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GuyBarry wrote:The A524 is a very hard road to pin down. It was originally the number of a route in the Peak District
I hope I have the rules of this game right, but this reminds me of another notorious road in the Peak District: the A537 Cat and Fiddle Road betwen Buxton and Macclesfield. It regularly pops up in surveys about the most dangerous roads in the country, with motorcyclists trying to race round the several hairpin bends along the route. The name comes from the Cat and Fiddle Inn at the summit, which I think is one of the highest pubs in the country. Link here:
Brock wrote:
I hope I have the rules of this game right
Welcome aboard, Brock! Yes, you've understood the rules - basically any old fact will do as long as it features the number 537 somewhere. The first post in this thread contains the full rules.
538 is the total number of votes in the Electoral College used to elect the US President.
Undefeated Tumbleweed champion, Oct 2015
Inventor of Grumbleweed, Nimbleweed, Timesnap, Postsnap and several other silly games
Thanks. I'm afraid I don't have anything interesting to say about the number 539, except that it's the total number of stations you'd visit in two Tube Challenges. If you left one out the first time
5.44pm will always be indelibly etched on my memory as the time that The Magic Roundabout used to start when I was a kid. "Time for bed," said Zebedee...
(Wonder if The Orange One will come in next?)
Undefeated Tumbleweed champion, Oct 2015
Inventor of Grumbleweed, Nimbleweed, Timesnap, Postsnap and several other silly games
I was planning to take 549 when it came around - but this seemed a little more appropriate, given I haven't yet taken the number 549. It would be useful in the Anti-Tube Challenge.
545 is the total number of buses I will have caught when this whole business is over. At present I believe there are 544 bus routes - I add the 239 which has since been discontinued, with its route being taken over by the 170. If you want proof, I can confirm I will be in Russell Square at 09:47 on some day in the future - having just got off the X68, my final bus.
All London buses: 23 hours 25 minutes (with Adham, David, Josh and Tangy)
Holds some alternative challenge records. Not sure which ones.
20½ Random 15 challenges: 01:58:48 best
That guy who runs those Twitter polls about tube stations and London Boroughs.
The 549 is numerically the last London bus service - running from Loughton to South Woodford via Buckhurst Hill, Roding Valley and Woodford. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, the 549 would be very useful for the Anti-Tube Challenge, though its once every hour frequency perhaps less so. It's one of the buses I haven't been on yet so I can't comment on conditions.
All London buses: 23 hours 25 minutes (with Adham, David, Josh and Tangy)
Holds some alternative challenge records. Not sure which ones.
20½ Random 15 challenges: 01:58:48 best
That guy who runs those Twitter polls about tube stations and London Boroughs.
