Travellers’ Tales

Group Leader: Angela Chantry
Email: travellers.tales@u3ajavea.com
Meeting Venue: Javea Players Studio
Meeting Day and Time: Monthly, Tuesday 10.30 for 11:00check actual meeting day on the group’s schedule below
Accepts new members: Please contact leader

A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR TRAVELLERS’ TALES GROUP

Whether you are an “arm-chair” traveller or like to experience the real thing, there is always something to appeal to members as our presentations can be close at home in Spain and Europe or the other side of the globe! 

We meet on a Tuesday every month throughout the year, with the exception of July and August, in the Jávea Players’ Studio near Mercadona in the old town of Javea (click here for a map of the location). Presentations commence at 11.00 hrs, lasting for approx. 1 hour. 

The presentations are given by other members of the group – but there is no compulsion as we are never short of speakers!  There is a charge of €2 pp to cover the cost of room hire, with 3 special get-togethers during the year (and if it is your birthday on the day of the meeting, do let us know!).

January:      Welcome in the New Year with cava & nibbles.

June:           Summer social with wine & savouries.

December:   Christmas get-together with sherry & mince pies. 

Our 2024 programme is shown below:

Members will be contacted in prior to each meeting and invited to reserve their place.

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News

Lisbon and the pilgrim route to Coimbra

The next Travellers Tales meeting will take place on Tuesday 2nd April, when group leader Angela Chantry will give a presentation on her recent sightseeing tour of Lisbon and walking the pilgrim route from Lisbon to Coinbra. Venue: The Javea Players Studio. Doors open at 10.30 hrs, with the presentation ...

Peter and Gill on their travels – home and abroad

The March Travellers’ Tales meeting featured another entertaining presentation by popular U3A member Peter Atkinson – but was something of a sad occasion as it was Peter’s final talk to the group before he and his wife Gill move to Canada to be near their son in Toronto as well ...

Full house for “Beat the heat, August in Northern Spain, from San Sebastian to Santiago de Compostela”!

If you were planning to attend the next Travellers Tales presentation on Tuesday 5th March, being given by Peter Atkinson, please email the group leader first to see if there have been any cancellations as we already have a full house! Sadly this will be Peter's last presentation to the ...

Turkey on the menu at Travellers’ Tales meeting

Travellers’ Tales group leader Angela Chantry shared her experiences of an in-depth tour of Turkey at the latest meeting held in the Javea Players Studio. Angela and daughter Becky spent two weeks on a round trip from Istanbul, visiting historic sites and places of interest, on a holiday with tour ...

Next TT presentation: Beat the heat, August in Northern Spain, from San Sebastian to Santiago de Compostela

Tuesday 5th March Our next Travellers Tales presentation will be given by Peter Atkinson, when he will tell us about the travels he and Gill made to the cooler regions of Northern Spain in August of last year. Sadly this will be Peter's last presentation to the group, and I would ...

Around the Horn a Travellers’ Tales treat

U3A members enjoyed a voyage around the southernmost tip of South America and the Antarctic at the latest meeting of the Travellers’ Tales group. Fellow member John Reynolds gave a fascinating presentation, entitled “Round the Horn and Back in Time for Tea – Part 2”, sharing tales of his adventures ...

The next Travellers Tales presentation will be “Round the Horn, Part II”, by John Reynolds.

Our next Travellers Tales meeting will take place on Tuesday 16th January, when John Reynolds will be entertaining us all with the second part of his presentation, Round the Horn, Part II. Venue: The Javea Players' Studio (Javea pueblo, a 5-minutes' walk from the Mercadona car park). As this is ...

Memories of the Spanish Culture & Cuisine tour “Cantabria – known as Green Spain”, August 2022.

Our Travellers Tales’ meeting on Tuesday 5th December will be a special video presentation of our tour of Cantabria last August, very kindly produced by member Ross Ord. We hope that all our regular TT members and those who came with us on the tour will join us for a ...

The next Travellers Tales’ presentation will be “Round the Horn, Part 1”, by John Reynolds.

Our Travellers' Tales presentation on Tuesday 7th November will be given by John Reynolds, who will be entertaining us all with his talk about Round the Horn and back in time for hot chocolate and rum! Venue: The Javea Players' Studio, near Mercadona on the road leading up to the ...

From Fiji to Papúa New Guinea by Rosalind Miranda Part II

Rosalind will be giving the second part of her talk given in March about the four-year sail that she took around the western Pacific on her small yacht many years ago. All history now! You don't have to have heard the first part to enjoy this one. Rosalind had talked ...