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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 Angela - 20:41 on 06 July 2017
An Update of the U3A Music Group
Which last met on the 3rd of July-in Orphir-
Our theme this time was "Men",as the previous time we had selected "Women"-
With a break for coffee and Eccles cakes,we listened to a varied mix-
A few of the members had chosen Countertenors-as a result we had quite a few different voices in that range to listen to-
They included-Alfred Dellor,Max Emanuel Cencic,David Daniels and Tim Read-
Also heard were Peter Pears,Woodie Guthrie,Aled Jones,The Young Uns,Boccelli,Avital,Dick Gaughin (sp?),Andy Williams,and a historic piano played by Alec Cobbe from his large collection of antique pianos at Hatchlands Park in Surrey - This piano was once owned By Elgar-
The August meeting of the group will be in Orphir and we have chosen as our theme"Harps"-we have a couple of emebers who are students of the harp-we hope for a live performance one day!
We invite anyone who is interested in this subject to join us-try us out-we always learn something new-
We extend a welcome-it may be possible to give a lift from Kirkwall-
Angela
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