Tube Party!

Our new mayor, Boris Johnson, in his first act in office banned drinking on public transport - particularly on the Tube - from June 1st, 2008. Now a funny thing about this - no one actually knew it was legal to drink on the tube. However, once it was banned, and with May 31st being a Saturday night, you can guess what comes next. That's right - party on the Tube!

Katherine and I, being a little bit adventurous, and a little bit crazy, decided to buy a few beers, wander down and check it out. On the Bakerloo line, not a whole lot of activity. At Paddington we changed over to the Circle line. Yee-Haw! We missed the first train but it was absolutely jam packed. Everyone drinking, smoking, dancing, clothes off, boom boxes, whole train shaking, debauched fun. We got the next train which was actually a total let down in comparison, with just a few people on it. Not to worry, two stops down the line and now our train was party central. We only made it to Baker Street where the party moved onto the platform because they unofficially, then officially, shut down the Circle line. We hoped back on the Bakerloo and went home. Unfortunately, we didn't bring a camera with us as it was a last minute decision to head down. Above you can see the crumpled map of the tube line, normally stuck calmly inside the tube car.

And here is a link to a pretty entertaining article and video. It's of Liverpool Station but it pretty much sums up the feel of the night. Ignore the commentary though, that person is an idiot.