During our road trip we stopped off in Cambridge just for a quick tour around. I was surprised at just how beautiful it is, the lovely small town and the surrounding countryside.

We toured around the university and stopped off at an old pub for lunch. The Eagle was originally opened in 1667. The bar ceiling still has graffiti from the World War Two RAF airmen that hung out there during the war. It is also where , in 1953, James Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the secret of life. He came to make their first announcement that they had come up with the proposal for the structure of DNA.

Just across the alley from the Eagle is St. Bene’t’s Church which is the oldest building in Cambridge, the Tower dating back to 1033.

It is an area that really deserves a lot longer than a day visit and I would like to go back and spend more time learning about its history.