Hebden Royd has two great twin towns, St Pol in France and Warstein in Germany. Next week we are lucky enough to be travelling to the 'Karnival' in Warstein and once again meet our friends from there.
So the car park at the airport has been booked today in preparation and the suitcase taken down from the loft but this year it won't just be that extra jumper that I'll be throwing in, this year its a 2.5 kilo bag of Walkers Old English Toffee.
'Karnival' this year means getting involved, we'll be on a float, made in Warstein, depicting the dark mills of Calderdale. Tradition dictates sweets are thrown to the crowd. All should go well providing some Councillors don't carry out their threat to throw the sweets less than gently.
Unfortunately a trip to Warstein for me means no trip to Castleford, those who know me know why. I'll be looking more closely at the fixture list in the future.
