Cambridge

The campsite is located a fair distance from Cambridge which forced us to use the bus. It didn’t take us long to get into the town centre. The weather was fabulous today, which made it a great time walking around. We made our way to the tourist office, passing a market along the way. We decided to visit the market after we got what information we needed at the tourist office. A town map was 30 pence, which you don’t really need. It did help out, but what it really showed you is that there is not much in Cambridge. Touring the colleges is the main attraction here, as well as in Oxford. But, it being exam week, touring was impossible. The colleges were closed to tourists. This was sort of disappointing, so we made the best of the weather and walked around town before stopping on a bridge watching people go by on punting tours. I suggested to Julie for us to go out on one, but it was too expensive so we just ended up taking the bus home. What we did by mistake though, was take the bus in the wrong direction. It wasn’t a total loss though, as we managed to find a very cheap grocery store along the way. So we had groceries, finally, from a store that wasn’t too expensive. The grocery store in Oxford was prohibitively expensive and we ended up leaving without much food. It took us under 20 minutes to get into town and closer to 2 hours to get back to the campsite (without the stop for groceries). We were both exhausted by the time we arrived at the campsite. My knee was particularly bad today, which always makes matters worse.