RE: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-08 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
nal Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Liam Proven via > cctalk > Sent: 08 July 2019 14:49 > To: Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 14:53, Dave Wade wrote: > >

Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-08 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 14:53, Dave Wade wrote: > > I wouldn't like to comment on relationships, but they appeal to very > different audiences. There is now some signage at the main gate but its > minimal... OK, noted. So apart from my comment that BP depended on the revenues and draw of TNMOC,

RE: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-08 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
a > cctalk > Sent: 08 July 2019 12:15 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 11:40, Bill Degnan via cctech > wrote: > > > > Refined question - When would I hav

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2019-07-08 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > To echo what others have said: > > * you will have around an hour and a half at the museum. I would say > that's about the right ballpark. > > * there are 2 _entirely separate_ museums on the Bletchley Park site: > ** Bletchley Park: https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ > ** The National Museum

Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-08 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 11:40, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > > Refined question - When would I have to depart the museum in order to > travel by rental car (driving legal speeds) from Bletchley to Gatwick > Airport in time for a 4PM flight on 7/11 (A Thursday)? To echo what others have said: *

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2019-07-07 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 6, 2019, 3:57 PM Peter Corlett via cctech wrote: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 12:54:28PM +0300, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have > a > > 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at > >

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2019-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
y 2019 17:31 > To: cct...@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > > Bill, > > If I were on such a tight schedule, I would as you say rent a car, but one-way, > from Gatwick - drive that night late to a hotel in Mi

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2019-07-07 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
July 2019 10:54 To: cctech Subject: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a car

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2019-07-07 Thread Lawrence Woodman via cctalk
Hello Bill, On 06/07/2019 10:54, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I > have a 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer > museum at bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a > car from the airport and

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2019-07-07 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctech On Behalf Of Bill Degnan via > cctech > Sent: 06 July 2019 10:54 > To: cctech > Subject: Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum > > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a >

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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,

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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,

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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

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2019-07-07 Thread corey cohen via cctalk
Wow I’m jealous, I lost out this week, it was a choice between Bletchley and Selfriges. My kids wanted to shop on Oxford street and didn’t want to take a train for a few hours to Bletchley which would make dad happy. They wanted a something a short walk or tube ride from our hotel near Hyde

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2019-07-07 Thread Jack Harper via cctalk
Bill, If I were on such a tight schedule, I would as you say rent a car, but one-way, from Gatwick - drive that night late to a hotel in Milton Keynes about five miles north of Bletchley. About 90 miles Gatwick to Milton Keyes - two hours or so late at night. Avis has a return site at

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2019-07-07 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 02:06:12PM +0200, Peter Corlett via cctech wrote: > they've closed the West London Line this weekend, ostensibly for > maintenance, but possibly just spite. Thanks. I needed a laugh today. mcl

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2019-07-07 Thread blstuart--- via cctalk
On Saturday, July 6, 2019, 2:10:52 PM EDT, corey cohen via cctech wrote: > Wow I’m jealous, I lost out this week, it was a choice > between Bletchley and Selfriges. My kids wanted to > shop on Oxford street and didn’t want to take a train > for a few hours to Bletchley which would make dad >

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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

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2019-07-07 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

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2019-07-07 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

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2019-07-06 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 00:23, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > When I visited Bletchley park and TNMOC I went by train from London. Euston > I believe. From Gatwick there are trains to Victoria which are quite quick. Me too. But then, I lived in London. Still took nearly 2 hours. But I think

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2019-07-06 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
lördag 6 juli 2019 skrev Bill Degnan via cctech : > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a > 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at > bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a car from the > airport and drive to a

Wtd: advice upcoming visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum

2019-07-06 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at bletchley park about an hour north. I see I can rent a car from the airport and drive to a hotel near the museum. There are a few hotels with 24/7

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2019-07-06 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 12:54:28PM +0300, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > Hi...I am arriving at Gatwick Airport this weds evening1045pm and I have a > 17 hour layover. I'd like to visit the national computer museum at > bletchley park about an hour north. [...] It's actually *two* hours north;