Day Thirty Eight Balmacewan

The weather and life have stopped me from getting out walking for a week and I was pleased to have blue sky today.  I walked 12 streets today

486. Dudley Place
487. Stonelaw Terrace
488. Brownville Crescent
489. Spylaw Street
490. Passmore Crescent
491. Grater Street
492. Sim Street
493. Prestwick Street
494. Pilkington Street
495. Cannington Road
496. Cairnhill Street
497. Braeview Crescent

I started by walking along Cannington Road towards Prospect Park.  It was good to get glimpses of Pine Hill from between the houses and I was really enjoying walking the streets again. 

 

Prestwick Street is a good street to walk along as it has great views looking towards Wakari.  I have walked none of the streets that I could see. 

I walked down (and back up) part of Balmacewan Road.  There are good views of Flagstaff (the hill in the background) from Balmacewan Road.  Flagstaff is a popular walking area and has some of the best views of the city. 

Balmacewan Road is unusual in that it dissects the Balmacewan Golf Course (at the bottom of the hill in the photo above).  Golfers need to stop playing, pick up their golf ball and clubs to cross the road to and continue playing. 

After Balmacewan Road, I walked along Pilkington Street past John McGlashan College, a state intergrated high school for boys.  John McGlashan College was opened in 1918 and is named after John McGlashan who was a Presbyterian lawyer, politician  and educationalist.  

Part of the school borders Cannington Road where I could see sports teams practicing on the school fields. 

The last street I walked today was Braeview Crescent and I was rewarded with fantastic views looking down to Leith Valley and over to Pine Hill where I am looking forward to walking more streets.

There were a few interesting parts of my walk today.  The first is this 'public art' on the side of a garage.  I am enjoying discovering all these hidden paintings around the city. 

Braeview Crescent is a hidden gem of a street with houses on both ends and in the middle is a narrow, winding street with trees closing in. 

There are gaps in the trees of Braewview Crescent and it is easy to see how the town belt curls around Ross Creek, under Pine Hill and finishing at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens.  Dunedin is very green looking from this part of the city.

Distance walked:  7.1 km      Walking time  1 hr 19 mins    

Total distance: 316.4 km       Total walking  59 hr 28 mins