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Mornington Crescent rides again

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 27/02/2023 23:05

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

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LlynTegid · 10/03/2023 17:52

I wonder what has happened to the Colonel and the nice player from Golders Green?

Latimer Road

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 10/03/2023 18:11

The nice player from Golders Green hasn’t been seen here for several years. I hope that’s not related to the Colonel’s habit of pressing opposing players to join him in another bottle of absinthe. Perhaps if we sent up a flare he might find his way back here?

Ruislip Gardens

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Thewolvesarerunningagain · 10/03/2023 20:48

Maud, you force my hand here. Sorry but it can only be the Tulipomania concession. Holland Park here we come.

DuckonaBike · 10/03/2023 21:11

A daring move, Wolves. I’m going to see if I can scupper it with a reverse to Ealing Common

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 10/03/2023 21:22

How well you know me, Wolves. At this time of year, I am obsessed with all things tulip.

Westbourne Park

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GonzoFlyingProducts · 10/03/2023 21:30

As there is clearly the wrong kind of snow on the line to perform a reverse Hugh's manoeuvre:

Kew Gardens

TragicMuse · 11/03/2023 11:30

Hello all!

I am on a jaunt to parts Northern. And I don't mean High Barnet.

As we are blanketed in snow I am playing Hampstead Heath. Always good for a bit of sledging.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 11/03/2023 12:40

Sledging always make me think of that lesser game, cricket, and so

Oval

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HazelBite · 11/03/2023 14:42

I'm going with the 1992 Metropolitan manoeuvre so Watford

GonzoFlyingProducts · 11/03/2023 20:15

Watford is bold but I see your stratergy - preparing a hydraulic braking shunt - but I think i can fox you with:

BRIXTON

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 11/03/2023 20:51

Good, Gonzo, but not quite good enough

Clapham North

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GonzoFlyingProducts · 11/03/2023 22:21

Curses - I would have got away with it if wasn't for those meddling diesel electrics - I'll retreat to

SLOANE SQUARE

DuckonaBike · 11/03/2023 22:36

Some devilishly cunning play this evening. I think I can manage a Fosbury Flop to Edgware Road.

DoneByWeds · 12/03/2023 06:20

Following Galileo’s law of free fall, this fine Sunday morning, I find myself drawn at a rate of 9.8 meters per second squared to

Acton Town

LlynTegid · 12/03/2023 06:50

I continue further west to Osterley. Always a nice view from the train when you travel there from Acton Town.

The absinthe suggestion concerns me.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 12/03/2023 10:12

As indeed it should, LlynTegid. One day, someone will write a book about the influence of absinthe on the game of games, and vice versa.

Royal Oak

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DuckonaBike · 12/03/2023 13:34

I believe someone has, Maud, but the lawsuits are still ongoing. I can’t say any more because of the super injunction.

Shepherds Bush Market

TragicMuse · 12/03/2023 13:54

Sunday trading laws are in play. That's IN play.

Which means...OH! Of course!

Bond Street.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 12/03/2023 14:09

It is true, DuckOnABike, that the world of MC can be somewhat litigious. Some resort to the law to suppress the truth, whilst others use it to reveal it.

Swiss Cottage

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LlynTegid · 12/03/2023 14:11

If John Betjeman was still around, he would probably want to make the next move, to a part of Metroland.

Dollis Hill

HazelBite · 12/03/2023 20:16

Ah Metroland.......Pinner

SomethingOnce · 12/03/2023 21:14

The Lucky Eights rule says Chalfont & Latimer, and I’ll brook no argument.

GonzoFlyingProducts · 12/03/2023 22:09

Can Invoke KLAFF or are we pre box set conventions ?

LlynTegid · 13/03/2023 08:08

Well as we are in Metroland and at Chalfont and Latimer, the closed lines rule can be invoked and a move to Verney Junction.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 13/03/2023 11:20

Hmm. Difficult, but not impossible now.

Willesden Junction

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