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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.
Photography Group 1 - Oct 2018
by Tom Nimmo - 20:26 on 24 October 2018
10 photographers drove through the greyness, wind and rain to their U3A photo group meet at St. Margaret’s Hope.
They drove home once more through the greyness, wind and rain.
In between they had an excellent outing in “The Hope” finding the 16 listed items on Tom’s list. Their photography was bracketed by coffee and cakes at Robertson’s and lunch at The Sands in Burray.
The weather stayed dry as they wandered between Front Road and Back Road ticking off the things on their lists. Green doors, crow stepped gables and corrugations were captured as the sun came out and blue sky appeared. Concentration and determination were etched on the faces of the group as they worked hard to complete their task which was voted a success by all.
After lunch, photos from previous trips to Eday, Honeysgeo and Newark were viewed. The Eday submarine once again surfaced among the images. An excellent capture of a Sandmartin at Honeysgeo was admired as was an image of a somewhat camp seal that waved half-heartedly to the camera. Newark provided a selection of Natural History images including Dunlin, a seal, a turnstone, black backed gulls and 2 sanderling along with seaviews and views of Copinsay.
Autumn was last month’s theme and its bright colours of reds and gold and yellows and lime greens were shown in images of leaves and trees from across the whole of Britain. Blackberries and rosehips as well as a huge variety of squashes of all shapes sizes and colours added to the Autumn colourfest. Yellow hosta leaves and a cute squirrel tucking into its nutty dinner were also admired.
As always, a great variety of images from many viewpoints was on offer.
The next meeting is to be at The Highland Park Distillery and Tim will convey more details about this soon.
The theme this month is “Fruit and Vegetables”
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