Thanks Frank,
I waymarked some of these dials following the 2007 BSS meeting in Cambridge.
This tiny url will take you to waymarking.com for pictures and details.
http://tinyurl.com/CamSunTour
Regards, Roger Bailey
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From: "Frank King" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 10:15 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Tour de Sundials
Dear All,
In less than 48 hours, Stage 3 of the
Tour de France will start about 500m
from where I am sitting now. The noise
is deafening already!
I pondered how many Cambridge sundials
the competitors might be able to see
in the first mile or so...
1. With agile necks they might see
into the gate of Downing College
where there is a modern horizontal
dial.
2. The next prospect is Christ's
College where there is a good
wall dial visible through the
great gate.
3. They then pass Sidney Sussex
College where there is a
splendid armillary sphere but,
alas, just on the other side
of a high wall.
4. They should be able to glance
right and see two or three of
the six dials on the Gate of
Honour at Caius College.
5. They go past King's College
but they won't see either of
the dials there and they get
close to Queens' College but
won't see the famous dial
there.
6. They should see the recently
restored double dial on
S. Botolph's Church which
veritably gleams when the
sun shines on the gold leaf.
7. They then pass Pembroke College
but won't see "my" dial there
alas. I wasn't consulted about
the tour route!
The best bet for a photograph of the
peloton racing past a sundial is
S. Botolph's but, sadly, I shall not
be there. I am ringing church bells
at that instant to mark the event.
Maybe one of the French readers of
this list can find a sundial on the
race route which permits a photograph
of both peloton and dial!
There must be some good candidate dials
in some of the French villages.
Frank King
Cambridge, U.K.
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