Cambridge

In an attempt to get out of the M25 (ring road around London) this May bank holiday, which I had forgotten to plan for, I copped out and did a day trip to the university town of Cambridge. The weather was foul in typical English fashion and hence a short trip like this suited just fine. Cambridge is located in East England, about an hour on the train out of London. The main inspiration for Cambridge (rather than Oxford, which is a slightly older uni) was the fact that UQ was modelled on Cambridge...in particular Trinity House. The town isn't very large and I was able to walk around pretty easily, unfortunately, either due to the weekend/bank holiday most of the colleges were shut to the public. The most famous of these colleges are:

• Kings College, where the boy's choir is broadcast every year around the world
• Trinity House, the richest and largest of the colleges. It is said that one could walk from Cambridge to London without leaving lands owned/associated with the college.
• St John's and many others

My main target was the great court of Trinity House, where the traditional race made famous by the film "Chariots of Fire" takes place. when I did see it however, it doesn't really look like UQ's Great Court, that's when I found out the movie was actually filed at Eton college in Windsor. Anyhow it was a great day out...even in the wet.