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Disappointingly low dog content
15 Oct 2023 04:31 pmWe went on a walk yesterday to the big outdoor staircase that the town finished building in 2021 near here. It's on an old slag pile from the limestone quarry and apparently it used to have a tiny railroad track that ferried the stone away and the little rail was called Hundbanan (Koirabaana, dog track).
So I've been hearing news about this dog track around for years and assuming it was a path for walking dogs on! Wax told me yesterday that it was connected to the quarry and that the name comes from the little rail cars, called "dogs". When we got there and I saw the sign that says no dogs allowed on the stairs, I just cracked up!
It's 470-something individual stairs, which takes you to a sightseeing point about 60m over sea level (and we're an island, so the sea is also visible all around. Most of the town is on hills though, so it's not like we're in great danger of flooding). In fact, the heap was begun almost a century ago, and today you can't even see the whole length of the quarry from there, let alone down inside it. The much lower official viewing spot is better because there aren't trees in the way. As a bit of cardio it is actually quite nice though! But because it's all ergonomic for people of different fitness levels the stairs are extra deep and shallow, which makes them actually quite irritating to walk on because they don't suit the natural stride of a typical adult.
We didn't remember to take any pictures, which is funny because we so rarely go anywhere or do anything outside. But it also was overcast so it wouldn't have made very good pictures; we'll have to go again on a sunny day soon.
We are trying to walk together regularly and have been trying to establish the habit for several years. Just really badly. We're both adhd and the threshold to starting off on the walk is very high. This might work slightly better since it's a definite destination, though as a walk it's a little short.
So I've been hearing news about this dog track around for years and assuming it was a path for walking dogs on! Wax told me yesterday that it was connected to the quarry and that the name comes from the little rail cars, called "dogs". When we got there and I saw the sign that says no dogs allowed on the stairs, I just cracked up!
It's 470-something individual stairs, which takes you to a sightseeing point about 60m over sea level (and we're an island, so the sea is also visible all around. Most of the town is on hills though, so it's not like we're in great danger of flooding). In fact, the heap was begun almost a century ago, and today you can't even see the whole length of the quarry from there, let alone down inside it. The much lower official viewing spot is better because there aren't trees in the way. As a bit of cardio it is actually quite nice though! But because it's all ergonomic for people of different fitness levels the stairs are extra deep and shallow, which makes them actually quite irritating to walk on because they don't suit the natural stride of a typical adult.
We didn't remember to take any pictures, which is funny because we so rarely go anywhere or do anything outside. But it also was overcast so it wouldn't have made very good pictures; we'll have to go again on a sunny day soon.
We are trying to walk together regularly and have been trying to establish the habit for several years. Just really badly. We're both adhd and the threshold to starting off on the walk is very high. This might work slightly better since it's a definite destination, though as a walk it's a little short.
