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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 Cinema Group - October 2023
by Keith Ramsay - 13:46 on 16 October 2023
Well, a select band of cinema-goers convened on Monday at the Picky to watch ‘A Haunting in Venice’, based on an Agatha Christie novel that hadn’t been filmed before. None us had read the book, and film reviews were mixed so we took the plunge & went anyway……
In truth, we were disappointed. With such a great cast, we expected more. We all agreed that Kenneth Branagh doesn’t make a good Poirot, even though he clearly thinks otherwise! The only ‘real’ Poirots were Peter Ustinov & David Suchet! The film was very dark (both lighting-wise & content-wise) and we were all accustomed to the more light-hearted ‘murder mystery’ approach of earlier adaptations. The plot was the same as every other Agatha Christie novel : collect a seemingly random bunch of strangers with hidden secrets together, get one of them murdered, & then let Poirot sort it out. And so it was, but in a disjointed way.
Still, we had a good couple of hours in the cinema, followed by interesting discussions over the inevitable coffee afterwards. We all agreed it was a good inaugural get together & are looking forward to the next one. There’s some interest in seeing ‘Barbie’ which looks like fun, and we won’t feel so out of place if we”re in a group! And nobody can see us if we’re in the dark……
Watch this space…..
All the best, hope to see you at the next meeting.
Keith
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