Day 102 East Mosgiel

After enjoying a couple of evening walks near the harbour, I headed back out to Mosgiel for a longer walk where I walked 15 streets.

1352. Cemetery Road
1353. Clachan Gange Road
1354. Jollie Lane
1355. McGlashan Street
1356. Gow Street
1357. Gladstone Road South
1358. McFadden Drive
1359. Joe Brown Avenue
1360. Heathfield Drive
1361. Calluna Crescent
1362. Erica Crescent
1363. Irwin Logan Drive
1364. Pinfold Place
1365. Prudence Place
1366. Gladstone Road North

I started my walk today on another of the long straight roads of Mosgiel.  This one ran for approximately 3.5km in a straight line.  Thankfully there were a few side streets that I walked, otherwise, I would have only walked two streets today.

Part of my walk today, included the streets of the industrial area of Mosgiel.  These streets are wide and, as it is the weekend, empty. I would imagine that this is a busy area during the week. 

Most of Mosgiel is flat but today I walked up some of the few streets that get a view.  These houses look towards the Chain Hills where there are new houses being built. 

As I walked further around the hill, I was rewarded with views looking over Mosgiel.  I have walked none of these streets yet and it was good to get a chance to look over the streets that I will be walking next.

 

A little further around the hill, I was able to see Saddle Hill.  This is the first time that I have seen it from this direction, where I can start to see why it has the name Saddle Hill.  

Once I had walked back down the hill, I was able to look back up to the streets where I had been walking.

 

The next part of my walk was through a new subdivision where the streets have been laid out and no houses built yet. It won't be long before this area is full of houses.

As I walked further into the subdivision, I was able to see over the part where most of the houses have already been built. 

As I walked back down to the flat, I was able to look over towards Saddle Hill.  I had enjoyed walking the streets on the hill.

 

And then I was back to walking the long, straight road to finish my walk.

 

I was quite excited to be walking along beside the train line when a train came past on it's way south.  The train was quite long and I could feel the power and size of it as it gather speed. 

 

After seeing the train go past, further along the road I walked past the Mosgiel train station. This station was built in 1875.  While trains still travel down the track, past the station, the station is not used anymore.  It has most recently been used as a function centre but it is looking deserted now.

One of the footpaths that I walked today is a shared cycle/walkway.  The power poles were once on the edge of the footpath, however to make it wide enough for both cyclists and walkers, the footpath was widened.  This leaves the power poles in the middle of the footpath, making it difficult for cyclists (and walkers) who aren't paying attention.

One of the streets I walked down today was called Cemetery Road and not surprisingly, there was a cemetery.  The cemetery was overseen by a lovely church (seen in the distance).  The East Taieri Church was built in 1853 and has some beautiful stained glass windows.

At the start to the subdivision, is this beautiful big Oak tree.

 

Distance walked:  12.9 km         Walking time  2hr 29mins   

 
Total distance: 840.7 km          Total walking  157 hr 30 mins