Joined a small crowd that had gathered on King’s Parade to witness the computer generated light projection called “PLENUM” (see previous post for creators and their inspiration.) A whole load of white light dots, that moved, varied in size, collided with other white dots, joined up and, after 15 minutes faded and disappeared. Accompanied by a soundtrack issuing from speakers placed on the …
As part of the Cambridge Festival of Music a light show called “PLENUM” is to be beamed onto the east end of King’s College Chapel. They were setting up and testing as I walked home from a ghost tour this evening. The show runs from 7pm to 10.30pm this Thursday and Friday night. Best viewed …
William and Kate are reported to be making their first official visit as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the city next week…maybe Wednesday morning. The Queen awarded them the title bearing the city’s name shortly after they were married last year. Kate did come close when she visited the East Anglian Children’s Hospice in Milton of …
I was on my way home from a ghost tour. It was gone 10 o’clock on a mild evening when I heard in the quiet of the evening, classical music in the air! Was this a musical ghost that had previously escaped my attention? As I rounded the corner of St Mary’s Passage all was revealed…. One of the …
Cambridge holds on to many of it’s old traditions and one of these was acted out today. Just after 2pm the Trinity Bell started tolling. At 2.20pm a robed figure walked slowly down Trinity Street and approached the Great Gate at Trinity College. Sir Gregory Winter, for it was he, then delivered 3 loud knocks with the help of a stone onto the …
The restoration of the Trinity Great Gate doors nears completion. Today saw the left hand door lifted back into the position that has been it’s own since 1523! It reurned on a flatbed lorry from Exeter where it received a bit of tlc and some highly skilled craftsmanship to allow it to see out another …
What a Summer! Finished a Ghost Tour on Friday Evening just before the heavens opened! Biking home up Castle Hill in a torrential downpour with torrents of water rushing down the hill. Saturtday saw the Cam burst its banks and very high water leading to a suspension of punting as the increased flow of the …
100 years ago today Alan Turing was born. Today in front of his college, King’s, a blue plaque was unveiled. It states: Alan Turing 1912-1954 Mathematician, computer pioneer and code breaker. Turing for many was the “father” of modern computers. While at King’s he was whisked away to Bletchly Park where he, with others, played a crucial part in …
An abundance of empty Champagne bottles around town today. A sure sign that for many of the students the exams have finished and the results are published. Saw these students on King’s Parade enjoying the soulful tunes emenating from a Cambridge Litter Bin. The Bin busker has made quite a name for himself over the past few years…another in …
Two tours today on a wet, wild and windy Cambridge! While biking home this evening my attention was caught by a row of contemporary sculptures along the river bank at King’s College. Not a great photo I know but the what a sight to behold, especially with a real live cow in the foreground! Cambridge, …