Vote due on link between village of Dull and US town of Boring

Residents of the Perthshire village of Dull are due to hear this week whether efforts to forge ties with the US town of Boring have been successful.

Officials in Oregon are set to vote on whether the two places should become "sister communities".

If the vote is passed, the community council in Dull insists it could have real benefits for the Scottish village.

They intend to mark the "exciting" new partnership with a road sign and a street party.

The potential link between the two locations was the brainchild of Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton, who passed through Boring while on a cycling holiday.

Street party

With a population of 12,000, Boring is too big to be officially twinned with the tiny village of Dull.

Marjorie Keddie, the chairwoman of Dull and Weem Community Council, said the result of the vote was likely to become known in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

If the vote is in favour, a street party will take place in Dull on 23 June.

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