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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 Appreciation Group One - July 2019
by Glenys Alsop - 13:08 on 05 July 2019
Kate’s house was the venue for the July meeting of Music Appreciation Group One, held on Monday the 1st.
It was to be John’s choice of music, and he had chosen “Water” (rivers, lakes, seas, etc), as his theme. For various reasons, the group on the day was a small one, but they produced a most enjoyable morning of music, as follows:
Vaughan Williams: ‘The Waves’, from his ‘A Sea Symphony’;
Fran Gray, Hoy: ‘Water Sound Shore’;
Voices of the Valley: ‘Sailing’;
A movement from Handel’s ‘Water Music’;
Enya: ‘A Day without Rain’;
Glasgow Orpheus Choir: ‘White Waves on the Water’;
Offenbach: The first movement of ‘Barcarolle’;
Two pieces by Percy Grainger: ‘Two Sea Shanties’, and ‘Shallow Brown’;
Emily Smith: ‘Roll on Lovely Doon’;
Andy Williams: ‘Moon River’;
Tony Bennett: ‘Come Rain or Shine’.
The venue and theme for the next meeting (to be held on Monday, August 5) has yet to be decided.
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