There’s an open air market next to the bus station in Oxford. They were just setting up while I was waiting for the bus. There was an amazing assortment of products available from this market. Everything from farm produce to hardware. Continue reading
The National Museum of Computing is on the grounds of Bletchley Park. Continue reading
Today I visited Bletchley Park, a two-hour bus and train ride away from Oxford to the northeast. Bletchley Park is the home of the code breakers that have been credited with shortening World War II by at least two years. Continue reading
Bletchley is a minor stop, which means that the trains passing through don’t slow down. When you’re not expecting one and it passes through on the platform behind you, your natural reaction is to jump out of your skin. Continue reading
The only word that describes this is idyllic. Continue reading
Clearly bigger is better. Continue reading
Henry Fox Talbot was one of the pioneers of photography, particularly with respect to some of the arcane chemistry that early photographic processes required. Continue reading
After Lacock, the next big destination of the day was Avebury. Continue reading
The next sight after the Cherhill White Horse was Silbury Hill. Continue reading
On the way from Lacock to our next destination we passed one of England’s white horses. Continue reading
