This apple tree just outside the main entrance to Trinity College is purportedly a direct descendant of the famous Newtonian apple tree.

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One day while I was in Cambridge I was putting the garbage bins out and got chatting to a guy going past who said he lived down the road near the wisteria. I immediately knew what he meant.

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The other blue sky day (more semi-blue) was the day we walked to Grantchester. I can hardly believe I caught only one other person on the path - it was way more crowded.

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Since there were only two days with any blue sky during my stay in England, I can easily identify this as taken on the day we went to Hitchin.

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This one was in Trumpington, a village that used to be outside Cambridge, but is now part of the outskirts. Look at the bottom right corner of the sign.

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Some pictures taken near the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.

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As mentioned yesterday, the town has a number of wonky half-timbered buildings.

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Some of the teaching models. These are fungi that cause diseases in plants.

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I came back from the UK last night, where I was for about 10 days. I stayed in Cambridge with an old friend. The schedule went something like this:
Saturday 5 May: Stayed in Naples the previous night and caught the 1020 flight to Stansted. Arrived Cambridge around 2 pm and spent the afternoon sitting around the house catching up on things.
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