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Yes, I know we have had several weeks of British Spring weather but I can assure you Spring is here and probably by the time you are reading this article our sun will have been returned and we will be enjoying beautiful sunshine once again. So, to get you in the mood for Easter the Vall del Pop U3A are having an Easter/Spring themed General Assembly on Thursday 7th April at the Polivalent Murla.
Please do not forget to bring along your donations for the Ukraine families who have had to seek refuge from the war in their home country and now are living in our area. They have had to abandon everything but the few things they could carry, so be generous or do an early Spring clean and donate all those items you have been hoarding for a rainy day to these deserving refugees.
After the usual association business there will be the "EGG -CITING " decorate your egg competition where we are hoping for all different sizes, from chicken eggs to chocolate eggs, with colourful and clever decorations.
The Spring theme is continued with a talk by Derek Lindley on his gardening exploits in Spain. Derek has been in Spain for nearly six years and has made a phased approach to preparing and planting his garden, many of you may have been following his articles in the Costa Blanca News. Derek is also a keen golfer and uses his writing skills to prepare the Pego Golf Society articles for the paper. All of this is a far cry from his ‘previous life’ in Project & Change Management for a UK High Street Electrical Retailer. Despite 25 years living in Leighton Buzzard he has still not lost his Yorkshire accent from his birthplace of Wakefield.
As someone who has been working for six years to generate an English garden from a rocky Spanish hillside I am looking forward to getting some tips to take forward.
Parking is available in the car park, which is signposted, and in adjacent roads.
PLEASE NOTE: The Ayuntamiento has requested that nobody park on the main road.
Directions
FROM ONDARA (ITV ROUNDABOUT)
• Follow CV731 to Orba, through Benidoleig.
• Continue through Orba and turn left at the Masymas junction, zeroing your tripometer.
• At the next roundabout, take the second exit, sign posted Parcent and BENIDORM.
• Pass the Gasorba petrol station (1.5kms) and continue up over the hill.
• Pass the Nou Portet restaurant (3.5kms) and at the next junction turn right, signposted Murla and Benigembla.
• Follow this winding road for 1.6kms, and you will find the Polivalent, a large grey and white building on the left, approximately 100m past the Murla signpost.
FROM JALON
• At the bridge coming out of Jalon, zero your tripometer
• @ 2.0km, turn left, T-junction signposted Parcent
• Take the first right, with CastellVi Restaurant on the right.
• Follow the road over the hills, and at the T-junction @ 4.2km, turn right, signposted Orba.
• @ 4.7km, turn left, signposted Murla and Benigembla - the bus garage is opposite the junction.
• Follow that winding road to Murla.
• @ 6.3km, you have reached the Polivalent in Murla. It is a large grey and white building on the left, approximately 100m past the Murla signpost.