Cannon Street run 2013
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Cannon Street run 2013
Are we having a Cannon Street run this year folks?
Talk Like a Pirate day is September 19th (two days before the R15) which is when the challenge is traditionally attempted.
Also what type of challenge should this years one be?
Talk Like a Pirate day is September 19th (two days before the R15) which is when the challenge is traditionally attempted.
Also what type of challenge should this years one be?
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
NR terminal challenge. Visit all National rail stations in the quickest time possible. This would include:
Blackfrairs
Cannon Street
Charing Cross
City Thameslink
Euston
Fenchurch Street
King's Cross
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Marylebone
Moorgate
Old Street
Paddington
St Pancras International
Vauxhall
Victoria
Waterloo
Waterloo East
Blackfrairs
Cannon Street
Charing Cross
City Thameslink
Euston
Fenchurch Street
King's Cross
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Marylebone
Moorgate
Old Street
Paddington
St Pancras International
Vauxhall
Victoria
Waterloo
Waterloo East
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
I'd just make it a Z1 NR challenge. Stuff like Elephant & Castle and Shoreditch High St too?
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Vauxhall isn't a terminal... Except for ticketing purposes so is it based on tickets or where trains actually terminate?
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
Well, the concept of London Terminals includes Vauxhall, but making it all of Z1 solves this problem anyway!Sam wrote:Vauxhall isn't a terminal... Except for ticketing purposes so is it based on tickets or where trains actually terminate?
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Define visit. If you're including Waterloo AND Waterloo East, you need to define visit. Having to catch a NR train could make this difficult (e.g. boarding at Paddington means you have to go as far as Acton Main Line/Ealing Broadway, Marylebone as far as Harrow-on-the-Hill).
Otherwise this might be a good list of underground stations:
Blackfriars
Cannon Street
Charing Cross
Elephant and Castle
Euston
Farringdon
King's Cross St Pancras
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Marylebone
Moorgate
Old Street
Paddington (both!)
Shoreditch High Street
Victoria
Vauxhall
Waterloo
You may also wish to include a visit to Tower Hill (for Fenchurch Street), Southwark or a second visit to Waterloo for Waterloo East, Shoreditch High Street by LO and for City Thameslink either use the Thameslink, do a second visit to Blackfriars or St. Paul's (which is the second closest).
This is just a suggestion before you dive in.
Otherwise this might be a good list of underground stations:
Blackfriars
Cannon Street
Charing Cross
Elephant and Castle
Euston
Farringdon
King's Cross St Pancras
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Marylebone
Moorgate
Old Street
Paddington (both!)
Shoreditch High Street
Victoria
Vauxhall
Waterloo
You may also wish to include a visit to Tower Hill (for Fenchurch Street), Southwark or a second visit to Waterloo for Waterloo East, Shoreditch High Street by LO and for City Thameslink either use the Thameslink, do a second visit to Blackfriars or St. Paul's (which is the second closest).
This is just a suggestion before you dive in.
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
Is the correct answerscrxisi wrote:(as an aside, I am sure someone told me it would be an Alphabet challenge this year, with no set order of letters)
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
I strongly disapprove of this idea.Going Underground wrote:Is the correct answerscrxisi wrote:(as an aside, I am sure someone told me it would be an Alphabet challenge this year, with no set order of letters)
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I agree with tractakid. We could do "C to Z" then "A to B"?
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Surely if there is no set order, you could do Q, A, Z, E, P, T etc etcThe Raven wrote:I agree with tractakid. We could do "C to Z" then "A to B"?
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Sorry i mean C to z in order, then A to B in orderSam wrote:Surely if there is no set order, you could do Q, A, Z, E, P, T etc etcThe Raven wrote:I agree with tractakid. We could do "C to Z" then "A to B"?
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Sorry, ignore me, I got confused, you were suggesting how you wanted it, got ya.The Raven wrote:Sorry i mean C to z in order, then A to B in orderSam wrote:Surely if there is no set order, you could do Q, A, Z, E, P, T etc etcThe Raven wrote:I agree with tractakid. We could do "C to Z" then "A to B"?
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Glen there simply wont be time to them in order C to B we wont be able to start until around 6.30pm and it will be very difficult to complete, meet up and get home?The Raven wrote:Sorry i mean C to z in order, then A to B in orderSam wrote:Surely if there is no set order, you could do Q, A, Z, E, P, T etc etcThe Raven wrote:I agree with tractakid. We could do "C to Z" then "A to B"?
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Re: Cannon Street run 2013
I just don't think the proposed challenge is very interesting, I can imagine everyone pretty much taking the same route, as the I for Ickenham effectively dictates the finishing position, with perhaps one or two routes that are sensible up until that point. The challenge looks very short and not very change-heavy and I can't see myself spending money to do this.
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Max time for any Cannon Street Run needs to be under 4 hours anyway really as it is an evening event.....tractakid wrote:I just don't think the proposed challenge is very interesting, I can imagine everyone pretty much taking the same route, as the I for Ickenham effectively dictates the finishing position, with perhaps one or two routes that are sensible up until that point. The challenge looks very short and not very change-heavy and I can't see myself spending money to do this.
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