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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.
U3A Music Appreciation Group One - Feb 2020
by Glenys Alsop - 16:00 on 14 February 2020
The February meeting of Music Group One took place at Kate’s house on an extremely windy Monday, the 3rd. Gloria had chosen the month’s theme – ‘Music and Song a la Francaise’ – which resulted in a delightful morning of (as usual, for us all) a mix of well-known and not-at-all-known music, as follows:
‘Aurore’, by Sophie Read and Bruno Vates from the album ‘Green Leaf’;
Brahms’ ‘Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op 99’, played by Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim;
Django Reinardt and Stéphane Grapelli, with the Quintet of the Hot Club of Paris, playing ‘Swing from Paris’;
Berlioz, ‘The Roman Carnival Overture’ (‘Le Carnaval Romain);
Gounod, ‘Mors et Vita’;
Haydn, ‘Symphony No 85 in B flat major’ (‘La Reine’), the fourth of his six Paris Symphonies;
Satie, the first of his ‘Gymnopédies’, and ‘Gnossienne No 4’;
Francois Couperin, ‘Prelude’ from ‘Les Gout Réunis’;
Franck, ‘Cello Sonata in A’, played by Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim;
Debussy, ‘Pastorale’ from his ‘Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp’;
Edith Piaf, singing ‘Du matin jusqu’au soir’ and ‘Demain (il fera jour)’;
Claudin de Sermisy, ‘Tant que vivrai’, sung by The Scholars;
Albert Roussel, the ‘Allegro Scherzando’ from his ‘Symphony No 4’;
Lesley Garrett, singing ‘Pretty Little Star’ from Chabrier’s ‘L’Etoile’;
Fauré, the ‘Sanctus’ from his ‘Requiem’, sung by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
Couperin, ‘Les Moissonneurs’ (‘The Reapers’), played by the pianist Angela Hewitt.
The March meeting will be held at Jean’s house, and her choice of theme is: ‘Female Performers – Soloists’.
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