Cambridge - Central College Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

By Charlies S Jones

From the tips of its Gothic spires to the smooth lawns of the college courts Cambridge exudes respectability and learning. People flock to this Fenland city to see just this but there is far more to Cambridge than Academia. Centuries of youth have concocted myths, sown legends and pulled off some frankly amazing and fool-hardy pranks.

Some myths are false; the Mathematical Bridge at Queen's College was not designed by Sir Isaac Newton but an Austin 7 did end up on top of the apex of the pediment on James Gibbs' stately Senate House. Was this the same Austin 7 that was once tied beneath the Bridge of Sighs? The mind boggles. Traffic cones and even a loo seat have adorned the lofty pinnacles of Kings College Chapel. The offending lavatorial trapping necessitated a steeplejack and the traffic cone a scaffold up one side of the immensely tall chapel. No sooner had half the great scaffold gone up, the traffic cone came down secretly and in the dead of night. The college had been well and truly pranked!

The charm of Cambridge lies in the variety of its buildings, open spaces and history and also in the quirkier touches. On entry to Trinity College Great Court a statue of the King sits grandly under its canopy. On closer inspection he holds not a magnificent sword but instead an old chair leg. One can't help feeling thankful to the students of today and yesteryear for bringing this charming mischievous slant to Cambridge's sensible outward facade.

It is surely the variety and sheer imagination of the architecture of the various Cambridge colleges that has fueled the fervent energy of student and teacher alike. Kings College Chapel is one of the great buildings of the World and the jewel of the British Renaissance. Only slightly less famous is Sir Christopher Wren's great Library at Trinity, which looks serenely across the Cam to the Backs, the beautiful park-like meadows on this side of Cambridge. Each college has its treasures, be it the unique Elizabethan Gate of Honour at Gonville and Cauis or the late Norman School of Pythagoras at St John's.

The joy of waking up in one of these ancient colleges is hard to forget and this is why the Cambridge Bed and Breakfast accommodation service is such a unique way of experiencing the city. You can literally become part of a college for your time there and sample the history first hand in this extraordinary City.

Charlie Jones is an expert in Cambridge Bed and Breakfast accommodation, more information can be found at http://www.cambridgerooms.co.uk

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