by FatBloke

FatBlokes Monopoly Pub Crawl of Ye Olde London Towne

Idea

So you get to the big 30 and you're looking for something to make it a bit of a memory. Driving along in the car one day, I was listening to a Red Dwarf tape about how Lister ended up on Red Dwarf after playing Monopoly in London to start with the idea sounded impossible, then I thought about it. 26 pubs in 12 hours, yeah we can do that, and so it began!

A few months later I was starting to do the designs for the shirts and was poking around on the net seeing what images I could swipe and lo and behold I came across Stephen O'Brien's web site (sadly now non-existant, I wonder is he's now a politician!), he'd done the tour the year before. Not only had he done it, but he'd spent loads of time investigating the best routes, which pubs were where the hole nine yards. So thats how we got the plan, a few emails to Stephen and he provided me with the schedule, a few tweaks and a bit of traditional spicing up (the rules etc) and we were set.

Stephen, thanks mate we owe you a few beers, it turned out to be the best day out I've had in years and something I and my cohorts will never forget.

The Schedule

Click on the pub names for full pub info, and picture, comments etc

Pub	A-Z Map Reference	Entrance Time	Time in Pub	Exit Time	Travelling Time
Lord Nelson, Old Kent Road	P079 - G6	11:00	0:15	11:15	0:20
Blind Beggar, Whitechapel Road	P143 - K5	11:35	0:15	11:50	0:10
The Raven, Fenchurch St. Station	P142 - D9	12:00	0:15	12:15	0:05
The Angel, Vine Street	P142 - E9	12:20	0:15	12:35	0:10
Hamilton Hall, Liverpool St. Station,	P142 - C6	12:45	0:15	13:00	0:15
The Cardinal Wolseley, Islington	P062 - A2	13:15	0:15	13:30	0:05
The Pint Pot, Pentonville Road	P062 - A2	13:35	0:15	13:50	0:15
Coopers, King's Cross Station	P061 - J2	14:05	0:15	14:20	0:05
O'Neill's, Euston Road	P140 - C1	14:25	0:15	14:40	0:20
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street	P141 - H8	15:00	0:15	15:15	0:10
The Wellington, Strand	P140 - E9	15:25	0:15	15:40	0:05
Kemble's Head, Bow Street	P140 - D8	15:45	0:15	16:00	0:10
The Moon Under Water, Leicester Square	P146 - B1	16:10	0:15	16:25	0:05
Comedy Pub, Oxendon Street	P146 - A1	16:30	0:15	16:45	0:05
Paddling in the Fountain, Trafalgar Square	P146 - C2	16:50	0:15	17:05	0:05
The Sherlock Holmes, Northumberland Street	P146 - C2	17:10	0:20	17:30	0:05
The Silver Cross, Whitehall	P146 - C2	17:35	0:20	17:55	0:10
The Red Lion, Crown Passage	P145 - M3	18:05	0:20	18:25	0:10
Shelley's, Stafford Street	P145 - L2	18:35	0:25	19:00	0:05
Henry's Bar, Piccadilly	P145 - K3	19:05	0:25	19:30	0:10
Fanfare and Firkin, Great Marlborough Sreet	P139 - L8	19:40	0:25	20:05	0:10
All Bar One, Regent Street	P139 - K7	20:15	0:25	20:40	0:10
The Tottenham, Oxford Street	P140 - A7	20:50	0:25	21:15	0:20
Victoria and Albert, Marylebone Station	P138 - E4	21:35	0:25	22:00	0:15
Rose and Crown, Old Park Lane	P145 - J3	22:15	0:25	22:40	0:10
Ye Grapes, Shepherd Market, Mayfair	P145 - J3	22:50	0:25	23:15
			8:05		4:10

The Rules

Obviously, with any event involving hatters there has to be rules!!!! Here's the start of them I'll add more as I think of them

1. Drinking
   Each person will consume one measure of alcohol in each location along the route
2. Eating
   Food shall be consumed whenever is appropriate, but shall not be allowed to affect the schedule, if this means eating a burger while running down the street then thats what it shall be
3. Chucking
   Chucking is permitted, however, anybody sneaking off for a quick tactical while no-ones looking shall make everyone aware of the fact on their return to the bar so everyone else can take the piss. Anybody being caught tacticalling and not mentioning the fact shall put 5 squid into the whip
4. Cards
   Each player shall be given a 'get out of pub free' card which entitles them to duck one pub
5. Girlies
   Should a player not wish to drink alcohol in every pub they may action the I'm a Big Girls Blouse rule. This decision must be made before leaving the first location, and on deciding that they are indeed 'A Big Girl', the player must don the Big Girls Blouse momento, and wear it for the rest of the day. Once a player is a big girl, they must still take part in the locations, but may order soft drinks
6. Slacking
   The first person to finish their drink may decide that a member of the group is slacking. A vote is then carried out as to whether the accused is drinking a slacking behind, if the vote is passed then the first person to finish shall handcuff themselves to the slacker to ensure they keep up. Emily got quite attached to the handcuffs didn't you emm!
7. Big Boys
   Should there be some people who thinks this isn't hard enough, the Big Boys option wil be to drink a different alcoholic drink in every pub.

This is what our plan looked like by the time we finished!

The Team

The list of attendees are available, also reports of the day

The Tariff

I've tried to include a list of the drinks involved and the costs for each round where we recorded it.

You Wanna Try?

Want to try it, well firstly let us know you're doing it so we can offer any help or assistance or tips, and secondly I've compiled a little hints page which may be of use.

Comments? Mail them to FatBloke

Whats Next

Well.....you could try the Circle Line. Coming soon to a hatters pavillion near you soon, what ya doin next weekend!