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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
Ha! I'm not sure Guinness will be setting a new sub - category for Mayoral Candidates any time soon.
Good luck to him though.
(Do you reckon Adham is getting paid? )
Good luck to him though.
(Do you reckon Adham is getting paid? )
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
Christian Wolmar lives in Tufnell Park. It's a hotbed of Tube Challengers! Must be something in the water.
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I'll stick my neck out and say he won't complete.
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
i very much doubt adham getting paid but im sure he do it for publicity involved when is victoria line closed by chance?
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The Tube Strike is on Weds 5th August, their attempt is on Fri 7th, Victoria blockade starts on Sat 8th (for three weeks).
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Andi - what if Wolmar gets 15h 45m 37s? I hope he takes all of his photos.palkanetoijala31 wrote:i very much doubt adham getting paid but im sure he do it for publicity involved when is victoria line closed by chance?
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
Christian Wolmar is a well-known commentator on the British railway industry, who often appears on current affairs programmes. I had no idea that he was considering adoption as Labour's mayoral candidate, still less that he was attempting the Tube Challenge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wolmar
He speaks a lot of sense as far as I'm concerned. Good luck to him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wolmar
He speaks a lot of sense as far as I'm concerned. Good luck to him.
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
15:45:37 would be a lot less controversial than 15:45:39....tubeguru wrote:Andi - what if Wolmar gets 15h 45m 37s? I hope he takes all of his photos.palkanetoijala31 wrote:i very much doubt adham getting paid but im sure he do it for publicity involved when is victoria line closed by chance?
Personally,I can't stand the man. Gave up reading his "articles" in RAIL magazine as he never seemed to have anything positive to say.
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
it looks like he might not even get 270 nice to see one of the current record holders aint up with the news that the time was broken but not the record eh!
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Wolmar for London @wolmarforlondon
"Heading for W Ruislip but delays and just missed connections make it touch and go if we will complete...grrr #Wolmartube"
"Heading for W Ruislip but delays and just missed connections make it touch and go if we will complete...grrr #Wolmartube"
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Wolmar for London @wolmarforlondon
"Heading for T5 - all done 18 hrs 4 mins, 53 Tube trains, 2 other trains 5 buses #wolmartube"
"Heading for T5 - all done 18 hrs 4 mins, 53 Tube trains, 2 other trains 5 buses #wolmartube"
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well im glad he completed but he wont be mayorgeofftech wrote:Wolmar for London @wolmarforlondon
"Heading for T5 - all done 18 hrs 4 mins, 53 Tube trains, 2 other trains 5 buses #wolmartube"
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Re: Meanwhile ... #wolmartube
Does anyone know if Olympia was done properly? If so, I can add it to the top times.
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He did say around 1940 so likely.
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