On half of my six attempts, I've caught the first train of the day out of Chesham, which given I travel there from Woodford means a 3.30am alarm.matthew dunderdale wrote:
that means packing the rucksack the night before, getting up at 4:30 to get a very quick shower
doing the 270 in 2013 (over 2 days)
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try doing it from bmth nigel that means a 2.50am alarmNigel wrote:On half of my six attempts, I've caught the first train of the day out of Chesham, which given I travel there from Woodford means a 3.30am alarm.matthew dunderdale wrote:
that means packing the rucksack the night before, getting up at 4:30 to get a very quick shower
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for the first HT4 train, awake by 03:00 and leave the house at 03:30 gets there in plenty of time from Milton Keynes
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Probably advisable to get your tickets the day before. You don't want to encounter problems with a ticket machine at 5.05am
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I've never had a problem. Make sure you bring a card though- I had to buy Andi's ticket on my card as he only had cash!
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thats not usually a problem just was that daytractakid wrote:I've never had a problem. Make sure you bring a card though- I had to buy Andi's ticket on my card as he only had cash!
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Some of those alarms sound like lie ins to me (and no doubt Neil and Matthew)
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5am alarm clock?! That was indeed a a lie-in when I was on dead earlies at Paddington.
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Re: doing the 270 in 2013 (over 2 days)
so i can buy a ticket for the following day to save time?? i'll have to look into that at cockfosters station
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The machines won't let you but you should be aable to get it from a human
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Cockfosters station has a ticket selling human between 0700-1200 and 1700-2000 on a weekday.Iain wrote:The machines won't let you but you should be aable to get it from a human
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Are u sure he is a human and not an alien in disguise?The Raven wrote:Cockfosters station has a ticket selling human between 0700-1200 and 1700-2000 on a weekday.Iain wrote:The machines won't let you but you should be aable to get it from a human
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...or perhaps a zombie?
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Re: doing the 270 in 2013 (over 2 days)
Try doing it from Poland. That means an 11pm alarm.palkanetoijala31 wrote:try doing it from bmth nigel that means a 2.50am alarmNigel wrote:On half of my six attempts, I've caught the first train of the day out of Chesham, which given I travel there from Woodford means a 3.30am alarm.matthew dunderdale wrote:
that means packing the rucksack the night before, getting up at 4:30 to get a very quick shower
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... and if your are doing it from Yorkshire, you get up at 10pm, half an hour before you go to bedStarkey7 wrote:Try doing it from Poland. That means an 11pm alarm.palkanetoijala31 wrote:try doing it from bmth nigel that means a 2.50am alarmNigel wrote:On half of my six attempts, I've caught the first train of the day out of Chesham, which given I travel there from Woodford means a 3.30am alarm.matthew dunderdale wrote:
that means packing the rucksack the night before, getting up at 4:30 to get a very quick shower
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