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I didn't find it too difficult to plan a nice circular route, only repeating three stations. However the rubbishy Queensway business is a right pain in the neck. Am I going to be thought of as a little bit crackers if I decided to run from Bayswater to Notting Hill Gate?

Mine repeats 5 stations, including two stations you double back to after getting the fiddly ones out of the way.

I can't see a circular route which doesn't involve doubling-back. Trying to avoid it just makes the route very slow and twisty.

Don't forget - last year we started at St. James's Park and most people went straight to Sloane Square and doubled back.

Most of the rest went to Vauxhall and then doubled back (I carried on to Waterloo)

What if the starting station were Bayswater, and I wanted to finish by passing through Queensway (as the last station on my planned route)? When would I stop the clock?

When the doors opened at Notting Hill Gate was the answer from last time, I believe.

Good point.

Mr Presswell - any ideas.

I can think of two or three solutions to that, including removing Bayswater as a starting point.

Starkey7 wrote:I didn't find it too difficult to plan a nice circular route, only repeating three stations. However the rubbishy Queensway business is a right pain in the neck. Am I going to be thought of as a little bit crackers if I decided to run from Bayswater to Notting Hill Gate?

Well mine involves 8 duplications - 7 different stations, but it doesn't seem *too* bad - theoretical 3h06m, allowing decent amount of times for changes.

Must try harder.....

tubeguru wrote:Mine repeats 5 stations, including two stations you double back to after getting the fiddly ones out of the way.

I can't see a circular route which doesn't involve doubling-back. Trying to avoid it just makes the route very slow and twisty.

Maybe that's where I'm going wrong, then.

Well the proof is in the 275 world record.

Geoff and I doubled back a few times during the record run.

I've got some mean strategic walks planned though, that I thought were really good. Perhaps they're not that great in the grand scheme of things. I really do fancy having a crack at all 275 before the end of May though - i.e. before stuff like Regents Park temporarily closes, and Shoreditch closes for good, etc etc., so I can at least have a proper crack at the old method. My route doesn't even theoretically break records, but it comfortably gets me into Upminster *well* before the last train, and has been planned (as I may have mentioned once or thrice) with a walking speed of 3mph in mind, so would completely avoid running!

I think most people's routes tomorrow will involve two runs, if not three.

Erm, sorry about that. I've recounted and I'm actually repeating seven stations ... and I study maths. As for runs, my route involves three or four of them, depending upon the Bayswater situation.

Well the way to look at it is that we're all in the same boat re: Queensway to Bayswater.

So we're still on a level playing field!

tubeguru wrote:I think most people's routes tomorrow will involve two runs, if not three.

My initial route involves three, but I'm trying to plan a different route where runs are parallel to bus routes, so could be potentially made quicker if a bus turned up (depending on exactly where it is - ISTR reading that Knightsbridge to High Street Ken isn't recommended by bus), and I'm also hoping to take advantage of more cross-platform interchanges.

BTW - how many CPIs are there in Z1? Is it just Oxford Circus?

I think someone mentioned that CPI's take more time than doubling back in some cases.

I have three line changes inside and not including stations on the Circle line.

Nice easy ones too