Day 111 Kinmont Park

The sun was shining and the temperatures were very warm as I walked the streets in Kinmont Park today where I walked 16 streets.

1497. Riccarton Road East
1498. Cuddie Close

1499. Elizabeth Avenue
1500. Orchard Gove
1501. Jaffray Drive
1502. Fairmile Drive
1503. Braeside
1504. Clyde Street
1505. Leith Street
1506. Gebbie Street
1507. Kinmont Crescent
1508. Quarry Road
1509. Woodland Avenue
1510. Boundary Road
1511. Dee Street
1512. Tweed Street

The weather was shaping up to be quite hot so I was out walking early in the morning to beat the heat.  I walked the few streets in East Taieri before walking the streets in Kinmont Park.

It was in East Taieri that I had one of my last views of Saddle Hill before moving onto other areas of Dunedin that I haven't walked. 

Kinmont Park is on a hill that overlooks part of Mosgiel and it was here, that I was finally able to see over Mosgiel where I have been walking for the last 10 days. After the flat streets of Mosgiel, it was great to be walking on the hills again.

 

 As I walked around the streets in Kinmont Park, I was rewarded with a view in another direction, looking towards East Taieri and Maungatua.

And then I was at the bottom of the hill, looking back up to where I had been walking.  Kinmont Park is on the lower slopes of Saddle Hill and I was able to see the rounded back of Saddle Hill at the top.  

My next destination was to the streets below the Mosgiel sign.  Each letter  of the Mosgiel sign is 3m tall and was put up by the local Rotary club in1987.  The sign is visible by the traffic as it travels past on State Highway 1.

Before reaching the Mosgiel sign, I walked the bridge over State Highway 1.  This is the main road that travels the length of the country and, at times, can be very busy.  Early on a Sunday morning is not one of those busy times.

From the bridge over the motorway I was able to see all the streets that I had walked in Kinmont Park. 

Once over the bridge, I walked a street that bordered an area where I had walked a few days ago where there is a subdivision with new houses being built.

 

Then all I had to do was cross the bridge again and walk up the hill,taking a street that was on the edge of the suburb with houses on one side and peaceful green fields with sheep on the other. 

An interesting part  of my walk today was along the street at the base of the hill that the Mosgiel sign is on.  Sometimes called Mollywood after the famous Hollywood sign, the sign has been here for 35 years and is lit up at night.

I walked past two letterboxes of interest today.  I really liked the tall house letterbox and I thought the number 7 was great too.

Distance walked:  12.2 km         Walking time  2 hr 12 mins   

 

Total distance: 923.6  km          Total walking  172 hr 13 mins