This year's exchange took place in late October when we welcomed the French to Radcliffe.

Although we didn't have as many guests as in previous years the visit was as always great fun, and new friendships were made and existing ones deepened. We welcomed two brand new twinning visitors from Bussy - Helmut and Adrine - who both seemed to enjoy themselves immensely! Bienvenue.

The visit included sampling the food and beer at an English pub, a cooking contest at the Ashmores restaurant, a day at Warwick castle and the main evening dinner this year was at Radcliffe golf club where the welcome was very warm.

Special thanks go to Estelle for entertaining us with her brilliant singing in the evening at the Golf Club and to Mark Ashmore for a really interesting lesson in "La cuisine anglaise" in the morning.

There are some pictures of the visit in the Photos section - please feel free to have a look.

Finally, many, many thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put together the programme for this year - and to everyone in Bussy - a la prochaine fois!

John.

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The Association of the Friends of Radcliffe met on the 19th of November.

The President of the Association in Bussy-St-Georges is Odile BOUYON supported by Dominique BIJARD (conseiller municipal chargé des jumelages) and Christiane LECUYER (trésorière).


At the meeting it was announced that there is now a new French website (Built by Dominique) to support the activities of the Twinning Association!

The website can be found at www.arhbussy.fr
Please visit the website and Register!


Below are the notes from the meeting in French!
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2 ) Mise en place du site internet :

Dominique BIJARD à travaillé sur la création du site internet qui servira à donner des informations sur l'histoire et la vie du Jumelage Anglais en relation avec les évènements municipaux, à communiquer avec toutes les personnes souhaitant avoir des renseignements sur les cours ou les projets de l'association, et à pouvoir consulter une galerie de photos.

Notre site : www.arhbussy.fr

Après connection il suffira de remplir le formulaire pour y avoir accès. Sur la page d'accueil il y aura un lien avec l'ambassade de Grande Bretagne et avec la ville de Radcliffe on Trent.

N'hésitez pas à nous transmettre vos remarques ou observations, afin de l'améliorer.

Dominique BIJARD, fait circuler la 1ere page du site sur son Iphone. La page d'accueil est constituée de photos de sa bibliothèque personnelle. Le site parle également de la fête qui a eu lieu à Radcliffe et ensuite à Bussy Saint-Georges pour le 10ème anniversaire du jumelage en 2009.

Dominique BIJARD, veut aussi faire un essai de version bilingue, en cliquant simplement sur le drapeau, la traduction apparaitra.

Ce site est très bon outil, mais il faut le faire vivre et y donner régulièrement de nouvelles informations pour qu'il soit attractif.

Félicitations et remerciements à Dominique BIJARD pour son investissement dans cette création.

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Daphne Kaupp recently came over from Bussy-St-Georges and stayed with Elen Sims and her family in Radcliffe.

This was a great opportunity for both girls to practise their language skills together - and by all accounts they had a great time! There is a photograph on the website of both girls enjoying themselves at the summer carnival.

Elen has developed a strong interest in languages - partly through her involvement with the Twinning - and she is now going to study Japanese at Leeds University this autumn!

Well done Elen and good luck with your studies!

and Daphne....hope to see you again soon!

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