On our way up north to York on May 24th we decided to spend the day in Cambridge. The old university buildings were so amazing! King’s College was especially impressive.
We made it our goal to find a riverside tavern (on the river Cam of course!) and then try a go a punting a small boat down the river. Seems that everyone else had the same idea because the river was packed – helped that it was a beautiful spring day.
We ate near Darwin college at Granta riverside tavern, which conveniently also had a punt hire next door. We enjoyed a pitcher of Pims and watched some silly girls screaming on the river while they nearly toppled their self-guided punting boat a number of times. Little did we know that we would soon be sharing the same water with them shortly and make it a specific aim to avoid them at all costs! In any case, Syd did a great job of punting down the river.
He was so serious and focussed as he says it is a lot harder than it looks! We didn’t blame him when he left the punt in the river twice – the second time around we were laughing lots but able to catch a shot of it (on Aunt Lori’s camera so not available here).
The 3 of us just sat back and enjoyed the views. We punted along ‘the backs’, which is what the section of the river is that glides along the backs of all of the university buildings/grounds. This has been a common pastime for locals & students for a number of years, but now it’s mostly just a tourist attraction – and tourists there were many. The universities were just as picturesque from the ‘backs’ as they were from the ‘fronts’. Queens College had the oldest building along the river – 600 years old! That puts the University of Waterloo’s 50ish buildings to shame – ha ha.
Following that fab experience we had a stroll up Cambridge’s high street and market and before heading out we had a nice afternoon tea in a Moroccan themed shop called the “copper pot’.
We made it our goal to find a riverside tavern (on the river Cam of course!) and then try a go a punting a small boat down the river. Seems that everyone else had the same idea because the river was packed – helped that it was a beautiful spring day.
We ate near Darwin college at Granta riverside tavern, which conveniently also had a punt hire next door. We enjoyed a pitcher of Pims and watched some silly girls screaming on the river while they nearly toppled their self-guided punting boat a number of times. Little did we know that we would soon be sharing the same water with them shortly and make it a specific aim to avoid them at all costs! In any case, Syd did a great job of punting down the river.
He was so serious and focussed as he says it is a lot harder than it looks! We didn’t blame him when he left the punt in the river twice – the second time around we were laughing lots but able to catch a shot of it (on Aunt Lori’s camera so not available here).
The 3 of us just sat back and enjoyed the views. We punted along ‘the backs’, which is what the section of the river is that glides along the backs of all of the university buildings/grounds. This has been a common pastime for locals & students for a number of years, but now it’s mostly just a tourist attraction – and tourists there were many. The universities were just as picturesque from the ‘backs’ as they were from the ‘fronts’. Queens College had the oldest building along the river – 600 years old! That puts the University of Waterloo’s 50ish buildings to shame – ha ha.
Following that fab experience we had a stroll up Cambridge’s high street and market and before heading out we had a nice afternoon tea in a Moroccan themed shop called the “copper pot’.
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