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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 - October 2019
by Tim Wright - 17:32 on 11 October 2019
One day the Weather Gods will look favourably upon us and we will have a dry and sunny walk. However today they were on holiday and for the eleven of us meeting at the Palace car park in Birsay they made their intentions clear very early on.
We walked down to the Brough car park and along to Skipi Geo. The fishermens' hut was being repaired but no possible rain shelter. A small group of Snow Buntings was seen along the path followed by fly past of three Whooper Swans. Turning back at the top of the Northside Geo we headed back by the road to the cars. We then headed to the Smithfield for a good warming lunch, damp but not discouraged.
The next walk will be Thursday 7th November by which date it will probably be snowing, knowing our luck !
Tim
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