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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 Appreciation Group
by Angela - 21:29 on 08 March 2016
Our last meeting was on the 7th March (we always meet on the first Monday of the month) and out theme was Seafarers,Sea and Fishers-
As usual we listened to a varied selection-some oldies and some new to us-making it an interesting and informative time-
Sea Shanties-Opera,Instrumental, Songs and Soloists
Here follows some of the works we heard-
Bizet-the Pearl Fishers-
The Iona Boat song-
Penguin Egg,Nic Jones-
Shenandoah sung by Mark Padmore-
De Falla-Fishermans Song-
Titanic Disaster -Pete Seager-
Paul Robeson singing River Keep away from my Door-
Shoals of Herring-Ewan MaColl
Greenland Whale Fishers-
Russian sailors Dance-Griere
Shenandoah-
Sea Fever-
and quite a few more-
Our next meeting is on the 4th April-at the Lea's residence-theme is yet to be decided.
You are invited to join us-
A. W.
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