So, I'm going mad dash rushing around London tomorrow, but Geoff wants all of us to have a team name. My team is just me, but I still need a name.

One of the other teams appears to be using the Theydon Boys, and something in a similar vein might be good.

Poll

Five more photos, from the Z1TC practice day.

The Olympic Tube Train [1] [2]Ran into this whilst I was waiting for a H&C train to take me into Paddington during the pre-run recce. A couple of hours later I actually travelled on it, the seat cushions also have advertising for the Olympics on them!Liberal Democrats, Winning HerePossibly the most ( Read more... )

Well, with a time of over 4 hours I wasn't exactly challenging the record, however I think I understand the main reasons for that:

• There was a signal failure at Kennington early in the day that caused problems on the Northern line for most of the day - I suffered two over-10-minute delays getting on Northern trains and also had a delay getting to ( Read more... )

Well, I found the arsed that I needed to organise myself for the zone 1 tube challenge, and have booked the 5th (co-incidently election day -- gives me a good incentive to vote nice and early before I forget!) and 20th (the day itself) off work for the purpose.

Next I need a stopwatch.


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If I'm actually going to do the zone 1 tube challenge then I should get some arsed, take a day off work and go do some scouting. And take a day off for the day itself.

One of the stations (Queensway) is closed for the duration, which will result in a last minute rules clarification…

Friday 20th May sees the second Zone One Tube Challenge which sounds like great fun, and I'm interested in maybe having a go....

Are new(er) Jubilee Line stations supposed to look like they were extruded by the TARDIS?

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I'm not sure I agree with all the wording on these things, but people who dislike loud mobile phone users in enclosed spaces everywhere might want to read this entry of Annie's.