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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.
Scrabble Group Update
by Angela - 17:01 on 11 December 2015
SCRABBLE GROUP - DECEMBER
We wish everyone a healthy and happy Christmas-
Our most recent meeting was the 11th dec-after which we enjoyed a Christmas lunch at the Kirkwall hotel-
We continue to meet weekly-at alternate venues of Orphir and Randall-
and usually have three games going simultaneously = 10 people -
However ,we can always accomodate some more!
New words( to us),the reader probably already knows them!
Gurry-dog fight
Touquet-knitted hat
Poilu-french soldier
Embace or Embase-degrade
Exo-excellent
Yoni-female genitalia
Nurl or Knurl-small ridge
Zein-protein in maize
Jak-as Jack
Vireo-bird
Luz-supposedly unbreakable bone
Oke-turkish weight
Brei-speak with an uvular "R"
Reh-salty crusty surface on soil
Lupulin-resinous powder made from hops
Vly-Low lying wet ground
Piceous -relating to pitch.
Just a few -but I can never seem to use them ,once learned!
Angela
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