July 2011 Blog Posts (3)

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It's taken us a while to get the arithmetic straight but Biggs and I are now agreed that there are 21 EOTLs in total. Since we’re going to end our adventure on a double Metropolitan Line high (Chesham and Amersham! *) this Saturday’s trip to Richmond was to be our penultimate EOTL.

Richmond is of course very posh and leafy. People like to mess…

Expectations aren't high for our trip to South Ruislip, western extremity of the Central Line. According to work colleague and Ruislip resident, Ralph, the most interesting local landmark is the local Conservative Club. The 'Historic Events' section of the online guide to Ruislip reveal that 'no historic events have taken place'.…

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You might recognize this month’s title as the opening line from Ann and Joe, a song by The Barron Knights. Critical theorists have suggested that this song might be loosely related to Angelo by The Brotherhood of Man with its opening line: “Long ago, high on a mountain in Mexico…”. Whatever the merits of this argument you don’t have…