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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.
Music Group
by Allan Way - 19:51 on 18 May 2015
The Music Group met last, onthe 4th May, and our theme, chosen by Allan was "Seasons"-
Among our selections we listened to
The last Rose of Summer,
Appalachian Spring,
Spring is at the door,
Part of the Song of the Earth,
The Drunkard in Spring,
Spring time in Angus,
Autumn Leaves,
Spring Sonata,
Here comes Summer,
Summer of "42,
Summertime,
Winter from King Arthur,
Vivaldi Winter,
and others-
Our next meeting is on the 1st of June-
when our theme, chosen by Ally will be-Moon and Planets and Stars
It is quite a challenge as we are limited to time - we do play bits of longer items but as a rule we prefer the whole shorter piece.
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