A pre-festivities sharpener of Mornington Crescent?

[MarkWithaC]

Unfortunately I was absent for the thrilling climax to the game yesterday, and offer belated congratulations to LlynTegid. It's not often you see that move deployed with such laser-like accuracy.
A last hurrah before we all disperse for our traditional mid-winter break? (I'm for the Canaries this year with the curate and his new-ish special friend, a dear young man).
I'll start us off with a good invigorating Hudson's Cast: Goodge Street.

We all know, surely, that the undersecretary’s advice must always be taken with a punch of salt (or, better still, disregarded entirely).

Ealing Broadway

If you want to see outré, ask the cabinetmaker's apprentice about his Carmen Miranda side-hustle.
Maud, I think we're thinking of different under-secretaries and different clubs entirely.
But I'll stay VERY safe this time and proffer a Left Brace-out to Redbridge.

The east end of the Central line is a place where one can feel safe, and easy to spend a long period of time there given the current paucity of trains. Indeed the Colonel has considered contacting the UN to have them considered an endangered species.

Newbury Park.

Nice, that gives me the opportunity to make a Mountford loop to Liverpool Street

The Colonel, bless his cottons, is often in search of a project since that nice friend of his relocated to, I think it was Newfoundland?

Blackhorse Road, utilising that SAGAN that the Mountford introduced.

I was not aware of the relocation @MarkWithaC .

Tottenham Hale

The Colonel doesn't tend to mention it.
The organiser of the village sewing circle, after a few sweet sherries, however...

Gunnersbury.

I think that the best that I can do at this juncture is go back to " Metroland" so Moor Park

I am sure in one game recently there was mention of the late Sir John Betjeman and whether or not he was a player of the game of games.

Northwood Hills

He was a very proficient player, I’m sure. Rumour has it that he and the late Queen Mother used to play the game of games while watching the racing. And thus we go to

Victoria

I believe he was, Maud, as well as contributing to some publications on the subject. His article on the Montmorentcy Manoeuvre in MC Quarterly 34, Spring 1952, has long been regarded as a classic. And his Appendix to the 16th edition of the Comprehensive Rules is extremely enlightening; I refer to it regularly.

Talking of which, Caledonian Road & Barnsbury

Walking interchange rule time. Caledonian Road

Betjeman also added a hidden poem to another article of his in the Autumn edition of that same Quarterly. It is Carrollian in its fiendishness and playfulness. The actual subject (on treatment of the H&C vis à vis the Hardman Ruling) is almost – only almost! – secondary.

I hadn't thought about that in some time, but now I feel moved by it to play Croxley.

The parking is tricky at Croxley, so I feel moved to go to Nortwick Park

The Archbishop once wrote a fascinating little piece about parking rules and their application, particularly (if memory serves) in the context of half-shifting when using the Lyall's Manoeuvre.
It was in one of the Quarterlys, but I'm afraid I can't remember when. The early 2000s perhaps?
It was somewhat unfairly overlooked, in my opinion.

In fact, thinking about it, I feel moved to bring it into play here. I believe that, with that Ultra you've introduced, I can.
Aldgate

Nah.

Moorgate

The now not used extra tracks between Moorgate and Farringdon leaves a space that could be used to host a museum of the game of games.

Off to Barbican to have a closer look.

Apologies for my absence. A Waitrose trip with the understudy and his friend went a little... unexpected.
I've always wanted to try shopping at M&S Food anyway.

Now, bearing in mind the Orthodox Uplift that Barbican move creates, I feel pretty confident in saying

MORNINGTON CRESCENT!

Congratulations Mark! I think you’ve done it this time! Very nice twist there at the end.

As is traditional, I think you should have the honour of starting the next game. Assuming you haven’t gone back to Waitrose.

Congratulations, I should have seen the secret passage at Barbican to the Elizabeth line coming.

Thank you, compadres, you're very kind. I have to put it down to extensive reading in Frogton's Reference Library, plus of course a little bit of luck regarding the point that Llyn highlights.
No, I think it will be a while before I can darken the Waitrose sliding doors again (unless perhaps I take up a disguise à la Maud).

I'll start this one with a modest Techelmann's Manoeuvre: Canons Park

Canons Park before July? That’s bold to the point of reckless!

Balham

That's a bit of a canard, Maud.

Liverpool Street (anti-peptic).

I've been out of the loop for a bit but I would suggest Covent Garden

Covent Garden is very pleasant and enables a Miller’s Obverse to

London Bridge