Hopeful Traveller's All Lines Challenges

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I agree with what you say about getting stuff into its correct forum, but let's not get too over-zealous. We've done alright for an internet forum as we approach our seventh birthday in January.
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tubeguru wrote:
geofftech wrote: i know i can not bother to look in the alternative challenge section (as i often don't) and not miss anything.
You could always log in and click "view unread posts" on the forum's main page you know. Or shall I remove that feature because you don't use it?

Please keep the unread posts as I do like to read everything, I find it all of interest :)
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Sounds like a round of beers are in order........

more details to come in a few weeks.....


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Going Underground wrote:
tubeguru wrote:
geofftech wrote: i know i can not bother to look in the alternative challenge section (as i often don't) and not miss anything.
You could always log in and click "view unread posts" on the forum's main page you know. Or shall I remove that feature because you don't use it?

Please keep the unread posts as I do like to read everything, I find it all of interest :)
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moley wrote:I'm going to add my oar in here and suggest that the forums that we currently have are fine. What we should do better is kick topics into their correct categories.
that's exactly what i'm suggesting!

i always use the 'View New Posts', feature. but sometimes i just browse around the topics .. look at old stuff, and it's only then you realise that some threads are in the wrong topic areas.
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tubeguru wrote:I agree with what you say about getting stuff into its correct forum, but let's not get too over-zealous. We've done alright for an internet forum as we approach our seventh birthday in January.
I agree with this.
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The one where everything went wrong.

Some good connections to start with meant that I was on course for a good time. That is, until Liverpool Street.

Oxford Circus, 15:30:30. Train 221 on the Victoria line leaves. I know that the Victoria Line had minor delays at the time, but it still didn't hold me up at all. One long run down the corridor to the Piccadilly Line resulted in a good-ish connection. London Underground really does have 100 seconds per minute. FINALLY a Cockfosters train came in.

NOTE: The passage at Piccadilly Circus to the Bakerloo Line does not work any more, as it simply says "Way Out" now. However I didn't need the passage as I needed a Southbound Bakerloo Line train.

Now, Charing Cross & Embankment. Would any of you believe that the Northern Line is so far away from the Bakerloo, sincethey run to the same stations? Nope, they are.

Embankment. MORE District Line shenanigans. Again. :x . 3 whole minutes. Very annoyed. Bad Jubilee Line connection (2 mins wait) meant that I was behind at Waterloo. Fatigue creeps in. Stopped running.

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Bank, diving into a train as its doors were beeping, that was my high point. This was my last hurrah. The record was gone but I was still in for a top 5 or a PB failing that, right?

Wrong.

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Aldgate East :-x wrong way #rratt


Yep, I, the slightly experienced guy, went the wrong way. In short, I dived onto a Hammersmith & City Line train at Liverpool Street, thinking it was a Circle Line. Then the phrase "The next station is Aldgate East" is the worst in the English language. Yep. Even beats "Circle Line via King's Cross - delayed". And I couldn't run to Aldgate as this would make things even more worse as I couldn't catch the necessary trains. In other words, SCREWED. So I started re-routing but there's not much re-routing that could be done.

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re routing #rratt


I was now focussed on finishing anywhere other than last. Got it, just.

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LOG BOOK
Station - Arrival Time - Departure Time - Train Number departed on - Line departed on
(Red is not a part of intended route)
Oxford Circus - n/a - 15:30:30 - 221 - Victoria
Green Park - 15:31:51 - 15:34:53 - 356 - Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus - 15:35:55 - 15:39:17 - 240 - Bakerloo
Charing Cross - 15:40:31 - 15:44:37 - 006 - Northern
Embankment - 15:45:22 - 15:50:02 - 015 - District
Westminster - 15:51:17 - 15:54:15 - 350 - Jubilee
Waterloo - 15:55:36 - 16:00:09 - 201 - Waterloo & City
Bank - 16:03:59 - 16:05:44 - 077 - Central
Liverpool Street - 16:07:19 - 16:09:48 - 245 - Hammersmith & City
Aldgate East - 16:13:40 - 16:20:48 - 226 - Hammersmith & City
Liverpool Street - 16:23:15 - 16:27:13 - 415 - Metropolitan
Moorgate - 16:28:39 - 16:31:03 - 202 - Circle
Liverpool Street - 16:32:33 - n/a - n/a - n/a
1 FNC Completion (PB: 17:18:18 with G Bryant, A Chilcraft, I MacNaughton)
4 Zone Ones (PB: 03:00:35 with G Bryant)
15 R15s (PB: 01:55:48 with T Cooling and R Jackson)
11 All Lines (PB: 00:44:03)
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hopeful traveller wrote:Now, Charing Cross & Embankment. Would any of you believe that the Northern Line is so far away from the Bakerloo, sincethey run to the same stations? Nope, they are.
Assuming that you are talking about Charing Cross station then I'm pretty sure most people on here will believe it seeing that they used to be two separate stations...
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Steeevooo wrote:
hopeful traveller wrote:Now, Charing Cross & Embankment. Would any of you believe that the Northern Line is so far away from the Bakerloo, sincethey run to the same stations? Nope, they are.
Assuming that you are talking about Charing Cross station then I'm pretty sure most people on here will believe it seeing that they used to be two separate stations...
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Steeevooo wrote:Mr H. Traveller
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His comments haven't been deleted. Well, the ones that weren't deleted at the time haven't been.
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I feel like I've read the same flaming posts three or four times here.

And I agree with everything that Geoff said.
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I confess. I will do this within the next couple of hours.
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moley wrote:Sounds like a round of beers are in order........

more details to come in a few weeks.....


(yes very mysterious - but I don't want this to go too of-topic).
When are these beers then moley? And is the first round on you? ;)
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