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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.
Photography Group Two - Oct 2016
by John Graham - 11:49 on 16 October 2016
We travelled to Hoy with motor on the 10am ferry to Lyness then headed in the glorious sunshine to Rinnigill, where we snapped away for a couple of hours. We had taken our lunchtime snacks with us; after all Rinnigill has very little in the Michelin star line!
Then we headed north west for the drive to Rackwick to get some rather different pictures than the rusty ones of the wartime remains at Rinnigill. The sun was still lovely when we reached Rackwick, although it was not warm. We spent another couple of hours here filling our camera memory cards with many, many pixels.
Then we headed back towards Lyness failing to resist calling in at the museum cafe! We reached Houton just about five after a lovely day on the island. It would be lovely if a few more of the U3A could come along with us.
Cheers for now, John
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