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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 - 13 July 2022
by Tim Wright - 19:38 on 13 July 2022
At lunch time the weather looked poor with rain and low cloud, but by the time eight of us met in St Mary's the rain had stopped. The sun eventually made an appearance and the cloud dispersed too..we set off along the shore to the Loch.
Some went further along the shore looking for young terns and others tried out the new bird hide on the lochside. Others did the full lochside walk which is now well kept with excellent duck boards and plastic grating underfoot. A pair of swans and seven cygnets were the most eye catching of the waterfowl.
Others headed then back to the pier and took photos of the large graffiti that some vandal has painted on the stone wall below the old fishing house. Then it was off to the Sound Archives for some of us for tea cakes and perusal of photos.
"Yellow" was the project and seemed to hit a cord with everyone. Among the photos that we viewed were some very vibrant pictures from Canada from Hilary with an enormous yellow truck and trailer the most interesting. Jeanie had a rather obese subject with a large yellow plastic bag in his hand probably not full sensible diet foodstuffs. David had a very yellow GPO stone sign as well as a danger of electrocution sign as well. Steve had some excellent yellow plants with the colour picked out against a muted background.
Almost everyone had a yellow flower of some sort with myself and Barbara both having the same Turk's Head type Lilly flower head. Gillian too had yellow flowers.
The next meeting will be on Wednesday 17th August meeting at Warbeth Cemetery to go down around the beach, probably in the afternoon but I will make a decision nearer the time depending on weather and if there is an internment planned.
The Project is "Ruins and Wrecks".
Keep clicking, Tim.
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