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u3a Walking Group One - Mull Head, Deerness - 27 February, 2025
by Tim Wright - 02:47 on 28 February 2025
Ten of us made the journey to the Gloup Car Park today. The wind was moderate South Westerly but a large rain cloud was threatening. Luckily it missed us almost completely unlike my wife who was walking in Stromness and got soaked and then hailed on as an encore. We set off clockwise around the Mull Head walk to give us the least time walking into the wind. The toilets at the Visitor centre were operative which was useful for some. We passed East Denwick going along the road. 50 years ago as a young GP I used to visit two old men there. There was no road in those days and it was a hike along the tractor track or borrow a tractor from the farmer at the start of the track. One night I had to evacuate one of the old gents at 4 am on the flat bed tractor trailer in a hail shower. Further on we turned along the cliff towards the Trig point. A short stop there and then along to the Brough. The sun had come out by then although the path was muddy and damp in places. The path to the Brough is open again after the landslide but we didn't go up to view the chapel. Then it was past the Gloup to the Car park after a pleasant 3.5 mile walk. Seven of us then went to the Deerness Distillery for lunch.
The next walk will be on Friday March 28th. A time and place will be passed on nearer the day.
Keep moving,
Tim
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