Dorset House Cambridge
35 Newton Road, Little Shelford Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 77710, United Kingdom
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Sick
We had planned to drive to near Glastonbury in Somerset for a New Years Eve party today. Instead, I awoke ill and was unable to drive. Neither Nancy nor Andy was authorized to drive my rental car, so everyone decided to stay in Cambridge. With nursing care from the other three, I started feeling a little better in the evening and stayed up until shortly after midnight to welcome the new ...
Back to Cambridge
Another driving day, from the Leeds area to Cambridge via the A1 motorway, with a stop at Clumber Park near Nottingham. Again, I followed Brian, whose vehicle was needed to transport the rest of Kirsten and Andy's belongings back to their home. Dinner was sushi at J Restaurant after we ...
Best Christmas present ever
... He was jailed and was vilified for his outspoken opposition to World War I although he was well known in academic circles for his work in mathematics.)
Following Russell’s lectures, Kirsten brought me an Anglo Saxon edition of Bede, Lydgate’s Thebes (an edition of writings by Sir John Mandeville, a very imaginative medieval traveler who inspired the travels of later explorers, including Columbus), ...
To Cambridge by train, with baggage
A travel day, by foot to Kings Cross rail station, by train to Cambridge and by taxi to our daughter's house. For those who might not know, Kirsten is married to a young man (Andy) from near Leeds whom she met while spending a semester studying abroad while an undergraduate in college. She is a library assistant at the Trinity College library, but more of that later.
Laden with extra luggage, including three rolling bags, we struggled to Kings ...
Back to Blighty - Norfolk and then Home
... change in and somewhere to put your barbeque and beach chairs. Some were more fancy and better equipped than others. We surmised these were either owned or rented for longer periods.
At the far end of the beach was a pier, which seemed to be the centre of action for the place. It sprouted cafes and shops and games places and had sheltered outdoor seating to keep people out of the wind. It went out quite a distance into the sea. We walked out to the end ...


