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Last weekend, I tweeted the latest edition of the Top 50 TWTwitterati – local people with the most followers on Twitter.
Click on the link below to see a full list of accounts linked to Tunbridge Wells. See where you ranked as at 09 September 2011, compare your stats with those of your friends and family, or discover some new local tweeters.
Scroll down to the bottom of the list to see the top 20s by (i) followers added in the month and (ii) the chatterboxes – most tweets in the past month.
TW List of Twitter Accounts 09 September 2011
To qualify for inclusion, you must live in Tunbridge Wells, work in Tunbridge Wells, mention Tunbridge Wells in your Twitter location or regularly attend Twuttle / Twuddle events. If you have been omitted but you qualify and wish to be included, then please contact me via Twitter @tw_people
or by leaving a comment on the blog. Similiarly, if you know of any other TW accounts, please pass on their details. Thank you.
Last weekend, I tweeted the latest edition of the Top 50 TWTwitterati – local people with the most followers on Twitter.
Click on the link below to see a full list of accounts linked to Tunbridge Wells. See where you ranked as at 06 August 2011, compare your stats with those of your friends and family, or discover some new local tweeters.
Scroll down to the bottom of the list to see the top 20s by (i) followers added in the month and (ii) the chatterboxes – most tweets in the past month.
TW List of Twitter Accounts 06 August 2011
To qualify for inclusion, you must live in Tunbridge Wells, work in Tunbridge Wells, mention Tunbridge Wells in your Twitter location or regularly attend Twuttle / Twuddle events. If you have been omitted but you qualify and wish to be included, then please contact me via Twitter @tw_people
or by leaving a comment on the blog. Similiarly, if you know of any other TW accounts, please pass on their details. Thank you.
A fantastic late edition to the Mad Hatters Tea party, is a local business, “the Waffle Bar”. They are also based in Bodiam, East Sussex and have an amazing van called The Waffle Bar. They began trading at the beginning of summer 2008, selling their homemade waffles (yeast free/cooked fresh on site) and their real dairy homemade ice cream (made by them from local produce to them with no additives or colourings)…the ice cream has a shelflife of approx 3 weeks and is made especially for events, plus all their disposables are bio-degradable.
At present they have a dozen or more ice cream recipes to call upon, all the old faves plus a few new …all made from Northiam Dairy produce and free range eggs from Staplecross. They use no artificial additives, colourings or preservatives. Fruit based ice cream is seasonal of course and made from hand-picked fruit from Maynards at Ticehurst, East Sussex.
Could this be the event of the Summer? ~ a fancy dress picnic in conjuction with those lovely people at Mad Hatters Fancy Dress.
Mad Hatters are throwing open their doors (and the grounds of their lovely house overlooking Bodiam Castle) on Sunday 31st July from noon until 5pm to all Twuddlers, Twuttlers, Cruddlers, Skuttlers, Oakuddlers and their friends and families. This event is open to all, so if you want bring people along with you, they’d be most welcome!
The gardens of the Mad Hatters HQ make an absolutely ideal place to have a Summer picnic… beautiful formal gardens, orchards, fields, a small woodland… even a secluded pond! We’re free to use them to picnic in ~ Mad Hatters are even giving the garden an Alice in Wonderland theme for day ~ just for us! We don’t want to say too much more about this… it’d spoil the surprise.
Then there’s the Mad Hatters shop and storeroom ~ these just have to be seen to be believed, crammed to the rafters with amazing fancy dress costumes of every conceivable description. Have a look at their website for a taster of what’s on offer. And the best bit is we’re free to try on as many outfits as we wish… and to wear them at the picnic!
To make the day even more special, a swing jazz band will be on hand to entertain us… and the local Tunbridge Wells photography group (the ‘Flickrites’) are going to be present to take photographs. Simply ask a photographer to take your photo, and they’ll kindly oblige! No charge… free… gratis!*
Of course, you don’t HAVE to wear costumes, and you certainly don’t have to have your photo taken ~ the photographers realise some people don’t like having their picture taken. We are also aware that some parents don’t wish for their children to be photographed ~ in which case, simply make a member of Mad Hatters staff aware of your objection when you arrive. However, if you do take this opportunity, you’ll have some amazing photographs of you and your family!
You are also welcome to take pics yourself, so please bring your cameras.
Entry to the entire event is 100% free, there’s ample parking on site and Mad Hatters have arranged toilet facilities for us. Please note that some of the fields have horses, chickens and (some very exotic looking) sheep. When we were down there, wild rabbits were running all over the place… it really is lovely place, but because of the farm animals, visitors are asked not to bring their dogs with them.
If you’d like to come to this event, please send an RSVP email to info@madhattersfancydress.com. Although numbers are not limited as such, Mad Hatter’s understandably want to keeps tabs on how many people will be attending. If you have any queries, please leave a comment to this post.
*There is one exception ~ Steve Collins will be setting up his photography equipment to help raise money for charity by taking people’s ‘avatar’ pics. This is your chance to have a stunning avatar on your Twitter or Facebook pages. Whether or not you choose to be photographed in fancy dress is completely up to you!
We look forward to seeing you in Bodiam next Sunday ~ don’t forget your picnic!
For directions please click here.
PS. One further thing to mention. Should the weather on the 31st prove inclement, we may have to cancel at short notice. So if it is raining on the morning of the 31st, please check with the Twuttle website to see if the event is still on or not.
