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Some blossom near Cambridge station.13:13:11
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Walking through the meadows from Cambridge to Grantchester.13:52:30
A cow.
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There's the river Cam.13:58:22
Me and the river Cam and a blossoming tree.14:32:19
At the Orchard Tea Rooms now, of Rupert Brooke fame. Here's the ploughman's lunch we ordered.14:32:26
....and of course a couple of scones.
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Lunch / afternoon tea beneath the apple blossoms was rather lovely.14:33:35
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Just so you can appreciate the scones fully - they were rather good.
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I'm pulling a silly face here.15:05:18
I believe at least part of this wooden pavilion is original, dating back to when the Orchard first starting serving teas over century ago.15:31:54
A row of thatched houses in Grantchester (shame about the cars).15:46:43
Chie being startled by a cow on the way back to Cambridge.
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Approaching the outskirts of Cambridge. Unfortunately my camera seems to have developed a strange artefact, which cleaning the lens did not resolve. It only really seems to show up in blue sky so maybe it has been there for months!16:23:32
Inside King's College Chapel.16:23:38
A fine example perpendicular style of Gothic - the windows all have these tall parallel panels, without much tracery.16:25:33
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...and it is almost famous architecturally for this spectacular fan vaulted ceiling.16:28:08
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Looking across the college grounds from inside the chapel.
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Me in the chapel.16:31:20
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Outside in the courtyard of the chapel, again there's that irritating artefact up in the sky - agh.16:37:07
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The West end of King's College Chapel.
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The South side of the chapel.
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After meeting up with Junchan and Arnaud we did the touristy thing and went on a punting tour.18:07:53
There's King's College again.18:12:01
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The mathematical bridge.
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Erm, almost exactly the same shot of King's College again.18:19:59
Some ducks.18:21:32
There were lots of other punts out on the river, it being such a nice day.18:23:18
That chap over there was doing a "bridge jump" - apparently a Cambridge tradition where you get off the punt, climb over the bridge, and get back on the other side.
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More colleges from the river.18:26:02
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There's the Bridge of Sighs. 18:29:34
A duck.
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Later on, dinner at the Free Press.23:23:37
...and on the train back to London.