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....

On what turned out to be a bright, mild winter´s day after fears of rain, (it really does shine on the righteous!), we held our 2nd Xalo Christmas fayre on the rastro on Sunday 30th November.

97 guests turned out in their finest for our annual Christmas party at Vall de Pop restaurant in Lliber. The ladies sparkled and the men scrubbed up well with an array of Christmas shirts, sparkly bow...

As I write this, we have just completed the busiest period in our annual calendar of events. This started with the very successful Jalon Christmas Fayre on Sunday November 30th, followed by the Christ...

WOW!!!! 66 members joined us at Pepe´s in Alcalali on Friday 31st October for a ghoulish Halloween event and it was truly spectacular!

It was a delight to visit Restaurant Nou Portet, Murla this month. More of a delight was the beautiful weather allowing us to take our lunch on their terrace. Sixteen ladies all enjoyed good food, dri...

Dear Members,

We have had a busy couple of weeks, starting with our fabulous Halloween event at Pepe´s in Alcalali. You will find a write-up and photos later in this newsletter which show the incredibl...

We started walking again in September, after our two month break during the hot months of July and August. It was still pretty hot, so we started our walks at 0830 to avoid the hottest part of the day...