The next station is...!

[Buttsy]

Whimple

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cranbrook

 

[Buttsy]

Pinhoe

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Exeter Central

 

[Buttsy]

St James Park

 

[A Challenge]

Exeter St Davids
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Polsloe Bridge

 

[Buttsy]

Exeter St Davids

There has been a simultaneous posting. Please can you strike through.
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You beat me to it!

Digby & Sowton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newcourt

 

[Buttsy]

Topsham

 

[A Challenge]

Exton

There has been a simultaneous posting. Please can you strike through.

Sorry for being efficient!

 

[Buttsy]

Lympstone Commando

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lympstone Village

 

[A Challenge]

Exton

I will make sure I wait 15 minutes this time!
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The next leg will now start at:

Sandhurst

 

[Buttsy]

Exton

I will make sure I wait 15 minutes this time!
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The next leg will now start at:

Sandhurst

I'm afraid that Exton has already been played.

Exmouth
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I have requested an adjudication as to whom the winner is for the last leg. Until such time as the adjudication has been made, the game is on HOLD.

 

[A Challenge]

I made an invalid posting, as I confused Exton and Exmouth!

 

[Whistler40145]

As I see it, Exton has already been posted #96790 and all posts are valid up to Exmouth #96794, posted by Buttsy, therefore Buttsy is the winner of this journey and Challenge A hasn't won, so Sandhurst is invalid.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I made an invalid posting, as I confused Exton and Exmouth!

But for this happen when you were ready to apply the coup de grace is indeed most disheartening...:roll:

 

[Darren R]

Firstly, my apologies for being tardy for this, but I'm having computer problems. (It's probably my own fault for dropping it! )

I am afraid I have to go with the consensus on this adjudication. Although A Challenge clearly made a mistake when posting Exton and claiming victory in post #96793, the posting he made was invalid and must be discounted as such. This leaves Buttsy to claim the points and start the new leg.

Sorry, A Challenge! It probably won't come as much consolation to you, but robbing oneself of victory by making a mistake such as this is something we've all done at some point; the flip-side of this is that we've all benefitted from the mistakes of others at some point too. Maybe next time you will be the beneficiary.

It may also be useful to point out that 24 minutes elapsed between the erroneous Exton posting being made by A Challenge and the mistake being noticed and opportunity seized by Buttsy. In this specific instance, #96793 (Exton) was an invalid post as the station had already been played. If A Challenge had noticed his mistake before any further posts had been submitted, it would have been perfectly valid for him to strike-through that post and submit a new posting of Exmouth to claim the points. However, it should also be pointed out that only posts which are not valid may be struck-through. If a valid post is made - even if it is in error - it may not be struck-through.


The floor is Buttsy's.

 

[Whistler40145]

Just hope Buttsy will be online soon to set a new journey.

Hope your computer is still on this planet David?

 

[Buttsy]

Thank you for your adjudications. I wanted to make sure that the winner was clear as Exton and Exmouth could be confused as they are on the same line.

Shall we start at Crowthorne?

 

[Whistler40145]

Thanks, sounds like a good station to start at.
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Wokingham

 

[backontrack]

Winnersh

 

[Whistler40145]

Winnersh Triangle

 

[backontrack]

Earley

 

[Darren R]

Earley
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Reading

 

[backontrack]

Twyford

 

[Whistler40145]

Maidenhead

 

[Darren R]

Taplow

 

[Whistler40145]

Burnham

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Slough

....of Despond.