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It is with great pleasure, we announce that Twuttle is moving to the Divinity Café at the Trinity Theatre for the Summer Season. The first Twuttle at the new venue will be on Wednesday 28th July. Usual start time of 10am until noon-ish.

Paul And Viv at Divinity will be looking after us, serving their renowned coffee and tea, plus a range of fantastic food ~ a first for Twuttle! Watch this space for some special and exclusive Divinity offers just for us! Breakfast at Divinity before Twuttle anyone?

Café Divinity has free wi-fi… and something to be taken advantage of for these superb summer mornings, an outside space!

As-ever, Twuttle welcomes EVERYONE. This is networking for people who don’t normally do networking. It’s your chance to meet people in this vibrant community, to make business contacts, friends and generally to chew the cud with like-minded souls. It’s fun, friendly and rewarding. Hope to see you there!

PS. Watch out for an announcement soon re the Twuddle Summer Season as well! Still confused about what’s a Twuttle and what’s a Twuddle? Then click here.

STOP PRESS!
Divinity Café are kindly supplying FREE either a toasted teacake, a small croissant or a cinnamon & raisin bagel with each tea or coffee bought at their first Twuttle! ~ While stocks last, so please try and get there early.

When: Tuesday 27th July 2010 from 7pm
Where: meet at Woods Restaurant in the Pantiles
What to bring: a set of boules if you have them; pack of Gauloises for effect (optional); a cocked hat to knock your twuddling pals into, as sported by young ’60’s French pop sensation Johnny Hallyday here

This is the first outing of hopefully many, so it’s a little unpredictable to what degree we will be split between amateurs n hot shots, but team configurations (if you want to play in a team) are comprised:

- triplets, with two teams of three players each (two boules per player)
- doublets, with two teams of two players each (three boules per player)
- singles, played between two players (three boules per player)

I will bring along 3 sets and believe a few more tweeps will bring along their own sets on the night.

An overview of the basics:

A coin is tossed to decide which side goes first. The starting team draws a circle on the ground (35-50cm in diameter), all players must throw their boules from within this circle, with both feet remaining on the ground. The first player throws the jack (cochonnet) 6–10 mtrs away; it must be at least one mtr from the boundary. Points are scored when both teams have no more boules, or when the jack is knocked out of play. The winning team receives one point for each boule that it has closer to the jack than the best-placed boule of the opposition. If the jack is knocked out of play, the end is void unless only one team has boules left to play. In this case the team with boules receives one point for each that they have to play.

Twuddle Rules for the night – Updated!

- triplets, with two teams of three players each (two boules per player)

Normally the first team to reach 13 points wins.  But judging by your responses and estimating how many players/teams there will be on the night, if we wait to reach 13 points in each round we will be there till dawn! So I propose we organise ourselves into 8 teams, 3 players per team, 2 boules each. First and second game split between 2 pitches (opp Woods & Swan), 2 teams playing at a time on 2 pitches. The first four teams that win by 2 points go through to next round. That’s presuming you all want to play in teams. No doubt thats all as clear as mud, but with the aid of @audioruler’s spreadsheet skills and football lingo, it should make sense on the night… Either that or we throw out the rulebook and go freestyle :-)

How we work out who is  “il est fanny” or “il a fait fanny” is anyone’s guess…

Its an open invitation so all welcome and hope to see you there!

Crafty Crapchat

July 26th 2010 from 18:00.
Divinity Café, Trinity Theatre.

Nametags to sew into school uniforms? Buttons to be sewn on? Seams to be mended? Do you have a to-do pile of clothing lurking in a darkened corner of your home? Well, why don’t you bring your pile of tedium along to Trinity on Monday night and do it there? That way, you can have a glass of wine and engage in witty chitchat whilst you work. Then it won’t seem like such a boring chore at all. Or you can bring fun stuff to do. Like knitting. Or cross-stitch. Or Etch-A-Sketch. Or even just yourself. See you there!

