Plans are now well underway for the forthcoming trip to Schrobenhausen taking place from 19th to 22nd June 2026. Some Twinners are planning to travel together catching a Lufthansa flight from Heathrow to Munich on Friday 19th, returning on Monday 22nd. Others are making more of a holiday of the trip either by fly/drive or driving all the way. Our friends in Schrobenhausen have a superb schedule of events planned focussing around their Schrannenfest - a music and arts festival

The annual planning meeting, hosted by Thiers, took place on Friday 30th January 2026. As last year it was held remotely rather than face to face. It was lovely to see our friends from Thiers and Schrobenhausen, albeit remotely, and we are looking forward to travelling to Schrobenhausen in June 2026 to meet in person. We discussed the current situations in our three towns. Pascal Hanse , the President of the Comité de Jumelage de Thiers , explained that there are soon to be m

What a fantastic party we had last Sunday. Thanks to Marina Hulke for serving us with traditional Bavarian gluhwein; a delicious French/German/English themed buffet was provided by the committee; a very entertaining quiz was hosted by David McDowell , with great on-theme prizes and even a little karaoke, he was hlped by his trusty assistant Marina Hulke ; the evening ended with a good old carol sing-along with Beverley Ball  on the piano, getting us truly into the spirit of