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

Time has wrought changes for us all…

Stanmore.

Indeed. And where are the snows of yesteryear?
Queen's Gambit to Old Street.

Do you remember the party to mark that, Llyn? I don't. Although I have been assured that I was present. It was when the under-gardener's experiments in cocktail-making were at their zenith, I don't know if that's just a coincidence.

Tyndall's Rule allows me to say Southfields

Ah, the under-gardener and her experiments. Cocktails were the least of it. In her honour:

Kew Gardens

All I’m saying is don’t ever partake of the paste sandwiches at her annual tea party. The box hedging is beautiful but don’t let that lull you into any sense of security…

Stick to hard spirits and to hell with the consequences - and there have been many consequences. I’m sure we’ve all noticed the likeness between HE and most of the village lower school pupils. It is unfortunate that the county is known as Beds, it does tend to derail him from more serious matters…

A person could be driven to extremes were it not for the solace of Barbican. There’s nothing like a bit of Brutalism to soothe the wearied soul.

A sneaky and unorthodox move as its so close but Moorgate

And another to Aldgate.

Embankment.

if you know, you know.

Oh I know Maud. I know…

But that very fortunate run of close moves means the adjacency rule is negated and I can go straight to Morden.

With the aid of the walking interchange and tram rules I can go to Wimbledon Park.

I never doubted it, TragicMuse.

Let’s go wild now:

Tottenham Court Road

Ah @ComeIntoTheGardenMaudyou’ve given me the chance to play a move Ive been waiting a long time to try - we are off to Canada Water .

Oh, well done, TheWatersofMarch! I’ve never seen an Ibsen played with such finesse! You are clearly a player of the very highest calibre.

Bond Street

Hainault via Newbury Park - a classic move but classic for a reason.

Theydon Bois.

And I believe that means gates are westward.

In Theydon Bois, frankly, anything goes, as anyone who recalls the scout master’s gin and madrigals soirée will confirm.

Wanstead

I thought vodka had become the drink of choice at the east end of the Central line, I am mistaken it seems.

Newbury Park so I can research such matters further.

Oh it’s vodka now @LlynTegid but in the misty pastures of yestere’en gin was very much the drink au choix for the scout master’s set. They had a reputation for behaviour tending to the…racy. The madrigal soirées were the least of it.

Archway

Madrigals have always constituted a slippery slope even without ardent spirits. The particular risks of part singing, you know.

Gospel Oak.

And you should know, Vaguelyclassical.

Hanger Lane

Slopes seem less slippery somehow in the west. So West Ruislip it is.

Gosh, @LlynTegid --isn't going to the End of the (Central) Line a kind of massively slippery descent (seen from a certain angle)? But a very bold play.
Gingerly, White City.

I'd forgotten all about the gin and madrigals era! Perhaps it's a little like the 60s.
A simple Plinth to Tooting Broadway, using those handy westward gates.

V quickly I’ve set up a new thread…

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5576164-it-might-on-the-northern-line-but-eventually-we-all-go-to-mornington-crescent?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

And on to the next. Belsize Park.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5576164-it-might-on-the-northern-line-but-eventually-we-all-go-to-mornington-crescent?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share