A get together was organised by (a wonderful ‘tog) Allan for a group of us to climb the Story Bridge, and this is the best bit – with our cameras!
The wait seemed to go forever, but finally the day arrived.
Our guides are ‘togs as well, so that was great in that they knew and understood our needs and provided everything and gave us plenty of time to take the photos.
Our Guides on the Story Bridge Climb Photo Walk
We got kitted up and safety inspected then we were off.
Under the Bridge
You have to walk under the bridge to get to the part where one starts climbing.
We were told about how many stairs we would be climbing and they were not kidding! There were a lot of steps!
The start of the stairs
Once you climb this part, you are then greeted with quite a long walk to get to the next set of stairs.
The walk to the next set of steps
Once at the end of this walk, the climb up and up and up and up and up (did I mention we go up) begins.
The start of the long climb up
Just about half way up the bridge
Half way up
This image shows Allan (who organised the get together) half way up the climb heading towards the first top part of the bridge and we are all on the side of the bridge facing New Farm.
On the way up
We walked to the top of this section and had the opportunity to take some great photos.
At the top of section one
Whilst here I started to notice that the sun was setting which meant that by the time we would be making our way across we would get some great sun set shots as well as the light on the river changing.
The sun is starting to set
If you’re wondering – it is quite safe to be here. Not for one second did I feel that I was going to fall to my death and I’m cautious when it comes to the old height thing!
Tethered to the safety line
Time to head down the stairs and make our way across to the other side. There are a lot of stairs!
The Steps
On the way to the other side, I noticed how wonderful the light looked on the river – especially as the City Cat came through
City Cat from the top of the Bridge
Looking over the edge also provided one with a view of the walk way that runs parallel with the bridge that both cyclists and pedestrians use.
Cyclist crossing the bridge
The lights are turned on – bring on the orange glow!! Next time I see the Bridge go ‘blue’ I’m going to come up here and take some photos of that!!
The Lights are on!!
The above image is of where we are heading and the one below is where we have come from.
Where we've come from
Ok Ok Ok – I know – it’s the obligatory photo of the city from the top of the Bridge. I took a couple of these and I won’t bore you with 10 million of what essentially is the same thing 
The obligatory City photo from the top of the Bridge
On the way back from the top of the bridge, we went down the side facing the city and stopped on the way for the group photo.
It’s quite dark by this stage and the light wasn’t that great here so I was really pushing the iso and as a group we all took a photo of Simon taking a photo of us.
Taking a photo of Simon taking a photo of us
On the way back up the Bridge heading back towards the first section of the bridge, we stopped to admire the view and I turned around to see Jessie trying his hand (and camera) at this and thought I would give it a go as well. I had fun doing this. This is hand held (cannot bring a tripod up) and the shutter speed is 1/10 – all that hand held macro stuff really pays off!!
Rushing Home
Time for us to head back now
Heading back to base
Just a few stairs left
Then it was all over red rover!
What a wonderful way to spend a few hours.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to do this then it’s something that needs to go on the ‘to do’ list.
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