London trip- Pattern room or similar visit help

[30Three]

Just back from a week in the UK myself.
We visited Bletchley Park, home of the decoding efforts during WW2. We arrived mid afternoon; having driven (and Ferry) over from Paris that morning.
It's a worthwhile visit; very interesting and also slightly mindboggling! I could have done with being a bit less tired and having a bit more time to appreciate the details.

We had looked at taking a Rail holiday; Paris to London; then head North to see our friends. But the cost was just excessively expensive; so we drove.
By contrast; tomorrow I'm taking the TGV train from Paris to Bordeaux; 600kms covered in 2 hours 20 minutes for around 60 pounds! I think the UK really needs to update it's rail network.

[waco16]

Just back from a week in the UK myself.
We visited Bletchley Park, home of the decoding efforts during WW2. We arrived mid afternoon; having driven (and Ferry) over from Paris that morning.
It's a worthwhile visit; very interesting and also slightly mindboggling! I could have done with being a bit less tired and having a bit more time to appreciate the details.

We had looked at taking a Rail holiday; Paris to London; then head North to see our friends. But the cost was just excessively expensive; so we drove.
By contrast; tomorrow I'm taking the TGV train from Paris to Bordeaux; 600kms covered in 2 hours 20 minutes for around 60 pounds! I think the UK really needs to update it's rail network.

Sadly the rail network reflects the state of our country - ruined and in decline!

[Brian B]

Update: We just returned from our Europe trip and we had a wonderful time. As I wasn't able to get into see the NFC I settled for a day at the British Museum and a tour of Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. We then headed to Italy for the remainder of the trip. I always enjoy Europe and especially enjoyed seeing the kids have this experience for the first time. We'll be back and I will certainly reach out to the NFC staff earlier to see if I can get into see the collection.

Thank you all for the suggestions and comments. I appreciate the forum so much.

Brian

[55recce]

Anything left in the British Museum? Thought the staff had sold it all on ebay.