How was your summer?

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 04 Sep 2006, 16:39

Well August has come and gone. School's starting again and many of us will be going back to work

How did you find your summer?

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 04 Sep 2006, 17:14

Tiring with all those crazy and random challenges that people keep dreaming up!

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 04 Sep 2006, 18:50

lol

cheer up!

PFW · Post by **PFW** » 04 Sep 2006, 20:22

garion24wales wrote:How did you find your summer?

I just threw back the duvet and there it was!

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Garion · Post by **Garion** » 04 Sep 2006, 21:09

lol very funny

I mean did you get up to anything good?

43019 · Post by **43019** » 04 Sep 2006, 21:29

That's the best answer to the original question I've ever heard of there PFW!

My summer? Well I went to Disneyland Paris this July, both ways on direct Eurostar services, the way back getting the delights of the Da Vinci Code set. Whilst I was there we had an afternoon in Paris, whose Metro system I fell in love with (indeed, I feel a challenge and potential world record setting coming soon).

5 days after getting home, I had a 3-day trip to London and Glasgow, covering some vitally needed lines.

Umm, otherwise there hasn't been anything particularly amazingly interesting. Oh, but I did go to the South East of Ireland in late August, which was incredibly boring! By God, their rail system is dreadful!

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 04 Sep 2006, 21:31

Im going to Disneyland again. (my 7th visit)

Sounds like you had fun then, 43019

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 04 Sep 2006, 22:55

So you went all the way to Glasgow and (all the way) to London for the main purpose of covering vital lines? But ... but ... my fine city of London has so much more to offer! You've got the bright lights of Piccadilly Circus, the London Eye, Hampton Court, Hyde Park, shopping on Oxford Street and numerous eateries...

Glasgow might have one or two attractions as well.

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 05 Sep 2006, 00:08

Change numerous to HUNDREDS!

Take a walk down Oxford Street and count how many McDonalds you pass. Or go to Covent Garden and cound how many food outlets there are there.

Happy counting!

Starkey7 · Post by **Starkey7** » 05 Sep 2006, 00:36

I can feel another challenge coming on...

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 05 Sep 2006, 00:44

londongirl · Post by **londongirl** » 05 Sep 2006, 00:58

43019 wrote:My summer? Well I went to Disneyland Paris this July, both ways on direct Eurostar services, the way back getting the delights of the Da Vinci Code set. Whilst I was there we had an afternoon in Paris, whose Metro system I fell in love with (indeed, I feel a challenge and potential world record setting coming soon).

Actually while tube challenging last Friday i came up with a rather bizarre challenge and frankly one I doubt anyone would ever attempt. Or think about, except me.

Do the Paris Metro and London Underground back to back. So we start with perhaps a 275 or Zone One since a 275 is tiring on its own. Dash to Waterloo, connect via train only, and at Paris skip onto the Metro and possibly do it's entirity too.... Anyone mad enough for it?

Garion · Post by **Garion** » 05 Sep 2006, 01:04

I dont think I could get the time off from college.

43019 · Post by **43019** » 05 Sep 2006, 13:35

Starkey7 wrote:So you went all the way to Glasgow and (all the way) to London for the main purpose of covering vital lines? But ... but ... my fine city of London has so much more to offer! You've got the bright lights of Piccadilly Circus, the London Eye, Hampton Court, Hyde Park, shopping on Oxford Street and numerous eateries...

Glasgow might have one or two attractions as well.

Meh!

For the record, I did:

Bus to Hereford
Bus to Gloucester
Coach to Cheltenham (NatEx)
Changed to another coach directly to London (Chalfonts)
2345 Euston - Glasgow
Covered Drumgelloch, Stranraer, Larkhall, Paiseley Canal, Ardrossan Harbour and more
2341 Glasgow - Euston
Unit to Finsbury Park
Unit to Harringay
Unit to Moorgate
Northern to Waterloo
Walked around the Charing Cross area for number crunching and stuff
1200 NatEx coach to Gloucester
Bus to Hereford
Bus home

I should say that was the whole point of the trip, to cover lines, not do restaurants and stuff in London! Bah, that's boring!

43019 · Post by **43019** » 05 Sep 2006, 13:36

londongirl wrote:
43019 wrote:My summer? Well I went to Disneyland Paris this July, both ways on direct Eurostar services, the way back getting the delights of the Da Vinci Code set. Whilst I was there we had an afternoon in Paris, whose Metro system I fell in love with (indeed, I feel a challenge and potential world record setting coming soon).
Actually while tube challenging last Friday i came up with a rather bizarre challenge and frankly one I doubt anyone would ever attempt. Or think about, except me.

Do the Paris Metro and London Underground back to back. So we start with perhaps a 275 or Zone One since a 275 is tiring on its own. Dash to Waterloo, connect via train only, and at Paris skip onto the Metro and possibly do it's entirity too.... Anyone mad enough for it?

That sounds rather insane...

So it'd be a Z1 challenge, Eurostar to Paris, THEN the Paris Metro? I'm sure that can't be done in a day! Paris' Metro system needs a day to itself!

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