Mileage Competition 2008

[voyagerdude220]

Please add 430.56 miles to my 2008 mileage total so far, resulting in my new mileage being 4258.50 miles.... tied with JST!

I'm so thankful that I did the Motherwell-Glasgow extension on my Super Voyager/Pendolino back, despite the inward connection officially arriving 2 minutes after the return Pendo.

I know about the slack, but checked on the train database, and realised that we would arrive Glasgow at 15:02 at the earliest.... good job the late running NXEC caused my Super Voyager to arrive in 11, with Pendo from 10, instead of 3 and 6 respectively...

JST, do you know the precise number of mileage you've covered, to 2d.p?

 

[jacknottm]

Mileage now at 4890miles08chains

Cheers
Jack

 

[voyagerdude220]

I think your signature needs updating then, Jack

Edit: You must have done it as i typed this!

 

[jacknottm]

hehe, did it just after

 

[33056]

Can I join in please , this is just the proverbial kick up the backside I need to sort out my moves for 2008.

Total so far is 4,282.61 miles (decimal), but that is only up to the end of March and excludes a trip to Scotland (can't find my miles & chains book at the mo' ) and a trip to Switzerland (whole lot needs converting into miles).

Watch out when I get to the end of April, just been all the way from Ferrol in the West of Spain to Bilbao (Eastern Spain), back to León (roughly in the middle) then all the way back to St Pancras by rail, might take a bit of time to work out, but the narrow gauge element alone will be over 900 miles.

 

[Gizmogle]

List in the first post is now updated!

Looking good people! 20 of us at it now

I've been knocked down a bit though Although, I've got a couple hundred miles to add when I've figured it out.

Oh, also, if you want your mileage updating, it'd be great if you could say what your current mileage is, rather than to add however many miles. As mods have been updating this too, it could get a little confusing. Only one person has done this so far, but I just thought I'd mention it.

Cheeeeers

 

[me123]

20/21. That's bad I thought I was doing not bad with about 850 miles in February but I've only had about 40 this month and I fon't think I'll be going on a train again

 

[Gizmogle]

I'm now upto 6,492 miles after a trip to Scarborough and back. Upto 4th place now!

 

[87015]

Surely needs to be some form of quality indicy, 1 mile on most preserved lines is far better than 1000 on some plastic junk on the 'real' railway

 

[Gizmogle]

Nope. It's quantity over quality!

 

[1D53]

Now 4440 after a trip to Manchester and back yesterday & this morning.

Does Manchester Metrolink mileage count

 

[Gizmogle]

*shrugs* I don't count tube mileage, but I guess it doesn't matter THAT much.

How many people here include light railway/tram/tube mileage?

 

[jacknottm]

included tube this year in my total.

 

[Gizmogle]

Meh, fair enough. If you wish to include tube mileage, then go ahead. It doesn't matter either way. I don't.

 

[Jordy]

Nope I don't

Surely needs to be some form of quality indicy, 1 mile on most preserved lines is far better than 1000 on some plastic junk on the 'real' railway

Yeh but what the hell, just a bit of fun!

 

[37402]

This year so far for me 14,758, not including cabbage as Mr 37412 informs me it doesn't count.:roll:

 

[Techniquest]

Meh, fair enough. If you wish to include tube mileage, then go ahead. It doesn't matter either way. I don't.

Not the only one then.

I include Tube/DLR/tram moves in my moves book, but I don't have mileage figures for them. Besides, doing mileage on the DLR? That would take decades...not to mention how boring doing so on the tube, DLR or trams would be!

87015: Depends what traction you get on a preserved line. 1 mile on, say, the SDR might be more enjoyable than the same mile on the mainline, but if you did said mile on 122500...

This mileage competition is making me want to get out and about more than I am at the moment. Which is awesome, exactly the motivation I need. Next week, I shall be out again for three days and I expect my mileage to go over 6,000 miles by the end of May 12th!

Jim: I would love to see your moves book, to have gotten such mileage already this year is nothing short of surprising (to me).

And I see now I'm in 7th place! Not bad!

 

[Gizmogle]

Well, I'm knocked back down to 5th place.

Nice to see someone beating Jim though

 

[Techniquest]

*Starts planning ridiculously long bashes for the sake of mileage building*

 

[37412]

This year so far for me 14,758, not including cabbage as Mr 37412 informs me it doesn't count.:roll:

First Place for you then Mr 37402, must be all those leaps home you do every Friday....

 

[Gizmogle]

*Starts planning ridiculously long bashes for the sake of mileage building*

You mean like Ash Vale to Buxton via Edinburgh?

 

[87015]

First Place for you then Mr 37402, must be all those leaps home you do every Friday....

Going home to get his mum to do his laundry ?

 

[37402]

Going home to get his mum to do his laundry ?

...oohh that hurt! Good job whoever it was said quantity over quality though as probably about half of that is on voyagers!

 

[Gizmogle]

Well, if you start getting into complicated rules where locos or preserved lines count as more miles, then it's not really mileage anymore. Mileage is mileage. A journey doesn't decide that it's now twice as long just because it has a 37 on it.

But yes, at least half of my mileage to to and from London on Pendos

 

[class 313]

But yes, at least half of my mileage to to and from London on Pendos

Major oh dear!

 

[87015]

...oohh that hurt! !

I do apologise, I tried to resist but it wasn't happening!!
Myn is 4249.36 total,
Cl25 - 90 miles, Cl37 1042, Cl87 0, Cl323 (massive!) 174

 

[37412]

Cl37 1042

Didn't think you were a big fan Sir, obviously having a mileahe year on them this time round then, will I be seeing you at Swanage for 275?

 

[Gizmogle]

Major oh dear!

Not by choice!

"Oh yeaaah! I'm going out for a mega hellfire Pendo bash tomorrow! My lorrrrdz!"

It's like something voyagerdude would say

 

[voyagerdude220]

ROFL!

I'm very happy to see that i appear to be having a positive influence on your attitude towards our lovely Super Voyagers, and Pendolinos :-P

Travel First Class, and make it even more like me by the second! :razz:

Edit: Since when has JST's 4258 miles been worth more than my 4258 miles... Shouldn't the list state =12 for me and JST, and not 12 & 13?

 

[Gizmogle]

I hate to admit it, but cause I'm always travelling on Pendos, I have grown strangely attatched to them.