Fishing on the River Cam and sightseeing in Cambridge

My Grandma and Grandad took me fishing on the River Cam at a village called Grantchester. We borrowed a fishing rod and stopped at a pet shop on the way to get hooks and maggots. The people in the pet shop helped us put the line in the rod, and put the float and hook on the line. The maggots were multi-coloured so you can see them when they are under water. When we got to the river bank, we threw some maggots in the water to attract the fish. Then we put a couple of maggots on the hook and put the line in the water. The fish were quite smart and could get the maggots without being hooked. But after some time, we managed to catch 2 fish. They were too small to eat so we put them back in the water.

The next day we went around Cambridge on a double decker bus. We learnt a lot about the colleges of the university, and how places got their name. Did you know that Vikings invaded England after the Romans, and settled in Cambridge in an area called Danishtown? It was also a settlement for Knights of the Crusade: they liked round things, like roundtables and round churches. And it was also a town where the Romans stopped when marching between the capital cities they established in Colchester (Essex) and somewhere up north.