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Walking Group One 25th April 2024
Five hardy souls collected today at Happy Valley for the first Hill Walk of the year .The temperature was cool with a North Easterly wind blowing and a hint of rain on arrival.
Off we set heading towards Russadale Quarry, spotting a Buzzard on the way.Turning into the footpath we remained sheltered from the wind all the way to the top of the hill.
The sun was out at the Quarry and a Greenshank was feeding at the edge of the Lochan. Then it was up the Peat road to the summit with spectacular views across Stenness and Harray Lochs, plus a view of the Closed Road beyond the Watch Stone. On the other side we looked over the Flow and down towards the Oil Platform and South Ronaldsay
Then it was back down after a stop for a snack and finally a walk around Happy Valley itself. The Daffodils planted by James and others were looking lovely and the Bluebells are days away from opening. Then it was on to a well deserved lunch at the Pier Cafe, having walked 4 miles and gone up 800 feet (and down again )
The next walk will be on Friday 24th May and hopefully more hills and views.
Keep moving.
Music Group - 1st August
by Angela - 14:37 on 03 August 2016
We met on Monday the 1st August-chez Glenys who had chosen for her topic" Performers who have performed here in Orkney",Over the years we have had many world class players visit here-and it was great to remember and to hear anecdotes of their visits-
A small selection of the performers we listened to were -
Evelyn Glennie,James Galway,Glasgow Phoenix Choir,Edie Drever,the Wallace Collection,Greg Lawson,the Boyer Ensemble of Kiev.Emma Kirkby,Ailish Tynan,Chris Stout,
So interesting was the meeting ,we decided to continue with the same topic next time,which will be ,as usual,on the first Monday of the month( September)
An added bonus was Glenys"s scrumptious chocolate cake !
If you enjoy good company,music (all kinds),and interesting chat-do join us!
angela
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