Following the success of the coach outing to Oxford earlier this year, Valerie Matthews (Membership Secretary) has organised an outing to Cambridge.

Travel to Cambridge will be direct without stops with an arrival time approx. 10.30 – 11.00am, subject to traffic conditions. You will then have approx. 5 hours to explore the town, have a punt on the River Cam etc.

The coach will leave Cambridge at 4.30pm, hopefully returning to Ashford by 7.00pm, subject to travel conditions.

If you want to book a place, contact the Outings Organiser for a booking form by clicking on Outings Organiser. This will open a form in a new page which will let you write and send your message.

Valerie has done some research and some ideas of things to do are:

• Punting on the river Cam passing the Bridge of Sighs, Kings College Chapel, the Mathematical Bridge and Trinity College. Shared tour (max 12 people) costs £12 for 45 minutes (£10 if over 70). Departure every hour from Quayside Punting Station Magdalene Bridge. Prebook at www.scudamores.com.
• Hop On Hop Off sightseeing tour. With audio guide Cost £17. 
• University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, which houses world-class collections of art and antiquities spanning centuries and civilisations. (Trumpington Street)
• Museum of Cambridge. Delve in to the social history of the area. (the old Whitehorse Inn, Castle Street) 
• Kettle’s Yard, one of the country’s finest galleries and a major centre for 20th century and contemporary art. (Castle Street)
• Private Self-Guided Dinky Door Hunt in Cambridge  These are charming miniature sculptures which pop up around the city. Discover the 12 doors and watch a video backstory above each door. 130-150 minutes. Cost £8.50. www.dinkydoors.co.uk.
• Walking tour (90 mins) departing at 11.30 and 2pm from the University of Cambridge Museum’s Shop,18 King’s Parade. Led by professional guide. See the Old Cavendish Laboratory, the Eagle Pub, the Corpus Clock, the Senate House, the River Cam, King's Parade, Corpus Christi College, King's College, Gonville & Caius College, Trinity College, Queens' College and St Catharine's College. Cost £20. Prebook at www.cantabtours.com.
• Alumni guided walking tour with optional tour of King’s College. Leaves from the front entrance of King’s College on King’s Parade, Cambridge every hour. Cost without entry to Kings College £25 (90mins), with entry cost £50 (150 mins).Book through cambridgealumnitours.co.uk
• Free walking tour (2hrs) with students and locals at 11am and 2pm. Meet outside Oxford Tourism Information, 16 Broad Street, OX1 3AS.Prebook at footprints-tours.com.  Tips appreciated. Paid tours with smaller groups also available.