In March 2009, four fledgling twitterers met at Cafe Nero in Tunbridge Wells…

Roll on three years… and that initial meeting has became the Twuttle we know and love today. We’ve never actually counted the number of different people who have attended Twuttle, but estimates vary between 300 and 400!  And that doesn’t count the meetings that have followed in the Twuttle style – our very own ‘sister’ event Twuddle, and the meet-ups in the wider local area – Crowborough’s Cruddle, Sevenoaks’ Oakuddle and Skuttle, plus similar events in Tonbridge, Lewes and Edenbridge.

The place may have changed (we quickly outgrew Café Nero) but Twuttle still takes place every Wednesday morning at 10am until noon. The Trinity Theatre is the current home and we must say thanks to them for hosting the event – but we must also say a big thank you to past venues, which have included The Royal Wells, Pigwideon & Pye and Bean.

Three years on, and Twuttle is still the same ‘unstructured’ meet-up where people can simply chat and exchange thoughts & ideas. From these informal meetings many friendships and relationships (both business and personal) have been formed. It’s working as well now as it did at the very beginning, and for many, it is the cornerstone of their week.

If you’ve never attended, this could be the ideal opportunity! To celebrate our third anniversary, we are holding what we hope will be a record breaking meeting – let’s get more people to attend a single Twuttle than ever before! The THIRD ANNIVERSARY TWUTTLE will be held at the Trinity on the 7th March. It is your chance to not only to mingle with the Tunbridge Wells Twitterati but to become one yourself!

And did we mention there will be cake?!

(The hashtag for the event is #twuttle3 – please mention this in your tweets!).

It has been necessary to postpone this event – Sorry!!

The problem was that we didn’t get quite enough interest to make it a viable event for all parties.

Hopefully we can resurrect this in the new year.

On the 26th of October we will be holding a wine-tasting event at our new venue,  Pigwidgeon & Pye in Tunbridge Wells. Details:

• Date: 26 October 2011
• Venue: Pigwidgeon & Pye
• Time: 7.00 – 9.00 pm
• Cost: £5 per head

Our partners in this event are WineSimplicity.com, a new online wine retailer, whose offices are based in Tunbridge Wells and who are providing free wine tastings (there will be a number of wines to try).

The unique proposition of WineSimplicity.com is that they will only sell wines that have been endorsed by their Consumer Wine Tasting Panels. The wines you will be trying have already passed the approval stage and therefore will be featured on their website – www.winesimplicity.com (which is launching on 1^st November!). They are promising customers a ’100% double taste guarantee or your money back’. If you like any of the wines on the night you will be able to place orders with the team from WineSimplicity.com. Incidentally, none of their wines are available in supermarkets!

The food buffet will consist of a variety of eclectic dishes and will be supplied by our hosts, Pigwidgeon & Pye.

There is a small charge to cover the the cost of food preparation & venue staffing and as tickets are limited we need to know who is interested and, if possible, payment of the £5 as soon as possible. Please register below.

So, if you haven’t been to twuttle for a while, this is a perfect opportunity to come and see some old friends and check out the new venue.

This coming Tuesday (21st June) at 5.16pm (if Wikipedia is to be believed) it is the Summer Solstice – the moment in the year when the sun is at it’s highest point in the sky. To celebrate, we are having an impromptu Twuddle picnic!

Bring your own food and drink!

We’ll be there from 5pm (meet near the café), in time to catch the Solstice. Hopefully we’ll get to see the sun (mostly conspicuously absent this week). Feel free to bring games ~ frisbies, footballs ~ whatever you wish! Kids welcome…

At about 9pm, we’ll head to the pub (Royal Oak) for some liquid refreshment.

Obviously, all this is weather dependant (Royal Oak aside). Please use the twitter hashtag #twsolstice for updates or to post suggestions.

Who’s gonna be there?

PS. Also… if you play an instrument, feel free to bring that along too. What better way to herald the Summer (it is the Summer isn’t it?) with some music. Even ukelele owners are welcome! But banjos by special appointment only

It has been suggested that Twuddle be moved to a Thursday night from it’s current Tuesday night slot at Sankeys.

This post is aimed at gathering as many views as possible on the matter. Are you in favour or against such a move?

You can also use this post to let us know what you think about Twuddle ~ your preferred evening, frequency, venue, etc.

Please remember, if you don’t leave a comment, then your opinion will go unnoticed. It is really important that everyone has their say, even if it is just a simple yes or no to the proposal.

Thank you!