Day Eighty Four North East Valley

I didn't realise there were so many streets in North East Valley.  This is my third day walking the streets of North East Valley and today I walked 18 streets.

1052. Arnold Street
1053. Carlton Street
1054. Queensberry Street
1055. Chester Street
1056. Bouverie Street
1057. Leicester Street
1058. Lucan Street
1059. Radnor Street
1060. Cardigan Street
1061. Rowan Street
1062. Montague Street
1063. Rhodes Terrace
1064. Dalkeith Street
1065. Beechworth Street
1066. Ainslee Place
1067. Afton Terrace
1068. Kelvin Road
1069. Watts Road

Today was another day walking the streets on the hill side of North East Valley.  Now that I have walked past Baldwin Street, the hills aren't quite as steep but unlike the streets before Baldwin Street, there are no walkways between the them so I am walking up and back down each street. 

The good thing about the streets on the hill side of the valley are that they continue to have a number of short, narrow streets off each steep street which gives me a chance for a view of the valley and Pine Hill. I have walked all of the streets that I could see.

It was great to be able to have views looking towards Mt Cargill and over the streets that I will be walking today.  Today I walked all of these streets. 

The further up the hill I walked the better the views became.  The houses in this area are rewarded with great views.  I was able to look over to the streets that I would be walking next.

Once I had walked back down the hill, I walked up the streets on the other side of North East Valley and looked back to where I had taken the above photo which is just above the bit of land with no houses, in the middle of this picture. 

I was also able to look up North East Valley where I have not walked yet.  This is where I am planning to walk next time. 

 

On my walk today I saw the Chingford Park Stables.  These stables were built in the 1870's from bluestone and were part of the private residence of P Neill.  The property was gifted to the people of Dunedin and includes sports fields, playground, Frisbee golf and archery.  The building is no longer used as a stables.

 I was able to look down onto the Palmers Quarry Gardens which is in the left of the middle of this picture.  The Quarry Gardens was an operating quarry until 1980 when it was closed and over the next decade tracks were created and planted out with rhododendrons and native plants.  The gardens are open to the public and I have walked all the streets around the gardens but this was the first time that I have been able to see it from this angle.

I was very happy to come across this friendly horse during my walk today. Sadly I did not have any apples or carrots to feed it.

Today on my walk, I saw a very happy letterbox and a colourful letterbox. 

Distance walked:  6.9  km         Walking time  1 hr 26 mins  

 

Total distance: 677.0 km        Total walking  126 hr 52 mins