Do you reckon life in Cranfield can be a bit on the slow side? At least we don't have to cope with our name.
Local officials have spoken of their excitement over planned events, including a piper playing and a barbershop quartet singing.
Dull residents have been reported as being appreciative that the link has encouraged Boring visitors.
The pairing of the two communities took place in June 2012, after Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton passed through Boring while on a cycling holiday.
A sign erected in Dull marks its association with Boring.
A county in Oregon has proclaimed 9 August as Boring and Dull Day "in perpetuity".
The proclamation honours the pairing of the town of Boring in Oregon and the village of Dull, Perthshire.Local officials have spoken of their excitement over planned events, including a piper playing and a barbershop quartet singing.
Dull residents have been reported as being appreciative that the link has encouraged Boring visitors.
The pairing of the two communities took place in June 2012, after Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton passed through Boring while on a cycling holiday.
Steven Bates, chairman of the
Boring Community Planning Organization, said: "On behalf of Boring and
Dull, I am grateful to Clackamas County for entertaining this
proclamation.
"Boring and Dull Day, as well as the official recognition
that Dull and Boring are 'a pair for the ages,' should definitely
encourage tourism and excitement for the communities."A sign erected in Dull marks its association with Boring.
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