News & Updates

Valmadrera youth came to town this weekend. 20 students from their training college cooked and served lunch to all comers in the community centre today – bruschetta and pasta, ‘perfetto’! They gave a mini Italian teach-in on around 20 key phrases – dove e il bagno? Where is the loo?, v important! – and a…

We gathered again at Akeley Village Hall on Friday 27 February for our annual Quiz Night, and once again it was a full house, with 12 tables of quizzers. In a change from the previous four years, when Steve had been quizmaster, we invited someone new to take on the role. And what a great…

On Friday 19th September 2025, Adeep and I travelled from Stansted Airport to Bergamo to join our friends in Valmadrera for a wonderful weekend of sport and culture. We were joined by fellow visitors from Buckingham, Châteauneuf-les-Martigues and Weißenhorn — a real celebration of our twinning links. The centrepiece was a friendly tennis tournament between…