Eggbert's Travels

Saturday 25^th July 2015

SHE SAID:

Mum had organised tickets for a coach trip to Bletchley Park, the WW2 code-breaking HQ in England.

It was a fascinating day out.

Many of the original buildings still remain, with displays inside of what life was like. The mansion still stands, where much of the early work was done. There is the history of the breaking of the famous Germany code machine Enigma, as well as stories from some of the people who worked there.

Also, in a nearby building, is the Colossus computer, the very first fully electronic digital programmable computer. A group of dedicated enthusiasts have rebuilt it, along with other very early computers.

 

Bletchley Park & manor from across the lake - which was a popular area to relax for
the workers. It would freeze through winter & became a skating rink

Some of the other buildings in the grounds

One of the offices in the Mansion

The more utilitarian offices for the junior workers

This is my kind of robot

HE SAID:

The Bletchley Park trip was overwhelming in its amount of information. I started off trying to take it all in, but in the end it was just a blur. The great things that happened there are amazing, but as there was so much I left with less detail and more an overall sense of it being a great and important place. The English roads and traffic made the coach trip about 3 hours each way, so it was a long but good day out.