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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
by Angela - 19:35 on 15 May 2016
The U3A scrabble group continues to meet each Friday at 10 a.m.-though not all members attend weekly-
Still ,we average three games being played at the same time-
Below I have included some words new ( to some of us)
teme-team
wenny-cyst
stilet-wire to stiffen a flexible canula
samel-brick not sufficentky fired
mammee-tropical tree
wents-paths
keb-to miscarry ot reject a lamb
airt-point of a compass
ick-expression of disgust
deil-devil
chon-Korean monetary unit
vimen-long flexible shoot that forms in some plants
dawt-fondle
yuked-itched
doona-large quilt
kittel-white garment in Jewish rituals
yod-Hebrew letter
blay-small brown fish
roate-archaic form of rote
and so on!
The group now has a dozen members-
And we vary in ability-
Usually we play 2-3 games-with an interval of coffee and fruit
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