the circle line challenge

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how about we meet at baker street and get on a circle line train, get off at great portland street, find the nearest pub have one drink, get back on train again to euston square. do the same agian, and continue this until we are back at baker street again , how many of you would be able to complete a circle ? answers on a postcard please ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Erm....... Well i might...... but be very ill in the process.....

Oops - not good for a 15 yr old to say that is it?? Oh well ;D

[Chris M]

I'm sure I'd be ill after that many pints of non-alcoholic beverages - let alone alcoholic ones! I'd be struggling to make it onto the train by about Barbican and firmly asleep by Monument.

Wasn't it about 27 pints that William Hague once bosted he'd had?

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These may be of interest:

www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/nle.shtml

www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/mon.shtml

www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/nlb.shtml

If the monopoly one was achievable the circle should be too. In fact it should be easier as the mode of transport is easily accessable and runs very frequently (Circle, H&C, Met and District combined). Also it makes the crawl interesting for the tube fan, as you could ride on all surface stock and even a 73TS betwen Sth Ken - Glo Rd. I don't know how far I'd get myself - I've got 5 off from the 28th so might find out

[traveller1030]

Liverpool St. to Temple anticlockwise - still (just about) able to walk, alcoholic beverage consumed at every stop-off on the way. Rock'ard!!!! ;D

EDIT: oh, and that Hague fellow's a pussy - he could only handle 10 pints at a time... ;D

[compsci]

This is actually a pretty famous pub crawl. See here.

Half pints are reccomended to avoid hospitalisation. It also appears that you should aim to cover the City relatively early as the pubs there shut when everyone who works there has gone home.

[dunois]

It's look like some peoples wants to reproduce the Glasgow subway subcrawls, in London.
I volounteer if you want, but I think I will be ill at the end after something like 20 L of .... water.

[oliver]

I think I could manage the East London Line ;D

[Deleted]

I'm up for the W&C anyone want to join me?

[Deleted]

I was thinking you could devise your own circular route, using different lines. I'd try one of the East End:

Start at Mile End.
District & H&C to Whitechapel
ELL to Canade Water
Jubilee to Stratford
Central back to Mile End

Including both Mile Ends, it is 13 stations, which is still a few pints. There's quite a few 'loops' you could do on the network - the possibilities are endless!

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loops eh?

for lightweights there is:

CityFlyer Pub Crawl
Waterloo - Bank - London Bridge - Southwark - Waterloo

5 Pints/Stations

if you want a bit more of a challenge you could go for:

Inner City Pub Crawl

Warren Street - Goodge Street - Tottenham Court Road - Leicester Square - Charing Cross - Embankment - Westminster - Green Park - Bond Street - Oxford Circus - Warren Street

11 Pints/Stations

Circle Line Pub Crawl

Every Stop on the Circle Line Route, Starting and Finishing at Baker Street Outer Rail

28 Pints/Stations

Even More Advanced:

Super Deluxe LUL Drinking Marathon

Uxbridge - Hillingdon - Ickenham - Ruislip - Ruilsip Manor - Eastcote - Rayners Lane - West Harrow - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Northwick Pk - Preston Road - Wembely Park - Neasden - Dollis Hill - Willesden Green - Kilburn - West Hampstead - Finchley Road - Swiss Cottage - St John's Wood - Baker Street - Great Portland Street - Euston Square - Kings Cross St Pancras - Highbury and Islington - Finsbury Park - Arsenal - Holloway Road - Caledonian Road - Kings Cross St Pancras - Angel - Old Street - Moorgate - Liverpool St - Bethanal Green - Mile End - Stratford - West Ham - Bromley-by-Bow - Bow Road - Devons Road - All Saints - Poplar - West India Quay - Canary Wharf - Canada Water - Bermondsey - London Bridge - Borough - Elephant and Castle - Oval - Stockwell - Vauxhall - Plimlico - Victoria - Green Park - Hyde Park Corner - Kinghtsbridge - South Kensington - Gloucester Road - Earls Court - West Kensington - Barons Court - Hammersmith - Ravenscourt Park - Stamford Brook - Turnham Green - Chiswick Park - Acton Town - Ealing Common - North Ealing - Park Royal - Alperton - Sudbury Town - Sudbury Hill - South Harrow - Rayners Lane - Eastcote - Ruilsip Manor - Ruislip - Ickenham - Hillingdon - Uxbridge

82 PINTS - 82 STATIONS

[Deleted]

Has anyone taken into account the likely cost of all this? While I dont mind a good few pints myself, some of us suffer from 'Shrinking Wallet Syndrome'.... Good idea tho...

[Deleted]

Actually if the rules of the contest stated one half pint of low gravity beer to be consumed at each station on the Circle and given the time that it would take to complete, it could be quite feasible for some! ;D

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jn114 said:

Super Deluxe LUL Drinking Marathon

Uxbridge - Hillingdon - Ickenham - Ruislip - Ruilsip Manor - Eastcote - Rayners Lane - West Harrow - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Northwick Pk - Preston Road - Wembely Park - Neasden - Dollis Hill - Willesden Green - Kilburn - West Hampstead - Finchley Road - Swiss Cottage - St John's Wood - Baker Street - Great Portland Street - Euston Square - Kings Cross St Pancras - Highbury and Islington - Finsbury Park - Arsenal - Holloway Road - Caledonian Road - Kings Cross St Pancras - Angel - Old Street - Moorgate - Liverpool St - Bethanal Green - Mile End - Stratford - West Ham - Bromley-by-Bow - Bow Road - Devons Road - All Saints - Poplar - West India Quay - Canary Wharf - Canada Water - Bermondsey - London Bridge - Borough - Elephant and Castle - Oval - Stockwell - Vauxhall - Plimlico - Victoria - Green Park - Hyde Park Corner - Kinghtsbridge - South Kensington - Gloucester Road - Earls Court - West Kensington - Barons Court - Hammersmith - Ravenscourt Park - Stamford Brook - Turnham Green - Chiswick Park - Acton Town - Ealing Common - North Ealing - Park Royal - Alperton - Sudbury Town - Sudbury Hill - South Harrow - Rayners Lane - Eastcote - Ruilsip Manor - Ruislip - Ickenham - Hillingdon - Uxbridge

82 PINTS - 82 STATIONS

tubeoperator92 said:

Has anyone taken into account the likely cost of all this? While I dont mind a good few pints myself, some of us suffer from 'Shrinking Wallet Syndrome'.... Good idea tho...

I can see Shrinking Wallet Syndrome of my own on that crawl - think of all the B&B's and Travelcards I'd have to pay for! Mind you the free travel is an extra advantage for the LU employee.

[greatplum]

dennis said:

Actually if the rules of the contest stated one half pint of low gravity beer to be consumed at each station on the Circle and given the time that it would take to complete, it could be quite feasible for some! ;D

The lack of toilets at the stations and trains would also be a concern to me...

[amershamsi]

but if you have a wee you have to go back 2 stops. if you throw up it's back to baker street.

Simon

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greatplum said:

dennis said:

Actually if the rules of the contest stated one half pint of low gravity beer to be consumed at each station on the Circle and given the time that it would take to complete, it could be quite feasible for some! ;D

The lack of toilets at the stations and trains would also be a concern to me...

Yes! I fully understand what you mean. ;D

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amershamsi said:

but if you have a wee you have to go back 2 stops. if you throw up it's back to baker street.

Simon

or back to Uxbridge