23/03/2012 - Glen's 3rd/Iain's 5th Attempt

[The Raven]

Yep! Where doing it again, and this time were going for a good time, rather than just a completion. Details to follow...

[Sam]

Surely to get a good time, you need to complete...


I did really well, I managed 2 stations in 2 minutes

[palkanetoijala31]

Surely to get a good time, you need to complete...


I did really well, I managed 2 stations in 2 minutes

thats pretty poor really leicester square to covent garden or northfields to south ealing be quicker

Glen & iain the new super team?

[The Raven]

Edited first post so that in makes more sense!

Glen & iain the new super team?

Surely the partnerships of Andi/Stevoo, Sam/Matt or Kev/Soup Dragon have done more attempts together?

[Sam]

Surely to get a good time, you need to complete...


I did really well, I managed 2 stations in 2 minutes

thats pretty poor really leicester square to covent garden or northfields to south ealing be quicker

Glen & iain the new super team?

It was Chesham to Chalf(r)ont and Latimer

[Iain]

Ah - you must have used ********'s secret high speed hovercraft that was stored on the Met train by his friend the driver

[palkanetoijala31]

Ah - you must have used ********'s secret high speed hovercraft that was stored on the Met train by his friend the driver

Either that or she used neilandrew hall stopwatch.

[palkanetoijala31]

This attempt is underway from station x nice and sunny and no myles taunting them with food.

[palkanetoijala31]

Havent seen yet one delay on network is this the day where it all goes right?

[tubeguru]

Havent seen yet one delay on network is this the day where it all goes right?

That's the end of that attempt then ...

[hopeful traveller]

Isn't there an exhibition service today due to the ideal home thingy? They're advertising the event itself at "Olympia". The advert is being rolled out London-wide.

[Nigel]

Isn't there an exhibition service today due to the ideal home thingy? They're advertising the event itself at "Olympia". The advert is being rolled out London-wide.

I think the ideal home 'thingy' is at Earl's Court, not Olympia, so there wouldn't be an exhibition service for that.

[The Raven]

We've given up! At Wimbledon, in the pub. The weather is too nice to tube-challenge.

[Iain]

Could still have knocked a chunk off our best time but had rather lost our enthusiasm for something 18+ hours

As it turns out the Jubilee (wasn't that one that had a lot of work done on it?) fell over and ended up suspended from London Bridge westward, making Southwark impossible to get even if we had carried on to Upminster

Odd day really, we were on target for a 16:11 time until about three hours in, then missed a Wood Street train costing us 15 mins, but we seemed to lose a lot more than that in spite of what looked like a very non-tangly rejig. No major issue like cancelled trains, just a steady drip drip drip of 3-4 minute waits and a few near misses. We might still have made 17:11 which we'd have been happy with but then had several long waits in succession adding twenty minutes on, and a couple of near misses took us to 30 mins behind even that

[Sam]

As it turns out the Jubilee (wasn't that one that had a lot of work done on it?) fell over and ended up suspended from London Bridge westward, making Southwark impossible to get even if we had carried on to Upminster

Yes, that's the one. The very same line that Hopeful Traveller keeps banging on about it not having issues...