My goal, upon arrival in Cambridge, was to stay awake until the end of
the day, so I would be appropriately tired, get a decent night's rest,
and then wake up (mostly) in synch with the new timezone. While it's
true that I arrived at the Cambridge station, I actually needed to change
trains to go one more hop to the Cambridge North station. But that
went OK, and both in King's Cross and Cambridge stations, I was able
to get a wireless Internet connection and send a quick email on my
progress. I didn't want to try to get a SIM card and see if my old
phone would work and then scramble to figure out what to do when it didn't.
Also, unrelated to anything, I don't understand why the King's Cross
station is spelled using an apostrophe but Barons Court is not. (OK,
I just looked it up and basically there's no consensus or rules.
Sometimes names are singular possessive, sometimes plural possessive,
and sometimes just they are just a plural noun. And sometimes they
have changed over time, or are printed differently by different
organizations. I don't think this world (word?) problem is one I have
time to fix at the moment.)
It was cool-ish in Cambridge (50sF/10sC), overcast, and it had rained
a lot in the last week and some areas were still flooded.
My friend Stephanie met me at the train station. After dropping off
my bags, we explored a bit of downtown Cambridge for the afternoon,
making sure I stayed awake long enough. Amusingly enough, Stephanie
seemed more fatigued than I was. But we both stayed awake until the
end of the day.
Part 9: Backyard
Blacksmith Workshop Part 10: Bagby Airfield Part 11: Byland Abbey Part 12: National Railway
Museum Part 13: Cambridge (Part
2) Part 14: Cambridge
Botanical Gardens Part 15: The Departure
Part 9: Backyard
Blacksmith Workshop Part 10: Bagby Airfield Part 11: Byland Abbey Part 12: National Railway
Museum Part 13: Cambridge (Part
2) Part 14: Cambridge
Botanical Gardens Part 15: The Departure