Bletchley Park

The great UK tour day 2: We took a day trip to Bletchley Park where the British had their code breaking head quarters during WWII. It was originally a Victorian mansion that was converted into an MI6 intelligence facility so it is pretty fun to see the fancy buildings and grounds next to the military huts. We got to learn about how the enigma machines created cyphers and how the British built machines and used code breakers to decipher the transmissions. It was all rather impressive and our tour guide was adorably British. It was especially fun to see everything there after watching the BBC series Bletchley Circle.


Nancy intercepting cyphers in Morse code. Hendrik at the Bletchley mansion. Nancy giving a speech from the same rock where Churchill stood. Hendrik at Alan Turing‘s desk.

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