Both were taken from the "Backs".
The first is of Clare College Bridge. It cams as a great surprise to find out just how large the older colleges in Cambridge actually are, and also to find out that at least some of them allow public access through the courtyards and across the bridges over the Cam. The Clare College bridge is the oldest of them, dating from 1640, and was the only one to survive the English Civil War. Perhaps due to the slightly chilly weather there are no punts to be seen, which means that the reflections of the trees add considerably to the scene.
The college itself was founded in 1326, but the building in the picture was built between 1638 and 1715: the lengthy building period being caused by the Civil War. Cambridge was actually on the Parliamentarian side, and the other bridges were destroyed by the Parliamentarian forces to make the town more easily defensible in case of need.
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