Finally a break in the UK weather has allowed us the chance for a quick day out .
Cambridge is about an hour and a half drive from our home in the UK so here we go ,
We head off to approach the city from the eastern corner parking at the Babraham park and ride ,, £2.50p each free to park the car which is under constant live CCTV , pretty good value a 20 min bus ride into the city .
We arrive in Drum street and walk through this beautiful park called Christs pieces to King Street
Next we decide to go for the hop on bus tour complete with the punting option so we walk through to St Andrews street to board the bus ,, whilst we wait I take a couple of pics of Christ,s college were not allowed inside as exams going on today but here are a couple of pics
The beautiful old entrance doors to the college gardens
A peek through to the gardens before I was ushered out hmmmmm
Anyway Jans tugging me arm its time to get on the bus tour but before we do one last pic of Andrews street / Sidney street junction
BTW hope your enjoying the pics from me new camera
Ok we got our tickets £23 each including a punt up the river and we can hop on and off this bus as often as we like all day ,, so climb upstairs with us sit back and enjoy the ride for a few minutes ,, as its Sunday we access roads that are normally closed
We have been right round the circuit got off the bus in Silver street for a punt up the river Cam ,, here are a few shots I took from the boat which travels up behind some of the most famous colleges in the UK .
Our starting point
The Bridge of Sigh's
Imagine living here and being able to walk out your back door on a sunny evening with a bottle of something and having a lazy punt up the river
Ok before we get back on the bus a small video of our punt ,, what a multicultural lot we was too we had 5 Italians in the front ,, 2 Moldovans in the middle a Thai and a wannabe in the back ,, happy punting !
Back on the bus we stop at the market square for our lunch , going into Aunties Tea room 2 fantastic prawn /salmon salads + a couple of diet cokes £20 79p all in , very good value, sorry lost those pics , but this little round church is in the near vicinity
Back on the bus and we travel out to the American cemetery , we will go in next time we are getting short of time , still lots to see .
Back to the other side on the bus now these are some old Dutch style homes , apparently when they were originally built they had no windows ?? doubt they eat much curry
Well its time to get the last park and ride bus back , the days are never long enough , hope you enjoyed it, BTW today a week later its raining and 10 degrees ,, normal service resumed . Cheers all