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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.
Chairman'sBlog 18
by Unknown - 17:58 on 29 September 2013
CHAIRMAN’S BLOG 18
28 SEPTEMBER 2013
The Committee met on 23 September and although we were few in number we managed to get through a fair bit of business. The main items covered were:
1. Membership tidied up – we had a number who had not paid their subscription for the current year and following a letter to each had still not responded, so sadly we have removed them from the list.
2. The Quiz is planned for Thursday 5 December in the MacGillivray Room and there will be more publicity nearer the time. Obviously if there is insufficient interest we will have to cancel it.
3. I am delighted to record that the Asha charity raised £230 at the August meeting.
4. The Christmas meal is booked for 12 December in the Kirkwall Hotel. To avoid confusion, those wishing drinks will be able to get them and pay for them at the bar and teas and coffees will be included with the meal choice.
5. A first shot at next year’s programme has been drafted so watch this space. Meantime any ideas and volunteers to talk will be gratefully received
6. There is some interest shown in a Writing Group so if anyone wishes to join or get some further thoughts perhaps they could contact Kate Barrett at the next meeting.
We have a slight glitch in the programme for the next meeting. John Ross Scott cannot now make it and has been deferred until November so I am currently trying to juggle a replacement.
I have been asked about restarting the Archaeology Group which has been pretty well inactive since I took over as Chairman in 2011. I did try to find someone else to run the Group at the time but that proved unsuccessful and since then no-one has come forward to take the Group on and I have had too much else to do both as Chairman and personally to devote the time needed to run Archaeology properly.
I stand down at the next AGM in March 2014 and I am happy to see if we can resume activity in Archaeology. Obviously if someone is willing to take over I will be more than pleased to step aside. So with this in mind, would anyone interested in the Archaeology Group, drop me a mail please. It would be helpful if you indicate days when you are not able to get along to a session – indoors or out – so we can plan accordingly as well as any areas of interest in Archaeology that you have. Subject to the level of interest I will aim to set up a meeting.
Richard
28 September 2013
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