I took advantage of another nice day and walked the hills behind St Clair where there are plenty of great views. Today I walked 12 streets
183. Highgrove
184 Clayton Street
185. Sutcliffe Street
186. Aberdeen Street
187. Ravenswood Road
188. Seaview Terrace
189. Kew Place
190. Ponton Street
191. Earls Road
192. Lock Street
193. Erskine Place
I also walked part of a number of other streets but I don't get to count these until I have completed them. The first street I walked down was Isadore Road and onto Highgrove and from here I could see the ruins of Cargills Castle. Cargills Castle was built in 1877 for Edward Cargill who died in 1903 when it was sold and has had several owners over the last 100 years. Sadly the castle is in ruins with no public access.
Highgrove is also the first street that I have walked with a paving stone footpath. It is a nice change from the normal asphalt. Highgrove also has nice street lights similar to parts of Waverley that I have already walked.
After the relative flat of Highgrove and Sutcliffe Street it was onto the hilly streets with the residents of Ravenswood Street getting great views looking over the beach and South Dunedin. It is great to look out and know that I have walked all the streets that I can see, even those on the hills in the distance
During all of my walk today, I was rewarded with great views of the city including this view from Middleton Road showing the city from a different angle to what I have previously seen it.
There were a couple of interesting things I saw on my walk today. The first is this donation box for Cargills Castle and also this telephone cabinet painted to represent a stamp.
I also came across this mirror at the bottom of Easter Crescent where it joins Seaview Terrace and thought I would have some fun taking a 'selfie'.
Distance walked: 9.2 km Walking time 1 hr 47 mins
Total distance: 133.3 km Total walking 24 hr 17 mins
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