After originally creating this challenge, I had to put the launch on hold due to other events, but have now decided to launch this event in April 2016. As the name states, it's a sub-surface challenge, which means you must visit all of the subsurface line stations in the fastest time. Please consider coming along, I just thought there should be another new challenge to fight over
It would be a day similar to Random 15 events where there is a start station and a pub that we meet at (probably bricklayers) afterwards.
I'm curious, when Crossrail arrives on the scene, will the SLAM Challenge include Reading?
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However Crossrail may come in useful for the sub-surface challenge - assuming a Chesham start and Upminster finish, it's necessary to cross Zone 1 east to west three times. Since there are only two east-west sub-surface lines, the third crossing can be done by any means, and Crossrail (when open) may well be the quickest!
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Good title! I second this proposal, and I also am going to propose a overground (or underground) stations challenge for stations above or below ground.
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Hi all. My plans for this challenge are going ahead. I have picked a couple of weekends when this could go ahead, and I know this is short notice, but it would be great if you could come along.
Saturday April 30th 2016
Saturday May 14th 2016
Please let me know on this chat which would be best for you, as it's all about the consumers!
The start station will then be confirmed, and it would be great to have a pre challenge parkrun and weatherspoons breakfast too.
Many thanks
Josh Nichols-Ageros
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I may actually come to this!! The April date would be better for me, though I could make the May date.
I'm assuming a NW Corner start (if we start at Upminster, we'd likely have very few finishing times as Chesham would have to be done at/near the end). As such, parkrun/breakfast I'd imagine would be in the NW Met area - Harrow? Cassiobury? South Oxhey? Gladstone? Aylesbury (a bit far I'd have guessed)?
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.
Tube Geek wrote:Would it be daytime or evening? As I might be able to get from Bristol for any time after 17:00 on the May one. MIGHT.
I cant see it starting much later than 12 - 1 pm on a Saturday
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No way can we start after 1700, complete and all get home!! Do you know how far out Chesham and Amersham are?
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.
I can only make 14 May. I don't want to miss an inaugural parkrun in Portsmouth on 30 April.
General question: is it required to use a sub-surface line train to visit all the relevant stations? It's quite possible that a passing Piccadilly train might be handy in some locations.
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