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  • Penny’s Worldschooling
    Day 8

    Cambridge Vol. 2!

    August 22, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    We all started our day with small pastries for breakfast and then moved onto exercise. Mom joined a bootcamp in the park with Andrew’s wife, Fran, while Dad and I went for a walk with Andrew and Olive. We then all retreated back to the house to drop off Fran and grab our bags. Andrew showed us about a fifth of Cambridge University’s colleges. They had their similarities, but I was surprised by their differences too. The Preston’s daughter Rosie joined us for lunch in a pub named the Eagle. After that we got ice cream and walked Clare College where Andrew teaches. Next we grabbed some drinks and went punting, essentially a less glamorous version of Venetian boating where the raft is propelled by someone repeatedly pushing a long rod. We spent an hour and change on the river before Andrew, Rosie, and Ryan headed back to make dinner while Amy and Penny explored town. By 6:30 we all were back at the house. We chatted before having a lovely bbq dinner.Read more

  • Penny’s Worldschooling
    Day 7

    Cambridge!

    August 21, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    We woke up today and had a great last morning lounging about with David, Emma + Anna. We said goodbye and headed to the train station around 10 for our 11 o’clock train. With one stop along the way and an hour and a half later, we made it to Cambridge! Dad’s friend Andrew picked us up and we arrived at his house where the rest of his family was. We had a wonderful lunch before taking time to walk around a bit of Cambridge with their dog, Olive. And then stopped at The Castle pub for drinks. After some fun conversation, we headed back home for food and had a delicious dinner. We spent more time chatting over tea and dessert afterwards, enjoying each other’s company.Read more

  • TravelerCambridgeshire; Cambridge City
    1

    Cambridge lock down, part 2 - Gown

    June 2, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    As a result of the lockdown, there are no students at the University. The photos show:
    1. The University Library,
    2. Empty punts viewed from Garret Hostel Bridge,
    3. Trinity College chimneys,
    4. The Great Gate of St John's College; the animals are mythical beasts called yales, which have elephants' tails, antelope' bodies and goat's heads with swivelling horns,
    5. The Senate House and
    6. The Mathematical Bridge spanning the River Cam at Queens' College.    Read more

  • TravelerGroßbritannien Mai 2025
    Day 2

    Cambridge

    May 7 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Um 7:30 Uhr haben wir ausgechecked und sind zum Tesco aufgebrochen, um uns ein bisschen mit Lebensmittel einzudecken. Wir haben festgestellt, dass der Tesco in England sowas wie in Amerika der Walmart ist.
    Finden wir richtig toll 😅😅🙈.
    Dann sind wir ca. 1:15 h nach Cambridge gefahren.
    Dort angekommen, haben wir uns die University of Cambridge, die aus mehreren verschiedenen Colleges besteht, angeschaut. Wir sind aber nicht rein gegangen. Von außen sind sie absolut atemberaubend!
    Dann sind wir noch durch einen Park gelaufen, auf dem Kühe waren.
    Gegen 12:15 Uhr sind wir dann wieder ins Auto um nach Oxford zu fahren.    Read more

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  • TravelerCambridgeshire; East District

    Anglesey Abbey 3; Finding the Flock

    April 9 in England ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Anglesey Abbey is hosting a Wild in Art trail in its gardens and grounds over the Easter period based on the character Shaun the Sheep; Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent children's television series, and a spin-off in the Wallace & Gromit franchise.  There are twelve uniquely decorated Shaun the Sheep sculptures on the ‘Find the Flock’ trail; each 160cm sculpture has been painted by either a national or international artist with bright colours and bold patterns.  After the event, the sheep sculptures will be returned to their respective owners.

    On this visit to Anglesey Abbey, we decide to pick up a trail map and follow the Follow the Flock route around the grounds to see all twelve of the sculptures.  It is interesting to see them, as well as the grounds themselves again!

    The location numbers are shown on the map, and these numbers and sculpture names are shown on the picture captions.    Read more

  • TravelerCambridgeshire; East District

    Anglesey Abbey 2; Gardens and Grounds

    April 9 in England ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    We have also visited the gardens and grounds of Anglesey Abbey many times over the last 3 years, and this post shows them; the garden at Anglesey Abbey was developed by the 1st Lord Fairhaven from 1926 and has become one of the British Isles' most beautiful 20th century gardens.

