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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 Music Group
by Angela - 11:21 on 09 May 2018
U3A Music Group's report
We last met on Monday the 7th and Ally had chosen " Woodwind " as the theme-
I think we had examples of each instrument -except the piccolo and contra bassoon-and it was a varied and instructive morning-
Here follows is a selection of some of the items we listened to-
For solo bassoon-Yeni Makam-Turkish Folk music,Cor Anglais-Vasks -concerto,
For clarinet-the Banks of Green Willow,
Another clarinet-Aker Bilk-Petitm Fleur,Cor Anglais again-The Swan of Tuonela,
Vogelstimmen-played on a flute made from a wingbone of a swan-
Rhapsody in Blue-Gershwin and clarinet-
Pearl Fishers duet ,played on the flute by one of our members daughters-
Benda-Flute concerto,
Oboe-Mozart-and many more-
A super way to spend a dreary ( weather wise) Monday morning-listening to very good music and looking out on to beautiful views-plus home made malt loaf and excellent coffee!
We continue to meet the first Monday of the month-at 10-30 a.m.
We would like more members-so please try a session!
Angela
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