A little Mornington Crescent - anyone care to join in?

[OverAndAbove]

I just fancy a change of focus.

I'll jump right in with Great Portland Street - I think I'm entitled to do that, with it being beyond the autumn equinox, but before Halloween?

Any takers?

Late to this renewed game –apologies. Magnificent recovery by Trout upthread there.

From here it's Bow Church, clearly. I shan't say exactly why but do you all remember 1987?

Nicely done, TheHeadlessLadyofCannock. Assuming the Docklands Light Railway has been declared wild I'm using a parallel transitional turn and suggesting Harrow.

Why thank you headlesslady it took some thinking about, I can tell you.

flamingtoaster very quick thinking there. You reminded me of the oft misunderstood, and IMO much underused Transitional Traverse.

Bringing me to Edgware Road (district and circle lines, obviously)

Counter intuitively I'm going to Ealing next. Not an obvious move but at least it eliminates the waxing crescent issue.

So Stockwell, then.

DowntonTrout I do agree about the Transitional Traverse being misunderstood and underused. Of course, since the unfortunate incident at the 1943 World Mornington Crescent Convention only those players most secure in their knowledge would contemplate using it - and only, of course, if they were not near a bowl of cherries, an egg whisk, and a pair of riding boots at the time.

I think at this point a counter inversion might help so Havering.

Happily, a Rimp is allowed after a counter inversion, which lets me play Southwark and laugh in the face of the Edict of Tring, which would normally, obviously, firmly disallow this kind of thing.

[satisfied]

Some daring play from headless. I will content myself with Westminster.

Well, now, if we are disregarding the Edict of Tring - which in any event I thought had, pace the following year's Concordat of Berkhamsted, largely fallen into disuse and disrepute - then my next play will be

Walthamstow Central

I wouldn't say Tring had fallen into disuse and disrepute! The Concordat just threw up some new questions and dilemmas about it, but of course 2004's Amendment (Bakerloo) cleared things up pretty well.

Anyway.

Elm Park.

Theydon Bois

Yes, I thought as much.

South Harrow (using Threapleton's Rule).

Ah! Threapleton's Rule. You are very clearly of the Old School, HeadlessLady, and nothing wrong with that.

Dollis Hill.

Switchback to vauxhall!

How rude.

Vauxhall when the District is wild leads me almost inevitably to Northolt.

Thankfully, I was close to a bowl of satsumas, wielding a spatula whilst wearing Ugg boots flamingtoaster so I was in the clear.

However, had they been cherries I would have, of course, used the Reverse Transitional Traverse, which I will do now, which brings us to Cockfosters.

Hmm. Things are getting very lively now.

Using Brooke-Taylor's Variant, I give you

Carpenders Park

Hatton Cross. Don't even think about citing Harris vs Cuttenden, it's nearly 6pm.

It's a good job Sapfu hasn't yet joined in this game- such flighty post- Dollis Hill manoeuvres are frowned upon in those circles.

What's the position with the Overground post 6pm? Whilst awaiting clarification I will sit tight with Upney.

The overground is in play. But that is just a personal view, based on my interpretation of Cholmondeley's Revision, read in the light of the Wootton Bassett Codicil and bearing in mind that there is an r in the month.

I concur. South Hampstead.

So glad you agree.

South Kenton.

Swiss cottage...

I agree too. I'm not using it though, not when someone's done South Kenton.

Metropolitan is high (I have to assume, from tiger and Inertia's last moves) and so I shan't play All Saints as my instinct suggests. I'll go for a double tack to Hornchurch instead. A bit ungainly, but serviceable.

South Kenton.

been listening to the radio?