In message , at 12:15:18 on Sat, 31
Jan 2009, Clive Page remarked:
1. Take the Thameslink train to Farringdon, from where there are just a
few steps to the anti-clockwise circle line (and maybe a lift after the
current modernisation works are complete?).

Why not exit at StP and take the Circle direct from there? It's a long
walk, but step-free.

2. Take Circle line to somewhere on the western section such as
High St Kensington, and switch to a southbound District line.

Some District Line trains start from a distant bay platform at HSK, but
there's not much you can do about that.

3. Take this to Earl's Court where one can change to a Heathrow-bound
Piccadilly line train using the lifts.

If you stay on the train as far as Hammersmith (changing at Earls Court
if necessary) then it's a cross-platform change to the Picc.

Coming back, the route involves switching at two points to end up on an
anti-clockwise circle line to Moorgate, from which one can at present
get on the level to a train to Luton/Bedford at certain times of the
day. Unfortunately this possibility will soon vanish forever. After
this things get a lot more complicated...

Just stay on the Circle as far as St Pancras, then it's step free to
SPILL (see above).

Another route is HEx (or Connect for the impecunious) to Paddington,
then there's a lift down to the clockwise Circle Line in the middle of
the "Lawn" area.

Island platforms are often helpful, so another way from the
anti-clockwise Circle at Farringdon to the north (avoiding StPancras
LUL) is to catch a southbound Thameslink to Loughborough Junction, then
cross platform to catch a northbound.
--
Roland Perry