Day Thirty One Roslyn

 I enjoyed my walk today and despite being on the hill, it was reasonably easy walking .  Today I walked 16 streets.

410. Epsilon Street
411. Gamma Street
412. Northview Crescent
413. Delta Street
414. Beta Street
415. Belgrave Crescent
416. Lundie Street
417. Gowry Place
418. Ann Street
419. Charlotte Street
420. Sheen Street
421. Scarba Street
422. Leven Street
423. Kilgour Street
424. Lawson Street
425. Bruce Street

I started by walking along Highgate and the first point of interest I passed is the World Mission Society Church of God. This church was sold to a Korean religious group in 2012 after the Roslyn and Maori Hill parishes merged.  I have been able to see this church from many parts of the city and it was good to finally get to walk past it. 

From the church it wasn't far till I was onto Epsilion Street and then the next few streets followed on the Greek alphabet theme.  From Gamma Street, I walked along Northview Crescent, and the name suggests that there will be a good view and I am pleased to say that Northview Crescent has a great view of Wakari and Flagstaff.  I have not walked on any of these streets yet.

As I made my way along Highgate the streets became narrower as I  worked my way through the streets behind the Roslyn Shopping Centre.  Part of the shopping centre is the old Roslyn Fire Station which is no longer a fire station and has been converted to a coffee shop.  

Once past the Roslyn Fire Station I was walking the streets on the other side of Highgate where the residents get good views looking towards the harbour. 

As I neared the end of my walk I walked along Lawson Street which is a short street that borders the Belleknowes Golf Club.  It is worth stopping here as the views are superb.

There were a few interesting things I saw on my walk today.  I passed two painted telephone cabinets.  The first is this one at the top of Falcon Street which commemorates Robert Falcon Scott and the  British Antarctic Expedition that he led to the South Pole 

 

And there is this telephone cabinet painted in commemoration of Dunedin becoming a UNESCO Creative City of Literature.  The people painted on the cabinet are writers and poets who had a connection with Dunedin at sometime in their life. 

I saw this lovely gate that matches the house behind it and I also spotted this sign that was awarded to  Highgate in 1994 for being the champion non-grass verge long street.  This is the first of these signs I have seen but then it is nearly 30 years old so maybe other winning streets have not kept their signs.

Distance walked:  9.2 km      Walking time  1 hr 44 mins    

Total distance: 269.6 km       Total walking  50 hr 32 mins