I don't normally post pictures like this but I like to be reminded how lucky I am to have an office in Cambridge.
I took it an hour ago, standing on Magdalene Bridge, a five minute walk from said office.
You can tell it's spring because the tourists are beginning to arrive in ever larger numbers.
They stand with their cameras, gesticulating at the local architecture.
The punts are being dusted down and in a few weeks the river will be alive with boats, laughter and excited chatter.
Whatever the season there's something special about Cambridge.
I love the scale. (For a city it's quite small.)
I love the colleges, the cobbled streets, the markets, the absence of traffic.
I love the independent cafes and sandwich shops.
I love the Arts Picturehouse where you can pop in for lunch and occasionally see a classic movie.
The only thing I don't like are the crowds, especially in summer and at weekends.
On a different note, here's another picture. It's currently a sweet shop a few hundreds yards from Magdalene Bridge but for many years the premises were occupied by a specialist tobacconist.
Here's hoping that in the current climate sugar emporiums like this don't go the same way.
