Stars in their eyes; Impington Village College; 11 Feb 09 February 15, 2009
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I had a Simon Cowell experience this week. I was flattered into joining the judging panel for Impington Village College’s annual ‘Stars in their eyes’ talent show. It was awesome. (more…)
Snow: week of 2 Feb 09 February 7, 2009
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I found myself in the uncomfortable position of agreeing with Nigel Farage this week. It was Thursday evening, Question Time and the panel was asked about the shut down of the country after the snow of Sunday night and subsequently. Senor Farage was the only member of the panel who felt that by and large we are a nation of wimps and give up too easily in the face of a little snow. (more…)
Edwinn’s, Cambridge: 24 Jan 09 January 24, 2009
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Have you noticed that when you find a restaurant with a super value set menu you generally end up spending twice as much as you expected when you went in ? So it was with me today when I was attracted by the £9.95 on offer at Edwinns in Cambridge. By the time I’d added a glass of wine (it was Saturday) and an espresso my bill added up to £17.27! (more…)
County Surveyors’ dinner: 15 Jan 09 January 17, 2009
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Talk of surveyors and I generally think of theodolites, hi-viz jackets and hard hats. but the County Surveyors are something else. They’re the people who work in the local council and look after the roads and they’ve got a society which has an annual dinner at the RAC Club in Pall Mall no less. And this year I was invited. (more…)
IVC governors: 10 Jan 09 January 10, 2009
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One of the things that happens when you become a county councillor is that you are immediately invited to give up more of your spare time to engage in more civic duty. And so it was that a couple of years ago I was invited to be a ‘local authority governor’ at Impington Village College. I was flattered, I said yes. Today we had a second away day to address matters strategic. (more…)
Three Pickerels, Mepal: 28 Dec 08 January 1, 2009
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It’s Sunday lunchtime. There’s nothing in the fridge and you decide to head off and find a pub for lunch. As long as it’s not Mothers’ Day you’ve got a chance or have you? But you head off hopefully without any specific plan just looking for the perfect pub. (more…)
the Old Bakery, Chatteris: 20 Dec 08 December 21, 2008
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Last Saturday saw me heading north ‘into the Fens’. We Cambridge people, and if you live in Histon like I do you really are a Cambridge person when it comes to thinking about the rest of the county, tend to think of the Fens like others think of a foreign land. Cambridge is flat but as soon as you get north of Cottenham (a so called Fen-edge village) you get to understand what flat really means. And we rarely go there (although I was up in Parson Drove, which is practically Lincolnshire, earlier in the month). (more…)
Anthurium, Harston: 13 Dec 09 December 14, 2008
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There must be something wrong with the Feng Shui in Harston because we’ve got another restaurant just opened where it was previously Truc Vert and before that Crayfish. Both were restaurants I returned to but neither survived. What are the prospects for Anthurium? (more…)
Cafe Naz, Cambridge: 3 Dec 08 December 6, 2008
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Like most Brits I like a curry (although increasingly I’m finding they don’t like me). So on Wednesday night I took the wife out for dinner to our preferred Cambridge curry house, Cafe Naz, just across the road from Shire Hall. We had to go out because we’re currently minus a kitchen but maybe more about that later. (more…)
Typical Saturday morning in Cambridge: 29 Nov 08 November 29, 2008
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I am a creature of routine and on Saturday mornings this means Cambridge and breakfast at Don Pasquale. There’s usually something interesting going on, I generally bump into friends and I do my best to avoid spending money. This week has been pretty typical. (more…)
