Blogs from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Our first visit to Cambridge. We travelled by train from Peterborough, collected a map when we arrived and settled down at Cafe. Euro for a delicious coffee while we planned what to do. We decided on a Hop on Hop off tour which would help us get an overview of the city. £13.50 each and we were on our way. We travelled about half way passing the Fitzwilliam Museum, Jesus College, the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens and the WWII American Cemetary and were again surprised by the brown grass that has replaced the green playing fields. We decided to get off near the river Cam and take a look at the Mathematical Bridge and the people punting on the river. It was now lunch time and we had stepped off the bus near The Anchor Inn, ... read more

Day out in Cambridge today. Delayed start while we waited for the rain to stop and when we headed out it was with raincoats and an umbrella. We had decided to use the Park and Ride into the city as parking costs at £25+ prohibitive. We discovered later that the area round the main, Grand Parade carpark was gridlocked with queues of cars entering and leaving so a great decision. Instead we drove a couple of miles to the Park and Ride into the city and left Smart Arse in the carpark there. Did hesitate to take the bus as after all we have been avoiding close contact with people for last 18 months but most passengers on the bus were wearing masks. Lets hope the lady sitting across from Bob who was not was not ... read more

We haven't had much of a summer this year. A grey cold damp winter flowed seamlessly into an equally grey summer, albeit warmer, with only a few sunny days. Our recent trip to Norwich had been damp and cold. Normally we would book somewhere with guaranteed sunshine but overseas travel has meant a confusing mass of rules and restrictions with countries randomly flopping from green to amber and back again. "The weather looks better next week, we could go to Cambridge," I said. "Okay," said Madam, "but I get to choose the hotel." I've always liked Cambridge. We even thought about living there for a while. Secretly I was always hoping that being amongst all those smart people would boost my own IQ by a sort of geographical osmosis. And there’s a lot of awfully smart ... read more

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Today we planned to go for a guided walk around the town of Cambridge so that we could see wheee the major colleges wee and get an insight into the history of the university. The weather was again variable, but thankfully here did not seem to be rain coming in the morning, when we would walk. The walk left from the fudge kitchen at 11am, so we were there in plenty of time. There were lots of tours walking around, with guides giving information in a great variety of langauges. our guide, Catherine, was a recent graduate of Catherine College. Although there was a slight bias in her information, with a history degree, she was certainly able to explain the different rebellions and changes in the long history of the university. As we began our walk ... read more