement flats.  The property is situated on Gloddaeth Street opposite Bryant and Hocknell.  They are currently seeking local people's views on the plans.

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« Reply #1072 on: May 24, 2011, 06:17:55 pm »
McCarthy and Stone are seeking planning permission to turn Plas-y-Dre (the former council run old people's home) and the building next to it into a new development of retirement flats.  The property is situated on Gloddaeth Street opposite Bryant and Hocknell.  They are currently seeking local people's views on the plans.

I take it they're looking to demolish and rebuild? The existing buildings are not very attractive. There was a strong rumour last year that the Police wanted to move the Police Station there.

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« Reply #1073 on: May 24, 2011, 08:41:18 pm »
Yes, knock it down and start again and landscape the site too.  I can't imagine there will be too much opposition - as you say Dave the current buildings have little aesthetic value.

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« Reply #1074 on: May 24, 2011, 10:26:26 pm »
I don't know if it was the after shock of all the winds of the last couple of days but the weather walking around town later on this afternoon, although still breezy, felt warm and welcoming. Just nice to be out in the fresh air.

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« Reply #1075 on: May 25, 2011, 04:47:13 pm »
It's utter chaos in town at the moment - nobody has any idea which way they are supposed to go by car. Roads seem to be closed entirely at random, people are just driving around trying to work out which way they are supposed to go. This race, without a doubt, has been very badly organised.

Dave you've been quoted in the Pioneer on page 4, word for word  $3towns$
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« Reply #1076 on: May 25, 2011, 05:54:57 pm »
Hmmm, yes.  ??? I see they also nicked my news about Dominos Pizza looking for a site in Llandudno that was on here a week or so ago.

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« Reply #1077 on: May 25, 2011, 06:10:28 pm »
I've thought for some time that the local papers just get a lot of stuff from here and then we read it a few days later! (when it's old news) :roll:
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Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?
« Reply #1078 on: May 25, 2011, 06:15:44 pm »
It's utter chaos in town at the moment - nobody has any idea which way they are supposed to go by car. Roads seem to be closed entirely at random, people are just driving around trying to work out which way they are supposed to go. This race, without a doubt, has been very badly organised.

Dave you've been quoted in the Pioneer on page 4, word for word  $3towns$

There is a link to this on the BBC News website as well.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wales/north_west_wales/


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« Reply #1079 on: May 25, 2011, 09:22:47 pm »
Having read that article, my previous low opinion of David Williams has been fully confirmed, and surpassed.

Whether it be his woeful comments about what to do with the Pier Pavilion, or the less-than-edifying state the exterior of his own hotel has been allowed to fall into. I am constantly underwhelmed by what I see and hear fom him.

To say there has to be ''pain'' to get ''gain'' is a total nonsense.

All that is required is a modicum of common sense and rganisational planning.

I too am all for any events being brought to Llandudno, (I am a well known fan of the Exravaganza) ... just manage them properly, that all I ask.
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