I recently visited Cambridge on a tour of England and was lucky enough to have near perfect photography weather! These were tourist snaps and all taken with my trusty D300 and 18 – 200mm VR lens. When oh when will Nikon announce a next gen camera or micro 4/3rds variant!
Our stop-over in Cambridge began with a stay at the fantastic Madingley Hall. I say fantastic, the rooms were a little basic but the hall and it’s dining room are out of this world!
This is the most impressive Madingley Hall which operates as a hotel as well as hosting students of short courses at Cambridge University
The morning after the night before, we went for a walk around the stunning gardens:
The traditionally landscaped gardens are befitting of such a historic building, it was really nice to see the gardens on such a sunny morning
This garden tap with corroded copper made for a fantastic subject at Madingley Hall
and I found a nice bench just for me!
I found a nice bench that was named in my honour!
After our tour of Madingley Hall, we went to investigate the historic town of Cambridge.
The King's College Chapel is one of the first buildings to greet the Cambridge tourist. Fantastic on the outside and definitely worth the entrance fee to look inside.
The Spires at the front of King's College Chapel, taken from an interesting angle
The interior of the King's College Chapel is stunning. What is as amazing is when it was completed - 1515!!!
This photo of the fan vault roof doesn't do the spectacular view justice
An image of tourists "Punting" along the river cam behind King's College and looking towards Trinity
A stonemason / builder repairs one of the ancient brick walls along an alleyway
Eventually I managed to pry myself away from the impressive historic centre of Cambridge to take a walk along to the Botanical Gardens. Another tourist gem, the gardens even claim to hold a direct descendant of the apple tree from which an apple fell on Sir Isaac Newton’s head. I’m a bit sceptical, but I like tourist trivia as much as the next camera touting eejit!
A visit to the Botanical Gardens which are a short walk from Cambridge's historic centre rewarded us with fine weather and some more photo opportunities!
