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Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 2

25 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Simon Barlow in General, Travelling in the UK, Trips, Weekend Break

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Cambridge, Caravan, Caravanning, Caravans, One Hairy Caravanner, Touring, Towing, travel, Travel Trailer, Travel Trailers

The second part of our weekend was to return to Cambridge. I think I mentioned in part one that the last time we were both there was back at the end of June 2009 the day before My fellow pilot Feroz and I set off on our round the world flight. I had flown the Bonanza into Cambridge airport and Sue had driven over so we had a couple of days together in Cambridge before I met up with Feroz and we flew to Austria for the start of the trip.

Sunday 21st April

Another sunny cloudless sky greeted us as the filter coffee machine was hissing into life. We didn’t have a planned departure time for Cambridge as it was only about 22 miles away and should only take 35 to 40 minutes to drive there. Continue reading →

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Code Breaking and Cambridge…Pt 1

24 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by Simon Barlow in General, Maintenance, Travelling in the UK, Trips, Weekend Break

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Bletchley Park, Cambridge, Caravan, Caravan Club, Caravanning, Caravans, Maintenance, Swift Group, Touring, Towing, travel, Travel Trailer, Travel Trailers

One of the places we had on out list of “must visit” was Bletchley Park, home of the wartime code breakers. The other was more of a re-visit as the last time we were both in Cambridge was the day before I set off on my round the world flight.

Friday 19th April

We had loaded up the caravan and by the time we pulled out of the storage compound it was dead on 8:20. The traffic was not too bad considering it was a Friday morning and the M60 was flowing quite well, as was the M56, and even the A556 Chester Road short cut to the M6 was quiet. It was so quiet that the on ramp to the M6 didn’t even have the traffic control lights operating. We were heading down to the Caravan Club’s  Ashridge Farm  site near Letchworth just off the A1(M). Continue reading →

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