From the desk of Penelope Alice, Britain’s most fabulous PA: tour of Robinson College and Cambridge

As much as I love the Big Smoke, I do enjoy getting away now and then, so I was delighted to accept PA Life’s invitation to visit the beautiful and historic city of Cambridge.

Of course it’s home to one of the country’s top universities and that’s where we went to look round Robinson College, which is renowned for being a modern venue with traditional values where you can hold all manner of great events – in fact they’ve been providing meetings facilities for more than 30 years.

The day kicked off with a fascinating overview on the history of Cambridge and its merits as a business destination, followed by a hard hat tour of the new seminar building, Crausaz Wordsworth, which is set to open in September this year.

After a delicious light lunch, we enjoyed a two-hour walking tour of Cambridge that filled us in on the local food scene – little wonder that Delicious Magazine UK called it “a city peppered with international cuisine”. We saw fudge being made and pizza baked in a clay oven, then we tried cheeses and pork pies, as well as home-made Chelsea buns, and finished the day off with a gin-tasting session.

What a great day out – the glorious weather really helped too – and I can’t end without saying a big thank you to our wonderful hosts, Rose McDonald and her colleague, Natasha. Cambridge is really accessible from most of England’s major cities, so why not take a trip and discover its delights for yourself.

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