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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 5000) Tuesday 5th December 2023.
So here it is - my final picture of uninterrupted daily photographs of Cambridge - 5,000 consecutive posts over 13 years. I’m sure you’ll forgive the fact that it wasn’t taken today but a week ago…
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The West Door at King's College Chapel was opened especially for me tonight so I could take this picture of the sunset over the wildflower meadow - which was nice :) and if you look closely you can see the college cat!
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4869)…
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18th July 2013
Ten years ago today I saw this couple walking along King's Parade and asked them if I could take their picture. When they told me they were on their way to a Tango event it made perfect sense for them to pose on King's College wall. The picture has since become a…
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Tonight's walk home.
Very occasionally you find yourself in the right place at the right time.
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1/3 A Fen Skater christened the ice today as conditions proved perfect for the first time in years.
Skating over the frozen flooded fields and meadows has been a part of Fenland life for hundreds of years.
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Let's go punting they said - it'll be fun they said!
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4877) Friday 4th August 2023
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For those who liked my photograph looking out from the West Door of King's College Chapel; would you like to see what it looks like from the other direction looking in through the West Door?
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Meet Cosmo and Boy - two gorgeous shire horses that King's College recruited to mow their wildflower meadow this morning after almost a year in planning with Steve Coghill and Sergio Ballarin, Head Gardeners at King's and Christs Colleges 1/2 ...
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Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote for their favourite image for March in the 2024 Cambridge Diary Calendar. Whilst we do have a winner (see picture below) I'm again going to reserve the second choice picture University Cycles as I might surprise you with a better…
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If you wait long enough - this happens.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4913) Saturday 9th September 2023.
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"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
This small plot outside St John's College had seemingly always been laid to grass but three years ago it was discovered that it was originally ‘The President’s Garden’ over which he looked…
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Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote for their favourite image for April in the 2024 Cambridge Diary Calendar. Your winner with 36% of all the votes is Mietziko who lives with Mete Atature, Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge and you can often see them…
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Very occasionally you get lucky as you walk along Trumpington Street and the gate to Tunwells Court is open. This is my favourite little alleyway in Cambridge. This mediaeval avenue of houses was built in the 16th century. From the late 18th century it was occupied by the Tunwell…
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I was slow to notice this young woman on a busy Sidney Street at lunchtime today but when I turned to take the picture, the scene magically cleared, as if time had taken a step back. I couldn't resist aging the photograph a little as a mark of respect.
A picture of Cambridge…
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The west door at King's College Chapel is rarely opened but when it is ...
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The river is frozen at Grantchester.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4646) Sunday 11th December 2022.
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Today's weather reminded me of these pictures my father took of the frozen river along the Backs during the winter of 1962/1963 - one of the coldest on record.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4641) Tuesday 6th December 2022
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4934) Saturday 30th September 2023.
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And that's a wrap.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4896) Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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I’ve probably walked along King's Parade every day of my life and yet I’ve only just noticed this wonderfully original mercury barometer recessed into one of the doorways. Now a sweet shop, the premises was a chemists for over 150 years and my own research (someone else might…
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Three years ago today England went into lockdown. All “non-essential” high street businesses were closed and people were ordered to stay at home, permitted to leave for essential purposes only, such as buying food or for medical reasons. Cambridge complied to the letter and…
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Thursday 21st March 2024
One of the biggest floral spectacles in Cambridge has just come into blossom for the first time at St John’s College. Lining both sides of Limes Avenue are expanses of Narcissus Jet Fire and February Gold Daffodils intermixed with Chionodoxa Blue Giant…
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... and then it snowed so I had to go out again!
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16th November 2017
Five years ago today I spotted this gentleman walking across Silver Street Bridge and liked the way his clothes complimented the autumn colours at Queens' College. Thread 1/3 ...
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18th January 2019
When your shadow needs a rest.
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I think this is possibly the most beautiful that I have ever seen King's College look at this time of year. (Twitter cropped my previous photo and I so want you all to see this!)
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24th December 2023
Every Christmas Eve just after 3pm, a small choirboy steps up to a BBC microphone and sings the first verse of Once in Royal David’s City.
This tradition of opening the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College, Cambridge with a lone boy treble…
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Thank you everyone who voted for their favourite picture to be October in the Cambridge Diary 2024 Calendar. For the first time there was a marked contrast in the voting between Twitter and Facebook. Over there the now dubbed 'Spooky House' got the most votes but here on Twitter…
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4699) Monday 6th February 2023.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4910) Wednesday 6th September 2023.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4998) Sunday 3rd December 2023.
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Obligatory cuteness overload post .
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4821) Thursday 8th June 2023.
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I sat in this field for nearly two hours waiting for the sky to change and this amazing cloud cover obliged :)
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Well, that's it for another year folks and thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote for their favourite pictures for each month in the 2024 Cambridge Diary Calendar - I really appreciate your help. Here's the winner for December!
