I'd forgotten about this one, but since someone's brought up the Edinburgh Trams challenge, here's the story of my attempt at a silly challenge, in the form of the Heathrow Pod challenge...
Heathrow Pod Challenge Attempt
Date attempted: 25th January 2014
Starting area: Business Car Park B
Finishing area: Heathrow Terminal 5
Final time: 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Route:
Business Car Park B Business Car Park A Heathrow Terminal 5
Write-up:
I called a pod at Car Park B and got in, starting my stopwatch as the doors closed. There were minor delays on the departure track, so we waited a few seconds, but we were soon on the move to Car Park A, where we had an empty docking space. Disembarking from the pod, I selected Terminal 5 on another pod, got in quickly and we left quickly. It took a while to leave Car Park A, but I was already two stops down out of three, so I was not about to give up (and I couldn't...) and we were soon off to HT5. Arriving at HT5, we had to wait for a space, but we got one in around half a minute, and the stopwatch stopped when I set foot on the "platform".
This could have gone better, and next time I'm in the area, I will try again.
In a way, this challenge is less silly than Edinburgh Trams! At least there are 3 possible routes...
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Holds some alternative challenge records. Not sure which ones.
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Holds some alternative challenge records. Not sure which ones.
20½ Random 15 challenges: 01:58:48 best
That guy who runs those Twitter polls about tube stations and London Boroughs.
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Re: Heathrow Pod
I also did the 'Saltburn Cliff Lift' challenge a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I should write about that:
Date attempted: 28th July 2014
Starting station: Cliff Top
Finishing station: Promenade
It was one of the more relaxing challenges. But I forgot to time how long it took me...
Date attempted: 28th July 2014
Starting station: Cliff Top
Finishing station: Promenade
It was one of the more relaxing challenges. But I forgot to time how long it took me...
Personal record: 270 Stations in 9 minutes and 3 seconds
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