After a 12 hour sleep Wednesday night, Bob and I got up with the alarm at 7:15 am yesterday (late for us) to get a bit of free breakfast at the hotel before catching a 1.5 hour train to Cambridge. The hotel is undergoing renovations and is down to one elevator and no use of stairs while repairs are underway there as well. While the staff have been very friendly, they are dealing with 5 floors of guests upset with the long wait to get to breakfast, leave the building, and/or get back up to their room. Titanium status Bob asked the front desk person to convey his unhappiness to the general manager. I doubt he was the only one.
Our train travel was a much happier experience with a smooth, uneventful journey in the rain. Peter and Susan, our Cambridge friends, met us at the station where we walked across the square to a popular coffee shop for a cuppa, as they say here, before the short walk onto their house.
We had a great visit catching up, and Peter made a lovely lunch. I am embarrassed to say, and I deeply regret, that I did not think to get a selfie of the 4 of us. I thought of it before we left for Cambridge, and then we just got busy talking.
I didn’t forget to get a couple photos of the two biggest male personalities yesterday though. The regal Hugo —
And Bob —
yet we must give Bob props for his stirring ability.
No, really, he insists that we do.
Since I predate the mobile phone era and don’t participate in much social media, I feel that the meet-up still counts even without the photographic evidence. It was a great day, and we left with ideas/advice for today in London, a much needed book to teach us about cricket, UK cheeses from a new cheese shop in nearby Ely, and a Christmas bread. All of that, and we were “run over” to the train station, so we arrived back in London safe and dry.
Cheers to our forever favorite Cambridgeans!
Peckish Travels 