At what point do you decide to spend a Saturday wandering around some good old British gardens in snowdrop season and then visit a famous cathedral?At about 34 years old it seems. My mother would be proud of me. My older brother will be embarrassed to say he understands my situation. My little sister would laugh and Emilie just has to accept she's living with an Older Man.
After moving to Cambridge recently I have spent quite a lot of time being a tourist in my new City. Punting, wandering round the wonderful old town, touring the colleges and hosting visitors. It was time to get out and about while I still had some weekends free and see what the area had to offer for the older generation.
It was snowdrop season and the privately owned Chippenham Park Gardens were open for one of a few annual weekends. I felt there was a good chance that we could go along and lower the average age of visitors by at least a decade.
Gardens filled with interesting sculptures, forest walks, secret paths and fields of snowdrops. And at the end of the visit we went to the Yurt for tea and cake. And we weren't even the youngest there. Another couple had brought their grandchildren....
And then on to Ely, the famous cathedral town. A quick wander round the town and then a cathedral visit including - wait for it - a tower tour! Actually, I joke but it was really interesting (and we (well, I) were only about average age for this one...) It never ceases to amaze me how old some buildings in the UK are - Ely cathedral that stands today was sarted a thousand years ago. 
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