Pinch punch - let's net get too wobbly - Mornington Crescent...

[Arlanymor]

Well good evening... I'll start without too much pomp and circumstance (because they cancelled the b*stard elephant). No I am fine, I AM FINE.

And find myself on the platform at Blackfriars... not sure if I am heading east or west...

Aha. The game is afoot.

Baker Street

I am not a seasoned participant but an enthusiastic admirer certainly of the more experienced amongst you...

Dare I propose a parry with Chalfont and Latimer or is that prohibited because we invoked Green Park?

Apologies, I am but a novice.

I didn't think you could have that but I've just realized what you did - you were way ahead of me.

Luckily Ive been revising the Dickson-Talbot Workaround which is just what this situation requires:

Farringdon.

My dears! I had not realised we had a new game in play!

I must catch up, but Hainault.

How thrilling! Regular players are returning and we have, I think, some new recruits - unless, of course, they are some of those involving in that recent awkwardness in Hastings, wisely adopting new identities.

This is the moment, I think, for a spliced Worthington to

Pimlico

Shybaldbuddhist, welcome to the game! And, as Green says, that move absolutely is permitted. Only since 2002 and the Rectory Ruling, of course, but still, a modern rule is a rule nonetheless.
And welcome back, Muse; you have been missed, as have your dinky little Tripps like this one.
I'm going to keep it simple and say Lancaster Gate

Actually I think it was an appendix to the Rectory Ruling in 2006. Very controversial.

Anyway, any hope I had that players would be rusty has come to nothing, that was a very shrewd move...

The best I can do is a risky blocking move: Crystal Palace.

Ah I knew I could rely on you @LittleBitofBread to spot my Tripp! Clever one!

I think the best option from the many on offer is…

wait for it!

Wembley Central.

I know, ridiculously obvious, but you’ll see why…

You're quite right, Green, 2006 it was, although the first discussion (I shan't say contretemps) about it happened in 2002 at Shrewsbury.
Muse, Tripps are a little bit of a specialist subject for me, ever since I was shown them along with a lot of other interesting things by the bosun on the MC Nordic cruise in 2017…
…

Sorry! Right. Turnham Green, latitudinally.

You're quite right, Green, 2006 it was, although the first discussion (I shan't say contretemps) about it happened in 2002 at Shrewsbury.

Ahhh, yes. I remember Shrewsbury well. With the unfortunate incident involving a hoover bag. 😬

Schoolboy error with TG. Easy to volley with Kew Gardens.

Yes. I have used a Roomba ever since. As, I gather, has the Colonel's widow.

I think you had possibly forgotten about the Doge's Rule? It means I can take a third-level Quant and skip happily over to Liverpool Street.

That's taken me aback. I wasn't even aware Doges Rule had superceded the Fencepost Protocol. I've educated myself now but it's too late. 😭

A brillant tactic, you've left me little room for manoever, all I can do is play Southwark and hope for the best. 😬

Good heavens. I was nicely prepared for a quiet evening listening to the wireless, but LittleBitOfBread mentioned the Nordic cruise and now I’m in a darkened room with a schooner of crème de menthe. Some memories are hard to erase, however hard one tries, although I still receive an occasional postcard from the purser.

Stockwell

Good Evening compatriots et al

One does not wish to get cocky, but I wonder if I may be getting the hang of things here....

If I'm not mistaken, I can now play the Chingford defense and side shimmy along to Tooting Bec?

Ohhhh the Purser! He was quite the hit among the older lady passengers. And the gents now I think of it!!

Finchley Road

Yes, the purser was most gregarious and always keen to fill his dance card. His Argentine tango with the Bishop’s sister is inscribed in the annals of MC history.

Oval

I think Fencepost and Doge can coexist, in fact, albeit only in certain circumstances. I know the old method of fantling is not possible in that scenario. But I think we’re all ok for now.

Apologies, Maud, if I’ve rocked your personal boat, so to speak. How is the purser? One does hear some stories.

buddhist, you’re quite within your rights to play that move and in fact I applaud you. I think, though, given the juxtaposition vis à vis the Metropolitan, I can safely say Grange Hill.

Oh, the purser is quite well. Running a floristry school in Stoke Poges with the chief engineer, when last I heard.

Tower Hill

Well, well, well! Ill met by moonlight indeed. Obviously, those who subscribe to the more downmarket publications will have heard all about my little “vacation” due to the problems with the Colonel, Mater and the Swiss bank accounts. In my defence,the money would have got there eventually, but those Russian players take debt collection seriously. And that young “model” has very expensive taste, the young rascal. But, hey ho, it’s not all doom and gloom, amazingly there’s a thriving MC competition amongst the gels on C block, in fact you’ll never guess who introduced it in 86? Only Fiona Withington-Grey! I never believed the story about the Dalai Lama and Margaret Thatcher myself.
Anyway-Caledonia Road, reverse Uppington, in honour of good old Fiona!

Good to see you again, OhWhat, but surely it’s not that Fiona? The one seen getting into a horse box at Badminton with the Chief Scout, an accordion and a crate of pineapples? Gosh, she gets around, but I’m sorry to hear about your time on C wing. I thought the judge would have been more understanding of human, ahem, foibles, after that <<cough>> situation at the Swindon tournament.

Would it be very insensitive of me to take a transverse shunt to

Holloway Road?

What happens in Swindon stays in Swindon, Maud!

Ohwhat, it is lovely to have you back. On the Dalai Lama and Margaret Thatcher, I will only say that I had some very convincing intel from someone who had a finger in both of those pies, so to speak.

But I'll move on and make a circular back-pitch to save us from Nidd and land on Cannon Street

Swindon has the Magic Roundabout, which can strike fear into many people. Nothing to do with Dougal or Zebedee.

A District line move to Mansion House.

So true, LittleBitofBread. Swindon has always been a law unto itself, and not just in matters concerning the game of games.

Manor House

I didn’t know we’d started! What a trip down Memory Lane this has been - gameplay here has been a charming mixture of the elegant and the rambunctious, what a delight. I’m going to take a risk here, and invoke the classic mid point of the much derided Slough Paradox and raise you…
Tufnell Park

Oh!

Stockwell.

i will not be taking questions at this time.