Cambridge 23 July 2009

We had to drive to a place more than halfway between York and Brighton so we picked Cambridge to have a look around. What a beautiful place. The university is 800 years old this year (1209 – 2009). We went for a relaxing chaffeured ride on a punt along the River Cam which was fun apart from being bumped into by all the self hire punts. Our young driver who I thought looked abit like Prince William gave us a commentary about the history of the university colleges. There are 31 colleges with 17 000 students who eat, live and study in these majestic looking buildings. Late in the 1800’s women began studying at Cambridge but could not actually graduate with a degree until 1948.