As a blind person, I find the city of Bristol a lively and vibrant place.

There is always the background noise of traffic, people milling about and the day to day hustle and bustle of a busy city.

What I do miss not being able to see the city where I live are the buildings and architecture. It makes it difficult to get a sense of proportions and size.

I was asked to take part in the BBC's A Sense of Place programme and to give my mind's view of Clifton Suspension Bridge - a prominent Bristol icon which I have walked across but never seen.

Sketch of bridge

I was asked to draw with pen and paper, how I pictured Brunel's magnificent structure and then show it to the bridge master, John Mitchell.

The sketch I had drawn was indeed a suspension bridge but it did not resemble the one that spans the Avon Gorge.

John took me on a tour of the bridge where I was able to touch the two large brick pillars that support the heavy steel chains that hold the bridge.

Everything was much larger than I had imagined.

On my picture, I had drawn four quite small pillars, one on each corner of the bridge.

The size of the steel chains was a bit of a shock to me, I hadn't expected them to be structured in the way they are.

I sat down with John and drew another picture of the suspension bridge and this time it resembled Brunel's masterpiece much more.

It was a great experience being part of the programme and an ideal opportunity to fill in one of the blank jigsaw pieces in my mind.