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But that involves effort!

Starkey7 wrote:But that involves effort!

It's eeezy peezy go to this link fill out a short online form 5 mins tops..

I would do it myself but I cant be bothered


https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/foi/contacts.asp

And you think you're fit to hold a world record?

Ha!

tubeguru wrote:

Starkey7 wrote:I was looking at the map while having dinner and watching TV with my housemates, and just started to connect bits up here and there.

When I think of the hours spent poring over maps and timings ...

Couldn't agree more Neil...

tubeguru wrote:And you think you're fit to hold a world record?

Ha!

Is that "fit" as in good physical shape? Or as in "a good representative for the sport"? Or something else?

Fit as in "worthy".

I was worried for a moment...

tubeguru wrote:Fit as in "worthy".

Oh I don't know, having seen at first hand some of Starkeys other planning 50 mins is pretty comprehensive

What, pray, are you insinuating?

Starkey7 wrote:What, pray, are you insinuating?

Just defending the time and effort you have put into this route (so far) team mate

Once the edges are tidied up a bit it might just be a "winner"

Hmm the edges are tidied up! It's the middle bit that I don't like. If only the Circle, East London and District line east of Aldgate didn't exist, we'd easily break the record.

Also I'm still not sure we can be bothered to visit Shoreditch...

You do realise that if you do not visit Shoreditch and beat our time, it will not stand because GWR insist that Shoreditch must be visited...

Yes, we know that. But there are four reasons that we're probably not going to bother:

1: If ever Guinness change their minds, we'll be in there.
2: We (the team) have decided that since Shoreditch is permanently closed, it ought not to be in the challenge, and therefore we're going for a moral record.
3: It's also Comic Relief day and during charity challenges, it's best not to get too intensive!
4: Shoreditch is a pain in the neck.

Starkey7 wrote:Yes, we know that. But there are four reasons that we're probably not going to bother:

1: If ever Guinness change their minds, we'll be in there.
2: We (the team) have decided that since Shoreditch is permanently closed, it ought not to be in the challenge, and therefore we're going for a moral record.
3: It's also Comic Relief day and during charity challenges, it's best not to get too intensive!
4: Shoreditch is a pain in the neck.

Just to answer in relation to your points from my POV:
1: Don't you think that other people have also devised routes that do not include Shoreditch based on exactly the same line of thought? In this case, I think that "we'll be in there" is a bit too strong a phrase
2: No-one has any objections to this, just the fact that you and your team-mates have said several times that you may go for a GWR, and then say that you won't be visiting Shoreditch! For the record, if you do beat our time having not visited Shoreditch, and not been in a position to visit Shoreditch when the buses are running (ie. you find yourself at Whitechapel outside of the bus-running hours), then unless your time demolishes our time, I won't be *that* impressed, as the constraint of having to visit Shoreditch severly limits the route possibilities for a GWR.
3: Agreed, Charity Runs should be as they say on the tin, the priority should be on getting as much money and exposure for the Charity!
4: I couldn't agree more

Well, I wonder why my team mates think about this...?