Day Five Shiel Hill

Today the start of my walk took me back towards Andersons Bay where I walked the streets of Shiel Hill.  Today I walked another 14 streets.

34. Every Street
35. Somerville Street
36. Silverton Street
37. Cranston Street
38.  Cawdor Place
39. Aytoun Street
40. Brugh Place
41. Portland Place
42. Gowan Close
43. Highcliff Road
44. Calvert Place
45. Albion Street
46. Eliffe Place
47. Bone Street

I felt that today's streets were harder than any of the previous days mainly because after the immediate downhill of Every Street, it was mostly uphill for the rest of my journey but with the hills comes the reward of good views over the city.  

Somerville Street is a street of 'two halves' with the bottom of the street have a view of Bayfield Park looking towards the inlet.  Bayfield Park is a poplar sports field as well as a place for children to play and exercise area for dogs. 

 

In direct contrast to the bottom is the top of Somerville Street which has great views over the city looking towards St Clair.  Somerville Street is a long street, starting at sea level and climbing 130m to join Highcliff Road.

One of the interesting things that I noticed today on my walk was the street lights in Portland Street.  These street lights are also in a number of other streets leading off Somerville Street. 

As I mentioned earlier, one of the benefits of walking the hill  is the views and the residents of Eliffe Place have a particularly good view looking over the inlet and South Dunedin.  

Highcliff Road was next on my list of streets to complete and it also has some great views, but in contrast to the other streets I walked today where the views look towards the city, Highcliff Road looks more towards Ocean Grove and the Tomahawk Lagoon whose streets I have already walked. 

Distance walked: 8.9km     Walking time 1hr  46mins    

Total distance: 33.1km       Total walking 6 hr 30 mins