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u3a Walking Group One - Aug 2023
by Tim - 19:25 on 04 August 2023
Fourteen of us met at the Fourth Barrier on a slightly cloudy but essentially dry morning .A 20 mph North Westerly was blowing as we set off across the sand .No Little Terns were seen but a number of Ring Plover were on the beach . Up past the concrete remains of a block ship that 40 years ago had our children jumping off it into the water and onto the road to Honeysgeo .There we looked at the Oyster Plants on the beach with their lovely blue flowers .Then up the road past the Head to the cliffs .We stopped and looked at the "Irene" wreck remains, infamous as the ship involved in the Longhope Lifeboat disaster .Further along the cliff we passed the Lead mine shaft ,now filled in .Then it was a short walk to Eastside Church . Half the company went back to the 4th barrier to reclaim their cars whilst the other half went to view the Millennium Stone on the shore . An excellent walk in reasonable weather for Orkney .
The next walk will be Thursday 31st August .
Keep moving ,
Tim
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