Well it had been a month since I had been anywhere (although to be honest didn't feel like it) so I decided I would take a trip to London. It wasn't going to be a very long trip because I didn't want to spend too much getting there and back. So the longer off peak route was taken using my Network Railcard.
This would allow me to have just under 6 hours in London. Still plenty to see and get in that time so still worth it in my opinion. My plan was to stay in and around the Clapham area but concentrating on the Hounslow/Reading side of the station. This should see me getting more 450/5s, 480s and 378s. The plan was going quite well and soon knocked off planty of new 450/5 and 480 units. I finally a required 378 at Clapham so jumped on that and headed towards Kensington Olympia. But I changed my mind and headed to Gospel Oak. I took a risk to try and get my last 172 on the GOBLIN. It eventually paid off and 172005 was finally caught. Whilst waiting for this unit I managed to grab another five 378s.
It was then back to Waterloo for the train home. I managed 18 winners for the day. It could have been more but i spent time getting to and from Gospel Oak (not forgetting waiting to see if 172005 was running) and travelled 511 miles for the day.
At least next time I do this I don't have to head to North London and can stay in the Clapham area!
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