Field Trip - we spend the day in Teddington

Today we were scheduled to meet another friend, Howard Rushford, at Waterloo station and go with him out to his flat in Teddington.  About half and hour southwest of city center out past Wimbledon.  We arrived and spent an hour or so visiting and then had cold cuts, cheese and a bit of wine for lunch.  As we ate Howard made a call to the U.S. and we had a nice little chat with the Screiners in Denver.  After eating we visited some more and then Howard and I took a walk in Bushy Park.  It's a former hunting ground for Hampton Court Palace and was used extensively by Henry VIII in the 1500's.   But it had later importance as well, it was in a laboratory here that Radar was invented in the 1930's, also Alan Turing, who was so important to modern computing, also worked with the Enigma machine decoding German coded messages, the first atomic clock was invented, and finally Donald Davies worked out the details for packet switching in the 60's which formed one of the basic elements for the internet.   But even more interestingly it was the location of SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, the place where the D-Day invasion of France was planned during World War II.  We then shared a lovely Thai dinner with Howard before finishing our visit with a trip to Howard's local pub, the Clock House.  Then a trip back to town and our hotel, a long but very enjoyable day.