Qualcomm's Christmas Party and The End of Taptu, Cambridge - 16th December 2010

It's Isobel's Qualcomm work's do at the Doubletree Hilton hotel near the Mill Pond in Cambridge, and a chance for Nosher to once more meet up with some friends and former colleagues. It's not without irony as the following day is Nosher's last day at Taptu: four years after leaving Qualcomm to join the start-up, it's all over as many of the staff are made redundant in a process of "downsizing". Following the finalities, Nosher's let off early and so goes in to town to do some Christmas shopping in the rain, before returning to the Science Park later to pick up Isobel and The Boy.

next album: Sledging, A Trip to the Zoo, and Thrandeston Carols, Diss and Banham, Norfolk - 20th December 2010
previous album: Ducks by the Mere, and Christmas Tree Decoration, Brome, Suffolk - 12th December 2010

The post-dinner table

The design section

John Scott does a bit of a speech

John's speech continues

John kicks off a raffle

John strides across the room with a bottle

A raffle ticket is picked

Janet and James

Janet gets her coat

Isobel chats to Chewie

Isobel with a stolen balloon

Cambridge market place on a cold and rainy day

Market stalls are an oasis of light in the gloom

Umbrellas on Rose Crescent

Wet cobbles in the market

Rose Crescent seems painted by light

Typical Cambridge bicycle chaos

The stone blob sculpture by the car park

Overlooking Cambridge and King's College Chapel

Existential angst in a snowy, wet, carpark

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