All Tube Network Challenge for BBC Children in Need.

londongirl · Post by **londongirl** » 17 Nov 2006, 21:30

It's been pouring with rain for most of the afternoon

Soup Dragon · Post by **Soup Dragon** » 16 Dec 2006, 10:36

All the pictures from the day can be seen on the following link.

http://pic5.piczo.com/tubedragon/?g=26553641

taylorit · Post by **taylorit** » 21 Dec 2006, 03:38

Hello All
TubeChallenge.co.uk been updated.

Date for next years attempt is Friday 16 November 2007

Who is coming??

AND this years attempt Terry Wogan mention it on BBC Radio 2 in the morning of appeal day

Matt

Dr Who · Post by **Dr Who** » 21 Dec 2006, 09:36

taylorit wrote:AND this years attempt Terry Wogan mention it on BBC Radio 2 in the morning of appeal day

You can thank the Soup Dragon for that

taylorit · Post by **taylorit** » 22 Dec 2006, 01:44

haha I emailed Terry Personally it got mentioned on both days

YAY

taylorit · Post by **taylorit** » 26 Jan 2007, 00:23

Those that took part in this year please add me to MSN (matt@mattuk.net).

Planning to run again next year but NOT all 274 looking for something different such as Monopoly on the tube

Matt

43019 · Post by **43019** » 26 Jan 2007, 13:15

Now that sounds interesting...

Sam · Post by **Sam** » 26 Jan 2007, 15:44

Don't take this as offensive, but why don't you think up something original to do, the monopoly on the tube has been done so many times for charity as has the 275.
You could always go with going undergrounds suggestion and do a few smaller challenges in one day.

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 26 Jan 2007, 15:47

Sam wrote:Don't take this as offensive, but why don't you think up something original to do, the monopoly on the tube has been done so many times for charity as has the 275.
You could always go with going undergrounds suggestion and do a few smaller challenges in one day.

Cheers Sam

Post by **tubeguru** » 26 Jan 2007, 15:51

Why not play "Catch The Suicide Bomber"?

Each of you puts on a false beard and runs round central London underground stations with a large rucksack on your back whilst muttering under your breath.

The last person to be shot by CO19 wins!

</controversial but what the hell>

gasman · Post by **gasman** » 26 Jan 2007, 16:38

Somehow I don't think that the alternative challenges (Zone 1, and the like) really work as sponsored charity things. The way I see it, when you sponsor someone on a charity run, it's not really about whether or not the record gets broken (if it was, we wouldn't have raised an awful lot of money over the years...) but more about the dedication and endurance that it involves, and the fact that even getting around the network at all (or 99% of it...) requires plenty of effort, effort which is worth rewarding.

With the alternative challenges, breaking the record is the only notable challenging thing about it. Stripped of that, it becomes a bit trivial, and you might as well do "sponsor me to eat my breakfast" instead.

The other thing about alternative challenges is that they're utterly obscure to the other 99.99% of the population. Somehow I can't picture Terry Wogan on the radio enthusing about a bunch of nerds visiting all tube stations ending with the letter S in reverse alphabetical order

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 26 Jan 2007, 16:47

gasman wrote:The other thing about alternative challenges is that they're utterly obscure to the other 99.99% of the population. Somehow I can't picture Terry Wogan on the radio enthusing about a bunch of nerds visiting all tube stations ending with the letter S in reverse alphabetical order

And visiting all 274/275 stations isn't utterly obscure to the other 99.99% of the population as well then......

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