Dull and Boring become sister communities

“We will try to get the children doing projects and learning a bit more about it, and I’m sure some of us will go over to Boring at some point and see how different it is. It is a bit of light-hearted fun.”

Mrs Burtles contacted Dull and Weem Community Council as well as Steve Bates, chairman of Boring Community Planning Organisation, to discuss twinning.

But differences between the towns mean they cannot be officially twinned: Boring has a population of around 10,000 to Dull’s 84; Boring is “quite an industrial place” while Dull village’s main businesses are guest lodges and chalets for tourists and the Highland Safaris tour organiser.

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