A day out in Cambridge
During a recent long weekend I visit my friends H and B in Cambridge. It was my third time in the city and I found it as charming as ever. We saw a few hours of sunshine followed by a downpour. In those few hours, I managed to enjoy some nice walks around the colleges and joined punting group on the River Cam. The green grass grew all around and the trees stood waving gently in the wind.
These beautiful red and yellow flowers bloomed along the pathway.
We saw visitors enjoy punting on the River Cam and joined a group just before it started drizzling.
We rounded a lovely day off with a fantastic afternoon tea at The Orchard tea garden in Grantchester, a small village just a few miles from Cambridge University. By the time we arrived the drizzle had turned into a deluge forcing us to find a table inside. In keeping with tradition we ordered the English Breakfast tea with scones that cannot be described as anything but perfect. Often I've had ones which are just a tad too dry but the ones at this establishment lived up to their famous reputation, melting in the mouth along with the clotted cream and jam.
After finishing the scrumptious tea we stepped out in the garden, umbrellas in hand, unanimously agreeing that even the persistent rain could not dampen the beauty of the orchard.
Later, on the train back to London, I read the little brochure to find that I had enjoyed my afternoon tea at a venue which has been frequented by famous historians, authors, economists, inventors, scientists and intellectuals over the last century. According to my brochure, these included Rupert Brooke, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, David Attenborough, Rutherford (who split the atom), Blake, Fuchs, Crick and Watson (DNA), EM Forster, Alan Turing (father of modern computer science) and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
No surprise then that the beautiful, flower-laden branches of these trees were bowing in deference of the brilliant souls they have shaded over the years.
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These beautiful red and yellow flowers bloomed along the pathway.
We saw visitors enjoy punting on the River Cam and joined a group just before it started drizzling.
We rounded a lovely day off with a fantastic afternoon tea at The Orchard tea garden in Grantchester, a small village just a few miles from Cambridge University. By the time we arrived the drizzle had turned into a deluge forcing us to find a table inside. In keeping with tradition we ordered the English Breakfast tea with scones that cannot be described as anything but perfect. Often I've had ones which are just a tad too dry but the ones at this establishment lived up to their famous reputation, melting in the mouth along with the clotted cream and jam.
After finishing the scrumptious tea we stepped out in the garden, umbrellas in hand, unanimously agreeing that even the persistent rain could not dampen the beauty of the orchard.
Later, on the train back to London, I read the little brochure to find that I had enjoyed my afternoon tea at a venue which has been frequented by famous historians, authors, economists, inventors, scientists and intellectuals over the last century. According to my brochure, these included Rupert Brooke, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking, David Attenborough, Rutherford (who split the atom), Blake, Fuchs, Crick and Watson (DNA), EM Forster, Alan Turing (father of modern computer science) and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
No surprise then that the beautiful, flower-laden branches of these trees were bowing in deference of the brilliant souls they have shaded over the years.
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