Fantastic August Race around the Tube- August 13th

[nozzacook]

This just copied from JP

Hammersmith Bus Station
Take the Route Bus 9 from Stop: F
towards Aldwych
or Route Bus 10 from Stop: F
towards King's Cross
or Route Bus 27 from Stop: F
towards Chalk Farm

GOING TO THE GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL AT OLYMPIA FROM 13 TO 17 AUGUST? A special District line shuttle train service is expected to operate each day, between 0930 and 2300 approximately, every 30 minutes between High Street Kensington, Earl's Court and Kensington (Olympia) each day. Confirmed timetables will be available nearer the date. Reported: 17/06/13 08:41 Last updated: 17/06/13 08:45
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/X ... Distance=1

[tractakid]

Nice find Nozza! That's encouraging!

[tractakid]

Updated the Attendance Register to reflect my current knowledge on who's attending. Andi will be unable to get the time off, and Simon Cox (made an attempt in June- publicised on twitter/facebook) has both responded and posted on his website that he will be challenging on Aug 13. (I think it's safe to assume the forum account 'simoncox73' is him, despite not having posted.)

[palkanetoijala31]

At work at the moment there are several circumstances which will tug at the heart strings of everybody the dispensary line manager lost both her twins in a miscarriage and now the stores supervisor daughter who works there has been diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma.

a lot of women are also having leave because of kids summer holidays and a lot of emotions running wild I do have the day off and was pre pared to either help or be part of a team but under the circumstances I think its best if I leave you lot to have fun

[A2]

In my opinion certainly that falls well under the heading of "valid excuse".

Andrew / A2

[nozzacook]

With ten days to go I thought I would wake this thread up. Kevin & I have finalised our route and will be starting at Chesham @ 06:30. If anyone fancy a a pint the night before we are staying at the Long Island hotel at rickmansworth.

[tangy]

Whereas I am doing the usual Terminal 4 start and finishing up the NW corner.

[Nigel]

My route planning is not going well. Some subtle timetable changes have turned tight connections into 10 minute waits, so I'm about to throw out my current plan and go back to the drawing board again. At the moment, I not sure when or where I will be starting. (I'm also assuming the the Olympia service will be running to the same timetable as the last time they ran an Exhibition service, but this has not yet been confirmed by TfL, and, given there have been other changes to the District Line timetable since then, it may not do so.)

[nozzacook]

The Olympia timetable is still the same using the special timetable dated 10th Dec 2012
A PDF copy can be downloaded here in this FOI request.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... ing-403976

[hopeful traveller]

We're doing Amersham - Heathrow.

[Nigel]

The Olympia timetable is still the same using the special timetable dated 10th Dec 2012
A PDF copy can be downloaded here in this FOI request.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... ing-403976

Thanks - that's one uncertainty hopefully removed. Although, as I discovered last year, any resemblance between the actual times of the Olympia Exhibition Service and those shown in the timetable would appear extremely tenuous.

[The Raven]

I'm teaming up with someone but not sure if we are starting at Chesham or Heathrow yet!

[tractakid]

District Line tweeted me, I quote... "there will be a service running next Tuesday 13th, starts approx 10am and runs every 20 mins or so."

So, seems like it could be better than the 30 minute service on previous exhibition days if this is to be believed.

[Going Underground]

Re-tweaked our route, 10 mins slower but more realistic connections and still inside GWR

[Nigel]

Re-tweaked our route, 10 mins slower but more realistic connections and still inside GWR

Very impressive - let's hope you can turn theory into reality.

I've now worked through the second of my major routing ideas, which turns out to be better than my first. Although, in theory it could produce a fast time, I'm not totally happy with it, as there are a number of risky connections, which if they don't work may leave me struggling even for a completion. I've still got two more ideas, for which I would like to do some detailed calculations if I have time. I've never been this close to an attempt and still not decided the basic principles of my route for the day.