A catch up in Cambridge

My oldest friend and Uni roommate and I meet once a year. We live about two and a half hours from each other and I do go and stay with her and her family, but we also have a weekend somewhere different occasionally. We’ve been to Liverpool, Bournemouth, Whitby, Skinningrove, Poole and Derbyshire amongst other places and it’s always lovely to catch up on the year. This time we decided on Cambridge; somewhere I’ve been to a couple of times before although I really don’t remember it, and somewhere my friend has never been.

In less than two hours on the train, I arrived (two and three quarters for her) and a short walk from the station took us into the city. Over the next two days we walked the beautiful narrow streets, beside the River Cam to and around Jesus Green, visited King’s College with its awe inspiring chapel and Ruebens painting behind the altar, enjoyed coffee people watching as the students arrived for Fresher’s Week and went punting on the backs which was magical.

Cambridge is such a stunning city. Small in scale, but big on beautiful old buildings, exquisite colleges, individual shops and wonderful parks and riverside walks, all in amongst a busy, buzzing atmosphere. It has such a lovely feel to it; very warm and gentle, helped by the weather which was perfect.

What an inspiring place to study; I almost found myself longing for my student days again. Well, almost.

Kings College Chapel

The stunning fan vaulted ceiling inside Kings College Chapel

Punts on the River Cam

The other Bridge of Sighs

Bicycles, everywhere!