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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 Photo Group One - December 2021
by Tim Wright - 17:34 on 15 December 2021
Nine of us met in the Computer Room at Dounby and enjoyed a nostalgic look at our 3 day trip to Lairg and surrounds. Not many of the 150 photos were duplicates although the Eco Boat house, the Stag and the Alladale Estate House were the most popular subjects. The biggest laugh was for the Romantic Bridge photos from Bi. We still can't work out the romance of this particular bridge.
We then looked at the "Stone" project photos. Lots of discussion over an excellent selection of photos, but my favourite was the Stone Couple in the moonlight by Bi. Then we had coffee and cakes courtesy of Barbara and Hilary. To finish off we had an Orkney Photo Quiz for a nice bottle of wine. It was a close call but Sally piped Bi and Hilary to the fizz on 30 points to their 29. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable morning. Many thanks to Hilary for arranging the venue and the trip to Lairg.
The next meeting will be Wednesday 19th Jan. Various ideas were put forward as to what we would do, but nearer the date all will be revealed. With the Covid escalating we might have to meet outside or maybe not at all. Anyway keep the date free and I will let you know nearer the time.
The project this month is "Food". Everything from ingredients, cooked, uncooked, on the plate or off the plate, whatever you think. However no photos of people with their mouth full, nor bulls on the field being passed off as steak !
Happy Christmas, Tim.
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