This puzzle
was tackled with dubious help from:
8 bottles of ST CERVOIS Continental Lager. Brewed in Scotland. Hmmm. That's about as Continental as Wensleydale cheese.
It didn't take a puzzling genius to work out that tacking this beige beast of a 1000 piecer was to be a tale of two halves.
The first required the piecing together of the map, station stops and underground lines from the early days of the London tube network. The second stage would require the jigsawing of the remaining beige outer, a task I predicted would take at least two weeks and most of the lager. And so it proved.
A puzzle that takes so long is inevitably going to take some damage. Take this stain at Regents Park. Butter dripping from a thickly laden slice of wholemeal? Tea dribbling from a fresh cup? Scottish-brewed Continental lager? Snot? Even the great British detective who resided at the next station on the line would struggle to solve that mystery.
8 bottles of ST CERVOIS Continental Lager. Brewed in Scotland. Hmmm. That's about as Continental as Wensleydale cheese.
It didn't take a puzzling genius to work out that tacking this beige beast of a 1000 piecer was to be a tale of two halves.
The first required the piecing together of the map, station stops and underground lines from the early days of the London tube network. The second stage would require the jigsawing of the remaining beige outer, a task I predicted would take at least two weeks and most of the lager. And so it proved.
A puzzle that takes so long is inevitably going to take some damage. Take this stain at Regents Park. Butter dripping from a thickly laden slice of wholemeal? Tea dribbling from a fresh cup? Scottish-brewed Continental lager? Snot? Even the great British detective who resided at the next station on the line would struggle to solve that mystery.
Another stained piece top right led to this ill-fit. But even more disturbing, especially for puzzlers who like to start with the edges, is the difficulty of the bordering around the entire puzzle. Much lager was supped (and spilt) trying to solve it.
Some pieces had fit snugly in the wrong place, at least on one or two sides. This required a complete reconstruction of some patches of edge once the inside had been completed. London's a dangerous place, where trying to fit in with your surroundings sometimes doesn't work out. And this puzzle proves that.
The 8 bottles of Cervois did not last the duration, so your Guzzling Puzzler was forced to drink Yorkshire Tea until completion.
Users of the London Underground will be used to delays, and there was certainly a big hold up on the lines doing this. The Guzzling Puzzler can only apologise for the delay caused to your journey.
JIGSAW ENJOYABILITY: 3
So much beige made this puzzle a real challenge
JIGSAW TRICKINESS: 9
JIGSAW TRICKINESS: 9
The bits with something on them other than pure beige were easy. The rest? They nearly derailed the Guzzling Puzzler.
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