It all started on Sunday, 15th July 2007. I was determined to do it!

When we walked past the Houses of Parliament, my mum said we were close to where we had to meet, so we kept on walking. Finally, we reached the park where we had to start.

After 10 minutes of waiting we were off! My Granddad and I sped off leaving my Nan, Mum and Dad behind. We reached the first bridge after about five to ten minutes, when we crossed we looked at our map – seven more bridges to go.

To get to the next bridge took 7 to 15 minutes, and so on, until we were in sight of London Bridge, which was the 7th bridge, that kept our momentum going, we were so encouraged by seeing London Bridge we started jogging, then we slowed down because there were drinks, and then we started to jog again.

We slowed down again to listen to a man who was singing along the bank of the river before moving on again. When we set foot on Tower Bridge my mind jumped, I started running for the end and crossed – yippee!! I got a certificate declaring I had completed the walk.

My family and I managed to raise just over £2,000 and, all in all, it was a fantastic day and I deserved the sleep I had when I got home!