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[stellamira]

What it all comes down to is this:

Poll My sister and I are going to spend our summer vacation in England (her boyfriend has just started working and isn't allowed to take days off yet). What a surprise. We use London as a starting point but we'll travel around and only come back there the day after the flight home. There's a train ticket that's fairly

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[pensnest]

In fairness, trains go to both Oxford and Cambridge. But once you get there, the pretty bits of Cambridge are more compactly laid out. See them by punt.

[stellamira]

We're probably going by car. We're doing a rough circle anyway so it makes sense to stop along the way, maybe even overnight. Good point about Cambridge being compact. Ha, punting... I read in three travel guides how it's potentially a very wet affair - although one has instructions on how to do it, so we might try it ourselves.

[pensnest]

There are punt tours available too - you get into a giant punt at the Scudamores near Magdalen Bridge and your punter will tell you stuff about everything as you go by. Not as much *fun* as doing the punting for yourself, but more informative!

[geneli4]

awww, i like the name errol, especially for an agile little hamster!

[stellamira]

Well, he's named after the Weasley family owl, who's old and slow - but he certainly defies that image. And there's always also Errol Flynn. :)

[rikes]

YAY for England! When are you going?

[stellamira]

Yay! I didn't expect to go back so fast, but I'm certainly not complaining. We're going in August (so hopefully the weather should be nice), on the 18th.

[rikes]

Ha, I'm going to London next week and apparently it's going to rain every single day. Oh well. I hope you'll have better luck!

[stellamira]

Ugh, that doesn't sound nice. But I don't trust the weather reports right now, so I hope you'll get lucky and have some sun. And have fun!