Today was the Blipmeet at the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge; we decided to go early and have lunch in a nearby café we quite like. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed, whether just this Sunday or permanently we do not know.
We should have gone to John Lewis and had a decent lunch, but we decided to try the café in the Botanical gardens. The servers did not speak very good English and it was difficult to make them understand what was required. They produced soup and a roll instead of a bacon sandwich and when it was pointed out that this was not what was ordered, the soup was put back in the pot and the bread back in with the other bread; this does not comply with regulations!
The bacon sandwich came with salad, which we had asked to be left off so it had to go back; they were not happy. £4.75 for two small pieces of bread and two slices of cold bacon is expensive, but then they have a captive audience; my jacket potato also £4.75 was actually good and compared favourably with others in the town. The coffee was almost cold and not very good.
We were early for our blip meet so we went into the glasshouses and took lots of photographs in there before meeting with the blippers at 1400 hours. There were thirteen of us and as soon as we set off there was a hail storm so we retreated into the glasshouses until it passed. Then when the sun came out we walked around the gardens until we all met in the café. Again the coffee was cold as was my ‘hot’ chocolate! My husband’s sticky date cake was good, but they do not have anything, suitable for coeliacs, even their chocolate states may contain gluten!
We then had another wander around the gardens before departing to go our separate ways. Despite the hail, rain and very cold wind I think everyone had an enjoyable afternoon and we hope to meet up again, but probably somewhere else. If I visit the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge again, I think I will give the café a wide berth!
Today’s Weather
Brief spells of sunshine, but with rain, hail and cold winds too.
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