The Youth Club for Grown-Ups
Due to some problems with the A & H group loud speaker I have had to delay the scheduled talk on the History of the Automobile and replace it with The History of Natural and Man -Made Glass I first gave this talk eight years ago so, hopefully, new members will not have heard it […]
5:30pm doors open, for 6:00pm start (ends 7:55pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen […]
Walk leaders: Alex & Elaine DurationFull: 1 hr 25. (6 kms) / Avoid Deep Gorge: 1 hr 10. (5.2 kms)Meeting PointCumbre Del Sol calle Dalias behind the Information Centre (Benitachell side).GPS: 38°43’43.2″N 0°09’47.5″E Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance : 5 kmfull 6 km / short 5,2 kmTerrainWalking SurfaceSome rough gravel tracks. […]
Walk leaders: Alex & Elaine DurationFull: 1 hr 25. (6 kms) / Avoid Deep Gorge: 1 hr 10. (5.2 kms)Meeting PointCumbre Del Sol calle Dalias behind the Information Centre (Benitachell side).GPS: 38°43’43.2″N 0°09’47.5″E Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance : 5 kmfull 6 km / short 5,2 kmTerrainWalking SurfaceSome rough gravel tracks. […]
Walk leaders: Mike & Valerie DurationFull: 1 hr 30 mins incl stops. (approx 4.8 kms). Short: 1 hr incl stops. (approx 4.2 kms).Meeting PointParcent, Restaurant Tramonti. Carretera de Pego-Benidorm,16, 03792 Parcent, AlicantePark Opposite the of the restaurant. GPS: 38° 44.652′ N 000° 04.114′ WUse View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance : 4,8 kmVia […]
A day trip to Alicante Alicante is a vibrant port city about an hour and a half from Moraira by coach. We will be dropped near the elevator which goes up to the Castle of Santa Barbara. The castle opens at 10.00 am, entrance is free and the easiest access is via the elevator (free […]
Walk leaders: Mike & Valerie DurationFull: 1 hr 30 mins incl stops. (approx 4.8 kms). Short: 1 hr incl stops. (approx 4.2 kms).Meeting PointParcent, Restaurant Tramonti. Carretera de Pego-Benidorm,16, 03792 Parcent, AlicantePark Opposite the of the restaurant. GPS: 38° 44.652′ N 000° 04.114′ WUse View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance : 4,8 kmVia […]
Speaker: Rosalind Miranda Edward Hopper, the best-known American realist of the inter-war period, painted the world as an alienating, often vacuous place, with everyone in his works appearing terribly alone. Many of his paintings are instantly recognisable.What is less known is that his wife of 43 years, Josephine Nivison Hopper, was famous as an […]
5:30pm doors open, for 6:00pm start (ends 7:55pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from […]
Walk leaders: Mike & A Volunteer Next to the Information Centre opposite the Aleluya Bar in Jalon , Av. del Rey Juan Carlos I, 51, 03727 Jalón, Alicante. GPS: 38°44’37.3″N 0°01’01.2″W Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Distance : 4,1 kmAround the valley of Val de PopWalking SurfaceAlmost flat and mainly tarmac roads with […]
Walk leaders: Mike & A Volunteer Next to the Information Centre opposite the Aleluya Bar in Jalon , Av. del Rey Juan Carlos I, 51, 03727 Jalón, Alicante. GPS: 38°44’37.3″N 0°01’01.2″W Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Distance : 4,1 kmAround the valley of Val de PopWalking SurfaceAlmost flat and mainly tarmac roads with […]
Walk leaders: Jacqui & Andy Meeting PointAmanecer Restaurant on La Plana, Carretera Cabo San Antonio, 2, 03730 Xàbia, Alicante. GPS: 38°48’12.5″N , 0°09’48.4″EWalking Route Distance : 4 kmsAround the roads and paths, passing the windmills.Terrain Walking Surface Roads and paths. Path to the Windmills is quite rocky.Ascent Mostly flat. Modest hills.Directions to Meeting PointFrom Moraira:Take the road to Benitachell, […]
Walk leaders: Jacqui & Andy Meeting PointAmanecer Restaurant on La Plana, Carretera Cabo San Antonio, 2, 03730 Xàbia, Alicante. GPS: 38°48’12.5″N , 0°09’48.4″EWalking Route Distance : 4 kmsAround the roads and paths, passing the windmills.Terrain Walking Surface Roads and paths. Path to the Windmills is quite rocky.Ascent Mostly flat. Modest hills.Directions to Meeting PointFrom Moraira:Take the road to Benitachell, […]
Speaker: Alan Hunton Serendipity is a remarkable phenomenon which describes a most beneficial outcome achieved purely by chance. We will see that a significant number of scientific discoveries throughout history have been made by mistake; such that the intended result failed but the unintended consequence was so dramatic and useful to society that the researcher […]
5:00pm doors open, for 5:30pm start (ends 7:45pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and […]
