We went into town for a wander and evening meal, after watching the football in the hotel bar. England scored in the last few mins. Found a nice pub in town and had our evening meal.
Friday 17th decided to have breakie in town,lovely French cafe for a Danish and coffee. Onto the Tourist info centre.
Punting on the Cam in the morning, lucky with the tickets, brought a bargain from a nice lady who had a voucher!
After punting, went for Lunch at The Eagle one the oldest Pubs and supported by many airman in the 2nd World War who would keep tally of flying conquests burnt in the rafters.
After lunch had a wander and afternoon tea before going to The Cambridge Graduate Orchestre in the Concert Hall. This was just fantastic. Playing Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Brahms ,conducted by a brilliant young conductor Alan Bowman and a Piano soloist Emiko Edwards.
Something I had never experienced and truly wonderful. Bit of FUN getting back to hotel,just missed bus (another story) got a Taxi!
Sat 18th had a walking tour booked for 11am so again went into town for breaki. The tour was great our guide was very knowledgable and funny. We saw and learnt so much about this wonderful old town. Kings was possibly the highlight,although there was work being done on the organ.
We had booked a table for lunch at Jamie Oliver's Italian so busy busy!
The meal was lovely and the waiters made it a great experience.
Decided to walk our lunch off, so went along The Cam, many narrowboats moored up just outside the centre. Did go back to Kings for another visit, it's just so breath taking. Another tea stop before going to the ADC Theatre to see The Footlights International Tour. . Made us laugh but a little silly.
Sunday 19th went to The Imperial War Museum at Duxford. Had breakie at the hotel as out all day. The weather was just perfect and the display of aircraft was wast. Went on The Concord and dressed up in Americam gear - look like something out of Dads Army!.
Went back to Cambridge for dinner, then onto St Johns College Chapel where we listened to Stanford Chamber Chorale. A touring Chorale Ensemble from Pennsylvania. A very emotional performance the setting was just perfect. A wonderful end to a wonderful four days. Thanks again Eddie for your company.
Back to normal on Monday. It was pouring with rain, I'd left my car window open, so wet bum to drive back home.
The alternator on my boat had burnt out so engineer coming Tuesday to fix it. RCR had ordered the wrong size so back on Friday to sort out. All done. Ready now to take boat out.
The girls are enjoying feeding my regular visitors to the boat!
Got my walking boots out this week and did a fab walk in The Peaks. Also went to see Othello at Stafford Castle. So lucky with the weather it was perfect even had a full moon. Off to Trentham tonight to see Queen Tribute Band, let's hope we have good weather again.
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