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"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

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Tony Bryer wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 29 Sep 2004:

"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

How sad.
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:23:01 +0100, Annabel Smyth
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Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

How sad.


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Annabel Smyth wrote:
"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm


AT LAST!! Bet he's happy.

How sad.


So are you, I don't laugh at your interests and what you enjoy, Im sure
he doesnt either.
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Annabel Smyth wrote:
Tony Bryer wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 29 Sep 2004:


"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm


How sad.


Oh I've seen much more daft things than that being done! Well done to
them though, can't say it's something I'd ever want to do. I would
however want to visit one or two of the disused stations but LTM have
not done any visits since 2000.

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Tony Bryer wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 29 Sep 2004:

"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground
stations has been broken by 43 minutes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

How sad.


Why? It's exercise... like ice-skating, but a lot more physically demanding
and with more varied scenery.

Anyway, respect to the guy - to beat it is something, but to beat it by 43
minutes! Wow.

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"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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Tony Bryer wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 29 Sep 2004:

"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

How sad.


One of the previous holders was a contestant on "Countdown" recently!


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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:23:01 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:
Tony Bryer wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 29 Sep 2004:

"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.

Geoff Marshall, 32, from Epsom, Surrey, and Neil Blake, 31, from
Deptford, south-east London, recorded a time of 18 hours, 35 minutes
and 43 seconds."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm

How sad.


Shame you see it that way. It's quite an achievement, maybe not on the
global scale of things, but it's certainly good exercise!

Congratulations to Geoff: I know he's been after this for a while. His
website (http://www.geofftech.co.uk/) details all his previous
attempts. I think if someone's achieved their ambition, you shouldn't
knock it.

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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:23:52 +0100, Tony Bryer
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"The record for visiting all 275 London Underground stations has been
broken by 43 minutes.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3700658.stm


"But they finished so late - 0005 BST - that they could not take a
Tube home and had to hire a minicab."

What did they expect?
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If they do try Paris, is it a greater or lesser challenge than London?




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