Three sundays back was yet another humungous walk for me. As before, I never did prepare for it in particular, except for getting up and starting the day bright and early.

It’s called the 7 Bridges Walk, and the name already hints, the walk encompasses crossing 7 different bridges. All in one day, all within one walk. It’s a circuit with no start or finish in particular, so you can practically start from anywhere along the route. Certainly helps to spread the crowd out, as all along the route, the participants were all comfortably spaced out. With similar pace, chances are you’re bound to be walking for a good portion of the way with the same bunch of walkers. There isn’t a fixed start time either, so it’s all up to how much you want to achieve, and how much enjoyment you want to derive out of it.

I started out not exactly early, since the bus ride is almost a quarter of an hour long. The startpoint for me was  at The Rocks, just at the foot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, beside Circular Quay. Coincidentally, I managed to do a bit of prancing horses spotting, since the Ferrari owners club decided to have a club gathering right at that spot. Saw several vintage Ferraris together with the new ones, including my favourite, the 550 Maranello. I even saw a Hummer H2, with one of the best registration plates ever – DESTROI

So, I started the walk. Comfy pace with comfortable weather allowing me to reach Pyrmont bridge just in time to meet up with my colleague. From there, it’s us with his wife and newborn having an enjoyable time getting fit by walking. There were the occasional spots where the sun came on strongly, but it was great most of the time.

Two hours later, we stopped for lunch at one of the Irish pubs for lunch. Steak was the item of the day, but no Irish beer for me, although I would have wanted one. We were very near my colleague’s home, so it’s the end of the walk for them. Me however, had quite the distance left to cover. I ended up with a mix of the Bundaburg beer and cola, which turned out to be refreshing. Sweet with a mild taste of alcohol. We stayed in the pub for over an hour, and was reaching 2 by the time we left. That left me with a very tight schedule in order to reach the Harbour Bridge before the cut-off time of 5. An hour later, I decided not to risk it and took the free shuttle bus to Milson’s Point. From there, I walked across the Harbour Bridge back to me start point.

That’s the end of the walk for me. I didn’t exactly complete the entire circuit, but I did cross all the 7 bridges, which was what I had set out to do anyway. At least there’s some unfinished business for me to look forward to next year.