Tour Cambridge, England

 

Emmanuel College Garden

 This evening, I am reprising a private tour of Cambridge.Unfortunately, some of the images are of sub-optimal quality.

First, we first visited Emmanuel College which has an excellent garden open to the public as illustrated in images above and below.

Carp

Sculpture

 

Emmanuel College

After concluding our visit to Emmanuel College we joined the sightseeing tour bus which took us around the key city sights and sites.

 

Cambridge Street Scene

We departed the tour bus to visit the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden images of which are shown below.

 Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

 Botanic Garden

Dawn Redwood at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

 Botanic Garden

Magnolia at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Next to join a punt trip on the River Cam, which took about 45 minutes.

Punting at Cambridge, England

After a light lunch we went to the Institute of Astronomy for a private tour led by Mark, the very helpful librarian. This establishment has a long history dating back to the 1830s. We were particularly interested in one James Challis (1803-1882) who achieved the dual roles of Plumian Professor and Director of the Cambridge Observatory.

Institute of Astronomy

Viewing books by Challis.


 Institute of Astronomy

 

Institute of Astronomy

At culmination of the Institute of Astronomy tour we moved on to our lodgings for the night and enjoyed a good meal at the local Loch Fyne Restaurant.

Tomorrow we visit Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

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