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| The Mendip Morris Men reckon we’re the UK’s most travelled side. We’ve been taking the morris abroad almost every year for getting on for twenty years now. Clevedon, one of the towns in the Mendip area, has strong twinning associations in France, Germany and Belgium and our first visit was to the German twin town of Ettlingen near Karlsruhe in the south of the country. Since then we have also visited the Czech Republic three times with side trips to Poland and Slovakia. We also believe we're the first morris side to have danced in the European Parliament building in Brussels. Strangely, most of our trips seem to alcohol related – with the wine witches in Germany; with Epernay, France’s champagne capital and with Middelkerke in Belgium where we regularly attend the annual beer festival. We have established lasting associations with overseas folklore clubs – the Ettlinger Rebhexen in Germany and the Odra Dance Group in Ostrava, Czech Republic In February, 2006, we visited Ettlingen for the sixth time and in September we went back to Dolni Lomna in the Czech Republic. Only two foreign trips? Well, we did host a Ring Meeting in July! |
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1987
Ettlingen
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1999
Schweich
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2006
Ettlingen
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1990 |
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2001
Middelkerke
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2006
Dolni Lomna
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1993 Epernay |
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2001
Ostrava
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2007
Clonakilty ROI
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1994 Ettlingen |
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- also danced in Poland |
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1994 Epernay |
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- also danced in Schweich |
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1996 Epernay |
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2003
Nograd at
Salgotarjan
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1997 Bruge Middelkerke |
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1997 Dolni Lomna |
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2004
Eschbach
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2004
Op Roakeldais at Warffum
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1998
Schweich and Mehring
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2005
Schweich
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1998 Epernay |
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2005
Middelkerke
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1999
Telc and
Ostrava
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2005
Epernay
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