Wednesday 13th July 2022
The start of our Roadtrip Part 2! I never finished writing up leaving Glastonbury, so here is a quick explanation. We woke up early on the Monday at around 4.30am, leaving before 6am. We had booked a campsite in Longleat, in case Mum felt too tired to drive, but we really just wanted to get home by this point! We arrived home around 10am - very pleased to see Dad and Rusty!! Our two weeks at home were so nice, great to be back all together as a family, able to see some friends and get the MOT done for Marvin - a pass, thankfully!
Back to 13th July… we left home at 7am, with our first destination for two nights being near Cambridge. The traffic wasn’t too bad, a couple of holdups but otherwise all fine. We arrived close to the campsite very early though - about 3 hours before the campsite opens for check-in! We spent this time in the services on the motorway, and also getting some shopping at the Tescos superstore, before still arriving half an hour early :)
Our pitch is really nice, and as it was such hot weather, we have spent most of the afternoon sitting in the shade, before going for a walk around the local area. After dinner back at the van, we went to the pub for a drink, and also planned our day in Cambridge tomorrow. A pretty sky this evening!
Thursday 14th July 2022
We caught the bus into Cambridge, getting there for around 10.15am. After speaking to someone working for the Tourist Information to best plan our day, we headed to Christ’s College to have a look around the university. The buildings were so beautiful! It was so nice to be there in person, as I have never been to Cambridge before. They also have a statue of Charles Darwin, who was a student there.
We also looked around the grounds of Emmanuel College which again had amazing architecture. We then stopped to get an ice cream from
Jacks’s Gelato as they had amazing vegan flavours!
We walked past King’s College, although didn’t go inside. We reached the river and saw lots of people punting! As we only had one day in Cambridge we decided not to take a boat trip, although we should have done really!
We walked along the other side of the river to see views of King’s College again, as well as the Mathematical Bridge. Unfortunately most of the riverside is not accessible to walk along, as it is divided up into different colleges, some of which charge admission fees, so we couldn’t see some of the bridges, but it was still really nice to see parts of Cambridge.
For our meal, we decided to eat at Stem + Glory which had a really varied and interesting menu. Following on from our meal, we weren’t quite sure what to do for the rest of the day. There were some adverts for a David Hockney exhibition, with free entry. We only had half an hour left before the museum closed but it was good to do something different and see some artwork.
To finish our day, I read some poetry by the River Cam and by King’s College, trying to get as close to the real locations the poetry was inspired by as we could.
After quite a long day, we headed back on the bus, ready to leave the campsite tomorrow morning. Wish we could have longer to explore more of Cambridge - there is so much to do! It did get busy in the afternoon due to lots of tourists and students taking part in summer schools though!
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