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101 Things in 1001 Days

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Depends on what's going on around you at the time, but Penzance tends to get a bit boring and I'd be out of there double-quick. I'd mainly choose the 1730 as it goes via Bristol Temple Meads and just that bit different.

But I'd imagine Ms. Gizmogle would prefer to get back to Paddington and get the 2345 sleeper up to Preston then go home. Or something like that. That's what I'd do, if I were living up that way and was doing such a trip.

Well at the end of the day its what you want to do, some people may stay in the West Country and do the beds, others may do your move! If it was me I'd be on a 37, a 142 or at home!
 
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If it was me I'd be on a 142
VEG! :? :lol:


On a similar theme there was a program on TV a few years where Victoria Wood travelled around Britain via train. I've often thought it would be a good to do something similar stopping off to see some of the sights en-route rather than just being a stoat for a week.

IIRC the route was Crewe - Lancaster - Barrow - Carlisle - Glasgow - Mallaig - Kyle - Inverness - Wick - Inverness - Newcastle - Whitby - York - Crewe. Obviously with the number of remote lines involved it would take a few days to repeat the journey.
 

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I am really yeah, not platform end style though, normally on a 142 or 37 railtour ;) 8-)

I've often thought it would be a good to do something similar stopping off to see some of the sights en-route

...And believe me, some of the sights you will never want to see again :shock:

Just a tip...Do try and avoid 142 Neds, there a bad bunch :oops: :lol:
 

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Hurrah :D Thankyou! There's two more on their way to my Fotopic shortly :p

I did attempt the hard one, but I'm really stuck on it.
 

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They weren't the same Sudoku puzzle that you filled in twice were they...?

Just checking.

Incidentally, have you ever considered doing something in the creative media for a living? You're obviously a very imaginative person.

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and I'm good at maths and number theory, logic etc...

That doesn't really come into it, unfortunatly. Just the logic.

I think they're OK to be honest. Mist of my probalems are jsut I don't know where to go next with them after I've filles in about half of it.
 

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They weren't the same Sudoku puzzle that you filled in twice were they...?

Just checking.

Incidentally, have you ever considered doing something in the creative media for a living? You're obviously a very imaginative person.

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No :p I did the simple puzzle in Thursday's paper and then the simple and medium puzzles in today's paper. Pictures are now up on my Fotopic along with some randomness anyway :p

I've never really considered anything as a living lol. You think I'd be good at that kinda thing?

took me 4 months to learn tricks to do the hard ones, and I'm good at maths and number theory, logic etc...

I suck at maths. You got any tips for the harder ones for me?
 

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like ME123 said, it's mostly logic, theres about 6 or 7 ways to say that a number can't go in a box, so you have to check all of them for every number.

One tip is to see which numbers are left to be put in a box of 9 boxes, then write them down and see if each number can go in each box, thats the basic way of doing it, theres lots of tricks that I can't realy remember because I'm on killers now, and getting out of practice, the last one I did was in spanish! And I moved back from Islas d' Canarias 6 months ago!
 

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Yeah, I used to list the numbers that could go in a box, but that just confused me more. I really do hate Sudoku :p

Also, task 099. List and revisit my 10 favourite cities/towns. I don't know what they are!
Leicester is definately one. Probably Manchester because I love China Town. I don't know where else though!
 

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Yeah, I used to list the numbers that could go in a box, but that just confused me more. I really do hate Sudoku :p

Also, task 099. List and revisit my 10 favourite cities/towns. I don't know what they are!
Leicester is definately one. Probably Manchester because I love China Town. I don't know where else though!

Make it easy, Warrington, Wigan, Bolton, Stockport, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, Lancaster and Stoke on Trent, easy from manchester, lol
 

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Haha, I don't wanna be stupid and cheat like that though. I have to give reasons for my top 10, so yeah...

I'm thinking maybe Llandudno. I went there with my Mum ages back and it was fun :)
 

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Well, another one might be Dawlish...so ner :p Although...actually, you can get there from Manchester lol
 

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I didn't really like Brighton that much. But with places like that, I can just stay at Ash Vale. Not far at all from Guildford :)
 

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I've never been to brighton, closest I've ever been was either Folkstone or Hatton Cross / Hatton Park. Actualy Dungeness was a lot closer, was only there for a day though...
 

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I've never really considered anything as a living lol. You think I'd be good at that kinda thing?

Dunno. Maybe.

As I said, you certainly seem to be imaginative and come up with some really clever and funky ideas. Just look at how much discussion this particular project of yours has created. Do you think you could do something like event organisation or campaign creative or charity fundraiser...?

As for Sudoku, there are many different strategies. I'm sure you've already sussed out the simpler ones, so I won't insult your intelligence. Sometimes it's just as revealing to work out what numbers won't go into a particular space as what numbers will. Likewise, you might not know precisely where a certain number goes but you might know which row or column it will be in, which can help you fill in one of the other 3x3 squares. When you get onto the really tricky ones, you might find that you're working several moves ahead and filling in numbers based on assumptions that you can deduce from what should appear elsewhere on the grid (even though you might not have filled anything else in).

I couldn't do the LondonPaper Sudoku anymore because I don't find it very challenging. Now I'm looking for copies of the Times (a freebie on the StanEx during the week) and the SubStandard. The Killer Sudoku is still beyond me, though.

With your list of your 10 fave towns and cities, might that include places you've never visited yet but always wanted to? That might make things easier for you. If you're planning to cover the entire passenger network anyway (#32), it wouldn't be too hard to step off and see any place you choose.

Can't help but wonder whether #4 and #76 might be linked in some way...

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Cheers :) I'm not sure I could be imaginative or creative on command though. My motivation is awful lol

It still takes me quite a while to do the simple sudoku puzzles, but I'm definately getting better at them. I'm just no good at sudoku lol. Gives me a huge feeling of satisfaction when I finish them.

I'm not thick, just lazy :p

Although 4 and 76 aren't linked. 76 could definately help 4 happen lol. I've been thinking of taking a picture of no.4 calendar girls style 8)
 
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