While at the University of Cambridge for a week-long conference, I decided it was time to punt. Yes, it was worth skiving a few hours from the conference so we could experience punting along the River Cam. In both Cambridge and Oxford I’d watched from shore while students, locals, and tourists all enjoyed this classic pastime – most of them on a punt with a skilled guide, and some trying their hand at punting with friends. It looked like fun!
So we booked an-hour long tour with a guide from the Traditional Punting Company, one of several that line the shore of the Cam near Jesus Green. It was worth it, for the ‘inside’ views of some of the oldest Colleges in the center of the university – some founded six or seven centuries ago – and for commentary from the guide, a young woman who grew up in Cambridge and knows it well.
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David Kotz 