Cambridge

This morning we started the day by going to the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Company, followed by Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings. After our purchases, we headed out of town and meandered our way to Derby and the Royal Crown Derby China.

We had a really fascinating factory tour, showing us everything from pouring the moulds, to completing the gold edging. Seeing the plates ‘pressed’ through to the complete, fired product was really interesting (really, it was just great to see something other than a castle or house!). The products in the shop were lovely, but very expensive!

From here, we continued on to Cambridge, and arrived much earlier than we originally expected to. We had a lovely time wandering around the grounds of Kings College, then along to look at the other colleges. Unfortunately, most were closed, as it is graduation week, but we did get to see a procession for one of the colleges. Each student belongs to a college, as well as the University, and it looks like they graduate from both! It was very interesting to see how it worked.

We were in Cambridge at 5pm, so thought we would like up and stay for Evensong in the Kings College Chapel. It was a wonderful experience. The acoustics in the chapel are amazing! We were certainly glad we were able to experience it.

From here it was off to the B&B to book in. Booking on the internet, your not always sure of what you will get or where you will be. We found that the B&B was only about a mile from where we parked – right near the centre of town! So once settled in, we walked back to town for a yummy dinner at a Turkish restaurant, then wandered back again in time for the fireworks over some of the colleges graduating today. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the camera with us, so its up early for a walk tomorrow before breakfast.

(Alison)