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4620) Monday 14th November 2022
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A portrait picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4087) Wednesday 26th May 2021.
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Spotted this little doorway to a magic garden (must be) as I was walking along Fen Causeway today.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4895) Tuesday 22nd August 2023.
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7th July 2013
Ten years ago today I got all my ducks in a row. Heaven knows what’s happened since.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4653) Sunday 18th December 2022.
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I caught Colin Dundas today in the early stages of signwriting Fitzbillies new shop on King's Parade. After sketching out the lettering on paper and then making tiny holes around the outlines, Colin used a dressmaker's pounce (I know, look it up) to dust through the holes onto…
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Just when you're about to hang up your camera for a while, someone loses their Santa hat
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4652) Saturday 17th December 2022.
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Today at the Beech Woods, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge,
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At the end of each tall bookcase in St John's College Library there are two little doors behind which is a list of the books on the shelves behind. There are subject headings such as: philologi, philosophi, medici, theologi recentiores, theologi scholastici, historici…
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Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote for their favourite image for August in the 2024 Cambridge Diary Calendar. We have a clear winner!
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If you live in Cambridge and walk past this view on a regular basis you should only really take a picture when it's absolutely necessary - today was one of the days.
@Kings_College
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Shire horses Cosmo and Boy returned to King's College today to help harvest the wildflower meadow.
@Kings_College
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4537) Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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I was very sad to hear that Adam Stevens, from the Stevens of Boston Flower Stall, lost his brave fight with cancer over the weekend. Adam was possibly the last of the real market traders who used to shout out the final prices of the day whilst dragging his buckets of daffodils…
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Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote for their favourite image for May in the 2024 Cambridge Diary Calendar. We have a clear winner!
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Thanks everyone who voted for their choice of picture for November in the Cambridge Diary 2024 Calendar - the winner is ...
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It seems that barely a week goes by without some kind of filming going on in Cambridge. The roads are closed to pedestrians and fleets of production trucks park along Trinity Street and King's Parade with ubiquitous security personnel ordering tourists and residents about as if…
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Friday 22nd March 2024
At 16.06 today, for just a moment, there was only one person on this stretch of Trumpington Street.
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28th July 1942: a low-flying German aircraft drops eight high-explosive and three incendiary bombs on the centre of Cambridge. Three people are killed and there is significant property damage. Incredibly the only university building which received a direct hit was the Union…
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Geese over Bodley's Court.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4870) Friday 28th July 2023
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4971) Monday 6th November 2023.
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Love it or hate it (and opinion is firmly divided), the Corpus Clock is once again visible after months of being boarded up whilst being repaired after the protective glass was vandalised.
To mark the occasion and to celebrate British Flower Week, The Cambridge Hub of Flowers…
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Shire horses Bryn and Cosmo helping to harvest the wildflower meadow at King's College today.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4886) Sunday 13th August 2023
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Just when I think I might have discovered all that there is in Cambridge, I find a new place tucked away that I've not visited before - this lovely neglected little building is behind Park Terrace.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4902) Tuesday 29th August 2023.
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The last boat home.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4947) Friday 13th October 2023.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4949) Sunday 15th October 2023.
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4th March 2024
This caught my eye at Christ's College the other day.
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Saw this little chap at Eddington and a bit of my heart melted.
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St John's is the only college in Cambridge with two bridges and the only one with a covered bridge; the Bridge of Sighs. The second, Kitchen Bridge, has been closed for months due to building work but is open once more so you can stand on it and take pictures like this again 🙂
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For those of you who don't know Cambridge well - this is in the city centre.
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Harvest Home.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4889) Wednesday 16th August 2023
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A room with a view.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4915) Monday 11th September 2023.
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The river at King's.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4651) Friday 16th December 2022.
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A lone Fen Skater this morning at Upware. This is the first time in many winters when temperatures have provided a second opportunity to hit the ice.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4684) Sunday 22nd January 2023.
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An early morning meeting today at King's College Chapel - no chairs, no tourists, so had to take this shot.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4866) Monday 24th July 2023
@Kings_College
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Posting this because I want it on my timeline.
Final night at The Flying Pig.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4970) Sunday 5th November 2023.
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@AlisonKBray1
Like all my best shots, I got lucky - I was carrying an early Fuji X100 which has a little built-in flash
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Each year on Ascension Day, which celebrates the Christian belief in the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven, members of St John's College Choir ascend the 163 feet high spiral staircase to the very top of the Chapel tower to sing the Ascension Day carol. The event is a College…
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A rascal student has placed a Santa hat on the heads of figures on St John's College Chapel - so why is it my picture of the day? Take a look at the second picture and ask yourself - how?
A portrait picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4267) Monday 22nd November 2021
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The Cambridge Night Climbers have been active again - this fully decorated Christmas tree has appeared on a parapet wall of the Senate House.
A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4632) Saturday 26th November 2022
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A portrait picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4309) Wednesday 5th January 2022.
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A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4942) Sunday 8th October 2023.
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