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Published: June 16th 2017
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01 Statue
This statue had some company- pigeons nesting on his shoulder. Geo: 51.9262, -0.0168853
Planned a day trip to Cambridge today. I didn't want to be one of those people that live and work in London and don't get out of the city. I had a bus ticket for an 8.30am bus. Didn't get off to a good start, got to the bus stop and had left my ticket at home, so had to go back and get it. Then waited for the local bus to take me to the tube station which would take me to the bus for Cambridge. Got on the local bus and had to get off the next stop because the road was closed due to an accident and the bus wasn't going anywhere, so I had to walk to the tube station. At this point it was 8am. I power walked to the station and caught the train and then got off and power walked again to the bus station and got to the bus just in time, he was about to close the door and leave. Slept most of the journey.
Once I arrived in Cambridge I followed directions for the visitor information centre. There I got a map and booked myself on the 11.30am walking
tour of the city. Had some time to spare until the tour started, so I went for a walk and found some breakfast and saw some of the impressive buildings.
The tour lasted two hours and only covered a very small part of the city. We started at the oldest building in town, a church tower from the Saxon times, built out of rubble in 1025. Cambridge is famous for its university and 31 colleges scattered all over the city.
The next place we went to was Kings College. In here we visited the Kings College Chapel. A gothic chapel that took 30 years to build and was out of fashion when complete- the rest of the world was building in the renaissance style, but it is the best gothic building in England. After the second world war, an unknown business man gave the chapel Rubens Adoration of the Magi. The ceiling in here is amazing, very different to others, it is fan shaped. Unfortunately I couldn't take any photos in here. Next we walked past Clare college, originally for girls. Then we went to the back of Trinity College, which was found by Henr VIII. Here we saw the river
03 Entrance to Trinity College
The statue of King Henry VIII shows him holding a chair leg, students continued to steal his golden sceptre, so the chair leg has been left there. Cam and a few people punting- a punt is a flat bottom boat and to move it you push a pole through the water. We then walked around to the front of Trinity College. The room were Isaac Newton studied in was at the front, near the chapel. That was the end of the tour and it was very informative.
I then went to St Johns College. I walked through the grounds and came to the river. From the bridge I could see the Bridge of Sighs- a replica of the one in Venice.
I then went to the round church, it is one of 4 in England and was built in 1130 by the Knights Templar. Walking around the city is so easy, most of the streets are car free, as they are skinny. The students here don't have cars, but bicycles- which tourists had to watch out for. There are 17,000 students! Would be a great nightlife here.
After some lunch, I went to Great St Mary's church and climbed the narrow staircase to the top and had a great view of Cambridge. From here I could see many of the places that I had seen during the day. Made
04 Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton's room at the front of Trinity College. it up here just in time, as the sun was starting to set. Wandered around Kings College grounds for a while and then made my way back to the bus stop to go home.
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