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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.
Chairmans Blog 8
by Unknown - 18:38 on 16 December 2012
CHAIRMAN’S BLOG 8
16 DECEMBER 2012
This, you’ll doubtless be relieved to learn, is going to be short. It’s simply to wish all the U3A members a Happy Christmas and a good New Year. I did say a few words at the Christmas lunch on Thursday and here I must repeat for the record, on behalf of those present our thanks and appreciation for Pam’s hard work in getting it organised. I think the Kirkwall did us pretty well and the company was grand too.
There is a little bit of U3A shop – Diana Preston’s play readers are back in business and they have an Alan Bennett play on the stocks. If we can, I would like to fit in an extra meeting in early February so that we can have the chance of hearing what they’ve done. Watch this space.
The programme for next year is taking shape and indeed I think we may have more ideas for talks and activities than spaces to fill. We plan to publish the programme at the AGM on 21 March when we will be electing a new Committee and officers and considering the constitution.
Otherwise at the risk of repeating myself the compliments of the season to you all and see you at the next general meeting in January when Alison Gunn from the CAB is coming to talk about the work of the bureau.
Richard Thomas
16 December 2012
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