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Hey all! Long time no see. Got a bit of a unique one for you today, my Lupo mingled with genuine rock history! Anyone here a fan of Pink Floyd? They're one of my favourite bands ever, so yesterday, I set it amongst myself and booked just one day off work to visit all around Cambridge, the hometown of original frontman Syd Barrett, bassist Roger Waters and Guitarist David Gilmour. There's a lot to unpack here, and being a day encapsulated in music, I've tried to tie this in with my car in some way. I left at a cheeky 4am to avoid the traffic on the M25/Dartford Crossing. As Cambridge is just 80 miles from me, I got to Grantchester Meadows at a measly 5:20am. It's genuinely a beautiful place, 50 acres of greenery and quietude. The relevance here being Pink Floyd recorded a song of the same name, talking of such in 1969 for their 'Ummagumma' album. I then visited David's, Syd's and Roger's childhood homes, but I won't include pictures here/talk further as I don't have pictures of my car there, and therefore is a bit off subject for an automotive forum. Well, all but one.. here's Otis in St. Margaret's Square, the road in which Syd's last house before he passed, is situated. I then visited a Syd Barrett plaque at the AR University, where he studied painting for a brief tenure, and visited the botanical gardens at Cambridge University (yes, THE Cambridge University!) where a memorial bench for Syd can be found. Afterwards, I visited (well, got to the closest I can without disturbing) the gates leading to Trinity House, a £3.5 million private mansion, the inside of which being where the 'Ummagumma' album cover was taken. The gates leading to the house are just slightly to the left in this picture. I visited lots more, and enough to keep me journeying around until I left at 7pm (meaning I spent 14 hours travelling around!) Cambridge has some lovely roads, namely the section of the M11 which goes into Cambridge, Newmarket Road going towards Stow-cum-quy, and little wilbraham road towards the M11 Southbound. All wonderful little roads as I say, and my loop took the whole thing like a champ. I must've stopped in between 15 and 20 locations, putting on around 40 miles in the process (not including the journey there and back, being 160 miles!) all using up half a tank, which when you consider the frequent stopping and city centre traffic, is quite good! I love my little car so much. Without it, I never could've done this memorable trip, and certainly not being able to do everything I wanted to do in just one day with free time to spare. Until next time folks, I hope you found this a pleasant read, documenting one man's travels in his Lupo!