Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforehand?
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Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforehand?
Anyone ever done the challenge without a route planned beforehand? Has anyone ever just decided only on their start point and just hopped on first available connections, etc?
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Surely you'd have some rough idea of where you were going. You wouldn't just arrive at an interchange and think, "Oh, I'll just change here for Ealing Broadway".
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
i have just turned up at station and thought i see how it goes but i had a rough idea what i was doing but no firm route.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
The first (and so far only) time I did a challenge, the circumstances to enable me to do so only came together at the very last minute and I had no time for proper planning. I did have a prepared rooute, but it was T4 - Chesham and circumstances dictated I did Edgware - Stanmore. I therefore used the former route and ad-libbed the join between the two ends of it.
This was very much not a serious challenge, but a rare chance to play around on Tubes for a bit.
This was very much not a serious challenge, but a rare chance to play around on Tubes for a bit.
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I have never followed my planned route in all 20 full network attempts
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Would of on the last one if the Richmond branch hadn't gone down first thing!Going Underground wrote:I have never followed my planned route in all 20 full network attempts
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The Raven wrote:Would of on the last one if the Richmond branch hadn't gone down first thing!Going Underground wrote:I have never followed my planned route in all 20 full network attempts
Not quite, as we changed things around on the Upminster stretch and in Central London in the evening if you recall
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Andytube, I could tell you a tale of my first tube challenge, and indeed I could tell the rest of the world if they wanted to know... That was a strange challenge that I essentially did almost without a route planned!
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
You've never done The Challenge.Rhys1995 wrote:Andytube, I could tell you a tale of my first tube challenge, and indeed I could tell the rest of the world if they wanted to know... That was a strange challenge that I essentially did almost without a route planned!
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Don't talk down to me.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
he just did he was above you in the post!Rhys1995 wrote:Don't talk down to me.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
That could be Andi's funniest post in ever.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Am I not correct?Rhys1995 wrote:Don't talk down to me.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
Actually you are not correct. To be honest its none of your business whatsoever so just leave it at that.
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Re: Ever done the challenge without a route planned beforeha
I'd be interested to hear about the day where you tried your very best to visit all 270 tube stations in a day. Most people share their story, but you appear to have been completely silent. What was it that caused you to fail? Did the central line flood? That caused me to fail before.
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