Birthday Challenge V2

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Re: Birthday Challenge V2

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I shall be there. I'm starting on the 12:44 from Wembley Stadium. I have a rough route, but I'm basically going to wing it.

Is the post-event meet up confirmed as The Champion? Where is that exactly?
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The pub from the last R15 (the circle line one)
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*insert boasting about notable tube accomplishments here*
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Who isn't starting at WCX?
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The Orange One wrote:Who isn't starting at WCX?
Perhaps the winner.
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Seems like I will be seeing most of you at the pub and not the start then....
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Well, if you are starting at AML you might see a few people...
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.
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What time are people expecting to finish in?

I can't attend the challenge but If its likely to be a finish around 6pm I might pop down after work for a pint and some darts.
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Challenge appears to take around 5 hours. Given most people are probably finishing at Acton Main Line, Ealing Broadway or Wembley Stadium, likely between 4:30 and 6:30, people should arrive at the pub between 5 and 7:30.
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.
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That seems about right. With my later start I'm definitely worried that I'll have to battle commuters for the last few trains.
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The problem with weekdays. It's all about the Saturday challenges...
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Hope to be in the pub before 5pm
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The Orange One wrote:The problem with weekdays. It's all about the Saturday challenges...
Good luck with Old Street and Moorgate on a Saturday!
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Yes, that is a snag of Saturday challenging. But for all else bar the FNC, find a Saturday without engineering works and the network is your best friend.
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
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My route for this would have been

Wembley Stadium :arrow: Marylebone :arrow: Baker Street :arrow: Swiss Cottage (run to) :arrow: South Hampstead :arrow: Euston :arrow: King's Cross :arrow: Finsbury Park :arrow: Moorgate :arrow: Liverpool Street :arrow: Stratford :arrow: Mile End :arrow: Whitechapel :arrow: Hoxton :arrow: Shadwell :arrow: Limehouse :arrow: Fenchurch Street (run to) :arrow: Aldgate :arrow: St Pancras :arrow: Elephant & Castle :arrow: London Bridge :arrow: Cannon Street :arrow: Embankment (run to) :arrow: Charing Cross :arrow: Waterloo East :arrow: Waterloo :arrow: Queenstown Road (Battersea) (run to) :arrow: Battersea Park :arrow: Victoria :arrow: Oxford Circus :arrow: Paddington :arrow: Ealing Broadway (or Acton Mainline)

Starting on the 1210 from Wembley Stadium, and hopefully finishing on the 1633 from Paddington.
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