Cambridge - April 10th

The last day of the car rental, we headed around on the M25 to the M11 for Cambridge. The sun was out and it was around the mid sixties today. Apparently this is very abnormal weather for here, I suppose judging my the natural skin pigmentation that would prove out to be correct. We walked around Cambridge and saw people punting. This is a practice of taking shallow draft boats and using a combination of a paddle and a staff to push it around the canals. Not really my type of activity, I prefer walking around. The water has to be constantly moved or else the bacterial growth will overtake it. You can see this by walking around to the sections of still water that are just off these areas.

We walked through the Clare College grounds to get back to the city center area. This was after making a big loop trying to find the entrance to King's College. The gardens and grounds were very well kept. We finally made it around to Kings College and walked through the cathedral and some of the grounds. It was started by Henry VI and carried on from there. You can see Henry VIII all over the architecture, his crest and symbols throughout the building. Very nice building, on the outside there is a sundial which as it happens, is still accurate.

After getting a Cornish Pasty for lunch we walked around for a while going through different parks. Then it was back to RA's place for dinner. She made felafels, which were good.

Tomorrow is the last full day it is into London, to try and see what one can see.