It was Ketchikan yesterday and I will put that in a separate post following this one.  I thought I would write a short post which has no nautical connotations and involves Cambridge in U.K.

The city of Cambridge is a university city, it lies in East Anglia, on the River Cam, about 50 miles north of London. There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area during the Bronze Age and Roman times; under Viking rule Cambridge became an important trading centre.  It is also famous for its Universities and I post a few photos of them.  In addition, the Imperial War Museum is on its outskirts and as I have a love of aircraft, this is a haven for me.

They have almost everything that flies, from Concorde to WW 1 vintage.  There is a marvellous American section too.

(Don’t forget that one can ‘double-click’ a photo to see a larger version).

This is the ‘Flying Fortress’ Sally B.  Shortly after this photo was taken, she took off for a fly by of the U.S.A.F. 8th Airforce cemetery which is outside Cambridge.  A visit there can’t but help one being moved.

This is a P-51 Mustang, the first long-range fighter of WW2 capable of escorting the ‘Sally B’ and her squadrons deep into Germany.  The museum has at least 3 of them.

A Hawker Hurricane.  Stalwart of the battle of Britain, slower and heavier than the Spitfire.  The Hurricane’s would go for the German bombers, while the ‘Spits’ kept the German fighters of their backs.

I took around 50 photos, however I won’t bore you with them all.  U2 spy-planes, Concorde,… innumerable.  If you ever visit Cambridge, you must go there.  Now the Universities….