West Farnden — Post 3 – Peckish Travels

Bob and I spent a day reminding ourselves of how incredibly intelligent other people can be by a visit to Bletchley Park. In case you aren’t familiar with Bletchley Park, this is the area where a number of individuals worked on code-breaking during WWII. Bob and I became interested in this after seeing the movie, Imitation Game, a few years ago. The movie focused on the work of Alan Turing, but there were a number of individuals who contributed to the effort. The grounds (and many of the buildings) where the individuals worked and lived are part of a tour of the grounds. The whole experience is very well put together with an opening film to provide context for the exhibits, buildings, etc. that you see during your visit.

The welcome sign with the code logo that is repeated throughout the tour.

Cool sculpture to the code breakers to recognize the fact that they also served during the war.

The focus of the code-breaking efforts was to intercept messages from the Germans being encoded and sent over teletype and try to decipher the code, translate the message into English, and then get the information to the right people in the field. This board shows the difficulty of just the decoding part of the operation!

One of the huts in which the code breakers worked. People working on various efforts were kept segregated so that no one would have the complete range of information.

Bob and I don’t like to brag on ourselves, but this is the type of question we like to ponder in the evenings.

One of the cottages that the workers lived in

The Bletchley Mansion that provided space for the administrative offices during the war

A fountain and pond on the property of Bletchley Park

Bob and I spent our last full day at our West Farndon housesit doing a walk out of the community of Brackeley, a town in South Northamptonshire. During our 2+ hour walk, we saw some of the town of Brackeley as well as the smaller village of Evenly.