Cambridge

Crocuses on the Backs behind Trinity and St John's 

Make of these what you will!

Visits to London

In October we went to the British Museum to see the Shunga exhibition.  No photography allowed there of course but lots of lovely things in the other galleries.

This room is crammed from top to toe with a huge variety of stuff

In November we went to the Dulwich Picture Gallery for the Whistler exhibition - sorry, no photos!
On the way back to King's Cross we stopped at the British Library to see a small but excellent exhibition of children's book illustrations.  In the grounds was this strangely effective display.

This cherub was suspended from the top of the loggia, under the George I obelisk

December saw us at the Victoria & Albert Museum for the wonderful exhibition of Chinese painting.  To mark the event, the pool in the courtyard was suitably decorated.

Later in December we went to the Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln Fields.  It had been closed for some time for restoration work to be done on the collection and is well worth a visit.  On the way, we passed this statue but I'm afraid I don't know who it is.

The museum is housed in Sir John's house, the handsome white building with the statues, a very enviable spot!

The Christmas skating rink at Somerset House

Cambridge floods

The recreation ground on Nightingale Avenue is flooded for the first time in the 21 years we've lived in the area.   

We've yet to see anyone using this equipment - not much chance at the moment!

The Bin Brook runs under Robinson College.  Usually it's just a trickle along the middle of the channel; today it was a raging torrent!

From Robinson, the brook runs through Burrell's Field on its way to the Cam near Trinity and St John's.  Yesterday this area was awash with snowdrops and crocuses.

The flood is within a centimetre of the footbridge on Burrell's Walk

Meet Nathaniel Hawk

Nathaniel Hawk, cousin to the famous Jack Sparrow