Mornington Crescent

[A Challenge]

Gaming mixed my two turns, I shall get myself back into the game through Mill Hill East on a direct train.

 

[backontrack]

Bank.

That's not my move, I just want to be the Strongest Link this round.

Let's go to Canning Town.

 

[A Challenge]

Gallions Reach

I'll phone up Anne Robinson then, to check

 

[backontrack]

I don't envy you.

Queensway.

 

[A Challenge]

Hanger Lane

Some things just have to be done

 

[backontrack]

Hanger Lane

*gentle applause ripples through thread*

Gosh, that's such a strong move. I had hoped to press for Morningtons, but I'll have to punt this into the long grass instead. Oval.

 

[Loppylugs]

Punt? Oval? Sounds like a load of sphericals to me. Let's head for the Balls Pond Road at Dalston Junction.

 

[Spamcan81]

Punt? Oval? Sounds like a load of sphericals to me. Let's head for the Balls Pond Road at Dalston Junction.

Poor move. That has left you wide open to the counter thrust of Blake Hall.

 

[A Challenge]

And an approach for a win on my next move, via South Woodford

 

[backontrack]

And an approach for a win on my next move, via South Woodford

I'm afraid not, as you forgot to say Uno and now need to pick up four cards.

Bermondsey should keep us out of harm's way for now.

 

[Spamcan81]

I'm afraid not, as you forgot to say Uno and now need to pick up four cards.

Bermondsey should keep us out of harm's way for now.

Clever. I'll add a double block at Chancery Lane.

 

[DerekC]

I smash your double block with a grandsire triple at Bow Church.

 

[Peter C]

The 1906 rules, particularly page 8⅞ rule 13.75, state that a grandsire triple must always be followed by a tri-tetrahedral move in a north-easterly direction to avoid potential disquiet amongst players. Therefore I shall play a move to Wimbledon Park.

-Peter

 

[A Challenge]

I'm afraid not, as you forgot to say Uno and now need to pick up four cards.

I thought these cards were limited to London?

I've got one that says Hyde Park, and that's on the Sheffield Supertram?

 

[backontrack]

Clever. I'll add a double block at Chancery Lane.

Chancery Lane requires you pick a Chance(ry) card.

I've got one here and, apparently, your holiday fund immatures and has now regressed to wearing nappies.

I thought these cards were limited to London?

I've got one that says Hyde Park, and that's on the Sheffield Supertram?

Forgive me, I've handed you my SYPTE Top Trumps by mistake. Here you go.

The 1906 rules, particularly page 8⅞ rule 13.75, state that a grandsire triple must always be followed by a tri-tetrahedral move in a north-easterly direction to avoid potential disquiet amongst players. Therefore I shall play a move to Wimbledon Park.

-Peter

A nice choice between Overground and Underground presents itself here, but there's also a third option: Wombling Free.

Out of all the Wombles, it's Alderney who comes to mind when planning an onwards move, for obvious reasons. There's no tube station at Alderney, but Jimmy Carr stores his finances on Alderney, and he's from the Hounslow West area, so I think that's the best possible throw of the dice here.

 

[A Challenge]

SYPTE Top Trumps sounds interesting - if only that was a real thing @backontrack!


Reverse move to Knightsbridge

 

[backontrack]

SYPTE Top Trumps sounds interesting - if only that was a real thing @backontrack!


Reverse move to Knightsbridge

It kind of does!

Aha! I spy an opening. Finsbury Park.

 

[Master Cutler]

Your opening enables a cunning negotiation of Horner's rule, hence Clarence Yard.

 

[Loppylugs]

Ah, but which Horner are we referring to ? Is it Jemima or his twin brother Hermione ? I tend to lean towards the latter who was renowned for walking backwards to his local station at North Ealing.

 

[DerekC]

I find Little Jack a much more reliable source than any of his descendants, and according to Stovold's interpretation of the 14th century text preserved in the Louvre the western end of the Piccadilly Line is closed to us on Sunday mornings, so a quick retreat to Barons Court is called for.

 

[A Challenge]

Stamford Brook, purely because we're allowed to go on the western District line.

 

[DerekC]

I have two more volumes of Garstang & Catterall's "Crescent Magicall" to get through to find the next valid move, but they are beginning to rattle their chains so I had better decide on something quickly - Woodside Park

 

[Mag_seven]

My roadmap out of all this takes me to Haggerston.

 

[backontrack]

My roadmap out of all this takes me to Haggerston.

Congratulations! You've been placed in a local lockdown at Leicester Square for three months.

 

[DerekC]

Not a good move. We are promptly caught in St Martin's Vortex and whirled through space and time to Tufnell Park.

 

[Loppylugs]

The wind has certainly picked up and deposited me at Eastcote.

 

[A Challenge]

Unfortunately you appear not to have noticed this must actually be West Harrow as the wind couldn't take us that far.

 

[backontrack]

We must steer clear of Nidd! To Putney Bridge we go.

 

[DerekC]

Unfortunately, according to Zimmerman's 1948 dissertation, Nidd has the characteristics of a multidimensional Q-space, so avoiding it is a dynamic process which involves an updated calculation of the Epsilon value of the station aimed at, not more than 7 seconds before doors open. Unfortunately the Mayor of London had kippers for breakfast which gives Epsilon at Putney Bridge a value very close to the critical limit, so we need to head for somewhere safer. I think Hampstead should be OK.

 

[Loppylugs]

Unfortunately, kippers don't agree with the Mayor and after falling asleep en route (well you would with a kipper), he was last seen looking rather unwell on a parapet at London Bridge.