The Mathematical Bridge

Luke's flight from Paris was delayed by an hour and a half last night so he only got home at 11.40pm. I was so tired, I was ready to go to sleep at 10.30pm but I wanted to wait up to see him so it was an unexpected late night.

....And a very early start this morning - we took Thomas to Cambridge early this morning as he was booked in for a taster session of Engineering (what they called a Master Class) for year 12 pupils. We had planned to drop him off and then I wanted to visit Ely Cathedral and /or the Cambridge American Cemetery. As it happened we visited neither, firstly because it was raining non stop and not good conditions, and secondly because there was a session for parents on the university admission process and they seemed to choose the smallest hall on campus in which to hold this - so it was full 45 minutes before the session was due to start. (In our experience Cambridge University are not brilliant in planning or anything administrative....) As there were about 200 parents still waiting outside the hall, in the rain,  they announced they would hold another session after the initial full one, so there was no choice but to queue for an hour and a half waiting for the next session to start! What a waste of a morning! While we were queuing I left Gavin keeping our place in the line and snuck off to take some photos of Selwyn College which was right next door (see extra) I also liked the yellow trees against the pale wall and the student's decorated bicycle (more extras) 

After the talk for the parents we walked into town where we met Adam for lunch. It was lovely to see him again and catch up on his news. We then walked back to meet Thomas who by now had finished his lectures, and went off to have some coffee. We finally left at about 5pm to come home again.

This image is of the 'Mathematical Bridge', which is a wooden footbridge which connects two buildings of Queens College. The bridge was designed by William Etheridge, and built in 1749. It has been rebuilt on two occasions, in 1866 and in 1905, but has kept the same overall design. Although it appears to be an arch, it is composed entirely of straight timbers built to an unusually sophisticated engineering design, hence the name.