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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 1 - November 2021
by Glenys Alsop - 13:48 on 02 November 2021
Three members of Music Appreciation Group One met at Glenys’s house on Monday, 1 November and spent an enjoyable two hours listening to the following pieces of music (some on CD and some via YouTube), all by composers whose names began with the letter ‘P’.
Florence PRICE, Symphony No 3 in C minor, Juba: Allegro, BBC National of Wales,
Charles Hubert PARRY, Symphony No 2 in F major, III (Cambridge), RSNO
Arvo PART, Voces8. The Deer’s Cry
Sergey PROKOFIEV, Romeo and Juliet, Dance of the Knights, Valery Gergiev, LSO
Michael PRAETORIUS, Dances from Terpsichore, Voices of Music
Henry PURCELL, Music for a While, David Daniels – With Craig Ogden guitar
Giacomo PUCCINI, Musetta’s Waltz, from La Bohéme
PERGOLESI, Stabat Mater, Dolorosa, Gerard Lesne with soprano Veronique Gens
Charles Hubert PARRY, Symphony No 5 in B minor, Lento, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Symphonie Fantasia 1912 – published posthumously)
The next meeting, to be held on Monday, 6th November, will be at Angela’s house, and all being well, the theme will be: Composers, or compositions, beginning with the letter ‘Q’ (if possible!).
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