Well, only two really.
Here are some photos I took at Happy Valley after we had got over the shock of encountering the stoat killers.
Obviously the draw at this time of the year is the bluebells, but there were plenty of daffodils still out.
Blue, pink AND white!
the place seems a lot lighter than usual. maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the late arrival of leaves on the trees.
would be arty-crafty photo of moss on tree trunk!
new carved stone. there were a few of these dotted about
a perfect 'Enid Blyton' den!
the elusive (on Orkney) running water that isn't just field drainage!
It's a lovely place for a gentle walk and one I shall miss.
After we left Happy Valley we continued on to the Ring of Brodgar, not that we particularly wanted to see that again but in case any of the World Heritage Site Ranges were there. A friend of ours, who retired as a Ranger at the end of last summer died very suddenly a couple of weeks ago and we were hoping to find someone who could tell us something about a funeral/memorial service. By the time we got to the Ring the Rangers had packed up and gone for the day and we're still no wiser about any memorial service. We sort of hope there will be one, and before we leave Orkney so that we can attend. Since we had flogged all the way from the Ring car park, which is not as near to the actual site as you might think, we did have a wander around the Ring itself, not nearly as interesting as it used to be when you could walk wherever you liked and actually touch the stones, not a thing you're allowed to get close enough to do these days. And although I have many many photographs of the Ring of Brodgar I couldn't resist taking a few more. At least the place wasn't full of cruise ship hordes.
That looks like a lovely walk - good weather for it, too
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