Showing posts with label kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kings. Show all posts

13 Mar 2024

King's College Chapel, Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

We walk here most Tuesdays and rather take it for granted. Some people travel half way around the world, at great expense, to see it. 

As locals, we can see it for free. Cambridge has many fine buildings.

4 Feb 2024

By King's - NOT amateur radio

We walk through the grounds of King's College, Cambridge most Tuesdays on the way to our free lunchtime concert given by students at the university.

30 Jan 2024

By King's - NOT amateur radio

At the end of January there are few punts on the River Cam. These Canada Geese have the river almost to themselves.

18 Jan 2024

A lot of grass! - NOT amateur radio

The colleges in Cambridge have a lot of grass to cut. King's College (shown in the photo) is no exception. 

The college lawns are always immaculate. Mind you, I doubt they are short of money!

21 Nov 2023

King's College Chapel, Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

 


Walking back along this path I noticed the clouds behind the chapel.

Lucky? - NOT amateur radio

 


Every Tuesday we go to see a free concert at Cambridge University. Today it was the Kingsmen who were male singers from King's College Choir. It was note perfect and sublime. It is very easy to take Cambridge for granted.

15 Nov 2023

Medieval stained glass - NOT amateur radio

 

This stained glass is in King's College Chapel in Cambridge and dates from the 1500s.

As locals, we can get in to the chapel free.

The chapel is darker than normal as there is scaffolding and tarpaulins outside.

26 Apr 2023

Behind King's College Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

Behind King's Cambridge

The field behind King's College has been cut in half so one part is cut and the other left as a wild flower meadow. At the moment it is ablaze with cowslips. Not visible in the photo (just in front of the cows) is the River Cam beloved by punters.

12 Apr 2023

The Backs yesterday - NOT amateur radio


The Backs are what the backs of the Cambridge colleges are known as. They back onto the R.Cam, famous for punting! The photo shows the approach to King's College yesterday. I don't think I have posted it before. The photo has appeared in many places already, so if this is twice, please accept my apologies. 

My wife took the photo and put it on 365project, which she has done every day for over 10 years now. This  is totally free and is a good visual "Pepys diary" of life.

29 Mar 2023

King's College flowers - NOT amateur radio


At the moment the spring flowers on the lane towards King's College in Cambridge from Queens Road look a picture. This photo was taken on Monday. 

27 Mar 2023

Cambridge Backs today - NOT amateur radio


This was the view towards King's College chapel this morning. Spring is on its way with several trees bursting out.

6 Jan 2023

Warning - NOT amateur radio

People come from all over the world to see the famous King's College Chapel in Cambridge. Imagine coming thousands of miles and seeing.... scaffolding! Much of the building has scaffolding both inside and out. Some side chapels are closed.

Even though it is only January 6th there were some daffodils and aconites in flower in the grounds, and a kite (bird) overhead. Seeing a kite in central Cambridge would have been amazing 30 years ago.

24 Oct 2022

King's College - NOT amateur radio


The world famous King's College Chapel is often seen, whereas the rest of the college is seen less often. 

Usually, the grass is immaculate. Mind you, they probably spend a bit more on weed killer than I do!

14 Mar 2022

King's College Chapel in Cambridge - NOT amateur radio


People come to Cambridge from across the world to see sights like this.  This is King's College Chapel.

10 Mar 2022

Architypal Cambridge - NOT amateur radio


Cambridge is world famous for its college buildings especially King's College Chapel which is known across the planet for its Christmas carols. The photo shows King's a few days ago. 

28 Jan 2022

King's, Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

 


The photo shows King's, Cambridge.  King's College Chapel is world famous as the home of the famous "Nine Lessons and Carols" each Christmas.

8 Jan 2022

King's Cambridge - NOT amateur radio

Back in the early 1970's I went to a weekly meeting in King's room X6, visible in this photo taken in the autumn I think. 

Happy days long ago.

13 Oct 2021

King's College Chapel - NOT amateur radio


This is a collage my wife made of King's College Chapel in Cambridge last week. 

10 Oct 2021

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, robes - NOT amateur radio

 

The photo shows the rear of King's. These are the choir robes I think.

9 Oct 2021

Inside King's - NOT amateur radio

King's College Chapel in Cambridge is world famous. It dates back centuries.

This is a view inside with the famous Ruben's painting over the altar.

The photo was taken from under the organ.

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we practically had the place to ourselves.

As locals, we can get free entry.