Oh. Hello.
Just gotta wait for the bit in the tunnel.
Oh.
All right, we'll start now.
Oh. Hello. Morning!
Good morning.
Following on from the success of
"Is it possible to walk faster to Covent Garden-
Yep. than get the train?"
Yeah. Yeah.
There's something else we'd like to try this morning,
which is?
Can you walk faster than The Tube
between Blackfriars and Farringdon-
And then also, uh, Barbican
Barbican down to Mansion House, maybe Cannon Street,
because the Circle Line kind of loops around,
whilst you can walk it quicker.
So we're going to do one each this morning,
we're on the Circle Line train right now.
I'm going to get out at Blackfriars.
Yep.
And walk to Farringdon. I'm gonna stay on the train.
And see if I can beat you-
Yep.
As you go around through Aldgate,
Yeah.
And then we'll get back on,
and then we'll do Barbican, round to Mansion House.
And I'll walk that one.
You'll walk that and I'll get the train.
Can you walk faster than Circle line?
(relaxed electro music)
Are you ready?
I'm ready. Here we go.
(train screeches gently)
Ready? See you in about 15 minutes?
Okay. Okay.
(doors clanking) Now.
Clock's a ticking,
I'm just going to walk at a regular Geoff pace.
I'm aware I have long legs.
(relaxed electro music)
So this is quite straightforward,
this is New Bridge Street,
and I just walk straight,
the city Thameslink twice will be on my right,
and eventually it turns into Farringdon Street,
and then Farringdon Station will be on my right.
Google Maps is saying I could walk it in 13 minutes,
which means I'm fairly confident,
that I should beat Vicky.
(train screeches gently) (ambient subway hum)
(door whooshes)
So St Paul's and the Southern entrance
to City Thameslink, is just up there.
I'm going to keep going, down here.
(relaxed electro music)
We're coming into Aldgate, we're about half way,
we're at seven minutes and 52 seconds.
Wonder where Geoff is?
Seven minutes in.
(ambient city traffic buzzing)
Holborn back up behind me.
And this is where it becomes Farringdon Street.
And all this, that's Farringdon Crossrail station,
which means the tube station is just round to my right.
It's taken me...
I've got here much quicker than I thought I would.
(ambient city buzzing)
I've got here in 10 minutes, 29.
I should just wait here for, uh
for Vicki to arrive.
So Geoff said he thought it might take 15 minutes,
we're now 15 minutes and 18 seconds and
The next station is Barbican.
We're only at Barbican.
Okay, Farringdon is the next-
The next station is Farringdon.
Thanks very much.
(announcement continues)
Don't go to the National Rail exit.
[Safety Announcer] Mind the gap
between the train and the platform.
Please mind the gap.
Don't go that way.
I think I'm going the right way.
(station ambience buzz echoes)
I've been here ages.
How long?
Press stop.
Oh. Oh-Oh. Timer. (laughs)
18 Minutes, 51 seconds.
I was here after 10 minutes and 29 seconds.
Really? I've been sat here for
eight minutes. Really?
Round one to me. Really?
I mean, I do walk quite fast,
but Google Maps is saying 13 minutes.
It's definitely quicker to walk
from Blackfriars to Farringdon.
So like 15 minutes- Yeah.
We still had two stops to go.
Did you stop at Aldgate at all?
Yeah. Yeah. Did you?
For how long did you- Two minutes.
You sat at Aldgate for two minutes?
Yeah. Yeah,
I think that's pretty standard.
Yeah. All right.
Do you want to go again? Round two?
Sure.
Round two. Round two.
(relaxed electro music)
Circle train line approaching,
but we won't start the clock
until we get one stop to Barbican.
Yep. Okay.
(upbeat electro music continues)
No, you're going to win.
I think it's going to be close.
This time, you should win.
No but I think it's going to be close.
Hold on. Where are we meeting, at Mansion House?
By the gate line. Gate line.
Gate line at Mansion House.
'Cause there's too many exits.
There's too many exits, but only one gate line.
See you at Mansion House.
Ready? Yeah.
Ready? Ready?
(doors clunk)
See you in a bit. Okay.
This is Barbican.
(alarm beeping) (doors clunking)
(ticket barrier bleeps)
Okay. So my route,
I'm going to go past the Museum of London,
past the London Wall, down to Saint Paul's,
and cut through little windy streets by Saint Paul's,
to get to Mansion House.
(alarm bleeping)
[Safety Announcer] Mind the gap,
between the train and the platform.
Now do I go left,
do I go left for the Museum of London?
Or do I go around to the right?
(doors hiss) (alarm bleeps)
Six and a half minutes to get to Aldgate,
where I suspect we'll stop and stand here for a second,
Vicki's probably already made it by now.
I just wonder how long we're going to stand here for.
(relaxed electro music)
(doors clunk)
(brakes screech)
(train humming)
(doors clunk) (alarm bleeps)
[Safety Announcer] Mind the gap.
Monument at 11 and a half minutes.
It might, if Vicki takes 13 minutes, it might be close,
but she should, she should win.
I really think Geoff's going to beating me.
It's lunchtime.
All the city workers are getting their sandwiches.
Okay, there is an under-pass,
there is an under-pass here somewhere.
(station ambience hums and echoes)
(train rumbling)
Pulling in now. Here we go.
Oh its the other side. Is it this side?
Its the other side.
(relaxed electro music)
(ticket barrier beeps) (gate clunks)
What took you so long?
(laughs) I made that 15,
15, 42, go on. How long was the walk?
13, 45.
You've only been here two minutes?
Yeah. Okay.
But I generally thought you'd beat me.
Why?
Just because it seemed like a long way.
No.
And it took you 13, 45?
Yeah.
So I walked it quicker to walk Blackfriars, Farringdon.
You have to cross a lot of roads.
Oh, there's more road crossing.
Yeah.
Should we go outside and dissect?
Yes. Let's do that.
(city traffic buzzes)
Outside of...
Mansion House. Thank you.
I was gonna say Cannon Street. (Vicki laughs)
So, but what have we proved today?
That it is quicker.
It is quicker-
To walk between.
Yes.
Both Blackfriars and Farringdon
and Barbican and Mansion House.
Obviously I do want to put a tiny caveat on that.
Hang on, hang on.
Here's a tiny caveat.
Oh thanks. I'm going to put it right there.
Dependent upon your walking speed.
There we go.
That's the caveat. Is that the caveat?
Yeah.
And I probably walk a bit faster than you do,
because I got...
I didn't hang around.
I sort of went straight there.
So yes, it's quicker if you feel comfortable,
but you can walk at a reasonable pace.
Also,
even if you can't and you just want to do a bit of a walk,
it's an easy walk.
It's literally pretty much a straight line.
And I'm just gonna leave it as a teaser.
The other one would be to do,
Moorgate,
down, down, down to Monument.
Manument, uh, Manument.
Manument? (laughs)
Manument, Manument bonk complex,
Monument Bank Complex. That's brilliant.
Put that in the comments.
Manument Bonk. It's a new station name.
Til next time. Bye. (laughing) Bye.
We should, we should slide that way, whey.
(relaxed electro music ends)