Nothing went particularly wrong with my route, just had a lot of poor 5+ mins connections.
Starting at
Stonebridge Park at 10:20 by myself, I headed north to Kenton to run to
Northwick Park. Jumped on the 1st train out to realise it was an Uxbridge train, therefore changed at Harrow-on-the-Hill for a Chesham train 6 mins later. Made it up to
Moor Park where I met A2 and we both continued together to
Wembley Park. Another 6 minute wait for a train going north (a terminator came in first), we knocked off
Canons Park and headed back south. A2 left me at Wembley Park and I carried on down to Kilburn. Caught the 32 bus but got held up in traffic so bailed and ran the rest of the way to
Kilburn Park. Went north to
Queen's Park and caught the 36 bus to somewhere near
Westbourne Park. One stop south to Ladbroke Grove and found a 228 bus only 2 mins away
Hopped on to
Holland Park then went west to Hanger Lane. Ran to
Park Royal to find the next train was 7 mins away. When it finally came I went to Ealing Common to wait for the next District which was... yep you guessed it, 6 mins away. Boarded it and made my way to
Chiswick Park and then run to Turnham Green. Knocked off
Ravenscourt Park and had a sweet change at Earl's Court for a Wimbledon train. Double backed to
Wimbledon Park to then head out to
St. James's Park. Did a different run to last year which was much nicer and therefore was able to knock off
Hyde Park Corner and
Green Park in quick succession. Made my way up to
Regent's Park for a run to Warren Street. Got lucky with an Edgware train the next one in so straight up to
Belsize Park where I may have accidentally broken a lift...
My punishment for that was all 209 steps up to the ticket office
Back down to Camden Town for a 5 mins wait for a train to High Barnet. Up to
Tufnell Park and
Woodside Park where there was ANOTHER 7 mins for a train north. Got out at Totteridge & Whetstone for the 251 bus to Arnos Grove and had to wait 8 minutes for that
Made it to
Finsbury Park just before they let all the Arsenal supporters loose and headed down to H&I for a 10 minute wait to Stratford. When I finally got there I found Kev, Nozza and Mini Nozza on the same train as me to
Newbury Park. We then finished off by ticking off
Upton Park and finally finished at
Elm Park.
Frustrating day in the end, thankfully food, beer and darts cured that