Visiting all 668 stations in a week on a London 60+ card.
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I live in Woodford. Easy, you say - the 42B will get me there in an hour. But it's not the Woodford in Greater Manchester, but the one on the Greater London/Essex boundary. Can it be done? I'll find out tomorrow.
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Time to reveal tomorrow's objective. Having just become eligible for my OAP Freedom Pass, which is valid on any 'local' bus in England (as defined by the Transport Act 1985), I'm attempting to travel home from Manchester tomorrow for free. (Channelling my inner @politic_animal)
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It was six years ago today, having just got an Oyster 60+ card, that I completed the challenge of visiting within a week the then 668 stations that one could travel to for free.
Six years on my 60+ Oyster has been replaced with a Freedom Pass. I feel a new challenge coming.
Three years ago today, I finished my 60+challenge of visiting 668 stations in just six days. If I were to try again and do them at the rate I have visited stations in the past year it would take 111 years!
It was three years ago today that I set off to visit within a week all 668 stations that you could then travel to for free using an Oyster 60+ Card. In the past 12 months I've clocked up just six stations.
A reminder of my other Twitter account, which has been used far less frequently than I hoped when I set it up in January.
I set up this account back in January to complement what was going to be my weekly blog about exploring Europe. europeexplored.travel.blog
As I've been nowhere this year, blog posts are now only monthly and tweets are infrequent.
Hopefully, this will change for the better in 2021.
Two years ago today I commenced my 60+ challenge - visiting within a week all 668 stations possible for free on a 60+ Oyster Card.
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It's Friday morning, so time for another blog post. In this one I encounter smuggling and bribery. europeexplored.travel.blog/2…
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In the latest blog update I lose my underpants and am prevented from accessing my hotel room. europeexplored.travel.blog/2…
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The latest Friday morning blog update is out! I fear I will be trapped behind the Iron Curtain and I find a surprising book. europeexplored.travel.blog/2…
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A new post in which I spend the night in an unexpected Dutch city and have a surprise in a Munich park europeexplored.travel.blog/2…
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The latest post in my blog, in which I travel back in time 37 years and recall a strange interview:
europeexplored.travel.blog/2…
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Remember that my blog europeexplored.travel.blog will be updated with a new post every Friday morning.
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This is my own small attempt to celebrate the diversity of Europe on what is sad day for Britain and its neighbours.
Today I launch @europeexplored and a new weekly blog about travels in Europe. Please follow along and enjoy the ride.
Welcome to Europe Explored! Check out my new blog europeexplored.travel.blog for weekly posts every Friday morning.
For those of you still following this account, I will tomorrow be launching a new project. Watch this space.
Was seeing someone off at Heathrow, so took the opportunity to ride on TfL Rail for free & visit the three Heathrow NR stations which weren't part of the 60+ Challenge back in March.
An analysis of how the different lines performed during the 60+ Card Challenge, including the awards for best and worst: 60pluschallenge.wordpress.co…