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I got to about 45% without breaking a sweat, thought a bit harder about 45-50, and am now absolutely RINSING myself for the fact that I still have a blank or two on the fucking circle line. THE CIRCLE LINE. Ugh.
https://london.metro-memory.com/ Anyway thanks @melofthevalley and @Mollysdailykiss for giving me what I now view as my most important life task.
@girlonthenet @melofthevalley @Mollysdailykiss I am absolutely fucking screaming at the piccadilly line right now, there is one that I absolutely CANNOT get and I went through that stupid station every day and I don't know what it is
@stavvers @girlonthenet @melofthevalley @Mollysdailykiss I've visited every single one of these but haven't regularly been in London since the start of 2019. This is going to be a challenge ...
<cracks knuckles, gets ready for the long haul>...
@rvedotrc @stavvers @melofthevalley @Mollysdailykiss that is such an incredible achievement! I’m jealous!
@girlonthenet @rvedotrc @stavvers @melofthevalley I have always wanted to do that. Actually thought of doing it as a photo project. How long did it take you?
My main project was that I was looking for all (270) the labyrinths: https://art.tfl.gov.uk/labyrinth/about/ . That took from Summer 2017 to Summer 2023, but not helped by the fact that I moved to Denmark at the start of 2019. I'd visited all the stations (but not found all the labyrinths) by the time I left the UK though, so circa 18 months.
My definition of "visited" is pretty broad though – some of them I only visited long enough to get the labyrinth photo (which sometimes was as short as jumping off the train, taking two photos, and jumping back on the same train). Some of them I spent half an hour or more exploring.
My favourite thing about doing it all was the completely unexpected things. The station with the film memorabilia stand. The station with the mosaics of Alfred Hitchcock films. The station with an art gallery in its waiting room. The station with the impressive vaulted ceiling. The odd bit of history here and there, with old phone booths, letter boxes for post for the station master, old-fashioned signs for probably-long-gone toilets.
@rvedotrc That's brilliant, and fascinating, and I have low-key wanted to do that ever since the labyrinths went up. Congratulations on actually doing it! Are the photos viewable anywhere?
(My sister and I did the 24-hour challenge for her birthday back in 2014, but in that you only have to have the train stop at the station, not actually get off.)
@djm4 My photos aren't online, but I believe that there are photos of the labyrinths somewhere.
It was fun – and sometimes rather tiring – searching around the network :-)
@rvedotrc Yes, I do always look out for the labyrinth at any station, some of them can be a bit tucked away, as you no doubt know.