Cambridge

I'm up for that, Soutra. I live twelve miles north of Cambridge.

I'm up for it too! I was beginning to think there weren't many in this area.

Looking promising, then? I live about 50 miles away but can get there by X5 bus on my bus pass!!! (as I did yesterday going to Oxford. It is slower than driving but increasingly I find I am happy to let someone else "take the strain"!

Yes, it's time I took the X5 again!

Warning Soutra, I live an hours drive to either Cambridge or Oxford but the X5 takes 2 hours to Cambridge but just an hour to Oxford! That put me off taking the bus to the lovely Cambridge...

Oh I know, I have done both. It's actually more like 1 3/4 hours to Oxford (and yesterday 2 hours on account of the traffic )and the extra time to Cambridge is because it sits in Bedford bus station for a frustrating 15 minutes!! I could drive to the Madingley Park and Ride but then I've still got to get the bus into town.
Sorry you weren't able to make Oxford yesterday, Mollie.

Maybe someone ought to be warning Cambridge? I'm glad you all had a lovely time, how long before the Ashmolean is back to normal?

mollie it will never be back to normal again! soutra you are deserting the dreaming spires for 'the other place ' [as the university here calls Cambridge!]You will be off up to Manchester next, you and your bus pass.
There must be loads of people that could get to Cambridge surely, or is East Anglia more than usually full of water at the moment?

We're OK, roses. Driest part of the UK.

OMG, and they spent so much money of that refit! What a shame. So the dreaming spires are now the dizzy spires...lol!

Did you get Alfred's jewel back for us?

Right, time to tell the truth! We were a table full of oldies, yakking away [but fairly quietly] scoffing plates of salad, chortling now and again in a fairly ladylike way in the cafe. We were there for ages but managed not to offend anyone or break anything. When we left the cafe we browsed round the museum shop, and some of us bought a few things. Then we went home.An enjoyable day it has to be said,but not as entertaining as the lies we all told on here, and I wish now that we really had done the conga round the Egyptian showcases, might have livened up those old mummies[and us old grannies.] Why is the truth never as good?

Is there an Egyptian Mummiesnet?

oh now you've ruined my day! I had such a vivid image of you all behaving disgracefully...

Not too late to live down up to that image!

Oooh noooo, far more fun hearing about it all thanks.

I can get to Cambridge - on main line from Letchworth

I seem to have brought this to a dead end maybe I am too far up the line

Not at all flower let's see if there is any more interest?

I am about 50 mins drive from Cambridge and would like to come to the meet-up! I can't seem to summon any interest more locally (anyone in Herts please reply!!).

I'm in Herts Jaqui60 which end of Herts are you? I am North Herts.

Hello Flower. I'm in Sawbridgeworth; you are in Letchworth, aren't you? One of the others who replied previously was in Ware so hopefully we can find somewhere central that everyone can get to! I am happy to travel a bit!

I live a twenty min drive from central Cambridge and would love to be part of a 'meet up'! When is the next one?

We haven't done one in Cambridge yet, Poppyfields but I'm sure it could be arranged if there were enough people interested.