Wellington Walk

There's a 12 km walk laid out in Wellington called the City to Sea Walkway which I learned about from a clever iPhone app I downloaded called Welly Walks. I thought I'd do some of it because it wasn't raining.

I followed my instinct more than the map and added a few extra climbs just for fitness. The walk took me up into Victoria University where I realised that the students must be quite fit. I was passed by runners, cyclists and the odd jogger, none of whom seemed to notice the big gradients.

Mount Street Cemetery was quite a surprise. Lots of dead Irish names; mostly died young, mostly in the 1860's plus or minus ten years. Claims of birth in Kenmare or Kings County and other Irish locations told their own stories.