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My tube Attempt

Posted: 07 Jun 2010, 23:29
by Neilandrewhall
Hi Everyone,

This was my first tube challenge and I failed badly, me and my friend decided to do it and we started of at High Barnet and we finished at Upminster, we had a final time of 21 hours i think?
We also did the London Overground by accident lol, Cause it was our first attempt but my bad :(


I will be doing the attempt again in September so if anyone wants to help get in contact with me :)

Thanks Neil

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 07 Jun 2010, 23:30
by palkanetoijala31
Neilandrewhall wrote:Hi Everyone,

This was my first tube challenge and I failed badly, me and my friend decided to do it and we started of at High Barnet and we finished at Upminster, we had a final time of 21 hours i think?

I will be doing the attempt again in September so if anyone wants to help get in contact with me :)

Thanks Neil
See he hasnt got writers block

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 09:59
by Root
palkanetoijala31 wrote:See he hasnt got writers block
:roll:

Welcome to the forum, Neil, thanks for letting us know about your attempt. Everybody on here has made stupid mistakes at some point, so you shouldn't worry about it :) Better luck next time!

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 10:04
by Sam
Neil,

I heard that you had been in contact with Andi regarding the attempt before it was made. Did he not clarify with you what the challenge actually entailed? It's an unfortunate error that would add hours onto the time! Frequency on LOROL is horrendous at times.

Better Luck next time and welcome to the forum!!

Sam :)

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 11:20
by palkanetoijala31
Sam wrote:Neil,

I heard that you had been in contact with Andi regarding the attempt before it was made. Did he not clarify with you what the challenge actually entailed? It's an unfortunate error that would add hours onto the time! Frequency on LOROL is horrendous at times.

Better Luck next time and welcome to the forum!!

Sam :)
He didnt ask that question i presumed he knew he didnt have to do.

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 12:47
by Going Underground
I make "schoolboy" mistakes on every challenge, including 2 on the Z1 last Friday and I have competed in dozens :roll:

Anyway a warm welcome to the forum and if you fancy any "Alternative" challenges there is a regular R15 championship and other events... :)

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 08 Jun 2010, 14:37
by palkanetoijala31
my common mistake is still forgetting the cross platform terminators sometimes but i have got better it nearly got me on zone 1 with a tower hill but fortunately it was our train that went 1st.

Re: My tube Attempt

Posted: 22 Jun 2010, 08:27
by snudge27
When all is said and done though, I reckon that 21 hours whilst including the London Overground network is quite a time, and that with a little polishing you should end up with quite a competitive time!