Mill Race Tower

This was quite a hike on a hot day, but we had company. The only problem was that we all counted a different number of steps going up, and all of us counted something else again on the way back down. That was definitely unexpected; we are all grown adults with jobs that require us to work with numbers. We will chuck this one up to the heat, but after a "roundtable discussion" and a third party consultant we decided to go with 131 steps if you include the platforms...are we close? Seriously, even the lady at the visitor's center said she wasn't sure, so please let us know what you find out.



The view was great from the top and we even managed to drag the mini-cycle along. There's no way the full size version was getting up these steps.



This tower used to have a fully functional clock with lights that ran all the way up, but maintainence was too much of a hassle. I wonder what it would take to re-fit the tower with some solar panels and LEDs? It would be a pretty cool project.