Grahame

Final meal in UK last night. What did you expect Chocolate roulade, cream and a chocolat noir tour d'eiffel from Paris.

Do sister-in-laws (zombie) puppy's ("rolo") count?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/21/bacon_sarnie_preview/

^Lecker? Genau!

Joanne and I shared Afternoon Tea. And the cake was not a lie!

Bacon Barter: Man Pays for Cross-Country Trip Using Only Bacon as Currency

Traditional pub grub From a traditional pub Well, almost

Went to Maldon (home of the same named sea-salt). Had a walk by the water. Came across evidence of Al's diversification into retail catering

Slumming it again I see. Oh the hardship

You realise that cube has almost everything bacon related, except ... Actual Real Bacon! Does it qualify as a bacon-tease?

But, Shelly, no doubt you've thought about doing this.

Happy Birthday 'Stretch.

^ Sansa Clip+ or 2 , and lots of microSD cards?

One more mind blowing feature of the colussus / lorenz decrypt work was using humans to act as ADC's , to read the intercepted transmitted analog teleprinter signals and turn them into the equivalent digital teleprinter punched tape.

Oh, and the Golf seemed to like the motorway cruising at the 70mph speed limit on the way back. Which is just as well as diesel here is north of 1.41 quid / liter. Don't think I'm moving back just yet.

Finally made it to Bletchley Park, Home of the UK WWII decryption efforts that cracked the enigma code (all without the help of Jon Bon Jovi The background story of the early days of computing is interesting enough in its own right, but itn was fascinating talking to the volunteers involved in the bombe and colossus rebuild projects. It takes a certain kind of dedication to bring back to life these early computing devices from only limited and incomplete information.Plenty of details, but just to pick a few specificsThe Bombe weighed about a ton, and had its own total loss lubrication system with a two pint reservoir. They had to retool and remanufacture this from scratch. Truly impressive.How Many computing devices do you know need an oil pan under them to catch the drips.Colussus. Worlds first digital, electronic, stored programme computer. 2500 Tubes, draws 8KW.A very rewarding day for something that for 30 years was an untold story.

Happy birthday DP!

Mini ploughman's. Mini Melton Mowbrey pork pie, Extra Mature Farm house Cheddar, pickle.

You know you're in England when you can get this from the supermarket (Tesco) cafe

Who you calling crazy?

Congrat!

I felt strangely drawn to this market stall, for some reason. Where I felt obliged to sample their wares.

A mini pain au chocolat that turned out to be more chocolat than pain NTTAWWT

Slightly better this morning