The Time of the Season…..The Loch of Ayre Broch…..
by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 03 June 2025
The Time of the Season….
I haven’t walked the full circuit from our house for a good while, and thought it’s the time of year to do so to see the spring flowers and new life in general. So we did this walk….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/04/25/walking-out-from-the-house-again/
…in reverse.
In the ditch by the road to the Bay of Hinderayre - the first Flaggers I’ve seen this year…..
And a bank of fresh, new Ferns….
By the shore, Thrift….
Along the track, and turning up from the Kirkyard - young heifers, interested as usual…
Walking up the track to the T-junction, Purple Vetch…..
A bank of Buttercups
And a lovely clump of Red clover…
By the track down to the Hall of Rendall, Birds-foot Trefoil…..
Bullocks, with Gairsay in the back-ground…
A single magnificent Fern…
Then, by the little path to the Doocot, a patch of mixed Ladies-Smock, Orchids, Daisies and Buttercups….
Plus Horse-tails…..
And - could be Water-cress or could be Fools-cress - it fooled us!…
On the way back, by the side of the main road, an old stone stile which we’ve never noticed before…
– there’s always something new to see!
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The Loch of Ayre Broch…..
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/06/02/loch-ayre-talk/
It's mostly the walk - but I do mention the Broch.....
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