Cambridge & ely Cathedral

We sadly left Drinkstone Park B & B,  after spending 3 terrific nights there, where we had great conversations and lots of laughs with our hosts Michael & Christine we had maps printed for us to follow around the villages, were driven to & from the local pubs for dinner, and John was even made a honey & lemon drink to make him feel better !!! What more could anyone ask !!

We then headed for Cambridge. We opted to Park & Ride, rather than battle with the traffic in the Cambridge Centre, which was a great idea. Then for for the Hop on Hop Off tour, for 1 1/2 hrs, and were both a little disappointed ! Cambridge isn't a quaint, quiet University City, as we thought it would be, but a busy city surrounding the University Colleges, which aren't accessible to the public. Next stop was Ely, which is a Cathedral city, and was more like what we expected Cambridge to be like !! The Cathedral is built on the original site of St Ethelreda's Monastry. She was Alfred the Great's Grand daughter.  We then started out drive to Nottingham in search of Robin Hood.