Run 931 – Return to Valbonne!
Date: Sunday 23rd February 2020
Time: 10:00 for 10:30 start
Hare: Supermarket Trolley
Where: Large Overflow Car Park in Valbonne, below main Car Park
HHHi Fellow Hashers
Meeting point: Large Overflow Car Park in Valbonne, below main Car Park
Time: 10h for 10h30 start
Hare: Supermarket Trolley
Email: sheila.wason@bayer.com mobile: 06.14.67.79.87
The meeting point will be the overflow car park (big open space where the circus is located in August and firework displays take place), just below the main car park with row of shops including a Pharmacy, in the centre of Valbonne. It is the same car park we used for the New Year’s Day Hash in 2017. We will meet at the top of the car park between the two sets of stairs, with the Post Office at the top of the stairs to the left, leading to the main car park.
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The restaurant will be the Kashmir Indian Restaurant (the original Indian Restaurant) in the centre of the village, at 13h30. There will be a slection of starters and main dishes to share and will include meat, fish and vegetarian dishes, nan bread and pilau rice. Cost of the meal 20 Euros (does not include drinks)
Please confirm if you are staying for the meal no later than midday on Thursday 20 February.
Directions
If you are approaching Valbonne from the A8, exit at junction 44 (Antibes), take the Route du Parc (D103), in the direction of Grasse/Valbonne/Sophia Antipolis. Go straight over the traffic lights as you pass Sophia Antipolis, go straight over the next roundabout with several large wooden arches and the next much smaller roundabout, approximately 2 km further on. At the third roundabout (Forum roundabout, off which is the Bleu Lavande and Brittain’s Homestores), signposted Valbonne to the right, Plascassier straight ahead and Cannes to the left, take the right exit to Valbonne, Route de Cannes (D3). Approximately 1.5 km down this road, just after a little bridge, you will see the entrance to the car park on the left. If you pass John Taylor Estate Agent on the right, you have gone too far.
If you are approaching Valbonne on the Valbonne-Biot road, Route de Valbonne (D4), as you are approaching Valbonne you will pass the Stade Leon Chabert on the right, at the next roundabout signposted Rouquefort to the right, Valbonne straight on and cimetiere to the left, take the left exit, Avenue de Pierrefeu, 1km down this road you will pass the cimetiere on the right, 600m further on you will see the Church on the left, 50m later at the tee-junction, turn left onto the Route de Cannes (D3), after passing the Mairie and John Taylor Estate Agent on the left, turn into the car park on the right.
If you are coming from the Opio direction on the Route de Cannes (D3), at the tee-junction as you enter Valbonne, turn right, go across the top of the village, straight over the traffic lights, go over the zebra crossing and the turning to the left for the main car park, soon after you will see a turning to the left for the car park where we will meet.
By public transport, get the train to Antibes or Biot, then the No. 10 bus. From Antibes train station, cross the footbridge to the Pole Echanges, No. 10 bus (direction Valbonne village) leaves at 9h arriving in Valbonne at 9h39. From Biot Station, bus stop is 50 m to the left, No. 10 bus (direction Valbonne village) leaves at 9h13 arriving in Valbonne at 9h39. The next bus leaves at 9h55 from Antibes Pole Echanges at 9h55 and Biot Station at 10h09, but does not arrive in Valbonne until 10h36.
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Email: sheila.wason@bayer.com mobile: 06.14.67.79.87
