"Of Poets, punts and pieces" Cambridge by GillianMcLaughlin
Cambridge Travel Guide: 835 reviews and 1,566 photos
"For Cambridge people never smile...
Being urban, squat and packed with guile"
Thus wrote Rupert Brooke; I tend to disagree.
Welcome to Cambridge, ancient seat of learning, the latter half of Oxbridge, and therefore home, for at least their formative years, of many of the greatest thinkers, writers and scientists.
Cambridge surprises many a visitor with its size... or lack of it. Given its worldwide reputation, the city is of refreshingly modest proportions, its main sights making a fulfilling, but not taxing, weekend's-worth of discovery.
It is a city of churches and colleges, waterways and wonderful architecture. It is also a city of mystery and myth: the haunted bookshop; where we find Nosey Parker fighting for attention against Hobson's choice; where an apple tree revealed the laws of gravity to Sir Isaac Newton and where a serene shop-front carries hintsof its former life as a brothel... what more could you want?
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Comments (17)
It's time for me to visit that city of mystery...
So, multicolour storage boxing it will be. :) PJ
What, you left Cambridge already? Where are you now? I can come to Glasgow in September just for the beer, are you somewhere near?
All kinds of meetings.. well when are you coming this way then? Haven't seen you for almost a year now
Brill time last Sat!!! I had a wonderful time going back to my *home* town, bloody cold on the punts though! Thanks for all the organising dear, it was well worth it!
Hi Gillian - the meeting was a lot of fun - I'm enjoying looking at all the new Cambridge pages this week! Have a great April - cheers!
Gillian.... thank you, it was so lovely to see you again and the meeting was great fun... just wish we could have stayed longer! See you soon :)) Maria
thank you so much for organising a fabulous day out sorry we had to leave before din-dins
Great Opening Pic! Abstract Art!
thank you for a lovely day dear, l cant belive l didnt manage to fall in the Cam, the punt trip was such a treat XX
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