Sunday 25 July 2010, 12 onwards

Trinity Arts Centre Gardens (Church Road)

We’ve joined forces with Trinity and local residents in organising a picnic for regular twuddlers and twuttlers, as well as their friends and family – no school to worry about and lots of room to run around safely!

Bring your own picnic and share – although Divinity Cafe will be there as usual and in addition I am told a Pimms tent has been organised from 2 o’clock by the Trinity Theatre Company to coincide with the run of its summer play, the Oscar Wilde classic The Importance of Being Earnest.

Just claim a spot, put down your picnic blanket, and make yourself at home.  No fighting over the picnic tables that have been recently installed in the garden!

See you there!

Fellow Twuddler Ruth Malone (@achieve_more) is having a pre-Twuddle launch party this coming Tuesday to help celebrate the opening of her new personal training studio in Tunbridge Wells. All Twuddlers and their friends are invited to come along!

20th July, from 5pm to 7pm
The studio is at 21 Vale Road, Tunbridge Wells above Aubergine (the deli).
Map here

In Ruth’s own words:
“Howard and I are having a party to celebrate the opening of the new Achieve More Personal Training Studio. Everyone is welcome! We will start at 5pm and continue until about 7pm after which we’ll all go on to Twuddle at The Royal Wells. At the new studio we’ll be serving sparkling wine or a soft drink, so please come along and help us toast the success of our new venture!”

For further information visit: www.achievemore.me.uk

I would like to set up a rota to make sure that the different things that have to happen to enable Twuttle to function each Wednesday actually get done if I’m not able to get there.

There are four different tasks

Coffee and tea – making sure that the area has been set up by the staff and there is coffee and tea throughout the morning

Meet and greet – making sure that newcomers feel welcome and comfortable if they know no one

Tidying up – making sure that the space is kept tidy and clean when we leave

Looking after the coffee money – rattling the tin, counting any money and paying the Royal Wells

Can you help over the next 10 weeks? Please leave a comment with the date you can do. Tasks can be shared.

If you realise you can’t make it, please find someone else to take your place – please don’t assume that it will simply get done.

Dates

21/7 – Mike Goode
28/7 – Liz Carter

4/8 – Tom Chown
11/8 – Liz Carter
18/8 – Dave Barnett
25/8 – Justin Spain

1/9 – Ruth Malone
8/9 – Christopher (Anke)
15/9 -
22/9 -

Thanks – Rob

Click on the link below to see the full list – over 700 of them. See where you ranked as at 03 July 2010, compare your stats with those of your friends and family members, and discover some new local tweeters.

New this month, 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 month.

TWTwitterati 03 July 2010

To qualify for inclusion, you must live in Tunbridge Wells, work in Tunbridge Wells or mention Tunbridge Wells in your Twitter location. 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.

Full details:
1st prize: James Galpin – fisheye stairs in black and white – Trophy and £20 voucher for use in Redbox.
2nd prize: Tim Quick – Homeless man in doorway in black and white – Trophy and £10 voucher for use in Redbox.
3rd prize: Laura Goode – “Charlie” in black and white 120mm format film – Trophy and £5 voucher for use in Redbox.
Most like a postcard : Justin Spain – Dunorlan park – 35mm colour – £5 voucher to spend at Redbox.
Judges favourite : Peter Turner – Lady in window looking thoughtful – 35mm colour (this was one of Andrew Newson’s students. – £5 voucher to spend at Redbox.
Best use of a prop : Max Kimber – Picture of guy (Craig Burton) in street with rubber ring in shape of dragon around neck! – £5 voucher to spend at Redbox.

Don’t forget that you can see the original prints in all their glory at the Wobblybridge Gallery until the 6th of July so if you haven’t seen them yet please pop along to visit Paul and have a look. You can also purchase the prints*, courtesy of RedBox Cameras, for £10 with the proceeds going to the British Heart Foundation.

* Prints only available with the individual photographer’s permission ~ please speak to staff at Redbox Cameras for further information. Simply tell them (or Paul at Wobblybridge) which photo you’d like a print of and they will do the rest.