Well this doesn't make some of you jealous...
Following the recent Tech's Bookwork Weekend, the first of several this year that will have a hashtag in use, I can finally share the count of my shack scores. It's taken a long time getting to this point, but here are the long-awaited figures:
Total shack scores: 2,130
Which was quite a lot more than I expected to be honest! "So you're nearly all done then Tech" I hear you all thinking. Well, not quite. As far as I can tell, the following breakdown is accurate:
Northern Ireland: 17
Irish Rail: 37 (not sure how I arrived at that number, I need to re-count on the next bookwork weekend to ensure accuracy!)
LUAS (Dublin Trams): 29
Isle of Man: 7
Back in the UK:
Light rail: 223
LU: 148
Preserved: 66
Therefore:
Mainline: 1,603
It's worth pointing out that places like Paddington, Victoria and more besides, LU and mainline shacks are counted as one station, and they belong in the mainline count. What I have yet to do is figure out how many shacks are left to visit, although I know full well that number is rather significant. I will of course be sharing that update too, although I expect to be creating a separate thread for that one. All to be dealt with on the next Tech's Bookwork Weekend, which is pencilled in for 29th and 30th May 2016.
The hashtag for all the updates, which I ended up sharing for an insight into how it all goes down, will continue to be #TechsBookworkWeekend although I may be working on 30th May yet. I'm sure I don't need to tell you all how much of an endurance task it will be to count my required shacks!
Is no-one else counting Irish shacks? Obviously they're separate to my mainline counts, and actually I've realised I've not added to the summary all my New York trip shack scores, nor the ones from Stockholm. I might tot them up actually on the next Tech's Bookwork Weekend!
