When we got back from our recent travels, we found that our engine battery was very low but to be fair our tracker company had been letting us know it was low. Anyway, we plugged it in (not easy given where it’s parked) for 24 hours to charge up but thought a run would be beneficial.

Friends of ours, Maria and Jane, wanted to visit the WW2 code breaking centre at Bletchley Park, which is less than an hour from us so we decided to join them. We got the campsite, Old Dairy Farm Camping at Stoke Hammond, around 13.30 on Wednesday afternoon. It was a pretty cold and miserable February day but we were cosy in their Adria van catching up over a cup of tea whilst Liz was on an environmental training course. We cooked in both vans that evening but ate together. As it was so cold, we made sure the heating was on low overnight, especially as Liz was coming down with a cold.

We spent all day at Bletchley Park to celebrate Maria’s birthday with fascinating insights and guided tours. Amazing to think 9,000 people worked there during the height of the war yet none of them spoke about their work for decades. There was also a new exhibition on AI (artificial intelligence) that was interesting and scary at the same time! It was good to see that Alan Turing was getting the recognition he deserved both for computing but also for AI.

After fizz and nibbles, we went to the local pub, The Dolphin, for a lovely meal to complete the birthday celebrations before retiring. On Friday morning we went back to Bletchley Park for a couple of hours to finish off the various exhibits before setting off back to our respective homes.

A lovely couple of days away that felt more like a week!

Miles driven since last trip: 88