22nd April 2011
Heathrow then Rushden, UK
5.30am arrival at Heathrow on Good Friday…hardly a crowd and no
one there except for Sam & Emma, our good old friends we’d met in
Oz!!!! What a welcome – thanks guys for
collecting us soooo early! Then a scoot
up the empty M1 to their home in Northamptonshire, a late breakfast, a few
stories to tell, a 2 hour snooze for all, then it was off for an afternoon in
Cambridge.
Cambridge
What a beautiful (old) part of the world! We were suddenly immersed in Royal Wedding
fever, cobbled streets, riverways with punting boats (it was quite a culture
shock after seeing mokoros the week before) and historic buildings. Walking with Emma and Sam past the famous
King’s College Chapel (c1536) we could see the BBC van outside recording one of
the Easter services. The building looks
amazing but no entry for us today as all seats taken - we’ll save it for
another time. Dinner was at a pub by the river, watching the punting….how
surreal it all is after being in Africa.
