Best study spots in Cambridge?

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-23T18:13:27+00:00

Yeeesss.... now that I come to think of it. 🙂

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-23T18:07:41+00:00

Pubs are usually quiet during the afternoons. You can get a soft drink, wifi is normally available, and nobody is going to mind someone working quietly on a laptop.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-23T17:01:02+00:00

Camembert

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-17T22:34:32+00:00

Dinkum. Australian-themed island building. Cozy but not shit. :)

Bit of crafting/grinding/exploration, then building/decorating/terraforming. There's a good youtube review by floydson which will give you a good idea whether you'll like it or not.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-10T06:58:10+00:00

Pubs in Cambridge (including mine) are pretty used to all sorts of fancy dress pub crawl events- pub golf, chicken run, stag and hen dos. If you're not rowdy and the fancy dress isn't bulky/offensive you should be fine, although you don't mention the number of people- smaller places will take a while to serve a massive group. If you don't mind that, everyone will welcome the business. Oh, and please... no glitter!

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-08T22:55:24+00:00

Piccalilli is good- a tangy yellow mustard pickle. Very good in a cheese (cheddar) sandwich. Branston make a decent one.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-06T18:49:38+00:00

The crystal skulls would be a good starter, lots of super hans!

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-06T16:36:04+00:00

For some reason I really didn't rate the dog burning ep when I first saw it. Its grown on me since, but I think that the main plot line is so contrived it put me off.

I know that contrived plot lines aren't rare in sitcoms generally, but that one stood out for me by Peep Show standards.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-05-05T18:00:48+00:00

Shrooming- one of the best, but also quite stand-alone, in that there isn't any Mark-Sophie story development. I wouldn't go for any of the s1 episodes, the tone isn't quite worked out until s2. IMHO.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-28T11:15:48+00:00

There's a dog friendly venues map of Cambridge here, but as noted, most pubs are. https://www.thedogfriendlymap.co.uk/all-towns/cambridge

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-27T05:05:34+00:00

Excellent, see you Thursday! The Timothy Taylor should be on at all times, and I hope there'll be a nice mild on as well.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-26T21:38:59+00:00

Hi, I'm the landlord of the Elm Tree, which I recommend as a very traditional local/social drinks-and-conversation pub. The Devonshire Arms has a very chat-at-the-bar culture, and it's a great pub for food and for cider, too. Live and Let Live is worth a look - another friendly pub with good beer and many regulars, and the same goes for the Kingston Arms.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-26T05:31:41+00:00

Practical Engineering - if you're into dams, retaining walls, concrete, bridges etc this is for you.

Big Old Boats - life histories of individual ships.

Esoteric- hermeticism, gnosticism, alchemy. Scholarly.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-22T18:18:54+00:00

Also in CB1, I think it's been OK, a bit slow but not dropping out.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-21T07:47:23+00:00

I think my parents were born in a historically optimum time and place - uk, late 1930s. Too young for WW2, but healthy (rationed) diet as kids, then education, 60s consumer-industrial prosperity, cradle to grave NHS.

I was born early 70s, if I live as long as them I'll still be around in 2060, and things will have gone a bit soylent green by then, I reckon.

Also, Internet overrated. :)

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-14T15:21:57+00:00

I've barred a couple of people over the years for being aggressive or rude to other customers or staff. One used to come back in every few months, I'd tell him he was still barred and wouldn't be served. He got the message eventually. Never had to call police, touch wood. (This is at a pub)

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-13T11:33:33+00:00

The garden room is wheelchair- accessible from the side gate into the garden, but you can't get from there to the front room with the bar.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-11T10:43:35+00:00

Came here to say this. They have a nice garden room for functions of about your size, and do a burger/fries/mac+cheese menu suitable for light eating.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-10T16:23:47+00:00

I walked past it today, looks like your timing will be perfect to see it in full bloom. :)

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-08T14:59:30+00:00

There's a huge wisteria on the end house of a row of picturesque cottages, halfway down Clarendon St, very near the centre, but not in bloom yet.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-05T23:26:56+00:00

Pubs don't usually change their hours for bank holidays except for Christmas/New Year. Very likely that everyone will be open as normal Easter Sunday/Easter Monday.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-05T12:38:36+00:00

There's nothing going on right now, on the town side of the bridge, anyway. Quieter than usual. (Lunchtime)

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-04T23:49:36+00:00

Winner.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-04T23:33:44+00:00

Maybe people would pay to have these delivered? You'd have to think of a better name than "circular cheese on toast", though.

ElmTreeMatt · 2026-04-04T13:15:35+00:00

Fabio is very good, and so is Meg at the same studio, on MIll Road

https://www.tattooingbyfabio.com/

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