{"id":1540,"date":"2011-10-16T21:40:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2011-10-18T19:58:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T19:58:29","slug":"cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"CAMBRIDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After several days in London, I feel the need for a break and decide on Friday, September 30 to head for Cambridge. The day breaks hot and clear as I strap on the backpack and head for Liverpool Street station. I freely admit that my solitary trips to Cambridge are freighted with nostalgic memories not just of my student days there but of the many fabulous day trips with family and close friends when I was on diplomatic assignment in London.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Queens-Hall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1541\" title=\"Queen's Hall\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Queens-Hall-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Queens-Hall-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Queens-Hall-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queen&#8217;s College Dining Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mathematical-Bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1555\" title=\"Mathematical Bridge\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mathematical-Bridge-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mathematical-Bridge-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Mathematical-Bridge-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wooden Bridge, Queen&#8217;s College. Often misnamed the Mathematical Bridge, it was not, contrary to popular belief, designed by Newton. Originally built of oak in 1745, the present bridge is of teak and dates from 1905.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Masters-Lodge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1566\" title=\"Master's Lodge\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Masters-Lodge-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Masters-Lodge-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Masters-Lodge-1024x675.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Master&#8217;s Lodge,\u00a0 Queen&#8217;s College.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MastersLodge-Queens-College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1567\" title=\"MastersLodge Queen's College\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MastersLodge-Queens-College-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MastersLodge-Queens-College-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MastersLodge-Queens-College-1024x740.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My attempt at a pencil sketch several decades ago! Good thing I got interested in photography!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Clare-College-punts1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1546\" title=\"Clare College punts\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Clare-College-punts1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Clare-College-punts1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Clare-College-punts1-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clare College punts. Here you can hire a punt for 14 GBP an hour but you have to pole it yourself!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Trinity-College1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1550\" title=\"Trinity College\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Trinity-College1-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Trinity-College1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Trinity-College1-1024x446.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trinity College, famous for its Wren Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Wren-Library.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wren Library\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Wren-Library-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wren Library as see from the Cam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Girl-Pepys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1547\" title=\"Girl  Pepys\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Girl-Pepys-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Girl-Pepys-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Girl-Pepys-679x1024.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Girl seated under portico of the Wren Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Man-Pepys1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1548\" title=\"Man Pepys\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Man-Pepys1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Man-Pepys1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Man-Pepys1-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Trinity-College.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man seated beneath Wren Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sidney-Sussex-Chapel-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1564\" title=\"Sidney Sussex Chapel I\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sidney-Sussex-Chapel-I-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sidney-Sussex-Chapel-I-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sidney-Sussex-Chapel-I-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sidney Sussex College Chapel. Beneath the floor of this chapel, according to urban legend, is buried the head of our most famous graduate, Oliver Cromwell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kings-College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1572\" title=\"King's College\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kings-College-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kings-College-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kings-College-1024x540.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>King&#8217;s College as seen from the Backs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Punt-Scene.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1586\" title=\"Punt Scene\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Punt-Scene-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Punt-Scene-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Punt-Scene-850x1024.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>River traffic on the Cam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Woman-Pole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1609\" title=\"Woman Pole\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Woman-Pole-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Woman-Pole-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Woman-Pole-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of my male friends in Toronto can be forgiven if they think this lovely young lady is practicing her pole dancing routine. Actually she&#8217;s propelling a punt (and quite expertly I might add)!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several days in London, I feel the need for a break and decide on Friday, September 30 to head for Cambridge. 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