I really wanted a curry. 

Thus was the basis of my tenth walk.

There are a lot of Indian restaurants in town but to do a simple takeaway lunch meal without much fuss I knew I had to head downtown to the place where I used to frequent, oh probably, weekly back when I worked downtown.

Tacking on a ten klick walk around that was the trickiest part.

The Route

I parked at the rec centre just across the river from the downtown core. It’s not busy during the day and I am, after all, an annual pass-holder so I figure I have some claim to be able to use the parking lot for a couple hours. I set off along the riverside paths, down to the (newish) footbridge, over and up into downtown (stopping for my lunch of course) and then wove through the core back over to the legislature grounds and back across the High Level bridge.

The Effort

The forecast had been threatening a thunderstorm so I was hoofing it with an eye on the western sky, but it never actually materialized until I was almost back home and safe inside a dry vehicle.

There was a respectable amount of hill climbing, but nothing horrible, and hey—no hill was going to set me back from a downtown casual stroll.

In the end I walked 10.8km in 2 hours and 27 minutes, bringing my total up to 110.9km and a little over 28 hours in all.

The Highlight

Back when I was working downtown but just as I was exiting that job they had announced a big park project. They were going to turn an eyesore parking lot into a city-block-sized public park. I think it opened recently, and I timing aside it was sorely needed and open enough for me to wander through.