Every so often, I come up with an idea that just seems right. Sometimes, it's too ambitious and has no hope of working. On other occasions, I just have an instinct that even if it doesn't work, it could prove fun. For the last year or so, I have been a member of a social networking website called Citysocialising (it's a subscription based website). On the website, you can host events and anyway to cut a long story short, my experiences as a host and attending other people's events as a guest have helped to develop an idea, which could very well change things for me.
My friend, Mandy first helped to germinate the idea when she suggested that the London Overground could be used to visit new and exciting places every weekend. I have decided to take this idea and run with it. What if I could use the London Overground as a means for discovering and rediscovering areas of London and its provinces that are either so familiar that I have ceased to view them properly or that I have not visited?
My plan is simple, I want to visit every London Overground station and experience some aspect of the area around the station. Believe me when I say that this is not the fixation of a train spotter. I am interested in seeing how London and its provinces function plus the things we take for granted. Also I want to see if I can use the Citysocialising website to entice other people on what I hope will be a long and varied journey.
As I pursue this crazy journey on a train network which is seemingly never-ending, I will try to document my feelings and thoughts. If friends and people join me, I will not use their full names in this blog. I anticipate that the first few posts I write will be dry and tedious to read. But as the journey begins then it may become more rewarding. I will refer to the project as the London Overground Project for now. Now where to start?
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