It's been a while... the return of Mornington Crescent

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

I haven't played the game for several months, so I'm a little rusty. I'll start cautiously with an inverted half-shunt to

Bayswater

Oh yes, indeed. And thence to

Birmingham New Street

Once you’ve got a little experience under your belt, some of the residential training courses can be useful, but they can also be expensive in both money and liver damage, once they break out the whisky and curaçao cocktails.

Sounds like an Open University summer school I went to in the 90s!

Nidderdale.

Or rather Harrogate, and then take the number 24 bus (not Sundays).

(I think this is allowed per the 4x4 Addendum to the Northern Precedent. Especially when snow is forecast.)

Due to the glaring mistake upthread, which it seems no one else has noticed, i am able to use the minimax strategy:

Ravenscourt Park!

I didn't spot anything @Laiste - you really have to be on the ball with this and I'm clearly not.

I'm a bit tentative about using a Hurley Shuffle this early in the month but I'll go with a jog along towards home with Hatch End.

I play the Watford Junction extension rule which allows me to get to Pinner.

Ooh, very deftly done.

Peckham Rye

Some lovely play here!

Preston Road

Yes, I think we’ve hit our stride now. Reminds me of the glory days of ‘54 when the Lady Sheringham won the world championships with a lateral Uffington to Arnos Grove. Channelling her adventurous spirit, I shall sashay to

Hackney Wick

Oh! That lateral Uffington was indeed an extraordinary piece of work! In the same vein I shall attempt

East Finchley

The Lady Sheringham is an extraordinary woman in so many ways. She might approve of a transverse swing to

Great Portland Street

Oh isn't she? Great Portland Street reminds me of the time we annihilated a visiting team from Milan. The Lady shocked our guests in every way. She would be very pleased with an oblique shuffle to

Archway

I play the Northern Heights extension rule and this gets me to Alexandra Palace.

Hmm. A difficult situation to face on a Sunday morning, but I think I can extricate myself with a long downward shunt to

Kensington Olympia

After which the only logical move is to

Lambeth North

Interesting, was the London Overground rule played or not? Difficult to tell. I'll assume not and so move to Elephant and Castle.

As it’s a Sunday in December, the London Overground is wild (very wild indeed). And so to

Queens Road Peckham

And to see if somewhere nice is open for lunch, on to Clapham Junction.

Intriguing. For a moment I thought you were bluffing, but can see now that you’re serious.

Penge West

Penge West is a trifle bold after Clapham Junction, but a transverse skip is permissible in the circumstances.

I will follow with a southerly swipe to New Cross Gate

One of many lessons learnt at last year's summer school (held online, of course) is that in the game of games, as in so much else, fortune favours the brave. In which spirit

Pimlico

In tribute to Mornington Crescent Premier League player Barry Cryer, I thought it would be good to resurrect the current game... but does the time lapse mean that Fettler's Rule 6.1 applies or not?