...let me, very succinctly, here and now, put in a word - my two cents' worth - over the loss of/by my hometown Dunedin, in Aotearoa-New Zealand, vis-a-vis its suddenly losing its longterm status of having/possessing the world's steepest street...
Said status having now been 'reallocated' to some unpronounceable part of Wales - to a (similarly) nice little community, I've little doubt - let me simply say, as a one-time driver around those parts of town, and as I relayed to a local newspaper columnist/reporter the other day following this announcement by the Guinness Book of Records...
I've got it on good, reputable anecdotal authority that a street just a couple over from Baldwin - though overall not as steep as Baldwin Street, has a steeper gradient (at the very top)...
Its' name? Dalmeny Street, in North-east Valley.
And though it's now thirty-some years, almost exactly, since I myself drove upon it (and Baldwin St), I can vouch that it could well be steeper, yes, potentially so, than even this recent Welsh upstart...
So there - eat yer hearts out, my Celtic cousins!
Said status having now been 'reallocated' to some unpronounceable part of Wales - to a (similarly) nice little community, I've little doubt - let me simply say, as a one-time driver around those parts of town, and as I relayed to a local newspaper columnist/reporter the other day following this announcement by the Guinness Book of Records...
I've got it on good, reputable anecdotal authority that a street just a couple over from Baldwin - though overall not as steep as Baldwin Street, has a steeper gradient (at the very top)...
Its' name? Dalmeny Street, in North-east Valley.
And though it's now thirty-some years, almost exactly, since I myself drove upon it (and Baldwin St), I can vouch that it could well be steeper, yes, potentially so, than even this recent Welsh upstart...
So there - eat yer hearts out, my Celtic cousins!
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