Visiting Cambridge university with a car.

[Louis Balfour]

W12GT said:

Pay attention to the road signs! It’s a place designed to extract money from motorists. Note that if you drive through the centre, the signs with kettle you into a restricted access and you will get a fine! I know this from bitter experience and and fortunately won the challenge at appeal

Edited by W12GT on Friday 7th July 15:25

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

[Trevor555]

Spindoctor said:

Cambridge council is at war with the car. Not worth the fight.

The council collect business rates from the business's in Cambridege, yet they dissuade visitors there?

I live 20mins from cambridge, and CAN confirm that I've heard many Huntingdon dwellers say they'll never go there again.

Expensive parking, and fines.

If I go I use the guided bus from St Ives. It's a good service.

[fiesta_STage3]

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

[steveo3002]

Trevor555 said:

The council collect business rates from the business's in Cambridege, yet they dissuade visitors there?

I live 20mins from cambridge, and CAN confirm that I've heard many Huntingdon dwellers say they'll never go there again.

Expensive parking, and fines.

If I go I use the guided bus from St Ives. It's a good service.

i live 20 mins the other side and refuse to go there

[Louis Balfour]

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

[fiesta_STage3]

Louis Balfour said:

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History. We owned Cambridge.

Bossed it!

[Louis Balfour]

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History. We owned Cambridge.

Bossed it!

The P&R was a shambles TBH.

If Balfour Jr. is offered a place, and accepts it, I can see it being a PITA logistically. Learning Chinese will also be required, to communicate with 90% of the people there.

[fiesta_STage3]

Louis Balfour said:

Learning Chinese will also be required, to communicate with 90% of the people there.

Chinese people have bought into Cambridge in a big way this past 20 years.

[fiesta_STage3]

Louis Balfour said:

The P&R was a shambles TBH.

i missed your previous comment on this. How frustrating and fair play for making plan B work.

[Louis Balfour]

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Learning Chinese will also be required, to communicate with 90% of the people there.

Chinese people have bought into Cambridge in a big way this past 20 years.

I like Cambridge and (obviously) will be delighted if Jr is offered a place.

BUT, but, but, the degree to which the Uni is a spectacle for tourists is really off-putting. I get it, but I am sure some of them think they are visiting the real Hogwarts.

[W12GT]

Louis Balfour said:

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

I’d wait 2weeks before being so confident - see what comes in the post. Yes, it really is that bad.

I love Cambridge and think it’s a beautiful place but every time we mention going we think of the hassle involved and end up somewhere else

[Louis Balfour]

W12GT said:

Louis Balfour said:

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

I’d wait 2weeks before being so confident - see what comes in the post. Yes, it really is that bad.

I love Cambridge and think it’s a beautiful place but every time we mention going we think of the hassle involved and end up somewhere else

What do you think they are going to send me?

[48Valves]

W12GT said:

Louis Balfour said:

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

I’d wait 2weeks before being so confident - see what comes in the post. Yes, it really is that bad.

I love Cambridge and think it’s a beautiful place but every time we mention going we think of the hassle involved and end up somewhere else

I don’t really see what the hassle is. When we go as a family we park in the car park by the swimming pool and walk to the centre. It’s a 5 minute walk. The roadworks on Milton Road are a pain at the minute, but no different to most places.

If they bring in the congestion charge it will be st.

[W12GT]

Louis Balfour said:

W12GT said:

Louis Balfour said:

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

I’d wait 2weeks before being so confident - see what comes in the post. Yes, it really is that bad.

I love Cambridge and think it’s a beautiful place but every time we mention going we think of the hassle involved and end up somewhere else

What do you think they are going to send me?

They have cameras where there is restricted access. The kind of things that anywhere else you would get away with. There is one location where when you are sitting on traffic you got through what appears to be a width restriction, but in fact it is a bus gate. If you go through it and aren’t a bus then you can expect a fine…

Have a look here and you will see what I mean - half a dozen of them. Plus a fair number of other enforcement cameras. Some locations it is very easy to get t without realising it at the time….

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel...

Edited by W12GT on Sunday 9th July 14:12

[Louis Balfour]

W12GT said:

Louis Balfour said:

W12GT said:

Louis Balfour said:

fiesta_STage3 said:

Louis Balfour said:

Well the road we are on has double yellows and we parked where they finish.

Let’s see!

booo i just visited this thread to ask for a trip report and a bus verdict - don’t tell me you chickened out

So, we parked on Adams Road. All day. For Free. 0.4 miles from the faculty of History.

We owned Cambridge.

I’d wait 2weeks before being so confident - see what comes in the post. Yes, it really is that bad.

I love Cambridge and think it’s a beautiful place but every time we mention going we think of the hassle involved and end up somewhere else

What do you think they are going to send me?

They have cameras where there is restricted access. The kind of things that anywhere else you would get away with. There is one location where when you are sitting on traffic you got through what appears to be a width restriction, but in fact it is a bus gate. If you go through it and aren’t a bus then you can expect a fine…

Have a look here and you will see what I mean - half a dozen of them. Plus a fair number of other enforcement cameras. Some locations it is very easy to get t without realising it at the time….

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel...

Edited by W12GT on Sunday 9th July 14:12

If I got nabbed, so did a lot of others!

Let's see if I receive any love letters.