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Comment on Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1 by Caravan verzekering

Caravan verzekering — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:26:28 +0000

Bletchly Park is astonishing. Truly a nice picture as well!

Comment on Understanding the dynamics of towing – Pt 2 by Pete of the BO

Pete of the BO — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:22:20 +0000

Thank you Simon – that has dispelled some of the myths that I thought were true.

A very helpful and precise article,

Regards

Pete

Comment on Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 2 by simonpbarlow

simonpbarlow — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:22:28 +0000

Hi Kevin
We have not been to any sites in Cornwall yet. Have a look at http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/ these guys are usually on the ball for sites and reviews

Comment on Understanding the Leisure Battery Charging Circuit by simonpbarlow

simonpbarlow — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:51:08 +0000

The only way you can tell the state of charge of your leisure battery is to use a voltmeter and read off the voltage before charging and a couple of hours after charging. The meters and LED lights on chargers are not really reliable or accurate enough.

A simple digital multimeter from Maplins (£5 to £10) would be good enough.

Comment on Understanding the Leisure Battery Charging Circuit by robert parsey

robert parsey — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:49:22 +0000

hi, could you tell me how i know when my leisure battery is fully charged. its on charge at the moment 10 has a red light 11,12,13,14 have green lights

Comment on Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 2 by Kevin McClide

Kevin McClide — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:02:56 +0000

Great stuff

Could you possibly email me some campsite recommendations in Cornwall? May have to take the missus on a surprise trip sometime soon!!

Cheers, great blog!

Comment on 13 Pin Plug… the green cap arrives! by Graham Baxter

Graham Baxter — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:21:29 +0000

Just bought green cap from amazon £5.24 with carriage, regards Graham

Comment on Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1 by simonpbarlow

simonpbarlow — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:18:06 +0000

Hi Nigel
In 1931 two French spies photographed the Enigma manuals that were ‘borrowed’ by Hans Schmidt from the German Defence Ministry Cipher Office and the photos were passed on to the Polish General Staff Cipher Bureau in Warsaw. The Enigma setting were handed over to the Polish at the end of 31, but they still could not decipher the messages as the Germans had rewired the code wheels that came on the commercially available machines. It was in December 32 that the Polish ( Marian Rejewski) managed to decipher the first messages. In 1937/38 the German Navy altered the Enigma and the way the code wheels were first set at the start of each message (followed by the Luftwaffe and Army) adding another level of complexity which was to prove unbreakable until Alan Turing and Hut 8 did it in early 1940. The Polish had been able to ‘read’ Enigma navy messages from 33 to 38 but didn’t tell anyone till July 1939.

There is a wonderful marble monument to the Polish contribution at Bletchley.

The whole story is something that the best spy novels would be hard pressed to beat. It’s worth reading “Enigma – The battle for the code” by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (who’s family owned Bletchley Park before the war) as it’s supposed to be the most comprehensive account.

Glad you got your water problems sorted!

Comment on Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1 by nigelphoto

nigelphoto — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:39:12 +0000

Wonderful blog especially about Bletchley Park – on my bucket list! Your water problems resonate: I awoke my Lunar Clubman 475-2 CK from its winter slumbers this week ready for a trip to the CCC Boroughbridge site and a visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum at RAF Elvington at the weekend. I loaded the water system overnight with Aquastar and everything worked just fine but in the morning when I came to flush it through the kitchen mixer tap spluttered and gave up the ghost. ‘Oh pants’ I said to myself ‘the microswitch has gone’, but, as any fule kno, Lunars run on a pressure switch and the bathroom taps still worked. I am afraid that contrary to what some people might say, plumbing is rocket science so it was off to see Robbie at Jubilee Caravans of Ashington and he fixed it in under £10 by taking the tap to bits and cleaning out the filter – simples!
Nige
PS It might be of interest but it was actually the Poles who cracked the Enigma code back in 1932. The machines were available commercially just after the First War and it was the Imperial German Navy who first applied them to military use under the name Funkschlüssel C – no wonder we called it Ultra!

Comment on A couple of updates and a problem… by Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1 | Caravan Chronicles

Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1 | Caravan Chronicles — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:32:58 +0000

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