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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.
U3A Walking Group
by Tim Wright - 17:34 on 04 May 2018
Thirteen intrepid souls set off in drizzle from Yesnaby to walk to
Skaill. The going was slippery but improved after half an hour when the
rain stopped. A stop for a break at the cairn above Skaill Bay gave us
good views, by then, south to the Old Man and north to the Kitchener
Memorial. We walked along the beach below Skara Brae looking up at the
hordes lined up at the ancient houses. Narrowingly avoiding getting our
feet wet, we arrived the car park ready for lunch at the Brewery. An excellent
start to the Group activities. The next meeting is planned to be at the
Gloup Car park to walk the Mull Head walk on 31st May at 10 am. More
instructions nearer the time.
Tim
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