How to Build a Tube Roundel out of LEGO.

One of these things I've got to try :-)

from	dep	to	line	stock
amersham	522	chalfont and latimer	metropolitan	21100	21099
chalfont and latimer	539	chesham	metropolitan	21019	21020
chesham	555	moor park	metropolitan	21019	21020
moor park	625	watford	metropolitan	21106	21105
watford	637	harrow on the hill	metropolitan	21007	21008
harrow on the hill	703	rayners lane	metropolitan	21067	21068
rayners lane	727	ealing common	piccadilly	145	545
ealing common		ealing broadway	427 bus	vw1839
ealing broadway	749	epping	central	91191	92458
epping	909	woodford	central	91191	92458
woodford	934	leyton via hainault	central	91117	92220
leyton	1007	walthamstow central	97 bus	17528 LX51FOM
walthamstow central	1025	kings cross st pancras	victoria	11060
kings cross st pancras	1050	moorgate	northern	52634	52633
moorgate	1059	baker street	circle	21318
baker street	1118	queens park	bakerloo	3560	3335
queens park	1139	harrow and wealdstone	bakerloo	3536	3339?3334?
harrow and wealdstone	1212	kenton	bakerloo	3536	3339?3334?
kenton		northwick park	walk
northwick park	1230	uxbridge	metropolitan	24056
uxbridge		west ruislip	U1 bus	DE1798 YX10BFA
west ruislip	1323	white city	central	91227
white city		wood lane	walk
wood lane	1355	hammersmith	circle	5545
hammersmith	1405	edgeware road	hammersmith	22357
edgeware road	1425	high st kensington	circle	5521
high st kensington		kensington olympia	28 bus	VW32500
kensington olympia	1452	earls court	district	7056
earls court		piccadilly circus	piccadilly	377	444
piccadilly circus	1519	baker street	jubilee	3561	3334
baker street		wembley park	jubilee	96042
wembley park	1550	preston road	metropolitan	21113
preston road	1555	wembley park	metropolitan	21001
wembley park	1559	stanmore	jubilee	96074
stanmore		canons park	jubilee	96084	96615
canons park	1621	edgware	186 bus	LK59DZP TE990
edgware	1632	charing cross	northern	53613
charing cross	1710	mill hill east	northern	53562
mill hill east		finchley central	northern	53562
finchley central	1755	high barnet	northern	52540
high barnet	1822	cockfosters	384 bus	DES797 LK07 BEJ
cockfosters	1850	south kensington	piccadilly	148
south kensington	1942	aldgate	circle	21338
aldgate		aldgate east	walk
aldgate east	2010	west ham	hammersmith	7503
west ham	2029	upminster	c2c train	357033
upminster	2043	west ham	district	7024
west ham	2118	waterloo	jubilee	96108
waterloo	2140	elephant and castle	bakerloo	3266	3453
elephant and castle	2150	borough	northern	52634
borough	2153	stockwell	northern	51526
stockwell	2203	brixton	victoria	11083
brixton	2209	pimlico	victoria	13033
pimplico	2212	stockwell	victoria	11087
stockwell	2218	morden	northern	51650
morden		belgrave walk (wimbledon)	201 bus	LX07 BXN
belgrave walk		wimbledon	tram	2540
wimbledon	2314	earls court	district	7108
earls court	2334	richmond	district	7092
richmond		turnham green	district	7092
turnham green	0016	acton town	district	17528
acton town	0035	heathrow t5	piccadilly	169	569

Twitter

I'm planning to use twitter when possible (and subject to signal/battery life) to keep you updated... I'll be using the account @broomster and the hashtag #tubechallenge if you wish to keep track :-) I'll also use the #fb hashtag to cross post to my personal facebook page as and when suitable :-)

We have a website :-)

http://tubechallenge.moonfruit.com

Let us know what you think.. We hope it explains what we're doing, and why we're doing it.. but if not feel free to contact us :-)

email me at broomster@gmail.com or tweet me @broomster :-)

The justgiving sites to donate are at is.gd/broomster and is.gd/sionjones :-)

Well, planning is coming along nicely.. Well, I think so anyway :-)

We've got an extra person tagging along, in the shape of my good friend Chris Harvey, who is also a fellow railwayman..  The theory is, that if one of us starts to flag, the other two will kick their arses :-)  Also, if things go a bit pear shaped during the day (eg points failures, broken trains etc etc) then there will be 3 heads to come up with a back up plan.....


