Cambridge is flooded by tourists at the moment - as it is every summer! From Australia, Asia, Europe and the Americas, our small medieval city is packed!
Naturally all these tourists want to take pictures of the places they see on their travels... Perhaps equally obvious is that they will want to be in some of those photos.
I've been welcoming visitors into Corpus Christi College in the centre of town and have enjoyed watching many (botched) attempts at taking selfies...
...A short girl tries to snap a perfect shot with her (...apparently headless...) boyfriend...
... A 'plus-size' couple from America - who visited Oxford yesterday and found the weather to be much more agreeable there - take a series of shots in a lame effort to squeeze both of their smiling faces into the shot...
...and many, many tourists who struggle to take that elusive selfie that captures both the beautiful backdrop of Corpus' New Court and the beaming face of the photographer...
Enter the selfie stick...!
This invention (the use of which is exclusively reserved for tourists who don't have to worry about seeing anyone they know) provides a little bit of distance between the phone/camera and the people being photographed. It's a clever idea but it looks rather ridiculous!
I wish I'd been brave enough to take a snap of the man I saw this morning using one - he had a pink remote-control clicker shaped as a cartoon animal - if I see any more being snuck out of backpacks I'll be sure to whip out my camera and upload the picture here!
I case you are looking to get a similar stick, here is link to one model on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002IRW4Y8/ref=mp_s_a_1_sc_1?qid=1405125465&sr=8-1-spell&pi=AC_SX110_SY165#immersive_view?1405125494720