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.

Well spotted @MarkWithaC a Bartleby's with side order of Orczy's constant.

Kalvin ter.

Very well. Please bear with me; this is new territory and I've only made the most cursory study of relevant tomes.
In honour of a long-ago tendresse with a Navy type on far-flung shores (and playing a Windward Jones, which I hope and trust is allowed; as I say, I'm practically a beginner here):

Shibuya

I've been away for a while, but I can see that all the usual players are still here, I am going with Temple in view of the previous moves!

Ooh. That opens up some intriguing opportunities. I’m going for

St Paul’s

I move to Mile End before the rain comes.

Back in town, eh?!
Pity. I devoted last evening to some more swotting up (the 2015 edition of the Journal is especially illuminating on conditions and exceptions in the ex-colonies), and had some fairly interesting gambits lined up.
But, as someone once said, there's no place like home.
Liverpool Street, using my Hinkelburg Allowance.

The endless rain. Sigh. It’s only a short stroll from the famous umbrella shop to

Tottenham Court Road.

Ah the umbrella shop at New Oxford St. I'm transported back to my youth I'm now going to take a short trip to Holborn

Oh cripes, that could be dangerous.
A Tidal Filip should get us out of peril... hang on...
Yes.
Turnpike Lane
<mops brow>

The game of games became a whole new challenge when the 1930s extensions were added. Even before the 1938 quarter finals when the first recorded use of the closed stations rule was played.

York Road using the said rule.

Aha!

Golders Green

Wahoo!

Russell Square

We are running out of Piccadilly line options, so move north to Kings Cross St Pancras and then the Victoria line helps to get to Green Park.

Let's get veering off Finsbury Park I think I can go there ( and avoid Nidd)

Ah. In the immortal words of young Mr Blur, park life. Let’s keep it going:

Queen’s Park

Ooh I used to live there, Maud.

Let’s keep things interesting (and continue the park theme) with
St James’s Park

Kew Gardens *
*
It's also green...

You knew it was coming …

Merton Park

I can only add Green Park!

Clever use of the tram rule by @ComeIntoTheGardenMaud there. I move from Green Park to Bond Street.

Gosh, I've missed rather a lot, haven't I? I've been a bit taken up with helping the rector's wife and her trolley round the garden centre (I rather owed her a favour, as those of you present at last June's garden party may remember – I'll just say 'the parrot and the blancmange'.)

I'll use a slider to move us to Fairlop.

I do hope you haven’t been taking the rector’s wife’s advice on the game of games. Even with the change of name and cosmetic surgery, we still recognise her as the fake princess of an unnamed principality who was ejected from the 2005 playoffs after some very unseemly business on the Circle line.

Snaresbrook

Maud, don't worry, MC has been off our conversation table ever since we both became a little over-refreshed at the beach outing in Hastings in 2002 and came to an impasse over the Bleekman Exception and its use in the Piccadilly context.
Our conversation these days runs to water features and potting compost. Much more pleasant it is too. One does have to consciously avoid staring too much at the nose though.

Right then.

East Acton (transverse)

I'm going to be very bold here and go to Goldhawk Road

Using an interchange via a recently built station was commonplace in the 1930s tournaments and caught quite a few people out, who kept forgetting the outer reaches of the Piccadilly line and the Southern Railway rule as it was then termed. @HazelBite how imaginative to use it so early in the game.

Royal Oak.