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Largs Town Twinning Association are welcoming visitors from their French twin town with a host of activities and events to celebrate Ayrshire culture.

As well as a visit to the award winning West Kilbride Craft Town, the residents from Andernos Les Bain, near Bordeaux, will also head to Burns Cottage in Alloway to learn more about the famous words and verse of Robert Burns.

A total of 19 French visitors are coming over as part of the biennial exchange between 22-26 August to stay with Largs families.

Richard Wilkinson, who is chair of the Town Twinning Association, said: "Our visitors will be staying with Largs families, and we are taking them to Alloway and Burns Cottage, and on Wednesday, we have a trip to Arran Distillery, and on Thursday, they are spending the day in West Kilbride's Craft Town and Barony Centre. On Wednesday evening, the French are hosting a dinner for us at Largs Sailing Club.

"Their stay will draw to a close with a farewell dinner at Clark Memorial Church Hall on Thursday. These are the main events during their stay, but they will also spend time exploring Largs.

"For the first time this year, we have a French family coming over with children, and it would be good to have some local families on board for our visit to Andernos-Les-Bains next year."

Since setting up ten years ago, the Town Twinning Association has built up and encouraged cultural links between Largs and Andernos Les Bains, which is also a coastal town, including a biennial sporting games involving other twin towns in Spain, Germany and Hungary.

For more details about the group, go to www.largstowntwinning.com/