Punting Guide: How to Punt & Professional Tips Standing on dry land and watching a professional from a distance, punting looks rather easy. However, it becomes slightly more difficult when you’re balancing on the back deck of a self-hire punt, holding on to a 5 metre pole as you narrowly avoid colliding into the constant

What Does Punting Mean? Confusingly, the word ‘punt’ has a few distinct and non-related meanings. It can mean to kick a ball, place a bet on a sporting event, and also refer to the term used for the national currency in Ireland before the euro was introduced. Fortunately, however, when in Cambridge, it would be

There are three public bridges along The Backs, a scenic section of the river Cam which runs through the grounds of 8 University colleges. Most of the land along this stretch of the river is owned by the colleges, 5 of which have private bridges to cross between the north and south side of the

Cambridge Firework Display 2023: Midsummer Common, 7pm.   Cambridge Bonfire Night: Time & Location Cambridge’s annual bonfire and firework display will be held Saturday 4th of November, on Midsummer common. The first firework will be set off at 7pm and the bonfire lit after the display has finished. A range of food and drink stalls

Commonly confused with venetian gondolas, the boats used for Cambridge’s most famous tourist attraction are called ‘punts’. Punts have been in use in the region for many hundreds of years and have been growing in popularity in Cambridge as a leisure activity since the 1900s. Upon first impression, punts and Gondolas appear to be similar,