Nice one guys.
Am I right in thinking that this is the same stations that Jack Welsby had to do when this decade's challenging began? All but 101 seconds of an hour have been shaved away.
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Many thanks to everyone for the kind words of congratulations......
Yes this is the best Christmas present that one could hope for......
The day itself seems so long ago now and we have been out for CiN since, it is difficult to remember all the events of the day......
I do recall that we had to change plan very early in the morning due to a cancelled Piccadilly Line train and then during the day there were 2 or 3 more route alterations......
Things were looking doubtful in the early evening, but then we got some better fortune and coming around the H & C Line late in the day we thought that this could really be on....... Then there was that delay at Edgware Road due to an obstruction on the line and all hope had gone really.......
Then the final twist of very good fortune, the delayed Piccadilly Line train at Hammersmith that shouldn't have been there
I remember that last run from the H & C station (I think it was Soup Dragon that said "lets give it the beans on this one")across the traffic, pushing tired legs beyond the pain barrier and thinking that it was all pointless as we were only to be sitting about waiting for the Heathrow train.....
We owe a very big thankyou to our support team on the day and Root & Tangy for stopwatch duties.......
Well here's to the new configuration & GWR with a whole line missing.....
Should be a piece of cake now folks......
Yes this is the best Christmas present that one could hope for......
The day itself seems so long ago now and we have been out for CiN since, it is difficult to remember all the events of the day......
I do recall that we had to change plan very early in the morning due to a cancelled Piccadilly Line train and then during the day there were 2 or 3 more route alterations......
Things were looking doubtful in the early evening, but then we got some better fortune and coming around the H & C Line late in the day we thought that this could really be on....... Then there was that delay at Edgware Road due to an obstruction on the line and all hope had gone really.......
Then the final twist of very good fortune, the delayed Piccadilly Line train at Hammersmith that shouldn't have been there
I remember that last run from the H & C station (I think it was Soup Dragon that said "lets give it the beans on this one")across the traffic, pushing tired legs beyond the pain barrier and thinking that it was all pointless as we were only to be sitting about waiting for the Heathrow train.....
We owe a very big thankyou to our support team on the day and Root & Tangy for stopwatch duties.......
Well here's to the new configuration & GWR with a whole line missing.....
Should be a piece of cake now folks......
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2008 All Lines Olympic Gold
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2008 All Lines Olympic Gold
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Ah ha! So they have finally confirmed the record, so my extra witness statement did the trick then! I can still remember this as if it were yesterdy and I weren't even doing the challenge!
Glad I could be of assistance. Time to pop open the bubbly!!!
Glad I could be of assistance. Time to pop open the bubbly!!!
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This is a Central line train to "Woodford via Hainault"- sadly, not no more!
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This is a Central line train to "Woodford via Hainault"- sadly, not no more!
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