We trained and walked the two miles into Cambridge. We broke up into two groups. We were taken to an old church that William Morris decorated; it had various levels of different patterns that he had stencilled on the walls. William Morris was also the creator of several of the stained glass windows and put his face in one of them.
We toured Kings College Chapel which took a hundred years to build over the reign of 5 kings. The first king started in a simpler style. It has the best example of fanned ceilings in europe. Cornwall stationed himself in Cambridge and since he stabled his horses and men in the chapel during the winter they did not destroy the glass, they just painted over it so it was all recovered later. There is some grafitti on the walls from his men.
We went to the delightful Fitzwilliam Museum which we only saw a small portion of. Worth a visit.
Then we went punting on the Cam. Cambridge is named after the river Cam and then a bridge that was built over it. Cambridge the university is made up of 31 separate colleges each with their own history and money.
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