Cambridge and London Ghosts
02 - 03 June 2024
On Sunday, Julie and Anthony took a train to Cambridge for a punting down the river Cam, through the universities.
I tried to get a photo, but this doesn’t really do justice to the mayhem on the Cam.
On a Sunday morning, the Cam is jam packed with professional and amateur punters in long skinny wooden boats, wielding long metal poles.
Patrick at the Bridge of Sighs
Our professional punter, Patrick, was proficient with the pole, but not as loquacious as some of the other guides we heard along way.
Julie and Anthony, happy they hired a guide.
King Charles III famously described this as horrid, in a hot mic moment (according to Patrick).
We met David George and his son William, friends of Anthony from his GSK days, for lunch in Cambridge. It was great (for A) to catch up about folks at GSK. Unfortunately, Anthony forgot to get a photo to commemorate the occasion.
When we got back to the hotel, were treated to a nice sunset over the Thames.
Julie surveying the Roman wall, near the Tower.
Monday, Julie and Anthony bopped around St James and Hyde Park on the way to our Ghost Tour that evening.
Rose Garden in Hyde Park
Our Ghost Tour Guide Marvin, at the XXX Castle Gate - Where the inspiration for Nearly Headless Nick died.
We met our London Ghost Tour group at the corner of Green Park (built on a plague pit). Our guide, Marvin, was from Koln and had a German accent, perfect for telling ghost stories.
We heard stories about the ghosts and related deaths at 50 Berkeley Square, in posh Mayfair. It is for sale/rent (13.500 pounds/month) if you would like to own a haunted house (and die).
50 Berkeley Square, the most haunted house in London. Julia and Anthony walked through Mayfair on Wednesday to get photos.
Parliament. Where we heard about the Gunpowder plot, torture in the tower, plus hanging anddrawn and quartering of the conspirators.
We took a boat back to the Tower, where we heard stories about the execution of Anne Boleyn (finest French swordsman, one stroke) and Henry VIII’s Aunt, Margaret Pole, executed by a 16 year old apprentice who took 11 whacks.
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