Anyway, a "provisional" plan A is below....

this is plan a)

start at amersham then to chalfont and latimer then to chesham then to moor park then to watford then to north harrow then to walk to west harrow then to west harrow then to rayners lane then to earls court (picc) then to back to Ealing Broadway (all stops district) then to full length central line to then to Epping/hainault then to back to woodford then to hainault/epping (depending which done first) then to leytonstone or leyton then to bus to walthamstow central then to euston then to mill hill east then to finchley central then to high barnet then to bus to cockfosters (or oakwood then cockfosters) then to kings cross/st panc then to moorgate then to baker street via farringdon. then to jubilee to wembley park then to preston road then to wembley park then to stanmore then to bus to edgeware then to tottenham court road or warren street then to west ruislip then to walk to ickenham then to uxbridge then to northwick park then to walk/bus to kenton then to harrow and wealdstone then to baker street then to embankment then to tower hill then via monument/bank to london bridge then to waterloo (via southwark) then to elephant and castle then to london bridge then to west ham then to upminster then to aldgate east then to foot to aldgate then to kx st pan then to gloucester road then to westminster then to victoria then to brixton then to stockwell then to kennington then to morden then to bus/tram to wimbledon then to earls court then to kenny o then to walk high st kensington or via earls court then to edgeware road then to hammersmith then to richmond then to turnham green then to heathrow t4 then to t123 then to t5 then to finish

plan b will be made up on the day once it's all gone tits up...

Tube Challenge - Info and Thanks,.

Hi,

You've found our TUBE CHALLENGE site :-)

For those of you not in the know, the Tube Challenge is to visit all of the Tube Stations on the London Underground network in a day.. The world record is just over 16 hours...

So, who are we?

We're Mike and Sion, both Railway Workers from Aberystwyth in Mid Wales. We're raising money for our favourite charities and would appreciate you sponsoring us - even a little goes a long way!

We're going to attempt the challenge on the 5th November, and the current plan is to start at Amersham in Bucks, and finish at Heathrow T5, after visiting all the other stations on the network :-)

If you wish to donate, please visit our Justgiving sites :-

Mike
http://www.justgiving.com/broomster
for the Neonatal Unit at Swansea's Singleton Hospital

Sion
http://www.justgiving.com/Sion-Eurfyl-jones
fro the Wales Air Ambulance.

We would like to thank Virgin Trains for their assistance, and also Mike's good friend Wray Norton for her assistance in publicity, promotional material, t-shirts and general support :-)
Would also like to thank The South Wales Evening Post, and also The Cambrian News for the publicity they have given us.

More info will be posted shortly on possible routes, our plans, our motives and anything else relevant :-)

Blank Mind

My head has gone blank tonight and is struggling to get ideas pieced together... All I've done so far tonight is find out where our hotel at Heathrow is, and that we need to get to T4 to start..

T4, round to T123 - then change for a very tight connection (booked a minus) back to T5, and then away from the airport... After that, as per yesterdays starting plan..

So, starting at Heathrow T4, head round to T123, back to T5, and then head out to Acton Town.
From there, head one stop to Chiswick Park, then double back and head up to Ealing Broadway..
Head east to West Acton, then walk/trot up to North Ealing on Foot...
The a nice long run up to Uxbridge, double back to Ickenham... From there, again on foot to West Ruislip.. Then from there, one of the longest runs of the day - from West Ruislip to Liverpool Street..
Change lines and head back west to Baker Street..
Then Jubilee Line up to  Wembley Park.. From there take the Met Line to West Harrow, then on foot to North Harrow... Trek up to end of line at Amersham, back to Chalfont and Latimer to do the Chesham branch.. Then back to Moor Park to do the Watford Branch..

To be continued...

Who and where...

My work colleague Sion is going to accompany me on this crazy venture..  Though if anyone else wants to cheer us along on the day - then they're more than welcome to tag along for all or part of the journey :-)

Provisional plan at the minute is to start at Heathrow - we've got a room reserved at the Ibis Hotel there to hopefully get a decent nights sleep the night before - and there's a shuttle bus to the terminals from 0420 - so that'll get us to the tube stations for the first tube out...

The next post will have the first part of our planned route listed... Though this is subject to change (especially if anyone can suggest a better more efficient routing!)

Welcome to my blog about my forthcoming Tube Challenge.

On November 5th 2013, I plan to travel the London Underground network with the aim of visiting all 270 stations (or as close as possible!). 

I'm doing this for charity - my chosen charity is the Neonatal Unit of Swansea's Singleton Hospital. 

If you wish to sponsor me, please visit my justgiving site.

I will shortly be listing the provisional plans for the day :-)