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UPDATE 0750HRS

An Amersham start of all places at 05 25 25

Moor Park 7 mins late and they arrived at North Harrow 12 mins late................
But have amazingly they have now got back on schedule

UPDATE 0820HRS

Tangy has just been reported to the Transport Police for taking a photo of an approaching train......Apparently the driver was extremely irate I am not sure if the flash went off ot not the photo was taken overground.... Oh and despite this they are still on schedule....

Sounds a tad extreme to report him for taking a photo of an approaching train! I'm sure I did it on Wednesday, oops!

UPDATE 0915hrs

10 Minutes down due to a "worried driver" they are plodding on....

UPDATE 1030HRS

Very slow running train into Aldgate which took 12 minutes longer than advised on journey planner.. Now 25mins down and carrying on just for the hell of it, no chance of getting the record now....

25 down and no chance? That can be made up usually.

They must be on a very tight schedule!

UPDATE 11.10AM

Now 30 minutes down due to very slow trains. Record definitely gone but they are continuing for completion.

Going Underground wrote:10 Minutes down due to a "worried driver" they are plodding on....

Must be new to the job. Don't they warn them about Tube Challengers?

It was the driver from the train they photographed I have since established....

Thinking of which GWR require photographic evidence so I suppose if your are doing an attempt you should really contact TfL and get permission in advance....

Going Underground wrote:It was the driver from the train they photographed I have since established....

Thinking of which GWR require photographic evidence so I suppose if your are doing an attempt you should really contact TfL and get permission in advance....

Or just don't use the flash - it's the flash that's the safety issue for drivers, I hear. (Waits to be corrected.)

UPDATE 1310HRS

They are at sunny Wimbledon and approx 30 mins down but pressing on for completion....

I have the fully story on the camera/driver incident, young Tangy stepped slightly over the yellow line and the driver crapped himself thinking he was about to have a "one under"

Ahh understandable...I know drivers crap themselves when that happens or think that it is about to happen. I've seen drivers not be able to even step into a cab after a one under.

UPDATE 1615HRS

The boys had a very nice Cockfosters High Barnet in 20 mins and are trying things around different ways and also some "out of the box" thinking going on. To coin Soup Dragon they are "mixing it up like a Mueller corner"

UPDATE 1930HRS

Andi is estimating a finishing time just under 18 hours and they have seen Rupert the Bear at Kilburn

Well apparently is was a rather eccentric gentleman dressed in the style of Rupert

For those many of you that are too young to know what we are on about try google images

To be honest, one needs to learn how to be surreptitious as a Tube Challenger. I mean, racing yelling down a corridor taking FLASH pictures of everything is bound to attract attention. But after a while, one does get used to being slick and whatsname, so as not to arouse annoyance.