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Although of course MC is a game for all seasons, I do have especially fond memories of an October championships in Wales and extracurricular… fun amid the greenery of a National Trust garden.

If I've missed anyone I do apologise; do round up any players you happen to see or hear of.

And I'll start with a lovely little move that the Reverend taught me.
Finsbury Park

charing cross en route to the national gallery.

Did you know that The Dog House is about a rehoming charity? Did you know that it is named after its original location even though they're now based in Huntingdon?

Did you know that it's called Wood Green?

Good heavens Myrtle - if it’s not one thing it’s another. As I recall the tennis coach said, in an entirely different context.

A Barber’s Reach to Crouch Hill

The tennis coach cannot be trusted. Their only appearance at the game of games led to a lateral spiral on the Piccadilly line; some of the other players are still in Nidd twelve years later and others remain in hiding. If only they'd opted for

Clapton

Oh Gertrude! Don't remind me! It was a terrible move but apparently completely legal, despite the consequences, as determined by the Marrakech Rules Council.

A reverse swing to Latimer Road.

Twelve years in Nidd. Imagine.

Lambeth North

Oh its no fun in Nidd (believe me) so going forward a Dagmar transverse to Turnpike Lane

Nice, nice.

I was once in Nidd for a week. Soul-destroying. I can't imagine 12 years.

Morden

I'll be suggesting to the 12-years-in-Nidd crowd that they try a lateral traverse on the Central line - it worked for me after that tragic misunderstanding at the semifinals in Murmansk.

Clapham North

Even allowing for the length of some games, 12 years in Nidd is a long time.

Clapham South

This is an irresistible move.

Clapham Common

Ooh Myrtle, you are a one.

Vauxhall

Myrtle, I'm sure I've seen your style of play before. Was it you at the Calais playoffs wearing the Dior ball gown? Impressive tattoos, if so.

Stockwell

I had to get out Google Translate to fully appreciate some of those tattoos.

Upton Park

Well quite. We can safely say those tattoos were bold and brave.

Hendon Central

I'm usually in Chanel, but yes, it was me that evening. Dior is such a bore, but I wore it for a bet with the Duke - well, a girl"s got to do something to avoid his attentions.

The tattoos?

So glad you liked them. I really should issue a trigger warning on Google Translate. They are quite unusual phrases.

Russell Square for the British Museum, inspiration for at least one of them.

I will eschew google translate and head straight for the Rosetta Stone!

My dear old Pa lived in Bloomsbury. I spent many happy hours among the ancient Egyptians...

It is but a short step to Holborn

Ah, Bloomsbury. Dear, dear Lytton Strachey was a devotee of the game of games - rather adept at the tricky downward marginal, as I recall, and so I will attempt the same to

Great Portland Street

Oh Gertrude, that was a tricky manoeuvre. I'm glad you made it. You could easily have ended up in Nidd.

A shortish hop to Euston Square.

Westward Diversion to Acton Town.

Lateral spiral to south Kensington

I'm all about the very short moves in this game.

High Street Kensington

I, though, feel the urge to stretch my MC legs with an elongated back switch to

Hillingdon

Really? There were much better moves than that one.

Like Hyde Park Corner.

My apologies, Myrtle. I'm fatigued after a busy day. I told the Admiral and the Oscar-winning actor I was too busy for cocktails and dinner at Claridges but they were very insistent, so what's a girl to do? I can muster a feeble transverse shunt to

Roding Valley