The Orange One's attempts
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The Orange One's attempts
I decided to do a Zone 1 challenge today (Monday 26th August/Bank Holiday Monday).
It's my first proper tube challenge (there was a kind of R6, except you didn't have to visit by tube - instead you had to take an exterior photo. I didn't actually visit Barbican by train, preferring to run from Moorgate as St. Paul's was also on the list). Final time I recorded was 3h00m25s (just remembering that sinking realisation that I was going to miss the 3 hour barrier on arrival at Marylebone).
Started at Vauxhall ROUTE REMOVED AS HAS WORLD RECORD POTENTIAL - SEE LATER finish at Regent's Park.
I used an Olympia train on this challenge. Bit of an unorthodox move, but saved me some time.
Will be doing an All Lines challenge and a DLR challenge at some point. And catching the last 30 London buses.
It's my first proper tube challenge (there was a kind of R6, except you didn't have to visit by tube - instead you had to take an exterior photo. I didn't actually visit Barbican by train, preferring to run from Moorgate as St. Paul's was also on the list). Final time I recorded was 3h00m25s (just remembering that sinking realisation that I was going to miss the 3 hour barrier on arrival at Marylebone).
Started at Vauxhall ROUTE REMOVED AS HAS WORLD RECORD POTENTIAL - SEE LATER finish at Regent's Park.
I used an Olympia train on this challenge. Bit of an unorthodox move, but saved me some time.
Will be doing an All Lines challenge and a DLR challenge at some point. And catching the last 30 London buses.
Last edited by The Orange One on 28 Sep 2013, 10:16, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The Orange One's attempts
I agree that from Aldgate to Aldgate East you can't really get lost, but coming the other way is harder if you come out of the wrong exit without realising it!
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I guess the thing to remember would be to be at the back of an eastbound or the front of a westbound and turn left after the barriers. And upon surfacing.
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.
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.
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Re: The Orange One's attempts
Personally I turn right after the barriers- so are on same side of the main road...The Orange One wrote:I guess the thing to remember would be to be at the back of an eastbound or the front of a westbound and turn left after the barriers. And upon surfacing.
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I've been past a couple of times on the 25/205, but never noticed an exit on the northern side of the road! I just aimed for what I knew.
Them Circles are stifling.
Them Circles are stifling.
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.
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.
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It's there, hidden under the scaffolding that has been there for ages. This is the original station entrance (the one on the south side of the road is a modern addition).The Orange One wrote:I've been past a couple of times on the 25/205, but never noticed an exit on the northern side of the road! I just aimed for what I knew.
Them Circles are stifling.
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This is a Central line train to "Woodford via Hainault"- sadly, not no more!
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And an All Lines time. 41m20s - missed a District at Embankment and then a Circle came first. And then a 3 minute wait for the Jubilee. What's all that about?
Route: Farringdon (H&C) Barbican (Met) Moorgate (Cir) Liverpool Street (Cen) Bank (W&C) Waterloo (Nor) Embankment (Dis) Westminster (Jub) Green Park (Vic) Oxford Circus (Bak) Piccadilly Circus (Pic) Leicester Square.
And of course the London Buses time of 5 years and 2 months.
Route: Farringdon (H&C) Barbican (Met) Moorgate (Cir) Liverpool Street (Cen) Bank (W&C) Waterloo (Nor) Embankment (Dis) Westminster (Jub) Green Park (Vic) Oxford Circus (Bak) Piccadilly Circus (Pic) Leicester Square.
And of course the London Buses time of 5 years and 2 months.
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.
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.
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The timetable one would imagine...The Orange One wrote:And then a 3 minute wait for the Jubilee. What's all that about?
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That's a good time for a zone one
Glad to see that Glen and I aren't the only ones to fall for the way out escalator at Embankment!
Glad to see that Glen and I aren't the only ones to fall for the way out escalator at Embankment!
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I only fell out on the Zone 1 - the All Lines change I did perfectly, and that was without door positions (my smartphone broke - I had to memorise the starting time at Farringdon).
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.
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.
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Also found some money on an Olympia train today. I've only been on an Olympia train twice - the first time it got me a train up at Earl's Court and quite possibly two trains by the end of the Zone 1 - the second time I found some money. Admittedly there could have been money on every single train I've ever caught and this was the time I found it as I was the only person on that train. But I prefer to think that the Greek gods are looking favourably on me. Not favourably enough for me to start a DLR Challenge at Cyprus though.
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.
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.
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How much? A penny doesn't count
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Two pounds.
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.
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.
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Well, you'll find that the Greek gods have given 12 points pounds to Cyprus, as usual....
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That's all right. You take what Olympia gives you and remember to thank them. Perhaps a new strategy for FNCs - pray to the Greek Gods that Olympia goes well before you start.
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.
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.
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