Adventures have been limited since Lockdown began. Running around the City, whilst it's always fun and provides endless new things to discover, can get a bit monotonous with no new adventures to follow. This is no good! So Andrew and I devised a game, to run around all the places on the original UK Monopoly board. We didn't do it in order, but ticked off all the things the following way...
We set off from home in Hackney, and as it was Sunday, we soon found some FREE PARKING.
And it must have been our lucky day, as soon a CHANCE came along!
On the way to our first stop on the board, we paid a quick visit to THE BANK.
And about 4.5 miles from home, we made it to the Old Kent Road which is the only location on the board which is south of the river.
From there, we headed back north to cross back over the river, and up to Fenchurch Street Station 🚂.
Then, not far to Whitechapel Road via a stop to pick up coffee!
Started heading west, to pick up Liverpool Street Station 🚂.
And then north, via Old Street and up City Road (and past my new, temporary work base!) to The Angel, Islington.
Pentonville Road had quite an exciting occupant.
Who maybe had escaped from HMP PENTONVILLE JAIL just up the road.
Luckily, as we had already collected our CHANCE card earlier on, we could skip jail, and headed back south to pick up Kings Cross Station 🚂
Then headed west along Euston Road.
To reach Marylebone Station 🚂.
Then we headed south down towards Marble Arch, to start to collect some of the fancier locations on the board, starting with Park Lane (which, interestingly, has an American Candy store on the corner now, which is open, so apparently American Candy is classed as essential item).
Then it was along to Bond Street. Bond Street the street no longer exists, but the station is still here.
And there is a New Bond Street, so we collected that one too just to be sure.
From here, we carried on along Oxford Street.
Before collecting Marlborough Street. Marlborough Street no longer actually exists, but Great Marlborough Street is still around.
It's just off Regent Street so we collected that one too whilst we were there.
And remembered to pass GO on the way (no one gave me £200, sadly).
The it was west towards Green Park to pick up Mayfair Place.
Before heading back the way we came, to find Vine Street.
From here it was a short run to Piccadilly.
Then Coventry Street.
And Leicester Square. All the yellow properties are very close together!
Next we cut down to Pall Mall (I used to always want to collect the pink ones, for no reason other than they are pink - I can see where I have gone wrong with property investment).
Then on to Trafalgar Square.
Which I thought could count as the WATERWORKS as well.
One of the roads off Trafalgar Square is Whitehall.
And sneaking down a couple of streets, we found Northumberland Avenue.
Then back up on to the Strand.
Before running along the Strand, to Somerset House, to collect our INCOME TAX and SUPERTAX cards (Somerset House used to be a tax office).
Then it was up to Theatre Land (all deserted and sad) to collect Bow Street.
And then back down to Fleet Street.
From here, it was time to head East, back home, passing St Pauls, and picking up a COMMUNITY CHEST card on the way.
And the final card, the ELECTRIC COMPANY!
And very finally, just to make sure, we passed GO again, in the hope that £200 might appear. Alas, no, but it was excellent fun none the less!
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