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Category Archives: Pubs
A weekend in Oxford
We spent the weekend in the Other University town! After work on Friday Tim and I drove our hire van packed with bikes, laptops and several different types of shoes southwards. We arrived at Culham at the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Museums, Places to eat, Places to visit, Pubs, Things to do
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Swamp Truck – Weird name – Awesome band
Spent a very pleasant day eating cucumber sandwiches and supping tomato soup with K who was up in Cambridge for the day. Met up with Nic in the evening and we ended up in the Portland Arms birthday celebrating with … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pubs
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Discovering John Clare at the Festival of Ideas 2010
The Festival of Ideas started on Wednesday and I started off well by going to a lecture on poetry that very evening. It’s always so much easier to understand a poem when someone else has done all the research for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Poetry, Pubs, Things to do
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A spot of afternoon archery
It was warm today, so warm in fact that I wore short sleeves and thought about looking for the sun protection cream. I cycled to Churchill College Sports Grounds to meet up the University Bowmen and try a little archery. … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Pubs, Things to do
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Despite the rain
The weather this week has been almost all rain and no sunshine but today it was bright and hot and perfect for cycling to the the antique shops on Gwydir Street. Next to them, also in Dales Brewery, is the … Continue reading
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A rainy end to September
I have spent a very pleasant weekend passing the time in the various watering holes and cake shops of Cambridge. On Friday Claire, Thomas, John and I hot footed it to the Punter for one of their delectable £5 lunches. … Continue reading
Posted in Cafés, Pubs, Writing
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Tea at the La Forêt Noire and a hard struggle up to the Bastille
On Friday afternoon K and I went into town and had tea and Black Forest gateau at a lovely little cafe La Forêt Noire opposite the tourist information. (Beware of the music on their website). It was a cozy little … Continue reading
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Places to eat and places to be
It’s been a busy week. Wednesday saw me at the public lecture at the Institute of Astronomy. It was a fairly clear night so we got a chance to do some public observing. Both the large telescopes were trained on … Continue reading
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Busy with meetings and exploring the pubs of Cambridge
After a long week at work it was a bit of a relief to have a quiet evening on Friday. Will and Ella came up on Saturday and I got to wander all round Cambridge with them. We popped into … Continue reading
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