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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.
Music Appreciation Group
by Angela - 11:23 on 05 May 2017
Meets on the first Monday of the month-at 10-30 a.m.
For our May meeting - a member had chosen " Women "s Voices" ,as our theme-and we ,as usual,enjoyed listening to a varied mix-
Also ,as we always do-we were introduced to new ( to some of us)artists and musical knowledge.
among the items we listened to were---
Jean Redpath-singing Burns songs
Leontyne Price,Eva Cassidy,Kathleen Ferrier,Gina Cigna,Mahalia Jackson,and Montserrat Cabelle.
One of our members sang for us a song she had translated from the Spanish by Frey Luis de Leon-she has a lovely voice and it was the highlight of the meeting-
We also listened to Emma Kirkby ,music by Hildagaard of BingenJessie Norman,and Joan Baez.
Each of the members talk about their choice-a bit of background ,why they chose it-and some interesting facts .
Our next meeting is in June -the 5th -when our choice is still "Women"-but widening the theme to composers as well as instrumentalists and voices.
We are hoping some new members of the U3A will come and "try us out".
Angela
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