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On Friday 22nd January 2010 I'm going to attempt to visit every station on the London Underground network in one day, and in the process raise money for the Midlands Air Ambulance.

Now, you may think this sounds easy, but when you take into account that there are 270 stations, 249 miles of track, and the current world record set in 2008 stands at 17 hours, 12 minutes and 43 seconds when the network is only open for 18 hours a day...... lets face it, I'm probably going to fail, which is why I want you to sponser me PER STATION! (See, not as thick as I look, eh?!)

Ideally, I'd like people to sponsor me 1p per visited station - £2.70. Yes, that is nearly 3 quid each but when you're lying in a crumpled messy heap, desperate for medical help and there's no air ambulance due to lack of funding, do you really want your last words to be "If only I'd given Jo that £2.70......."? Well do you? DO YOU?!*

Thought not.

Cough up lovelies!

*Being serious, any amount you would like to sponsor me will be gratefully received!.


The Rules

The record is for the fastest time to cover all stations of the London Underground system. The Docklands Light Railway & National Railway lines shown on the tube map are not included.

1. All of the stations served by London Underground trains must be visited.

To `visit' a station, you must arrive and/or depart by an underground train in normal public service, but where a service is shared by underground and National Rail trains travelling over the same tracks it is permissible to use the National Rail trains.

It is necessary for a through train to stop at the station for the visit to count, although you do not need to get out. Certain stations are normally only open at certain times of the day, and this must be taken into account in your planning.

Attempts can only be made during the week as certain stations are shut at weekends. Only if a station is temporarily closed (e.g. for rebuilding, or in an emergency) will a non-stop pass through a station be acceptable.

2. Stations which are geographically separate and not linked but which have the same name must each be visited. This applies to Edgware Road, Paddington and Hammersmith.

3. Feet or public transport may be used to transfer from one underground line to another. The use of private motor vehicles, taxis or any other form of privately arranged transport (bicycles, skateboards, etc) is not acceptable.

4. It is not necessary to cover every stretch of track on the network.

Thus, for example, if you have visited Green Park on the Victoria line, Piccadilly Circus on the Piccadilly line, and Leicester Square on the Northern line, you do not have to take the Piccadilly line from Green Park to Leicester Square, although of course you can if you want.

On the Bakerloo line you are expected to go as far as Harrow and Wealdstone.

5. A log book should be kept throughout the whole journey.

i.e. the time of arrival and departure from each station, line changes, commutes between lines and stations, etc. must be maintained. This book should illustrate clearly the route followed. I will also be aiming to photograph a roundel at each station as evidence to bore my sponsors rigid with.

6. It is not necessary to have an independent witness accompany the record attempt at all times.

And I won't be bothering, as I have no plans to submit the details of my attempt to Guinness.

7. The clock must start the moment the doors close on the first train taken by the challengers.

It must stop the moment the challengers set foot on the platform at the last station. (At which point, I will collapse into the nearest pub and inhale my own weight in whiskey)