Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Gatwick to Bletchley and back on a Thursday - Difficult. Public transport or road on a workday in London er.. I don't think so. Time at Bletchley would be short and you really need the two hour NMOC guided tour - its a bit of a rabbit warren. I'm an hour and a bit south west (Newbury) by fast

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
Bill, I think you will be cutting things fine. The risks are up to you, You won't drive from Gatwick to Bletchley in an hour. It’s the wrong side of London. Google is currently saying 1h 33Mins. However, the route involves the M25 via Heathrow and that has frequent blockages so IMHO it’s a ri

Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> If you really want to do justice to Bletchley you need two days. I did the site (three museums, plus the actual Bletchley house) in about six hours. They threw me out when I mentioned B-Deinst, but I was done anyway. Less than three hours is really not good - you would miss too much, especially

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019, Dave Wade via cctech wrote: However, the route involves the M25 via Heathrow and that has frequent blockages so IMHO it’s a risky option. I've never been there, so have no first-hand knowledge. But, "Good Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman says, "Many phenomena - wars, plagues

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctech On Behalf Of Fred Cisin via > cctech > Sent: 06 July 2019 21:21 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2019, Dave Wade via cctech wrote

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum I was thinking of going over for a visit, but try to fly into Luton and save a lot of travel. If I want to go to London, take the train. Paul On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 1:24 AM Dave

Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
07 July 2019 01:56 > > To: Dave Wade ; General Discussion: On-Topic > > Posts > > Subject: Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > > > > If you really want to do justice to Bletchley you need two days. > > > > I did the site (three mus

RE: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: William Donzelli > Sent: 07 July 2019 01:56 > To: Dave Wade ; General Discussion: On-Topic > Posts > Subject: Re: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > > If you really want to do justice to Bletchley you need tw