    After entry, it is convenient to walk to the house (see previous post) and see the formal gardens; these comprise 4 small gardens, including the dahlia garden, rose garden and a semi-circular herbaceous border.  From here, we walk through the herbaceous garden and then along Quy Water towards Lode Mill; this is a historic watermill that was acquired Lord Fairhaven in 1926 and restored it to its original corn-milling condition (after Lode Mill, Quy Water becomes Bottisham Lode, a branch of the River Cam).  This walk brings us back towards the entrance where we drop off and walk along tree lined avenues and other footpaths to see more of Lord Fairhaven's impressive collection of statues that is positioned throughout the gardens and the grounds.

    It is always interesting to visit the gardens at all times of the year.    Read more

  • TravelerCambridgeshire; East District

    Anglesey Abbey 1; The House

    April 9 in England ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Helen and I have been members of the National Trust for a few years now and have visited Anglesey Abbey many times.

    Anglesey Abbey is in the village of Lode, 5.5 miles northeast of Cambridge; the property includes a country house, built on the remains of a priory, large gardens and landscaped grounds, totalling 98 acres, and a working mill (Lode Mill).  After an interesting history, the house was acquired by Lord Fairhaven as the last private owner of Anglesey Abbey; he made extensive additions to the house to provide room for his rapidly expanding collection of books, paintings, tapestries, clocks, furniture and objets d'art, and he left it to the National Trust when he died in 1966.  The interior is noted for its contents, as well as the beautiful rooms (see captions on photos).  

    This post describes a visit to the interior of the house that we have made previously (see captions on photos for details).    Read more

  • TravelerUK and a bit of Asia 2024
    Day 32

    Walking across Cambridge

    September 23, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Easy day today. Just a random walk into the city centre and then home via a supermarket near our apartment. It was pretty random as I hadn’t looked up any city centre destinations, and we walked on Christine's memory of a tourist map, my phone, and the name of a mall. We found the pedestrian and cycle bridges, separated on the bridge, over the river Cam. We walked along the river's edge and, using a set of subways, under the main road into Cambridge. We ended up in the Grafton Centre, but it turns out this will be redeveloped for other uses, so many shops were empty.

    We wandered around for a while, then decided to walk to a functioning mall - the Grand Arcade in the city's centre. We walked past one of several parks - weirdly called ‘Christ’s Pieces’ - which has something to do with nearby Christ’s College, I think. We found the Grand Arcade and went in. A bit expensive for us, but very nice. Saw a display with the new Smart EV - a nice looking 4-door saloon, but a lot bigger than the original Smart. I didn’t ask the price.

    From there, we navigated our way back via a large Tesco supermarket, where we bought a huge bag of groceries. We then went back home to rest as it was a long walk—over our 10,000 steps today.

    Later in the afternoon, we walked in the other direction to a small Tesco Express for the things we had forgotten at the big one. Such is life.    Read more

  • TravelerThe River Great Ouse

    8. Holywell to St Ives

    September 11, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 11 °C

    From Holywell, the Ouse Valley Way cuts down to the River Ouse for a short way and then passes through an industrial area towards the park and ride station to St. Ives.  A far more interesting route is on the south bank of the river, and following the river towards St. Ives Marina and then head into St. Ives via the pedestrian bridge - which is what this post covers.

    From Fen Drayton, I follow the old Holywell Ferry Road via the Fen Drayton Lakes Nature Reserve towards the River Great Ouse; there is a good view of The Old Ferry Boat Inn from here.  There are more good views of river activity on the path to St Ives before reaching the marina; then, it is across the A1096 and into St Ives via the bridge.  St Ives Bridge is a 15th-century bridge and noted for being one of only four bridges in England to incorporate a chapel and is Scheduled Ancient Monument Grade 1 category.  St Ives is described more fully in the Cambridgeshire; Hunts District > St Ives FP post.

    It has been a good and interesting walk.    Read more

  • TravelerBev's 100 day adventure
    Day 52

    Day 52

    August 30, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    The last day at Girton. It's been a fantastic 2 weeks, the days have flown by. Today, lecture on European politics in the morning and packing. The afternoon spent in town, visiting a zoology museum and an archeology museum. Tonight a quiz with our lively student ambassadors and the a spot of karaoke.!!!!Read more

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