Transportation Turmoil

Buskers at the market on Saturday

It was a bit of a "white knuckler" driving down from Lincolnshire to Cambridge because it was raining so hard that large puddles were accumulating in the slow lane of the highway. We found the B&B we had booked in Cambridge then headed off on foot to see the town. It was quite a long walk but a lot of it was along the banks of the River Cam. We wandered around and did some shopping. There were thousands of bikes everywhere - being ridden along the specially marked bike routes or being locked to every possible railing and bike stand. The inundation of large groups of foreign
students/tourist has begun. The academic year has finished and I think they rent out the college residences to them.

Entrance to King's College

Drinking at a pub beside the river and enjoying the show

We took a punting trip that unfortunately we purchased from one of the rogue companies that wander the King's Parade soliciting your business. We did get to go punting but we had to walk a short distance down to a field full of cow pies which abutted the river where six of us gingerly climbed aboard a punt.The route promised was a behind many of the colleges of Cambridge and under many of the bridges that connect them. We were sitting in the front and had a clear view of the complete mayhem on the river. We did laugh a lot. There were a great number of punts in general but the self punters in rented boats caused a lot of chaos, blocking the canal sideways - generally looking terrified and frustrated.

Mathematical bridge

Traffic jam

Bridge of Sighs

King's College

Wren's library

We were too tired to walk back to our accommodation so we took a bus - quite the transit sampling today.