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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.
Photo Group One - Feb 2016
by Tim Wright - 18:41 on 24 February 2016
Eleven of us braved the forecast snow and ice and made it to Herston in lovely sunshine but chilly winds. The old wrecked and moldering wooden boats provided lots of photo opportunities as did the decaying Hiker's Hostel complete with a covering of Ivy. We looked through the windows of the old Skerries Supply shed and lots of old fashioned life jackets were visible. A wander along the front was cut short by a sudden snow shower. Then off to Hoxa just in time to see a fully laden tanker being herded out by a couple of tugs and a pilot boat.
Lunch was taken at the Sands Hotel and the "Transport" photos were perused. An amazing variety of transport was on display from old and new bicycles, motorbikes with two and three wheels, cars old and new, horses and, traps, planes modern and ancient, boats recent and much missed (St Ola ), trains and trams; but I did like the punts on the river going in all sorts of directions. Thank you to all who took part in this excellent exercise of ingenuity.
The next meeting is at Warbeth, meeting at the cemetery at 11 am on Wednesday 23rd March with the intention of going to the beach and where ever else we want to wander Lunch will probably be taken at The Standing Stones about 12.30 or so.
The project for the month is "Emergence/New Life" showing flowers, lambs, babies and anything else you can think of that might fit the theme.
Keep clicking, Tim.
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