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Following a cancellation, 1 twin room is now available on this 4-day Spanish Culture & Cuisine tour. Elche de la Sierra is considered the birthplace of the sawdust carpet creations centred around the Feast of Corpus Christi. On the Saturday before the feast, 3 squares and 27 street sections are converted into real-life canvases upon which 30 carpets will appear – colourful compositions that alternate between religious scenes and geometric figures. They will barely last three hours, and they will be…

WAGS Too enjoyed a pleasant paseo along the Camino de Santiago with their guide Ivan Hardsdal at K Ricco Restaurant in Jàvea Puerto. Ivan relived his journey along the Camino with a selection of wines that he had enjoyed whilst walking the Camino many years ago. WAGS too members got to try several lovely wines from Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Rias Baixas, Rioja and Bierzo. Group Leader Trevor Rush thanked Ivan for his excellent presentation and his choice of wines…

Pat’s funeral will be family only due to the short timescales involved in arranging it. Nichola, Pat’s daughter, would like to extend an invitation to all U3A members who knew Pat to come to a Celebration of Life party at her house in Jávea. The party will be at 1pm tomorrow, Wednesday 17 April at 60/453 Flor de Neu, Cap Marti, Jávea. Co-ordinates are 38.75644N 0.19255E. If you get lost, Nichola can be contacted on +44 7841 386 014.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday the 28th May. 11.00am. at the Javea Players Studio Theatre. We will be looking at the work of three artists who may be regarded as forerunners of Expressionism: Edvard Munch, James Ensor and Kathe Kollwitz.We will be looking at the work of three artists who may be regarded as forerunners of Expressionism: Edvard Munch, James Ensor and Kathe Kollwitz. Detailed notes here

A glorious day and a great group of people, for our 2nd Getaway Guided Walk along the Via Verde Serpis. We started in Villalonga, with our minibus taking us to the top of the steep hill near the quarry, which enabled us to avoid walking along a long and winding road uphill at the beginning! After a short stretch, we dropped down towards the river, passing a lovely waterfall on the way, followed by a long tunnel which required a…

Everyone is invited to the U3A Jávea General Meeting at 10.30am on Wednesday 24th April at the Casa de Cultura in Jávea Old Town. You’ll get an update on the U3A Jávea from our President, Claude Grealy and the other Executive Committee members. We’re also delighted that Peter Atkinson has kindly agreed to speak to us all. U3A Jávea has enjoyed many presentations from Peter over the years but this will be one of the last opportunities to enjoy his…

It saddens us to inform you of the passing of Pat Rudland yesterday. She will be rembered as an active U3A member who enjoyed Canasta and Cribbage.  Although confined to her wheelchair she always had a smile and enjoyed the company and companionship of other U3A members. She will be sadly missed. 

Many members will remember Betty Guinness who is one of our Honorary Members. Betty lived here in Jávea until the age of 102 until she went back to England to live with her daughter. Now in Rivendell View Care Home in Nottingham, Betty celebrates her 105th birthday on 20th April. Here are some recent pictures of Betty with her family. U3A Jávea President Claude Grealy was delighted to send Betty some beautiful flowers to mark her birthday and to remind…

Pinomar – Val de Sol A new walk for our group today, walking along the paths where we had the huge fire in 2016. Its wonderful to see how its all grown back up again. Good views all around across to the Montgo, and down to the sea. A slightly more strenuous walk, but lots of chat and laughter, and all managed it very well. The walk was led by Wendy, many thanks. Next week’s walk This will be a…

The first meeting of the Singalong Group will take place on Sunday 21st April between 4pm and 6pm at the Dutch NCJ Club, Carretera del Portitxol, Urb. Toscamar, Jávea. There has been a fantastic response and the event is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to the standby list in case of cancellations, please contact the Group Leader, Marc van Praet, on singalong@u3ajavea.com. There will be another Singalong Group meeting on Sunday 19th May. If you…

The next Family History meeting will be next Tuesday 16th April at 3pm. The speaker at our meeting is Keith Smith, a stalwart of our Group. Keith’s subject is “On Convict Transportation – linking it into my tree. One of my ancestors had a shop in London in 1840 and he was a victim of crime several times and one of the perpetrators was transported. I then followed his journey to Tasmania.” Please note that the venue will not be…

The next Travellers Tales meeting will take place on Tuesday 21st May when the group leader, Angela Chantry, will give a presentation on the Spanish Culture & Cuisine trip to Ibiza: 49 members are travelling together by ferry to Ibiza to experience the Medieval Festival held every year, when the historic centre of Ibiza town – Dalt Vila – is transformed into a scene from the Middle Ages as a celebration of the island’s cultural history.  Venue: The Javea Players Studio.…

Cumbre del Sol Absolutely perfect weather for our walk this week from the Hipica on Cumbre, out to the Mirador, and then back again. Although there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, we did notice some mist out at sea, and towards the end of the walk it did start to roll in, but did not affect us. Thank you to the 19 happy walkers who joined.  And thank you to Wendy for leading this walk.

Any more takers? A new group for those interested in all year round sea swimming or dipping. Toni Westerhom is looking for members with a similar interest to join him maybe once a week for a swim from the Arenal beach followed by a social gathering for coffee or something stronger. Toni believes the health benefits in this activity are recognised around the world and hopes you will contact him to find out more about this group by email to allyear.swimming@u3ajavea.com

Because of the holidays, the Discussion group meeting was held on the 22nd of March at the same place and time but a week earlier than usual. Despite the change of date, the meeting was attended very actively. The preliminary information was very short “We are not going to ‘solve’ the Palestinian war, or anything else, but talking about it is important, a division political act if you will. How do we feel about what is happening? Is it something…

‘How I won the War for Britain‘ by Gary Johnson Learn how Juan Garcia a chicken farmer from Barcelona: A fascinating true story not to be missed! Entrance fee 2€ to cover cost of room hire. Arrive for a prompt start at 11am. Any queries to Allison O’Brien history@u3ajavea.com

41 eager quizzers enjoyed the second U3A Quiz Night of 2024. This time the Quiz Masters were Peter and Gill Atkinson who certainly challenged us with a wide variety of questions and brain teasers. Seemingly, no questions were too tough for two of the seven teams who both achieved a very high score of 89. A tie-breaking question was set asking for the population size of the UK. Both teams gave the same answer in millions and were asked by…

STOP PRESS – Places still available We advertised for expressions of interest for a visit to this retirement centre near Benidorm last week and there was a problem with the email address not working for some people which meant we decided there was not enough interest. Apologies ! However we now know there are sufficient members who would like to go. We now have a firm date for a visit Monday April 22nd the coach will leave across from Interiors at…