Day three and the temperature has risen! We're only at minus 2 wind chill now. Seems likely to stay there or thereabouts for the rest of the week. Sometimes it is refreshingly crisp, others it is breathtakingly cold, but we're wrapping up warm so it's not really impeding us at all.
Today we took a fast (very fast!) train out to Bletchley Park, probably 100 kms from London. The weather here had obviously been more severe as there was snow on the ground all the way - it was very pretty to watch from the warmth of the train.
For those of you who don't know (I didn't before we went), this is the place where the Brits broke the Enigma and Lorenz codes which were used by the Germans in their WW2 communications, and which they say shortened the duration of the war by a couple of years. It was also the home of the first ever computer (Colossus). Interesting parallels between cracking the Enigma code and cracking the Rosetta 'code' (see yesterday's photo of the Rosetta stone in the British Museum)
I think I learnt from my visit to the British Museum that I prefer 'people' history rather than 'natural' history so the stuff we heard at Bletchley was fascinating to me, and of course, right up Allan's alley.
On our way back, we called in at Leicester Square to pick up tickets to a show so we only had time for a quick dinner before we were out again. We chose 'The Chorus Line' but it was a bit disappointing to be honest. Well performed, as always in London, but not much of a story to it. [Allan: 1 star rating] Will have to do better with our next choice!
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Hi there.. Marie and I saw Chorus Line too, in Adelaide, and apart from the colour and fun thought it was passed its used by date too! Marie is in karatau as I write and I am in Central Otago with trail bikes, both regions enjoying great sunshine :)
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