Using a move used by the great Willy Rushton in a episode back in 1977
I’m going to play Swiss Cottage.

Shoeburyness.

I’m glad we’ve stopped pissing about btw.
Rules are rules.
No point playing otherwise.

Edit

Hang on….. shoeburyness
That’s hardly cricket is it.
You had better have a good reason for such flagrant disregard.

Anyway finsbury park

Time to put your big boy pants on.

Finsbury Park?!? Ffs……

Stoke Mandeville. You can have Amersham next if you care so much about A60s.

Except Amersham requires a replacement bus service to be in play – well, when using the engineering works amendment to the Essex rules which I believe we are playing??? Diagonal move only in those circumstances so Cockfosters I think.

Diagonal moves are a no go. See post one by Cougar. Because of your flagrant disregard for the rules I’m forced to play Hackney Central. I know it’s an extreme move, doubly so at 16:29 on a Sunday, but I think it’s justified under the circumstances.

Diagonal moves are a no go

Arghh, hells bells. Schoolboy error.

You know where you end up when you take a late night Uber whose GPS has broken & you’re too drunk to direct them?

Well, I’m there….

I don’t think it has a name..

I’ll be back when I’ve worked out where I am!

Stepney Green.

Allowed because the ‘Hunt For Red October’ precedent says it can, but only in the bottom half of the hour.

Good to see everyone avoided the Monday morning rush hour trap that was set with the Swiss Cottage play at the top of the page. People obviously paying attention.

Canons Park.

Good to see everyone avoided the Monday morning rush hour trap that was set with the Swiss Cottage play at the top of the page. People obviously paying attention.

It’s not amateur night, you know….

Kensal Green

Popping out for a lunchtime beverage
Covent Garden

Christ, this got brutal fast!

Stonebridge Park. (The place with the stony bridge.)

Fell into my trap…..

Careful now…..

Seven Sisters

My cat (previously living at Morden) advised Debden, obviously avoiding the Chigwell loop on Monday.
My cat is not an amateur she holds an MSc in Phsycology.

I confirm Debden.

My cat is not an amateur she holds an MSc in Phsycology.

Trust a player with nine lives to make such a dastardly move. I’ll have to play my canine counter move….

Hornchurch

I confirm Debden.

Is that even a place?

Gosh, yes, it is. Epping. Who knew. That’s a move I don’t think I’ve ever seen, I think we could all learn something from your cat.

I thought I knew this game backwards and I don’t have the faintest clue how to move on from here. Has dexa just stalemated the game? Anyone see anything?

Oooh. Yes. Yes of course. Very clever.

*applause*

And from there I’ll go to Canary Wharf to make things a little less hairy. All change for the DLR!

Hmm.
I don’t think I can do anything until that bloody cat moves again, DLR or not

Debden was a fairly major RAF base in the Battle of Britain I seem to recall…

Do I get auxiliary nerd points for that?

Oh, and…..

Perivale

Woah! I thought this was supposed to be a beginners game? Things are heating up like a Rustlers Burger in a 1500kw microwave.

Highbury & Islington on the day saver card!

Would you Adam & Eve it?

Turns out I’m only on Bow High Road….

Think I’ll give myself a pat on the back & a smattering of applause…

This is intense.

Time to bunker down and use the Ministry defence.

Brompton Road

Dollis Hill.

Brompton road?
Come on even the 1935 updated rules eliminated that closed station
Will give you a chance and move to one of the nearest open stations.
South Kensington

I still have the keys to Down Street (Piccadilly line). I will be waiting with the Cat at Cyprus.

I confirm Cyprus

Playing the ‘park shift’.

I play….

Tufnell Park

Park life rules
Hyde park corner

I’m pulling the trifecta card and going Belsize Park.

Kayleigh is it too late to say I’m sorry?

Park life rules

2’s company, 3’s a crowd but when in Rome….

Gorky Park.

Wait a minute. That’s twice at Hyde Park Corner followed immediately by a second visit to Belsize Park!

You know you’ve just locked in a south of the river stay for that don’t you?!

Honestly. It’ll be a wise player indeed who can find their way back north after that…

Morden.

I have the solution if anyone is brave enough to go for it.
Emirates greenwich peninsula.

I checked the latest green and purple book and the obvious move is allowed and breaks the south of the river lock, however appendix 6 of the yellow book says another player has to complete the escape.
Just don’t do a Boris above the river or we will be stuck for years

Escaping over ground without being railroaded – Wandle Park

Dammit. I thought my nidd trap would be sprung there.

Uh,

Mornington Crescent.

New game then?

Let’s up the ante a little. Diagonals are back in play, Travelcards are valid on weekdays, Jubilee line is wild. Any and all coloured tokens are fair game so long as we’re not in Nidd.

I’ll open with Earl’s Court.

Is it too early for Holborn?

Kensington High Street.

Barking.

@Cougar will understand the lateral play at work there.