If it's October it must be Mornington Crescent

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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

Such a great game! Some real class in the moves here.

I hope you all like mine to West Finchley.

An exquisite move, Myrtle. Absolutely exquisite. I shall do my best to emulate you, with a longitudinal double volley to

Tottenham Court Road

Such inspiration. I believe a reverse Watkins would open the way to Southgate

Beautiful moves there and thank you for the compliment. The game is really zinging now!

I shall take a direct fork to Canada Water.

I'll see that and raise you Limehouse.

Ohhh such fun!

First of the month AND first Friday. All open gates swing the opposite direction and jokers are wild on the overground.

With that in mind...

Caledonian Road

Caledonian Road? 'Wild' is putting it very mildly but, as you say, TragicMuse, being the first of the month should put a spring in our collective step. I'm feeling particularly frisky, so will venture an inverse Featherstonehaugh with collateral slide to

Ladbroke Grove

1st of the month, 1st Friday and a new moon puts you on shaky ground with that inverse featherstonehaugh @GertrudeJekyllAndHyde . With that said, I’ll hope that last Wednesday’s shenanigans have been forgiven and chance a move to Brompton Road

All Hallow's Day... and everyone just seemingly throws the rules out the window! Aren't we forgetting it's also All Saint's Day? And only stations if an ecclesiastical nature are valid until such time that a move to Angel is available?

Do we not remember the carnage ift the Bognor Regis Semi Finals this very day in '97?

King's Cross St Pancras

@BlackOrangeFrog! You promised you would never refer to Bognor or The Unpleasantness again...

I feel quite overcome. There's nothing for it. Hainault.

Beat that and stay fashionable.

It's all very well mentioning the rules, BlackOrangeFrog, but everything hinges on which particular set of rules you're applying. Since the great schism of 1999, nothing has been entirely clear or settled, although I favour the 2023 Consolidation - especially its stance on upward shunts after the equinox. In view of that:

Barbican

I thought it was all cleared up during the Norwich Symposium in January?

Maybe I missed an important addendum.

Temple

Ah. I see you didn't get the memo. Norwich was the decoy symposium, to throw the paparazzi off the scent while the real thing was happening in Runcorn. Runcorn rulings, in my very humble opinion, always have been and will remain definitive.

Mile End

Right, let's get things back on the straight and narrow. Euston Square

I believe an extended reverse gets us to Bank

Not Bank! That's a shocking move. How am I going to get out of that?

I can't believe the ricocheting around the underground that's gone on while I've been busy.

Let's see.

OK, I know it's unusual, but the Harare Pact judgment from 2006 allowed it, even though they disliked it. I'm going to double shunt a parallel manoeuvre and head to Manor House.

Crumbs. It seems some players have started early on the cocktails. If the Colonel is playing bartender again, I'll take the precaution of putting Special Branch and the ambulance on standby.

Aldgate

I must confess I was a little surprised by Bank...

Can we bring a little calm to proceedings with a Hillary Step to Hampstead.

'appy 'ampstead at the old posters used to call it. From the Whitestone Pond at the top all the way down to the environs at the lower end of Rosslyn Hill and Fitzjohn's Avenue...

There has certainly been some drama while I have been, ahem, occupied elsewhere. Thank you Tragic for calming things down. I’m going to continue the process with a simple lateral pass to Hackney Wick.

There is no ned to employ Cockney rhyming slang on this subject; it’s vulgar and not in the spirit of the game. Just in case anyone was tempted.

A transverse to Holloway

Calmer heads have prevailed!

A crosswise push to Dollis Hill.

Calm, who needs calm? Let's inject some energy:

Wanstead Park

Gosh you take a break for a while...................!!!
Well after much thought I think a Danvers traverse is in order so I'm going to Faringdon

Danvers? Gosh! I haven't seen one of those in decades, although I recall they were very popular in the underground MC clubs during those long years in which the game was outlawed. All a misunderstanding, of course, but it lingers in the memory.

Pimlico

Ah, the era of MC prohibition, when so many of us honed our skills in secret. Gives me a thrill just thinking about it.

Hammersmith.