An English Outing

The route to Grantchester through the vast expanse of open field was a nice experience

The people I went with

Last Thursday was Gina and Don's birthday. We had a get together at this place called The Orchard. It was a pretty English tea garden. There were park chairs and coffee tables sprawled across the orchard, overlooking a vast expanse of land. The place was well hidden and anyone could easily pass the place without realising it. In fact, I ran passed the place many times for my regular runs without suspecting there was such a beautiful place for tea!

The history of the place was interesting. According to the website, The Orchard started "by accident" when "a group of Cambridge students asked Mrs Stevenson of Orchard House if she would serve them tea beneath the blossoming fruit trees rather than, as was usual, on the front lawn of the House. They were unaware that, on that spring morning in 1897, they had started a great Cambridge tradition."

Gina and Don blowing their cute little birthday cake

The people we met at The Orchard

Just sitting, chilling out and enjoying the sun were such a nice thing to do. After all, everyone took their time off from research to catch up. We only have 3 more months or less before we say goodbye to everyone.


English scones with Cornish clotted cream and jam. Served with English tea. All these for only £4.50

Does it imply that the park chairs are a hot item too?