Monday, June 11, 2018

June 11 - Boston to Cambridge

110 km today under clear skies that almost got too hot towards the end of the day (oops, there's a bylaw that says you aren't allowed to complain about it being too hot in England).

Another feature of our ride is that it has been planned to use secondary roads as much as possible and avoid crowded highways.  We appreciate this; here's an example of a "very secondary" road we traveled on for a few km.  Actually quite pleasant.







  
And, we cross into Cambridgeshire.  That's Laura's bike; where is Laura?  Communing with nature, something we've all had to do on the trail.










We're still in  the flat lowlands.  this is the Hermitage Lock.










Nearby Narrow Boats.  6 feet wide and up to 60 feet long.






And, some of the locals.  Dad is rooting around in the weeds to the right.














Getting close to Cambridge now and we pass through a modern subdivision.  Brand new 'flats' designed to fit in with the older ones.  I guess it works.










In Cambridge now, here's the entrance to King's College (costs to get in, so I stayed out).

Cambridge is a collection of 30 colleges that are part of two universities.  I'm not really sure about the relationship between the colleges and the universities, so don't quote me.  In any event, education dominates the town.  The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209.









The street just outside King's College.  Very busy; full of tour groups and bicycles.   Cars are not really encouraged, so bicycles dominate.







Inside the courtyard of Corpus Christie College.

The whole town is a collection of beautiful architecture, but in the interests of brevity, I'll skip to the next topic - the Eagle Pub.







Here are some of us enjoying a well deserved brew.  Note how it seems to be the same group of people day after day?

This is the Eagle Pub, opened in 1667 and is located in the heart of the town.  One of its claims to fame is that here in 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson announced their proposal for the double helix form of DNA (they often had lunch here).

I had their feature beer:  DNA Ale!


Cambridge is located on the River Cam, and one of the activities you can do is go "Punting," which is propelling a small boat with a pole pushed into the river bottom (as opposed to a Gondola which is propelled by an oar).  You can rent one for 30 Pounds an hour.









I'll leave you with this one - the "Punter," in addition to doing a poor job of poling, is passing a bottle of wine back & forth with the passenger (is he the "Puntee?").

I was sure he was headed for a splash, but he didn't.

We're staying out of town at  large B&B called the Rectory Farm.  Had dinner down the way at the Plough restaurant.

Tomorrow we head for London, but it will be a long day.




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