Author: MargaretM
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Next Family History Meeting
Dear Arboreal Dwellers A quick reminder that our next Family History meeting is next Tuesday 19th March at 3pm in the Parador Hotel. We meet in the lounge to the right of the cafe lounge, if that is booked for something else we meet in the cafe lounge itself. This is our normal catch up meeting…
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The “Dirty Pond” and glorious views of the Montgo
The Walking Group enjoyed fantastic weather again as Group Leader Ally took 25 explorers up into the hills behind Gata de Gorgos. This was a new walk and got the “thumbs up” from all who went.
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The “Softies” strike out
It was a keen group of ten riders who met at the usual starting point: The Hotel Parador. The route took our intrepid team along the road through the Campo and then climbing up into the hills in the direction of Cansalades. Everyone coped really well with the inclines even if it occasionally meant getting…
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A special presentation at the U3A Jávea April Meeting
Architecture and Public Art in the Valencian Community by Peter Atkinson I shall take you on a tour of the Comunidad Valenciana, a region made up of three provinces: Valencia, Alicante and Castellón. We’ll visit the three provincial capitals, and we’ll explore a range of other towns and villages across the region, from Benicarló to Benigembla, and Carrícola to Orihuela. There will be some emphasis on our own Marina Alta, which…
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Big turnout for Moors Lecture
There was a full house for the February meeting of the U3A’s History Group at the Javea Players Studio. Extra chairs had to be put out for members who turned up for Keith Smith’s talk on ‘Al Azraq, the Moorish Warlord of the Marina Alta’. Group leader Alison O’Brien was delighted with the turnout, one…