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Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some
places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of
one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend
tees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to 'learn from the masters' or
get more creative with paint—free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small
fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8, 000 plant species; it holds the research and
teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branchedTorch Aloe here is impressive. The African
plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to seeDionaea muscipula, a plant more
commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small
animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass
snakes in the lake. A snake called 'Hissing Sid' is regularly seen lying in the
heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge
University, Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place
of "mess and drunkenness". However, it seems as though Byron did
manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I'm not just talking about the pet
bear he kept in his roans. He spent a great deal of time walking in the
village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the
lake, which is now known as Byron's Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester
in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful
circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a
lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for
afternoon tea. If you don't trust me, then perhaps you'll take it from Virginia
Woolf—over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the
same pool.