Having postponed due to bad weather earlier in the month, we certainly couldn’t have wished for it to be hotter on Sunday 24th May for our Spring fayre and car boot sale.

48 Members arrived for our first U3A trip to Novelda.  A town in Alicante Province important for quarries and mines of marble, limestone, silica, clay and gypsum.  It is a major centre of the marble i...

Friday 29^th May saw 130 u3a members, Paws supporters and friends gather in our garden for a quintessentially English afternoon tea on a rather hotter than English day!

The garden was bedecked with gaze...

Dear Members,

Our General Assembly on 4th June was the last before our summer break. At the end of a short and routine business meeting we invited Linda Burns (our newsletter editor and committee membe...

Wednesday April 8th, 3pm saw a full and buzzing La Palmera Bar/Restaurant Jalon hosting over 20 members of the Friendship and Support Group enjoying a special Easter Treat.

On 30 April 12 of us gathered at the recently refurbished Verd I Vent restaurant, on the Bernia outside Jalon. They placed us all on one long table in a new room at the back. Conversation flowed and w...

Our May General Assembly was a real test of our adaptability as an organisation when we learned at short notice that, for reasons outside our control, the Maskeraid drama group would be unable to ente...

On Easter Monday Sally and Peter Ellis and Marian White kindly delivered a large donation of food and drink goodies to the volunteer bomberos based in Castell de Castells.

22 members enjoyed a fabulous lunch at the lovely Val de Pop restaurant in Lliber for the March Dining Experience.

Like everyone in the room at our April General Assembly I was fascinated listening to Don and Katherine from Euro Goat Trekkers tell the remarkable and moving story of how they and their animals all f...

This month eighteen ladies took a visit back to Restobar El Quixote in Orba. Where Flavio and his team looked after us very well.

What a fabulous Valentine´s night was enjoyed at Pepe´s with the brilliant Steve Marks entertaining us.

Despite the heavy rain a good number of members attended the March General Assembly and our Annual General Meeting. Once the formal meetings finished, they were rewarded by fascinating talks from two ...

At our February General Assembly we enjoyed a very interesting and informative talk from representatives of the Red Cross, Pedro Dominguez and Charo, the local Director, who talked about the many serv...

On 28th January 25 members visited A Lot restaurant in Moraira on a bright but blustery day with the waves crashing in across the road from the restaurant.

This was a new try for many of us but came hi...

Dear Members,

We had another successful General Assembly this month. The room was full again, Marian White kindly decorated the tables, Paul Corazzo serenaded us with some Dean Martin and other classic...

On Wednesday 10th December 2025, 21 of our members enjoyed a lovely festive lunch at the bistro El Taller in Jalon. The food and atmosphere was great and everyone enjoyed it very much.

Santa/Papa Noel paid a very welcome visit to the children of Murla school on Thursday 18th December with a sack full of sweets for the children (and staff!).

Dear Members,

President’s Message – “Your u3a Needs You”

Happy New Year! I hope that 2026 can be as happy and healthy for everyone as we can reasonably expect at our age.

The u3a Vall del Pop team was established a few years ago to raise funds for local charities in need by way of holding fundraising events. It does not receive any money from members´ or central funds....