Mornington Crescent rides again

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

To nobody’s surprise, the frantic pace of this latest game means that the last thread is full and (as far as I can see) <polishes lorgnette> we don’t yet have a successor. So, off we go with a Brunswick Lateral to

Russell Square

Surrey Quays, naturally.

Drat! That’s blocked several of my laterals but I think I can get free via

Seven Sisters

The last few moves seem to have got this game out of a quandary. Enabling a move to South Ruislip.

Good to see you here, KnickersThatFit. I’m still not completely out of the woods, but I seem to have a couple of options. As I’m feeling easy like Sunday morning, I’m heading, at the Colonel’s suggestion, to

Rickmansworth

Au contraire, the Colonel has long been my tutor in this game of games and in so many other matters. It is in fond and proud memory of his winning Pilkington Shuffle at the Strasbourg Olympiad in ‘83 that I offer you

Turnpike Lane

Ooh, Strasbourg in ‘83, that was quite an event. Do you remember the chap with the sombrero, the false moustache and the impressive embonpoint who tried to play a Mumbleswerve on the Bakerloo Line? He had to be taken outside by security in the end. I still covet his pet cheetah.

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury

((Cough)) That was me, DuckOnABike. An unfortunate misunderstanding with the Inland Revenue over the tax-deductible status of my subscription to Practical Gerbil-Keeping and MC Monthly meant I had to travel incognito for a while. The security team were over-zealous, as I thought at the time and still do.

Angel

Deftly done, KnickersThatFit, although I do hope you will pop into Peter Jones for some more, ahem, decorous stockings.

Vauxhall

The kind of stockings worn at one club near Vauxhall are not the sort sold at Peter Jones.

Oval

Please, Knickers, do not mention Havana. And I’m a little disturbed that you have found out about Bastille Day.

And frankly Llyn in this context the less said about stockings the better.

South Wimbledon

Hmm. All this talk of knickers and stockings may be giving the wrong impression to the many eager onlookers who are no doubt watching this game and contemplating their first move. In search of the propriety snd rectitude for which the game of games is renowned, I offer you

Hatton Cross

That sounds the perfect outfit for the game of games. Indeed it’s uncannily like the dashing ensemble the Contessa wore to the quarter-finals in Biarritz in 1994, where she dazzled the crowds with her daring reverse pontoon to

Mile End

Can I join please? Been a long time since I played. My grandfather taught me when I was a teenager. Many a happy car journey :-)

So… Carnaby Street?

Two invalid moves (sorry to break the news) mean we are back at Mile End, and so can move to Leyton with ease.

It’s always good to welcome a newcomer to the game (with one or two exceptions obviously) so I’m keeping the options open with a simple traverse to Marble Arch

Oxford Circus seems the obvious move here, however I feel I may be likely to be destined for Nidd now?

I think you’re (just) on the right side of Nidd, HazelBite. Luckily for you, longitudinals are retrograde until Friday.

Swiss Cottage

Not a longitudinal but a move to Kilburn.

I see the perfect move here Neasden

In which case, I can only proceed via

Dollis Hill