Monday 4th July 2011 – Ashwell to Nottingham

Woke early again this morning and after a walk and breakfast headed off to Cambridge.  As we couldn’t take the motor home into the city we parked at a “Park and Ride” carpark – after some difficulty finding our way in.  For some reason, they had 2.1-metre barriers which we just couldn’t fit under. Eventually, a man came and opened the barrier to let us in.

Cambridge was interesting – narrow lanes and lovely buildings. We went on a punt ride on the Cam River and had all the university buildings explained to us.

From Cambridge we headed north-west to Stragglethorpe (near Nottingham) for the night – a very different set up to last night – expensive at £23 (compared to £12 last night) and a little run down. And we had to pay an extra 20p for a shower.