Time for another game of Mornington Crescent

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I'm going to start with High Street Kensington. A classic start, if I do say so myself.

Last day of September so the Schools Clause is just about still valid. I hope that makes things clearer, Frappe.

Knightsbridge.

(There’s a pub opposite Mornington Crescent called the Lyttelton Arms which feels very apt).

When Knightsbridge is played so elegantly I'm put in mind of á la recherche du temps perdu and thus desire to move to

Marylebone

@AutumnCrow You really should pay more attention, or are you just being goady? Edgware Road would clearly have been a better move. Do keep up.

There are severe delays on the Circle line according to the announcement at the station I was at half an hour ago.

So a short move to

Warwick Avenue

Well, she's done it now.

So continuing the Continental theme, I'm going to play Swiss Cottage and put down my Joker.

I think that it’s too early for a gin or a beer in the Swiss Cottage pub. So a move to Dollis Hill.

When Knightsbridge is played so elegantly I'm put in mind of á la recherche du temps perdu

Oh god that is a dull book. Proust even manages to make the famous game of MC between the narrator and Albertine seem boring.

The way he describes MC you'd think it was all about obscure rules. I don't think anyone reading, who didn't know the game, would have a clue what was going on.

Dollis Hill was a great move, I'm going to be bold and say....drum roll....

Canary Wharf.

Ba dum tish!

It was good to know that a cat had an interest in the game of games earlier today. Our feline friends are often maligned yet most of the best players of MC are cat lovers.

The DLR rule allows a move to Mudchute.

I love Mornington Crescent, it's great for spectators! If I may, I'll settle down here and observe.

If I attempted a post-modern shuttle move to Cyprus DLR, would I be letting myself down?

I realise it could be controversial but I've decided to abandon Proust for a bit of Derrida

It's been a while since I played, but as I remember, the rules state that a player can play Kendal Rose whilst consuming an entire packet of Jaffa cakes. I haven't quite finished the get so maybe I should play it safe and go for
East Putney.

I'm not sure I'd ever call East Putney safe... but then, I'm still traumatised by the memory of the 1990 Kabul Convention. It was my first international tournament and I hadn't realised quite how brutal play would be.

So - a lateral shunt to

Clapham South

I’m a bit concerned about where this is going so I’m going to say West Kensington.

In solidarity, @EmpressLesbianInChair, I say

Seven Sisters

A move that did not exist before 1969, no surprise given that I played the DLR rule.

To be more 21st century I play the London Overground rule once past Highbury and Islington to get to West Hampstead

Just to mix things up a bit, surely Mansion House is the most logical next stop?

Mansion House? No, no, no. Edgware.

We're spiralling too centrally. We need outliers within the next two moves or the Sinkhole Synchronization Rule (Jericho Convention, 1929) might arguably apply.

I've said it before - dont take Jericho for granted.

Time for the Northern Heights extension rule which allows us to go directly to Mill Hill East.

Goodness me. A new game and I recognise not one of the players! Oh, I yearn for the days of Maud and Andrewofgg but I shall put my memories aside and play a simpleTerpsichorean Twist to Chalk Farm

I too miss Maud (has she re-married?) and Andrewofgg. In the hope he joins I shall play the rail replacement rule and go to Golders Green.

Well I apologise in advance for such a short move to Colindale but, if memory serves me correctly Honeywell won the 1967 championship with the exact same move and I was such a fan. I'd go so far as to say that the game has never been the same since. RIP

I'm going to take advantage of the pre dawn post midnight rule introduced during the 1976 drought (I have seen and fed/watered a hedgehog for the purists) but I'm afraid it does take us further south.

Camden Town.

Some of you are trying far too hard.

Grange Hill.