The sport of kings: Mornington Crescent

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Good morning, all. What better way to begin the long weekend than a new game of the ineffable Mornington Crescent? All are welcome - veterans and newbies alike.

To set the tone, I will start with one of my favourite moves - a double shunt to

Kew Gardens

Gosh, the pace certainly is quickening today. Gates are eastward but shuffles, if I recall correctly, are clockwise until midnight, which thus means

Fairlop

New players with lineage who join us. If you play like your grandmother Punks, I await your later moves with trepidation.

Holland Park

Hello all, a little late to the game, but hopefully you won’t mind if I join. I’ve only had 3 hours sleep, so hoping my judgement isn’t off here…

East Ham

I was still under the table with the major from the last game, stuck on the Hainault loop.

Chancery Lane

The Hainault loop being partly closed last week offered an opportunity for the rail replacement bus rule, which I thought could have got you out of that difficult situation.

Westwards a move to Perivale.

“Stuck on the Hainault loop”, VegImalCrudite? Is that a young person’s euphemism?

It is indeed a joy to see so many new and returning players.

Brent Cross

Am I the only person who’s a little disappointed, now said station is back open, that there isn’t a little cheer when it is reached on the actual real life tube?

How about a short trip to Hayes and Harlington?

Yes, I do tend to think there should be a fanfare, as on Ryanair when they successfully land the plane.
I can just imagine a little guerrilla art/ situationist project involving planting a small speaker and audio of some kind in one of the carriages, having programmed/wired it to go off at the apposite moment.

Burnt Oak (employing Sakorsky's Infinitam).

I must watch on wistfully and not be drawn in, since the notorious Carpender’s Park incident. It’s been a long time but the lengthy stay in a Swiss sanatorium is still fresh in my mind, so let me be a salutary lesson that the Leichenberg stratagem is not to be toyed with. I fear I’ve said to much.

I hope you appreciated the lengthy letters Massive, I’m assuming you found the small packet of Hobnobs hidden under each stamp?

I think there is a plaque at Mornington Crescent. In the future I’m going to exclaim every time I go through it.

I’m a bit out of touch, due to the Majors false leg. Are we still using |||.I2/66 subsection C?

Hampstead (Edgware branch, we need the depth if we are using subsection C.)

Indeed we are, VegimalCrudite, indeed we are, although the mere mention of Leichenberg makes me feel that, for the next five moves, we should adopt the Hawksmoor Protocol as a precaution. In that spirit:

St Paul’s

And if you are as crafty as your name suggests@Creu, I had better keeps my wits about me! 😁

As it's the first of the month, I'm going to deploy Onslow's Slam to take us to Lambeth North.

Goodness me! I haven’t seen an Onslow’s Slam for a few years.

In response, I’m going to quickly dust off a Goodwin’s Hopper and take us to Mudchute

Worryingly, I had heard on the QT that there was to be a high-level review of the use of the Onslow Slam during the meteorological autumn months? I hope that's been scuppered.

Well, here you are. First of September in a non leap odd numbered year so I believe the use of the Schnabel underplay is accepted-indeed compulsory! So I parlay to Tottenham Court Road.
I shall be incommunicado for a few weeks as needs must I scarper, mean sojourn to Antipodean climes. If Mater comes looking, you ain't seen me right?

Ahem @TheAutumnCrow you need to play a move…

as do I. Camden Town

Touché Tragic.

Magnificent use of Hawksmoor-Goodwin.

Ive been waiting for this since my first cucumber and gin sandwich.

Ongar

Ah the silencer’s grin.

Off we go to Blackhorse Road.

That was close, moving to Camden Town. The Suffragette line rule gets us well away over to Barking.

sometimes one has to be what the groom would call ‘a chancy bugger’…

Limehouse. Just my little Easter egg for those that know me!

Oh, TragicMuse. You are a minx! Four more than Chekhov had:

Seven Sisters

Hoppers and Slams; good heavens, that takes me right back!
And mention of Chekhov has inspired me to use a Russian Adage to send us over to Pimlico, which will hopefully keep us out of the Slidings.

Woo hoo! Vertical shunt to Warren Street

After an incredibly long lunch at what used to be the Atlantic Bar I feel a riverside stroll coming on…so off to Putney Bridge but I realise diehard MCs could call this a breach of Section 123 (Pt1). Toodle pip.

Sorry to do something so basic, but it's getting late, so a double back flip twist to Ealing Broadway