I am starting to warm a little to Cambridge - I still think if I were a tourist on a one day visit I'd be a little disappointed but if you are here for a few days you start to see the charm of the place.

I got a chance to look around this afternoon and to my absolute delight noticed that there were loads and loads of really good cake shops. Cambridge may not be much cop for Sunday night entertainment (but then most places aren't really) but it is quite one of the best places in Britain to buy something sweet. The backstreets are littered with little patisseries, bakeries and chocolatiers - heaven. I was almost spoilt for choice.

One other really great thing about Cambridge is that they have the biggest conkers in the world. I found an absolute beast of a specimen and will be saving it for the ritual baking and then soaking in vinegar to make myself king conker and smash all other conkers in my way when I next set up a conker competition (see 21/10/2004). Be warned, King Conker is coming for you!