Venturing beyond the dreaming spires of Oxford
Adults students based at our Bardwell Road Centre take part in a wide variety of trips and excursions during their stay at St. Clare's. Their most recent trips have been visiting Brighton and Cambridge for a day and an evening trip to London to see a Premier Leagaue football match. Students have been lucky so far and have seen these famous towns in lovely sunny weather. FootballEight delighted students went to see Chelsea take on Wolves in The Capital One Cup on Tuesday. The thrilling score of 6-0 to Chelsea added to the excitement. Colombian fan Juan Pineda, finally saw his team, the champions of Europe, in action. Amazing!
BrightonLast weekend students ventured south to vibrant town of Brighton. First stop was the pier, then lunch in the town. Being such a trendy town there were endless choices of eateries; bijoux, gastro, traditional and English pubs.
In the afternoon, they visited Brighton Pavilion, which was once the seaside retreat for the Prince Regent, later King
George IV. It was probably his patronage and entourage that Brighton fashion and popularity with the elite of the rich and
the celebrities of that time.
Next to the Pavilion is the fabulous Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, a must for those interested in design. The narrow lanes north
of the Pavilion are a great place to shop, have ice cream or coffees, or just soak up the atmosphere. It was another
gorgeous sunny day.
CambridgeAs if Oxford was not beautiful enough students visited Cambridge, the "other" famous university town. Like Oxford, it too has ancient university colleges with wonderful medieval, tudor and Victorian buildings. Famous alumnae from Cambridge include Charles Darwin, Prince Edward, Samuel Pepys, CS Lewis and William Wilberforce.
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